Activities of Johan DANIELSSON
Plenary speeches (16)
Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate)
The Hungarian “National Card” scheme and its consequences for Schengen and the area of freedom, security and justice (debate)
The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)
Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)
World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)
Implementation of the Single European Sky (recast) (debate)
Implementation of the Single European Sky (recast) (debate)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)
Tackling the steel crisis: boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs (debate)
Closing the EU skills gap: supporting people in the digital and green transitions to ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Towards a shared vision for European tourism, its sustainable growth and brand Europe (debate)
Promoting social dialogue and collective bargaining and the right to strike in the EU (debate)
Tackling abusive subcontracting and labour market intermediaries (debate)
Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)
Need to update the European strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities (debate)
Reports (1)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the Single European Sky (recast)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch
Institutional motions (2)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
Written explanations (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections
Vi svenska socialdemokrater röstade nej i slutomröstningen om resolutionen om parlamentets förslag till EU:s budget för 2025, vilket som helhet sträcker sig långt över de fastslagna budgetramarna. Ingången för oss socialdemokrater är budgetrestriktivitet. I första hand ska finansiering ske via omprioritering av befintliga medel. Samtidigt finns det flera viktiga utgiftsområden i EU:s budget där insatser behöver prioriteras för att EU ska leva upp till sina åtaganden, bland annat vad gäller migration, gränsöverskridande brottsbekämpning och klimat. Denna position reflekteras i våra ställningstaganden.
Written questions (5)
National attempts to limit long subcontracting chains and the Commission implementation report on the Posting of Workers Directive
The impact of the Russian merchant fleet on port safety
The CJEU judgment and the ‘return of vehicles’ provision in the Mobility Package
Need for infrastructure investment in northern Europe: addressing gaps in the Trans-European Transport Network through Military Mobility initiatives
Review of action and limit values for vibration injuries at work
Amendments (857)
Amendment 3 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons (UN CRPD) with Disabilities to which the EU and all its Member States are parties,
Amendment 28 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 32 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cancer is the leading cause of work-related deaths, accounting for 52 % of all work-related deaths in the EU; whereas carcinogens contribute to an estimated 100 000 occupational cancer deaths in the workplace every year5 ; whereas between 50 and 70 substances or group of substances have been identified by different agencies, stakeholders, and the World Health Organization in priority lists of workplace carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which binding limit values are needed; __________________ 5 ‘An international comparison of the cost of work-related accidents and illnesses’, EU-OSHA, 2017.
Amendment 34 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas skin-cancer is one of the most spread occupational disease, which incidences are expected to grow due to factors such as climate change; whereas factors such as radiation, stress, work organisation and working conditions have all been linked to work-related cancer; whereas there currently is a lack of reliable and comparable EU-level data on workplace exposure to cancer risk factors5a; __________________ 5aEU-OSHA: https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/wo rker-survey-exposure-cancer-risk- factors/view
Amendment 39 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas exposure to asbestos claims around 88 000 lives in Europe annually, accounting for 55-75 % of lung cancers developed at work, and whereas asbestos is the main cause of lung cancer, responsible for 45 % of cases6 ; whereas it is estimated that mortality rates from this exposure will continue to increase into the late 2020s and the 2030s7 ; whereas 2 % of the European cancer burden can be attributed to ionizing radiation and that indoor exposure to radon and its decay products is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Europe; __________________ 6Takala, J., Working paper – ‘Eliminating occupational cancer in Europe and globally’, 2015, p. 6. 7‘Global Asbestos Disaster’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018).
Amendment 40 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas scientific knowledge about the exposure to various substances, physical agents or other hazards and its specific effects on human beings and the related occurrence of specific diseases has remarkably grown of the last years; whereas the European list of occupational diseases has not been revised in order to acknowledge this scientific findings;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas a changing labour market with demographic developments, new technologies and generations of existing tools or machinery, new substances and chemical products and new types of jobs have potential impacts on occupational health and safety; whereas more workers are moving into platform work, non- traditional work or atypical employment;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas over a quarter of workers in Europe experience excessive work- related stress; whereas 51 % of EU workers say stress is common in their workplace and nearly 80 % of managers are concerned about work-related stress8 ; whereas over half of all working days lost in the EU are caused by work-related stress; whereas there are significant variations between the Member States’ legislation on psychosocial risks; whereas work-related stress can significantly increase the risk of triggering and exacerbating musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic/chronic inflammatory diseases; __________________ 8‘Psychosocial risks in Europe: Prevalence and strategies for prevention’, Eurofound and EU-OSHA, 2014, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 74 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas people who regularly work from home are more than twice as likely to work in excess of the requisite maximum 48 hours per week and are at risk of resting for less than the requisite 11 hours between working days; whereas almost 30 % of teleworkers report working in their free time every day or several times a week11 compared to below 5 % of ‘office’-based workers; whereas teleworkers are more likely to work irregular hours11a; __________________ 11‘Telework and ICT-based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age’, New forms of employment series, Eurofound, 2020, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 11aEurofound (2020), Telework and ICT- based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age, New forms of employment series, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 76 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas work-related cardiovascular and respiratory disease are the second highest contributor to work- related deaths; whereas high psychological demands, job strain, long working hours, mental disorders, job insecurity and physical inactivity are all associated with cardiovascular diseases11b; __________________ 11b Niedhammer I, Bertrais S, Witt K (2021), Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis, Scand J Work Environ Health 2021;47(7):489-508
Amendment 78 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerability of non-standard workers, including workers via digital labour platforms and self- employed workers; whereas platform work in the labour market is highly likely to continue growing; whereas self-employed workers are excluded from the scope of application of the strategic framework for health and safety at work, as they are not covered by the EU legislation on occupational health and safety;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on healthcare workers; whereas healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 put themselves and their families at risk to treat patients and contain the spread of this disease; whereas a demanding work environment and fears for personal and family safety has led to a negative psychological impact, causing depression, anxiety, burn-out and stress; whereas healthcare professionals are experiencing higher levels of anxiety and depression compared to professionals from other areas11c; __________________ 11cda Silva FCT, Neto MLR. Psychological effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in health professionals: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 10
Amendment 83 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that businesses and workplaces are also major centres for spreading contagion; whereas disturbing reports regarding breaches of cross-border and seasonal workers’ rights in terms of working and living conditions have surfaced during the pandemic; whereas workers on short-term assignment often live in group accommodation where social distancing is difficult and increases their risk of infection; whereas large outbreaks of COVID-19 infections occurred in industries such as food production;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the objectives of the European Labour Authority (ELA) is to ensure fair labour mobility by assisting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour law as well as health and safety at work; whereas several cases have shown breaches of health and safety and prevention regulation for mobile workers working in the EU;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ILO recommendation advocates one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; labour inspections play an important role in the implementation of occupational health and safety policies at regional and local level; whereas the ILO recommendation advocates one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; whereas according to EU-OSHA research, 85% of employers state that complying with the legislation is the main reason why they manage occupational health and safety;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas comprehensive worker involvement, participation, and representation at company level and commitment from management is crucial for successful risk prevention in the workplace; whereas trade union organised workplaces have lower accident and illness rates11d; whereas Articles 153 to 155 TFEU establish the scope and authority of social partners to negotiate and enforce agreements relating to occupational health and safety; __________________ 11dWorker representation and consultation on health and safety, EU- OSHA (2012)
Amendment 100 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas persons with disabilities, young people and the elderly are particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 crisis; whereas they are likely to suffer disproportionately and to have particular support needs that must be taken into account in an OSH-strategy when responding to the pandemic; whereas research shows that these groups are at high risk of developing mental health problems; whereas lack of provisions for workplace adjustments and reasonable accommodation, particularly for workers with disabilities can result in physical, mental and psychological strains that can put their health and safety at risk;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas high occupational health and safety standards, work-life balance, an age-appropriate working environment, lower quantitative demands and working time autonomy could enable and encourage older people to voluntarily stay in the labour market; whereas specific attention needs to be paid to the needs of workers in very physically or psychologically demanding jobs;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Amendment 109 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s strategic framework and, in particular, the introduction of the Vision Zero approach to work-related accidents and diseases; calls on the Commission to expand the Vision Zero approach to other injuries and accidents, as well as physical and mental attrition; calls on the Commission to significantly increase the focus on prevention strategies to secure that all employees, regardless of type or size of the employer, have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace; calls for the ambitious implementation of the 7-year plan, also in the light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and believes that strong legislative action is needed on several aspects of EU policy on occupational health and safety in order to complement the variety of soft measures envisaged in order to make Vision Zero a reality; calls for a clear focus on workers’ participation in the Vision Zero approach; calls for the OSH-summit in 2023 to focus especially on the progress of the "Vision Zero" approach;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to increase its ambitions on work-related cancer in the European Beating Cancer Plan; calls for Directive 2004/37/EC of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work to be updated on a continual basis and in an ambitious timeframe, ensuring that occupational exposure limits contained in the directive exist for a minimum of 50 priority substances by 2024; calls for the inclusion of reprotoxic substances and hazardous medicinal products in the scope of the directive; setting occupational exposure limits for at least 25 additional substances or group of substances or process generated substances by 2024; calls for the inclusion of reprotoxic substances and hazardous medicinal products in the scope of the directive, as well as a new coherent, transparent and risk-based system to be established for setting exposure limits and to better take into account workers' exposure to a combination of substances;; stresses the need to establish comprehensive national registers for all Member States, enabling Europe-wide data collection on carcinogen exposure and that these registers should cover all relevant carcinogens; calls for a close cooperation between EU institutions, member states, EU-OSHA and relevant stakeholders, strongly involving social partners in actively using the data collection to follow up with necessary legislative and non- legislative measures to combat work- related cancers; calls on the Commission to ensure involvement of social partners when setting occupational exposure limit values;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the commitment by the Commission to add endocrine disruptors as a category of substance of very high concern under the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH regulation) as well as to classify them under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation); stresses however that workers should also be protected under Directive 2004/37/EC against exposure to all endocrine disruptors meeting the criteria for classification as a Category 1A or 1B carcinogen or mutagen in accordance with the CLP Regulation;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present in 2022 a legislative proposal to further reduce workers’ exposure to asbestos; calls on the Commission to be ambitious in its endeavours to achieve the total ban of asbestos and with regard to its zero accidents at work vision, and to update the exposure limit for asbestos to 0.001 fibres/cm3 (1 000 fibres/m3); stresses the need for an EU framework directive for national asbestos removal strategies, including public asbestos registers; notes that optical microscopy is not the latest available technology to count asbestos fibres in the breathing air and that Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy(ATEM) is more sensitive and makes it possible to distinguish and count asbestos fibres; calls for the use, where possible, of ATEM or similarly advanced methods for fibre counting; calls on the Commission to prohibit the practice of encapsulation and sealing of asbestos and to put forward technical minimum requirements to lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to the lowest level that is technically possible, making asbestos screening mandatory prior to the start of construction work, guarantee the representativeness of samples to measure the exposure of the worker, provide for medical follow-up and post-professional health surveillance by a qualified occupational physician, specialist in asbestos-related diseases, to all exposed workers and recognising and compensate asbestos related diseases;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the strengthening of protection against exposure to UV radiation, and calls on the Commission to revise the directive 2006/25/EC on the exposure of workers to risks from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) and to include solar radiation in its scope of application;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to introduce legislative measures to protect workers exposed to ionising radiation such as airline crews, nuclear power plant workers and healthcare and veterinarian professionals working in the radiology, radiotherapy or nuclear medicine sectors, and to secure that healthcare professionals and veterinarians working in radiology uses lead apron, lead gloves and thyroid protector as a minimum of protection when present nearby the patient;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the importance of ensuring proper compensation claim options for workers in cases of occupational diseases; calls on the Commission to revise the European List of Occupational Diseases with significant additions such as work-related musculoskeletal disorders, work-related psychosocial disorders, asbestos-related diseases and occupational cancer; calls on the Commission to transform the recommendation on occupational diseases into a directive and create a minimum list of occupational diseases with comparable recognition criteria across the EU to ensure that proper compensation claim options exists for workers;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is strengthening the gender focus on occupational safety and health; calls on the Commission to propose a legal act based on the framework agreement on harassment and violence at work, and to ensure that the fight against workplace violence and harassment applies regardless of the reason forand the cause of the harassment and that it is not limited to cases based on discriminatory grounds; calls on the Commission to secure that legislation on the employers’ obligation to prevent work-related violence and harassment includes an obligation to prevent third party violence and harassment (i.e. customers, clients, visitors or patients); calls on the Member States’ governments to ratify ILO Convention No 190 and Recommendation R206 to put in place the necessary laws and policy measures to prevent and address violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, to offer clear and ambitious guidelines to Member States and employers on the provision of reasonable accommodation and workplace adjustments for persons with disabilities; calls on the Commission for an ambitious revision of the Equal Treatment Directive 2000/78/EC to secure minimum standards for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop strategies to prepare for an ageing workforce; underlines that such strategies should include the promotion of education, training and lifelong learning for persons of all ages, healthy workplaces that provide reasonable accommodation for employees with health difficulties or disabilities, a better work-life balance and the promotion of intergenerational exchanges in the workplace;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to improve the functioning of the existing regulatory EU Health and Safety framework, in order to adapt it to work situations and to the new risks and challenges of green transition; calls on the Commission to take into account the impact of climate change on working conditions, such as working at high temperatures outdoors, air-pollution and UV-exposure;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to pay particular attention to young workers in the OSH-strategies, with special focus to under-18-year-old workers; recalls that statistics show that 18 to 24-year-olds are more likely to have a serious accident at work than older adults due to the lack of adequate training and supervision, the lack of physical and psychological maturity and the exposure to precarious working conditions, thereby leading to the development of occupational illnesses while still young or later in life;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present by the end of 2021 a legislative initiative to improve the working conditions of platform workers; calls on the Commission to tackle the misclassification of platform workers as self-employed and to ensure that the proposal guarantees rights for all platform workers for a healthy and safe working environment;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that all workers, including non- standard workers, workers in platform companies and the self-employed are covered by occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation and policies; calls to include workers on digital platforms in the framework directive on health and safety despite their status as workers or self- employed;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to include health and safety in all EU strategies and policies on the green and digital transitions, including on artificial intelligence (AI); stresses that AI solutions in the workplace must be transparent, fair and avoid any negative implications for the workers’ health and safety; calls on the Commission to present a regulatory framework to clarify OSH liabilities and responsibilities in relation to AI systems and new ways of working; stresses that education and training for workers and securing effective OSH services is necessary for the introduction and use of AI at the workplace;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to set clear targets on road death reduction for work-related crashes and ensure that this target is included in national road safety strategies; calls on the Commission to ensure that reporting and statistics on work-related accidents on the road are streamlined across Member States; calls on Member States to increase road control, secure compliance with regulation on resting periods for drivers and to ensure that employers guarantees drivers proper schedules, preventing high workloads and thereby increase road safety;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strongly prioritise and adequately fund the strengthening of research and data collection at both EU and national level on occupational health and safety, in particular occupational circulatory diseases, work-related cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risks, as well as the impact of changing world of work including telework and the right to disconnect; calls on the Commission to follow up on the research with both legislative and non- legislative measures to protect workers’ health and safety; calls on Commission to establish an early alert mechanism with a strong inclusion of social partners to detect needed adjustment in occupational health and safety legislation;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the Commission to promote the broader issue of decent work in future EU trade agreements and to ensure that occupational health and safety standards are properly taken into account as part of binding commitments on labour and social standards; calls on the Commission to support candidate countries to align their legal frameworks with the EU acquis on OSH; calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely cooperate with the ILO and the WHO to promote the right to safe and healthy working conditions within the framework of ILO core labour principles and rights and in safeguarding respect for these principles by global supply chains; welcomes the Commissions intension to propose a EU-wide ban on products made by forced labour;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Welcomes the aim of strengthening engagement with the EU’s partner countries, regional and international organisations and other international fora to raise occupational health and safety standards globally; calls for the Commission’s active engagement in supporting the integration of the right to safe and healthy working conditions into the ILO framework of fundamental principles and rights at work;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the commitment by the Commission to assess the need for further actions to improve the functioning of the existing EU regulatory framework for health and safety and the need to amend the Biological Agents Directive, inter alia, in pandemic situations; calls on the Commission to conduct, without delay, a targeted revision of the Biological Agents Directive, drawing on the lessons learned from the unprecedented crisis with a view to better preparedness and response planning in all workplaces;
Amendment 219 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that it is essential to draw the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and to increase preparedness for potential future health crises; calls on the Commission to include COVID-19 in the Recommendation concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases;
Amendment 235 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework in consultation with social partners with a view to establishing minimum requirements for remote work across the Union; stresses that such a framework should clarify working conditions, including the provision, use and liability of equipment, including as regards existing and new digital tools, and that it should ensure that such work is carried out on a voluntary basis and that the rights, workload and performance standards of teleworkers are equivalent to those of comparable workers; stresses that such legislative initiative should be based on a comprehensive assessment of the psychosocial risks associated with digital work practises and permeable work environments;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise Directive 90/270/EEC laying down minimum safety and health requirements for work with display screen equipment; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious in this regard and to propose a directive on work- related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and Rheumatic diseases and calls on the Commission to ensure that all work- related risks which may result in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases are covered in the directive, such as heavy lifts, repetitive movements, vibration or standing/sitting for long periods of time; reminds that female workers are more affected by MSDs and reminds the Commission that a proposal on work- related musculoskeletal disorders must include a strong gender dimension in the assessment, prevention and treatment of these diseases;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds of the several cases of breaches of workers’ rights, especially for mobile and cross-border workers, including seasonal, migrant and precarious workers, during the pandemic who were exposed to unhealthy or unsafe living and working conditions, such as poor or overcrowded accommodation or lack of information on their rights; repeats its call on the Commission to undertake an urgent study ofaction to improve the situation of the employment, working and health and safety conditions of mobile and migrant workers, such as cross-border, posted and seasonal workers, including the role of temporary work agencies, recruiting agencies, other intermediaries and subcontractors, with a view to identifying protection gaps andin the light of the principle of equal treatment and the particular health and safety challenges faced by mobile and migrant workers such as access to adequate equipment and facilities, quality accommodation, safe transport and decent meals, and addressing the need to revise the existing legislative framework as well as pandemic- proofing; calls on the Commission to present a legislative initiative to establish minimum standards for accommodation arranged by the employer and calls on Member States to enforce that worker accommodation, which is arranged by the employer, is safe, decent and meets the minimum standards; calls on the EU- OSHA and the European Labour Authority to work together to support the Commission and the Member States in improving the occupational health and safety of mobile and migrant workers;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. CUnderlines the essential role of labour inspectorates in securing compliance with health and safety legislation and prevention of work-related cancer; calls on Member States to take initiatives to address the downward trend in the number of labour inspections and to enhance and secure their adequate funding; calls on the Member States to implement the ILO recommendation of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; calls on the Commission to conduct a survey on how labour inspectorates conduct the inspections and on their scope and content; calls on the Commission and Member States to secure greater coordination, cooperation and training at European level;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a survey on how labour inspectorates conduct the inspections as well as the scope and content of the inspections; calls on the Commission to establish a dedicated tripartite working party on enforcement in the remit of the Advisory Committee of health and safety at work to follow the survey;
Amendment 276 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SCalls on the Commission to require Member States to report back on the targets set in the national OSH- strategies and to secure adequate funding to support its implementation; reminds that social partners have not sufficiently been involved in the implementation or following up process of national OSH- plans in several Member States; stresses the need to recognise and involve social partners in the implementation and enforcement of the OSH legislative framework; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the involvement of social partners in the formulation of all EU and national policies and in measures taken at all levels; calls on the European Commission to start research on concepts and practises of better participation of workers and their representatives in all phases of risk assessment and OSH-policies on company level, and launch funded programmes for the improvement of workers participation in companies OSH activities;
Amendment 281 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to secure adequate funding and access for all workers to health and safety training and learning facilities to combat accidents and illnesses at work; stresses the need for a close cooperation with social partners in this regard;
Amendment 283 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to introduce without a delay a legislative proposal for a European Social Security Pass for mobile workers and third country nationals with the possibility to provide national authorities and trade unions with an instrument to effectively enforce health and safety regulation, compliance with cancer-prevention and to combat unsafe working environments;
Amendment 284 #
2021/2165(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Welcomes the Mobility Package and its initiatives on improving health and safety; welcomes the Commissions guidelines on driving and rest time rules and calls on the Commission to secure the necessary follow up on the implementation of the Mobility Package; calls on Member States to ensure compliance and increase road control; calls on the Commission to present similar legislative initiatives as the mobility package to improve health and safety for workers in the aviation and maritime industry;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises the key role that workers in the transport sector have played during the most difficult moments of the pandemic to ensure that essential supplies to urban centres, including those of medical supplies and personnel, have remained open supplies of the most basic items, including medicinal products;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that transport workers in cities have higher exposure to the risk of infection than the rest of the population of working age, notes that these challenging circumstances and changes in trajectories has put strains on the entire urban supply chain;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses that urban mobility must be aligned with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives and be more fair, inclusive, accessible, affordable and safe, whilst also promoting active and healthy lifestyles;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that public transport systems have struggled to regain market shares in terms of users once restrictive measures have been softened or removed;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the importance of awareness-raising measures for passengers to regain trust in public transport after the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses that public collective transport remains the backbone of sustainable transport, moving large numbers of passengers over long distances;
Amendment 84 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the increase of active mobility such as walking, bicycling and calls on cities to ensure sufficient infrastructure for active mobility and to make this an integral part of urban mobility and infrastructure design;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Believes that, where appropriate and in full respect of the principle of subsidiarity, the cycling and walking infrastructure put in place in Member States as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic should remain in place and be expanded, in order to further promote safe active mobility;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that almost 40 percent of all road fatalities in Europe occur in urban areas and that vulnerable road- users account for 70% of these fatalities; stresses that it is imperative to improve road safety in urban areas and that particular attention should be paid to improving the safety of vulnerable road users;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Welcomes that the EU has reaffirmed its long-term strategic goal to get close to zero deaths and zero serious injuries on European roads by 2050, known as Vision Zero, calls for increased efforts to reach the medium-term goal to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 50 % by 2030;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission to reflect the changing nature of urban mobility in its upcoming EU urban mobility framework;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for concrete measures to support the best practices currently employed by national, regional and local authorities, recalls the importance of modern, seamless TEN-T networks and high-speed cross-border services across Europe for unlocking the potential of international collective sustainable transport to make tourism more sustainable throughout every season of the year;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls, in this respect, the need to strengthen urban nodes and public transport, which are an important part of tourists’ experiences and citizens’ everyday lives in tourist destinations;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 4 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union,
Amendment 6 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 9 June2021 on no green deal without a social deal10new, __________________ 10newINT/903-EESC-2020, adopted on 09/06/2021
Amendment 7 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 29 October 2020 on social dialogue as an important pillar of economic sustainability and the resilience of economies taking into account the influence of lively public debate in the Member States11new, __________________ 11new OJ C 10, 11.1.2021, p. 14
Amendment 9 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
— having regard to the opinionstudy of the European Economic and Social Committee of 31 August 2020 on an EU legal framework on safeguarding and strengthening workers’ information, consultation and participation,
Amendment 10 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the position of the European Trade Union Confederation of 9-10 December 2020 on a new EU framework on information, consultation and board-level representation for European company forms and for companies making use of EU company law instruments enabling company mobility,
Amendment 33 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas democracy at work plays a key role in strengthening human rights in the workplace and society, not least when trade unions and workers’ representatives are actively involved in business due diligence processes; whereas more democracy at work would be an effective way of addressing the inequalities at work and in society; whereas workers in democratically organised workplaces would have a greater trust in democratic values and motivate them to engage actively in political activities that could lead to a more robust democratic culture; acknowledges that democracy must be lived by citizens, also at work;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social justice and in particular democracy at work are firmly embedded in international and European human rights instruments and standards; whereas democracy at work has enlightened social progress in Europe and in the world for more than a century, whereas the ILO was precisely founded in 1919 in the belief that social justice was essential to reach universal and long- lasting peace22a; whereas social dialogue, collective bargaining and workers’ representation form core ILO values and rights and are provided for in numerous ILO Conventions and Recommendations23a, whereas also the Council of Europe counts democracy at work amongst its core values as expressed by the European Convention of Human Rights24a and the European Social Charter25a; __________________ 22a ILO Constitution (1919), ILO Declaration of Philadelphia (1944). 23aReferences to ILO Conventions No. 87, 98, 135, 141, 151 and 154 and related Recommendations. 24aArticle 11 Freedom of assembly and association. 25a Articles 5 (Right to organise), 6 (right to collective bargaining), 21 (right to information and consultation), 22 right to take part in the determination and improvement of the working conditions and working environment), 28 (right of workers' representatives to protection in the undertaking and facilities to be accorded to them) and 29 (right to information and consultation in collective redundancy procedures).
Amendment 54 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas workers’ participation and collective bargaining are essential to address the complex impact of restructuring in the challenging recovery that lies ahead; whereas a significant number of restructuring processes are currently ongoing because of the Covid- 19 crisis; whereas the disruptive impact of the pandemic has accelerated the pace and enlarged the scope of company restructuring; whereas restructuring has become a permanent feature of company life;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas companies with a higher- level of worker participation have survived the last economic and financial crisis better than others in regards to operating profits, capital market valuation, employment development and investment in plant and machinery and research and innovation;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas research shows that participation at the workplace contributes to company performance, job quality and well-being; whereas according to Eurofound21a, fewer than one-third (31%) of companies in the EU27facilitated the regular direct participation of employees in organisational decision-making and that the strength of worker participation in the EU has declined over the past decade22a; whereas over half of establishments in Sweden (56%) and Denmark (55%) were characterised by regular, high influence direct engagement with employees, but only around a fifth in Poland (20%) and the Netherlands (21%); __________________ 21a European Company Survey 2019. 22a ETUI contributors. "Benchmarking Working Europe 2020" ETUI, The European Trade Union Institute. ETUI, The European Trade Union Institute, 01 Feb. 2021. Web. 08 Jul. 2021.
Amendment 59 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the COVID-19 crisis, like no other previous global threat, has laid bare the structural nature of gender-based inequality and discrimination along with its consequences, with a large number of women working on the frontline as health professionals, care workers, cleaning and maintenance workers, domestic workers, and in other jobs, fighting the virus while often having to balance family responsibilities during lockdowns;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas studies have shown that worker participation enhances productivity, innovation, work organisation, gender equality, decision-making and alternatives to crisis-induced employment reduction22 ; __________________ 22FitzRoy, F., Kraft, K., ‘Co- determination, Efficiency and Productivity’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 43, Issue 2, June 2005, pp. 233-247; Kraft K., Stank J., Dewenter R., ‘Co-determination and innovation’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol 35, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 145-172; Jirjahn U. (2016), ‘Works Councils and Employer Attitudes toward the Incentive Effects of HRM Practices’, Research Papers in Economics n°7; Wheeler J. (2002), ‘Employee Involvement in Action: Reviewing Swedish Codetermination’, Labor Studies Journal, Vol 26, Issue 4, pp. 71-97; Gregorič A, Rapp M. S. (2018), ‘Board-Level Employee Representation and Firms' Responses to Crisis’, available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3012999 (Scandinavia).
