1307 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER
Amendment 33 #
2018/2080(INI)
Recital 10
(10) Whereas provisions should be laid down regarding the officials and servants of the Ombudsman´s secretariat which will assist him and the budget thereof; whereas the seat of the Ombudsman should be that of the seat of the European Parliament;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2080(INI)
Article 13
The seat of the Ombudsman shall be that of the seat of the European Parliament.
Amendment 9 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the overall year-on-year increase proposed by the Commission in the appropriations of heading 1 – Smart and inclusive growth (+3.91 % in commitment appropriations and +1,83 % in payment appropriations);
Amendment 10 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges the modest increase proposed by the Commission in the appropriations of heading1b - Economic, social and territorial cohesion (+2,8 % in commitment appropriations and +1,1% in payment appropriations);
Amendment 16 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal to increase the commitment appropriations for the FEAD and the EGF (+2% for each); regrets, however, the decrease (-60%) of the payment appropriations for the EGF, as well as the decreases (respectively 1.5% and -0.4%) of the commitment and payment appropriation for the EaSI; stresses that the commitment appropriations for 'Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship' will have to be maintained at an ambitious level;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses, furthermore, that the budget lines supporting European social dialogue and measures for social partners are of prime importance when it comes to strengthening social partners’ involvement, for example in the European Semester and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights; and thuscknowledges the slight increase in commitment appropriations (6,4%) but regrets the decrease in payment appropriations (- 21.8%) proposed by the Commission as regards industrial relations and social dialogue;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the creation of the European Labour Authority, which is expected to begin operating in 2019; highlights the need to provide for additional funding to ensure that sufficient financial resources are set aside for its establishment; regrets that the funding proposed by the Commission (EUR 11 million, appropriations are to be entered into the reserve until such time as the basic act is adopted by the legislator) is of a lower magnitude than the one of other EU agencies in the area of employment and social affairs; insists that this funding cannot be accomplished by redeploying allocations from the other employment and social affairs agencies; notes that the EURES portal will gradually be shifted under the ELA in 2019 and 2020 and calls for assurance that this transfert of activities does not lead neither to any cut in the EURES budget nor to any disruptions in the functionning of the portal;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2019 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area, which are furthest from being achieved, and a successful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, particularly when it comes to combating youth and long-term unemployment, rising inequalities, social exclusion and poverty; stresses, in this regard, that the 2019 budget cannot be understood outside the context of the 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 8 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that robust recovery and, sustainable growth and structural reforms are key factors to creating quality jobs, increasing prosperity and boosting upward social convergence, and that the European structural and investment funds should be directed more effectively towards creating employment, promoting inclusive growth, fostering social cohesion and, reducing inequalities and promoting upskilling measures and life-long-learning;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of adequate funding for the programmes and initiatives within the 2014-2020 MFF that seek to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and especially those aimed at the most disadvantaged in society, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the various axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the separate budget lines supporting European social dialogue and workers’ organisationmeasures towards social partners, and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); insists, therefore, that the resources of these programmes should be increased for the 2019 budget, or at least maintained at the levels of the previous year;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expects the 2019 budget to continue demonstrating great ambition to fight youth unemployment; calls on the continuation of efforts to improve the implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative, by ensuring that the offers of employment, education or training match with participant profiles and labour market demand in order to place participants in sustainable employment;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Sees that the low absorption rate is partly due to administrative barriers; calls therefore further reduction of administrative barriers to improve the access to funds;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the principle of proportionality must prevail in the management and control of structural programs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore the possibilities of an online system of application more conducive to administrative simplification for project managers;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission, in line with the ECA Special Report 06/2018, to better identify and monitor funding addressed to labour mobility in the scope of EaSI and ESF, to ensure complementarity and better performance monitoring of the funds, and hence their efficient and effective use;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Takes note of the lack of data availability in the field of matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility; encourages the Commission to include such data in the EU Justice Scoreboard when made available by the Member States, possibly as a midterm objective to be put in place after completion of the review of the Council Regulation No 2201/2003 on Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility and on international child abduction";
Amendment 65 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Additional instruments are therefore necessary to avoid the possibility in the future that large asymmetric shocks will result into deeper and broader situations of stress and weaken economic, social, and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The activation of EISF support should therefore be determined by a double activation trigger based on both the level of national unemployment rate compared to its past average and the change in unemployment compared to a certain threshold. The formula for calculating the amount of EISF loan support should also take into account the trend in the youth unemployment rate in the Member State requesting support.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) employment, unemployment rate, youth unemployment rate, participation rates, indicators of part time employment, hours worked;
Amendment 29 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) On 17 November 2017, the European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission as a response to social challenges in Europe. The twenty key principles of the pillar are structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market; fair working conditions; social protection and inclusion. The twenty principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights should guide the actions under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). In order to contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights the ESF+ should support investments in people and systems in the policy areas of employment, education and social inclusion, thereby supporting economic, territorial and social cohesion in accordance with Article 174 TFEU. All actions under the ESF+ should respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threat, clean energy transition, technological change, unemployment in general and youth unemployment, and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ shouldGiven that it is the main Union instrument focused on employment and skills, it is essential that the ESF+ is able to contribute to social, economic, and territorial cohesion in all parts of Europe. To that end it must provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences, notably as regards digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ shouldmust help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This couldan be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Given the differences in levels of development within Europe as a whole, ESF+ assistance must always be flexible enough to allow for specific regional and territorial characteristics.
Amendment 147 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights. In particular, the Commission and the Member States should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Disparities are growing at subregional level, including in more prosperous regions where there are pockets of poverty.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) In light of the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion in the EU (26.4% in 2017), and the European Pillar of Social Rights which states that children have the right to protection from poverty, and children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the rights to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities; Member States should allocate appropriate amount of ESF+ resources under shared management for the reduction of child poverty and social exclusion. Investing early in children yields significant returns for children and society as a whole. Supporting children to develop skills and capabilities enables them to develop their full potential, become active members of society and increase their chances on the labour market as young people.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levelthe European institutions and national, regional, and local authorities and the socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation of sinvolve regional and locial partners and civil societyauthorities in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management. , while also encouraging the participation of social partners and civil society.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 227 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Pursuant to Article [94 of Council Decision 2013/755/EU19], persons and entities established in Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) are to be eligible for funding subject to the rules and objectives of the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the relevant OCTs are linked. The programme will need to allow for the particular constraints affecting persons and entities established in those territories in order to provide for proper access to those strands. __________________ 19 Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ( ‘Overseas Association Decision’) (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 248 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, including children whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 267 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘overseas countries and territories’ means overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply and which are listed in Annex II to that Treaty;
Amendment 278 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to effectively eradicate poverty, including child poverty and fight social exclusion, advance equality and non-discrimination, achieve high employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 283 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States, at national, regional and local level, to achieve high employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 291 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and, poverty eradication, including child poverty, social inclusion, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 297 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) under shared management, whereby the programming and implementation shall be delegated to the Member States and the regions, for the part of the assistance which corresponds to the specific objectives indicated in Article 4(1) (the ‘ESF+ strand under shared management’), and
Amendment 304 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The ESF+ shall support the following specific objectives in the policy areas of employment, education, mobility, social inclusion and health and thereby also contributing to the policy objective for “A more social Europe - Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights” set out in Article [4] of the [future CPR]:
Amendment 325 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcareinclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and care and to other community-based services for children, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 357 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active social inclusion with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability;
Amendment 363 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii a (new)
(viiia) promoting equal opportunities for all European citizens, including the most remote, by supporting mobility.
Amendment 386 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The part of the financial envelope for the ESF+ strand under shared management under the Investment for Jobs and Growth goal shall be EUR 100 000 000 000 in current prices or EUR 88 646 194 590 in 2018 prices of which EUR 200 000 000 in current prices or EUR 175 000 000 in 2018 prices shall be allocated for transnational cooperation supporting innovative solutions as referred to in Article 23(i) and EUR 400 000 000 in current prices or EUR 376 928 934 in 2018 prices as additional funding to the outermost regions identified in Article 349 TFEU and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession. The specific allocation for the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU provides for compensation of the additional costs connected with one or more permanent constraints hampering their development. In particular, it supports mobility actions.
Amendment 502 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 534 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Regulation No 2018/0206
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between these specific priorities and the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 179 #
2018/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the cessation of activity of more than 2500 displaced workers or self- employed persons, over a reference period of four months, in an enterprise in a Member State, including where that cessation applies in its suppliers or downstream producers;
Amendment 183 #
2018/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the cessation of activity of more than 2500 displaced workers or self- employed persons, over a reference period of six months, particularly in SMEs, where all operate in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division level and located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level or in more than two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level provided that there are more than 2500 workers or self-employed persons affected in two of the regions combined;
Amendment 187 #
2018/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the cessation of activity of more than 2500 displaced workers or self- employed persons, over a reference period of four months, particularly in SMEs, operating in the same or different economic sectors defined at NACE Revision 2 division level and located in the same region defined at NUTS 2 level.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. In small labour markets, in the outermost regions, or in exceptional circumstances, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs or VSEs, where duly substantiated by the applicant Member State, an application for a financial contribution under this Article may be considered admissible even if the criteria laid down in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 are not entirely met, when the redundancies have a serious impact on employment and the local or regional economy. The applicant Member State shall specify which of the intervention criteria set out in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 are not entirely met. The aggregated amount of contributions in exceptional circumstances may not exceed 15 % of the annual ceiling of the EGF.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall implement information and communication activities on EGF cases and outcomes based on its experience, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of the EGF and ensuring that Union citizens and workerscitizens, workers, the Union’s social partners, and the stakeholders or authorities whose responsibility it is to activate the EGF know about the EGFfund.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU. In general, Member States and, where appropriate, the Commission should foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between these specific priorities and the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 89 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) There ought to be provision for use to be made of regional indicators so that subregional disparities can be taken into account more effectively.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In full respect of the applicable State aid and public procurement rules already clarified during the 2014-2020 programming period, the managing authorities should have the possibility to decide on the most appropriate implementation options for financial instruments in order to address the specific needs of target regions. Furthermore, the undoubted consequences - at national and, above all, subnational level - of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU might make it necessary to apply state aid rules with sufficient flexibility to ensure that certain critical situations can be dealt with.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) To ensure an appropriate balance between the effective and efficient implementation of the Funds and the related administrative costs and burdens, the frequency, scope and coverage of management verifications should be based on a risk assessment that takes account of factors such as the type of operations implemented, the beneficiaries as well as the level of risk identified by previous management verifications and audits. Management and control of the Funds should be governed by the principle of proportionality in relation to the level of risk to the budget of the Union. .
Amendment 109 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66 a (new)
Recital 66 a (new)
(66a) It should be pointed out that the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union will have an asymmetrical impact on local and regional authorities, depending both on the economic sectors involved, such as fisheries, agriculture and, above all, port activities, and on the particular regions and Member States concerned. The fact is that some regions and Member States are more exposed to economic risks because of the nature and extent of their trading links with the United Kingdom. Making use of the specific budget heading created in 2001 to help border regions in their dealings with prospective Member States should be looked into as a way of providing a stabilisation fund to mitigate the economic consequences of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal. Furthermore, in the light of the challenges posed by Brexit at local and regional level, there will need to be ongoing cooperation involving exchanges of good practices at local and regional authority level.
Amendment 282 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In line with Article 349 TFEU and the Commission's communication on 'A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the Union's outermost regions'36, the Programme should take into account the specific situation of these regions. Measures will be taken to increase the outermost regions' effective participation in all actions. Mobility exchanges and cooperation between people and organisations from these regions and third countries, in particular their neighbours, should be fostered. Such measures will be monitored and evaluated regularly. _________________ 36 COM(2017) 623 final.
Amendment 283 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Pursuant to [reference to be updated as appropriate according to a new Decision on OCTs Article 94 of the Council Decision 2013/755/EC37], individuals and entities established in overseas countries or territories are eligible for funding subject to the rules and objectives of the Programme and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the relevant overseas country or territory is linked. The constraints imposed by the remoteness of these countries or territories should beall be duly taken into account when implementing the Programme, and theirin particular by establishing financial allocations which take account of travel costs or by promoting exchange and cooperation with neighbouring third countries as part of this mobility programme, and their effective participation in the Programme should be monitored and regularly evaluated. _________________ 37 Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision') (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 359 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'transnational' relates to any action involving at least two countries which are either Member States or overseas countries or territories coming under the authority of a Member State, or third countries associated to the Programme;
Amendment 382 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
(26) ‘national authority' means the authority in charge, at national level, of monitoring and supervising the management of the Programme in a Member State, in overseas countries and territories coming under the authority of a Member State, or in a third country associated to the Programme;
Amendment 385 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
(27) 'national agency' means one or more bodies in a given Member State or, in an overseas country or territory coming under the authority of a Member State, or in a third country associated to the Programme in charge of managing the implementation of the Programme at national level. There may be more than one national agency in a given Member State or, including in an overseas country or territory coming under the authority of that Member State, or in a third country associated to the Programme.
Amendment 444 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) partnerships for excellence, in particular European universities, Centres of vocational excellence and joint master degrees; the principal objective of which is to increase the attractiveness of higher-education establishments in the European Union by encouraging cooperation between the research, innovation and education domains, centres of vocational excellence and joint master degrees; partnerships for excellence shall involve at least one Member State.
Amendment 495 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
In the field of sport, the Programme shall support, under key action 1, the mobility of sport coaches and staff. It shall also support the mobility of amateur athletes, in connection with competitions, in particular in remote, island or outermost regions and overseas countries and territories coming under the authority of a Member State.
Amendment 547 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 5 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 5 a (new)
(5a) An indicative amount of [EUR 4 000 000 000, of which at least ….% is allocated by way of support for the European universities initiative, representing 16% of the total amount for paragraph 2] for other actions under Chapter II, with the exception of those referred to in points (1) to (5) of paragraph 2(a).
Amendment 248 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Pursuant to Article 94 of Council Decision 2013/755/EU28 , persons and entities established in overseas countries and territories are eligible for funding subject to the rules and objectives of the Programme and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the relevant overseas country or territory is linked. The constraints imposed by the remoteness of these countries or territories should be taken into account when implementing the Programme, and their effective participation monitored and regularly evaluated. __________________ 28 Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (Overseas Association Decision) (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 479 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) European networks of cultural and creative organisations from different countriesMember States, including overseas countries and territories of a Member State;
Amendment 510 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The priorities of the MEDIA strand of the Programme referred to in Article 5 shall take into account the differences across countriesMember States and overseas countries and territories of a Member State regarding audiovisual content production, distribution, and access, as well as the size and specificities of the respective markets and shall be pursued through, inter alia:
Amendment 528 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Promote European works in industry events and fairs in Europe, in the overseas countries and territories of a Member State and beyond;
Amendment 100 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 a – paragraph 1
Article 86 a – paragraph 1
1a. The Member State of destination may require a company which is transferring its registered office to its territory to simultaneously relocate its central administration, where this requirement is laid down in national legislation for undertakings established in their territory.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – Title
Article 86 e – Title
Report of the management or administrative organ to the members and employees
Amendment 134 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 1
Article 86 e – paragraph 1
1. The management or administrative organ of the company carrying out the cross-border conversion shall draw up a report for the members and employees explaining and justifying the legal and economic aspects of the cross-border conversion.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the implications of the cross- border conversion for the safeguarding of employment relationships;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) any material changes in the conditions of employment and in the location of the companies’ places of business;
Amendment 141 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(cc) whether the factors set out in points (a), (ca) and (cb) affect any subsidiaries of the company.
Amendment 145 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 3
Article 86 e – paragraph 3
3. The report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be made available, at least electronically, to the members not less than two months before the date of the general meeting referred to in Article 86i. That report shall also be made similarly available to theand representatives of the employees of the company carrying out the cross-border conversion or, where there are no such representatives, to the employees themselves, not less than two months before the date of the general meeting referred to in Article 86i.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where the management or administrative organ of the company carrying out the cross-border conversion receives, in good time, an opinion from the representatives of its employees or, where there are no such representatives, from the employees themselves, as provided for under national law, the members shall be informed thereof and that opinion shall be appended to that report.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 4
Article 86 e – paragraph 4
4. However, that report shall not be required where allt least two thirds of the members of the company carrying out the cross-border conversion have agreed to waive this requirement.
Amendment 152 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. However, where a company carrying out a cross-border conversion and its subsidiaries, if any, have no employees other than those who form part of the management or administrative organ, the report referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required.
Amendment 154 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Paragraphs 1 to 4 are without prejudice to the applicable information and consultation rights and procedures instituted at national level in response to the transposition of Directive 2002/14/EC or 2009/38/EC.
Amendment 155 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 f
Article 86 f
Amendment 188 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – title
Article 86 g – title
Article 86g Examination by an independent expertthe competent authority
Amendment 191 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 86 g – paragraph 1 – point 3
1. Member States shall ensure that the company carrying out the cross-border conversion applies not less than two months before the date of the general meeting referred to in Article 86i to the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 86m(1), to appoint an expert to examine and assess for an assessment of the draft terms of the cross- border conversion and the reports referred to in Articles 86e and 86f, subject to the proviso set out in paragraph 6 of this Article.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 g – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The application forto the appointment of an expertcompetent authority shall be accompanied by the following:
Amendment 197 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2. The competent authority shall appointIf it considers it necessary, the competent authority shall be free to seek the assistance of an independent expert within five working days from the application referred to in paragraph 1 and the receipt of the draft terms and reports. The expert shall be independent from the company carrying out the cross-border conversion and may be a natural or a legal person depending upon the law of the departure Member State. Member States shall take into account, in assessing the independence of the expert, the framework established in Articles 22 and 22b of Directive 2006/43/EC.
Amendment 199 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 3
Article 86 g – paragraph 3
3. The expertWhere there is reasonable doubt as to the real reason for a cross-border conversion, the competent authority shall draw up a written report providing at least:
Amendment 203 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 4
Article 86 g – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the independent expert shall becompetent authority is entitled to obtain, from the company carrying out the cross- border conversion, all relevant information and documents and to carry out all necessary investigations to verify all elements of the draft terms or management reports. The expertcompetent authority shall also be entitled to receive comments and opinions from the representatives of the employees of the company, or, where there are no such representatives, from the employees themselves and also from the creditors and members of the company.
Amendment 204 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 5
Article 86 g – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that information submittgathered toby the independent expertcompetent authority can only be used for the purpose of drafting theits report and that confidential information, including business secrets, shall not be disclosed. Where appropriate, the expertcompetent authority may submit a separate document containing any such confidential information to the competent authority, designated in accordance with Article 86m(1) and that separate document shall only be made available to the company carrying out the cross-border conversion and not be disclosed to any other party.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 j – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 86 j – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the members holding shares with voting rights and who did not vote forwho voted against the approval of the draft terms of the cross- border conversion;
Amendment 216 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 j – paragraph 3
Article 86 j – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that a company carrying out a cross-border conversion makes an offer of adequate compensation in the draft terms of the cross-border conversion as specified in the Article 86d(1)(i) to the members, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, who wish to exercise their right to dispose of their shareholdings. Member States shall also establish the period for the acceptance of the offer, which shall not in any event exceed one month after the general meeting referred to in Article 86is must express their intention to avail themselves of their exit right before the general meeting. Member States shall further ensure that a company is able to accept an offer communicated electronically to an address provided by the company for that purpose.
Amendment 218 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 j – paragraph 5
Article 86 j – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that any member who has accepted the offer of cash compensation referred to in paragraph 3, but who considers that the cash compensation has not been adequately set, is entitled to demand the recalculation of the cash compensation offered before a national court within one month15 days of the acceptance of the offer.
Amendment 219 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 k – paragraph 2
Article 86 k – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that creditors who are dissatisfied with the protection of their interests provided for in the draft terms of the cross-border conversion, as provided for in Article 86d(f), and who have lodged their objection before the cross-border conversion may apply to the appropriate administrative or judicial authority for adequate safeguards within one month of the disclosure referred to in Article 86h.