Amendment 92 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the different legal frameworks for board-level worker participation in 18 EU Member States and Norway; highlights that the scope and intensity of worker participation in company boardrooms varies greatly; highlights that digital and green transitions are greatly affecting the world of work and that the more resilient and sustainable companies are those with well-established systems of workers participation in company matters;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that divergence persists between EU countries regarding the quality, timing and effectiveness of information and consultation before corporate decisions are made. Restructuring processes are not carried out equally across Europe. Dialogue about alternatives to redundancies and plant closures could range to none up to genuine exchange of views depending on the EU country where it takes place;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Regrets that the 2002/14/EC establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees, and the 2009/38/EC European Works Council Directive(Recast) did not help to close the gaps as the impact of information and consultation on company decisions remain limited;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish the necessary conditions and requirements in order to have at least 80 % of corporations covered by sustainable corporate governance agreements by 2030, establishing strategies agreed with workers in order to positively influence environmental, social and economic development through governance practices and market presence, improve directors’ accountability as regards integrating sustainability into corporate decision- making, and promote corporate governance practices that contribute to company sustainability, with reference inter alia to corporate reporting, board remuneration, maximum wage ratio difference, board composition and stakeholder involvement;
Amendment 115 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that workers representatives must have the right to be informed about the use of posted workers in subcontracting chains and be able to contact these workers, in line with the obligation established on article 8 of the Temporary Agency work Directive, which obliges the user undertaking to provide information on the use of temporary agency workers to bodies representing workers;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to make the necessary improvements to the frameworks regulating SEs and European Cooperative Societies and to the Company Law Package, and to amend Council Directive 2001/86/EC to introduce minimum EU rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards; including the need to adapt to new thresholds;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment to put forward without further delay a directive on binding human rights due diligence and responsible business conduct, including workers’ rights such as the right to organise and collectively bargain and worker's participation rights, health and safety, social protection and working conditions; stresses that this directive should establish mandatory due diligence covering companies’ activities and their business relationships, including supply and subcontracting chains, and should ensure the full involvement of trade unions and workers’ representatives throughout the whole due diligence process; underlines that both national labour inspectorates and the ELA must be able to conduct inspections throughout the chain, are open to file complaints, and can offer mediation, on all EU companies and companies wanting to access the internal market;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that introducing and monitoring new digital technologies in the workplace successfully and in a trustworthy manner will require timely and meaningful information for and consultation withof trade unions and workers’ representatives to ensure full respect for their health, safety, data protection, equal treatment and well-being at work and prevent undue exploitation and surveillance of workers, in particular via management by algorithms; underlines the fact that trade unions and workers’ representatives should have the necessary access and means to assess and evaluate digital technology; stresses that social dialogue structures, collective bargaining, information, consultation and participation of trade unions and workers’ representatives are key to provide the necessary support for workers to better build and be part of the uptake and monitoring of sustainable digital technology at the workplace;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that a consistent EU strategy is required to equip companies and workers to cope with a fair green and digital transition. The European Parliament already proposed in 2013 a legal framework for the anticipation and management of change that must secure that meaningful workers’ information and consultation take place with a view to shape sustainable and socially acceptable restructuring and leaves no worker behind33a; __________________ 33aEuropean Parliament resolution of 15 January 2013 with recommendations to the Commission on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring.
Amendment 155 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, together with social partners, to commit to reaching collective bargaining coverage of 90 % by 2030 in those national systems that combine statutory and social partners’ regulation of employment and working conditions; stresses that collective bargaining contributes to the social market economy, as aimed for in the Lisbon Treaty; reiterates that the European treaties, which explicitly protect the autonomy of social partners, and the self-regulatory systems in place in some Member States, must be protected in order for social partners to regulate autonomously, ensuring strong legitimacy and collective agreement coverage progress; calls on the Member States to remove any national legislation that hampers collective bargaining, including by ensuring trade unions’ access to workplaces for the purpose of organising;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Workers’ rights to organise, to union representation, to freedom of assembly and to collectively call for reforms within their workplaces are fundamental aspects of the European project and core principles of the social model that are affirmed and legally upheld by the European institutions; calls on the Commission to complement the activities of Member States to protect workers in the exercise of these rights and to prevent and sanction union busting practices, including by proposing minimum requirements for gradual implementation according to the procedures provided for in the Treaties.
Amendment 157 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Underlines that reforms in Member States should not negatively affect collective bargaining and that it needs to be promoted at sectoral level, including by supporting the capacity- building of social partners; urges the Commission and the Member States to fully involve social partners in European policymaking, including in the European Semester process; stresses that labour reforms at national level have to contribute to the implementation of the EPSR, including principle 8 on social dialogue and involvement of workers, collective bargaining and respect of the social partners autonomy, the right to collective action and to be informed and consulted in good time on the transfer, restructuring and merger of undertakings and on collective redundancies; calls on the Commission to analyse labour reforms in the NRRPs on these specific aspects and to reject those that might be counterproductive to this principle;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to strengthen, enforce and consolidate all the relevant EU laws to ensure that information and consultation is an integral part of company decision-making at all levels within companies, from each local workplace to the transnational level in companies that are active on a European scale;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to undertake urgent and decisive actions towards Member States and European companies to make sure that workers’ information, consultation and participation rights are respected and that companies comply with legal requirements;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of ensuring timely and meaningful information and consultation across the EU before any decisions are made about policies or measures, including those with cross- border implications; emphasises that trade unions and workers’ representatives must have access to the requisite expertise to assess the implications of these cross- border policies and processes for the workforce and to develop alternatives; stresses that a genuine dialogue must take place on those alternatives between trade unions and workers’ representatives on the one hand, and company decision-makers on the other hand;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to systemically include workers’ participation as relevant aspect in European company law initiatives and establish a "participation- mainstreaming" in order to introduce information, consultation and participation elements into European law;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that companies should make progress in guaranteeing diversity and gender equality including equal pay at the workplace; urges the Council to make progress on the so-called women on boards Directive34a; calls for application of the 40% quota to both non-executive and executive boards (independently considered), both in private and public- owned companies, with progressive adaptation of the national legislation; __________________ 34a Commission proposal of 14 November 2012 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on boards directive)
Amendment 511 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘workers' representative’ means trade union or workers’ representative according to national law and practice;
Amendment 687 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Employers with at least 250 workers shall provide the following information concerning their organisation, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, and 5:
Amendment 710 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the pay differences between groups of workers performing work that is, or is generally considered to be, dominated by women and groups of workers performing work that is of equal value to such work, or less demanding than such work, but that is not, or is not generally considered to be, dominated by women;
Amendment 798 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that employers with at least 250 workers conduct, in cooperation with their workers’ representatives, a joint pay assessment where both of the following conditions are met:.
Amendment 811 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 817 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1056 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall not affect in any way the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements and to take collective action in accordance with national law or practice. Member States may allow the social partners to maintain, negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements which establish arrangements with the aim to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay and the prohibition of discrimination and differ from those referred to in Articles 5, 6, 8, 9 and 18 but while still maintaining their objective.
Amendment 8 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the blue economy sector must contribute to the clean energy transition, in particular by the exploration of renewable energies growing potential offshore and by a more sustainable management of the maritime space;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas several sectors of the blue economy are likely to be affected by the current crisis, in particular coastal and maritime tourism; Whereas the blue economy must be used strategically to help repair the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2276(INI)
C. whereas the action plan adopted by the Commission to update its Atlantic maritime strategy includes the same principles set out in the European Green Deal and in its digital strategy; Taking into account the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points the need to involve the main stakeholders in the definition of this strategy, including national, regional and local authorities, economic and social agents, civil society, academic community and non-governmental organisations;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points the need to set out specific goals on the implementation of marine renewable energies in the Atlantic regions, taking into account its environmental impacts in the transport and tourism sectors;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights the geostrategic position of the outermost regions and the importance that they have in the implementation of this strategy, therefore the financing and access to funds by these regions must be based on their specific characteristics as provided by Article 349 TFEU (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union);
Amendment 60 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the need to invest in sustainable, intelligent and ecological port infrastructures. Atlantic ports are points to enter Europe and can be used to boost the blue economy. Reinforce the role of port operators as catalysts for the economic activities of the blue economy, in order to mobilize financing for intelligent infrastructures and enable the way to complement and monitor the growth of trade;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the need to enhance ecological maritime transport and innovative port activities, in order to reduce the carbon and environmental footprint in the EU;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Urges the Commission to invest in the innovation of ports, in order to contribute to decarbonisation, creating infrastructures for loading and supplying alternative fuels in ports and cargo terminals. It reinforces the need to develop waste management plans for the ports of the Atlantic;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to invest in the development of TEN-T Motorways of the Sea in the Atlantic;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that the new strategy should be a leveraging factor for job creation in coastal communities in the Atlantic region, mainly in the areas of transport and tourism;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls for the need to develop actions combining maritime strategy with the tourism sector; highlighting the importance of this sector for the Atlantic regions; Highlights the need to promote sustainable practices in the field of coastal and maritime tourism;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the need to protect and promote the attractiveness of the Atlantic coastal areas and outermost regions, landscapes and cultural heritage using a holistic approach.
Amendment 85 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that the circular economy, zero pollution, energy efficiency and the preservation of biodiversity must be guiding principles of this strategy, and must create more sustainable practices that are beneficial for development and employment;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Urges the need to ensure that the strategy is implemented as quickly as possible in order to help the economic and social recovery, namely the transport of sectors and tourism;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the decisive contribution of SMEs to innovation, job creation and an inclusive labour market; is extremely concerned about the rising unemployment rates in the EU and the risk of millions of people losing their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 crisis; recognises that at present SMEs are faced with severe liquidity problems and, in this context, highlights the need for sustainable finance to bridge the current investment gap and to reinforce SMEs’ ability to innovate and move towards more sustainable, resource- efficient, circular and climate-neutral solutions, ensuring the successful implementation ofthereby contributing to the principles and objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as well as the European Green Deal and the related just transition;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that trade union and employee representation as well as social dialogue and collective bargaining are not as widespread in SMEs as they are in larger companies, while there are considerable differences between Member States in this regard;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that workers have the right to information, consultation and participation and to include this principle also in the SME strategy; underlines the need for a meaningful involvement of workers and their representatives at company level, also with regard to decisions on decarbonisation and digitalisation; stresses the importance of an effective social dialogue and the need to strengthen social partners, to extend the collective bargaining coverage and to take measures to promote a high density of trade unions and employers’ associations in the context of the new SME strategy;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the systematic application of health and safety measures in the workplace, and welcomes the guidelines of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) on adapting workplaces and protecting workers in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic; considers that such guidelines should be further developed in order to provide a coordinated and efficient response in case of future cross-border threats to public health; calls on the Commission for a revision of the Directive on Health and Safety at Work in addition to a new framework strategy for health and safety at work that includes a zero-vision of work-related deaths;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that all workers in the Single Market must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards health and safety at work regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the reduction of the regulatory burden and the simplification ofe regular assessment of administrative requirements and the rules on access to finance for SMEs and self-employed persons should constitute a cornerstone of the future strategy for European SMEs, and would make a crucial contribution to a speedy economic recoverynew European SME strategy in view of supporting a speedy economic recovery; highlights that the efficiency and stability of the regulatory environment is best achieved by an ongoing strong involvement of social partners in the decision making process;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that fair competition is a fundamental principle of the Single Market; warns that a race to the bottom as regards employment, social security and taxation standards, including through artificial arrangements, is in sharp contrast to fair competition based on quality and sustainable development; underlines that social dumping is first and foremost at the expense of workers, consumers and law-abiding SMEs;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that competition policy is enforced at Union level; highlights that unfair competition in the Single Market damages law-abiding companies, in particular SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive measures to tackle unfair competition that is based on for example avoidance of social, fiscal or labour law;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that policies targeting SMEs and start-ups must not provide opportunities for businesses to circumvent existing rules, lower the protection of workers and consumers, or increase the risk of corporate fraud, criminal activities and letter box companies; recalls that the Parliament rejected the controversial Commission proposal on a European Services e-card in this regard;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that a new strategy for European SMEs can only succeed through integrated strategic planning, pooling the resources of European players, regional and local institutions, industrial clusters, social partners, universities and research groups; highlights in this context the importance of support structures such as SMEs networks, one-stop shops and regional development agencies, innovation clusters and start-up counselling for the creation of local and regional value chains;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that the COVID 19 pandemic has underlined the importance of digital solutions, particularly teleworking, and the need to establish common minimum standards at European level in order to protect the health and safety of workers in this regard; notes that teleworking offers opportunities such as better work-life balance, reduced CO2 emissions related to the daily commute and enhanced employment opportunities for people with disabilities, while at the same time there are risks related to the mental well-being of workers as well as general problems related to the social, professional and digital divide;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls for the elimination of any wage discrimination on the grounds of age or gender and to ensure, in line with national law and practice, that all workers are entitled to decent wages through either collective agreements or statutory minimum wages;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Stresses that SMEs must make their contribution to overcome the gender employment, pay and pension gap in the labour market, among others, by providing or supporting child care facilities, carers' leave, flexible working hours for carers, as well as by ensuring equal pay for equal work and pay transparency;
Amendment 133 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Stresses that SMEs play an important role in ensuring environmentally, socially and economically sustainable growth; calls therefore for binding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rules, in line with the principles and objectives of the European Green Deal, the EPSR and the SDGs;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Calls on SMEs to live up to their environmental and social responsibility and also take proactive measures to identify and prevent any violation of human or environmental rights, corruption or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains; points out that the organisation of work, equal opportunities and social inclusion, anti-discrimination measures, adequate transparency standards, reliable accountability mechanisms and the development of life long education and training are crucial in this context;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls on the Commission to recognise, promote and protect inclusive SMEs to create permanent employment for people with disabilities in the labour market; stresses the potential of social economy enterprises and organisations to facilitate labour market inclusion for persons with disabilities; stresses the importance of providing targeted support from the European Social Fund for the social economy; recalls that SMEs run by vulnerable groups have a harder time accessing finance and need targeted support;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6k. Highlights the importance of the social and solidarity-based economy, which provides employment for more than 14 million people, representing around 6.5 % of workers in the EU; points out that the 2 million social and solidarity- based economy enterprises in the EU, which represent 10 % of undertakings in the Union, have proven to be resilient during times of crises;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6l. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to better coordinate the different funding instruments for SMEs;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6m. Takes the view that tax policies for SMEs should favour sustainable development and the creation of quality jobs;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 o (new)
Paragraph 6 o (new)
6o. Recalls the importance to actively support female entrepreneurship at the European and national level, since women are one of the groups, which is suffering the most from the COVID-19 crisis.
Amendment 212 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements and refrain from making share buy backs or paying dividends to shareholders or bonuses to executives, and that these undertakings are not registered in tax havens;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme for EMU countries and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining; Calls on the Commission to promote the use of ESF+ for capacity building of social partners with the aim of strengthening collective bargaining in Europe; Calls on Member States to consult and involve national social partners in law making that is of relevance to them;
Amendment 257 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wagesfor adequate minimum wage levels to be set in Member States well above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers; where applicable; Stresses the need for a clear distinction between labour markets with existing statutory minimum wages and those where wage levels are established exclusively by collective agreements; Stresses that any initiative must not harm the autonomy of social partners and wage-setting in collective-bargaining systems; stresses that a framework must not require implementation of instruments that makes collective agreements universally applicable;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises and strongly support the aim to strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women; underlines that pay transparency is crucial in counteracting unfair wage differentials and discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure that a binding EU legislation in relation to gender pay transparency, fully respects the autonomy of national social partners and contractual freedom of social partners in particular in those Member States where pay is also a responsibility of the social partners;
Amendment 355 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls foron Member States to provide accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities;
Amendment 388 #
2020/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; Calls for an urgent revision of the Biological Agents Directive 2000/54/EC with the purpose to adapt it to global pandemics and other extraordinary circumstances in order to secure the full protection of workers against the risks of exposure; calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible a new Strategic Framework for Health and Safety post- 2020, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the European Permanent Unemployment Reinsurance Scheme should be adopted for EMU countries as a key instrument that must accompany the twin ecological and digital transition;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that investments in Occupational Safety and Health help to prevent work-related illnesses, accidents and harmful physical and psychosocial strain, and have a tangible positive effect on the economy by contributing to better performance and sustainable work careers; recalls that according to the European Commission, one euro spent on safety and health at work, gives at least two euros in return; stresses that occupational safety and health at work should be a priority also in the new industrial strategy for Europe;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that social dialogue at all levels and strong social partners are key to tackling economic and industrial challenges jointly in cooperation between workers and employers, including anticipating change and to define common strategies for companies and workers to renew and successfully manage change;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the actions taken in the transport sector to reduce specific emissions and stresses the need to strengthen financial support for research on and innovation in zero-emissions mobility solutions;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a key enabler for deliveringcompleting the TEN-T network and in achieving the goals of the Green Deal, providing up to 80 % of its funding in transport to meet climate objectives; insists on a strong CEF and warns that financing the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) must not l through the promotion of sustainable infrastructure projects, multimodality, rail freight transport, innovative and digital actions such as telematics applications systems and the deployment of alternative fuels; insists on the need to have a stronger CEF budget to support a readl to financial reallocation that negatively affects the CEFransition towards smart, sustainable and safe mobility in the EU; considers that the inclusion of a specific investment pillar on synergies under CEF programme would accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that transport projects require large-scale investment and therefore, that in order to attract investors, legal certainty and, stable targets and availability of information are crucial; stresses that the investments made so far must not be put at risk by shifting funding conditions and expects the SEIP to provide a realistic and future-proof support framework for investments and to ultimately ensure the continuity of projects in the most efficient and effective way;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the importance of the Green Deal being accompanied by a just, inclusive and non-discriminatory transition to ensure the transport sector’s businesses, SMEs and workforce can adjust, and to support the regions and communities most affected; considers it important to have EU proper funding schemes for this adjustment process, including incentives for sustainable investment, as well as training and equipping the sector’s workforce with new expertise for new job prospects, requirements and skills;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that to ensure sufficient investment in sustainable transport infrastructure, it is essential that all relevant EU funds (the CEF, InvestEU, the European Structural and Investment Funds, etc.) and European Investment Bank lending are tailored to the specific needs of the transport sector and that the Member States commit to proper funding; highlights that synergies across relevant Union programmes in areas such as transport, energy and digitalisation could be key to accelerate the advancement towards the development of smart and sustainable mobility at EU level;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers thatEncourages the EU and the Member States already haveto maximize the use of the available tools at their disposal several tools for ensuring that the transport sector contributes to decarbonisation; strongly believes in this respect that the Member States should earmark revenue from taxes or fees and the EU Emissions Trading System related to transport to foster investment in the sustainability of the relevant transport modes;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2058(INI)
6. Calls on the Commission to boost the use of InvestEU for transport and tourism.suistainable transport infraestructure and tourism; welcomes the recent budget increase of InvestEU programme proposed in the New Generation EU; considers it a key opportunity to provide smart investment and support Union policies such as the shift to smart and sustainable mobility within the European Green Deal by promoting sustainable infrastructures projects and by giving crucial support to companies, SMEs, investors and workers of the transport sector;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the incorporation of the new strategic European investment policy window in InvestEU programme; highlights it comprises key investment opportunities to activities within the EU of strategic importance, particularly in view of the green and digital transitions and of enhanced relisilience; considers this smart investment should incentivise European industrial leadership in strategic sectors and key value chains such as transport and logistics, including the aeronautical industry, as well as in the development of telematics application systems such as ERTMS; stresses the new strategic European investment policy window should also support activities related to sustainable and social inclusiveness as well as social resilience and employment initiatives in EU strategic sectors;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Sustainable transport modes and sustainable mobility plans
Amendment 97 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Stresses that the percentual increase in EU rail and maritime freight transport, as defined in the European Green Deal, needs of a concrete EU investment plan and EU concrete measures to manage better and to increase the capacity of railways and inland waterways; in the case of rail freight transport, it is crucial to count with financing for the maintenance and upgrading of the EU rail infrastructure, the elimination of bottlenecks, the bridging of missing links and the promotion of interoperability at EU level; maritime freight transport needs investment in research into new technologies to descarbonise the sector and in the development of zero-emission and green ships;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights the key role of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the Shift2RailJoint Undertaking in achieving a lasting shift from road to rail as established in the European Green Deal; stresses that the Shift2Rail undertaking plays a key role in overcoming technical obstacles and driving forward interoperability, with the aim, ultimately, of making rail transport cheaper, more efficient and more attractive contributing to reducing accidents and CO2 emissions; calls on the importance to increase the EU investment in ERA and the Shift2Rail in order to advance in the establishment of the Single European Railway Area;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Recognises that the European Green Deal investment plan has a great potential to include sustainable transport as a strategic mean to achieve carbon neutrality; underlines that collective passenger transport, as one of the fastest and most cost-efficient way to decarbonise people’s mobility, should be at the core of the EU financing of the green transition;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Highlights that the collective passenger transport sector has been severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis; stresses that financing and grants to the collective passenger sector are critical to overcome the looming recession and achieve the long-run sustainability goals foreseen by the European Green Deal; in this regard, that suitable resources should be transferred to the relevant EU funds and dedicated for collective passenger transport mobility - such as buses, coaches and trains; calls on the EU Commission to cooperate with Member States to ensure financing solutions for collective passenger transport modes are included as a priority in their national recovery plans;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Stresses that investment in public transport is central to sustainable urban mobility, as well as for sustainable rural mobility, in order to promote environmentally, climatically and economically sustainable societies and to tackle social exclusion and the negative trend of depopulation in isolated low- density areas; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; highlights the importance to support multimodal ticketing system action plans;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Considers a stronger articulation of urban transport financing with Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPS) to be essential to boost the urban mobility transformation; calls the European Commission to cooperate with Member States to develop sustainable urban mobility plans and policies, including the support for efficient public transport systems and active mobility solutions such as walking and cycling and the promotion of accessibility and multimodality among the different modes of transport, at the same time balanced socio-economic arrangements are guaranteed to ensure inclusiveness and affordability among EU citizens;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Highlights that innovation and digitalisation play a key role in the decarbonisation of the civil aviation sector, including the civil aeronautics industry, in line with the ambitions of the European Green Deal; recalls, in particular, the role of Clean Sky 2 and SESAR Joint Undertakings in ensuring net accelerations in green technologies aimed to improve safety and to reduce the CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the noise levels produced by aircraft; calls on the European Commission to develop and support an EU investment roadmap for aviation and aeronautics to trigger innovation towards sustainable aviation, including research in alternative fuels, with the view of preserving competitiveness and maintaining Europe's leadership.
Amendment 106 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Considers that there is a need for EU financing to guarantee the deployment of zero-emission vehicles at EU level; EU funds should ensure the transformation of the automotive industry towards climate neutrality by supporting the renewal of vehicle fleets both public and private, the increase in the production and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels and of recharging points, and the promotion of ecological scrappage schemes; highlights EU funds should also address the needed upskilling and reskilling of workers of the automotive industry to adapt to the new innovation, sustainability and digitalisation demands of the sector;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Calls on Member States to include the transport industry as priority in their national recovery plans to ensure they can have major access to the resources allocated from different initiatives set by the European Recovery Plan; further calls on Members States to support rail investment in their national action plans in line with the European Green Deal's goals; asks the European Commission to cooperate with Member States by mapping smart investment initiatives for the sustainable and resilient recovery of the sector;
Amendment 108 #
Amendment 109 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Highlights that EU funding is an important lever to invest in innovative and smart road safety solutions and accelerate the delivery of road safety results across the EU; calls on the European Commission to safeguard and increase investments on road safety at EU level, particularly in cost effective actions such as enforcement, road infrastructure maintenance and upgrades through the TEN-T network and beyond, the upgrading of the safety vehicle fleets - both public and private- as part of procurement, adaptation of road signalling and marking, as well as investment in bike lanes and pedestrian high risk zones;
Amendment 110 #
Amendment 111 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 o (new)
Paragraph 6 o (new)
6 o. Underlines the need of financial support for innovative, socioeconomic and environmental sustainable tourism initiatives to enable the tourism sector to advance towards climate neutrality and sustainability; asks the European Commission to develop and "EU Roadmap for Sustainable and Resilient Tourism" to boost the investment in innovative and digitalisation measures such as circular economy initiatives in the tourism sector;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6 p. Insists on the creation and introduction of a specific budget allocation for sustainable tourism as clearly stated in the European Parliament's position on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and reiterates that several significant steps have to be taken in order to prepare the third largest economic branch of the European Union meet the conditions of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 q (new)
Paragraph 6 q (new)
6 q. Underlines that the new initiative REACT-EU programme, in the framework of the European Recovery Plan, should support the financing of the recovery of the tourism sector, and ensure that crisis repair measures are adapted accordingly.
Amendment 114 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)
Paragraph 6 r (new)
6 r. Calls on the European Commission to provide companies and SMEs of the EU tourism and travel sector with guidance on how to access the available EU funding and investment programmes for the recovery and sustainable transformation of the sector;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 s (new)
Paragraph 6 s (new)
6 s. Calls on Member States to include the tourism and travel sector as priority in their national recovery plans to ensure they can have major access to the resources allocated from different initiatives set by the European Recovery Plan; asks the European Commission to cooperate with Member States and to exchange best practices on financing and funding opportunities for the sector.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the envisaged partnership should provide continued connectivity for all modes of transport subject to reciprocity and should ensure a level playing field, in particular with regard to social, employment and, safety, environmental standards as well as state aid;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the envisaged partnership should include the right of transit of laden and unladen journeys from the territory of one party to the territory of the same party through the territory of the other party;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the envisaged partnership should include a level playing field in the areas of, in particular, work, driving, break and rest time, tachographs, vehicle weights and dimensions;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the envisaged partnership should ensure free and equal market access for the international maritime transport sector with an appropriate level playing field in the fiscal, environmental, social and other regulatory domains. The partnership should include continued reciprocal market access to the offshore sector and domestic trade. If the EU decides to open access to intra-EU cabotage, the UK must also allow EU Member States to allow short sea shipping between two UK ports.
Amendment 56 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Emphasises that the envisaged partnership should aim for alignment in legislation relating to maritime affairs without compromising the high environmental and social standards of the EU.
Amendment 4 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) stipulates that the Union is to promote social justice and protectionand its internal market shall amongst others work for the sustainable development of Europe, a social market economy, social progress and the promotion of social justice and protection; whereas according Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health in defining and implementing its policies and activities;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a more integrated and interconnected market for services is necessary to tackle the climate change; whereas economic, environmental and social considerations must be put on equal footing to pave the way for a sustainable services market free from environmental and social dumping, in line with the just transition;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the free movement of services must under no circumstances undermine workers’ rights, social protection or the principle of subsidiarity, and; whereas the protection and promotion of fair wages as well as decent working and employment conditions, play a key role in creating a well-functioning, fair and sustainable single market for quality services; whereas the freedom to provide services must not undermine fundamental rights, including social workers' and trade union rights; whereas a fully functioning market for services requires access to information as well as monitoring and enforcement of applicable rules, including safe ways to report abuses; whereas digital technology can facilitate the supervision and enforcement of the ruleslegislation safeguarding the rights of mobile workers;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Single Market can only be sustainable and increase prosperity if it is ensured that the exchange of goods and services is based on fair rules regarding social security, workers' rights, working and employment conditions, gender equality, as well as the protection of consumers and the environment;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas there are over 2.3 million posting operations for the provision of services in other Member States;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat to public health, impacting the health and lives of all persons residing in the EU as well as the health and care systems in the Member States; whereas the current COVID-19 crisis has shed light on existing short- comings in the protection of mobile workers, such as cross-border workers, seasonal workers and posted workers, in particular with regard to their working and employment conditions, access to health and safety, social protection, safe transport and decent accommodation in line with sanitary and social distancing requirements, as well as support in order to report abuses; whereas women and young mobile workers are often particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the social implications of the free movement of services mean the EU needs a robust cohesion policy and a fair and geographically balanced industrial policyUnion needs a robust cohesion policy and a fair and geographically balanced internal market to tackle the social implications of the free movement of services; whereas effective regulation is crucial to ensure decent employment and working conditions, quality services and fair competition;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social and environmental dumping between Member States, including through artificial arrangements, is first and foremost at the expense of workers, consumers and law- abiding SMEs and continues to be an obstacle to fair competition based on quality services and sustainable development;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas policies targeting SMEs and start-ups must not provide opportunities for businesses to circumvent existing rules, lower the protection of workers and consumers, or increase the risk of corporate fraud, criminal activities and letterbox companies;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established in 2019 with the aim of coordinating and supporting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility and social security coordination; whereas ELA is expected to reach its full operational capacity by 2024;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Opposes the introduction of the country-of-origin principle, and considerstresses that the free movement of services must be achieved without undermining workers’ rights and social rights;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Union legislation related to the free movement of services shall not in any way affect the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in the Member States and at Union level, including the right of freedom to strike or to take other action covered by the specific industrial relations systems in Member States, in accordance with national law and/or practice, nor affect the right to negotiate, to conclude and enforce collective agreements, or to take collective action in accordance with national law and/or practice; [This should become the first paragraph.]
Amendment 86 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that one of the objectives of the amended Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, is to ensure the protection of posted workers during their posting in relation to the freedom to provide services, by laying down mandatory provisions regarding working conditions and the protection of workers' health and safety; calls on the Member States to ensure that they meet the minimum requirements of the amended directive and to make full use of the additional scope offered in view of a better protection of posted workers and fair competition between service providers;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Underlines that the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals, the European Green Deal and the Gender Equality Strategy must also be reflected in the approach to the Single Market for services, promoting high social and environmental standards as a pre- requisite for productivity increases; highlights the importance of public procurement to achieve these objectives;
Amendment 96 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to work togethercooperate closely with the social partners to devise strategies to guarantee and facilitate the voluntary – rather than enforced – mobility of workers, by implementing the right public policies and providing high- quality job opportunities which match workers skillsand ELA on improving access to information for workers and employers as well as the enforcement of rules regarding fair labour mobility;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure efficient coordination and exchange of information between Member States, also with the help and support of the ELA; recalls that ELA should play a key role in enhancing the detection of social fraud, exploitation and abuses in cross-border employment situations, such as social fraud, bogus self-employment, bogus posting, letter-box companies, undeclared work as well as artificial arrangements with regard to subcontracting and supply- chains;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to increase its efforts and make ELA operational without undue delay in view of improving the application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility and social security coordination;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take actions to strengthen and promote social dialogue, the autonomy of the social partners and encourage workers to organize as a key instrument to achieve high standards on quality of employment;
Amendment 145 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, as a matter of urgency, the proper implementation and enforcement of applicable Union legislation concerning the rights of cross- border and seasonal workers, particularly the right to equal pay for equal work at the same place as well as decent working and employment conditions; stresses the particular vulnerability of women and young mobile workers; underlines the need to step up concerted and joint labour inspections at national and cross-border level in this context; insists that decisive steps must be taken to ensure that cross- border and seasonal workers have a clear understanding of, full information about and unhindered access to their contracts, rights and obligations before departure and that their contracts are made available to the competent authorities; calls on the Member States to enhance the capacity of labour inspectorates and to prioritise sectors where workers are at risk;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to incorporate the occupational health and safety aspects as key for strengthening the single market in a social sustainable way and create fair competition on the single market; consider that the Commission should adopt a new and ambitious EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work that includes a zero-vision of work related deaths; and calls on the Commission to continue to set binding occupational exposure limits of carcinogens at work;
Amendment 156 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to combat the use of letterbox companies and undeclared work to secure that the freedom to provide services do not lead to social dumping or unfair competition;
Amendment 159 #
2020/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission and the Member State to improve EU-regulations and the coordination of national authorities in order to facilitate the detection of tax evasion; encourage the Commission and the Member States to propose a binding action plan to combat tax evasion;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to come up with a comprehensive framework to align the working conditions of platform workers in line with those of regular employees; /standard workers to benefit fully from job creation and innovation opportunity of platform work in the transport sector; welcomes in this regard the new Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions2a and the Council Recommendation on Access to social protection for workers and the self- employed2b; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the enforcement of the acquis in this area. _________________ 2aDirective (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105–121). 2bCouncil Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self - employed 2019/C 387/01 (OJ C 387, 15.11.2019, p. 1–8).
Amendment 73 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to come up with a comprehensive framework to align the working conditions of platform workers with those of regular employees, while fully respecting the autonomy of social partners and national labour market models;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes the International Labour Organisation’s call for the establishment of an international governance system requiring platform holders to respect certain minimum rights and protections and regulating the use of data and algorithmic accountability in the world of work. Recalls the fundamental right for workers of all categories enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundament Rights to take collective action to defend their interests.
Amendment 51 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to thoroughly assess the effects or implications of AI applications in companies and in public administration in relation to workers, jobs and workflows; considers it indispensable as part of this assessment that workers and their representatives are consulted and receive sufficient information from the start of the decision process and before AI applications are put to use;
Amendment 114 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a legislative framework on the ethical aspects of AI applications in the workplace, especially with regard to workers’ rights and working conditions; while respecting the autonomy of the social partners and collective agreements;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need for competence development for workers and their representatives within the field of AI in the workplace, as crucial for improving decision-making and for an inclusive work environment;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the existing EU Framework (EUFW) for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 principally treats Roma in the EU as a homogenous group, shows little sensitivity to local contexts and has a limited capacity for addressing intra-Roma ethnic and socioeconomic diversity and multiple identity and multiple discrimination issues1a; _________________ 1aExpert reports building on forward- looking aspects of the evaluation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, Considering the Diversity of the Roma population in a post-2020 EU-initiative for Roma equality and inclusion, January 2020.
Amendment 12 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas gender equality and the situation of Roma children and youth are two key areas of intervention for integration and inclusion of Roma that are insufficiently addressed both at the European level and at the level of Member States2a; _________________ 2aExpert reports building on forward- looking aspects of the evaluation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, Considering the Diversity of the Roma population in a post-2020 EU-initiative for Roma equality and inclusion, January 2020, p. 16.
Amendment 13 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas persisting socioeconomic and health inequalities and multilayered forms of discrimination, including antigypsysm and ageism, put Roma elderly in a particularly vulnerable position;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas combatting structural discrimination of Roma, including the priority areas of education, employment, access to healthcare and housing, and making significant improvement in their socioeconomic status rests on the increase of social and cultural capital in the environments with Roma communities and on long-term, multi-stakeholder approach to Roma integration with active participation of Roma in all stages;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas equality data collection refers to all types of disaggregated data used to assess the comparative situation of specific groups at risk of discrimination, to design public policies that contribute to promoting equality and to assess their implementation, based on evidence and not mere assumptions; whereas the collection of such data (i.e. data revealing ethnic origin or religion) requires exclusive consent of the subjects of data collection and can often be controversial; whereas what is clearly forbidden is racial or ethnic profiling, where people are, without their consent, identified on the basis of third-party perceptions or generalisations based on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas the available data and surveys show much higher rates of unemployment and significantly lower levels of income for the Roma than for the majority population or other disadvantaged ethnic minority groups; whereas the Roma face similar barriers as other ethnic minority groups but more intensively, due to a vicious circle of low education, low qualifications and labour market exclusion;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas individuals belonging to minority groups continue to be discriminated against when they are applying for jobs and even once they are in a job, continue to face unequal treatment; whereas lower wages, lack of career prospects, precarious and difficult working conditions, sticky floor and glass ceiling, harassment, and abusive dismissal, are just some of the manifestations; whereas ethnic minorities are more likely to have less access to employment rights and protection; whereas ethnic origin also seems to matter as regards harassment in the workplace, and to be a major obstacle for career advancement;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas EU-MIDIS II3a finds that only one in four Roma aged 16 years or older reports “employed” or “self- employed” as their main activity at the time of the survey and that Roma women report much lower employment rates than Roma men – 16 % compared with 34 %; whereas, overall, the survey shows paid work rates for Roma aged 20-64 years to be 43 %, which is well below the EU average of 70 % in 2015; whereas the situation of young people is substantially worse: on average, 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 were not employed, in education or training at the time of the survey, compared with the12 % EU average on the NEET rate for the same age group; whereas, for this age group, the results also show a considerable gender gap, with 72 % of young Roma women not employed, in education or training, compared with 55 % of young Roma men and in stark contrast with the rest of the population; _________________ 3aEuropean Commission, EU-MIDIS II: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, October 2018.
Amendment 23 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas EU-MIDIS II4a shows that 80 % of Roma continue to live below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold of their country; that one in 10 people live in housing without electricity; and that every fourth Roma (27 %) and every third Roma child (30 %) live in a household that faced hunger at least once in the previous month; _________________ 4aEuropean Commission, EU-MIDIS II: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, October 2018.
Amendment 25 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas spatial segregation remains one of the key challenges in the area of housing; whereas significant progress made in the field of social housing should be maintained by public support and necessary legislation5a; whereas 43 % of Roma are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality5 ; _________________ 5European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6. 5aEuropean Commission, 2019 Report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies, pp. 8-9.
Amendment 27 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Roma have been one of the most vulnerable groups in the Covid- 19 pandemic; whereas the economic and social consequences of the health crisis threaten to hit the Roma population the hardest and deepen the existing inequalities in all priority areas of Roma integration; whereas antigypsysm is present also in the form of scapegoating the Roma and ethnicisation of the Coronavirus crisis6a; _________________ 6aEuropean Commission, Overview of the impact of coronavirus measures on the marginalised Roma communities in the EU, May 2020, p. 1.
Amendment 38 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and one of the minority groups in Europe that faces the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, continuous discrimination and unequal access to various vital services, which not only accounts for high number of individual human rights violations but also undermines social cohesion, economic ands social potential of the EU; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 52 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, COM/2008/0426final, 2 July 2008;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on European Commission to prepare a post-2020 EUFW that will reflect the existing diversity and multiple identities among Roma, integrate the gender equality principle and emphasis on Roma children and youth as key factors of positive change, and uphold an intersectional and multi-stakeholder approach to national integration strategies, where Roma are actively engaged from the preparatory to implementation stages of integration measures;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights that employment is the main path to social inclusion and ethnic minorities must therefore have the possibility to fully participate in the labour market and the “equal status and equal pay for equal work” principle shall apply to all workers;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Calls on the Commission to adopt a common EU framework for the collection and analysis of reliable and comparable disaggregated equality data for the purpose of combating discrimination, including in employment; adds that this should comprise labour market indicators to measure equality, including the employment position of migrants and minority groups, with full respect of privacy and fundamental rights standards;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education, with a focus on Roma women and girls and measures required for removing the barrier of traditional gender roles;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Member States to encourage stronger engagement of businesses, particularly at local level, and consider supporting the development of social enterprises to create sustainable workplaces for Roma, with a focus on Roma women;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice; calls for reinforced effort to increase participation of Roma children in the whole education lifecycle, from pre-school to the tertiary level;
Amendment 93 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop coordinated approaches for the integration of Roma children in society; in this sense, calls for the urgent adoption of the European Child Guarantee in the ESF+ with dedicated resources of 20 billion euros, to support lifting a generation out of poverty;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; points out that geographical isolation and housing segregation keep members of ethnic minorities away from decent jobs, regardless of their qualifications;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States to increase their efforts in providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation and implementation of right to the adequate standard of living, as well as right to a healthy environment, with special attention paid to the most vulnerable groups of Roma, such as children, women and elderly;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integration became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground8 , and to look into causes of low absorption rates in some Member States, also in line with recommendations of Court of Auditors to the Member States and tot he Commission in its special report no. 14/20167a. _________________ 7 Annex XI on ex ante conditionalities, Part I: Thematic ex ante conditionalities, Investment Priority 9.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. 7aEuropean Court of Auditors, EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016. 8Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Revisiting the EU Roma Framework: Assessing the European Dimension for the Post-2020 Future, Open Society Institute, June 2017, p.17.
Amendment 53 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 , the current TEN-E Regulation, lays down rules for the timely development and interoperability of trans-European energy networks in order to achieve the energy policy objectives of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to ensure the functioning of the internal energy market, security of supply and competitive energy markets in the Union, to promote energy efficiency and energy saving including in the transportation sector and the development of new and renewable forms of energy, and to promote the interconnection of energy networks. Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 puts in place a framework for Member States and relevant stakeholders to work together in a regional setting to develop better- connected energy networks with the aim to connect regions currently isolated from European energy markets, strengthen existing cross-border interconnections, and help integrate renewable energy. By pursuing those objectives, Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 contributes to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and brings benefits to the entire Union in terms of competitiveness and economic, social and territorial cohesion. _________________ 23Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009, OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39–75
Amendment 56 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The evaluation of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 has clearly shown that the framework has effectively improved the integration of Member States’ networks, stimulated energy trade and hence contributed to the competitiveness of the Union. Projects of common interest in electricity and gas have strongly contributed to security of supply. For gas, the infrastructure is now well connected and supply resilience has improved substantially since 2013 as corroborated by independent third-party analyses1a. Regional cooperation in Regional Groups and through cross-border cost allocation is an important enabler for project implementation. However, in many cases the cross-border cost allocation did not result in reducing the financing gap of the project, as intended. While the majority of permitting procedures have been shortened, in some cases the process is still long. The financial assistance from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has been an important factor as grants for studies have helped projects to reduce risks in the early stages of development, while grants for works have supported projects addressing key bottlenecks that market finance could not sufficiently address. _________________ 1aArtelys 2020: An updated analysis on gas supply security in the EU energy transition.
Amendment 57 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The TEN-E policy is a central instrument in the development of an internal energy market and necessary to achieve the European Green Deal objectives. To achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and higher levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030 in line with the Paris Agreement, Europe will need a more integrated energy system, relying which delivers energy efficiency and relies on higher levels of electrification based on renewable sources and the decarbonisation of the gas sector. The TEN-E policy can deliver the network innovation and transformation needed to ensure that the Union energy infrastructure development supports the required energy transition to climate neutrality of all sectors including transportation in line with the energy efficiency first principle.
Amendment 64 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 remain largely valid, the current TEN-E framework does not yet fully reflect the expected changes to the energy system that will result from the new political context and in particular the upgraded 2030 targets and the 2050 climate neutrality objective under the European Green Deal as well as the "do- no-harm"-principle. Besides the new political context and objectives, technological development has been rapid in the past decade. That development should be taken into account in the infrastructure categories covered by this Regulation, the projects of common interest selection criteria as well as the priority corridors and thematic areas.
Amendment 66 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union’s energy infrastructure should contribute towards climate change mitigation yet also be resilient to the unavoidable impacts that climate change is estimated to create in Europe in spite of the mitigation efforts. Hence, strengthening the efforts on climate adaptation, resilience building, disaster prevention and preparedness is crucial.
Amendment 71 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Security of supply, as one main driver behind Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, has been significantly improved through projects of common interest. Moreover, the Commission’s climate target impact assessment27 expects the consumption of natural gas to be reduced significantly because its non-abated use is not compatible with carbon-neutrality and because other technologies are increasingly available for sectors that have previously considered natural gas as their main option for decarbonisation such as the transport sector. Existing EU gas infrastructure is sufficiently capable of meeting future gas demand scenarios in the EU and as such LNG can act as a transitional energy source for sectors that currently do not have large-scale mature alternatives such as the maritime and aviation sector without infrastructure expansion. On the other hand, the consumption of biogas, renewable and low-decarbonised hydrogen and synthetic gaseous fuels will increase significantly towards 2050. Therefore, the natural gas infrastructure no longer needs support through the TEN-E policy. The planning of energy infrastructure should reflect this changing gas landscape. _________________ 27 SWD(2020) 176 final
Amendment 73 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) While LNG has a role to play in the short term transition away from more polluting fuels in the maritime and inland waterway transport sector, delivering a sustainable, scalable and cost-effective green transition for maritime transport in the medium and long term depends on the mass deployment of ammonia and green hydrogen, which can deliver zero carbon propulsion.
Amendment 77 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The importance of smart electricity grids in achieving the Union’s energy and climate policy objectives has been acknowledged in the communication from the Commission on energy system integration28 . The criteria for the category should include technological developments regarding innovation and digital aspects. Furthermore, the role of projects promoters should be clarified. Given the expected significant increase in power demand from the transport sector, in particular for electric vehiclesmobility along highways and in urban areas, smart grid technologies should also help to improve energy network related support for cross border high capacity recharging to support the decarbonisation of the transport sector based on the energy efficiency first principle. In this respect, electricity highways corridors must also be prioritised as part of power system modernisation to avoid grid congestion. _________________ 28 COM(2020) 299 final
Amendment 82 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Commission’s communication on energy system integration underlines the need for integrated energy infrastructure planning across energy carriers, infrastructures, and consumption sectors. Such system integration starts from the point of departure of applying the energy efficiency first principle and taking a holistic approach beyond individual sectors. It also addresses the decarbonisation needs of the hard to abate sectors, such as parts of industry or certain modes of transport, where direct electrification is, currently, technically or economically challenging. Such investments include sustainable hydrogen and electrolysers, which are progressing towards commercial large-scale deployment. The Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy gives priority to hydrogen production from renewable electricity, which is the cleanest solution and is most compatible with the EU climate neutrality objective. To this end, offshore energy hubs will play a significant role in utilising the energy generated by the expansion of offshore energy sources to produce the necessary clean fuels needed to transform the shipping and aviation sectors such as hydrogen, synthetic fuels, methanol and ammonia. In a transitional phase however, other forms of low-decarbonised hydrogen are needed to more rapidly replace existing hydrogen and kick- start an economy of scale without creating lock-in effects by investing in fossil infrastructure.
Amendment 89 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Moreover, the Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy29 concluded that for the required deployment of hydrogen a large- scale infrastructure network is an important element that only the Union and the single market can offer. There is currently very limited dedicated infrastructure in place to transport and trade hydrogen across borders. Such should consist of a significant extent of assets converted from natural gas, complemented by new assets dedicated to hydrogen. Furthermore, the Hydrogen Strategy sets a strategic goal to increase installed electrolyser capacity to 40 GW by 2030 in order to scale up the production of renewable hydrogen and facilitate the decarbonisation of fossil-fuel dependent sectors, such as industry or long-haul and heavy duty transport. Therefore, the TEN-E policy should include new and repurposed hydrogen transmission infrastructure and storage as well as electrolyser facilities. Hydrogen transmission and storage infrastructure should also be included in the Union-wide ten-year network development plan so as to allow a comprehensive and consistent assessment of their costs and benefits for the energy system, including their contribution to sector integration and decarbonisation, with the aim of creating a hydrogen backbone for the Union. _________________ 29A hydrogen strategy for a climate- neutral Europe, COM(2020) 301 final.
Amendment 92 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Moreover, a new infrastructure category should be created for smart gas grids to support investments which integrate renewable and low carbon gases such as sustainable second generation biogas, biomethane, and decarbonised hydrogen, in the network and help manage a resulting more complex system, building on innovative digital technologies.
Amendment 94 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 requires a candidate project of common interest to prove a significant contribution to at least one criterion from a set of criteria in the process for the elaboration of the Union list, which may, but does not need to, include sustainability. That requirement, in line with the specific needs of the internal energy market at the time, enabled development of projects of common interest which addressed only security of supply risks even if they did not demonstrate benefits in terms of sustainability. However, given the evolution of the Union infrastructure needs and the decarbonisation goals, the Conclusions of the 2020 July European Council, according to which “Union expenditure should be consistent with Paris Agreement objectives and the "do no harm" principle of the European Green Deal, sustainability in terms of the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid or the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as relevant, should be assessed in order to ensure that TEN-E policy is coherent with energy and climate policy objectives of the Union and contributes towards making the Union climate neutral by 2050 at the latest. The sustainability of CO2 transport networks is addressed by their purpose to capture, utilise, store and transport carbon dioxide.
Amendment 98 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Furthermore, to achieve the Union’s 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets and climate neutrality objective, Europe needs to significantly scale up renewable electricity generation. The existing infrastructure categories for electricity transmission and storage are crucial for the integration of the significant increase in renewable electricity generation in the power grid. In addition, that requires stepping up investment in offshore renewable energy30 and offshore energy hubs, which will enable a scale-up of power-to-x infrastructure required to transform sectors such as aviation and maritime transport and phase out the use of heavily pollutant fuels. Coordinating long- term planning and development of offshore and onshore electricity grids should also be addressed. In particular, offshore infrastructure planning should move away from the project-by-project approach towards a coordinated comprehensive approach ensuring the sustainable development of integrated offshore grids in line with the offshore renewable potential of each sea basin, environmental protection and other uses of the sea. _________________ 30 Offshore Strategy Communication
Amendment 102 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Following close consultations with all Member States and stakeholders, the Commission has identified 13 strategic trans-European energy infrastructure priorities, the implementation of which is essential for the achievement of the Union’s 2030 and 2050 energy and climate policy targets. Those priorities cover different geographic regions or thematic areas in the field of electricity transmission and storage, offshore grids for renewable energy, hydrogen transmission and storage, electrolysers, smart gas grids, smart electricity grids, and carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, storage and transport.
Amendment 107 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The planning and implementation of Union projects of common interest in the areas of energy, transport and telecommunication infrastructure should be coordinated to generate synergies whenever it is feasible from an overall economic, technical, environmental, climate or spatial planning point of view and with due regard to the relevant safety aspects. Thus, during the planning of the the various European networks, it should be possible to give preference to integrating transport, communication and energy networks in order to ensure that as little land as possible is taken up, whilst ensuring, where possible, that existing or disused routes are reused, in order to reduce to a minimum any negative social, economic, environmental, climate and financial impact. In particular, projects of common interest should be assessed in terms of their synergies with the Trans European Transport Network to maximise impact.
Amendment 112 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down guidelines for the timely development and interoperability of the priority corridors and areas of trans-European energy infrastructure set out in Annex I (‘energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas’) that contribute to the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the climate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest.
Amendment 116 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘smart electricity grid’ means an electricity network where the grid operator can digitally monitor the actions of the users connected to it, and information and communication technologies (ICT) for communicating with related grid operators, generators, consumers and/or prosumers and e-mobility, with a view to transmitting electricity in a sustainable, cost-efficient and secure way;
Amendment 117 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘smart gas grid’ means a gas network that makes use of innovative digital solutions to integrate in a cost efficient manner a plurality of low-decarbonised and renewable gas sources in accordance with consumers’ needs and gas quality requirements in order to reducmove the carbon footprint of the related gas consumption, enable an increased share of renewable and low-decarbonised gases, and create links with other energy carriers and sectors;
Amendment 120 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
(16 a) ‘energy efficiency first’ principle means taking utmost account in energy planning, and in policy and investment decisions, of alternative cost-efficient energy efficiency measures to make energy demand and energy supply more efficient, in particular by means of cost- effective end-use energy savings, demand response initiatives and more efficient conversion, transmission and distribution of energy, whilst still achieving the objectives of those decisions.
Amendment 133 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the project is in line with the “energy efficiency first” principle, i.e. promoters demonstrate the use of energy efficiency approaches to technology, and operation of the network in design, development and delivery of the project.
Amendment 134 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the project contributes significantly to the decarbonisation objectives of the Union and those of the third country and to sustainabilityreaching climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 at the latest, including through the integration of renewable energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and;
Amendment 138 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) the project is in line with the “energy efficiency first” principle, i.e. promoters demonstrate the use of energy efficiency approaches to technology, and operation of the network in design, development and delivery of the project.
Amendment 140 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) for electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in points (1)(a), (b), (c) and (e) of Annex II, the project is to respect the "do-no-harm"- principle and contribute significantly to sustainability through the integration of renewable energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 142 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
(i) market integration, includingter alia through lifting the isolation of at least one Member State and reducing energy infrastructure bottlenecks; competition and system flexibility;
Amendment 143 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
(b) for smart electricity grid projects falling under the energy infrastructure category set out in point (1)(d) of Annex II, the project is to respect the "do-no- harm"-principle and contribute significantly to sustainability through the integration of renewable energy into the grid, and at least two of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 145 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) facilitating smart sector integration in a wider way by favouring synergies and coordination between energy, transport and telecommunication sectors.
Amendment 146 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c – introductory part
(c) for carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, storage and transport projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in point (5) of Annex II, the project is to respect the "do-no- harm"-principle and contribute significantly to all of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 148 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii
(ii) increase the resilience and security of carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, storage and transport;
Amendment 152 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part
(d) for hydrogen projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in point (3) of Annex II the project is to respect the "do-no-harm"-principle and contribute significantly to sustainability, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by enhancing the deployment of renewable hydrogen and supporting variable renewable power generation by offering flexibility and/or storage solutions. Furthermore, the project is to contribute significantly to at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 159 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part
(f) for smart gas grid projects falling under the energy infrastructure category set out in point (2) of Annex II, the project is to respect the "do-no-harm"-principle and contribute significantly to sustainability by enabling and facilitating the integration of renewable and low-decarbonised gases, such as biomethane, or renewable hydrogen, into the gas distribution and transmission networks in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the project is to contribute significantly to at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 169 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Synergy effects with other networks, particularly the trans-European transport network
Amendment 171 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Project promoters shall draw up an publicly available implementation plan for projects of common interest, including a timetable for each of the following:
Amendment 188 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The guidelines shall include the energy efficiency first and do-no-harm principles and ensure that the underlying ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas scenarios are fully in line with the latest medium and long-term European Union decarbonisation targets and the latest available Commission scenarios.
Amendment 192 #
2020/0360(COD)
When assessing the infrastructure gaps the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall implement the energy efficiency first principle and with particular regard to those gaps affecting the ability to accomplish the Union's decarbonisation targets and consider with priority all relevant non-infrastructure related solutions including sector coupling projects to address the identified gaps.
Amendment 195 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Within three months following receipt of the infrastructure gaps report together with the input received in the consultation process and a report on how it was taken into account, the Agency shall submit its opinion to the ENTSO for Electricity or ENTSO for Gas and the Commission and make it publicly available.
Amendment 196 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall adapt their infrastructure gaps reports taking due account ofin line with the Agency’s opinion and in line with the Commission’s opinion before the publication of. Justifications must be provided if these opinions are not reflected in the final infrastructure gaps reports.
Amendment 199 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. By [31 July 2023] the ENTSO for Electricity, with the involvement of the relevant TSOs, the national regulatory authorities and of the Commission and in line with the agreement referred to in paragraph 1, shall develop and publish integrated offshore network development plans starting from the 2050 objectives, with intermediate steps for 2030 and 2040, for each sea-basin, in line with the priority offshore grid corridors referred to in Annex I, taking into account environmental protection and other uses of the sea. The integrated offshore plans may also include renewable hydrogen infrastructure if considered relevant. Those integrated offshore network development plans shall thereafter be updated every three years.
Amendment 210 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the effectiveness of this Regulation in contributing to the climate and energy targets for 2030, and, in the longer term, to the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.
Amendment 230 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 4 – point 12 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 4 – point 12 – introductory part
(12) Cross-border carbon dioxide network: development of carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, storage and transport infrastructure between Member States and with neighbouring third countries in view of the deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage.
Amendment 239 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) any of the following equipment or installation aiming at enabling and facilitating the integration of renewable and low-decarbonised gases (including biomethane or green hydrogen) into the network: digital systems and components integrating ICT, control systems and sensor technologies to enable the interactive and intelligent monitoring, metering, quality control and management of gas production, transmission, distribution and consumption within a gas network. Furthermore, such projects may also include equipment to enable reverse flows from the distribution to the transmission level and related necessary upgrades to the existing network.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) concerning green hydrogen:
Amendment 244 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
(a) transmission pipelines for the transport of green hydrogen, giving access to multiple network users on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis, which mainly contains high-pressure hydrogen pipelines, excluding pipelines for the local distribution of hydrogen;
Amendment 249 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
(d a) green hydrogen infrastructure at multimodal transport hubs or connecting electrolysers sites to synthetical fuel production sites
Amendment 259 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) dedicated pipelines, other than upstream pipeline network, used to transport carbon dioxide from more than one source, i.e. industrial installations (including power plants)infrastructure used to capture and transport carbon dioxide from sources that produce carbon dioxide gas from combustion or other chemical reactions involving fossil or non-fossil carbon-containing compounds, for the purpose of permanent geological storage of carbon dioxide pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council61 ; _________________ 61 OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114.
Amendment 261 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) facilities for liquefaction and buffer storage of carbon dioxide in view of its further transportation. This does not includes infrastructure within a geological formation used for the permanent geological storage of carbon dioxide pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC and associated surface and injection facilities;
Amendment 263 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 6
Annex III – Part 2 – point 6
(6) proposed carbon dioxide capture, utilisation, storage and transport projects falling under the category set out in point (5) of Annex II shall be presented as part of a plan, developed by at least two Member States, for the development of cross-border carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure, to be presented by the Member States concerned or entities designated by those Member States to the Commission.
Amendment 274 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point c
Annex IV – point 2 – point c
(c) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (5) of Annex II, the project can be used to capture, utilise, store and transport anthropogenic carbon dioxide by at least two Member States and a third country.
Amendment 276 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 5 – point a
Annex IV – point 5 – point a
(a) Sustainability measured as the contribution of a project to: accomplishing the Union objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest by reducing greenhouse gas emission reductions in different end-use applications, such as industry or of hard to abate sectors, such as industry or heavy duty and long haul transport; flexibility and seasonal storage options for renewable electricity generation; or the integration of renewable hydrogen.
Amendment 279 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 5 – point c
Annex IV – point 5 – point c
(c) security of supply and flexibility measured by calculating the additional value of the project to the resilience, diversity and flexibility of green hydrogen supply.