Amendment 339 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 126 a – paragraph 3
Article 126 a – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that each of the merging companies makes an offer of adequate cash compensation in the common draft terms of the cross-border merger, as specified in Article 122(1)(m), to those members referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article who wish to exercise their right to dispose of their shareholdings. Member States shall also establish the period for the acceptance of the offer, which shall not in any event exceed one month after the general meeting referred to in Article 126The members shall express their intention of invoking their exit right before the general meeting or, in cases where the approval of the general meeting is not required, within twoone months after the disclosure of the common draft terms of merger referred to in Article 123. Member States shall further ensure that the merging companies are able to accept an offer communicated electronically to an address provided by those companies for that purpose.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A European Labour Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairness and trust in the Single Market. To that effect, the Authority should support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and employers about their rights and obligations in cross- border labour mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, without prejudice to the EURES-T cross-border partnerships’ tasks of providing information, advice and support on all cross-border labour market issues, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application of the Union law in these areas, and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross-border disputes or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The establishment of the Authority should not create new rights and obligations for individuals or employers, particularly SMEs, including economic operators or non-profit organisations, as the activities of the Authority should cover them to the extent to which they are covered by the Union law within the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure they can benefit from a fair and effective internal market, the Authority should promote opportunities for individuals and employers to be mobile or provide services and recruit anywhere within the Union. This includes supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals by facilitating access to cross-border mobility services, such as the cross-EURES-T cross- border partnerships that enable the cross- border matching of jobs, traineeships and apprenticeships and by promoting mobility schemes such as 'Your first EURES job' or 'ErasmusPRO’. The Authority should also contribute to improving transparency of information, including on rights and obligations stemming from Union law, and access to services to individuals and employers, in cooperation with other Union information services, such as Your Europe Advice, and taking full advantage and ensuring consistency with the Your Europe portal, which will form the backbone of the future single digital gateway53. __________________ 53 Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]
Amendment 143 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Authority shall take over responsibility for the EURES portal’s technical and operational tasks. This transfer of activity must neither cause the EURES budgets to be reduced nor shall it disrupt the portal’s operations. By maintaining an ambitious budget independent of any national or regional contributions for EURES – i.e. administered directly by the European Commission – the Authority shall ensure the proper functioning of the portal and the highest quality in the information services EURES provides to individuals and employers.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For these purposes, the Authority should cooperate with other relevant Union initiatives and networks, in particular the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES)54, the European Enterprise Network55, the Border Focal Point56 and SOLVIT57, as well as with relevant national services such as the bodies to promote equal treatment and to support Union workers and members of their family, designated by Member States under Directive 2014/54/EU, and national contact points designated under Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58 to provide information on healthcare. The Authority should also explore synergies with the proposed European services e-card59, notably with regard to those cases in which Member States opt for the submission of declarations regarding posted workers through the e-card platform without, however, replacing the mediation role played by the Administrative Commission for Social Security Regulations. The Authority shouldmay replace the Commission in managing the European network of employment services (‘EURES’) European Coordination Office established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, including the definition of user needs and business requirements for the effectiveness of the EURES portal and related IT services, but excluding the IT provision, andprovided that this neither undermines the benefits and services provided by EURES and the EURES-T cross-border partnerships nor serves as a pretext for a reduction in the budget for EURES and the EURES-T cross-border partnerships. The provision of IT services, the operation and the development of the IT infrastructure, which willill, meanwhile, continue to be ensured by the Commission. __________________ 54 Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). 55 European Enterprise Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/ 56 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions, COM(2017) 534. 57 Commission Recommendation of 17 September 2013 on the principles governing SOLVIT (OJ L 249, 19.9.2011, p. 10). 58 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45). 59 COM(2016) 824 final and COM(2016) 823 final.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of the fair, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should support cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should support Member States’ compliance with cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, once it is fully functioning and operational, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Authority should provide a platform for resolving disputes between Member States in relation to the application of Union law that falls within its scope, without impinging on the powers of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It should build on dialogue and conciliation mechanisms that are currently in place in the area of social security coordination, which are valued by Member States60 and their importance is recognised by the Court of Justice61. Member States should be able to refer cases to the Authority for mediation according to standard procedures put in place for this purpose. The Authority should only deal with disputes between Member States, while individuals and employers facing difficulties with exercising their Union rights should continue to have at their disposal the national and Union services dedicated to dealing with such cases, such as the SOLVIT network to which the Authority should refer such cases. The SOLVIT network should also be able to refer to the Authority for its consideration cases in which the problem cannot be solved due to differences between national administrations. __________________ 60 Council, Partial general approach of 26 October 2017 on the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 13645/1/17. 61 Case C-236/88 EU:C:1990:303, paragraph 17; Case C-202/97 EU:C:2000:75, paragraphs 57-58; Case C- 178/97 EU:C:2000:169, paragraphs 44-45; Case C-2/05 EU:C:2006:69, paragraphs 28-29; Case C-12/14 EU:C:2016:135, paragraphs 39-41; Case C-359/16 EU:C:2018:63, paragraphs 44-45.
Amendment 203 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States and the Commission and the European Parliament should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chair, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, should adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 240 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The Authority should complement the activities of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems created by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (‘the Administrative Commission’) in so far as it exercises regulatory tasks related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009 without, however, replacing the Administrative Commission’s mediation duties. The Authority should however take over operational tasks currently carried out under the framework of the Administrative Commission, such as providing a mediation function between Member States, ensuring a forum for handling financial matters related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, replacing the function of the Audit Board set up by those Regulations, as well as matters related to electronic data exchange and IT tools to facilitate the application of those Regulations, replacing the function of the Technical Commission for Data Processing set up by those Regulations.
Amendment 341 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access to information by individuals and employers on rights and obligations in cross-border situations as well as access to cross-border labour mobility services, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7and without prejudice to the EURES-T cross-border partnerships’ information, advice and support duties on all cross-border labour market issues;
Amendment 368 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Regulation 2018/0064
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) mediate in disputes between Member States' authorities on the application of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 13, without impinging on the powers of the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 379 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) facilitate cooperation between relevant stakeholders in the event of cross- border labour market disruptions, in accordance with Article 14, in close collaboration with the EURES-T cross- border partnerships.
Amendment 399 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall improve the availability, quality and accessibility of information offered to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 589/2016 on EURES, particularly Article 27 thereof, on support services in cross-border regions, and Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]. To that end, the Authority shall, without prejudice to the EURES-T cross-border partnerships’ information, advice and support duties on all cross-border labour market issues:
Amendment 409 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) promote opportunities to support the labour mobility of individuals, particularly support that may be provided by EURES-T cross-border partnerships, including through guidance on access to learning and language training;
Amendment 445 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
1. The Authority shall provide services to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall, without prejudice to the EURES-T cross-border partnerships’ information, advice and support duties on all cross-border labour market issues:
Amendment 449 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote the development of initiatives supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals, including the development of targeted mobility schemes or, in border regions, EURES-T cross- border partnerships;
Amendment 450 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enable the cross-border matching of job, traineeship, and apprenticeship vacancies with CVs and applications for the benefit of individuals and employers, particularly via EURES and in close collaboration, in border regions, with the EURES-T cross-border partnerships which advise and inform workers and employers on cross-border mobility opportunities;
Amendment 457 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Regulation 2018/0064
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) facilitate cooperation between competent services at the national level designated in accordance with Directive 2014/54/EU to provide information, guidance and assistance to individuals and employers on cross-border mobility, and the national contact points designated in accordance with Directive 2011/24/EU to provide information on healthcare, without impinging on the mediation role and powers of the Administrative Commission for Social Security Regulations.
Amendment 520 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall promote the use of electronic tools and procedures for message exchange between national authorities, including the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, once it is fully functioning and operational, and the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system.
Amendment 525 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Regulation 2018/0064
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Authority shall encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, – the establishment of the Platform Tackling Undeclared Work being a good example of such cooperation – and explore the potential use of electronic exchange mechanisms between the Member States to facilitate the detection of fraud, providing reports to the Commission with a view to their further development.
Amendment 564 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where the authority of a Member State decides not to participate in or carry out the concerted or joint inspection referred to paragraph 1, it shall inform the Authority in writing of the reasons for its decision duly in advancwithin a reasonable deadline. In such cases, the Authority shall inform the other national authorities concerned.
Amendment 663 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall assess risks and carry out analyses regarding cross-border labour flows, such as labour market imbalances, sector-specific threats and recurring problems encountered by individuals and employers in relation to cross-border mobility. For that purpose, the Authority shall ensure complementarity with, and draw on the expertise of, other Union agencies or services, including in the areas of skills forecasting and health and safety at work. Upon a request by the European Commission or the competent committee of the European Parliament, the Authority may carry out focused in- depth analyses and studies to investigate specific labour mobility issues.
Amendment 711 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Regulation 2018/0064
Article 13 paragraph 1
Article 13 paragraph 1
1. In the event of disputes between Member States regarding the application or interpretation of Union law in areas covered by this Regulation, the Authority may perform a mediation role, without impinging on the powers of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Amendment 738 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Regulation 2018/0064
Article 13 paragraph 4
Article 13 paragraph 4
4. Cases in which there are ongoing court proceedings or preliminary investigations at national or Union level shall not be admissible for mediation by the Authority.
Amendment 793 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Authority may set up working groups or expert panels with representatives from Member States and/or from the European Commission and the European Parliament, or external experts following selection procedures, for the fulfilment of its specific tasks or for specific policy areas, including a Mediation Board in order to fulfil its tasks in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation, and a dedicated group for the purpose of handling financial matters related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, as referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation.
Amendment 806 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of one senior representative from each Member State and two representatives of the European Commission, all of whom have voting rights, as well as independent experts appointed by the European Parliament to represent it.
Amendment 815 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The European Commission and the competent committee of the European Parliament shall appoint the members who are to represent ithem.
Amendment 828 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. RThe other decentralised Union agencies or representatives from third countries, which are applying the Union law in areas covered by this Regulation, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 859 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall manage the Authority’s day-to-day operations. The Executive Director shall be accountable to the Management Board.
Amendment 864 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
(ja) to ensure compliance with the European Employment Services’ (EURES) budget;
Amendment 895 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of six representatives of Union- level social partners equally representing trade unions and employer’s organisations (including a representative of SMEs), and two representatives of the European Commission and an independent expert appointed by the European Parliament to represent it.
Amendment 925 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The translation services required for the functioning of the Authoritgency shall be provided by the Translation Centre of the Bbodies of the European Union or, where necessary, by other services.
Amendment 972 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/589
Article 1 – point a
Article 1 – point a
(a) the organisation of the EURES network between the Commission, the European Labour Authority and, the Member States and the EURES-T cross-border partnerships;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the employment rate in the EU has been growing for four consecutive years and now surpasses the 2008 figure, but still remains below the pre-crisis level in half of the Member States; whereas regional disparities have started to narrow but remain high in some Member States;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas while the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has fallen back to its pre-crisis level, it remains very high including in more developed regions and far from reaching the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas infra-regional disparities are growing, including in more prosperous regions which contain pockets of poverty; whereas most prosperous regions allow driving effects in favor of growth;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that Cohesion Policy, as the main investment policy of the Union, should be maintained at at least a similar budgetary level in the future multiannual financial framework; considers that the European Social Fund (ESF) should be retained as the main EU instrument for the integration and reintegration of workers into the labour market as well as for supporting measures for social inclusion, combating poverty and inequalities; defends the consideration of social criteria for the allocation of funds, in particular the unemployment rate and the youth unemployment rate, in addition to GDP per capita;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the principle of proportionality must prevail in the management and control of cohesion programs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore the possibilities of an online system of application more conducive to administrative simplification for project managers;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that social and fiscal convergence contribute to the cohesion objective and that divergent practices in this area are liable to cause further problems for territories most vulnerable to globalisation;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level, for example on boards of directors; notes that this under- representation is a major contributing factorcontributes to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including end; considers, however, that this improvement is not sufficient and that inequalities remain; stresses the need to promote the principle of equal pay, including by combating the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessiincreasing the accessibility of affordable childcare and boostensuring collective bargaining rights;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassmentpro-active andeffective measures to end sexual harassment, the full implementation in the Member States of the European directives, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that it is important to ensure that women enjoy a work-life balance, especially in view of the irregular working hours in the media sector, for example;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the adoption ofand implementation of the directive on women on boards of directors, which sets up a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support tosupport and promote women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the call for the three new headline employment indicators to be placed on an equal footing with existing economic indicators, thereby guaranteeing that internal imbalances are better assessed and making structural reforms more effective;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Proposes introducing a non- punitive social imbalances procedure in the design of the CSRs so as to prevent a race to the bottom in terms of social standards, building on effective use of the social and employment indicators in macroeconomic surveillance;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas skills, digital literacy included, have a strategic importance for growth, innovation and social cohesion and the complexity of jobs is increasing across all sectors and occupations and there is inflation in relative skills demand, even for low-skilled jobs;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas entrepreneurship skills need to be understood in a broader sense, as a sense of initiative, participation in social actions and an entrepreneurial mind- set, and should therefore be further emphasised in the Skills Agenda as a life skill which, for instance by encouraging Member States to foster the entrepreneurial spirit in young people from the earliest age, through placements and visits to companies, bearing in mind that the life skills in question benefits individuals in their personal and professional life;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the focus on the need to upgrade the European education and training systems in line with the fast changing economic and societal environment; notes that, while skills needs are dynamic, the main focus of the skills package is the immediate needs of the labour market; highlights in this respect the importance of a pan-European skills needs foreworking in close collaboration with the European Centre for the Development of Vocasting tool andonal Training, Cedefop, in order to anticipate skills needs and improve lifelong learning systems with a view to adapting to new situations in the labour market;
Amendment 159 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls, in this respect, the need for enhanced cooperation among the Member States to learn from best practices which lead to lower unemployment rates, like alternance training19 and lifelong learning; points out there is a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Cedefop, one of whose main tasks is to bring together political leaders, social partners, researchers, and practitioners for the purpose of exchanging ideas and experience; _________________ 19 Educational training combining periods in any educational institution or training centre and in the work place. The alternance scheme can take place on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis. Depending on the country and the applicable status, participants may be contractually linked to the employer and/or receive remuneration. According to the CEDEFOP terminology, the German dual system is an example of alternance training. (Terminology of European education and training policy, CEDEFOP)
Amendment 217 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that skills development must be a shared responsibility between education providers and employers; insists that the industry/employers should be involved in providing and training people with the necessary skills, throughout their careers, in order for businesses to be competitive and at the same time boost people’s self-confidence;
Amendment 229 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for concrete measures to be put in place in order to facilitate the transition of young people from education to work by ensuring quality internships and apprenticeships as well as cross-border exchange programmes such as Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, giving young people the possibility of putting their talents into practice and haveing a set of rights and access to social protection; calls on Member States to provide special support to SMEs so that they too are able to take on interns and work-study (alternance) trainees;
Amendment 255 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets thatCalls on the Commission and Member States to encourage employers and formal education providers do not sufficientlyto recognise the value and relevance of skills, competences and knowledge acquired through non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 267 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that non-formal learning, including volunteering, has a crucial role to play in stimulating the development of life skills such as team work, creativity and a sense of initiative while reinforcing self- esteem and motivation to learn; emphasises in this respect the decisive role of a number of young entrepreneurs' organisations that offer young people the chance to gain entrepreneurial experience and hence to develop an entrepreneurial spirit and acquire the confidence needed to be enterprising;
Amendment 329 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to include elements of entrepreneurial learning, including internships and traineeships, at all levels of education, since instilling entrepreneurial spirit among the young at an early stage is an effective way of combating youth unemployment and developing entrepreneurship among young people;
Amendment 385 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to increase the attractiveness of VET and make apprenticeships a priority by making sure that young people and their families have access to information on VET options by creating more bridges between VET and traditional education and by making VET a true path of excellence, provided from a very early age and at all levels of education;
Amendment 452 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission in addition to develop a pan-European skill needs foreto work closely with the European Centre for the Development of Vocasting tool, which would make it possible to estimonal Training, Cedefop, in order to better estimate and anticipate future skill needs and adapt them better to the jobs available on the labour market;
Amendment 492 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Welcomes the planned revision of the European Qualifications Framework, which should help improve the readability of existing skills and qualifications in the various countries of the European Union; stresses that such a tool is essential for the development of professional mobility, particularly in border areas;
Amendment 86 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Since the adoption of Council Directive 91/533/EEC33, labour markets have undergone far-reaching changes due to demographic developments and digitalisation leading to the creation of new forms of employment, which have supported innovation, job creation and labour market growth. New forms of employment are often not as regular or stable ascan vary greatly in their predictability from traditional employment relationships and can sometimes lead to reduced predictability for the workers concerned, creating uncertainty as toover applicable rights and social protection. In this evolving world of work, there is therefore an increased need for workers to be fully informed about their essential working conditions, which should occur in a written form and in a timely manntimely manner and in a written form and in a form easily accessible to workers. In order adequately to frame the development of new forms of employment, workers in the Union should also be provided with a number of new minimum rights aimed at promoting security and predictability in employment relationships while achieving upward convergence across Member States and preserving labour market adaptability. __________________ 33 Council Directive 91/533/EC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship (OJ L 288, 18.10.1991, p. 32).
Amendment 103 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Commission has undertaken a two-phase consultation with the social partners on the improvement of the scope and effectiveness of Directive 91/533/EEC and the broadening of its objectives in order to insertestablish new rights for workers, in accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This did not result in any agreement among social partners to enter into negotiations on those matters. However, as confirmed byon the basis of the outcome of the open public consultations carried out to seek the views of various stakeholders and citizens, it is importantessential to take action at the Union level in this area by modernising and adapting the current legal framework to new developments.
Amendment 120 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The criteria for the definition of ‘worker’ as established by the Court of Justice of the EU34a should apply, without prejudice to national provisions and collective agreements already in force. __________________ 34a Judgment of 3 July 1986, Deborah Lawrie-Blum, Case 66/85
Amendment 133 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the increasing number of workers excluded from the scope of Directive 91/533/EEC on the basis of derogations made by Member States under Article 1 of that Directive, it is necessary to replace these derogations with a possibility for Member States not to apply the provisions of the Directive to a work relationship equal to or less than 820 hours in total in a reference period of one month or 5 hours during a one-week reference period. That derogation does not affect the definition of a worker as provided for in Article 2(1).
Amendment 138 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Workers who are self-employed do not fall within the scope of this Directive because they do not have a relationship of subordination to an employer and therefore do not meet the criteria established by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the definition of ‘worker’1a. __________________ 1a Judgment of 3 July 1986, Deborah Lawrie-Blum, Case 66/85
Amendment 159 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) For seasonal workers in the agricultural sector, the information provided by the employer should indicate the possibility of replacing the taking of paid leave with a payment, in order to respond to the work patterns and specific constraints of that sector.
Amendment 166 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) If, due to the nature of the employment, it is not possible to indicate a fixed work schedule due to the nature of the employment, workers should knowsetting the times and dates at or on which work begins and ends or if workers have on-demand contracts or are in a similar employment relationship, employers should inform workers how their work schedule will be established, including the time slots in which they may be called to workon-call times and the minimum advance notice they should receive.
Amendment 170 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) If it is not possible to indicate a fixed work schedule due to the nature of the employment, workers should know how their work schedule will be established, including the time slots in which they may be called to work and the minimum advance notice they should receiveparticularly for seasonal workers in the agricultural sector, workers should be kept informed, in so far as possible, as to how their work schedule will be established.
Amendment 177 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is essential that the employer should provide information on the social security bodies receiving social security contributions related to the employment relationship in order to prevent cases of fraud and circumvention of legislation. Information on social security systems should include, where relevant, sickness, maternity and equivalent, parental, paternity, old-age, invalidity, survivors', unemployment, pre-retirement or family benefits. Information on social security protection provided by the employer should include, where relevant, coverage by supplementary pension schemes within the meaning of Council Directive 98/49/EC36 and Directive 2014/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council37. __________________ 36 Council Directive 98/49/EC of 29 June 1998 on safeguarding the supplementary pension rights of employed and self- employed persons moving within the Community (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 46). 37 Directive 2014/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on minimum requirements for enhancing worker mobility between Member States by improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 185 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Workers should have the right to be informed about their rights and obligations resulting from the employment relationship in writing at the start of employment. The relevantessential information should therefore reach them at the latest on the first day of the employmentreferred to in Article 3(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) should reach them at the latest seven days after they start their job. The other information referred to in Article 3(2) may be communicated to them within 30 days of starting their job.