Amendment 281 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point a
Annex IV – point 6 – point a
(a) level of sustainability measured by assessing the share of renewable and low- decarbonised gases integrated into the gas network contributing to the Union objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest, the related greenhouse gas emission savings towards total system decarbonisation and the adequate detection of leakage.
Amendment 285 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point b
Annex IV – point 6 – point b
(b) quality and security of supply measured by assessing the ratio of reliably available gas supply and peak demand, the share of imports replaced by local renewable and low-decarbonised gases, the stability of system operation, the duration and frequency of interruptions per customer.
Amendment 289 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7 – point a
Annex IV – point 7 – point a
(a) sustainability measured by assessing the share of renewable hydrogen or hydrogen meeting the criteria defined in point (4) (a) (ii) of Annex II integrated into the network, and the related greenhouse gas emission savings contributing to the Union objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest ;
Amendment 17 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
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The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union.
Amendment 18 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a framework for promotion of adequate minimum wages in the European Union
Amendment 68 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) While mMinimum wage protection exists in all Member States, in some that p. Protection stems from legislative provisions (“statutory minimum wages”) and from collective agreements while iand from collective agreements. Many Member States have statutory minimum wages. In some Member States, social partners have developed autonomous bargaining structures that contribute to well functioning wage setting. In others it is provided exclusively, through collectivese Member States, social partners have a high capacity to negotiate and monitor the implementation of concluded agreements.
Amendment 70 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Wage setting through collective agreements have proven to be beneficial from a broad socio-economic perspective, contributing to a balanced development of wage formation and reducing in-work poverty. The implementation of a framework for promoting adequate minimum wages on a European level is not intended to affect or change any existing or future developments of procedures or systems for wage formation established by the social partners.
Amendment 71 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10 b) Therefore this directive do not impose any obligation on the Member States to take measures requiring the social partners to set minimum wages through collective agreements or otherwise change their practices for negotiations, monitoring of implementation and procedures for conclusion of their agreements.
Amendment 72 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Minimum wage protection set out byin the form of wages stemming from collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequate in most cases; statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk- of-poverty threshold in nine Member States. In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages negatively affect their adequacy.
Amendment 75 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Not all workers in the Union are protected by minimum wages. In some Member States some workers, even though they are covered, receive in practice a remuneration below the statutory minimum wage due to the non-respect of existing rules. In particular, such non-compliance has been found to affect notably women, young workers, people with disabilities and agricultural workers. In Member States where minimum wage protection is provided only throughn the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, the share of workers not covered is estimated to vary from 2% to 55% of all workers.
Amendment 78 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and new forms of work.
Amendment 80 #
Amendment 84 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure bas regards the establishment of a framework to promothe that minimum wages are set at adequate level and that workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage where it exists or in the form of wages set undertemming from collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In full respect of Article 153(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this Directive neither aims to harmonise the level of minimum wages across the Union nor to establish an uniform mechanism for setting minimum wages. It does not interfere with the freedom of Member States to set statutory minimum wages or promote access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements, according to the traditions and specificities of each country and in full respect of national competences and social partners’ contractual freedom. This Directive does not impose an obligation on the Member States where minimum wage protection is ensured exclusively via collective agreements to introduce a statutory minimum wage nor to make the collective agreements universally applicable. Also, this Directive does not establish the level of pay or conditions for setting wages, which falls within the contractual freedom of the social partners at national level and within the relevant competence of Member States. The purpose is not to impose any obligation for Member States to take measures demanding the introduction of statutory minimum wages or measures implying that the social partners have an equivalent obligation. This Directive does not oblige Member States to grant access to minimum wage protection to all workers. Such an obligation would directly interfere with the minimum wage coverage and the determination of pay in the Member States and therefore fall under the exception of Article 153(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Nothing in this Directive should be construed as creating rights for individuals.
Amendment 88 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a framework for the promotion of adequate minimum wages in the European Union
Amendment 92 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) This directive only establishes obligations for Member States as of effort and process to lay down adequate minimum wage protection and promoting collective bargaining on wage-setting. No provision in this directive should be interpreted as unconditional and sufficiently clear, it establish no direct effect. No individuals can establish rights on basis of this directive.
Amendment 93 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) In some Member States there are no statutory minimum wages, nor any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in those Member States are among the highest in the European Union. These collective self- regulatory systems rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 %, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Therefore, in those Member States, the national social partners, representing both private and public sector, should have the option to jointly demand that the Member State does not apply this directive either totally or in part. Member states that have so determined not to apply the directive have no obligation to implement thedirective. The rationale for an opt out for those Member States, on basis of a joint demand from social partners, also follows from the aim of this directive which is to encourage and promote collective bargaining coverage to reach at least 70%.
Amendment 94 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) In some Member States there are no statutory minimum wages, nor any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in those Member States are among the highest in the European Union. These collective self- regulatory systems rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 %, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Therefore, in those Member States, the representative national social partners, both in private and public sector, should have the option to jointly demand that the Member State does not apply this directive either totally or in part. Member states that have so determined do not have to apply the directive. Member States with robust collective bargaining coverage above 70% of all employees should be rewarded and their systems will not be affected by this directive. The directive aims to increase collective bargaining coverage, and decent minimum wages are seen as second best. The rationale for the reward for those Member States, on basis of a joint demand from representative social partners, also follows from the aim of this directive which is to encourage and promote collective bargaining coverage to reach at least 70%.
Amendment 100 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Well-functioning collective bargaining on wage setting is an important means to ensure that workers are protected by adequate minimum wages, in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements. In the Member States with statutory minimum wages, collective bargaining supports general wage developments and therefore contributes to improving the adequacy of minimum wages, in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements. In the Member States where minimum wage protection, is provided exclusivelyn the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, is provided by collective bargaining, their level as well as the share of protected workers are directly determined by the functioning of the collective bargaining system and collective bargaining coverage. Strong and well- functioning collective bargaining together with a high coverage of sectorial or cross- industry collective agreements strengthen the adequacy and the coverage of minimum wages, in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements.
Amendment 105 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Sound rules, procedures and practice for setting and updating statutory minimum wages are necessary to deliverpromote adequate minimum wages, while safeguarding jobs and the competitiveness of firms including small and medium-sized enterprises. They include a number of elements to preserve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, including criteria and indicators to assess adequacy, regular and timely updates, the existence of consultative bodies and the involvement of social partners. A timely and effective involvement of the latter is another element of good governance that allows for an informed and inclusive decision-making process.
Amendment 109 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) MStatutory minimum wages are considered adequate if they are fair in relation to the wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living. The adequacy of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicators commonly used at international level, such as 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.
Amendment 112 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 123 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 144 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) In Denmark and Sweden there are no statutory minimum wages. Nor are there any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in these two member states are among the highest in the European Union. The collective self- regulatory systems in Denmark and Sweden rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 % as promoted in this directive, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Further, the social partners in both Denmark and Sweden have jointly demanded to be excluded from this directive. The rationale for adopting this directive does not apply to Denmark and Sweden. It would therefore be a disproportionate, unnecessary, and inadequate obligation for those Member States to transpose and implement this Directive.
Amendment 149 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, this Directive establishes a framework for the promotion of:
Amendment 151 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting adequate levels of statutory minimum wages;
Amendment 155 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) access of workers to minimum wage protection, in the form of wages set out by collective agreementspromoting access to collective bargaining wage setting or in the form of a statutory minimum wage where it exists.
Amendment 159 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive shall be without prejudice to the full respect of the autonomy of social partners, as well as their right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements according to national law.
Amendment 162 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the choice of the Member States to set statutory minimum wages or promote access to minimum wage protection provided byin the form of wages stemming from collective agreements.
Amendment 164 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as imposing an obligation on the Member States where wage setting is ensured exclusively via collective agreements to introduce a statutory minimum wage nor to make the collective agreements universally applicable. or otherwise to take measures affecting the contractual freedom of the social partners to negotiate, monitor and set wages through collective agreements. This Directive does not oblige these Member States to grant access to minimum wage protection to all workers, nor does it create an obligation on the Member States as regards the level or conditions for setting of wages.
Amendment 168 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as creating rights for individuals.
Amendment 169 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Member States where there are no statutory minimum wages or systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding, where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners and where collective bargaining coverage exceeds 70% of the workforce, shall have the option not to apply this directive, either totally or in part, provided that the social partners at national level jointly demand this.
Amendment 170 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Member States where there are no statutory minimum wages or systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding and where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners, shall have the option not to apply this directive, either totally or in part, provided that the social partners at national level jointly demand this.
Amendment 173 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) While mMinimum wage protection exists in all Member States, in some that p. Protection stems from legislative provisions (“statutory minimum wages”) and from collective agreements while in others it is provided exclusively, through collectiveand from collective agreements. Many Member States have statutory minimum wages. In some Member States, social partners have developed autonomous bargaining structures that contribute to well functioning wage-setting. In these Member States, social partners have a high capacity to negotiate and monitor the implementation of concluded agreements.
Amendment 174 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 176 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Wage setting through collective agreements have proven to be beneficial from a broad socio-economic perspective, contributing to a balanced development of wage formation and reducing in-work poverty. The implementation of a framework for promoting adequate minimum wages on a European level is not intended to affect or change any existing or future developments of procedures or systems for wage formation established by the social partners.
Amendment 176 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply, while respecting national law and practise:
Amendment 177 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10 b) Therefore this Directive does not impose any obligation on the Member States to take measures requiring the social partners to set minimum wages through collective agreements or otherwise change their practices for negotiations, monitoring of implementation and procedures for conclusion of their agreements
Amendment 182 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘collective agreement’ means all agreements in writing regarding provisions such as, but not limited to, working conditions and terms of employment concluded by the social partners as an outcome of collective bargaining;
Amendment 185 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Minimum wage protection set out byin the form of wages stemming from collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequate in most cases; statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk- of-poverty threshold in nine Member States. In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages negatively affect their adequacy.
Amendment 193 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Not all workers in the Union are protected by minimum wages. In some Member States some workers, even though they are covered, receive in practice a remuneration below the statutory minimum wage due to the non-respect of existing rules. In particular, such non-compliance has been found to affect notably women, young workers, people with disabilities and agricultural workers. In Member States where minimum wage protection is provided only throughn the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, the share of workers not covered is estimated to vary from 2% to 55% of all workers.
Amendment 194 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where the overall collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining, either by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an action plan to promote collective bargaining. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commission.
Amendment 195 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. If the collective bargaining coverage falls below less than 70 % in a Member State where minimum wage protection is ensured exclusively via collective agreements the Member State shall encourage the social partners to assess whether the existing enabling conditions for collective bargaining are sufficient and to draw up an action plan to increase collective bargaining coverage.
Amendment 202 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and new forms of work.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The national criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following elements, whose relevance and relative weight may be decided by Member States in accordance with their prevailing national socio-economic conditions:
Amendment 211 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 216 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular and timely updates of statutory minimum wages in order to preservecontinue promoting their adequacy.
Amendment 218 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure bas regards the establishment of a framework to promothe that minimum wages are set at adequate level and that workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage where it exists or in the form of wages set undertemming from collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
Amendment 224 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In full respect of Article 153(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this Directive neither aims to harmonise the level of minimum wages across the Union nor to establish an uniform mechanism for setting minimum wages. It does not interfere with the freedom of Member States to set statutory minimum wages or promote access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements, according to the traditions and specificities of each country and in full respect of national competences and social partners’ contractual freedom. This Directive does not impose an obligation on the Member States where minimum wage protection is ensured exclusively via collective agreements to introduce a statutory minimum wage nor to make the collective agreements universally applicable. Also, this Directive does not establish the level of pay or conditions for setting wages, which falls within the contractual freedom of the social partners at national level and within the relevant competence of Member States. The purpose is not to impose any obligation for Member States to take measures demanding the introduction of statutory minimum wages or measures implying that the social partners have an equivalent obligation. This Directive does not oblige Member States to grant access to minimum wage protection to all workers. Such an obligation would directly interfere with the minimum wage coverage and the determination of pay in the Member States and therefore fall under the exception of Article 153(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Nothing in this Directive should be construed as creating rights for individuals.
Amendment 224 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 232 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) This Directive only establishes obligations for Member States as of effort and process to lay down adequate minimum wage protection and promoting collective bargaining on wage-setting. No provision in this directive should be interpreted as unconditional and sufficiently clear, it establishes no direct effect. No individual right can be established on the basis of this Directive.
Amendment 234 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) In some Member States there are no statutory minimum wages, nor any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in those Member States are among the highest in the European Union. These collective self- regulatory systems rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 %, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Therefore, in those Member States, the national social partners, representing both private and public sector, should have the option to jointly demand that the Member State does not apply this Directive either totally or in part. Member states that have so determined not to apply this Directive have no obligation to implement the directive. The rationale for an opt out for those Member States, on basis of a joint demand from social partners, also follows from the aim of this Directive which is to encourage and promote collective bargaining coverage to reach at least 70%.
Amendment 235 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) In some Member States there are no statutory minimum wages, nor any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in those Member States are among the highest in the European Union. These collective self- regulatory systems rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 %, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Therefore, in those Member States, the representative national social partners, both in private and public sector, should have the option to jointly demand that the Member State does not apply this directive either totally or in part. Member states that have so determined do not have to apply the directive. Member States with robust collective bargaining coverage above 70% of all employees should be rewarded and their systems will not be affected by this directive. The directive aims to increase collective bargaining coverage, and decent minimum wages are seen as second best. The rationale for the reward for those Member States, on basis of a joint demand from representative social partners, also follows from the aim of this directive which is to encourage and promote collective bargaining coverage to reach at least 70%.
Amendment 245 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 247 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU and Directive 2014/23/EU, Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public procurement or concession contracts economic operators comply with the wages set out by applicable collective agreements for the relevant sector and geographical area and with the statutory minimum wages where they exist.
Amendment 255 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Well-functioning collective bargaining on wage setting is an important means to ensure that workers are protected by adequate minimum wages., in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements In the Member States with statutory minimum wages, collective bargaining supports general wage developments and therefore contributes to improving the adequacy of minimum wages., in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements In the Member States where minimum wage protection, is provided exclusivelyn the form of wages stemming from collective agreements, is provided by collective bargaining, their level as well as the share of protected workers are directly determined by the functioning of the collective bargaining system and collective bargaining coverage. Strong and well- functioning collective bargaining together with a high coverage of sectorial or cross- industry collective agreements strengthen the adequacy and the coverage of minimum wages. , in the form of wages stemming from collective agreements
Amendment 258 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) for minimum wage protection provided only byin form of wages stemming from collective agreements:
Amendment 262 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Amendment 266 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide the statistics and information referred to in this paragraph disaggregated by gender, age, disability and age, company size and sector.
Amendment 268 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 271 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that information regarding statutory minimum wage protection, including collective agreements and wage provisions therein, is transparent and publicly accessible.
Amendment 276 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. On the basis of the report issued by the Commission, the Employment Committee set up in accordance with Article 150 TFEU shall carry out every year an examination of the promotion of collective bargaining on wage setting and of promotion of the adequacy of minimum wages in the Member States.
Amendment 277 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements, workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, in the case of infringements of theiexisting national law or collective agreements provide for rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements and such rights have been infringed.
Amendment 281 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to protect workers, including those who are workers’ representatives, from any adverse treatment by the employer and from any adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged with the employer or resulting from any proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with the rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreementsprovided for in existing national law or collective agreements relating to minimum wage protection.
Amendment 283 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions, without prejudice to specific forms of compensation and/or contractual penalties provided for, where applicable, in rules on enforcement of collective agreements, lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of existing national law or collective agreements relating to minimum wage protection. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Sound rules, procedures and practice for setting and updating statutory minimum wages are necessary to deliverpromote adequate minimum wages, while safeguarding jobs and the competitiveness of firms including small and medium-sized enterprises. They include a number of elements to preserve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, including criteria and indicators to assess adequacy, regular and timely updates, the existence of consultative bodies and the involvement of social partners. A timely and effective involvement of the latter is another element of good governance that allows for an informed and inclusive decision-making process.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States may entrust the social partners with the implementation of this Directive, where the social partners jointly request to do so. In so doing, the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the results sought byobligations of this Directive are guaranteedapplied with at all times.
Amendment 290 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States without affecting the contractual freedom of the social partners to negotiate and conclude collective agreements.
Amendment 293 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not affect Member States’ prerogative to apply or to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or to encourage or permit the application of collective agreements which are more favourable to workers.
Amendment 295 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
This Directive is addressed to the Member States except Denmark and Sweden.
Amendment 308 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) MStatutory minimum wages are considered adequate if they are fair in relation to the wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living. The adequacy of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicators commonly used at international level, such as 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.
Amendment 316 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 338 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 386 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) In Denmark and Sweden there are no statutory minimum wages. Nor are there any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in these two Member States are among the highest in the European Union. The collective self- regulatory systems in Denmark and Sweden rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 % as promoted in this directive, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Further, the social partners in both Denmark and Sweden have jointly demanded to be excluded from this directive. The rationale for adopting this directive does not apply to Denmark and Sweden. It would therefore be a disproportionate, unnecessary, and inadequate obligation for those Member States to transpose and implement this Directive.
Amendment 390 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, this Directive establishes a framework for the promotion of:
Amendment 399 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting adequate levels of statutory minimum wages;
Amendment 408 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) access of workers to minimum wage protection, in the form of wages set out by collective agreementspromoting access to collective bargaining wage setting or in the form of a statutory minimum wage where it exists.
Amendment 414 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive shall be without prejudice to the full respect of the autonomy of social partners, as well as their right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements according to national law.
Amendment 417 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the choice of the Member States to set statutory minimum wages or promote access to minimum wage protection provided byin the form of wages stemming from collective agreements.
Amendment 420 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as imposing an obligation on the Member States where wage setting is ensured exclusively via collective agreements to introduce a statutory minimum wage nor to make the collective agreements universally applicable or otherwise to take measures affecting the contractual freedom of the social partners to negotiate, monitor and set wages through collective agreements. This Directive does not oblige these Member States to grant access to minimum wage protection to all workers, nor does it create an obligation on the Member States as regards the level or conditions for setting of wages.
Amendment 431 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as creating rights for individuals.
Amendment 432 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States where there are no statutory minimum wages or systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding, where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners and where collective bargaining coverage exceeds 70% of the workforce, shall have the option not to apply this Directive, either totally or in part, provided that the social partners at national level jointly demand this.
Amendment 433 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Member States where there are no statutory minimum wages or systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding and where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners, shall have the option not to apply this Directive, either totally or in part, provided that the social partners at national level jointly demand this.
Amendment 444 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 446 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply, while respecting national law and practise:
Amendment 471 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘collective agreement’ means all agreements in writing regarding provisions such as, but not limited to, working conditions and terms of employment concluded by the social partners as an outcome of collective bargaining;
Amendment 538 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where the overall collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining, either by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an action plan to promote collective bargaining. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commission.
Amendment 541 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If the collective bargaining coverage falls below less than 70 % in a Member State where minimum wage protection is ensured exclusively via collective agreements the Member State shall encourage the social partners to assess whether the existing enabling conditions for collective bargaining are sufficient and to draw up an action plan to increase collective bargaining coverage.
Amendment 569 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The national criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following elements, whose relevance and relative weight may be decided by Member States in accordance with their prevailing national socio-economic conditions:
Amendment 598 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 639 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular and timely updates of statutory minimum wages in order to preservecontinue promoting their adequacy.
Amendment 662 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 754 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 765 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU and Directive 2014/23/EU, Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public procurement or concession contracts economic operators comply with the wages set out by applicable collective agreements for the relevant sector and geographical area and with the statutory minimum wages where they exist.
Amendment 802 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) for minimum wage protection provided only byin form of wages stemming from collective agreements:
Amendment 811 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Amendment 818 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide the statistics and information referred to in this paragraph disaggregated by gender, age, disability and age, company size and sector.
Amendment 824 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 835 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that information regarding statutory minimum wage protection, including collective agreements and wage provisions therein, is transparent and publicly accessible.
Amendment 850 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. On the basis of the report issued by the Commission, the Employment Committee set up in accordance with Article 150 TFEU shall carry out every year an examination of the promotion of collective bargaining on wage setting and of promotion of the adequacy of minimum wages in the Member States.
Amendment 862 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements, workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, in the case of infringements of theiexisting national law or collective agreements provide for rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements and such rights have been infringed.
Amendment 879 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to protect workers, including those who are workers’ representatives, from any adverse treatment by the employer and from any adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged with the employer or resulting from any proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with the rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreementsprovided for in existing national law or collective agreements relating to minimum wage protection.
Amendment 886 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions, without prejudice to specific forms of compensation and/or contractual penalties provided for, where applicable, in rules on enforcement of collective agreements, lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of existing national law or collective agreements relating to minimum wage protection. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 897 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States may entrust the social partners with the implementation of this Directive, where the social partners jointly request to do so. In so doing, the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the results sought byobligations of this Directive are guaranteedapplied with at all times.
Amendment 903 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States without affecting the contractual freedom of the social partners to negotiate and conclude collective agreements.
Amendment 908 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not affect Member States’ prerogative to apply or to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or to encourage or permit the application of collective agreements which are more favourable to workers.
Amendment 918 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
This Directive is addressed to the Member States except Denmark and Sweden.
Amendment 16 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In the workplace, workers and other persons are often exposed to a cocktail of substances, which can increase health risks, cause adverse effects on their reproductive systems and cause impaired fertility or infertility, and have a negative impact on foetal development and lactation. Substances which are toxic to reproduction are of very high concern and the organisation of workplace prevention should apply the same approach as for carcinogens and mutagens. As not all reprotoxic substances are threshold substances, it is of utmost importance to enlarge the scope of Directive 2004/37/EC to reprotoxic substances in order to bring it in line with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. This is necessary to better protect workers and their children and to ensure the safe participation of all workers in the workplace, in particular female workers who are pregnant or breastfeeding. In Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, half of the 211 substances identified as substances of very high concern are reprotoxic substances. As is the case in some Member States, the organisation of workplace prevention should therefore apply the same approach to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances, thus ensuring legal coherence and a level playing field across Member States.. ____________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 19 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights46 , jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth on 17 November 2017, provides workers’ right to a high level of protection of their health and safety at work, which includes the protection from the exposure to carcinogens and mutagen, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at the workplace. __________________ 46European Pillar of Social Rights, November 2017, available at : https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/social-summit-european- pillar-social-rights-booklet_en.pdf
Amendment 21 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Following the amendments to Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC, as set out in this Directive, further limit values for additional substances or group of substances and processes should be introduced by end of 2024. Between 50 and 70 substances or group of substances have been identified by different agencies, stakeholders, and the World Health Organization in priority lists of workplace carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which binding limit values are needed. The Commission should, no later than the end of 2021, put forward an action plan to achieve occupational exposure limits for at least 25 additional substances or group of substances or process generated substances. The additional substances or group of substances referred to in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC should include but not be limited to substances and processes such as welding fumes, asphalt fumes, leather dust, Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), 1-4dioxane, isoprene. Reprotoxic substances should include lead and lead compounds, Bisphenol-A, Carbon Monoxide, Mercury and divalent inorganic mercury compounds, N-methyl- 2-pyrrolidone, N,N-Dimethylacetamide, Nitrobenzene, N,N Dimethylformamide, 2-Methoxy ethanol, 2-Methoxyethyl acetate, 2-Ethoxyethanol, 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, benzyl butyl phthalate and dibutyl phthalate.
Amendment 25 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Binding occupational exposure limit values are important component of the general arrangements for the protection of workers established by Directive 2004/37/EC and must not be exceeded. Limit values and other directly related provisions should be established for all those carcinogens or, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which the available information, including scientific and technical data, make this possible.
Amendment 27 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Compliance with binding occupational exposure limit values is without prejudice to other employers’ obligations pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC, such as the reduction of the use of carcinogens and mutagen, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at the workplace, the prevention or reduction of workers’ exposure to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances and the measures which should be implemented to that effect. Those measures should include, as far as it is technically possible, the replacement of the carcinogen or, mutagen and reprotoxic substance by a substance, mixture or process which is not dangerous or is less dangerous to workers’ health, the use of a closed system or other measures aiming to reduce the level of workers’ exposure.
Amendment 29 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In sectors in which workers are exposed to carcinogens or mutagens, gender mainstreaming should be an integral part of the development of occupational safety and health policies and prevention strategies. Member States’ authorities should, in consultation with the social partners, take steps to mainstream gender equality and LGBTQI+ considerations in the implementation of Articles 7, 8 and 10 of Directive 2004/37/EC as regards sanitary facilities, work equipment and personal protective equipment.
Amendment 31 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Member States’ authorities should ensure that Articles 7, 8 and 10 of Directive 2004/37/EC take due consideration to workers with disabilities especially with regard to sanitary facilities, work equipment and personal protective equipment.
Amendment 32 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) Sectors such as the steel and chemicals industry as well as the cleaning sector in health services rely on posted workers, third country nationals and migrant workers. Member States’ authorities should especially ensure that the measures in Article 5 on prevention and reduction of exposure measures for workers as well as the information and training requirement in Article 11 of Directive 2004/37/EC are extended to posted workers, third-country nationals and migrant workers.
Amendment 38 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Directive strengthens the protection of workers’ health and safety at their workplace. New limit values should be set out in Directive 2004/37/EC in the light ofusing a risk-based methodology. All available information should be considered, including new scientific and technical data and should also be based on, a thorough assessment of the socioeconomic impact and the availability of exposure measurement protocols and techniques at the workplace. That information should, if possible, include data on residual risks to the health of workers, opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as well as opinions of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH). Information related to residual risk, made publicly available at Union level, is valuable for any future work to limit risks from occupational exposure to carcinogens and mutagens.
Amendment 39 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Directive strengthens the protection of workers’ health and safety at their workplace. New limit values should be set out in Directive 2004/37/EC in the light of available information, including new scientific and technical data and should also be based on a thorough assessment of the socioeconomic impact and availability of exposure measurement protocols and techniques at the workplace. That information should, if possible, include data on residual risks to the health of workers, opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as well as opinions of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH). Information related to residual risk, made publicly available at Union level, is valuable for any future work to limit risks from occupational exposure to carcinogens and mutagen, mutagens and reprotoxic substances.
Amendment 40 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In accordance with the recommendations of the RAC and the ACSH, where possible, limit values for the inhalation route of exposure are established in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (long-term exposure limit values) and, for certain carcinogens or, mutagens and reprotoxic substances to a shorter reference period, in general fifteen minutes time-weighted average (short-term exposure limit values), in order to limit, to the extent possible, the effects arising from short-term exposure.
Amendment 41 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is also necessary to consider other absorption pathways other than inhalation of all carcinogens and mutagen, mutagens and reprotoxic substances, including the possibility of uptake through the skin, in order to ensure the best possible level of protection.
Amendment 42 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In the workplace, workers are often exposed to a cocktail of hazardous substances, which can increase risks and cause adverse health effects. In the case of exposure to a combination of substances acting by the same mode of action or at the same target cell or tissue, it is necessary to adapt the implementation of their possible limit values to take into account the combined effects.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With regard to nickel compounds, limit values of 0.0105 mg/m³ for the respirable fraction and 0.053 mg/m³ for the inhalable fraction may be difficult to be complied with in a number of sectors or processes, including specifically smelting, refineries and welding. Furthermore, since identical risk management measures can be used both for chromium (VI) and nickel compounds, the transitional measures aiming to reduce the exposure to these two groups of carcinogens should be aligned. Therefore, a transitional period until 17 January 2025 inclusive should be introduced during which a limit value of 0.1 mg/m³ for the inhalable fraction of the nickel compounds should apply. This transitional period would ensure alignment with the date of application of the OEL for Chromium (VI) compounds adopted in Directive 2017/2398/EU48 . __________________ 48 Directive (EU) 2017/2398 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. Available at: https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1571906530859&ur i=CELEX:32017L2398.
Amendment 49 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The green economy is expected to expand in the context of the European Green Deal. It is therefore necessary to focus on potential occupational safety and health risks in green jobs. Nickel compounds play a considerable role in the development of green alternatives to fossil fuels. It is therefore likely that the need nickel compounds will grow and it is essential to protect workers from, and ensure the full and effective implementation of the occupational exposure limit values to that chemical agent.