Amendment 215 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Probationary periods allow employers to verify that workers are suitable for the position for which they have been engaged while providing them with accompanying support and training. Such periods may be accompanied by reduced protection against dismissal. Any entry into the labour market or transition to a new position should not be subject to prolonged insecurity. As established in the European Pillar of Social Rights, probationary periods should therefore be of reasonable duration. A substantial number of Member States have established a general maximum duration of probation between three and six months, which should be considered reasonable. Probationary periods may be longer than six months where this is justified by the nature of the employment such as for managerial positions or jobs in the public sector in order to comply with the employment conditions or legislative and regulatory provisions that apply to them and where this is in the interest of the worker, such as in the case of long illness or in the context of specific measures promoting permanent employment notably for young workers.
Amendment 225 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Employers should not prohibit workers from taking up employment with other employers, outside the time spent working for them, within the limits set out in Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council39. IMember States should be able to introduce incompatibility clauses, understood as a restriction on working for specific categories of employers, may bif they are necessary for objective reasons, such as the protection of business secrets or, the avoidance of conflicts of interests or health and safety at work. __________________ 39 Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9).
Amendment 235 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) On account of particular characteristics of the sector, the provisions of this Directive concerning the predictability of work should not apply to seamen and fishermen.
Amendment 252 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Where employers have the possibility to offer full-time or open-ended labour contracts to workers in non-standard forms of employment, a transition to more secure forms of employment should be promoted in accordance with the principles established in the European Pillar of Social Rights. Workers should be able to request another more predictable and secure form of employment, where available, and receive a written response from the employer, which takes into account the needs of the employer and of the worker.
Amendment 253 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Where employers have the possibility to offer full-time or open-ended labour contracts to workers in non-standard forms of employment, a transition to more secure forms of employment should be promoted. Workers should be able to request another more predictable and secure form of employment, where available, and receive, a writtens soon as possible, at least a verbal response from the employer, which takes into account the needs of the employer and of the worker.
Amendment 265 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) It is necessary for the social partners to be involved, to ensure the proper implementation of this Directive, because they have an important role to play in reconciling the interests and needs of employers and workers.
Amendment 266 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Social partners may consider that in specific sectors or situations different provisions can be adapted, completed or improved if they are more appropriate, for the pursuit of the purpose of this Directive, than the minimum standards set inin accordance with Chapter Three of this Directive. Member States should therefore be able to allowencourage the social partners to conclude collective agreements modifapplying the provisions contained inof that cChapter, as long asprovided that the overall level of protection of workers is not loweredcontinues to be respected and that the minimum requirements laid down in this Directive are met.
Amendment 297 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) National labour inspectorates should monitor compliance with this Directive in each Member State. At European level, they should cooperate as closely as possible with each other and exchange best practices. The future European Labour Authority could play a prime role in this process.
Amendment 311 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The Member States mayshould entrust social partners with the implementation of this Directive, where social partners jointly request to do so and as long as the Member States take all the necessary steps to ensure that they can at all times guarantee the results sought under this Directive.
Amendment 337 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may decide not to apply the obligations in this Directive to workers who have an employment relationship equal to or less than 820 hours in total in a reference period of one month or 5 hours in a reference period of one week. Time worked with all employers forming or belonging to the same enterprise, group or entity shall count towards that 85 or 20 hour period.
Amendment 365 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States may decide, on objective grounds, that the minimum requirements as regards working conditions laid down in Chapter III of this Directive should not apply to public sector workers, the armed forces and the law enforcement agencies.
Amendment 368 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
7. Chapter II of this Directive applies to seafarers and fishermen without prejudice to Council Directive 2009/13/EC and Council Directive (EU) 2017/159, respectively. Point 1(2) of Article 3 and Article 9 (Chapter III) shall not apply to seafarers and fishermen.
Amendment 378 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) ‘worker’ means a natural person who for a certain period of time performs services for and under the direction and authority of another person in return for remuneration; this definition shall apply without prejudice to national provisions and collective agreements in force;
Amendment 412 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that employers are required to inform workers of the essential aspects of the employment relationship as referred to in Article 3(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) within seven days of them starting work.
Amendment 417 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The essential information referred to in paragraph 1, to be provided within seven days of a worker starting work, and other information, which may be provided within one month of a worker starting work, shall include:
Amendment 433 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) in the case of a temporary employment relationship, the end date or the expected duration thereof, where that is possible;
Amendment 436 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) any mandatory training entitlement provided by the employer, in the light of the national laws or collective agreements applicable;
Amendment 464 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) if the work schedule is entirely or mostly not varipredictable, the length of the worker's standard working day or week and any arrangements for overtime and its remuneration;
Amendment 466 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – introductory part
(l) if the work schedule is entirely or mostly variaunpredictable, where that is possible, the principle that the work schedule is variunpredictable, the amount of guaranteed paid hours, the remuneration of work performed in addition to the guaranteed hours and, if the work schedule is entirely or mostly determined by the employer, where that is possible:
Amendment 483 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l a (new)
(la) in the case of seasonal workers in the farming industry whose work schedules are highly variable owing to weather and environmental constraints, the information that their employment is by nature variable and that it will be difficult for the employer to predict in advance what hours and days they will work.
Amendment 510 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The information referred to in Article 3(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) shall be provided individually to the worker in the form of a document at the latest on the first dayseven days after the start of the employment relationship. That document may be provided and transmitted electronically as long as it is easily accessible by the worker and can be stored and printed. The other information referred to in Article 3(2) should be provided individually to the worker in the form of a document within one month of the start of the employment relationship.
Amendment 532 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. All documents shall be provided personally, on paper or in electronic form, provided that they are easily accessible, receipt is acknowledged, and they can be stored and printed.
Amendment 548 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the information on the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements governing the legal framework applicable which are to be communicated by employers is made generally available free of charge in a clear, transparent, comprehensive and easily accessible way at a distance and by electronic means, including through existing online portals for Union citizens and businesse. Universally applicable collective agreements are of public interest and shall be made generally available free of charge through existing online portals.
Amendment 622 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide for longer probationary periods in cases where this is justified by the nature of the employment, such as in managerial positions, or is in the interest of the worker.
Amendment 645 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Employers may however lay down conditions of incompatibility where such restrictions are justified by legitimate reasons such as the protection of business secrets or, the avoidance of conflicts of interests or health and safety in the workplace.
Amendment 717 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that workers with at least six months' seniority with the same employer may request a form of employment withtransition towards another, more predictable and secure wforking conditionsm of employment, where available.
Amendment 719 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The employer shall provide a written reply within one month of the application. With respect to natural persons acting as employers and micro, particularly if the company is an SME, smhall, or medium enterprises, Member States may provide for that deadline to be extended to no more than three months and allow an oral reply to be given to a subsequent similar request submitted by the same worker if the justification for the reply as regards the situation of the worker remains unchanged provide at least an oral reply as soon as possible after the application.
Amendment 772 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 810 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may provide that workers shall give prior notification to the employer of their decision to access the above systems. If the worker does not receive a response from the employer within a reasonable time, he or she may then trigger one of these two systems.
Amendment 862 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – title
Article 19 – title
Amendment 863 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States. This Directive shall not be applied and interpreted in such a way as to undermine, restrict or prejudice more favourable working conditions already negotiated in collective agreements and rights and procedural safeguards providing for a higher level of protection.
Amendment 872 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that the social partners are involved in the overall implementation of this Directive and provide them with the necessary means for such involvement to be effective.
Amendment 883 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
The rights and obligations set out in this Directive shall apply to existing employment relationships as from [entry into force date + 2 years]. However, employers shall provide or complement the documents referred to in Article 4(1), Article 5 and Article 6 only upon request of a worker or the social partners. The absence of such request shall not have the effect of excluding workers from the minimum rights established under this Directive.
Amendment 888 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
By [entry into force date + 2two years], the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and social partners at Union level and taking into account the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises, review the application of this Directive with a view to proposing, where appropriate, the necessary amendments and improvements.
Amendment 30 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) So far, and unless otherwise provided for in national law, the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator do not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit. The number of such undertakings which are active in both national and international transport operations has been increasing. As a result, several Member States have decided to apply the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, to those undertakings. To ensure a minimum level of professionalisation of the sector using vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes by way of common rules, and thus to approximate competitive conditionsensure fair and equal competition between all operators in the sector, this provision should be deleted, whereas the requirements regarding effective and stable establishment and appropriate financial standing should be rendered mandatory for all vehicles used in international haulage and cabotage operations, of whatever size.
Amendment 45 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is necessary to ensure that road transport operators established in a Member State have a real and continuous presence in that Member State and conduct their business from there. Therefore, and in light of experience, it is necessary to clarify the provisions regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishmentand strengthen the provisions set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishment in order to combat the establishment of so- called letterbox companies.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) So far, and unless otherwise provided for in national law, the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator do not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit. The number of such undertakings which are active in both national and international transport operations has been increasing. As a result, several Member States have decided to apply the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator,provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009,to those undertakings. To ensure a minimum level of professionalisation of the sector using vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes by way of common rules, and thus to approximate competitive conditionsensure fair and equal competition between all operators in the sector, this provision should be deleted, whereas the requirements regarding effective and stable establishment and appropriate financial standing should be rendered mandatory for all vehicles used in international haulage and cabotage operations, of whatever size.
Amendment 56 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of their potential to considerably affect the conditions for fair competition in the road haulage market, serious infringements of national tax rules should be added to the items relevant to the assessment of good repute and should also be subject to deterrent sanctions in proportion to the infringement identified.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is necessary to ensure that road transport operators established in a Member State have a real and continuous presence in that Member State and conduct their business from there. Therefore, and in light of experience, it is necessary to clarify the provisions regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishmentand strengthen the provisions set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishment in order to combat the establishment of so- called letterbox companies.
Amendment 68 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Moreover, in order to ensure the effectiveness of a link between the country of establishment and transport operations, a minimum number of operations must be carried out by the fleet of vehicles used in the Member State where the transport undertaking is established. In addition, the undertaking must have a minimum turnover in the country where it is established.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or with combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit should have a minimum level of financial standing, to ensure that they have the means to carry out operations on a stable and long-lasting basis. However, sinceThe rules applicable to access to the operccupations concerned are generally of a limited size, the corresponding requirements should be less demanding than those applicable to operators using vehicles or combinations of vehicles above that limit of road haulage operator by means of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes are those set out in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
Amendment 72 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of their potential to considerably affect the conditions for fair competition in the road haulage market, serious infringements of national tax rules should be added to the items relevant to the assessment of good repute and should also be subject to deterrent sanctions in proportion to the infringement identified.
Amendment 76 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The rules on national transport performed on a temporary basis by non- resident hauliers in a host Member State ('cabotage') should be clear, simple and easy to enforce, whil– in order to avoid their having to return empty – should be clear, simple for hauliers to implement and easy to enforce in order to guarantee broadly maintaining the level of liberalisation achieved so far transport workers’ rights and promote fair competition between companies without undermining the basic principle of the free movement of services in the internal market.
Amendment 86 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To this end, and in order to facilitate checks and to eliminate uncertainty and the danger of systematic cabotage, the limitation on the number of cabotage operations subsequent to an international carriage should be abolished, whilemaintained and the number of days available for such operations should be reduced. It should be possible to determine whether cabotage is possible in three days with a single operation, which would be enough to ensure vehicles in an international operation would not have to return empty.
Amendment 92 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or with combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit should have a minimum level of financial standing, to ensure that they have the means to carry out operations on a stable and long-lasting basis. However, since the operations concerned are generally of a limited size, the corresponding requirements should be less demanding than those applicable to operators using vehicles or combinations of vehicles above that limitThe rules applicable to access to the occupation of road haulage operator using vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes are those set out in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
Amendment 105 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The rules on national transport performed on a temporary basis by non- resident hauliers in a host Member State ('cabotage') should be clear, simple and easy to enforce, whil– in order to avoid their having to return empty – should be clear, simple for hauliers to implement and easy to enforce in order to guarantee broadly maintaining the level of liberalisation achieved so far transport workers’ rights and promote fair competition between companies without undermining the basic principle of the free movement of services in the internal market.
Amendment 117 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 3(1)(b) and (d) and Articles 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 19 and 21 shall notalso apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
Amendment 118 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To this end, and in order to facilitate checks and to eliminate uncertainty and the risk of systematic cabotage, the limitation on the number of cabotage operations subsequent to an international carriage should be abolished, whilemaintained and the number of days available for such operations should be reduced. The time limit for cabotage should be set at three days with a single operation, which would be enough to ensure vehicles in an international operation would not have to return empty.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The means by which road transport operators can prove compliance with the rules for cabotage operations should be clarified. The use and transmission of electronic transport information should be recognised as such means,o ensure fair competition in each internal market, the application of EU rules to electronic transport information, the use and transmission of which should simplify the provision of relevant evidence and its treatment by the competent authorities, should be subject to effective control. The format used for that purpose should ensure reliability and authenticity. Considering the increasing use of efficient electronic exchange of information in transport and logistics, it is important to ensure coherence in the regulatory frameworks and provisions addressing the simplification of administrative procedures. To do that, it is desirable to continue the process of making transport documents paperless in order to simplify controls and administrative and procedures. Thus, in the spirit of the Additional Protocol of 20 February 2008 to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), the use of electronic documents should eventually become the rule, particularly the electronic consignment note.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 3(1)(b) and (d) and Articles 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 19 and 21 shall notalso apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
Amendment 168 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 184 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 5 – point a
Article 5 – point a
(a) have premises in which it keeps its core business documentsappropriate premises, proportionate to the activities of the undertaking in the member State of establishment, in which it keeps its core business documents, accessible either in hard copy or electronic form, in particular its commercial contracts, accounting documents, personnel management documents, labour contracts, documents containing data relating to driving time and rest and any other document to which the competent authority must have access in order to verify compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation;;
Amendment 197 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 18 – point 3 a
Article 18 – point 3 a
3a. In order to facilitate cooperation between administrations and the exchange of best monitoring practice, the Member States shall work together with the platform for combating undeclared work and the European Labour Authority
Amendment 202 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 5 – point d
Article 5 – point d
(d) manage the transport operations carried out with the vehicles referred to in point (b) and the servicing of this fleet of vehicles with the appropriate technical equipment situated in that Member State;;
Amendment 210 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point c
(1a) In Article 1(5), point (c) is deleted.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2–paragraph 6
Article 2–paragraph 6
6. ‘cabotage operation’ means national carriage for hire or reward carried out on a temporary basis in a host Member State, involving the carriage from the picking up of the goods at one or several loading points until their delivery at one or several delivery points, as specified in the consignment note;', with the main aim of ensuring that lorries do not travel empty;
Amendment 212 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 5 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – point d a (new)
(da) organises its activities in such a way that each vehicle used in international transport operations performs, at least once every two weeks, one commercial loading or unloading of goods operation in the country of establishment of the undertaking concerned.
Amendment 217 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point i
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point i
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In determining whether an undertaking, irrespective of the type of vehicle it uses in its transport operations, has satisfied that requirement, Member States shall consider the conduct of the undertaking, its transport managers, executive directors, general partners in the case of partnerships, other legal representatives and any other relevant person as may be determined by the Member State. Any reference in this Article to convictions, penalties or infringements shall include convictions, penalties or infringements of the undertaking itself, its transport managers, executive directors, general partners in the case of partnerships, other legal representatives and any other relevant person as may be determined by the Member State.;
Amendment 226 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member State have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member Statesin order to avoid returning empty. The last unloading in the course of athe single authorised cabotage operation shall take place within 53 days from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage.';
Amendment 237 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Règlement (CE) 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraphe 1 – point b – sous point xiii (nouveau)
Article 6 – paragraphe 1 – point b – sous point xiii (nouveau)
(xiia) cabotage
Amendment 263 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(6a) Vehicles used for purposes of cabotage must carry all the consignment notes corresponding to each operation, in paper or electronic form. In the event of an inspection, the driver must be able to immediately produce, for the officer of the host Member State carrying it out, the consignment notes covering all the work he has performed in the 60 days before the date of the inspection.
Amendment 312 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 12 (new)
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 12 (new)
Directive (CE) 1071/2009
Article 18 – point 3 nouveau
Article 18 – point 3 nouveau
3a. In order to facilitate cooperation between administrations and the exchange of best monitoring practices, the Member States shall work together with the undeclared work platform and the European Labour Authority.
Amendment 329 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 23 – paragraph 2 (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 (new)
(12a) Undertakings which only operate road vehicles with a permissible laden mass that does not exceed 3.5 tonnes must comply with this Regulation from the entry into force of this amendment.
Amendment 351 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point c
(1a) (1a) In Article 1(5), point (c) is deleted.
Amendment 354 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. ‘cabotage operation’ means national carriage for hire or reward carried out on a temporary basis in a host Member State, involving the carriage from the picking up of the goods at one or several loading points until their delivery at one or several delivery points, as specified in the consignment note, with the main aim of ensuring that lorries do not travel unladen;’;
Amendment 389 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member State have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member Statesin order to avoid returning empty. The last unloading in the course of athe single cabotage operation shall take place within 53 days from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage.';
Amendment 19 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Having evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the existing set of Union social rules in road transport, and in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , certain deficiencies were identified in the existing legal framework. Unclear and unsuitable rules on weekly rest, resting facilities, breaks in multi- manning and the absence of rules on the return of drivers to their home, lead to diverging interpretations and enforcement practices in the Member States. Several Member States recently adopted unilateral measures further increasing legal uncertainty and unequal treatment of drivers and operators. __________________ 9 Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 29 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Drivers engaged in long-distance international transport operations spend long periods away from their home. The current requirements on the regular weekly rest unnecessarily prolong those periods. It is thus desirable to adapt the provision on the regular weekly rest in such a way that it is easier for drivers to carry out transport operations in compliance with the rules and to reacho ensure that these periods away from home are not excessively long, operators should organise the work of drivers in such a way that they can live in decent conditions thanks to allowances or bonuses sufficient to fund decent accommodation. Measures should also be taken to ensure that operators organise the return of drivers to their home for a regular weekly rest, and be fully compensated for all reduced weekly rest periods. It is also necessary to provide that operators organise the work of drivers in such a way that these periods away from home are not excessively longnother place of their choosing at least every two weeks. It is essential that the duration of this return trip does not count as part of the rest period and that if drivers choose to spend their rest time in a place other than their home the undertaking must not in any way use it to save on the cost of a return or of travel allowances for the driver.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To simplify and enhance cost- effectiveness of enforcement of the social rules the potential of the current and future tachograph system, all international goods transport vehicles should be fully exploitted. Therefore the functionalities of the tachograph should be improved to with smart tachographs by 2023, which will allow for more precise positioning, in particular during international transport operations.
Amendment 55 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Having evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the existing set of Union social rules in road transport, and in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council9, certain deficiencies were identified in the existing legal framework. Unclear and unsuitable rules on weekly rest, resting facilities, breaks in multi- manning and the absence of rules on the return of drivers to their home, lead to diverging interpretations and enforcement practices in the Member States. Several Member States recently adopted unilateral measures further increasing legal uncertainty and unequal treatment of drivers and operators. _________________ 9 Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 59 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The exclusion of road vehicles or combinations of vehicles carrying out international transport operations with a laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes has resulted in the development of unfair competition and differences in the application of Regulation (EC) 561/2006, leading to disparities in working conditions and compromising road safety. These types of vehicles should therefore also be included in the scope of Regulation (EC) 561/2006.