Amendment 52 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Benzene meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1A) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and is therefore carcinogen within the meaning of Directive 2004/37/EC. Benzene can also be absorbed through the skin. The limit value set out in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC for benzene should be revised in the light of more recent scientific data no later than 1 January 2030 in accordance with the ACSH opinion and it is appropriate to keep the skin notation. The ACSH, based on the RAC opinion, also agreed on the usefulness of the biomonitoring for benzene. This should be considered when developing guidance on the practical use of biomonitoring.
Amendment 55 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Cobalt and cobalt compounds meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and are therefore carcinogens within the meaning of Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data, to set limit values for that group of carcinogens. Exposure to cobalt and cobalt compounds at workplaces may also result in dermal sensitisation and sensitisation of the respiratory tract. It is therefore appropriate to establish two limit values for both the inhalable and respirable fractions of cobalt and its compounds under the scope of Directive 2004/37/EC and to assign a notation for dermal and respiratory sensitisation.
Amendment 56 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The limit value for respirable crystalline silica dust (‘respirable fraction’) set out in Annex III to Directive (EU) 2017/2398 should be revised in the light of Article 18a and more recent scientific and technical data.
Amendment 57 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) Hazardous Medicinal Products can cause adverse health effects, such as certain types of cancer and reproductive disorders, in workers who are exposed to them in the course of work involving their preparation, administration, or disposal. Hazardous Medicinal Products affect workers who handle them directly or indirectly. Such workers include healthcare workers using cytostatic or cytotoxic drugs to treat cancer patients in hospitals or at home and workers who carry out activities relating to the cleaning, transport, laundry, or the waste disposal of hazardous drugs or of material contaminated by such drugs. It is therefore important to protect all workers by including relevant pharmacotherapeutic groups of Hazardous Medicinal Products in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC. The reduction and replacement requirements laid down in Article 4 of that Directive do not apply to Hazardous Medicinal Products because they are essential to treat patients. The other provisions of that Directive, in particular Articles 5 to 18a thereof, as amended by this Regulation, apply to workers who are exposed to Hazardous Medicinal Products.
Amendment 58 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 c (new)
Recital 14 c (new)
(14c) The use at the workplace or while performing job-related duties, of any carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxins, including those referred to in the annexes to Directive 2004/37/EC, as amended by this Directive, should be reported to the national authorities responsible for supervising workers’ health. When deciding what substances to report, Member States should take into account the implementation reports submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC.
Amendment 61 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to protect workers against risks to their health and safety, including the prevention of such risks, arising or likely to arise from exposure to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 64 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Title
Title
(-1) The title of Directive 2004/37/EC is replaced by the following: "DIRECTIVE 2004/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC)"
Amendment 65 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(-1a) In Article 1(1), the first paragraph is replaced by the following: “1. This Directive has as its aim the protection of workers against risks to their health and safety, including the prevention of such risks, arising or likely to arise from exposure to carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work.”
Amendment 66 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point b a (new)
(-1b) In Article 2, the following point is inserted: "(ba) 'reprotoxic substance' means: a substance or mixture which meets the criteria for being classified as toxic to reproduction category 1A or 1B in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;"
Amendment 67 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 c (new)
Article 1 – point -1 c (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – point c (new)
Article 2 – point c (new)
(-1c) ‘In Article 2, point (c) is replaced by the following: “(c) 'limit value’' means, unless otherwise specified, the limit of the time- weighted average of the concentration for a ‘'carcinogen or mutagen’, mutagen or reprotoxic substance' in the air within the breathing zone of a worker in relation to a specified reference period as set out in Annex III to this Directive.”
Amendment 68 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – point c a (new)
(-1d) In Article 2, the following point is added: "(ca) 'risk-based limit value' means: a limit value set at an exposure level corresponding to a risk of developing an adverse health effect (e.g. cancer) in the range between an upper and a lower risk level, which is to be set in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 153(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)."
Amendment 69 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 e (new)
Article 1 – point -1 e (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(-1e) In Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Directive shall apply to activities in which workers are or are likely to be exposed to carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances as a result of their work.”
Amendment 71 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 g (new)
Article 1 – point -1 g (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(-1g) In Article 3(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "In the case of any activity likely to involve a risk of exposure to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances, the nature, degree and duration of workers' exposure shall be determined in order to make it possible to assess any risk to the workers' health or safety and to lay down the measures to be taken.”
Amendment 72 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 h (new)
Article 1 – point -1 h (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
(-1h) In Article 3(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: “The assessment shall be renewed regularly and in any event when any change occurs in the conditions which may affect workers' exposure to carcinogens or, mutagens. or reprotoxic substances.”
Amendment 73 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 i (new)
Article 1 – point -1 i (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
(-1i) In Article 3, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. When the risk assessment is carried out, employers shall give particular attention to any effects concerning the health or safety of workers at particular risk and shall, inter alia, take account of the desirability of not employing such workers in areas where they may come into contact with carcinogens or, mutagens. or reprotoxic substances.”
Amendment 74 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 j (new)
Article 1 – point -1 j (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 75 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 k (new)
Article 1 – point -1 k (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(-1k) In Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Where it is not technically possible to replace the carcinogen or, mutagen or reprotoxic substance by a substance, mixture or process which, under its conditions of use, is not dangerous or is less dangerous to health or safety, the employer shall ensure that the carcinogen or, mutagen or reprotoxic substance is, in so far as is technically possible, manufactured and used in a closed system.”
Amendment 76 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 l (new)
Article 1 – point -1 l (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
(-1l) In Article 5, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: “4. Exposure shall not exceed the limit value of a carcinogen, mutagen or reprotoxic substance as set out in Annex III.”
Amendment 77 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 m (new)
Article 1 – point -1 m (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 78 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point -1 n (new)
Article 2 – point -1 n (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
-1n. In Article 5(5), the introductory part is replaced by the following: “5. Wherever a carcinogen or, mutagen or reprotoxic substance is used, the employer shall apply all the following measures:”
Amendment 79 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 o (new)
Article 1 – point -1 o (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point a
(-1o) In Article 5(5), point (a) is replaced by the following: “(a) limitation of the quantities of a carcinogen or, mutagen or reprotoxic substance at the place of work;”
Amendment 80 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 p (new)
Article 1 – point -1 p (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point c
(-1p) In Article 5(5), point (c) is replaced by the following: "(c) design of work processes and engineering control measures so as to avoid or minimise the release of carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances into the place of work;”
Amendment 81 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 q (new)
Article 1 – point -1 q (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
(-1q) In Article 5(5), point (d) is replaced by the following: “(d) evacuation of carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at source, local extraction system or general ventilation, all such methods to be appropriate and compatible with the need to protect public health and the environment;”
Amendment 82 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 r (new)
Article 1 – point -1 r (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point e
(-1r) In Article 5(5), point (e) is replaced by the following: “(e) use of existing appropriate procedures for the measurement of carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances, in particular for the early detection of abnormal exposures resulting from an unforeseeable event or an accident;”
Amendment 84 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 t (new)
Article 1 – point -1 t (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point j
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point j
(-1t) In Article 5(5), point (j) is replaced by the following: “(j) demarcation of risk areas and use of adequate warning and safety signs including ‘'no smoking’' signs in areas where workers are exposed or likely to be exposed to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances;”
Amendment 86 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 v (new)
Article 1 – point -1 v (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1– point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1– point a
(-1v) In the first paragraph of Article 6, point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) the activities and/or industrial processes carried out, including the reasons for which carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances are used;”
Amendment 87 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 w (new)
Article 1 – point -1 w (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(-1w) In the first paragraph of Article 6, point (b) is replaced by the following: “(b) the quantities of substances or mixtures manufactured or used which contain carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances; "
Amendment 88 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 x (new)
Article 1 – point -1 x (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(-1x) In Article 10 (1), the introductory part is replaced by the following: “1. Employers shall be obliged, in the case of all activities for which there is a risk of contamination by carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances, to take appropriate measures to ensure that:”
Amendment 89 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 y (new)
Article 1 – point -1 y (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(-1y) In Article 10(1), point (a) is replaced by the following: “(a) workers do not eat, drink or smoke in working areas where there is a risk of contamination by carcinogens or, mutagens; or reprotoxic substances;”
Amendment 92 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ab (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ab (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(-1ab) In Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Employers shall inform workers of installations and related containers containing carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances, ensure that all containers, packages and installations containing carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances are labelled clearly and legibly, and display clearly visible warning and hazard signs.”
Amendment 93 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ac (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ac (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(-1ac) In Article 14(3), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: “3. If a worker is found to be suffering from an abnormality which is suspected to be the result of exposure to carcinogens or mutagen, mutagens or reprotoxic substances, the doctor or authority responsible for the health surveillance of workers may require other workers who have been similarly exposed to undergo health surveillance. ”
Amendment 94 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ad (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ad (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 95 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ae (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ae (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 96 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 af (new)
Article 1 – point -1 af (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1af) In Article 15, the following paragraph is added: “2a. The Member States shall provide the Commission with the information referred to in Article 14(8) as part of the implementation reports submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC.”
Amendment 97 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ag (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ag (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Amendment 98 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ah (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ah (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Amendment 99 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ai (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ai (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(-1 ai) In Article 17, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17a to make strictly technical amendments to Annex II, in order to take account of technical progress, changes in international regulations or specifications and new findings with regard to carcinogens or, mutagens. or reprotoxic substances.”
Amendment 100 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 aj (new)
Article 1 – point -1 aj (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1 aj) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “No later than 1 December 2022, the Commission shall, taking into account the latest developments in scientific knowledge, the opinion of RAC and after appropriate consultation of relevant stakeholders, prepare Union guidelines on how the implementation of the limit values referred to in Article 5(4) should be adapted in the case of exposure to a combination of substances. Those guidelines shall be published on the website of the EU-OSHA and be disseminated in all Member States.”
Amendment 102 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 al (new)
Article 1 – point -1 al (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1al) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “No later than 1 January 2028, the Commission shall, taking into account the RAC opinion of 2018 and the latest developments in scientific knowledge, start evaluating the feasibility of a further reduction of the limit value for benzene. No later than 1 January 2030, the Commission shall propose, where appropriate, necessary amendments and modifications related to that substance.”
Amendment 103 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 am (new)
Article 1 – point -1 am (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1 am) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “No later than 31 December 2021, the Commission shall, taking into account the existing recommendations from different agencies, stakeholders and the World Health Organization on priority carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which limit values are needed, and after consulting the ACSH, present an action plan to achieve occupational exposure limits values for at least 25 substances, or groups of substances or process generated substances additional to those referred to in this Directive. No later than 31 December 2024, the Commission shall taking into account that action plan to achieve limit values for at least 25 additional substances or group of substances and/or process generated substances, the latest developments in scientific knowledge, and after consulting of the ACSH, present a legislative proposal.”
Amendment 104 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1an (new)
Article 1 – point -1an (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1an) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “No later than 1 March 2022, the Commission shall, taking into account the latest developments in scientific knowledge, and after appropriate consultation of relevant stakeholders, in particular health practitioners and health professionals, develop a definition of Hazardous Medicinal Products and establish the list of substances covered by the related entry in Annex I. The Commission shall review that list every two years. No later than 1 December 2022, the Commission shall, after the appropriate consultation of relevant stakeholders, prepare Union guidelines and standards of practice for the preparation, administration, and disposal of Hazardous Medicinal Products. Those guidelines and standards shall be published on the website of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and shall be disseminated in all Member States. The consultations undertaken to develop the definition, list, guidelines and standards shall be transparent. The declarations of interests of stakeholders and experts shall be made public in a timely manner.”
Amendment 105 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1ao (new)
Article 1 – point -1ao (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1ao) In Article 18 a, the following paragraph is inserted after the second paragraph: “No later than 1 June 2022, the Commission shall, taking into account the existing methodology to set limit values for carcinogens in some Member States and the opinion of the ACSH, define the upper and lower risk levels referred to in Article 2. No later than 1 December 2022, the Commission shall, after appropriate consultation of relevant stakeholders, prepare Union guidelines on the methodology establishing risk-based limit values under this Directive. Those guidelines shall be published on the website of the (EU-OSHA) and be disseminated in all Member States.”
Amendment 106 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 ap (new)
Article 1 – point -1 ap (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex I – point 8 a (new)
Annex I – point 8 a (new)
(-1 ap) In Annex I the following point is added: “8a. Work involving exposure to Hazardous Medicinal Products as defined by the process outlined in article 18a and, meeting the criteria for classification as carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or toxic for reproduction category 1A or 1B set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.”
Amendment 107 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 aq (new)
Article 1 – point -1 aq (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex II – point 1
Annex II – point 1
(-1aq) In Annex II, point 1 is replaced by the following: “1. The doctor and/or authority responsible for the health surveillance of workers exposed to carcinogens or, mutagens or reprotoxic substances must be familiar with the exposure conditions or circumstances of each worker.”
Amendment 108 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – introductory part
Annex – point 1 – introductory part
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A – row 4
Annex III – point A – row 4
Amendment 109 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – introductory part
Annex – point 1 – introductory part
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A
Annex III – point A
Amendment 111 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A – row 2
Annex III – point A – row 2
Amendment 112 #
2020/0262(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2
Annex I – point 2
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A – Row 2 a (new)
Annex III – point A – Row 2 a (new)
Cobalt and - - 0.0005(11a) - - - - - Dermal and - cobalt 0.001(11b) respiratory compounds sensitisation (11) (11a) Respirable fraction, measured as cobalt (11b) Inhalable fraction, measured as cobalt
Amendment 75 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A fixed long-term objective is crucial to contribute to economic and societal transformation, jobs, growth, and the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to movereach in a fair and cost-effective manner towards the temperature goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’).
Amendment 85 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) AIn achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential.it is crucial to achieve a comprehensive transition of the whole transport sector, including aviation and maritime transport, towards sustainable zero- emissions mobility while protecting the rights of workers and their social conditions and ensuring affordable mobility for all. The ‘polluter pays’ principle should be a key factor in this regard. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. Whereas emissions have substantially decreased in the energy sector since 1990, greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector have increased. The challenges in the transport sector are not limited to road or rail, but include the inland water transport, maritime and aviation sectors as well The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate- neutrality objective.
Amendment 108 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The European Parliament called forhas declared a climate and environment emergencyand repeatedly called on the Commission and Member States to increase climate action to facilitate the necessary transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050 at the latest and for this to be made into a European success story33 and has declared a climate and environment emergency34 . The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 201935 , has agreed on the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while also recognising that it is necessary to put in place an enabling framework and that the transition will require significant public and private investment. The European Council also invited the Commission to prepare a proposal for the Union’s long- term strategy as early as possible in 2020 with a view to its adoption by the Council and its submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. _________________ 33European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)). 34European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency (2019/2930(RSP)). 35 Conclusions adopted by the European Council at its meeting on 12 December 2019, EUCO 29/19, CO EUR 31, CONCL 9.
Amendment 114 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union and at Member State level by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States,and they should, together with the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective. also at Member State level. After 2050, the Union and all Member States should continue to reduce emissions so as to ensure that removals of greenhouse gases exceed emissions
Amendment 133 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordabilithe social, economic and environmental costs of inaction or insufficient action; energy and food security and affordability whilst particularly taking into account the need to combat energy poverty; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair so nobody is left behind in accordance with the 2015 International Labour Organization's guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 146 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to the climate-neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their part. By September 2020, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into account its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , review the Union’saise the 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levels. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’sto 65% emission reductions compared with 1990 and determine an appropriate 20340 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate according to what is necessary to reach the climate neutrality target. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 650 to 55 % compared to 1990. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 153 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) To ensure that the Union and all Member States remain on track to reach the climate-neutrality objective, and to ensure predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, workers and trade unions, investors and consumers, the Commission should explore options for setting a Union 2040 climate target and make legislative proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 159 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To ensure the Union and theall Member States remain on track to achieve the climate-neutrality objective and progress on adaptation, the Commission should regularly assess progress. Should the collective progress made by Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation be insufficient or Union measures inconsistent with the climate- neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience or reduce vulnerability, the Commission should take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties. The Commission should also regularly assess relevant national measures, and issue recommendations where it finds that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Where a Member State fails to implement the measures in response to the Commission’s recommendations, the Commission should take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties and should make these measures publicly available
Amendment 191 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) To ensure a clear pathway towards zero-emission mobility as set out in the European Green Deal, the Commission should significantly reduce free allowances allocated to the aviation sector in the EU ETS and consider that any action, or lack of action, taken at global level should not hinder the EU’s ability to take more ambitious actions of its own;
Amendment 195 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23 b) Internationally, CO2 emissions from maritime transport are projected to increase by 50% to 250% in the period to 2050. CO2 emissions from maritime transport are also growing rapidly in the Union, increasing by 48% between 1990 and 2008. Without action to tackle emissions from maritime transport, such emissions are expected, by 2050, to increase by 86% above 1990 levels, which would undermine the climate efforts undertaken by other sectors, the Union's objective of becoming an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, and the goal of the Paris Agreement. Currently, the maritime transport is the only sector not expressly addressed by a Union emission reduction objective or specific mitigation measures.
Amendment 200 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 c (new)
Recital 23 c (new)
(23 c) There is an urgent need for enhanced action to tackle maritime emissions and to include the maritime transport sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), in addition to the adoption of other measures, like the greening of ports, ensuring that the maritime transport sector contributes to the efforts of reaching the Union's 2050 economy-wide climate neutrality target as well as the 2030 and 2040 targets.
Amendment 201 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 d (new)
Recital 23 d (new)
(23 d) The Union should continue its efforts to strengthen the circular economy and further support renewable alternatives that can substitute fossil-fuel based products and materials. In this regard, the Union should encourage the use of sustainable alternative fuels especially in those sectors where the potential of cutting emissions is higher, such as the aviation and maritime ones. Fuel standards should add to a transition that cannot be driven exclusively by a market-based system.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 e (new)
Recital 23 e (new)
(23 e) In order to the achieve the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 as set out in the European Green Deal, the Commission should also strengthen the specific legislation on CO2 emissions performance standards for cars, vans and trucks, come up with specific measures to pave the way for the electrification of road transport, and take initiatives to ramp up the production and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 f (new)
Recital 23 f (new)
(23 f) Ensure sufficient investments in developing appropriate infrastructure for zero-emission mobility, including intermodal platforms and reinforcing the role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in supporting the transition towards smart, sustainable and safe mobility in the EU, should also be considered;
Amendment 205 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 g (new)
Recital 23 g (new)
(23 g) The connectivity of the European railway network, in particular international connections, to make passenger transport by rail more attractive for medium and long distance travels and improvements to the capacity of railways and inland waterways for freight, should be at the core of the EU legislative action.
Amendment 206 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 h (new)
Recital 23 h (new)
(23 h) The TEN-T infrastructures have a strategic role in order to contribute to the achievements of the climate neutrality targets. It is of key importance to have such corridors finalised as soon as possible, also with the view of pushing for a further switch from road to railway transport particularly for commercial transportation of goods and for commercial purposes
Amendment 222 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced in the Union at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date. Each Member State shall reach net zero emissions within its territory by 2050 at the latest.
Amendment 227 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. As from 1 January 2051, removals of greenhouse gases shall exceed emissions in the Union and all Member States.
Amendment 231 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States, economic actors and citizens, ensuring a just transition leaving no one behind.
Amendment 250 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light ofto achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 565% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where tThe Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriateccordingly.
Amendment 258 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how all of the Union legislation implerelevant for the fulfilmenting of the Union’s 2030 climate target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 650 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider takingtake the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties. The Commission shall in particular evaluate the options for aligning emissions from aviation and maritime transport with the 2030 target and the 2050 climate-neutrality objective in order to reduce these emissions to net zero by2050 at the latest and shall present legislative proposals as appropriate.
Amendment 272 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. By 30 September 2025, the Commission shall, in light of the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and following a detailed impact assessment, explore options for setting a Union 2040 target for climate and shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 274 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. No later than 18 months after the adoption of the 2040 climate target, the Commission shall assess how all of the Union legislation relevant for the fulfilment of that target would need to be amended and shall consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 336 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(j a) An encompassing cross-sectoral approach with adequate consideration of the indicators concerned with the climate performance of specific sectors, notably transport and mobility;
Amendment 345 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Union carbon budget By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall establish a Union carbon budget and make legislative proposals to the European Parliament and the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 395 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Where a Member State fails to comply with the obligations under paragraph 3, or fails to implement the measures in response to the Commission's recommendation, the Commission shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 33 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The recent experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of rail as being a stable, safe and a more resilient transport mode for freight and passenger transport. This is largely based on the employees who continued working under difficult, dangerous and uncertain conditions to ensure that medical supplies and essential goods are transported across Europe.
Amendment 36 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In line with the objectives set out in the Commission Communication on the European Green Deal, there is a need to transform the Union economy and to rethink policies, in particular in the field of transport and mobility, which implies accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility. Transport accounts for a quarter of the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions, and still growing. To achieve climate neutrality, a 90% reduction in transport emissions is needed by 2050. Achieving sustainable, intermodal transport means putting users first and providing them with more affordable, accessible, healthier and cleaner alternatives to their current mobility habits encouraging those already using sustainable transport modes such as walking, cycling and public transport. Achieving sustainable transport means as well putting transport workers first who are essential workers and deliver quality transport services to the benefit of users only when quality working conditions are realized. The European Green Deal implies to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility to address these challenges. In particular, a substantial part of the 75% of inland freight carried today by road should shift onto rail and inland waterways.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The COVID-19 pandemic has hit rail and the public transport sector exceptionally hard. The sector experienced an unprecedented decline in passenger numbers in international and long distant services as well as in regional, suburban and urban services. Despite the operational and financial constraints the sector maintained crucial connections for both people and the transport of essential goods. Rail and public transport play a key role in the economic recovery and are amongst the most sustainable transport means. Therefore the European Year of Rail should encourage citizens to use rail and public transport again.
Amendment 61 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) By connecting the Union’s main transport routes with its rural areas, regions, peripheral regions and territories, the rail sector contributes to social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 71 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While the share of passenger rail in the Union land transport has only slightly increased since 2007, the share of freight has decreased. Many obstacles remain to achieve a true Single European Rail Area, including in respect of the need to foster interoperability and digitalisation, accelerate the implementation of European wide modern train management systems (ERTMS) for both on-board and track-side equipment, to internalise the external costs and to minimise noise. Overcoming these obstacles together with cost reduction and accelerated innovation will allow rail to realise its full potential, while ensuring the functioning of the internal market, increasing traffic and maintaining or improving the high safety levels. Rail therefore needs a further boost to become more attractive to travellers and businesses alike.
Amendment 79 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While the share of passenger rail in the Union land transport has only slightly increased since 2007, the share of freight has decreased. Many obstacles remain to achieve a true Single European Rail Area, including in respect of the need to minimise noise. Overcoming these obstacles together with cost reduction and accelerated innovation will allow rail to realise its full potential. Rail therefore needs a further boost to become more attractive to travellers, employees and businesses alike.
Amendment 82 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) To increase the usage of rail services a comprehensive strategy needs to include a door-to-door approach and thus the use of public transport.
Amendment 86 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) There were 979 railway companies employing over 660,000 people in the European Union in 20161a. Making the rail sector the third biggest employer of all modes of transport; in order to reach its full potential, it needs to diversify its workforce and attract women and young workers in particular. It is essential to deliver optimal transport services to the benefit of users, with rail employees enjoying quality working conditions; _________________ 1a European Commission (2019), Statistical Pocketbook: EU Transport in figures, p. 26-27.
Amendment 104 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote rail, including urban and suburban rail, as a sustainable, innovative and safe mode of transport, in particular by highlighting the role of rail and public transport as a game changer to help reaching the Union’s climate neutrality objective by 2050 and by reaching out to the wider public, especially youth;
Amendment 113 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) highlight the European, cross- border dimension of rail and its crucial role for sustainable tourism, that brings citizens closer together, allows them to explore the Union in all its diversity, fosters cohesion and contributes to integrate the Union internal market;
Amendment 143 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Emphasise the importance of urban rail and public transport in urban areas that guarantee a sustainable first and last mile option for travellers and daily sustainable transport solutions for commuters.
Amendment 154 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) sharing experience and good practices of national, regional and local authorities, civil society, business, trade unions and schools on promoting the use of rail and public transport and on how to implement behavioural change at all levels;
Amendment 164 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall support the development of railways as a sustainable part of Union mobility policy by renewing efforts to complete the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) in respect of both on-board rolling stock and infrastructure, and to minimise noise, while ensuring the functioning of the internal market and maintaining or improving the high safety levels;
Amendment 166 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourage and promote initiatives in the public and private sector to promote and facilitate better business-travel patterns and commuting by rail.;
Amendment 167 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Initiatives to simplify ticketing systems and carriage regulations;
Amendment 169 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Promote the attractiveness of the railway profession , promote equal pay at the same place, reconciliation of work and private life, career development, protection against abuse and fair conditions of service;
Amendment 171 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Cooperation with European rail museums and existing cultural events such as film festivals and art exhibitions;
Amendment 172 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Campaigns to re-establish trust of citizens and passengers to use rail public passenger transport again.
Amendment 42 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council, taking into account national practicerespecting national practices and the autonomy of social partners related to the responsibilities of management and labour.
Amendment 46 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis with unforeseen consequences on people's lives, on society and the economy. The Union and the Member States have to do their outmost to contain the economic and social shock of the crisis, prevent massive job losses, and a deep recession, and to develop a sustainable and fair recovery plan with robust investment to strengthen social security and healthcare systems and make society and the economy more resilient while respecting workers’ rights and decent working and employment conditions. The European Green Deal and the European Pillar of Social Rights should be the guidelines for the economic and social recovery strategy to be monitored by the European Semester.
Amendment 54 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations, the inclusion of persons with disabilities and the protection of the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employmentinclusive labour markets, full employment, collective bargaining and decent wages, the guarantee of adequate social protection for all, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and, a high level of education and training as set out in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Funnd the protectioning of the European Unionhuman health.
Amendment 72 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies, employment, social and environmental policies. The European Semester process should be the comprehensive governance tool to ensure a socially and economically balanced recovery. It needs to be revised together with the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy in order to fully reflect the new situation and ensure that social, environmental and economic objectives have equal priority. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester should further integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including stronger engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It and supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (13 ). The Union and Member States’ employment and economic policies should go hand in hand with Europe’s transition to a climate neutral, environmentally sustainable, socially inclusive and digital economy, while improving competitiveness, fostering innovation, promoting social justice and equal opportunities as well as tackling inequalities and regional disparities. __________________ 13 UN Resolution A/RES/70/1
Amendment 91 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14 ). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. The principles and rights give direction to our strategy making sure that the transitions to climate- neutrality and environmental sustainability, digitalisation and demographic change are socially fair and just. The Pillar constitutes a reference framework to monitor the employment and social performance of Member States, to drive reforms at national, regional and local level, and to reconcile the “social” and the “market” in today’s modern economy, including by promoting the social economy. The implementation of the Pillar principles will help to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 crisis and to emerge from the crisis with a more resilient and inclusive society and economy. __________________ 14 OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10.
Amendment 95 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) RCrisis response and recovery measures, reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should followbe formulated following an adequate and meaningful social dialogue, respecting and enhancing national practices of social dialogueindustrial relations and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, job creation, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills, public health and inclusion and real incomes. Member States should therefore, respect and strengthen social partners and collective bargaining, and take measures to extend the collective bargaining coverage.
Amendment 98 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, job creation, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills, public health and inclusion and real incomes. Member States and the Union should take actions to promote high trade union and employers’ organization density as a way of strengthening the social dialogue.
Amendment 122 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
These employment guidelines shall be fully revised no later than one year after their adoption to better reflect the effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 to support a swift economic and social recovery and to better respond to future crises.
Amendment 129 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1
Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring peopleinvest in support measures to preserve employment and to protect all types of workers, in particular those in precarious and non-standard work, cross-border workers and the self-employed, in the creation of sustainable quality jobs across all skill levels and economic sectors. To this end, they should promote full employment, foster responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self- employment and, in particular, support the creation and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance. Member States should actively promote the development of the social economy, foster social innovation, social enterprises, and encourage those innovative forms of work, creating quality job opportunities and generating social benefits at local level.
Amendment 135 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2
The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources in order to be more supportive to employment and inclusive sustainable growth and at the same time ensure the full alignedment with the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate and environmental objectives of the European Green Deal, taking account of the redistributive effect of the tax system, while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth- enhancing expenditure.