Amendment 64 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The maximum driving periods per day, per week and per period of two consecutive weeks, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, clearly contribute to improving the social conditions of road drivers and road safety in general. They should therefore remain in force and steps should be taken to ensure that they are respected.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) In order to ensure, at European level, the conditions for road safety, environmental protection and fair and healthy competition, this Regulation applies to all motorised vehicles carrying out international transport and/or cabotage operations.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,5 tonne-1) In Article 2, paragraph 1(a) is replaced by the following: (a) of goods, or
Amendment 78 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Drivers engaged in long-distance international transport operations spend long periods away from their home. The current requirements on the regular weekly rest unnecessarily prolong those periods. It In order to ensure that these periods away from home are not excessively long, provision should be made for carriers to organise thus desirable to adapt the provision on the regular weekly rest in such a way that it is easier for drivers to carry out transport operations in compliance with the rules and to reache work of these drivers so that they can live in decent conditions through the provision of adequate compensation or premiums to pay for decent accommodation. Measures should also be taken to ensure that operators organise the return of drivers to their home for a regular weekly rest, and be fully compensated for all reduced weekly rest periods. It is also necessary to provide that operators organise the work of drivers in such a way that these periods away from home are not excessively longnother place of their choosing at least every two weeks. It is essential that the duration of this return trip does not count as part of the rest period and that if drivers choose to spend their rest time in a place other than their home the undertaking must not in any way use it to save on the cost of a return or of travel allowances for the driver.
Amendment 104 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 129 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – introductory part
8a. The regular weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest shall notcannot under any circumstances be taken in a vehicle. They shallIt must be taken in a suitable accommodation, withoutside the cabin, having a secure parking area and adequate sleeping and sanitary facilities;.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To simplify and enhance cost- effectiveness of enforcement of the social rules the potential of the current and future tachograph systems should be fully exploited. Therefore the functionalities of the tachograph should be improved to allow for more precise positioning, in particular during international transport operation, all vehicles carrying out international road haulage and cabotage operations should be fitted with smart tachographs by 2023, in order to allow for more precise positioning of these vehicles.
Amendment 138 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The exclusion of light goods vehicles or combinations of vehicles carrying out international transport operations with goods not exceeding 3.5 tonnes has resulted in the development of unfair competition between the enterprises of Member States and differences in the application of Regulation (EC) 561/2006, leading to disparities in the working conditions of drivers and compromising road safety. These types of vehicles should therefore also be included in the scope of Regulation (EC) 561/2006.
Amendment 147 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of threewo consecutive weeks.;
Amendment 165 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
First Article – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
First Article – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(1a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3.5 tonnes, or content/FR/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561&qid=1519652857817&from=FR)in Article 2, paragraph 1, point (a), is replaced by the following: "(a) of goods, or” Or. fr (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 174 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 240 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 326 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
8a. The regular weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest shall not cannot under any circumstances be taken in a vehicle. They shallIt must be taken in a suitable accommodation, withoutside the cabin, with a secure parking area and adequate sleeping and sanitary facilities,.
Amendment 365 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of threewo consecutive weeks.";
Amendment 440 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Amendment 477 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 165/2014
Article 34 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. The driver shall enter in the digital tachograph the symbols of the countries in which the daily working period started and finished as well as where and when the driver has crossed a border in the vehicle on arrival at the suitable stopping place. The driver shall also enter the symbols of the countries that he has entered after crossing the border, starting at the first possible stopping point in the Member State. This stopping point should be understood as the first available place where the driver can stop the vehicle safely and within 15 minutes of crossing the border. Member States may require drivers of vehicles engaged in transport operations inside their territory to add more detailed geographic specifications to the country symbol, provided that those Member States have notified those detailed geographic specifications to the Commission before 1 April 1998.”.
Amendment 36 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The balance between enhancing social and working conditions for drivers and, facilitating the exercise of the freedom to provide road transport services based onand ensuring fair competition between national and foreign operators is crucial for the smooth functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Difficulties have also been experienced in applying the rules on posting of workers specified in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and the rules on the administrative requirements laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council16 to the highly mobile road transport sector. The uncoordinated national measures on the application and enforcement of the provisions on posting of workers in the road transport sector have generated high administrative burdens for non-resident Union operators. This, and have created undue restrictions to the freedom to provide cross-border road transport services having negative side-effects on jobsfairness in inter-company competition in the sector. __________________ 15 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.97, p.1) 16 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 53 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Non-compliance with the rules on the establishment of international road transport companies is creating differences within the single market and contributing to unfairness in inter- company competition. The conditions governing the establishment of international road transport companies should therefore be tightened and made easier to monitor, particularly with a view to combating the creation of ‘letterbox’ companies.
Amendment 62 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the effective and proportionate implementation of Directive 96/71/EC in the road transport sector, it is necessary to establish sector-specific rules reflecting the particularity of the highly mobile workforce in the road transport sector and providing a balance between the social protection of drivers and the freedom to provide cross-border services for operators, as well as the need to ensure that inter-company competition in the sector is fair.
Amendment 64 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The balance between enhancing social and working conditions for drivers and, facilitating the exercise of the freedom to provide road transport services based onand ensuring fair competition between national and foreign operators is crucial for the smooth functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 74 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Such balanced criteria should be based on a concept of a sufficient link ofthe simple, readily understood concept of the link between a driver with aand the territory of a host Member State. Therefore, a time threshold should be established, beyond whichis link should be characterised by at least one commercial loading or unloading operation taking place on the territory of the host Member State. Furthermore, the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State shallould apply in case ofto international transport operations. This time threshold should not apply toand cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/200918 and 1073/200919 since the entire transport operation is taking place in a host Member State. As a consequence the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State should apply to cabotage irrespective of the frequency and duration of the operations carried out by a driver. __________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72). 19 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.88)
Amendment 89 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure effective and efficient enforcement of the sector-specific rules on posting of workers and to avoid disproportionate administrative burdens for non-resident operators sector, specific administrative and control requirements should be established in the road transport sector, taking full advantage of control tools such as the digital tachograph. Introducing the smart tachograph across the board as soon as possible is a prerequisite for effective and efficient monitoring of compliance with the rules on posting of drivers for international transport and cabotage operations.
Amendment 89 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Difficulties have also been experienced in applying the rules on posting of workers specified in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and the rules on the administrative requirements laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council16 to the highly mobile road transport sector. The uncoordinated national measures on the application and enforcement of the provisions on posting of workers in the road transport sector have generated high administrative burdens for non-resident Union operators, and have created unfair competition between enterprises of the Member States. This created undue restrictions to the freedom to provide cross-border road transport services having negative side-effects on jobs. _________________ 15 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.97, p.1) 16 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 101 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the effective and proportionate implementation of Directive 96/71/EC in the road transport sector, it is necessary to establish sector-specific rules reflecting the particularity of the highly mobile workforce in the road transport sector and providing a balance between the social protection of drivers and the freedom to provide cross-border services for operators as well as the need to ensure fair competition between companies in the sector.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Such balanced criteria should be based on a concept of a sufficient link ofthe simple, readily understood concept of the link between a driver with aand the territory of a host Member State. Therefore, a time threshold should be established, beyond whichis link should be characterised by at least one commercial loading or unloading operation taking place in the host Member State. Furthermore, the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State shallould apply in case ofto international transport operations. This time threshold should not apply toand cabotage operations as defined by Regulations (EC) No 1072/200918 and (EC) No 1073/200919 since the entire transport operation is taking place in a host Member State. As a consequence the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State should apply to cabotage, irrespective of the frequency and duration of the operations carried out by a driver. _________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72). 19 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.88)
Amendment 140 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure effective and efficient enforcement of the sector-specific rules on posting of workers and to avoid disproportionate administrative burdens for non-resident operators sector, specific administrative and control requirements should be established in the road transport sector, taking full advantage of control tools such as the digital tachograph. . Introducing the smart tachograph across the board as soon as possible, irrespective of the size or weight of the vehicle, is a prerequisite for effective and efficient monitoring of compliance with the rules on posting of drivers for international transport and cabotage operations.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage or cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 3 days during a period of one calendar month.
Amendment 185 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 208 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 267 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage or cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 3 days during a period of one calendar month.
Amendment 297 #
2017/0121(COD)
Amendment 331 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 360 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by […] [The time limit for transposition will be as short as possible and, generally, will not exceed two years] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive in the same time frame as that set out under Article 2 of the legislative act amending Directive 96/71/EC. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 425 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point i
(i) the identity of the road transport operator; at least by means of his/her intra- Community tax identification number;
Amendment 471 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) an obligation for the driver to keep and make availableemployer to ensure that, where requested at the roadside control, in paper or electronic form, a copy of the posting declaration and evidence of transport operation taking place in the host Member State, such as an electronic consignment note (e-CMR) or evidence referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, is available on board and presented.
Amendment 488 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) an obligation for the driver to keep and make availableemployer to ensure that, where requested at the roadside control, the tachograph records, and in particular the country codes of Member States where the driver has been present when carrying out international road transport operations or cabotage operations, are available on board and presented;
Amendment 505 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) an obligation for the driver to keep and make availableemployer to ensure that, where requested at the roadside control, in paper or electronic form, a copy of the employment contract or an equivalent document within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Directive 91/533/EEC20, translated into one of the official languages of the host Member State or into English, are available on board and presented; _________________ 20 Council Directive 91/533/EEC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship (OJ L 288, 18.10.1991, p. 32).
Amendment 519 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) an obligation for the driver to make availableemployer to ensure that, where requested at the roadside control, in paper or electronic form, a copy of payslips for last two months is available on board and presented; during the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may provide this copy;
Amendment 524 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) An obligation for the employer to deliver, within the worker’s posting period plus a period of 18 months following the expiry of the posting period, in paper or electronic form, proof of payment of wages to drivers.
Amendment 535 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) an obligation for the road transport operatoemployer to deliver, after the period of posting, in paper or electronic form, copies of documents referred to in points (b), (c) and (e), at the request of the authorities of the host Member State within a reasonable period of time;
Amendment 558 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall ensure that infringements of the rules on the posting of drivers are regarded as infringements for the purposes of the assessment of good repute as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation 1071/2009.
Amendment 564 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall provide for sanctions against shippers, freight forwarders and subcontractors for non- compliance with Article 2 of this Directive where the latter use transport services which involve infringements of this Directive.
Amendment 586 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by […] [The time limit for transposition will be as short as possible and, generally, will not exceed two years] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive in the same time frame as that set out under Article 2 of the legislative act amending Directive 96/71/EC. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The current Union legal framework provides limited incentives for men to assume an equal share of caring responsibilities. Lack of paid paternity and parental leave in many Member States contributes to the low take-up of such leave by fathers. The imbalance in the design of work-life balance policies between women and men reinforces gender differences between work and care. Conversely, use of work-life balance arrangements by fathers, such as leave or flexible working arrangements, has been shown to have a positive impact in reducing the relative amount of unpaid family work undertaken by women and leaving them more time for paid employment. Furthermore, the implementation of incentive-based family policies to facilitate contractual employment between individuals, whether for childcare in the home or for home- based care for dependent persons, has proven to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies that facilitates the rapid return of women to work and their increased participation in the labour market.
Amendment 150 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to provide greater possibility for parents to use parental leave as their children grow up, the right to parental leave should be granted until the child is at least twelvesix years old. Member States should be able to specify the period of notice to be given by the worker to the employer when applying for parental leave and to decide whether the right to parental leave may be subject to a certain period of service. In view of the growing diversity of contractual arrangements, the sum of successive fixed-term contracts with the same employer should be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the period of service. To balance the needs of workers with those of employers, Member States should also be able to decide whether they define if the employer may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave under certain circumstances. In such cases, the employer should provide justification for the postponement. Given that flexibility makes it more likely that second parents, in particular fathers, will take up their entitlement to such leave, workers should be able to request to take parental leave on a full-time or part-time basis or in other flexible forms. It should be up to the employer whether or not to accept such a request for parental leave in other flexible forms than full-time. Member States should also assess if the conditions and detailed arrangements of parental leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particularly disadvantaged situations.
Amendment 186 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To increase the incentives for workers with children and caring responsibilities, men in particular, to take the periods of leave provided for in this Directive, they should have the right to an adequate allowance while on leave. The level of the allowance should be at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leaveset by the Member States and/or the social partners in accordance with the particular circumstances in the Member State in question. Member States should take into account the importance of the continuity of the entitlements to social security, including healthcare.
Amendment 409 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave of at least four months to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be at least twelvesix.
Amendment 448 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to create a framework which incentivises the development of home childcare arrangements.
Amendment 456 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to request parental leave also on a part-time basis, in blocks separated by periods of work or in other flexible forms. Employers shall consider and respond to such requests, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers, in particular in small and medium-sized enterprises. Employers shall justify any refusal of such a request in writing.
Amendment 514 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In accordance with national circumstances, such as national law, collective agreements and/or practice, and taking into account the powers delegated to social partners, Member States shall ensure that workers exercising the rights to leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 will receive a payment or an adequate allowance at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leave.
Amendment 537 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children up to a given age, which shall be at least twelvesix, and carers, have the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes. The duration of such flexible working arrangements may be subject to a reasonable limitation.
Amendment 557 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Employers shall consider and respond to requests for flexible working arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises. Employers shall justify any refusal of such a request.
Amendment 598 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit less favourable treatment or dismissal of workers on the ground that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6, or on the ground that they have exercised their right to flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9.
Amendment 4 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
— having regard to International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 269 and 13105 on minimum wage fixing and Nos 29 andthe abolition of forced labour, No 1052 on the abolition of forced labourSocial Security and ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors,
Amendment 21 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the report "Minimum Income Schemes in Europe - A study of national policies 2015" prepared for the European Commission by The European Social Policy Network (ESPN) in 2016,
Amendment 109 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the Council Conclusions on the 2017 Annual Growth Survey and the Joint Employment Report adopted by the EPSCO Council on the 3rd March 20171a call on Member States to ensure that social protection systems provide adequate income support and that reforms should continue to focus, amongst others, on providing adequate income support and high quality activation and enabling services; __________________ 1a6885/17 "The 2017 Annual Growth Survey and Joint Employment Report: Political guidance on employment and social policies - Council Conclusions (3 March 2017)" and 6887/17 "JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL accompanying the Communication from the Commission on the Annual Growth Survey 2017 (3 March 2017)"
Amendment 146 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StressBelieves that it is vital for everyone to have a sufficient minimum income to be able to mall citizens and families in Europe should be entitled to an income support which enables them to cover their living costs; believes that support mechanisms, such as minimum income schemes have to guaranteet their basic requirements non-perpetuation of social dependency and must constitute an incentive to education or entering the job market;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that adequate minimum income schemes as an active inclusion tool promote social participation and inclusion;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that one of the main goals of the Europe 2020 strategy is reducing poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million people and that still more efforts are needed to reach that goal; believes that minimum income schemes can be a helpful way to reach this objective;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that the best way to fight poverty and social exclusion are decent jobs; recalls in this context the importance to boost growth, investment and job creation;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of the European Semester in encouraging Member States who do not yet have minimum income schemes to introduce systems of adequate income support;
Amendment 187 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that, given the many questions minimum income schemes pose, such as accessibility, coverage, financing, entitlement conditions, duration, a concept elaborated at European level on common objectives for national minimum income schemes could be helpful in contributing to a level playing field among Member States;
Amendment 190 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of the European Semester in monitoring the adequacy of existing minimum income schemes and their impact on reducing poverty, specifically through the country specific recommendations, but also the joint employment report and the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 248 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is of the opinion that adequate minimum income schemes should set minimum incomes at a level equivalent to at leasBelieves that Member States, when setting minimum income schemes should take into account that the at-risk-of- poverty threshold is set at 60 % of median income in the Member State concernedthe national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers);
Amendment 84 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progress, a dimension of the Union which needs to be developed, in particular by establishing a European pillar of social rights and by carrying out a targeted revision of the Posting of Workers Directive;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the building of a deeper and fairer social dimension of the EMU, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted to guaranteeing true social progress as the next stage in the European integration process;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concern about the increasing number of atypical work contracts and forms of non-standard employment linked withwhich can give rise to precarious working conditions, lower wages, exploitation and poorer social security contributions, and rising inequality;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes Eurofound's definition of non-standard employment, which refers to employment relations which are not consistent with the typical or standard model of regular, full-time employment on the basis of an open-ended contract with a single employer;
Amendment 309 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to reform their welfare systems (education, health, pensions and transfers) in order to achieve more effective redistribution and promote fairer distribution, taking into account the new social risks and vulnerable groups that have arisen from the social and economic challenges confronting society, in particular following the financial, economic and then social crises with which the Member States have had to cope;
Amendment 316 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses how important it is for the Member States to reform their labour markets with a view to offering firms greater flexibility, fostering employment and offering workers greater career security;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas social and economic circumstances and living conditions have changed substantially in recent decades and differ quite considerably between the Member States as well as within them; whereas the concept of multifunctionality has opened up new opportunities for women, thanks to innovation and the creation of new concepts which make it possible to inject fresh dynamism into farming; whereas women are very often the promoters of the development of these additional innovative and dynamic activities on or outside the farm beyond the scope of agricultural production, making it possible to impart real added value to activities in rural areas;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas keeping the, in a context of growing urbanisation, it is essential to retain an active and dynamic population in rural areas, with particular attention to areas with natural constraints, is essential to society, as the conservation of the environment and the landscape depend on it;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the status of family farms as primary food producers can onlymust be improved and their farming and livestock activities maintained through providing, promoting innovation by means of adequate financial resources and measures at EU level which are fully used by the Member States;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas in 2014 women were responsible for about 35 % of total working time in agriculture, carrying out 53.8 % of part-time work and 30.8 % of full-time work, thereby making a significant contribution to agricultural production; whereas work carried out by spouses and other female family members on farms may constitute ‘invisible work’is often indispensable and constitutes nothing short of ‘invisible work’, which is underestimated because of women's lack of professional status;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the provision of adequate public services, including care for children and the elderly, are of the first importantce for all inhabitants of rural areas; whereas such services are particularly important for women, given that they have traditionally played a leading role in looking after young and elderly members of the family, and whereas these care services would enable them to devote themselves fully to their work while facilitating the creation of jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the provision of other basic services such as transport links, access to the Internet, energy provision and social, health and educational services are vital for making rural areas attractive and viable placeareas to live; whereas women have a multifunctional role in rural areas and are therefore particularly dependent on such services in order to ensure a better work- life balance;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Member States to monitor the situation of women in rural areas and to make use of existing measures and specific instruments under the CAP in order to increase the participation of women as beneficiaries; recommends that the Commission keep the provision on thematic sub-programmes on ‘Women in rural areas’ when reforming the CAP in the future, basing these sub-programmes, inter alia, on the marketing of products and direct sale and promotion of products at local or regional level, as they can play a role in creating job opportunities for women in rural areas;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to encourage the participation of female spouses or other family members in the joint management of farms and to persuade them to obtain recognised professional status;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote equality between women and men in the various management bodies and representation bodies of all types of agricultural organisations, associations and public institutions;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to improve conditions for women in rural areas, and not only to provide not only adequate informational material on support possibilities specifically aimed at women farmers and women in rural areas, but alsoparticularly regarding means of access to financing programmes, programmes of which women living in rural areas are often unaware, but also to facilitate access to education and credit, while also promoting the establishment of associations and the provision of wide-ranging professional diversification advice;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the unemployment rate among young people still remains too high and calls on the Commission to provide enough financial support to those programmes targeting youth unemployment, commensurate with the support commitments that the Member States entered into when the Youth Guarantee was set up;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the European Social Fund, in particular through the Youth Guarantee objective bolstered by the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
Amendment 85 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 100 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the area of unemployment benefits, the rules on the aggregation of periods of insurance should be applied uniformly by all Member States. With the exception of cross-border workers referred to in Article 65(2), the rules on the aggregation of periods for the purpose of conferring entitlement to unemployment benefits should be subject to the condition that an insured person has most recently completed at least three months of insurance in that Member Stateperiods or periods assimilated to insurance periods in that Member State, with a view to ensuring a fairer distribution of the burden, to avoiding abusive practices and ensuring better representativeness of the income taken into account. The previously competent Member State should become competent for all insured persons who do not satisfy this condition. In this case, registration with the employment services of the Member State of most recent insurance should have the same effect as registration with the employment services of the Member State, where the unemployed person had been previously insured.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Following the recommendations in the EU Citizenship Report 201335, there is a need to extend the minimum duration of export of unemployment benefits from three to six months in order to promote mobility and improve the opportunities for unemployed persons moving to another Member State to look for work and their chances for reintegration into the labour market and to address skills mismatches across borders. __________________ 35 COM(2013) 269 final. COM(2013) 269 final.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) This extension of the minimum export period for unemployment benefits from three to six months should be accompanied by compulsory monitoring of the applicant for export through the systematic transmission to the competent state of monthly reports on the applicant made by the state of residence, as well as through the increased exchange of information between the States, with a view to ensuring an appropriate level of cross-border checks on jobseekers residing abroad during the period for which benefits are payable.
Amendment 122 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The new unemployment compensation mechanism for frontier workers could lead to changes in their conditions and make it more difficult for them to return to the labour market. To overcome these difficulties, it is necessary for the Member State of residence to put in place accompanying measures for these unemployed persons in order to help them in their dealings with the relevant institution of the competent Member State. It is also essential that the new regulatory framework should clarify the possibilities for those unemployed persons to register with the employment services in their Member State of residence, where they will have the opportunity to look for a job, obtain information and take advantage of all the measures to help them return to work, such as training or retraining.
Amendment 125 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) It is necessary to develop cross- border placement services in order to support applicants in their search for new employment that are as close as possible to the realities of border areas.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure the effective and efficient operation of the coordination rules it is necessary to clarify the rules for determining applicable legislation for employees who pursue their economic activity in two or more Member States in order to provide a greater parity with the conditions that apply to persons who are posted or sent to pursue economic activity in a single Member State. Moreover, the posting rules providing for the continuation of the applicable legislation should only apply to persons who had a prior link to the social security system of the Member State of origin involving membership for at least three months.
Amendment 148 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) In order to strengthen the link between the substantial activity of the undertaking and the legislation applicable to the person seconded by that undertaking to another Member State on a temporary basis, it is important to stress that the substantial activity must be characterised, inter alia, by a share of more than 25% of the annual turnover in the Member State from which the person is seconded.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) Form A1 must be issued by the competent authority to the applicant company before the start of the assignment. In order to prevent the posting of a worker from being blocked if the competent authority fails to issue the form on time, it must be able to prove that the application was made by the applicant undertaking before the start of the mission.
Amendment 160 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 – addition
Recital 5 – addition
Amendment 161 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5
Recital 5
(2a) Recital 5 is replaced by the following: (5) It is necessary, within the framework of such coordination, to guarantee within the CommunityUnion equality of treatment under theacross different national legislationaw for the persons concerned.
Amendment 165 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5a
Recital 5a
Amendment 168 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5b
Recital 5b
Amendment 171 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5c
Recital 5c
Amendment 173 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) In applying the general principle of equal treatment provided for in this Regulation, the Court of Justice of the European Union held, in its judgments in cases C-140/12 Brey, C-333/13 Dano, C- 67/14 Alimanovic and C-299/14 Garcia- Nieto, that equal treatment may, as regards the access to special non- contributory cash benefits, which also constitute social assistance within the meaning of Directive 2004/38/EC, be subject to the limitations and the conditions set out in Article 24 of that Directive. In order to improve legal clarity for citizens of the Union and Member States’ institutions, that case-law should be codified. Limitations to equal treatment should respect Union law, including the principle of proportionality as interpreted by the Court of Justice.
Amendment 174 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(5e) The Court of Justice held, in its judgment in case C-308/14, European Commission v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that Member States may, in conformity with Union law, including the principle of proportionality, make the access of persons covered by Article 11(3)(e) of this Regulation to non-contributory social security benefits covered by Article 3 thereof, subject to the condition that those persons have a legal right of residence in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC. As stated by the Court, the verification of the legal right of residence should be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2004/38/EC. In order to improve legal clarity for Union citizens and Member States’ institutions, that case-law should be codified.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 f (new)
Recital 5 f (new)
(5f) It is necessary to ensure that Union citizens are not treated less favourably than other persons who fall within the scope of this Regulation. The limitations to equal treatment introduced in this Regulation should therefore, without prejudice to rights of equal treatment provided for in other Union law, apply mutatis mutandis to those other persons.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised inby the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably the protection of personal data (Article 8), the freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work (Article 15), the right to property (Article 17), the right to non-discrimination (Article 21), the rights of the child (Article 24), the rights of the elderly (Article 25), integration of persons with disabilities (Article 26), the right to family and professional life (Article 33); the right to social security and social assistance (Article 34), the right to health care (Article 35) and the right to freedom of movement and residence (Article 45); and has to be implemented in accordance with those rights and principle and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Amendment 230 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 239 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 241 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 883/2004
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
11a. The following article is inserted: “Article 4a Limitations to equality of treatment for persons not having a legal right of residence under Union law 1. By way of derogation from Article 4 of this Regulation, a Member State whose legislation is applicable on the basis of Article 11(3)(e) of this Regulation may, in accordance with Union law, provide for access to [non-contributory social security benefits covered by Article 3] to be subject to the condition of having a legal right of residence in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC. 2. Member States may apply the limitations referred to in paragraph 1 mutatis mutandis to stateless persons and refugees as well as to the members of their families and to their survivors who do not fulfil the conditions of legal residence or stay in accordance with other relevant Union law.”
Amendment 260 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services46 or sent by that employer to another Member State to perform work on that employer’s behalf shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that the anticipated duration of such work does not exceed 24 months and that the person is not posted or sent to replace another employed or self-employed person previously posted or sent within the meaning of this Article. __________________ 46 OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1.
Amendment 286 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 290 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
13a. Article 13(1) is amended as follows: 1. A person who normally pursues an activity as an employed person in two or more Member States shall be subject: (a) to the legislation of the Member State of residence if he/she pursues a substantial part of his/her activity in that Member State; or, (b) if he/she does not pursue a substantial part of his/her activity in this/her Member State of residence: (i) to the legislation of the Member State in which the registered office or place of business of the undertaking or employer is situated if he/she is employed by one undertaking or employer; or (ii) to the legislation of the Member State in which the registered office or place of business ofemploying him/her is situated and in which the undertakings or employers is situated if he/she is employed by two or more undertakings or employers which have their registered office or place of business in only one Member State; or (iii) to the legislation of the Member State in which the registered office or place of business of the undertaking or employer is situated other than the Member State of residence if he/she is employed by two or more undertakings or employers, which have t pursues a substantial part of its activities; (ii) to the legislation of the Member State in which the employee carries out his/heir registered office or place of business in two Member States, one of which is the Member State of residence; or (iv) to the legislation of the Member State of residence if he/she is employed by two or more undertakings or employers, at least two of which have their registered office or place of business in different Member States other than the Member State of residence."predominant activity in situations where (i) is not applicable.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 298 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
14a. The following article is inserted: “Article 16a Prior issuance of the document on applicable legislation. The prior issuance by the sending institution to the host institution of a document attesting to the social security legislation applicable to a worker, drafted in accordance with Articles 11 to 16 and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009, before posting to the host country, shall be compulsory. If the sending institution is not in a position to issue this document before the start of the secondment, it must be able to prove that the application for the issue of the document was made before the start of the secondment.”
Amendment 357 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. Except in the cases referred to in Article 65(2), the application of Article 6 shall be conditional on the person concerned having most recently completed a period of at least three months ofone or more periods which together correspond to at least three months of insurance or cover equivalent to insurance, employment, or self- employment in accordance with the legislation under which the benefits are claimed.
Amendment 375 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 61 – paragraph 2
Article 61 – paragraph 2
2. Where an unemployed person does not satisfy the conditions for the aggregation of periods in accordance with paragraph 1 because the total duration of his or her most recently completed periods of insurance, or cover equivalent to insurance, periods of employment or self- employment in that Member State is less than three months that person shall be entitled to unemployment benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State where he or she had previously completed such periods under the conditions and subject to the limitations laid down in Article 64a.”.
Amendment 378 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
19a. In Article 62, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. The competent institution of a Member State whose legislation provides for the calculation of benefits on the basis of the amount of the previous salary or professional income shall take into account exclusively the salary or professional income received by the person concerned in respect of his/her last activity or activities as an employed or self-employed person under the said legislation. ”
Amendment 382 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(-a) The following subparagraph 1(b)a shall be inserted: (ba) mandatory follow-up of the unemployed person must be carried out by the Member State to which he goes through systematic forwarding to the competent State of monthly reports on the applicant.
Amendment 406 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 a – paragraph 1
Article 64 a – paragraph 1
In the situations referred to in Article 61(2), the Member State to whose legislation the unemployed person was previously subject shallwhich has become competent toshall provide unemployment benefits. They shall be provided at the expense of the competent institution forbenefits within the limits of the period laid down in Article 64(1)(c), if the unemployed person makes himself/herself available to the employment services in the Member State of most recent insurance and adheres to the conditions laid down under the legislation of that Member State. The benefits paid by the State which has become competent shall continue to be borne by it. Article 64 (2) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.”
Amendment 413 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. An unemployed person who, during his or her last activity as an employed or self-employed person, resided in a Member State other than the competent Member State shall make himself or herself available to the former employer or to the employment services in the competent Member State, while retaining the option of registering in parallel with the employment services of his State of residence or with a cross-border placement service and benefiting from all accompanying measures and back-to- work assistance on offer. Such a person shall receive benefits in accordance with the legislation of the competent Member State as if he or she were residing in that Member State. These benefits shall be provided by the institution of the competent Member State.
Amendment 415 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The authorities of the competent Member State and of the Member State of residence shall cooperate closely and clarify to job seekers the competence of the public employment service responsible for their follow-up. They shall also ensure that exchanges between the competent institution and the job seeker are carried out in a language understood by the latter, possibly involving EURES advisers in these services.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a wholly unemployed person who, during the last activity as an employed or self-employed person, resided in a Member State other than the competent Member State, and who had not completed at least 12 months of unemployment insuranceperiods of insurance, employment or self- employment exclusively under the legislation of the competent Member State shall make himself or herself available to the employment service of the Member State of residence. Such a person shall receive benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State of residence as if he or she had completed all periods of insurance under the legislation of that Member State. Those benefits shall be provided by the institution of the Member State of residence. Alternatively, a wholly unemployed person referred to in this paragraph, who would be entitled to an unemployment benefit solely under the national legislation of the competent Member State if he or she resided there, may instead opt to make themselves available to the employment services in that Member State and to receive benefits in accordance with the legislation of that Member State as if he or she were residing there.
Amendment 423 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. If a wholly unemployed person referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 does not wish to become or remain available to the employment services of the competent Member State after having been registered there, and wishes to seek work in the Member State of residence or the Member State of last activity Article 64 shall apply mutatis mutandis, except Article 64(1)(a), thus enabling frontier workers to be exempted from the four weeks of prior registration in the competent State before being able to export their entitlements to their State of residence. The competent institution may extend the period referred to in the first sentence of Article 64(1)(c) up to the end of the period of entitlement to benefits.
Amendment 429 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. A wholly unemployed person referred to in this Article may in addition to making themselves available to the employment services of the competent Member State also make themselves available to the employment services of the other Member State or a cross-border placement service.
Amendment 451 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 70 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 4 a (new)
23a. In Article 70, the following paragraph is added: “4a. By way of derogation from Article 4 of this Article, a Member State may, in accordance with Union law, provide that access to the benefits referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, which also constitute social assistance within the meaning of Directive 2004/38/EC, is subject to the fulfilment of the conditions for equal treatment under Article 24 of that Directive by the claimant.”
Amendment 464 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 76 a – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 76 a – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– the issuance, the format and the contents of a portable electronic document certifying the social security legislation which applies to the holder,
Amendment 546 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In Article 5, the following paragraph is added: ‘4a. In the event of intentional fraud as defined in Article 1 of this Regulation, the competent authorities of the State which receives the document may proceed in the same way as if the document had not been issued.’
Amendment 558 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the application of Article 12(1) of the basic Regulation, a ‘person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted within the meaning of the Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services52 or sent by that employer to another Member State’ shall include a person who is recruited with a view to being posted or sent to another Member State, provided that immediately before the start of his employment, the person concerned ihas already been subject to the legislation of the sending Member State for at least three months in accordance with Title II of the basic Regulation. __________________ 52 OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1. OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1.
Amendment 568 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 574 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 10
Article 14 – paragraph 10
Amendment 578 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
8a. In Article 15, paragraph 10 is replaced with the following: ‘1. Unless otherwise provided for by Article 16 of the implementing Regulation, where a person pursues his activity in a Member State other than the Member State competent under Title II of the basic Regulation, the employer or, in the case of a person who does not pursue an activity as an employed person, the person concerned shall inform the competent institution of the Member State whose legislation is applicable thereof, whenever possible in advance. That institution shall without delay make information concerning the legislation applicable to the person concerned, pursuant to Article 11(3)(b) or Article 12 or Article 13 of the basic Regulation, available to the person concerned and to the institution designated by the competent authority of the Member State in which the activity is pursued.’
Amendment 582 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If that institution determines that the legislation of another Member State applies, it shall do so provisionally and shall without delay inform the institution of the Member State which it considers to be competent of this provisional decision. The decision shall become definitive within two months after the institution designated by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned has been informed of it, unless the latter institution informs the first institution and the persons and the employers concerned that it cannot yet accept the provisional determination or that it takes a different view on this.
Amendment 586 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. The competent institution of the Member State whose legislation is determined to be applicable either provisionally or definitively shall without delay inform the person concerned and/or his or her employer.
Amendment 455 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 62 – paragraph 4a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 4a (new)
3 a. In Article 62, the following paragraph is added: 4a. Member states may apply the provisions of this Chapter to areas producing wine suitable for producing wine spirits with a geographical indication as registered in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. For the purposes of those provisions, these areas may be treated as areas where wines with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication may be produced.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The binding occupational limit values should be reviewed regularly and at least every 5 years and revised when necessary in the light of scientific data. This revision should duly take into account the recommendations and opinions of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL) and the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at work (ACSH) which is composed of three full members per Member State, representing national governments, trade unions and employers' organisations.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) There is no harmonised methodology for measuring workers' exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and substances that are toxic for reproduction at European level. The European Commission should shortly develop such an EU methodology in order to ensure on the one hand, similar and high-level protection for workers and on the other hand, a level playing field.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
(2d) More transparency on health risks incurred by workers should be provided by including two new columns to Annex III in order to indicate the residual cancer risk associated with each Binding Occupational Exposure Limit and the date of the last estimation.
Amendment 71 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at work also assists the Commission, by giving for instance opinions on the Occupational Exposure Limits which should be set at EU level pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC in order to protect workers from chemical risks. These opinions are based in particular on the latest available scientific data and socioeconomic impacts.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Title
Title
-1. The title 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, mutagens or reprotoxics at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC)” lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:229:0023:0034:EN:PDF)Or. en (http://eur-
Amendment 71 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Almost twenty years after its adoption, it is necessary to assess whetherand in the light of the proven cases of fraud and social dumping, it is clear that the Posting of Workers Directive still strikesdoes not strike exactly the right balance between the need to promote the freedom to provide services and the need to protect the rights of posted workers properly. Against this backdrop of skewed and unfair competition for firms, there is an urgent need to clarify the rules, make sure that they are applied uniformly and bring about genuine social convergence.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to rule out any risk of the law being circumvented through the use of a series of short postings during which the same task is carried out, the aggregate duration of postings should be taken into account.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In a competitive internal market, service providers compete not only on the basis of a labour costs, giving rise to social dumping which undermines the competitiveness of firms, and in particular SMEs, but also on factors such as productivity and efficiency, or the quality and innovation of their goods and services.
Amendment 211 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The elements of remuneration under national law or universally applicable collective agreements should be clear and transparent to all service providers and posted workers. It is therefore justified to impose on Member States the obligation to publish the constituent elements of remuneration as defined by national law and applicable collective agreements on the single website provided for by Article 5 of the Enforcement Directive as the transparency and the access to information is a key element for service providers. The provision of information on the single website should be in line with national law and practice and respect the autonomy of the social partners.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 325 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/CE
Article 2a – paragraph 2
Article 2a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same task at the same place, the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
Amendment 383 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/CE
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) conditions of workers’ accommodation.
Amendment 395 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of remuneration shall be determined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 419 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In the context of remuneration, elements which are mandatory under both the national law of the host Member State and the national law applying to the individual employment contract, and which are essentially similar, shall only be paid once to avoid double payment whereby the worker shall always receive the amount which is more favourable.
Amendment 432 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration as defined by national law and applicable collective agreements in accordance with point (c).
Amendment 449 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Amendment 474 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Paragraph 7, second subparagraph, is replaced by the following: Allowances specific to the posting shall be considered to be part of the minimum wage, unless they are. However, allowances paid in reimbursement of expenditure actually incurred on account of the posting, such as expenditure on travel, board and lodging, cannot, under any circumstances, be deducted from the minimum wage.