Amendment 146 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3
Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments and providing fair wages for a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to upward convergence. These mechanisms should take into account economic performance across regions and sectors. Member States should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining with a view to wage setting. Respecting national practices, and the autonomy of the social partners, Member States and/or social partners should ensure that all workers are entitled to adequate and fair wages through collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty.
Amendment 152 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1
In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should ensure proper and immediate adaptation strategies and adequate support for those worst affected, promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to the current crisis and future labour market needs. In particular, Member States should implement strategies to foster and enhance the participation of women in the labour market and to ensure decent working conditions for people working remotely. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, also with a view to enabling the environmental transition. Particular attention should be paid to challenges of the teaching profession. Education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences to lay the foundations for adaptability later in life. Member States should seek to ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional career changes, including, where appropriate, through individual learning accounts. They should enable everyone to anticipate and better adapt to labour market needs notably through continuous reskilling and upskilling, with a view to supporting fair and just transitions for all, strengthening social outcomes, addressing labour market shortages and improving the overall resilience of the economy to shocks.
Amendment 153 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1
In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, also with a view to enabling the environmental transition. Particular attention should be paid to challenges of the teaching profession. Education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences to lay the foundations for adaptability later in life. Member States should seek to ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional career changes, including, where appropriate, through individual learning accounts. They should enable everyone to anticipate and better adapt to labour market needs notably through continuous reskilling and upskilling, with a view to supporting fair and just transitions for all, strengthening social outcomes, addressing labour market shortages and improving the overall resilience of the economy to shocks. Member States should also ensure that employers take their responsibility and provide proper time and resources for employees to take part in competence and professional development.
Amendment 168 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2
Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, as well as existing gender stereotypes Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and qualifications comparable, including those acquired abroad, and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take- up of flexible continuing vocational education and training. Member States should also support low skilled adults to maintain or develop their long-term employability by boosting access to and take up of quality learning opportunities, through the implementation of Upskilling Pathways, including a skills assessment, an offer of education and training matching labour market opportunities, and the validation and recognition of the skills acquired.
Amendment 183 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5
Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. The Member States must set goals to reduce precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation of women in the labour market. Full-time work should be the norm. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay- transparency should be ensured. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable paid family leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men.
Amendment 186 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5
Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5
Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. The gender pay, pension and employment gap should be tacklclosed. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay- transparency should be ensured. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men.
Amendment 188 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment, and the necessary flexibility for employers to adapt swiftly to changes in the economic context, while preserving appropriate security and healthy, safe and well-adapted working environments for workers, protecting labour rights and ensuring decent social protection. They should also work together with trade union representatives to secure a healthy and safe work environment, paying particular attention to the prevention of workplace accidents and diseases. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions should be prevented, including in the case of platform workers and by fighting the abuse of atypical contracts. Access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, should be ensured in cases of unfair dismissal.
Amendment 191 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, health and safety at work, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and bogus self- employment and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment, and the necessary flexibility for employers to adapt swiftly to changes in the economic context, while preserving appropriate security and healthy, safe and well-adapted working environments for workers, protectensuring labour rights and ensuring social protection. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions should be prevented, including in the case of platform workers and by fighting the. There should be no abuse of atypical contracts in this regard. Access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, should be ensured in cases of unfair dismissal.
Amendment 197 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market to find quality employment. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with decent income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, supporting labour- market demand and implementing performance- based management.
Amendment 198 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, and supporting labour- market demand and implementing performance-based management.
Amendment 200 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
Member States should provide the unemployed with adequate unemployment benefits of reasonablesufficient duration, in line with their contributions and national eligibility rules. Such benefits should not dis-incentivise a prompt return to employment and should be accompanied by active labour market policies
Amendment 201 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
Member States should provide the unemployed with adequatecent unemployment benefits of reasonable duration, in line with their contributions and national eligibility rules. Such benefits should not dis- incentivise a prompt return to employment and should be accompanied by active labour market policies.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4
The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring fairthe rights and fair working conditions for all those pursuing a cross- border activity and stepping up administrative cooperation between national administrations with regard to mobile workers. Barriers to mobility in education and training, in occupational and personal pensions and in the recognition of qualifications should be removed and recognition of qualifications made easier. Member States should take action to ensure that administrative procedures are not an unnecessary obstacle to workers from other Member States taking up employment, including for cross- border workers. It will be important for Member States to take mobile workers, including frontier workers, into account when implementing measures, such as closing borders, to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, for instance in terms of health and safety, taxes and social security and coordination. Member States should also prevent abuse of the existing rules and address underlying causes of ‘brain drain’ from certain regions including through appropriate regional development measures.
Amendment 209 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5
Building on existing national practices, and in order to achieve more effective social dialogue, and better socioeconomic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic reforms and policies, including by supporting increased capacity of the social partners. Member States should fosterstrengthen and promote social dialogue and collective bargaining and take measures to increase the collective bargaining coverage, including in the case of non-standard forms of employment. The social partners should be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, fully respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action.
Amendment 210 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5
Building on existing national practices, and in order to achieve more effective social dialogue, and better socioeconomic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic reforms and policies, including by supporting increased capacity of the social partners. Member States should fostertake action to strengthen and promote social dialogue and collective bargaining. The social partners should be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, fully respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, a healthy and safe workplace is vital in order to combat the risk of getting infected and spreading virus and other diseases. Member States should ensure that employers take their responsibility of the health and safety of workers and provide them and their representatives with adequate information, make risk assessments and take prevention measures. To enhance the functioning of labour markets, Member States should invest in occupational health and safety, and ensure adequate means and provisions for labour inspectorates or trade union health and safety representatives.
Amendment 218 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote social rights and inclusive labour markets, open to all, by putting in place effective measures to fight all forms of discrimination and promote equal opportunities for under-represented groups in the labour market, with due attention to the regional and territorial dimension. They should ensure equal pay and equal rights for equal work at the same place, as well as equal treatment regarding employment, social protection, health and long-term care, housing, education and access to goods and services, regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 224 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2
Member States should moderniseensure sufficient investment in social protection systems to provide adequate, effective, efficient, and sustainable social protection throughout all stages of an individual's life, fighting poverty and fostering social inclusion and upward social mobility, incentivisconvergence, supporting labour market participation and addressing inequalities, including through the design of their tax and benefit systems. Complementing universal approaches with selective ones will improve effectiveness of social protection systems. The modernisationimprovement of social protection systems should lead to better access, quality, adequacy and sustainability.
Amendment 238 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5
Member States should invest more in and ensure timely access to affordable preventive and curative public health care and long-term care of goodhigh quality, while safeguarding sustainability over the long run.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0030(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 6
Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 6
In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the adequacy and sustainability of pension systems for workers and self-employed, providing equal opportunities for women and men to acquire pension rights, including through supplementary schemes to ensure an adequate incom the public or occupational schemes to ensure a decent retirement income above the poverty line. Pension reforms should be supported by measures that extendnsure healthy working lives, such as by raisingand close the gap between the effective and statutory retirement age, and be framed withinccompanied by active ageing strategies. Member States should establish a constructive dialogue with social partners and other relevant stakeholders, and allow an appropriate phasing in of the reforms.
Amendment 113 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the deployment of technology and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, in greenhouse gas emission reduction, including investments in sustainable transport and infrastructure, inter alia fostering electrification and the use of biofuels in order to phasing out fossil fuels, ensuring energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy;
Amendment 123 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) investments in digitalisation and digital connectivity, including investments in broadband infrastructure, particularly in insular, remote and sparsely populated areas, in order to enabling teleworking and reducing emissions;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 2, 9, 10, 17, 19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 6 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 2
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 2647 thereof,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 5
— having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 27 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 30 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 36 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on application of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘Employment Equality Directive’),
Amendment 44 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 75 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group of women facing discrimination and other violations of their rights;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of disability and provide for equal participation of persons with disabilities in society;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that “States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community (..)”;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the case law of the Court of Justice reinforces the fact that the CRPD is binding on the EU and on its Member States when implementing EU law, as it is an instrument of secondary law2a _________________ 2aCJEU, Joined Cases C-335/11 and C- 337/11 HK Danmark, 11 April 2013,paragraphs 29-30; CJEU, Case C- 363/12Z, 18 March 2014, paragraph 73; CJEU, Case C-356/12 Glatzel, 22 May 2014,paragraph 68.
Amendment 97 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas there are an estimated 80 million persons with disabilities in the European Union, of which 46 million are women
Amendment 98 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas multiple discrimination of different forms and shapes on grounds of gender and disability persists and its effects are social (such as lower self- esteem, economic dependency and social isolation), educational (such as high illiteracy rates and lower educational attainment, especially for women) and labour market exclusion (lower participation in the labour market; segregate in low-paid, temporary or precarious jobs), causing further stress and psychological burden for persons with disabilities and their families and carers;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F e (new)
F e. whereas benefits related to disability should be regarded as state support aimed at helping people to remove barriers coming from their disability and/or medical condition in order to participate fully in the society in addition to income replacement when it is needed;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
F f. whereas Article 9 CRPD recognises that appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities, in particular girls and women, can enjoy real access to the physical environment, transport facilities, information and communications, including information and communication technologies, and to other facilities and services that are open to or provided for the public, in both rural and urban areas;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F g (new)
F g. whereas gender equality was not horizontally mainstreamed in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; whereas equal treatment can be ensured by applying positive measures and policies for women with disabilities, mothers/fathers of children with disabilities, single parents with disabilities and/or single parents of children with disabilities; whereas including a gender dimension in the expected post- 2020 European Disability Strategy will contribute to an integrated approach to eliminating discrimination against women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F h (new)
F h. whereas the Directive on Work-life balance for parents and carers adopted in June 2019 establishes for the first time at a EU level a right for each worker to a carers' leave of five working days per year;
Amendment 133 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas it is imperative for persons with disabilities to have full and equal access to the labour market, which continues to be problematic, their employment rate standing at 58.5 % compared with 80.5 % among persons without disabilities, thus preventing many persons with disabilities from living an independent and active life; whereas the data varies considerably between different types of disabilities and support needs;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital J c (new)
J c. whereas participation can only be fully achieved if a large range of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations are included and all types of stakeholders are meaningfully consulted, respecting diverse concepts of disability
Amendment 137 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital J d (new)
J d. whereas employers must be supported and encouraged to ensure persons with disabilities are empowered all the way from education to employment; whereas to this end the awareness raising of employers is one way to combat discrimination in the hiring of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital J e (new)
J e. whereas measures in the workplace are crucial for promoting positive mental health, preventing mental ill-health and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 145 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; and calls on the Commission to continue the work by building upon and integrating what has been achieved and by upscaling the present Strategy;
Amendment 147 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the UNCRPD Committee, in its Concluding Observations, critically noted that austerity measures adopted by the EU and its Member States had worsened the standard of living of persons with disabilities, leading to higher poverty and social exclusion levels and cuts in social services and support to families and community-based services;
Amendment 149 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 151 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights that equality, non- discrimination, and the obligation to provide reasonable accommodation are at the core of the Disability Strategy and affect all areas covered by the strategy
Amendment 154 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy (the post-2020 Strategy) which include a European disability right agenda :
Amendment 172 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities, drawing equal attention also to persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 176 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms; in particular on a common definition at the EU Level on "disability"
Amendment 186 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- mainstreaming the rights of the childrenall persons with disabilities into all policies and areas,
Amendment 193 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons coming from minorities.
Amendment 224 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of a holistic definition and application of accessibility and its value as the basis for persons with disabilities to have equal opportunities as recognised in the CRPD and in line with the UN CRPD General Comment No 2, taking into account the diversity of the needs of persons with disabilities and promoting universal design as a principle of the EU;
Amendment 227 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Member States to fully implement and continuously monitor all accessibility-related legislation, including the Audio visual Media Services Directive, the Telecoms Package and the Web Accessibility Directive, as well as relevant transport and passengers rights regulations; calls on the EU in this respect to coordinate and monitor this implementation in addition to promoting the ratification of the CRPD at internal and external level;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls on the Commission to extend - in the framework of the 2020-2030 strategy - EU accessibility requirements to all public transport modes as well as strengthen passenger rights to avoid further discrimination
Amendment 231 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Calls on the Commission - in the framework of the 2020-2030 strategy - to set mandatory requirements on the accessibility of public spaces and especially built environment
Amendment 232 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that the monitoring of some pieces of legislation such as the Web Accessibility Directive or the Regulation on Rail Accessibility (TSI- PRM) is through self-assessment by industry and Member States and is not conducted by an independent entity, and recommends therefore that the Commission adopts a monitoring methodology that involves persons with disabilities; Stresses that the post 2020 Strategy should be based on a cross- cutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD; insists that it should include a revised declaration of competences including all policy areas in which the EU has legislated or adopted soft law measures that have an impact on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 242 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to revise the cross-border health care directive to bring it in line with the CRPD in order to guarantee access to affordable and quality cross-border healthcare for persons with disabilities
Amendment 293 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; urges the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in the Gender Equality Strategy, the Youth Guarantee, the European Green deal, the Child Guarantee and the forthcoming Green paper on Ageing, and stresses the need for a Disability Rights Guarantee to assist persons with disabilities into employment, traineeships, job placements and further education;
Amendment 324 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings; and/or segregating settings of any size;
Amendment 334 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to actively promote the transition from institutional and/or segregating care to community based support, including personal assistance, and inclusive (mainstream) services, in all EU policy initiatives;
Amendment 396 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on Member States to further develop and/or better implement measures that promote participation of people with disabilities in the labour market and to therewith protect and promote their right to work and social inclusion;
Amendment 399 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Is concerned that in some Member States, persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not formally recognised as workers under the law, are paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social protection as other workers; Urges the commission to charge member states to respect of the principle of equal treatment and equal pay for work of equal value for all workers;
Amendment 406 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Insists that gender-disaggregated data must be collected in order to identify the forms of intersectional multiple discrimination that are faced by women and girls with disabilities, in all areas covered by the Istanbul Convention and wherever relevant
Amendment 408 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Stresses with concern that women and girls with disabilities are more likely to become victims of gender-based violence,especially domestic violence and sexual exploitation; Calls on the EU to implement urgently the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
Amendment 411 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Urges the Commission to come forward with a consolidated proposal within the post-2020 European Disability Strategy and to adopt effective measures to prevent violence against women and children with disabilities which target families, communities, professionals and institutions; highlights the important role that educational institutions such as schools play in promoting social inclusion, and points to the need for a gender-mainstreamed educational policy to be adopted across the Member States;
Amendment 412 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Considers that women and girls with disabilities must have full access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, medical examinations, family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy; urges the EU taking into account these services in the implementation of the strategy post-2020;
Amendment 413 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 g (new)
10 g. Regrets that the current European policies on the rights of the child do not sufficiently include a comprehensive rights-based strategy for boys and girls with disabilities and safeguards to protect their rights, and that the disability strategies do not sufficiently address and mainstream the rights of boys and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 414 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 h (new)
10 h. Calls on the Member States to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services that are gender- sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation and, when applicable, long- term care
Amendment 417 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 k (new)
10 k. Recalls that the implementation of all accessibility related obligations require sufficient funding on EU, national and local level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost public investment in order to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to both the physical and digital environment
Amendment 420 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 n (new)
10 n. Calls on the EU to implement an EU-Wide European disability card; include all countries in a future long-term initiative with a view to having the same scope as the European disability parking card and to include access services allowing participation in social and cultural life;
Amendment 434 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to contribute toStresses how important it is to reach an agreement as soon as possible, and calls on the Council to break the deadlock, in order to move towards a pragmatic solution and speed up without further delay the adoption of the proposedEU horizontal anti-discrimination directive thereby extending protection to persons with disabilities outside the area of employproposed by the Commission in 2008 and voted for by Parliament; considers it a pre- condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU legal framework, protecting against discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation outside of employment; notes that no undue restriction of the Directive’s scope should be accepted; considers that the consolidation of the EU legislative framework on tackling hate crime is also a crucial element, taking into consideration that similar crimes are also prevalent in the work environment;
Amendment 438 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to promote structural involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in all decision-making phases, both nationally and at EU level, and to fund capacity building of organisations of persons with disabilities to enable them to participate in a structural way in all decisions that concern persons with disabilities;
Amendment 451 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to fund training for and by persons with disabilities, their organisations, trade unions, employers federations, equality bodies, civil servants on the principle of non-discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination and reasonable accommodation
Amendment 457 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls on the Commission to include good and bad practices in future reports to enable employers to effectively implement disability legislation
Amendment 458 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Recalls the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living and social protection particularly financial assistance and respite care; Calls on the Commission to ensure that the 2030 EU Disability Strategy includes specific actions to promote inclusive social protection systems across the EU which would guarantee access to benefits and services to people with disabilities across the life cycle; calls on the Member States to set a social protection floor for persons with disabilities that would guarantee their adequate standard of living;
Amendment 461 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12 e. Calls on the Commission to be a leader in disability inclusive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in external action independent of a new European disability strategy by adopting a clear, transparent and inclusive roadmap to achieving the goals;
Amendment 463 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
12 g. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 464 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
12 h. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the European Disability Rights Agenda and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate of people aged 20-64 reached 73.9 % in the EU in the second quarter of 2019, and 72.7 % in the euro area; whereas the employment rate may come close to the Europe 2020 target but is unlikely to reach it; whereas the total hours worked have reached the 2008 level;
Amendment 26 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the increase of the employment rate has been accompanied by an increase of atypical, precarious and non-formal forms of employment, including zero-hour contracts; whereas precarious workers are usually unable to enforce their rights, have little or no job security and social insurance protection, face higher health and safety risks and receive incomes which are insufficient for a decent living;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas unemployment fell to 6.3% in the third quarter of 2019 in the Union and to 7.5%in the euro area; whereas it remains high in some Member States and regions; whereas long-term unemployment remains high in half of the Member States;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the employment rate of women increased slightly faster than that of men; whereas parenthood and caring responsibilities, limited access to childcare, elderly care and other care services still result in lower employment rates for women; whereas the gender employment gap, the wage gap and the pension gap remain substantial;
Amendment 32 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the youth employment rate has increased, but is still below the pre-crisis level; whereas there are substantial differences with regard to youth unemployment between and within Member States;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas early school leaving and poor educational outcomes are obstacles to employment and economic growth and they are closely related to poverty, social exclusion and segregation; whereas education systems do not provide sufficient support for social mobility;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the proportion of part- time workers remains still above the 2008 level; whereas the share of involuntary part-time workers remains substantial; whereas the share of temporary employees is still high;
Amendment 46 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas social dialogue is a central component of the European social model that requires strong and representative social partners; whereas social dialogue has been weakened and collective bargaining coverage has shrunk across Europe, with huge disparities between Member States; whereas the share of employees in Member States covered by any form of collective wage agreement ranged from 98% to 7.1% in 2016;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas income inequalities remain at a high level; whereas wage austerity as well as tax and labour cost competition are harmful for the single market and increase inequalities and the vulnerability of low wage earners; whereas intergenerational social mobility is limited in most Member States; whereas the OECD estimates that even in the best performing countries it would take from 2 to 3 generations for those born in low-income families to approach the mean income in their society;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas more than one European in five is at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the Europe 2020 headline target to reduce the number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) by 20 million remains out of reach; whereas children continue to face a high risk of poverty or social exclusion and their average AROPE rate in 2018 was at 24.3% with several Member States registering an alarming rate above 30%; whereas in-work poverty and the risk of having a household income below the poverty threshold while working remains high;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas one European out of ten is overburdened by housing costs, especially the lowest income households and people living in cities; whereas fighting climate change may have further implications on housing costs; whereas homelessness has increased over the last decade in most Member States;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas adequate minimum wages, strong collective bargaining systems, democracy at work, wage transparency and predictable working hours are essential elements to reduce in-work poverty, decrease inequalities and generate demand;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas 80 million Europeans have disabilities; whereas the implementation of accessibility measures continues to be insufficient; whereas the employment rate of people with disabilities was 50.6% in 2017 versus a total employment rate of 74.8%; whereas persons with disabilities are more likely to face in-work poverty;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that rates of unemployment and long-term unemployment are still high in some Member States with strong regional disparities; stresses therefore the need for individually tailored measures to integrate the unemployed into the labour market and fight poverty and social exclusion; calls for a new financial instrument to tackle long-term unemployment by providing financial support for measures and projects in regions with above-average long-term unemployment;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the limited intergenerational social mobility and increased income inequality compared to pre-crisis levels; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle income inequalities including by promoting adequate minimum wages, a high collective bargaining coverage, equal opportunities in education and training, gender equality and universal access to quality services; stresses that tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way to reduce inequalities and promote fairness;
Amendment 171 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission consultation on a European framework for minimum wages; calls for adequate minimum wage levels through collective agreements or through law, in line with national traditions; underlines that any EU-initiative on minimum wage must not undermine the autonomy of national social partners and well-functioning collective bargaining models; calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to achieve real wage growth, avoid the downward spiral of unhealthy labour cost competition and increase upward social convergence for all; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen social dialogue, collective bargaining rights and coverage at sectorial level and the involvement of social partners in policy-making, including for the European Semester;
Amendment 180 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that well-functioning social dialogue is a key tool in shaping working conditions, involving a variety of actors at various levels, and it balances the interests of workers and employers and contributes to both economic competitiveness and social cohesion; calls on Member States to further strengthen social dialogue across Europe to balance industrial relations and where needed strengthening the opportunities for collective bargaining;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to come up with specific proposals to ensure a just transition in relation to the energy efficiency-related upgrading of housing stock in the context of the Green Deal, without placing an excessive burden on vulnerable groups, especially those at the risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 237 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the stagnating share of early school leavers and the increasing share of underperforming pupils; calls on the Member States to improve their education systems and support life-long learning; stresses that educational outcomes are also negatively affected by social exclusion, poverty and segregation, which equally must be addressed;
Amendment 240 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to maximise their efforts in investing in affordable, accessible and high-quality education and training, including digital and transferable skills and to promote lifelong learning and skills development to prepare workers for future needs of the labour market affected by the green and digital transformations; calls on Member States to strengthen vocational education and training systems and increase their alignment with labour market needs; highlights the importance of apprenticeships and other forms of work-based learning; takes the view that mutual recognition of qualifications will be beneficial for overcoming skills shortages and skills mismatches;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commissions to present a new EU strategy on occupational safety and health, including a vision zero on fatal accidents at work and work-related cancer with further binding occupational exposure limit values, a stronger asbestos directive and a new directive on psychosocial health risks;
Amendment 251 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Notes the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal learning environments; stresses, therefore, the importance of creating a validation system for non-formal forms of knowledge, especially those acquired via voluntary activities;
Amendment 276 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the regulation of new forms of work and improve the working conditions of platform workers;
Amendment 278 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Considers the demographic decline a serious obstacle to economic growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce measures designed to address this challenge; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue policies of active ageing, social inclusion of elderly people and solidarity between generations; calls on the Commission to take action and follow-up on its evaluation report regarding the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between generations;
Amendment 281 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take action to prevent hidden cost of work; stresses that the employer bears the full responsibility of expenses regarding equipment necessary to fulfil the responsibilities at the workplace;
Amendment 284 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Highlights that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old age pension systems must be granted to all; underlines that public pension systems alone or in combination with occupational pension systems must provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold;
Amendment 285 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Believes that the best way to ensure sustainable, safe and adequate pensions is to increase the overall employment, pay and participation rate and to improve working and employment conditions;
Amendment 300 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Rejects any reduction in the level ofEmphasises the importance of social and territorial cohesion policy and funding; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduccalls to secure adequate funding for the European Social Fund Plus despitand acknowledge its enlarged scope; stresses the need for greater alignment of the European Semester with social and cohesion funding and the policy objectives of the Union;
Amendment 303 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that EU cohesion policy programmes for the period 2021-2027 adequately address regional differences in employment, providing a meaningful response to the concentration of employment-related, social and demographic problems and ensuring that all European regions can participate in and benefit from the Union’s economic and social reform agenda in the context of the Green Deal;
Amendment 307 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation dimension of welfare systems to absorb economic shocks; calls on the Member States to strengthen their investment in social protection systems in order to enhance their performance in tackling and preventing poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 313 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that macroeconomic imbalances need to be tackled in a symmetrical way; calls on the Commission to present a European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme for EMU countries, with the possibility for other Member States to join voluntary, in order to better protect workers and reduce pressure from external shocks on public finances;
Amendment 320 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that the Union continues to suffer from structural problems which austerity imposed; underlines the need to put an end to short-sighted austerity policies, to boost domestic demand by future-oriented public and private investment, and to promote socially and economically balanced structural reforms in order to reduce inequalities and generate quality jobs, sustainable growth and social investment; highlights that socially responsible reforms must be based on solidarity, integration, social justice and a fair wealth distribution to improve the living standards for all; asks for a social imbalance procedure through a revisited Social Scoreboard;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that decisive support is needed for society, workers and businesses to face the challenges of climate change and the transition to carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate social and environmental investment for a true ‘just transition’, the implementation of the EPSR and the achievement of the SDGs, by exempting social spending from the euro area fiscal rules and thereby allowing more investment in human capital, skills and health; calls for adaptation strategies and adequate support for those worst affected by the transition, especially vulnerable people;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty often work in jobs with high risk, unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks; whereas bad working conditions can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect the future ability to work and earn an income1a; __________________ 1a Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 40 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the downturn in the labour market during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors at very high risk of in-work poverty;
Amendment 47 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8 ; __________________ 8 ; whereas single women typically face an increased risk of in-work-poverty compared to single men1b; __________________ 1bPena-Casas, R. and Ghailani, D. (2011), ‘Towards individualizing gender in-work poverty risks’, in Fraser, N., Gutierrez, R. and Pena-Casas, R. (eds.), Working poverty in Europe: A comparative approach, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 202–231 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic
Amendment 52 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women’s employment is considerably higher in the service sector than in industry, with women being mostly employed in the health and social sector and in retail, manufacturing, education and business activities with an increasing concentration of women working part-time and in casual jobs;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas care responsibilities are still unevenly distributed in the EU with an overweight of women as primary care- givers in families; whereas limited access to childcare and elderly care facilities results in periods of absence from the labour market and thus in lower pay and in pension gaps; whereas only 4 in 10 children are in formal types of day care facilities1c; __________________ 1c https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2 995521/8681785/3-20022018-AP- EN.pdf/59fcfaa7-0c72-48a6-8603- 899b5b730773
Amendment 58 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas young people struggle to find quality and stable jobs with permanent contracts and often experience periods of long-term unemployment; whereas many member states allow employers to pay a lower salary which discriminates based on the employee’s lower age; whereas young people often work in unpaid internships with no job prospects;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas persons with disabilities are often held back from taking up employment due to the risk of losing social benefits for a certain period of time; whereas persons with disabilities often need flexible and part-time work;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Amendment 74 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty face significantly more social problems than the population as a whole; whereas in-work poverty is associated with lower levels of subjective and mental well-being, problems with accommodation, as well as poorer relationships with other people and feelings of social exclusion1f; __________________ 1f Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 75 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas overall part-timers, and in particular involuntary part-timers, have a higher poverty risk when combining different risk factors, including a low wage, unstable jobs, being single earners and having dependent household members1g; __________________ 1g Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 121 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas workers in rural areas have more difficulties in exercising their labour rights and do not have access to trade union representation and negotiation of local and sectorial collective agreements;