Amendment 498 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
(e) The second subparagraph of paragraph 10 is deleted.Paragraph 10 is replaced by the following: 10. This Directive shall not preclude the application by Member States, in compliance with the Treaty, and in line with national law and practice, of terms and conditions of employment to national undertakings and to the undertakings of other States, on a basis of equalityperating ofn treatment, of: – employmentheir territory on matters other than those referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, in the case of public policy provisions, – employment laid down in the collective agreements or arbitration awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 and concerning activities other than those referred to in the Annex. including non-discriminatory measures to ensure the protection of workers, fair competition and the proper functioning of the labour market. terms and conditions of terms and conditions of
Amendment 82 #
2015/2354(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the possible introduction of a services passport for companies, which aims to further promote the free movement of services, should be without prejudice to the competence of the host Member State to ensure the effective enforcement and control of national and European employment legislation;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the need to provide the EU budget with a genuine own resources system, thereby lowering the proportion of GNI-based national contributions to the budget;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2%, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, and calls for increased European public investment in job creation and skills, to be achieved by ring-fencing and strengthening the European Social Fund;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that investment in research and development is crucially important for the competitiveness of the European economy and for job creation; notes, however, that, according to the most recent Eurostat figures, R & D investment accounted for just 2.03% of EU GDP, which is well below the Europe 2020 target; urges the Commission, therefore, to find a way of fully offsetting the cuts by which the EFSI has been financed at the expense of the Horizon 2020 budget;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the resources of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived are not sufficient to address the unprecedented flow of refugees and that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; calls on the Commission to increase social policy funding and in that way enhance cohesion policy in order to help refugees to integrate into society and enter the labour market while doing its best to achieve its goals of promoting employment and social inclusion; insists that the ESF share amount to 25% of the total cohesion budget, that no reductions in the national envelopes for ESF measures be made and that sufficient cash flow be provided annually for payments from the EU budget;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Maintains that the common agricultural policy (CAP) contributes significantly to growth and employment, especially in rural areas, and points out that one job in the agricultural sector generates seven jobs elsewhere; calls for the amounts entered under MFF heading 2 to remain unchanged, bearing in mind that the CAP is vitally important for employment; points out that the CAP not only helps to reduce farm income volatility, particularly in times of crisis, but also helps farmers, young people included, to set up in farming and develop their farms, making them profitable, prosperous, and a source of direct and indirect employment;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to combat early school-leaving by adequately informing students about future labour market opportunities and qualitative apprenticeships and work placements; points to students leaving school with no qualifications as being one of the greatest challenges for our societies – and combating it one of our main goals – as it leads to a precarious existence and social exclusion; points out that besides adjusting training systems, specific measures must be introduced for those in greatest difficulty;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underscores the importance of recognising competencies acquired in non- formal environments; calls on the Member States to ensure the coherent validation of formal, non-formal and informal traineeships and learning with a view to bridging the gap between the skills shortages observed in the European labour market and the many young job seekers;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2351(INI)
6. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Erasmus+ programme, thereby fostering further cross-border career and labour mobility; points out that mobility in training is a vital asset when it comes to entering the job market; emphasises the importance of implementing a European framework to promote mobility as part of apprenticeship and vocational training;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2351(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Youth Guarantee, for example by putting in place career guidance systems and compulsory registration for the unemployed in order to gain a picture of the real situation as regards youth unemployment.; points to the importance of conducting an assessment of the implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative by the Member States in 2014 and 2015; stresses the importance of continuing this programme if the assessment shows it to have been effective in enabling young people to acquire skills and enter employment;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better coordination between education and training curricula and the needs of the changing labour markets; calls for campaigns to provide information, raise awareness and enhance mobility programmes to be established in all general and vocational educational establishments in the EU in order to meet the policy objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU and in view of the persistent inequalities between urban, suburban and rural areas;
Amendment 147 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by promoting and facilitating mobility for learners through a better use of all EU tools and programmes; points out that mobility in training is a vital asset when it comes to entering the job market; stresses the need to implement measures aimed at ensuring coordination, complementarity and coherence between the structural funds for mobility, including the European Social Fund (ESF), for example, and other programmes such as Erasmus+;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that early school leaving and students leaving school with no qualifications are among the greatest challenges for our societies – and addressing them must be one of our main goals – as they lead to a precarious existence and social exclusion; points out that mobility, adapting education systems and implementing individualised measures can offer solutions for the most disadvantaged people in order to reduce the dropout rate in education and training;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that vocational education and training (VET) and VET mobility play a vital economic and social role in Europe as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including those from socially disadvantaged groups, unemployed young people, migrants and women, who are all under-represented in VET and those particularly affected by the economic crisis; calls on the Commission and the Member States to position VET as a choice which leads to a promising career, make it accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non- discrimination, and guarantee that it is adequately funded;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work with the Members States on stronger cooperation between education establishments and key stakeholders (businesses, VET facilities, research organisations, social partners, chambers of commerce and industry, the equivalent professional bodies for craft trades and farmers, local/regional authorities and the youth sector) in order to enhance the responsiveness of the education and VET systems to labour market needs, and to guarantee that this cooperation is reflected in Erasmus+; believes that active involvement of beneficiaries in the design and implementation of the programme increases its success and added value;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, despite clear improvements in recognition and validation systems in education and VET, problems still persist; calls for specific targets such as the implementation of a fully operational credit transfer system and recognition, and for validation of competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning.; points out that, at present, only 1% of young people in work- related training schemes, including apprentices, are involved in mobility schemes during their training; points out that it is essential to create the conditions for greater apprentice mobility within the EU, so as to give apprentices the same opportunities as higher education students and thus meet the objectives of the fight against unemployment, particularly youth unemployment;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas professional integration is a stepping stone to social inclusion;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers – which are the first obstacle to integration, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8, who require responses tailored to their specific problems; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en
Amendment 134 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the extremely worrying situation of women in the refugee camps in Europe, and in particular their living and hygiene conditions, which require emergency sanitary measures;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points up the major differences in social and economic circumstances within the EU; stresses the importance of taking them into account when refugees are relocated, in order to maximise their vocational integration prospects;
Amendment 178 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Points out that, too often, asylum seekers are first relocated to places where they cannot be vocationally integrated; stresses the importance of providing solutions that allow persons who have been given refugee status to settle in places where they can be vocationally integrated;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries; stresses the importance of promptly introducing more effective arrangements for recognising and validating qualifications, experience and skills; points out that EU citizens as a whole would benefit from such effective arrangements;
Amendment 208 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that the main EU funds available for social inclusion and integration into the labour market, in particular the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), have differing focuses, target groups and management modes at Member State level; points out that the objective of vocational integration of refugees must be reflected in greater importance being attached to the European Social Fund;
Amendment 278 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 316 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Member States to cut red tape in order to make it easier for employable persons to enter the labour market; points out that such action would be both conducive to the integration of refugees and, more generally, benefit EU citizens as a whole;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection, with due regard for the rights of the individuals concerned, and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, owing to their smaller scale, SMEs are less able than large companies to comply with regulatory standards;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the SME sector is important at regional level and particularly in rural regions;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas too many posts remain vacant because some training systems are inadequate for today’s labour market;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the potential for SME job creation would increase tenfold if training better met the needs of the workplace;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that a European plan for mobility in European apprenticeships and professional training must be established;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that reducing the regulatory and administrative burden, together with improving the quality of regulation and enforcement, constitute the right way to lower SMEs’ costs, including labour costs, in order to increase their job creation potential; stresses that this should not undermine worker protections;
Amendment 246 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider that SMEs face specific obstacles and should therefore be exempted from excessively burdensome administrative procedures, while always ensuring that they provide their employees with the necessary health and safety standards protection;
Amendment 269 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to remove the remaining administrative barriers with a view to facilitating market access for micro-enterprises and SMEs from other Member Statensure equitable access conditions to their national market for SMEs from other Member States, in compliance with the legislation of the host Member State and European legislation, and prioritise the fight against bogus self-employment and ‘letter box companies’;
Amendment 345 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment regarding the implications of the future TTIP agreement for SME jobs in the SME sector in all Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the EGF suffers from a serious lack of awareness on the part of the Member States, the social partners and companies; calls on the Commission to launch an awareness-raising campaign for Member States;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. RecogniStresses the challenges faced by applications underimportance of the arrangements laid down in Article 4(b) of the current regulation for SMEs since they enable sectors of the economy to be restructured at the regional level; recognises the challenges faced by applications made under these provisions; strongly recommends that these additional challenges be recognised and accommodated by the Commission and the Member States in the planning and application stages and that adequate resources be allocated to the management and delivery of these cases;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Erasmus and other mobility programmes have fostered European integration and strengthened the idea of citizenship; notes that these programmes have had an indirect impact on employment; points out that mobility in the context of vocational education and training (VET) is fundamental to students' personal development, which forms the basis of the fight against unemployment, enhancesof improving employability and of reducesing the skills gap;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce and industry and the equivalent professional bodies for the craft trades and farmers, and trade unions must be part of the reflection on mobility structures;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the important role and the results of existing programmes and initiatives for mobility; calls on the Commission to improve indicators and assessment criteria so as to be able to monitor on a more regular basis the effectiveness of EU programmes and to make any necessary improvements;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the existing mobility initiatives have contributed to improving not only learners’ civic values and sense of belonging to Europe, but also their academic skills and job prospects, more specifically those skills linked to problem- solving capacity, planning and structuring, and that mobility develops their capacity to act and adapt in face of new situations, decision making,and to take decisions and improve their knowledge of foreign languages, and communication, as well as those related to personal skills that impact employability such asenhances their self- confidence, motivation, curiosity, critical thinking and, assertiveness and communication skills; points out that these general skills clearly help to make them more employable;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a . Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the agencies to work towards reducing the gap between the training on offer and what actually awaits young people in businesses;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key aspects that need to be taken into account when assessing the success of the implementation of mobility actions: learners’ economic capacity to engage in mobility; recognition of studiestraining content between countries, whether via credits or certificates; and level of language knowledge; organisation of the curricula or studies;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges that the manufacturing sector, including SMUs, should be more closely involved in the framing, implementation and funding of VET mobility programmes; believes that flexible and constructive dialogue between training centres and firms will ensure that VET is a success; notes that it is essential to define clearly at a European level the division of responsibilities between training centres and businesses for the training of learners;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the European UnionPoints out that, at present, only 1% of young people in work-related training schemes, who include apprentices, are involved in mobility schemes during the course of their training; points to the vital need to create the conditions for greater apprentice mobility within the EU, so as to give apprentices the same opportunities as higher-education students; encourages the European Union therefore to take action within the bounds of its powers in this area to define a statute of the ‘European Apprentice’;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to put in place a communications strategy aimed at both training centres and businesses;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that early school leaving is one of the most distinctand leaving school without any qualifications are growing problems faced bythat mobility target groups, and that better vocational options lead to fewer dropouts fromprogrammes need to address, and that those programmes therefore need to be promoted and access to vocational training needs to be improved in order to reduce the number of people dropping out of education and training;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to make efforts to reduce the administrative burdens on businesses and on SMUs especially in relation to their training policies, so that more young people can benefit from vocational training arrangements;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 118 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 122 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to compensate for the obstacles that derive from the lower socioeconomic status of students in VET and European Voluntary Service (EVS) participants through measures such as a possible increase in the amounts of individual grants from the Commission, or an increase in the contributions made by Member States and regional and local administrations, intermediate institutions or NGOs, whether funded from their own budgets or via partnership schemes involving businesses, foundations and organisations that collaborate in the system of qualification and vocational training in their region or territory;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports all accompanying measures first of all to assist apprentices in their wish to go abroad and later to help them better communicate their acquired skills through mobility, and develop their self- assertiveness in order to make their know- how and the richness of their experience visible and worthwhile;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need, at all levels, for good communication vis-à-vis entrepreneurs to have them on board to centralise information and data on mobility programmes in order to provide a practical and effective service to all those who wish to obtain information; calls therefore further recognition of the experienced acquired by the young people taking advantage of mobility schemesor the creation of a one-stop shop in order to create contacts among candidates, training centres, chambers of commerce and industry, chambers of skilled and craft trades, chambers of agriculture and undertakings, and enable them to communicate with one another;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports all measures in line with Erasmus+ objectives taken by entrepreneurs to develop mobility schemes for young employees or apprentices either by branch of activity or in interaction with bodies representing the industries, such as chambers of commerce and industry, chambers of skilled and craft trades and the relevant trade unions;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new) - after para 22
Subheading 4 a (new) - after para 22
Obstacles to mobility: reducing the main factors which act as a brake on actors under the programme
Amendment 201 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 207 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws attention to the cumbersome nature of the administrative procedures that undertakings are required to complete in order to establish partnerships; calls for appropriate and coherent accompanying and follow-up measures to be instituted which take account of the legal requirements that for specified periods bind the apprentice, the training centre, the intermediate chambers and the undertaking; observes that the complexity of the financial and administrative rules and their unsuitability, inter alia, for grouped projects, hamper the educational institutions and undertakings involved in the project;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. In view of the 2014 figures on the Erasmus+ programme, calls for a reduction in the disparity between applications for mobility and the award of finance, in order to attain the political objectives set;
Amendment 217 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. In order to meet the objectives of the European Union’s economic, social and regional cohesion policy, and in view of the persistent inequalities between urban, periurban and rural areas, calls for the launching of campaigns to provide information, raise awareness and highlight the value of mobility programmes in all general and vocational education establishments in the Union;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. With due regard for the European Union’s aims of combating social exclusion and inequalities, encourages the adoption of corrective measures to ensure equal opportunities in the conduct and realisation of mobility projects;
Amendment 220 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Draws attention to the persistent financial difficulties facing candidates in the implementation of Erasmus+ programme measures; observes that candidates who have less funds of their own to invest in their mobility remain at a disadvantage in the pursuit of mobility; accordingly, stresses the need for measures to possibly increase the amounts of individual scholarships;
Amendment 221 #
2015/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 f (new)
Paragraph 22 f (new)
22f. Notes that the obstacles to mobility include reluctance due to having to go away: observes that emotional distance from the family and anxiety arising from the need to use a foreign language which may initially be unknown or relatively unfamiliar inspire fear in candidates for mobility; calls therefore for a pedagogic and reception framework for people to be established to assist them both before and during their mobility, in order to increase its success;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Articles 151 and 153 of TFEU as well as Article 9 TFEU guaranteeing adequate social protection,
Amendment 11 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 concerning the application of the principle of free movement of services to maritime transport within Member States, __________________ 1a OJ L 364, 12.12.1992, p. 7.
Amendment 15 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the recently adopted decision on Establishing the European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of Undeclared Work,
Amendment 40 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the increased trend towards undeclared work, and bogus self- employment, outsourcing and subcontracting, leading to an increase in precarious jobs and deteriorating levels of worker protection;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in case C- 341/05 Laval of 18 December 200710 highlighted on one hand the legitimacy of the struggle against social dumping, and delimitation of respective actions based on the provisions of the Treaty on the other; __________________ 10 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?te xt=&docid=71925&pageIndex=0&doclang =EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1& cid=498309
Amendment 103 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. having regard to the importance of the declaration by the President of the Commission of the principle of ‘equal pay and social protection for the same work at the same place’ for all European workers; whereas legal clarification of this principle and its application is required;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the free movement of persons is essential to the European project, and also a prerequisite for achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion goals in order to bring about a solid and sustainable level of competitiveness in all Member States;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas undeclared work harms not only workers, but also employers who observe the rules and who thus find themselves facing unfair competition from employers who do not;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the posting of workers should facilitate the sharing of skills and professional experience, and not be a cause of social dumping;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas rigorous action on the part of Member State labour inspectorates and closer, systematic coordination between them are essential;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. having regard to the importance of assessing the impact of the implementation of Directive 2014/67/EU, once it has been transposed in all Member States, in order to determine its real impact in the struggle against the various types of fraud identified in the context of the posting of workers;
Amendment 153 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspectionPoints out that 28 Member States have ratified ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspection; calls on Member States to ensure that all its provisions are implemented;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources ofor their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particular for training in the arrangements governing the posting of workers, interpretation and translation;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Member State to swiftly finalise the implementation of the Enforcement Directive on Posting of workers 2014/67/EU and calls on the Commission to closely monitor the transposition and exercise of corresponding national laws in practice;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body ofon Member States to establish channels for dialogue between their labour inspectorates with regard to cross- border labour inspectors towork, so that they can carry out on- the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which body would work in coordination with the platform for combating undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involved;
Amendment 228 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the implementation by Member States of electronic systems for registering the prior declaration of posting missionsNotes that non-declaration or irregular declarations are among the most common types of fraud; recommends that the prior declaration be made mandatory in all Member States; also calls for the implementation by Member States of electronic systems for registering the prior declaration of posting missions, which would make declarations easier to consult, facilitate coordination between Member States and limit the current legal uncertainties linked to the differences in procedures and documents from one country to another;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workMember States to establish legal frameworks allowing for lawful employment of domestic workers and carers, in order to provide legal certainty for both the workers and their potential employers;
Amendment 283 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls its appeal for the creation of ‘Calls on the Member States to improve considerably information exchange concerning social security for posted workers; recalls its appeal to the Commission to ‘look into the opportunity, and, if necessary, to provide a forgery- proof European social security card (...), on which could be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer’s employment relationship’1; wishes all and which could take into account the information associated with the worker's postings to feature on this cardposting missions of the worker; __________________ 1 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA- 2014-0012+0+DOC+XML+V0//FR
Amendment 310 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the need to complement the action against the breaches of social rights with a fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, in order to guarantee a fair competition and a level playing field for the enterprises;
Amendment 336 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; recalls the importance of enterprises having a ‘genuine activity’ in their Member State of origin as a justification for the posting or workers; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
Amendment 352 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Directive 96/71/EC refers only to Articles 57 and 66 TFEU relating to the freedom to provide services and freedom of movement; believes that its legal basis must be complemented by Articles 151 and 153 TFEUdraws attention, further, to the importance of Articles 151 and 153 TFEU, which set the goals for the EU and its Member States concerning the promotion of employment, the improvement of living and working conditions, adequate social protection, the promotion of social dialogue and the fight against exclusion;
Amendment 372 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respect the collective agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonusesclarified; stresses the need to respect the collective agreements of the host country; recalls that sums to cover expenses relating to posting, such as board and lodging, should be paid on top of remuneration;
Amendment 381 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes the intention of the European Commission to publish the Labour Mobility Package which will allegedly contain certain provisions with regards to posting of workers; calls on the European Commission to make sure new proposals continue to facilitate the freedom to provide services, while protecting workers' rights and are clear, proportionate, non- discriminatory and justified;
Amendment 403 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes maximum periods of postings to be limitedlaid down in Directive 96/71/EC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directivehe posting of workers in the country in which they reside to be forbidden;
Amendment 409 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that due to differences in Member States labour laws it is difficulty to make a clear distinction between employees and self- employed workers at EU level; thus in order to combat bogus self- employment calls on the Commission to propose specific recommendations based on indicators of the existence of an employment relationship according to the ILO Convention 198 on Employment Relationship Recommendation;
Amendment 436 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for increased controls on the implementation of working time and rest times in transport, a sector which has been hit particularly hard by unfair competition; calls for the introduction of automatic digital records and the development of 'smart tachographs' for all means of transport, including inland waterway transport; recalls the desire expressed in its resolution of 3 July 2012 on road transport that 'by 2020 all vehicles which are not exempted from the application of this Regulation in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 (...) shall be fitted with a smart tachograph’12; __________________ 12 www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2012- 0271&language=EN&ring=A7-2012- 0195#BKMD-7
Amendment 488 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the rules on cabotage are not sufficiently precise, which facilitates the practice of some road operators of engaging in permanent cabotage; wishes cabotage operations to be subject to mandatory prior notificationCalls for the effective application of the rules on posting to all transport workers covered by Directive 96/71 EC, whatever the implementing rules for transport services and, in particular, cabotage;
Amendment 505 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the working and employment conditions applicable to haulage workers operating in the territory of another Member State, when engaging in transit or cabotage work; also encourages the Commission to reflect on a specific arrangement for highly mobile workers to defend their rights and ensure the smooth functioning of that sector;
Amendment 548 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission shortly to submit a proposal for a directive on requirements with regard to the crews of vessels (regardless of the flag it flies) providing regular cargo, passenger and ferry services operating between Member States so that the conditions applicable on board a vessel are those of the State applying the most favourable standards for workersMember State with which the seafarer's work is most closely connected;
Amendment 560 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, drawing on the US Jones Act, to take the necessary measures to ensure that vessels carrying goods between two or more European ports are built in Europe, fly an EuropeanEA flag and are owned by a European companycompany situated in the EEA and mainly manned by EEA-domiciled seafarers; calls for the law that is applicable to be associated with the country in which the vessel owner is basseafarers employment agreement to be governed by the Member State with which the seafarer's work is most closely connected;
Amendment 574 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidlyRecalls the importance of tying the development of the digital and sharing economy to the protection of workers in this new sector; calls on the Commission to evaluate the provisions of European legislation applying to this sector and, if necessary, to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and sharing economy;
Amendment 599 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. TakStresses the view that a social protocol is necessary to ensure the primacy ofimportance of equality between fundamental rights overand economic freedoms;
Amendment 638 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage with due respect for the practices of each Member State; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or convention, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60 % of the average national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workers and in particular in the road transport sector;
Amendment 655 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the development of unemployment benefit arrangements as a mechanism for absorbing asymmetric social shocks withinProposes that the Commission and the Member States give further thought to establishing European unemployment insurance for the euro area;
Amendment 683 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to propose an appropriate legislative vehicle providing that companies haventerprises to assume a duty of care for which they may be held liable, in respect of both their subsidiaries and their subcontractooutsourcers operating in third countries, in order to prevent the risk of violations of human rights, corruption, severe physical injury or environmental damage and the violation of ILO Conventions;
Amendment 693 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 2 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all ILO core labour standards to be a compulsory element of EU trade agreements such as TiSA from the outsetratified by the TiSA signatories; expects the European Union to play a leading role in reaching this objective;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the essential role played by the services sector in the creation of skilled jobs in the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the signing of a balanced agreement would create strong potential for growth and for the creation of new skilled jobs;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the opportunities represented by TiSA for the internationalisation of European companies must be accompanied by genuine policies to help workers adapt to the new environment; underlines that the European Union has put financing mechanisms in place that could accompany these steps, such as the European Social Fund;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls furthermore, in negotiations on international trade in services, for mandatory working conditions to be secured in accordance with the respective laws on labour and social affairs, and for mandatory conclusion of collective agreements to be provided for, as well as a ban on the dismantling of workers’ rights and social standards when services are liberalisedUrges the Commission to pursue the social objective that it set for itself during TiSA negotiations in the form of the ‘labour clause’; recalls that the provisions of social and employment legislation at both European and national levels, as well as collective agreements, must be guaranteed under TiSA;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for services of general interest to be excluded from the agreement, irrespective of whether they are provided privately or publicly, as well as services of general economic interest, such as social services and social security systems, to be excluded from TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 62 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermoreRecalls that the mobility of highly qualified workers could be advantageous not only for European companies, but also for European workers; insists, however, that the EU- wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreements; stresses the importance of defining the precise criteria for providing a service under TiSA, such as the limited duration of the service and the anticipated level of competences, and of ensuring that these elements are clearly set out in the service contract;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the clauses of TiSA relating to the transport sector should not harm European workers in that sector; urges the Commission to establish clear restrictions on cabotage in order to prevent social dumping;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expects the agreement to include a clause makCalls on the Commission to be proactive ing it possible to revise the liberalisation of services, particularly in the event of infringements of labour and social standardss negotiations, with a view to ensuring that a mechanism for the settling of disputes between signatory states is established so that proportionate penalties may be imposed on stakeholders who fail to uphold the social clauses of TiSA;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the immediate publication of all documents relevant to TiSA, and urges that the European social partners be permitted to participate transparently in the negotiating processHighlights the efforts made by the Commission to make the negotiations as transparent as possible; stresses the importance of involving civil society and the social partners in the development of the European Union’s position; calls on the Commission to continue in this direction.
Amendment 14 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that equal access to affordable childcare andis of key importance in maintaining a work-life balance that will prevent women from being obliged to work on a part-time or half-time basis or to give up working altogether and that access to free, high-quality education is central to securing equal opportunities and breaking poverty cycles;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that gender equality in education implies that girls and boys, women and men, are afforded the same chances and treatment in access, process and outcome for high-quality education; points out that, although women make up 60% of all graduates in the EU, unemployment remains higher among women than among men; stresses, therefore, the need for sustainable responses that make gender equality a central consideration in careers guidance policies and policies to safeguard jobs and boost growth;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that gender mainstreaming at all levels of the education system is needed, including assessing the implications for girls and boys, women and men of any planned action and the need to let the concerns and experiences of all, form the design, implementation and evaluation of poland stresses the need to combat stereotypes surrounding technical subjects, which narrow girls’ career choicies;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. AffirmsPoints out that, in comparison to girls, boys are almost twice as likely to leave school with low or no qualifications but that socio-economic background and status seem to be a stronger predictor of educational achievement than gender alone.and accordingly calls for appropriate educational support to be provided in order to redress this imbalance;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of lifelong learning in providing fresh opportunities for adults who were obliged to leave school early or whose initial educational choices did not allow them to realise their potential or their ambitions;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee access to professional training programmes for young people and adults, and to promote those programmes; points to the important role played by the European Social Fund in helping people into employment by financing training policies, and calls on Member States and local authorities to encourage use of the fund;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that the 2008 crisis put a brake on women’s progression on and access to the labour market, where they are losing out to men with the same qualifications; calls on the Commission to take steps to ensure career equality and thus prevent women from experiencing slower career progression and falling into poverty; calls, with a view to increasing the number of women in all areas of the labour market and ensuring equal opportunities, for special support measures that will allow women to combine work and training and at the same time share family responsibilities with their spouses;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas rural areas represent more than 77 % of EU territory and whereas many jobs in those areas are linked to agriculture and the agro-food industry;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. whereas, taken together, agriculture and the agro-food industry account for 6 % of the GDP of the EU, 15 million businesses and 46 million jobs;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the centrality of agriculture to social cohesion owing to its role in economic growth and diversification, and in fixing populations in rural areas; stresses the need to strengthen the CAP budget and to ensure social fairness in its implementationimportance of the CAP, which should make it possible for farmers to conduct business in such a way as to guarantee that they and their employees can have decent living conditions and good future prospects;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of territorial cohesion in the EU, which should be guaranteed by economic development policies that are adapted to the challenges facing rural areas;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports an integrated approach between the CAP’s second pillar and other EU funds such as the European Social Fund; recalls that synergy between the various European funds is one of the aims of the Union's regional policy; underlines the importance of involving local and regional administrations in the management and design of rural policies and that those administrations should be better prepared to deal with the issues associated with European funds; recalls that direct financial support to farmers cannot be financed by the European Social Fund, but that the latter can be mobilised to support training and adaptation to change in farming and the rural economy;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports an integrated approach betweeapproach which simultaneously draws on the CAP’s second pillar and other EU funds such as the European Social Fund; underlines the importance of involving local and regional administrations in the management and design of rural policies; calls on Member States to ensure that local and regional administrations do not create additional administrative burdens in the course of their work;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the strong market orientation of the EU’s agricultural polStresses that competition to offer the lowest pricies and its negative effect on rural incomes and employment, as evidenced by the liberalisation of the dairy sector; condemns the negative impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnershipdestroys jobs in rural areas; calls on the Commission and Member States to take strong measures to guarantee prices which take due account of the work done by producers in order to guarantee them and their employees a decent standard of living;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on each Member State, in a new context whose salient features include the Russian embargo, the decline in demand, the abolition of milk quotas, the collapse of prices, increased production costs, increased competition and environmental challenges, to consider how the competitiveness of their farming can be improved so that the sector can create jobs and generate added value which is shared equitably throughout agriculture and the agro-food industry; stresses the importance, in this connection, of maintaining farms on the land, recognising their multifunctional character, which enables them, over and above their prime function of producing agricultural raw materials, to perform several other important functions, such as preserving the environment and contributing to the vitality of rural areas and the balance of regional development;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that European farming is currently facing an unprecedented crisis, which is impoverishing farmers, creating risks of bankruptcy and leading to rising numbers of suicides; calls on the Commission to assess the social impact of this crisis, particularly in terms of job losses, especially in rural areas;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission, in its trade negotiations with third countries, to take into account the impact that they may have on employment, particularly in rural areas;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the introduction of social conditionality in the CAP’s first pillarretention, as part of the CAP, of a strong first pillar with an economic function, capable of helping farmers make their farms into profitable and prosperous businesses, which can create jobs both directly and indirectly throughout agriculture and the agro-food industry; recalls, in this context, that one job created in agriculture results in the creation of seven jobs elsewhere;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a stronger role for social partnersRecommends that the social partners, alongside the national management authorities, play a stronger role in the development and implementation of agriculturalrural development policy in order to create quality jobs, ensure adequate health and safety conditions and foster the social integration of rural workers, in particular migrant for all workers;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of training, including training through apprenticeships, and skill formation for farmers and agricultural workers, particularly for young people entering the workforce and in order to be able to adapt to changes in agriculture and food production, so that they are able to adapt to changes occurring on the market and can better match their skills and qualifications to the needs and challenges of the agricultural and agri-food sector, including through improving their technical and digital skills, all while guaranteeing sufficient and high-quality food production in the context of global demographic growth;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists on the importance of ultra-fast broadband coverage for establishing businesses and creating jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Member States to promote the ERASMUS+ programme among young farmers in training, including its apprenticeship component, in order to encourage them to acquire new technical and linguistic skills abroad;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the Member States to facilitate and guarantee access for rural areas to new information and communication technologies so that agricultural holdings can modernise their production methods, and so that farmers and agricultural workers can benefit from online training programmes throughout their career;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that improving access to land through instruments such as public land banks is key to agricultural employmentRecalls that the area of agricultural land is diminishing each year in Europe; stresses that preserving the area under cultivation is vital to preserving jobs in rural areas; notes that in the EU, only 6% of farmers are aged under 35 and that over 4 million are aged over 65; recalls the essential nature of measures enabling generational turnover and the setting up of young farmers by providing them with access to multi-disciplinary training so that young farmers are able to carry out a variety of activities simultaneously or successively in the course of a year and to combine revenues;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the average European farmer holds a mere 12 hectares of land and that 70% of agricultural holdings have a surface area below five hectares; notes that due to their size and structure, agricultural holdings cannot always afford to take on full-time employees or highly qualified workers; encourages the Commission and the Member States therefore to put in place measures to encourage employer groups;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgNotes that, in rural areas, the gender pay gap in rural areas be addressed in order to improve women’s labour conditions and access to lans over 10% higher than elsewhere; urges that the gender gap in rural areas be addressed;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the defence of the right to public services in rural areas against current neo-liberal poEncourages the Member States to guarantee a good level of access to public services in rural areas, such as schools and healthcare facilicties; supports the development of minimum income schemes to ensure social cohesion, given the high rate of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas, in order to put an end to the problem of depopulation in rural areas and to encourage people living in rural areas to stay there and settle.
Amendment 137 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that protecting the right to public services in rural areas requires innovative solutions, such as multimodal platforms, which facilitate rapid and effective access to services for rural populations.
Amendment 19 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden and making further efforts in simplifying rules and procedures;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; calls on the Commission to establish a coordination unit for effective implementation of CLLD and ITI;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcomes the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, in view of the limited use of the European Social Fund within the method in question andfact that only 13 Member States has set- up CLLD funding schemes for the European Social Fund and given the absence of a centralised managing authority in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the instruments and to find sustainable solutions;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the importance of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) and of its continued existence at a time when the social crisis is affecting more and more Europeans;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the access of anti-poverty associations to European financing from the FEAD without adding administrative burdens for these associations, which are often understaffed;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold backemployment policies must support the digital revolution , it is possible toand shape its course;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that territorial, employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placefor changes to basic and continuous training and further educationre emerging; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and, develop skills strategies and update the skills required to use, and to create, new services;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaulreview copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to allonly where it is strictly necessary, while taking into account the convergence of media;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to adjust their education systems in response to these new labour market requirements and to promote the acquisition of digital skills;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the financing of audiovisual content relies for a significant part on the principle of territoriality of rights, which allowed a strong cultural diversity within the European production.
Amendment 102 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Member States to develop the digital skills of teachers as part of their training;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that "premium access" through the presale of rights is one of the core conditions for financing audiovisual content, as it allows a return on investment and new resources to finance future audiovisual content;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that audiovisual content may have different market value from a Member State to another, depending on the characteristics of the national market, and requires targeted and specific promotion campaign to get the content to its public;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls the Member States to extend the scope of the quotation exception, without prejudice to the authors' moral rights, to short audiovisual quotations for non- advertisement and non-political uses, provided that the work used is clearly credited, that the quotation does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not prejudice the legitimate interests of the authors;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for further dialogue between the rightholders, the online platforms and the creators relying on these platforms in order to achieve a mutually beneficial cooperation, where copyrights are protected while allowing and encouraging innovative ways of creating;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment lawEmphasises that digitalisation represents an opportunity to move towards a new way of organising working time enabling a better work/life balance;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to set the basis for mutual recognition of the digital skills developed by European citizens through the education system or through training programs.
Amendment 150 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the sharing economy requires a rethinking of social relations in the working world;
Amendment 153 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that Member States need to adjust their labour legislation to the digital economy, and to the sharing economy in particular;
Amendment 153 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls the Commission and the Member States to set up a European certificate or grading system to establish a common assessment of the digital skills developed by European citizens, following the example of the European common framework of reference for language learning and teaching.
Amendment 160 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Underlines the importance of proper training for teachers on digital skills, on the way to teach these skills efficiently to students, and on how to use these skills to support the learning process in general.
Amendment 165 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Underline the importance of enhancing the portability within the European Union of online services of legally acquired and legally made available content, whilst fully respecting copyrights and the interests of right- holders.
Amendment 169 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that cross-border access to legally made available audiovisual content should not hinder its financing process and subsequently the European cultural diversity.
Amendment 174 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Underlines that the legal audiovisual online offer should be furthermore developed in order to enhance the accessibility to a wide and diverse content for the consumers, with various language and subtitle options.
Amendment 177 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls the Member States to optimise the media chronology, in order to accelerate the availability of audiovisual content for the consumers, while maintaining a sustainable first and second window of diffusion.
Amendment 181 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancadapting social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.to this new way of working, particularly in regard to self-employed workers in the context of the sharing economy;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Advocates that fostering an intercultural and interfaith approach in the educational field is needed in order to address and promote multiculturalism, integrationintegration, cultural diversity and social cohesion;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the role and importance of the Erasmus+ programme in fostering a European awareness among young people and creating a culture of intercultural dialogue by facilitating their mobility, as well as increasing their employability;
Amendment 198 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls the role played by the LUX Prize in rewarding European films celebrating European identity or European cultural diversity;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measures should be included in the framework, following the 2016-review;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to make clear in their national strategies the OSH measures with which employees and employers must comply; calls on the Member States to adapt employee information obligations to the structure of the company concerned;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that ensuring a level playing- field across the EU and eliminating unfair competition and social dumping is crucial; stresses that labour inspectorates play a key role in enforcing workers’ rights to a safe and healthy working environment; calls for the adversarial procedure to be employed before any penalties are imposed; calls on the Member States to follow the ILO recommendation of a minimum of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers and to increase staffing and resources available to labour inspectorates;
Amendment 258 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the MemberStates to clarify and update the definitions of ‘accident at work’ and ‘occupational disease’ in order to make them more readily understandable for workers and employers;
Amendment 294 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to implement as quickly as possible the directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protectexclusion of public services from trade negotiations is concerned;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StresseRecommends that the Domestic Advisory Groups, whose tasks include handling the infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements must, ought to have sufficient financing and that they must consist ofensure a balanced representation of labour and business organisations from civil society;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the needncourages the Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’their labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of compliance with labour standards;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to increase efforts to unblock the reform of trade defence instruments.Emphasises that trade defence instruments make it possible to tackle all forms of unfair competition, including social dumping; as a result, calls on the Council and the Commission to unblock the reform of trade defence instruments, without weakening them, to make them speedier, more effective and more accessible for SMEs;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A. whereas career equality for men and women would help resolve the problem of women faced with impoverishment being far more vulnerable;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deploresTakes note of the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address thedue to the institutional deadlock into which it had sunk; challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parents on the Commission to return with an ambitious and realistic proposal that will effectively enable better reconciliation of family life and professional leavife;
Amendment 147 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the need to provide workers who opt for parental leave with a decent income that allows them to make a genuine choice between the pursuit of their professional activities and raising their children;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for workers returning from parental leave to be able to benefit from training periods and from a period of protection against dismissal so that they can readjust to their job;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workand responsibilities of workers and their employers in each Member State;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the promotion of organisations working toCalls upon social partners to ensure they are fully aware of the challenges of safeguarding the labour rights of women workemployed as domestic workers or carers;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training and enable the validation and certification of skills acquired so as to promote career development;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour forceCalls upon the Member States to establish a dedicated legal framework in order to set out the rights and responsibilities of those concerned; asks that the specific details of the working contract be taken into account accordingly, as well as the fact that many employers are private individuals who may be unfamiliar with legal protocols;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages businesses to establish lasting links and partnerships with educational establishments in order to facilitate entry to the business world for their students and ensure skills taught are constantly better matched to the real needs of the working world;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. States that while for students traineeships are a learning opportunity, businesses shall perform their role of mentoring and training and be careful not to view these traineeships as a rich source of cheap labour;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training, and, more specifically, through the new Erasmus+ programme which encourages youth mobility and works towards skills and qualifications being recognised both by education and training systems and on the labour market;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that skillsthe development of training through skills is one of the key elements of integrated employment and social policies;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to incorporate new technologies in the learning process and to intensify ICT training at all levels of education, particularly with the aim of enriching primary education, and to intensify ICT training at all levels of education, including for teaching staff; stresses that familiarisation with ICT has to be backed up by digital skills training too in order to meet the needs of a digitised economy;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages Member States to improve the learning of foreign languages, and particularly European ones, as geographic mobility seems to be the best weapon for finding employment and against youth unemployment;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of short- and medium-term regional employment strategies and action plans; calls for closer co-operation between education, public administration, business and civil society, especially youth organisations;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the wealth of jobs, often ones that cannot be relocated elsewhere, to be found using traditional skills which, moreover, help stimulate local economies and are of cultural interest; encourages Member States therefore to draw young people’s attention to the advantages of these skills and jobs.
Amendment 113 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs and micro-enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship on every level, including pre-school education, by including in curricula the development in a safe environment (through games, simulations and youth projects) of the practicvocational skills needed in starting and managing businesses;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the exchange of good practices in vocational education and the development of training through skills enabling access to the labour market to be enhanced;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Warns Member States against dispersion in the types of contract offered to young people; calls for thinking along these lines in order to increase effectiveness;
Amendment 221 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls that certain programmes of the European Union, such as Erasmus +, afford opportunities for young people to develop new skills in other Member States; recalls that this European mobility in training is a significant asset for the employability of young people;
Amendment 225 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee can help to improve the employability of young people by overcoming educational deficits and by providing skills relevant to the market needs and can offer valuable work experience that can facilitate the establishment of successful businesses; recalls the urgent need to establish youth guarantees in Member States with the aid of the European Social Fund;
Amendment 247 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that skills development should also be considered as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups, in particular for children and young people from families affected by poverty, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, immigrants and, people with disabilities and women, who have been excluded from the world of work in shocking numbers as a result of the crisis; stresses that prevention as well as support and counselling at an early stage are of the outmost importance, because although enabling people who are at a disadvantage to develop skills and to enter the labour market requires time and resources it is also socially and economically profitable;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2 Calls for the swift ratification by Korea ofCommission to continue its work with Korea to enable that country to ratify all fundamental ILO conventions that it has not yet ratified;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of dialogue between the Commission, civil society, social partners and businesses with a view to pursuing the implementation of the commitments set out in the agreement.
Amendment 12 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that digitalisation has a substantial impact on the labour market by modifying job dynamism, creating new job opportunities and more flexible working conditions such as telecommuting or teleworking which could serve as a an effective tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Points out that only 20% of 2.7 million people working in the ICT sector are women, they are underrepresented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Highlights the fact that the Commission's estimations show that allowing more women to enter the digital jobs market can create an annual € 9 billion GDP boost in the EU area;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Stresses the importance of improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting their inclusion into ICT, which is one of the highest paying sectors, which could contribute to women's financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap and future pension gap;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the fact that the ICT sector is characterised by both vertical and horizontal segregation which is even higher that the other sectors, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas the majority (54 per cent) of women employed in ICT sector occupy lower paid and lower skill-level positions and only a small minority of them (8 per cent) are in the high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 per cent of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 per cent of non-ICT sector workers;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the fact that some Member States (Germany, Spain, Sweden) initiated policies to encourage a positive gender balance within Europe's ICT professions, and these policies are primarily aimed at promoting ICT-related studies and career paths for girls and women from an early age;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the gender pay and career development gap continues for self- employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged; reiterates that inequalities of this kind should not be allowed to take root in these new sectors and that they should on the contrary be key sectors as regards equal pay and career development;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by potential demand for a constant accessibility of employees (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workerstresses therefore the need for respecting working time arrangements under flexible hours employment contracts in order to maintain the boundaries of working time as defined by the labour law in the individual Member States;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recalls that the European Social Fund may participate in funding such training courses.
Amendment 94 #
2015/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that women over 55 are more likely to have depreciated e-skills due to the lack of life-long learning and that digitalization constitutes an important barrier for older job seekers with limited e-skills, calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or a potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to use existing EU-level funding resources, in particular the European Social Fund, to support initiatives pursuing links with businesses and offering entrepreneurship education to low-income young people, school dropouts, young people in danger of long-term unemployment and young people with disabilities;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to raise awareness among young people of the opportunities for setting up businesses, by providing appropriate training;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for public employment services to be more proactive in providing assistance and advice to businesses, and to young entrepreneurs in particular;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to do everything possible to facilitate business initiatives by young people so as not to discourage their projects; emphasizes the responsibility of Member States to simplify the administrative formalities imposed on companies, possibly hindering creativity;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to use the European Fund for Strategic Investment, and in particular the European Social Fund, to support entrepreneurship education at national and local level;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to promote the development of entrepreneurship- friendly environments and training which will facilitate young people’s start-ups and enable quick recovery in the event of dropping out of school or from initial failures;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to make use of the EU Structural Funds, in particular the European Social Fund, in order to promote entrepreneurship education and training at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 6 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.
Amendment 86 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some labour reforms have introduced new contractual formulas that, according to the Commission, have increased precariousness in the labour markets; of particular concern are some Member States whose rates of temporary employment are over 90 % for new contracts, which particularly affects young people and women and which, according to the OECD1, is one of the direct causes of increasing inequality; calls on the Member States to set up synergies between national policies and the European cohesion policy in order to reinforce the effect on these priority groups; __________________ 1 OECD report ‘In it together: Why less inequality benefits all’, 21 May 2015.
Amendment 99 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take note of the IMF2 report on the causes and consequences of inequality, which states that the increase in the income gap is negatively affecting economic growth and the potential for job creation; calls for immediate and effective action on labour taxation, labour markets and redistributive policies to facilitate greater and upward economic and social convergence; __________________ 2 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.