Amendment 123 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas strong social partners and collective bargaining have a positive impact on the overall wage levels in Europe including both minimum and median wage; whereas collective bargaining secures that workers are heard and respected at their workplace; whereas there is a clear positive correlation between workers’ participation at the workplace and company performance and revenue;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas collective bargaining and sectorial collective agreements not only regulate wage levels but also working conditions such as working time, paid leave, vacation and upskilling opportunities;
Amendment 142 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage across Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60% gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty in other as well as terms of their absolute and relative levels in relation to median national wages; whereas minimum wage workers are more likely to have difficulties making ends meet than other workers; whereas seven out of ten minimum wage workers in the EU report at least ‘some’ difficulties (versus five out of ten for other workers) with large variance between EU Member States; whereas in some sectors, groups of workers and selected forms of work are sometimes not includcovered orby covered by minimum wage arrangemenllective agreements or minimum wages where they exists;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19 ; whereas over 1/3 of part-time workers involuntarily work part- time and one in two work in short-term employment only for lack of any alternative20 ; __________________; whereas links have been found between the increase in non- standard forms of employment and the increased proportion of Europeans at risk of in-work poverty1h; __________________ 1hEurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 19Labour market and Social Development (ETUI, 2019) Benchmarking Working Europe, 2019. 20 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378
Amendment 152 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas cross-border and seasonal workers are at high risk of in-work poverty and social exclusion and are often employed in short-term work contracts with little or no job security or social protection; whereas cross-border and seasonal workers often come from vulnerable regions, minorities and disadvantaged social groups, which increases their risk of having their rights violated by recruiters, agencies or employers; whereas numerous cross- border and seasonal workers are exposed to risk from unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks, which can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect their future ability to work and earn an income;
Amendment 157 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established in July 2019 with the aim of supporting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility and social security coordination; whereas the ELA is expected to reach its full operational capacity by 2024;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)
Recital P d (new)
Pd. whereas education level has a high impact on the risk of in-work poverty; whereas the risk of in-work poverty is significantly higher for low-skilled workers; whereas there is still a risk of in- work poverty in some Member States for higher-skilled workers1i; __________________ 1i Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 161 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P e (new)
Recital P e (new)
Pe. whereas the rate of adult learning in the EU was 11.1% in 2018 while the 2020 target is 15%1j; whereas technology and innovation have a great potential for unlocking opportunities; yet more than 40% of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills; __________________ 1j https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do ?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode =sdg_04_60&plugin=1
Amendment 162 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P f (new)
Recital P f (new)
Pf. whereas Eurofound’s survey found that in the context of COVID-19, 16% of workers in the EU expect that they are likely to lose their jobs in the near future1k; __________________ 1kEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 163 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P g (new)
Recital P g (new)
Pg. whereas according to Eurofound’s survey, during COVID-19, 50% of the working population across the EU experienced a reduction of their working time; whereas more than one third (34%) of those in employment said their working time decreased ‘a lot’, and 16% said it decreased ‘a little'1l; __________________ 1lEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 166 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short- time work, th40% of workers say their financial situation is now worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the European Union was still experiencing strong economic growth; whereats to economic survival, e.g.he proportion of self-employed respondents expressing concern ins small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;ignificantly higher than it is for employees; whereas many workers express concern about the immediate future, with 53% of self- employed respondents and 37% of employed respondents stating that they believe their financial situation will be worse in three months’ time1m; __________________ 1m Eurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 175 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas 75% of respondents in a Eurofound survey say their financial situation is now worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, while 68% report difficulties making ends meet and 68% are unable to maintain their standard of living for more than three months without an income1n; __________________ 1nEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data
Amendment 180 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)
Recital Q b (new)
Qb. whereas low-paying and high- paying jobs continue to grow in numbers, yet the amount of middle-paying occupations is shrinking; whereas low- paying jobs do not imply low qualifications, particularly for platform workers; whereas there is an increasing demand for highly educated workers even in low paying jobs;
Amendment 189 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de-solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the; encourages the Member States to strengthening of collective systems and to take a coordinated approach toby sharing best practices on how to secure minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions;
Amendment 207 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer applies today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements andor minimum wage systems where applicable;
Amendment 222 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages where these are applicable;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the urgent need for a social progress protocol in the European Treaties that, in the event of conflicts between fundamental economic freedoms and collective social rights, wages and working conditions in collective agreements or national legislation, accords priority to the latter;
Amendment 232 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that part-time workers and workers in non-standard types of work face difficulties such as exclusion from social benefits by the limited eligibility based on number of hours worked or employment status; calls on Member States to support part-time workers and workers in non-standard types of work with adequate social support such as reduced child care expenses and housing support to combat in-work- poverty;
Amendment 236 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake real actions against tax avoidance and tax fraud, as an important means of reducing economic inequalities and improving the collection of tax revenues in the Member States;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legal instrument to ensure that every consultation with social partners on an EU frameworke for min the Union receives a fair minimum wage21 ; calls also for this plan to ensure, through legislation or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can livimum wages; calls for adequate minimum wage levels to be set well above the poverty threshold through collective agreements or through national law where applicable; stresses the need for a clear distinction in the fprom their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60% of the national gross median wage; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a suppleposal between existing statutory minimum wages and wage levels established exclusively by collective agreements; believes that such a framework must ensure that wages as a general rule are collectively bargained by social partners; stresses that any initiative must not harm the autonomy of social partners and wage-setting in collective-bargaining systems; stresses that the framework must not require implementation of instruments that ensures a decent lifmakes collective agreements universally applicable; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_de.pdfhttps://ec.europa.eu/co mmission/sites/beta-political/files/political- guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf
Amendment 287 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, when implementing the work-life-balance Directive22, to ensure that access to childcare in general and in particulCommission and Member States to secure the full implementation of the work-life-balance Directive22, to ensure a higher participation of especially women into the labour market; stresses that better options for shared parental leave reduce abruptions in work-life which has positive impacts on employment opportunities for women, income levels and in-work social benefits; stresses that unaffordable or inaccessible quality child care for single parents is secured so that they are not pushed into precarious and low-paid work; acilities largely contribute to the tendency of involuntary part-time work; stresses therefore the importance for Member States to prioritise high quality, reliable and affordable child care; calls on Member States to ensure in particular accessibility to affordable, quality child care facilities for single parents, workers in large households and workers on temporary contracts; __________________ 22Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU
Amendment 310 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access to decent, affordable housing for all and to do more to promote affordable public housing; calls for national and local authorities to adopt adequate housing policies, to create conditions and support for investments in social and affordable housing and tackle energy poverty;
Amendment 323 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CStresses the increase of precarious and non-standard types of jobs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to target atypical and precarious employment groups in the labour markets and to take measures to counteract this form of employment e.g. within the EU-Semester;
Amendment 326 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges Member States to phase out the use of zero-hour contracts; calls on the Commission and Member States to tackle involuntary part-time work and to make strong efforts to promote open- ended employment and to restrict the use of continuously renewed temporary contracts;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Firmly believes that the employer bears the full responsibility of providing the necessary equipment, clothing and insurance for the employee to perform the function of the work with no cost to the workers themselves; stresses that employers are fully responsible for the expenses or necessary training to fulfil the responsibilities of the job function;
Amendment 335 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. NotStrongly emphasises that the autonomy of social partners is a valuable asset; welcomes the Commission’s plan to adopt an action programme to protect and strengthen collective bargaining systems at national, in particular sectoral, level and recommends taking measures under Articles 151 and 153 TFEU; stresses that collective agreements must not be subject to regulations and interpretations at European level;
Amendment 339 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to achieve real wage growth for all, prevent the downward spiral of unhealthy labour cost competition, and increase upward social convergence; calls on the Commission to propose a directive guaranteeing trade unions access to workplaces for the purposes of getting organised, sharing information and consultation, thereby securing every EU citizen the right to voluntarily organise a trade union, strengthening workers’ representation, and securing the right of social partners to collectively bargain across all sectors; stresses that the right to organise must also include non-standard workers and those in false self-employment such as platform workers;
Amendment 340 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses that national minimum wages should not trap qualified workers into low wage levels; calls on the Member States to cooperate closely with national social partners to reduce the spill-over effect of minimum wages to job categories where minimum wages cannot be justified; believes that workers in each Member State must have better access to sectorial collective agreements applicable to them; stresses the need to tackle unfair practices such as employer deductions from minimum wages;
Amendment 341 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to promote the use of ESF+ for capacity building of social partners with the aim of strengthening collective bargaining in Europe; calls on Member States to establish the necessary institutions and mechanisms to support collective bargaining, with a particular focus on sectorial collective bargaining; calls on Member States to consult and involve national social partners in law making whenever that is of relevance to them;
Amendment 346 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to set compliance with applicable collective agreements as a condition for accessing aid from EU funds and programmerequire receivers and beneficiaries of EU funding, grants, structural funds, Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), lease contracts and other relevant actors to support and respect applicable collective agreements and working conditions;
Amendment 348 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. RecommendSuggests that Member States should take action to promote collective bargaining where coverage is below 70%; stresses that any action initiated must ensure a strong inclusion of national social partners in the decision process; believes that any action plan must not interfere with the autonomy of national social partners in any way or make collective agreements universally applicable, unless national social partners provide the full approval;
Amendment 376 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. UrgesCalls on the Commission to improvrevise the pPublic pProcurement Directives to prevent competition at the expense of wages so that only those who do not undermine existing 2014/24/EU with the aim to implement a social clause that requires economic operators and subcontractors to fully respect workers’ right to collective bargaining, and to set conditions for the full implementation of the applicable sectorial collective agreements can successfully bidd the working conditions described herein; calls on the Member States to ensure compliance, monitoring and enforcement;
Amendment 381 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. ProposWelcomes to the Commission’s plan to change European rules so that solo self- employed and non-standard workers can unite and conclude collective agreements; stresses that this must not delay any other initiative from the Commission to tackle false self-employment and secure rights for non-standard workers;
Amendment 387 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the adoption of the Mobility Package; believes the Mobility Package is a strong tool to combat social dumping and in-work-poverty on the roads; calls for a fast and full implementation of the regulation to the benefit of truck drivers across Europe; stresses that further and similar initiatives must be taken to tackle social dumping and in-work poverty for other industries affected by social dumping and bad working conditions, such as in air transportation and in the shipping industry;
Amendment 389 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the skills agenda; highlights that low levels of education is one of the root-causes of in-work poverty; stresses that life-long learning and reskilling is crucial to achieve higher wages; stresses the urgent need to establish a Skills Guarantee in line with the principles of the Youth Guarantee; believes that European citizens should be guaranteed high quality upskilling and reskilling opportunities within a period of four months after becoming unemployed or leaving formal education; agrees that a strong focus on digital skills is necessary;
Amendment 390 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Calls on Member States to work closely together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and their relevance for the labour market, also with a view to enable every worker to have access to life- long learning;
Amendment 392 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Calls on the Commission to present a Disability Strategy beyond 2020 in order to secure the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market, with a clear focus on combating in-work poverty; calls on the Commission to present a proposal to secure full accessibility to the labour market in European workplaces; strongly believes that the right to work and to earn a living must also apply to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 395 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 j (new)
Paragraph 19 j (new)
19j. Underlines the importance of increasing funding for the most deprived under the new European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) as a key element of European solidarity and as a way of helping to combat the worst forms of poverty in the EU, such as food deprivation and child poverty;
Amendment 424 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mitigate the worst consequences of COVID-19 through European and national support, with the allocation of public money, e.g. through SURE, being linked to a ban on shedding existing jobs; believes that Member States must ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements and that recipient undertakings refrain from making share buy backs or paying dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives, as well to ensure that these undertakings are not registered in tax havens;
Amendment 443 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that low-income workers are in higher risk of being exposed to COVID-19 by working in sectors with significantly more human contact, such as the care sector, transportation sector or by taking up work through online platforms without any possibility to telework; strongly criticises the long implementation period of the classification of COVID-19 in the Biological Agents Directive (Directive 2000/54/EC); calls for an urgent revision of the Biological Agents Directive with the purpose to adapt it to global pandemics and other extraordinary circumstances in order to secure the full protection of workers against the risks of exposure as quickly as possible;
Amendment 444 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Highlights that low-income workers are often working in sectors with high risks of physical deterioration which potentially has long term impacts on physical and mental wellbeing and impacts the future ability to earn an income; believes the current Health and Safety legislation does not have a sufficient focus on prevention of occupational injuries; calls on the Commission as soon as possible to propose a new strategic framework for Health and Safety at Workpost-2020 and calls in this regard on the Commission to identify challenges and present instruments for workers in low income sectors to address these; stresses that the strategy must include a focus on platform- workers and workers in non-standard types of work; calls the Commission to amend the directive 2004/37/EC revising and expanding the scope of occupational exposure limit values for a number of cancer- or mutation-causing substances;
Amendment 445 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Highlights that work-related stress is highly present in low-income sectors; believes that work-related stress must be significantly prioritised in the European Health and Safety regulation; calls on the Commission and Member States in strong cooperation with national social partners to propose a directive on work-related stress and hereby set company guidelines to tackle work-related stress factors and require all companies to form a company- policy towards work-related stress;
Amendment 22 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Union has no direct competence in housing policy;
Amendment 251 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that housing policy is a Member State competence; notes that many European countries have similar challenges, including to alleviate the housing shortage for a growing population, to ensure reasonable housing costs, to counteract segregation and to reduce climate impact in both construction and housing; stresses however that common challenges do not necessarily mean that common solutions are the best and there are many different solutions to these challenges;
Amendment 292 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to pursue housing policies that are based on the principle of neutrality between home ownership, private or rented accommodation and rented, irrespective of whether being private, public or social housing; calls on the Commission to respect this principle in the European Semester;
Amendment 306 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the increased financialisation of the housing market, in particular in cities, whereby investors treat housing as a tradable asset rather than a human right; calls on the Commission to assess the contribution of EU policies and regulations to financialisation of the housing market and the ability of national and local authorities to ensure the right to housing and, where appropriate, to put forward legislative proposals to counter financialisation of the housing market by mid-2021; calls on the Member States and local authorities to put in place taxation measures to counter speculative investment and policies favouring long-term investments in the housing market, and to develop urban and rural planning policies that favour affordable housing, social mix and social cohesion;
Amendment 318 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the expansive growth of short-term holiday rental is extracting housing from the market and driving up prices, and has a negative impact on liveability; calls on the Commission to assess and if appropriate propose modifications to already existing EU-legislation and to set up a regulatory framework for short-term accommodation rental that gives wide discretion to national and local authorities to define proportionate rules for hospitality services; urges the Commission to include in the Digital Services Act a proposal for mandatory information-sharing obligations for platforms in the short-term accommodation rental market, in line with data protection rules;
Amendment 349 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further increase investment in the EU in affordable and energy-efficient housing based on the principle of neutrality between home ownership or rented accommodation irrespective of whether being private, public or social housing, and in tackling homelessness and housing exclusion, through the European Regional Development Fund, the Just Transition Fund, InvestEU, ESF+, Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU, and to ensure greater synergies between those instruments;
Amendment 4 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the platform economy has become an integral and rapidly growing part of the European transport sector; whereas platforms hold potential to facilitate efficiency and productivity improvements and lower barriers to entry into the labour market.
Amendment 25 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas precarious self- employment in the platform sector is increasing, particularly for low-skilled platform-determined on-location work1 , including driving and delivery services, which is among the types of platform work raising most concerns on employment and working conditions; _________________ 1Eurofound (2018), Employment and working conditions of selected types of platform work, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 30 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas many platforms have shifted social costs to workers and the public by circumvention of taxes, labour laws and commercial standards for health, safety and environment with grave socio-economic and individual consequences;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas the platform industry aggravates problems already existing in the standard labour market such as precarious atypical employment and zero hour contracts and should be tackled as part of a larger problem while ensuring that the solutions explicitly covers platform workers
Amendment 43 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas a growing case law of court and administrative decisions find platform workers to be misclassified as self-employed; this misclassification limits the workers’ access to social protection and deprives them of the right to collectively bargain decent wages;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Amendment 49 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas Council Recommendation 2019/C 387/01 recommends Member States to provide access to adequate social protection to all workers and self- employed persons in Member States;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Member States to implement the Council Recommendation 2019/C 387/01 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. draws attention to the Californian Assembly Bill 5 as a strong example of how to define self-employed workers in the Transportation industry using a rebuttable legal assumption
Amendment 111 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for transparency and non-discrimination in transport and tourism platforms, specifically regarding algorithms that affect service, allocation of tasks, pricing, ranking, and advertising;
Amendment 113 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to investigate the potential of audit requirements on the underlying algorithms of platforms that facilitate employment to ensure non-discrimination and regulatory compliance
Amendment 114 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. reminds that workers need to know how pay is determined and tasks are allocated and be given notice in case of change;
Amendment 116 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance to workers of portability and interoperability of data between platforms; calls on Transport and Tourism platforms to ensure that workers have proper access to bringing personal rankings and reviews with them from one platform to another
Amendment 120 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 126 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasises the need for member states to ratify the ILO conventions and strengthen the rights for platform workers to organise in trade unions, to bargain collectively and to co-determine at the company.
Amendment 128 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Reminds the Commission to take a holistic approach to solving issues such as bogus self-employment, zero hour contracts and barriers to organising as they are not unique to the platform economy but also affect large numbers of workers in the standard labour market
Amendment 129 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Reminds that women make up only 22% of workers in the transportation industry and also represent a minority of platform workers in the Transport and Tourism industries with anecdotal evidence hinting to female platform workers in the transport industry being affected by worse employment and working conditions than their male counterparts
Amendment 140 #
2019/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 2 #
Amendment 6 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to the report entitled ‘Conquering Cancer - Mission Possible’ within the framework of Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027),
Amendment 7 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 b (new)
Citation 29 b (new)
— having regard to the World Health Organisation recommendations set out in the factsheet ‘Elimination of asbestos- related diseases’ of March 2014,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 c (new)
Citation 29 c (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular goal 3 on the right to good health and well-being,
Amendment 12 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas increased cancer risks have been observed in populations exposed to very low levels of asbestos fibres, including chrysotile fibres;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas many different groups are at risk of exposure to asbestos, including workers in the building and renovation sector, mining, waste management, firefighters, as well as home-owners and renters;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas despite existing regulations, many cases of asbestos-related diseases are usually not recognised as occupational diseases and victims are therefore not eligible for work-related compensation;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas trade unions and victims support groups play an important role in assisting victims of occupational diseases in recognition procedures and compensation claims;
Amendment 23 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas creating landfills for asbestos waste is only a temporary solution to the problem, which in this way is left to be dealt with by future generations, as asbestos fibres are virtually indestructible overtime; whereas there is a need for the development of cost-effective methods for the inertisation of waste containing asbestos, to deactivate active asbestos fibres and convert them into materials that do not pose public health risks;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas a requirement for the asbestos certification of buildings exists in several Member States and a public asbestos register exists in Poland;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas the lack of affordable real-time alert and measurement technology for asbestos fibre concentrations hinders the effective protection of workers; whereas the EU has played a role in funding research and development of real-time asbestos alert and detection technology in the past; whereas legislative requirements should keep pace with technological development in the field of real-time asbestos alert and measurement in order to ensure high levels of protection of workers from asbestos;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Amendment 34 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas no EU funds should be made available to companies that do not comply with EU and national regulations aiming to protect workers from asbestos;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas enforcement, including effective inspection, is key to ensuring compliance with rules and regulations on identification and safe removal of asbestos in buildings; whereas labour inspectorates, trade unions and workplace health and safety representatives play a key role in effective inspection and enforcement of asbestos-related rules and regulations;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas dissuasive sanctions are key in deterring infringement of regulations on occupational health and safety at work and ensuring fair competition on the internal market;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L f (new)
Recital L f (new)
Lf. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic has rendered evident the need to ensure the safety and protection of workers, and whereas it has highlighted the importance of preventing work-related diseases and investing in public health;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L l (new)
Recital L l (new)
Ll. whereas asbestos is still legally sold and marketed in over 100 countries worldwide, including countries in the eastern and southern EU neighbourhood regions; whereas recurring scandals show that asbestos still illegally enters the EU Single Market; whereas as long as asbestos is legally produced and marketed globally, there is always a risk it will enter the EU Single Market;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L p (new)
Recital L p (new)
Lp. whereas Member States have different ways of organising national social insurance schemes with regard to work-related injury or disease, including the complementary role of collective agreements; whereas the principles underlying such schemes and the autonomy of the social partners need to be respected;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the mobilisation of European funds for the development and commercialisation of occupational health and safety technology, including real-time measurement and alert systems for asbestos; calls for the mobilisation of European funds to support research and development of cost-effective asbestos inertisation methods and technologies;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that companies that do not comply with EU and national regulations aiming to protect workers from asbestos should not have access to EU funding; calls for a system of penalties for the use of Union funds under the ‘Renovation Wave for Europe’ applying to beneficiaries not complying with community and national rules on the protection of workers from asbestos;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for a study mapping the size of the problem of asbestos-containing products and materials illegally imported into the Union and outlining potential measures to strengthen market surveillance to keep asbestos-containing products from being placed on the Union market;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Points out that labour inspectorates have a vital role to play in prevention and monitoring and also in helping to enhance expertise and information provision at company level; urges the Member States to increase the staffing levels and the resources available to enhance the capacity of labour inspectorates and to meet the target of one inspector for every 10,000 workers, as recommended by the International Labour Organisation, as well as to impose more severe penalties on firms that fail to comply with their obligations concerning fundamental rights (salaries, working hours and occupational safety and health); considers that penalties in such cases must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines the need to mobilise every financing mechanism available and highlights that the Commission has already made clear that Member States can allocate European Structural and Investment Funds for the handling and removal of asbestos;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned that according to the latest scientific medical research and recommendations, there is no threshold under which asbestos fibre air concentration is harmless8 ; believes in that regard that no exemptions from the protection measures of Directive 2009/148/EC can be justified under reference to the occupational exposure limit value (OELV); calls for Directive 2009/148/EC to fully reflect the principle that appropriate personal protective measures should always be taken during activities in which workers are or may be exposed in the course of their work to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos; __________________ 8 ECHA Scientific report for evaluation of limit values for asbestos at the workplace, 1 February 2021.
Amendment 96 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the fundamental legal principle of health and safety at work that the state of the art in technology must always be applied to achieve the highest possible level of protection; calls for the strengthening of technical minimum requirements to lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to the lowest level which is technically possible, including through dust suppression and the suction of dust at the source, continuous sedimentation, and means of decontamination; calls for minimum requirements for the pressure difference between asbestos enclosures and surroundings, fresh air supply and HEPA filters; stresses the need for updated technical minimum requirements to contain provisions to keep pace with technological developments;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that the mandatory use of robots and other advanced technologies should be further explored, including through research and a more systematic exchange of best practices between Member States to continuously develop new standards for the protection of workers’ health and safety;
Amendment 106 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises that Directive 2009/148/EC applies to all activities in which workers are or may be exposed in the course of their work to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos; calls for stronger provisions ensuring the protection of all workers at asbestos removal sites, including workers entering a worksite post removal; calls for a stronger emphasis on the need to include all at-risk professions, including renovation and demolition workers, waste managers, miners and firefighters, in the national implementation of that Directive;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for increased funding to compensate victims of asbestos-related diseases, to ensure sufficient coverage of the direct, indirect and human costs of the illness; calls on Member States to facilitate recognition and compensation for documented victims of second hand exposure through non-professional contact with asbestos and draw on best practices from Member States such as Denmark;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Calls for the mainstreaming of gender perspective throughout all legislative and non-legislative instruments and their respective implementation in the Member States, to ensure that no gender bias impacts tracking, identification, treatment or the consideration of a disease or death as asbestos-related, having therefore also an impact on the compensation for victims; reiterates the gender perspective of second-hand exposure;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for the mandatory screening of buildings before sale or rent and for the establishment of asbestos certificates for buildings constructed before 2005 or before equivalent national asbestos bans;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to adopt protective measures for tenants where asbestos is found prior to energy renovation works; emphasizes that all tenants should be protected from carrying the expenses when it comes to the screening as well as the removal of asbestos; calls on Member States to make sure that tenants receive full disclosure on asbestos in buildings;
Amendment 132 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the EU to work with international organisations to pioneer instruments to label the asbestos market as a toxic trade;
Amendment 133 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the EU to make the listing of chrysotile in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention a top priority;
Amendment 135 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Calls on the EU to integrate the fight against asbestos and asbestos-related diseases into EU partnership and development policy; calls on the EU to integrate the fight against asbestos and asbestos-related diseases into EU neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 f (new)
Paragraph 22 f (new)
22f. Calls on the EU to address the unacceptable dumping of asbestos on developing countries at forums where trade agreements are being discussed, in particular at the World Trade Organization, and to exert diplomatic and financial pressure to ensure a global asbestos ban, to stop the illegal and unethical practice of exporting end-of-life ships containing asbestos and ensure high standards for the protection of workers against asbestos exposure at EU approved ship recycling facilities;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 g (new)
Paragraph 22 g (new)
22g. Calls on the EU to increase its support, including financial, for global actors working against asbestos and asbestos-related diseases, including the World Health Organisation;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 h (new)
Paragraph 22 h (new)
22h. Condemns European financial investment in global asbestos industries;
Amendment 139 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 i (new)
Paragraph 22 i (new)
22i. Calls on the Commission to ensure that vessels carrying asbestos as cargo in transit can neither dock nor use port facilities or temporary storage within the EU;
Amendment 144 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) A timeline for asbestos removal, including possible priorities (such as schools, gyms, or socialhospitals, sports centres, or public housing), milestones, and regular evaluations of the progress made at least every 5 years;
Amendment 150 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) public accessibility, including for workers and companies working in a building or infrastructure, owners, inhabitants, emergency services and users;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) the year of construction of the building or infrastructure concerned (before or after the national asbestos ban);
Amendment 153 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
(d) the specific location of harmful substances and an indication of where work will be performed (inside/outside) as well as the part of the building (floors, walls, ceilings, roofs) or infrastructurethe parts of the building that have been screened for asbestos;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
(da) an indication of where work will be or has been performed (inside/outside) as well as the part of the building (floors, walls, ceilings, roofs) or infrastructure;
Amendment 158 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) The close involvement of the social partners and other relevant stakeholders such as asbestos victims associations, national prevention institutions for occupational health and safety, in the transposition, implementation and monitoring of Directive 2009/148/EC.
Amendment 159 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)
-1b. The following recital is inserted into the amending directive: ‘(XX) The provisions of this Directive apply to all activities in which workers are or may be exposed to asbestos dust. There is a need to develop sector specific responses to protect workers from exposure to asbestos dust, including but not limited to activities in the renovation and demolition sector, waste management, mining and firefighting.’
Amendment 161 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) a strategy for waste disposal, including destination of asbestos- containing waste.
Amendment 162 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) paragraph 6 is inserted: ‘Notifications shall be stored by the responsible authority of the Member State in accordance with national laws and/or practice for a minimum period of 40 years.’
Amendment 165 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Amendment 166 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 7 – paragraph 1
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 7 – paragraph 1
1. Where the limit value laid down in Article 8 is exceeded or there is reason to believe asbestos-containing materials have been disturbed so as to generate dust, work must stop immediately. The reasons for the limit being exceeded must be identified and appropriate measures to remedy the situation must be taken as soon as possible.
Amendment 167 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8 – paragraph 1
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8 – paragraph 1
Before beginning demolition or maintenance work, or renovation works on premises built before 2005 or equivalent national asbestos bans, the premise must be screened to identify all asbestos- containing materials, in accordance with the requirements of Part 6 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. The screening must be conducted by a qualified and certified operator, taking into account Articles 14 and 15 of this Directive, and the national building law provisions.
Amendment 171 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Amendment 172 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
9b. In Article 12, point (ca) is inserted: ‘(ca) a measurement of asbestos fibre concentration in the air shall be carried out after the above activities are finalised to ensure workers can safely re-enter the workplace.’
Amendment 174 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 12 – paragraph 3
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish public registers of the undertakings authorised to remove asbestos under paragraph 1.
Amendment 176 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Amendment 182 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 18 – Annex 1 a – paragraph 3
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 18 – Annex 1 a – paragraph 3
3. The training shall be provided by a qualified and certified institution and instructor, in accordance with national law; certification of training providers shall be carried out by a Member State authority or recognised competent body in accordance with national laws and/or practices;
Amendment 184 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 18 – Annex 1 a – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 18 – Annex 1 a – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) the language of the training;
Amendment 194 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) the establishment of national ombudspersons or independent advice services to assist victims of occupational diseases in recognition procedures as well as increasing support for and exchange of best practices with, inter alia, trade unions and victim support groups with regard to recognition procedures;
Amendment 195 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) a revision of the burden of proof for the recognition of occupational diseases or at least its effective simplification, for example by providing that where asbestos exposure in the workplace can be reasonably established, a link between exposure and subsequent symptoms can be presumed;
Amendment 204 #
2019/2182(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) the asbestos certificates shall contain the result of the screening, including a list of the types of asbestos containing materials found, their exact location, and a concept for the safe removal, and information on potential areas of the building that have not been possible to screen;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a
Citation 1 a
- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principles 2, 3, 6, 9 and 15 thereof,
Amendment 2 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thereof, in particular goals 1, 5, 8 and 10 and their respective targets and indicators,
Amendment 3 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Equal Remuneration Convention of 1951, and to the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention of 2019,
Amendment 4 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 7 March 2014 on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency2a, __________________ 2a OJ L 69, 8.3.2014, p. 112.
Amendment 5 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019,
Amendment 6 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)
Citation 1 f (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s EU Action Plan on tackling the gender pay gap for 2017-2019 (COM(2017)0678),
Amendment 7 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)
Citation 1 g (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s 2019 report on equality between women and men in the EU,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 h (new)
Citation 1 h (new)
- having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation3a and Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU 3b, __________________ 3a OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23. 3b OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 9 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 i (new)
Citation 1 i (new)
- having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality’s Gender Equality Index, in particular the Index’s 2019 report,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 j (new)
Citation 1 j (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 13 June 2019 on Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Key Policies and Measures,
Amendment 11 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 k (new)
Citation 1 k (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 10 December 2019 on Gender-Equal Economies in the EU: The Way Forward,
Amendment 12 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 l (new)
Citation 1 l (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on poverty: a gender perspective,
Amendment 13 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 m (new)
Citation 1 m (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2017 on a European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 14 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 n (new)
Citation 1 n (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
Amendment 15 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 o (new)
Citation 1 o (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 p (new)
Citation 1 p (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 16 November 2017 on combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth,
Amendment 17 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 r (new)
Citation 1 r (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 s (new)
Citation 1 s (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 5 March 2020 on A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 t (new)
Citation 1 t (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences,
Amendment 22 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union expressly states that the Member States must ensure the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas economic independence is an essential requisite for the self- fulfilment of women and men and guaranteeing equal access to financial resources is critical to the process of achieving gender equality;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas across the EU, women receive disproportionately lower earnings than men; whereas according to the latest European Commission figures the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 15,7 % although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas the pay gender gap rises to 30,1% when employment rates and overall labour-market participation are considered; whereas while only 8% of men in the EU work part-time, almost a third of women across the EU (31%) does so because of various reasons, including stereotypes, structural reasons and societal expectations;
Amendment 28 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37% gender gap in pension income, a situation that will persist for decades to come and an unequal level of economic independence between women and men with 1out of 5 women workers in the EU belong to the lowest wage group, compared to 1out of 10 men;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas failure to pay women equally limits their ability to attain economic independence and thus their ability to decide over their lives more independently; whereas the poverty rate among working women could decrease from 8,0% to 3,8% if women were paid the same as men according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research; whereas of the 5,6 million children in poverty today, 2,5 million would come out of poverty if the gender pay gap closed;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas pay transparency can play a crucial role in ensuring substantial progress in addressing the gender pay gap and fight inequalities and could help disclosing the systematic undervaluation and insufficient appreciation and remuneration of women’s work in the centre of the persistent gender pay inequalities; whereas pay transparency can furthermore support collective bargaining strategies to reduce unfair pay differentials, as well as tackle low pay in general;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas the gender gap in gross monthly earnings among employees aged 15-24 years(7 %) was more than five times lower than among employees aged65 years or above (gender gap of 38 %) and shows today a clear earnings penalty when it comes to motherhood; whereas poverty is mostly concentrated in families where women are the sole earners with 35 % of lone mothers in the EU at risk of poverty, compared to 28 % of lone fathers in 20171a; __________________ 1a EIGE’s calculation, EU-SILC.
Amendment 33 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A n (new)
Recital A n (new)
An. whereas an intersectional approach is crucial to understanding the multiple discriminations which compound the gender pay gap for women with a combination of identities and the intersection of gender with other social factors; whereas more than half of women of working age with disabilities are economically inactive; whereas in all Member States the severe material deprivation rate of women with disabilities is higher than that of women without disabilities;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A s (new)
Recital A s (new)
As. whereas, especially because of traditional stereotypes, women’s working life risks to be particularly affected by the sanitary measures adopted by Member States in response to the Covid-19 crisis;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A t (new)
Recital A t (new)
At. whereas, the COVID-19 crisis will result in even more profound inequalities and discrimination between men and women in the labour market; whereas frontline workers such as nurses and essential workers working in the fields of food retail and delivery, education, agriculture, transport, members of emergency services, civil society, volunteers, cleaning and waste collection, sectors where women predominantly work, are unfairly underpaid and undervalued; whereas there is no justification for calling the urgency of enforcing the EU Treaty principle of equal pay for equal work into question in the time of the crisis;
Amendment 40 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A u (new)
Recital A u (new)
Amendment 41 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A v (new)
Recital A v (new)
Av. whereas the risk of poverty rises sharply along the life-course, pointing to the accumulating impact of pay inequalities; whereas poverty among those aged 75 years and above is consistently concentrated among women, due mainly to the impact of gendered unpaid care duties and women’s reduced time in work and/or lower earnings throughout their careers and resulting lower pensions received;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A w (new)
Recital A w (new)
Aw. whereas psychological or sexual harassment at the workplace or harassment with important consequences on personal and professional aspirations is according to UN experienced by almost 35% of women worldwide and harm women’s self-esteem and their negotiation position for fairer remuneration; whereas fair remuneration and economic independence is an essential requisite for women’s ability to leave an abusive, violent relationship;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by, in cluding a binding definitionose cooperation with social partners, with the aim of strengthening the principle of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which incorporates the gender perspective;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises and strongly supports the aim to strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women; underlines that pay transparency is crucial in counteracting unfair wage differentials and discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure a binding EU legislation in relation to gender pay transparency, fully respecting the autonomy of national social partners and contractual freedom of social partners in particular in those member states where pay is also a responsibility of the social partners;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that for the future Pay Transparency Directive to bring about real change it must also empower workers and their unions to collectively bargain for positive action and progress and that it is essential that collective bargaining is supported so that it can play its essential role to effectively implement the principle of equal pay; calls on the Commission to promote the role of collective bargaining and to strengthen the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at all levels (national, sectoral, local and company) in the future pay transparency legislation;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their efforts to eliminate the gender pay gap by rigorously enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, not only through legislation and measures to combat salary discrimination but also by restoring, promoting and defending collective bargaining, and exchanging best practices; calls, furthermore, for measures that tackle vertical and horizontal segregation in employment and discriminatory practices in decisions concerning recruitment and promotion; calls for measures that increase social protection in the fields of maternity, unemployment, sickness (including diseases affecting exclusively women), workplace accidents and occupational diseases;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that comparable gender disaggregated statistics is a valuable tool in addressing the gender pay gap since it raises visibility and helps to monitor progress, or regression, with regard to gender equality; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve and further develop statistics, research and analysis;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to fight against the phenomenon of glass ceiling, such as extensive parental leave, access to high quality, affordable childcare, and the elimination of every form of direct and indirect discrimination linked to promotions in the labour market;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member State to pay particular attention to the gender dimension when designing and implementing measures to cope with the Covid-19 crisis in order to protect women during and after crisis, in particular to avoid women being forced to leave their job at the advantage of domestic and family care and to help them balance family and (tele-)work obligations, to support them at their workplace, to protect them against domestic violence, to ensure that that they are not left behind in the recovery and in getting back into work, and to avoid the surge in gender inequalities;
Amendment 110 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that equal opportunities and higher labour market participation among women can increase jobs, economic prosperity and competitiveness in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to set goals to reduce precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation of women in the labour market; stresses that full-time work should be the norm;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Is concerned that changes in labour conditions such as physical and psychological impacts of teleworking, the right to disconnect, the surveillance of work, and the intensification of work are accelerating due to the COVID-19 crisis, with women being affected far more than men due to their predominant or still traditional role of home and family caretakers; calls therefore on the Commission to come forward with a gender-sensitive legislative proposal on the Right to Disconnect, as well as the Directive on Mental Well-being at the Workplace aiming at recognizing anxiety, depression and burn-out as occupational diseases, establish mechanisms for prevention and reintegration of affected employees into the workforce, and to facilitate the adoption of an EU legal instrument that will protect workers from mental diseases at the workplace;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in and promote a strong and widespread system of quality public and private services to improve work-life balance; to extend and modernise the existing care and educational services for children so that women do not have to choose between family and participation in the labour market, to financially invest in a women- friendly welfare state according to the Barcelona Targets;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that a healthy and safe work environment is important in order for women and men to be able to work longer and without the risk of ill-health; stresses that gender equality should be considered and mainstreamed in the development of occupational safety and health (OSH) policies and prevention strategies, including in the upcoming Commission review of the occupational safety and health strategy;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women, including a Metoo-directive addressing sexual harassment at the workplace; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to introduce effective and binding measures to define and prohibit violence and harassment in the world of work, including having effective access to gender-responsive, safe and effective complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, support, services and remedies and requiring employers to take steps to prevent violence and harassment including gender-based violence and harassment;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reminds that, in line with the intersectional approach, particular attention concerning access to work has to be granted to those categories encountering multiple discriminations; calls therefore on the Member States and the Commission to collect disaggregated data to better measure and monitor progress in closing the gender pay gap, paying particular attention to groups experiencing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination and to remove all barriers to access to work for migrant women (also through a revision of the system of recognition of professional qualifications) and disabled women (in particular by removing all physical and technical barriers), ethnic-minority and Roma women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 162 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the immediate revision and an ambitious new Gender Pay Gap Action Plan by the end of 2020, which should set clear targets for the Member States to reduce the gender pay gap over the next five years and ensure that such targets are taken account of in the country specific recommendations; calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the factors leading to the pension gap under the Action Plan, and to assess the need for specific measures to reduce this gap at EU and national level; highlights, in particular, the need to include an intersectional perspective in the new Action Plan;
Amendment 177 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of addressing gender equality aspects related to the future world of work, including greening and digitalising the economy; regrets the weak link between the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality and the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to strengthening the connection between climate change policies and gender equality in its upcoming proposals;
Amendment 181 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to involve social partners in developing the new policies to close gender pay gap; calls in this context on social partners to engage in discussions and work together to address the pay gap also through positive action measures, as well as collaborate with civil society organisations in order to strongly engage public opinion since closing gender pay gap is a mainstreaming and universal priority, which will increase workers’ motivation productivity and well-being at the work-place;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that in an environment of stagnating wages, taking into account that both the Commission and the ECB have recommended a general increase in wages and a general improvement in the quality of employment, it is key to further strengthen social dialogue across Europe to balance industrial relations; stresses that workers' participation and inclusion in company matters have a significantly positive impact on productivity, employees’ health and well-being, jobs quality and decent wages;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that public investment in infrastructure is particularly sensitive to corruption; stresses the importance of guaranteeing a transparent and competitive tendering process for large-scale transport infrastructure projects financed by the EU; insists that contracting authorities and bidders for these large-scale projects must enter into Integrity Pacts under which third parties monitor their compliance with commitments to best practice and transparency; points out that it is also important for account to be taken in procurement procedures of the social conditions for workers; points out that today the entire transport sector is finding it hard to recruit staff, and that working conditions must be improved in order to address staffing issues;
Amendment 2 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Social Investment Package of 2013,
Amendment 3 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
– having regard to the draft Joint Employment Report from the Commission and the Council of 21 November 2018 accompanying the Commission communication on the Annual Growth Survey 2019 (COM(2017)0761)adopted on 15 March 2019,
Amendment 15 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 c (new)
Citation 48 c (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 9 April 2019 on the Economic Policy in the Euro Area (2019/C 136/01),
Amendment 16 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 d (new)
Citation 48 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s 2019 Annual Review on Employment and Social Developments in Europe,
Amendment 17 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 e (new)
Citation 48 e (new)
– having regard to the Commission report of 2019 on In-Work Poverty,
Amendment 18 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 f (new)
Citation 48 f (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 2018 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed,
Amendment 19 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 g (new)
Citation 48 g (new)
– having regard to Directive 2019/1152 on predictable and transparent working conditions,
Amendment 21 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas labour market conditions in the EU keep improving; whereas the employment rate continued to increase and reached 73.5 % in the last quarter of 2018, with 240.7 million people in work, a new record level; whereas the employment rate in the euro area has increased from 66.5% in 2017 to 67.4% in 2018; whereas great disparities in employment rates persist between and within the Member States (SE 77.5%, DE 75.9%, IT 58.5%, EL 54.9%); whereas the pace of growth of the employment rate has slowed down and whereas this trend is expected to continue; whereas, if these dynamics continue, the employment rate will reach 74.3 % in 2020;
Amendment 25 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the employment rate has grown strongly among workers above 55 years of age; whereas in 2018 the employment rate of workers between 55 and 64 years in the euro area is with 58.8% still well below the average; whereas with 52.9% especially women in this age category have a lower employment rate; whereas demographics forecast a growing number of older workers; whereas demographic change has impact on pension, healthcare and long-term care systems;
Amendment 29 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the employment gender gap was 11.6 percentage points in 2018; whereas it has not improved substantially in recent years and it remained almost unchanged since 2013;
Amendment 34 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the total number of hours worked has been increasing steadily but slowly since 2013; whereas the rate of permanent and full-time employment continues to rise while the rate of part-time employment is in decline; whereas the number of involuntary part-time workers is still very high and concerns 1.3 million more people than in 2008;
Amendment 36 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas aggregate household incomes grew slower than the GDP, indicating that income gains from the recovery have reached households only to some extent and suggesting that recent growth is not inclusive; whereas average wages in real terms still lag behind pre- crisis levels in many Member States and their growth remained below productivity growth in 2017; whereas income inequality is often linked to unequal opportunities in access to education, training and social protection;
Amendment 40 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the unemployment rate in June 2019 fell to 6.3% in the EU respectively 7.5% in the euro area; whereas it fell for all age groups and for both men and women; whereas large differences in rates remain between Member States; whereas youth unemployment remains very high; whereas long-term unemployment, while in decline, remains high (2018: EL 19.3%, ES 15.3%, DE 3.4%, CZ 2.2%) and the dispersion of unemployment rates across national and subnational territories has continued to widen since 2007; whereas youth unemployment remains unacceptably high at 14.2% in April 2019 (15.2% average in the EU in 2018, 16.9% average in euro area in 2018), but is lower than the pre-crisis level in 2008; whereas the differences between Member States are very significant (EL 39.9%, ES 34.3%, IT 32.2%, contrasting with NL 7.2% , CZ 6.7%, DE 6.2%); whereas on average every second unemployed job seeker has been without work for more than 12 months and with 3.8% the long-term unemployment rate remains above the pre- crisis level of 2.9%;
Amendment 46 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segmentation persists and affects, in particular, women, low-skilled, young and older people, people with disabilities, national, linguistic, ethnic and sexual minorities and people with migrant backgrounds; whereas in 2016 the employment rate of people with disabilities was with 48.1% well below the average employment rate;
Amendment 56 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the job vacancy rate continues to rise; whereas structural skill mismatches and skills shortages exist; increase in many sectors, for example in the ICT sector where the gap between demand and supply of specialists in the EU is expected to grow to about 500,000 by 2020;
Amendment 64 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the social situation continumore than every fifth European is at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and gaps in coverage of social protection systems and access to services persist; whereas especially atypical workers often do not have full access to improve; whereas poverty and the risk of poverty, and gaps in coverage of social protection systems anthe social protection and many self- employed have no or only limited coverage; whereas bogus self-employment persists, causing uncertainty, precariousness and insecurity, and is affecting in particular vulnerable groups; whereas social transfers (other than pensions) have a significant impact on poverty reduction in many Member States, on average by 32.4% in 2017; whereas this impact has declined eaccess to services, persist; h year since 2010 (expect 2013) and differences between Member States are significant (56.9% FI, 15.8% EL);
Amendment 71 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in 2017 the per capita gross disposable household income exceeded the 2008 pre-crisis level in the euro area; whereas this was not the case in all Member States; (whereas this was already the case in 2015 for the EU); whereas this was not the case in eight Member States (notably in Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Spain) and many regions; whereas the income of the poorest in the southern Member States deteriorated;
Amendment 73 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas according to the 2018 Eurobarometer socioeconomic situation and environmental issues are the most important personal concerns of EU citizens;
Amendment 74 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas global developments such as digitalisation and the environmental transition underline the urgency for a common EU approach; whereas these global challenges affect regions and territories in different ways; whereas the role of social dialogue, social partners and civil society is crucial for an inclusive transition; whereas the involvement of social partners in policy making is still low in many Member States;
Amendment 75 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas the economic sectors which are responsible for close to 90% of total CO2 emissions employ about 25% of the workforce in the EU; whereas the re- skilling of this workforce is an important part in the transition towards a sustainable economy;
Amendment 76 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas ambitious climate policies generate jobs and growth, and have positive effects on well-being; whereas according to projections the full implementation of the Paris agreement creates an additional 1.2 million jobs in the EU by 2030, on top of the 12 million new jobs already expected;
Amendment 77 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Ie. whereas only 9% of the 2011-2018 Country Specific Recommendations were fully implemented, 17% made substantial progress, 44% made some progress, 25% only saw limited progress and 5% had no progress at all;
Amendment 78 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I f (new)
Recital I f (new)
If. whereas in 2019 the Commission has issued recommendations to improve effectiveness, accessibility and sustainability of health care to 15 Member States;
Amendment 79 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I g (new)
Recital I g (new)
Ig. whereas average housing costs and financial overburden have declined in the EU, but scarcity of adequate and affordable housing is still a growing problem in many Member States and in 2017 one in ten Europeans spent 40% or more of household income on housing costs;
Amendment 88 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with great concern the unacceptably high level of youth unemployment in a number of Member States; emphasises that the detachment of young people from the labour market also has significant negative consequences for social cohesion and must urgently be addressed; stresses the importance of the Youth Guarantee to reduce the number of NEETs and youth unemployment; calls on the Commission to make the Youth Guarantee a permanent instrument and to further strengthen it;
Amendment 91 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission’s 2019 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) and welcomes the stronger focus on investment; notes that almost one third of the CSRs issued until 2018 have not been implemented; welcomes the fact that considerable progress has been achieved seen no or only limited progress in regards to their implementation; notes that the implementation of CSRs concerning legislation governing labour relations and employment protection was considerable; regrets that progress on broadening the tax base, as well as health and long-term care have been particularly slow; is concerned that progress on the 2018 CSRs is worse than performance in previous years and urges the Commission to put the necessary pressure on Member States to implement the recommendations; believes that strong reformthe implementation of progressive reforms is crucial to strengthen the growth potential of the EU economiesy;
Amendment 99 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on Member States to follow recommendations to shift taxation away from labour to other factors that are less detrimental to sustainable growth;
Amendment 108 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Deplores that in many Member States the per capita gross disposable household income is still below the 2008 pre-crisis level; urges the Member States to do more to reduce inequalities;
Amendment 112 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for well- designed labour market policies and reforms that create quality employment, promote equal opportunities and the equal treatment of workers, facilitate equal access to the labour market and social protection for all, facilitate labour mobility, reintegrate the unemployed and tackle inequalities and gender imbalances; strongly regrets that many Europeans are involuntarily working part-time; notes that this has detrimental consequences for their social protection; calls on Member States to improve framework conditions in order to increase opportunities for permanent and full-time employment;
Amendment 116 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of investing in occupational health and safety as a fundamental tool to improve not only job quality and workers´ health and safety, but also productivity and competitiveness of the EU and Member States economy;
Amendment 121 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that participation of women in the labour market continues to grow but that gender inequalities in terms of employment and pay persist; takes the view that efforts should be strengthenednotes with concern that the gender gap in employment remains almost unchanged since 2013 and that gender inequalities in terms of employment and pay persist at a high level; strongly regrets that the Barcelona targets of childcare availability of 90% for children between 3 years and mandatory school age will not be met; notes that only few Member States have taken actions to tackle the gender pay gap; urges all Member States to strengthen their efforts to reduce the gender pay gap, the gender pension gap and disincentives to work, improve work- life balance and provide access to affordable childcare, early childcare and long-term care facilities; calls on Member States to improve training, working conditions and wages in these services (as well as in health services); calls on the Commission to issue a directive on pay transparency in order to quickly close the gender pay gap; calls on Member States to encourage more men to take up paid family-related leave; notes with concern that women are overrepresented in lower- paid sectors and work more frequently in jobs they are over-qualified for;
Amendment 126 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out the need to fight ageism in labour markets, including by raising awareness of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, and by securing access to life-long learning opportunities; notes that older and low- skilled workers are much less likely to participate in life-long learning programmes; calls on Commission and Member States to step up efforts to change this trend;
Amendment 139 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CWelcomes the progress made in the European Disability Strategy 2010- 2020 and especially the directive on accessibility; emphasises however that more needs to be done; strongly regrets that people with disabilities remain consistently disadvantaged in terms of employment, education and social inclusion; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts for the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market, by removing legislative barriers to creating incentives for their employment and ensuring the accessibility of workplaces;
Amendment 153 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that a transformation of the education and training systems is urgently necessary in order to make full use of the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies and the mediadigitalisation and to develop the skills and competences required to meet the demands of the labour market of the futurecurrent labour market and of the labour market of the future; emphasises that investment in people is key to strong social cohesion; considers that skills shortages and mismatches can be major investment obstacles; emphasises that in order to acquire adequate skills it is necessary to improve the quality, availability, inclusiveness, affordability and accessibility of education and training, including vocational training, and improve the mutual recognition of qualifications; calls on the Member States to prioritisestresses the importance of addressing the issue of early school leavers; calls on the Member States to step up and encourage investments in upskilling and reskilling as well as comprehensive training in digital and entrepreneurial skills, taking into account the shift towards the digital economy and to a greener economy; believunderlines that good working and employment conditions are a crucial factor to attract skilled workers; emphasises that the challenges of climate change and the transition to a greener economy demand decisive support to help workers to adapt, especially in the most affected regions; cope with these crucial transformations; agrees with the Commission that timely efforts are needed to address digitalisation, that the EU as a whole must speed up the process and that a better alignment of Union, Member States and regional policies, pooling of public and private resources to increase investment and develop stronger synergies in the digital economy and society are needed;
Amendment 159 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that the involvement of social partners strengthens ownership and social cohesion; notes that especially with the upcoming shift towards a digitalised and sustainable economy a well- functioning social dialogue is crucial for a successful transition; calls on Member States to improve the capacity of social partners to actively participate in the policy debate by providing them with an adequate framework;
Amendment 168 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide incentives and technical assistance to young people to set up their businesses and to propose measures to promote entrepreneurship, including through school curriculums in the Member States;
Amendment 182 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Highlights that well-functioning social dialogue is a key tool in shaping working conditions, involving a variety of actors at various levels, and it balances the interests of workers and employers and contributes to both economic competitiveness and social cohesion; calls on Member States to further strengthen social dialogue across Europe to balance industrial relations and where needed strengthening the opportunities for collective bargaining;
Amendment 201 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11 f. Notes the worrying developments of overstretched housing markets in several Member States and its detrimental consequences especially on people with low income and in certain regions; calls on Member States to step up efforts to follow the recommendations by the Commission (to reduce bottlenecks of supply, to remove distortions and to reduce biases created by the tax system) and take action in line with recommendation 19 of the Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 202 #
2019/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 g (new)
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11 g. Notes with concern that a majority of Member States have received CSRs to improve the effectiveness, accessibility and sustainability of their public health care systems; calls on Member States to step up efforts to ensure the accessibility of public health care for all;
Amendment 203 #
2019/0000(INI)
11 h. Notes with concern the insufficiency or lack of access to social protection systems by atypical workers and many self-employed; emphasises that the trends in the labour market sees these groups of workers increasing and especially bogus self-employment is a persisting problem; calls on Member States to implement measures to address these issues notably following the Council recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed agreed on 6th December 2018; welcomes this recommendation as a first step, but stresses that more needs to be done to ensure access to social protection for all;
Amendment 36 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The cooperation between air traffic service providers is an important tool for improving the performance of the European ATM system and should be encouraged. The cooperation or integration between civil and military air traffic service should also be encouraged in order to improve safety, efficiency, and the performance of the European ATM system. Member States should be able to set up cooperation mechanisms not limited to predefined forms of cooperation and geographical areas.
Amendment 42 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) There should be no discrimination between airspace users as to the provision of equivalent air navigation services. This does not apply when different airspace users are treated differently on the basis of an amended performance and charging scheme, which allows for differentiation of charges based on the level of service.
Amendment 63 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The performance and charging schemes are intended to make air navigation services provided under conditions other than market conditions more cost-efficient and to promote better service quality and should, to this end, include relevant and appropriate incentives. In view of this objective, the performance and charging schemes should not cover services supplied under market conditions.
Amendment 78 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The performance of the network functions should be subject to criteria specific to them, having regard to the peculiar nature of these specific network functions. The network functions should be subject to performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, the environment, capacity, and cost-efficiency.
Amendment 94 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In the cooperative decision making process for the decisions to be taken by the Network Manager, the interest of the network should prevail. Parties to the cooperative decision-making process should therefore act to the maximum extent possible with a view to improving the functioning and performance of the network but it should also take into consideration local safety concerns. The procedures for the cooperative decision- making process should promote safety as well as the interest of the network, and be such that issues are resolved and consensus found wherever possible. Decisions taken shall also be considered within the context of the National Performance Plans, and a mechanism created to ensure there is no detriment to an ANSP due to the cooperative decision making process.
Amendment 101 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) To enhance the customer focus of air traffic service providers and to increase the possibility of airspace users to influence decisions which affect them, the consultation and particip, the consultation of stakeholders in major operational decisions of the air traffic service providers should be made more effective.
Amendment 112 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) In order to take into account technical or operational developments, in particular by amending annexes, or by supplementing the provisions on network management, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. The content and scope of each delegation is set out in detail in the relevant Articles. When adopting delegated acts under this Regulation, it is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level within the Expert Group on Human Dimension, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making33 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 33 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 336 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where this enables cost-efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace usersan improvement of the service performance without being detrimental to safety, air traffic service providers may decide to procure CNS, AIS, ADS or MET services under market conditions.
Amendment 347 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where this enables cost-efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace usersan improvement of the service performance without being detrimental to safety, Member States shallmay allow airport operators to procure terminal air traffic services for aerodrome control under market conditions.
Amendment 360 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In addition, where this enables cost- efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace usersan improvement of the service performance without being detrimental to safety, Member States may allow airport operators or the national supervisory authority concerned to procure terminal air traffic services for approach control under market conditions.
Amendment 422 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 426 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) key performance indicators for target setting in the key performance areas of safety, the environment, capacity and cost- efficiency;
Amendment 445 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they shall drive gradual, continuous improvements in respect of thensure adequate operational and economic performance of air navigation services;
Amendment 479 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The draft performance plans for en route air navigation services referred to in paragraph 1 shall include relevant information provided by the Network Manager. Before adopting those draft plans, designated air traffic service providers shall consult airspace users’ representatives, ANSP staff representatives and, where relevant, military authorities, airport operators and airport coordinators. The designated air traffic service providers shall also submit those plans to the national competent authority responsible for their certification, which shall verify the compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof.
Amendment 656 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The draft Network Performance Plan shall be drawn up after the setting of Union- wide performance targets and before the start of the reference period concerned. It shall contain specific performance targets in the key performance areas of thesafety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency.
Amendment 754 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. At the request of one or more Member States, of a national supervisory authority or of the Commission, the Agency acting as PRB shall carry out an investigation into any allegation of non- compliance as referred to in paragraph 1. Where it has indications of such non- compliance, the Agency acting as PRB may initiate an investigation on its own initiative. It shall conclude the investigation within four months of receipt of a request, after having heard the Member State, the national supervisory authority concerned and the designated air traffic service provider concerned as well as staff representatives from this body. Without prejudice to Article 41(1), the Agency acting as PRB shall share the results of the investigation with the Member States concerned, the air traffic service providers concerned and the Commission.
Amendment 855 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 7
Article 27 – paragraph 7
7. The Network Manager shall take decisions through a cooperative decision- making process. Parties to the cooperative decision-making process shall act to the maximum extent possible with a view to improving the functioning and performance of the network. The cooperative decision-making process shall promote the interest of the network, while taking due consideration of the local safety concerns.
Amendment 903 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult the Expert Group on Human Dimension as well as experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 910 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States, acting in accordance with their national legislation, shall establish consultation mechanisms for appropriate involvement of stakeholders, including professional staff representative bodies, in the implementation of the single European sky.