Amendment 111 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that high rates in long-term unemployment in the EU, especially in some Member States, are resulting in an increasing number of workers losing their benefits before finding a new job; considers it regrettable that manysome Member States have limited access to such benefits or have reduced the amount available and/or the eligibility period for them; considers it important to maintain a balance between adequate social protection and adequate incentives for active job searching; calls for a specific study on such incentives at EU level, and calls on the Member States to guarantee minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion and ensure a minimum income to families;
Amendment 130 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the fact that, according to an IMF report3, the progressivity of tax systems has been weakened in recent years, resulting in increasing inequality; considers that the tax wedge has been much higher for low-wage workers and SMEs with higher effective tax rates; points out the importance of reducing taxes for labour and enterprises in pursuit of more redistributive formshe burdens on enterprises in order to open up their employment potential; insists that these must be accompanied by measures to encourage enterprises to employ people experiencing the greatest problems in the job market; __________________ 3 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.
Amendment 448 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency, currently in London, to be moved to another Member State;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in order to contribute efficiently to combating the high levels of youth unemployment, EU cohesion policy needs to be fully in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, and in particular the headline targets for education of reducing school drop-out rates to below 10 % and increasing the share of young people with a third-level degree or diploma to at least 40 %, and with the benchmark for an average of at least 15 % of adults to participate in lifelong learning, thereby recognising the validation of skills and acquired experience;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Youth Guarantee Scheme aEmployment Initiative introduced to enhance the Youth Guarantee Scheme in regions with youth unemployment of over 25%, and points out that this is an efficient means of reducing youth unemployment; calls on Member States to establish strong partnerships with stakeholders and to make full use of the European Social Fund and other structural funds when implementing the scheme and creating an infrastructure therefor;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the development of non- motorised travel routes (for walking, horse-riding or cycling), which facilitate sustainable tourism and create opportunities to discover the diversity of Europe’s regions;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the important place of sporting activities in making Europe’s regions attractive to tourists; stresses that this dimension must be taken into account in strategies to promote tourism in Europe;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the demand for lower qualified workers is falling while the demand for highly qualified workers is increasing considerably; this shift in the EU labour market requires action to be taken on workers’ skills and initial and vocational training;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the mobility of European workers enhances their employability and improves competitiveness in the EU labour market;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. recalls the importance of making employment law more comprehensible for workers and employers, of eliminating barriers to employment and of promoting legal security for companies and employees;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of human development, career flexibility and self- responsibility; recalls in this respect that professional mobility is an essential factor and that investment is needed to actively support employability and prevent skills depletion among the unemployed; emphasises that such measures should be combined with reforms in pension and social welfare systems that encourage more people to work;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of more integrated partnerships between universities, higher education establishments, businesses and authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future, as well as fostering cooperation between Member States in this regard;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. recalls that in order to achieve these targets, the Member States must make more efficient use of the European Social Fund, which is the main EU financial instrument for professional integration and adaptation;
Amendment 248 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. calls for the encouragement of the study and use of foreign languages in order to increase mobility;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
i a) to ensure that steps are taken to promote the development of new professional skills to meet the new labour market needs that will arise from the TTIP;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
i b) to ensure the promotion of the modernisation of training systems, to enable them to provide the new skills required by the TTIP in order to improve access to the labour market and produce better qualified workers;
Amendment 93 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point vi
vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by SMEs are fully taken into account; it should be recalled that 99 % of European companies are SMEs and that they are responsible for 85 % of net job creation in the EU. It should be stressed that they would be the first to benefit from an open market that would help them to become more competitive by removing unhelpful barriers and creating an economic framework that encourages exports.
Amendment 95 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi – point a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vi – point a (new)
a) to study the impact of the TTIP on SMEs and also non-exporting microenterprises active in the local market, for which this agreement will create fiercer competition.
Amendment 141 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
x a) ensure that the exchange conditions are subject to strict reciprocity in order to strengthen EU industrial fabric, protect SMEs, create jobs and prevent all unfair competition, in particular as regards social standards
Amendment 37 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the European Social Fund with the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative have to be correctly and fully used to finance sustainable projects in order to fight unemployment and more particularly youth unemployment
Amendment 46 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root of the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality, which should be promoted by investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men’s participation in domestic labour by means of European legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangements;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of factors including women’s career breaks, gender inequalities in career progression, the gender pay gap, the pension gap and poverty in households headed by single mothers, and that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti-poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreaming; ;
Amendment 82 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for transparency and greater gender balance based on identical and objective criteria in recruitment for decision-making positions;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the Commission’s commitment on cutting red tape and better regulation; believes that cutting red tape should deliver proportionate, evidence-based protection for workers, while ensuring thatbetter regulation that is clearer, more effective and with less red tape would enable businesses canto grow, to create jobs and to boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusive, without calling into question a good level of protection for workers;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 66 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the Commission is considering withdrawing the maternity leave directive; calls on the Commission to draw up a new proposal, which should take account of social developments and result in an ambitious directive which would encourage the rate of employment among women and the birth rate in Europe;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the European institutions and the Member States to promote and support soft travel (walking, horse-riding and cycling tours) as a way of opening up new opportunities for cultural and nature- based tourism;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance for European tourism of Unesco-designated tangible or intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the Commission has to establish trust with economic actors, support enterprise development and in particular focus on supporting SME development, with the aim to promote economic growth and to support employment in Europe;
Amendment 89 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 93 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that the Commission's strategy of restoring EU competitiveness should focus on a cross-sectorial policy in order to boost innovation and excellence;
Amendment 216 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes those CSRs aimed at increasing the adequacy and coverage of minimum income schemes and social protection, and the number of CSRs relating to labour market inclusion policies; takes the view, however, that the uneven and fragile growth expected by the Commission in 2014 and 2015 will not by itself be able to tackle the severe impact that austerity measures and the crisis have had on the fight against poverty and social exclusion and on the achievement of the Europe 2020 goals; demands that the Member States propose specific, targeted measures within their NRPs with a view to tackling poverty, especially child poverty;
Amendment 291 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Platform, as set out in Article 1 (1), shall contribute to better enforcement of EU and national law, to the reduction of undeclared work and to the emergence of formal jobs, hence avoiding. It shall thus help to embed the Europe 2020 strategy and its employment objectives, providing a more effective European framework for employment and workplace health and safety. Avoiding thereby the deterioration of quality of work, and toit shall promote integration in the labour market and social inclusion by:
Amendment 451 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
(5) The Commission shall inform regularly the European Parliament and the Council about the activities of the Platform. After each meeting of the Platform, the Commission shall, within a reasonable time, forward a report on the discussions and the decisions taken to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 455 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Platform shall work, as appropriate, in cooperation with other relevant Union level expert groups and committees, whose work has a link with undeclared work, in particular the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC), the Expert Committee on Posting of Workers, the Administrative Commission for Social Security Coordination, the Employment Committee (EMCO), the Social Protection Committee (SPC) and the Working Group on Administrative Cooperation in the field of Taxation. Joint meetings may also be organisedIn the interests of more efficient working and enhanced impact, joint meetings shall be organised, the minutes of which shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council within a reasonable time.
Amendment 240 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to encourage Member States to remove all obstacles to that mobility in their national laws;
Amendment 267 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the development of an appropriate framework for cooperation and clearance within the Union on apprenticeships and traineeships, and for unification of the related procedures, in accordance with this Regulation;
Amendment 289 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for the purpose of publication, including on the EURES portal, the collection and validation of up-to-date information on EURES Partners operating from its national territory, their activities and the scope of the support services they provide to workers and employers;
Amendment 301 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the rules applicable to workers, including recruitment rules, and the individual categories of employment contracts;
Amendment 311 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the rules applicable on unemployment insurance;
Amendment 328 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The National Coordination Office ensures that information is complete and up to date and written in a simple, comprehensible style.
Amendment 330 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the collaboration with stakeholders such as career guidance services, universitiehigher education institutions, chambers of commerce and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
Amendment 343 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Each Member State ensures that its National Coordination Office gets the staff and oall ther resources necessary to carry out its tasks as defined under this Regulation.
Amendment 355 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up a system to authorise EURES Partners to participate in the EURES network, monitor their activities and their compliance with national and European Union laws when applying this Regulation. This system shall be transparent, proportionate and respect the principles of equal treatment for applicant organisations and due process of law.
Amendment 380 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The minimum common criteria are without prejudice to the application by a Member State of additional criteria or requirements deemed necessary by the Member State for the purpose of a correct application of the rules applicable to the activities of employment services and the effective management of labour market policies on its national territory. To ensure transparency such, the European Coordination Office shall be notified of such additional criteria and requirements, which are an integral part of the system referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 486 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 514 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The public employment services shall ensure that workers using their services, by making available job applications and/or CV’s with them, canare informed that they may choose to have those employment services assist those workers with their registration on the EURES portal, using the national hub referred to in Article 15(5).
Amendment 542 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Information on such support and on any cost involved shall be supplied in a clear and precise manner to both employers and workers.
Amendment 590 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide information on the specific rules applicable when employing those workers and with regard to the various types of employment contract;
Amendment 624 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from Article 18(5), EURES Partners may offer the assistance referred to in paragraph 1 to workers against a fee. If this is the case, workers shall be informed immediately of the cost of the service.
Amendment 629 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure coordination between support services under this Regulation and services provided on social security and unemployment insurance by the competent authorities.
Amendment 638 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Upon request of workers, frontier workers and employers, the EURES Partners concerned shall provide general information on the rights related to social security and unemployment insurance and undertake to refer those requests for specific information to the competent authorities and, if applicable, other bodies supporting workers exercising their rights in the framework of the freedom of movement.
Amendment 663 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member States shall undertake to remove from their national laws legal provisions designed to slow down or hinder the movement of workers within the European Union.
Amendment 15 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the European Union, recognised in the Treaty on European Union and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas equality between women and men has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and greater female participation in the labour market has a host of social and economic benefits;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 67 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the policies applied in the name of the crisis haves a particularly harsh impact on vulnerable people and particularly women, who feel the impact both directly – through loss of employment, wage, pension and benefit cuts, and loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and social care;
Amendment 111 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas an important role can be played by the media not just in disseminating stereotypes, degrading the image of women, and hypersexualising young girls, but also in overcoming gender stereotypes, promoting the participation of women in decision- making and promoting gender equality;
Amendment 178 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Member States and the Commission, using information and awareness campaigns, for example, to encourage women to participate in fields of activity that stereotypes term ‘masculine’, not least sciences and new technologies, the object being to make the most of the human capital to be found in European women and hence enable the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy and gender equality to be achieved to more fruitful effect;
Amendment 201 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly uUrges the Member States to increase theigether to seek, and to exchange, best practice with a view to opening up new sources of finance for investment in public services, particularly health servicystems, taking into account the difficulties relatinged to sexual and reproductive healththe crisis and the demographic challenges posed by population ageing while avoiding any lowering of the high standards and the requirements laid down in the relevant European models;
Amendment 215 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets in order to expand the public network ofPoints to the need for specific proposals making for better balance in terms of working, family, and personal life by encouraging men and women to share occupational, family, and social responsibilities more evenly, especially where assistance to dependants and childcare are concerned; notes that more comprehensive day care, and nurseries and public services providing extracurricular activities for childreny facilities depend not only on the necessary public policies, but also on incentives to businesses to offer such solutions; urges (regional) chambers of commerce and industry, in addition, to facilitate networking of entrepreneurs, especially female entrepreneurs, with a view to working out solidarity-based joint approaches to work-life balance;
Amendment 245 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States, and especially media regulators, to consider the place accorded – in both quantitative and qualitative terms – to women in the media and television in particular, not least in order to avert insults to the dignity of women, avoid conveying gender stereotypes, and curb any tendency to hypersexualise little girls;
Amendment 251 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points to the need to redouble efforts at European level to increase the representation of women in political spheres and in the European institutions, including the European Parliament; believes that women’s participation needs to be encouraged at national, regional, and municipal levels; points out that political parties have a key role to play;
Amendment 271 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalthe feminisation, owing to so-called austf poverity policies, havemight lead to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced prostitution and that there are signs that domestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressorsreduce women to greater financial dependence, including those who have suffered domestic violence;
Amendment 293 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that – according to data from the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women, Victim support (2012), from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) – professional training and the sustainability of funding for public services, associations and NGOs providing services to women in situations of domestic violence are clearly being affected by the so-called austerity measures, threatening the continued existence of such services, and that this is a shameful step backwards in civilizational terms; recalls that tremendous inequality exists among the Member States in terms of access to support services, with secure and sufficient state funding existing in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austriaconsequences of the economic crisis;
Amendment 302 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health servicePoints out that violence against women is a major hindrance to gender equality; calls ion the area of support to women subjected to violence and that they increase the number of refuges and their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities, in a range of languagesCommission to propose a comprehensive directive on the prevention and eradication of violence against women in all its forms, whether physical, sexual, or psychological; recommends that Member States provide better training to police, court, and social service personnel and improve cooperation among them to enable them to help women who have suffered violence;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the need to collect detailed and reliable gender disaggregated statistics on what is the real situation of people with disabilities;
Amendment 119 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that, during their training, health professionals and teachers need to be trained in and made aware of all types of disability, as some are little known despite their prevalence;
Amendment 133 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the necessity to protect women with disabilities living in care homes and mental hospitals from sexual assault and other forms of physical mistreatment to which they may be subjected, and points with concern to the lack of data on this alarming phenomenon; asks, therefore, the Member States to investigate how pervasive this problem is, collect the relevant data and take the appropriate measures to tackle it;
Amendment 147 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education and the labour market for women with disabilities, as they should be encouraged to follow study courses and use new information and communication technologies, and supported and encouraged to enter the labour market, and highlights that particular talents, views and experiences can enrich working environments considerably;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Asks that through the use of positive measures and suitable funding, businesses be encouraged to employ them. Emphasises the desirability of mobilising the European Social Fund and national disability strategies in order to lessen the inequalities women with disabilities suffer from and to assist in their finding employment;
Amendment 166 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for elderly women, often living alone and confronted with diseases that bring about disability, to receive special attention through the setting up of a prevention and assistance programme;
Amendment 168 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Insists that special attention be paid to people, often women, caring for people with disabilities and that their commitment be taken into account in accrediting their professional experience;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee equal treatment and pay for men and women taking up these new roles;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States, when they promote the plan, to stress the importance of gender balance;
Amendment 124 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employerregional and local authorities, public and private employment services, social partners, individual employers, training and education providers, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 164 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged under 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies and monitored while ensuring high quality standards;
Amendment 173 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 196 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up in cooperation with local and regional authorities as well as with other potential stakeholders, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school- leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 223 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support young entrepreneurs and self-employment among young people by simplify an access to financial resources available for starting up their own business and creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies;
Amendment 276 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and national stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 286 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster theregional and cross-border mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 296 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities; Additionally, highlights a necessity of stronger coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e. Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;
Amendment 308 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Call on Member States to take all necessary actions, aside potential intensified mobility, to prevent the phenomena of brain drain through sustainable measures which assure that a good proportion of the highly-skilled labour forces will retain in individual countries;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the currenteffects of the economic crisis hasve been aggravated by austerity measures that have led to cuts in national health budgets; whereas this has resulted in setbacks for the right to women’s health protection and had a serious impact on the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities – as their access to health in general is now more difficult, given the increase in healthcare costs and the professional and social devaluation of health professionals;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas health protection has important effects upon the quality, longevity, and dignity of human life;Does not affect English version – correction of typo in French.
Amendment 25 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly rRecommends that budgetary cuts in public health sysMember Statems need to be counteracted and that there should, on the contrary, besupport the health and care services sector and increased investment in these services in order to meet the needs of the whole population, and in particular to tackle gender inequalities in health and to ensure equal access to health care for the most disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States not to intensify women’s burden of caring by returning them to their traditional family role;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to adopt policies that promote health and the prevention of disease through the guarantee of free, universal and quality health care, with particular attention to guaranteeing primary health care, preventive medicine, access to diagnoses, treatment and rehabilitation; calls for provision of the means required to combat the main public health problems facing women and guarantee the right to sexual and reproductive health, health services for women who are victims of violence, and health care for infants;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas maternal mortality remains a concern in some Member States and a challenge for European development policy;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas studies have shown that comprehensive sexuality education does increase the likelihood of responsible, safe and respectful behaviour upon first and subsequent sexual activity;
Amendment 62 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas young people are widely exposed, from an early age, to pornographic content, especially through access to the Internet whether at home or at school;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the sexualisation of little girls in the media is a phenomenon that affects the emotional development and the sex life of both women and men and helps to perpetuate gender stereotyping and various forms of discrimination and sexual violence;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the sharing of best practices among Member States offers a means of identifying optimal solutions and more effectively safeguarding the interests of all EU citizens;
Amendment 114 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Member States to share their best practices and packages of measures in the field of sexual and reproductive health policy;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to promote scientific research on male- and female- controlled methods of contraception, so as to facilitate the burden-sharing of contraceptive responsibility;
Amendment 155 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents differ from those of adults; calls on the Member States to ensure that adolescents and vulnerable adults (disabled, illiterate, refugees, etc.) have access to user-friendly services where their concerns and rights to confidentiality and privacy are duly taken into account;
Amendment 159 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to ensure compulsory, age-appropriate and gender- sensitive sexuality and relationship education, provided in a mixed-sex setting, for all children and adolescents (both in and out of school);
Amendment 170 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises in this regard that sexuality education is particularly necessary as young people have access, from an early age, to pornographic and degrading content, especially via the Internet; emphasises therefore that sexuality education must be part of a broader supportive approach to young people’s emotional development so as to enable them to form mutually respectful relationships with members of the opposite sex; encourages Member States to introduce campaigns directed at parents and at adults who work with young people, to raise their awareness about the harmful effects of pornography on adolescents;
Amendment 171 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Asks the Member States, too, to address the fundamental need for comprehensive sexuality education that includes the emotional aspects of relationships, given the phenomenon of sexualisation of little girls in audiovisual and digital content to which young people have access;
Amendment 172 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Asks Member States, in the context of sexuality education, to focus on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, by encouraging safe sexual behaviour and facilitating access to means of protection;
Amendment 175 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Encourages Member States to strengthen policies for raising awareness about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among all age groups;
Amendment 202 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Highlights the fact that the epidemics suffered in certain developing countries which are partners of the EU, including the HIV epidemic, significantly impede development;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the Union’s fundamental freedoms guaranteed to European citizens by the Treaty on European Union;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas workers’ mobility and educational mobility contribute to a sense of European citizenship and involvement in democratic processeshelp to deepen people’s attachment to their European citizenship;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the economic and financial crisis has negatively affected the EU labour market, especially as regards employment rates and the possibility of moving freely and choosing employment according to one’s educational and professional qualifications, with women being one of the worst- affected groups;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there are significant gender differences as regards workers’ mobility within the EU – men move for jobs or job transfers far more often than do women (44 % compared with 27 %), while women are more often makeobliged to take a career break in connection with a long-distance move in order to follow their partner;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gapsreduce pay gaps for work of equal value;
Amendment 77 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
(9a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the use of teleworking in both private and public sector organisations, on the basis of fair pay and fair social conditions, to avoid the need for women to take career breaks in connection with their partners’ occupational mobility;
Amendment 103 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the equipment needed to provide the relevant port service in normal and safe conditions and theand the technical and financial capacity required to maintain thisat equipment at the appropriate level in order to provide the relevant port service continuously in normal and safe conditions;
Amendment 169 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
This Chapter and the transitional provisions of Article 24 shall not apply to cargo handling services and, passenger services or mooring.
Amendment 53 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) access to social and tax advantages, particularly those relating to health, social protection and unemployment insurance;
Amendment 54 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that fast- track judicial and/or administrative procedures, including where they deem it appropriate, conciliation procedures, for the enforcement of the obligations under Article 45 of the Treaty and Articles 1 to 10 of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, are put in place and available to all workers and members of their families who consider they have suffered or are suffering from unjustified restrictions to their right to free movement or consider themselves wronged by failure to apply the principle of equal treatment to them, even after the relationship in which the discrimination is alleged to have occurred has ended.
Amendment 56 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure by any means which they consider effective that the citizens concerned are informed of their rights;
Amendment 64 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that associations, organisations or other legal entities, which have, in accordance with the criteria laid down by their national law, a legitimate interest in ensuring that the provisions of this Directive are complied with, may engage, either on behalf of or in support of the worker and members of his/her family, with his/her express approval, in any judicial and/or administrative procedure provided for the enforcement of rights under Article 45 of the Treaty and Articles 1 to 10 of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011.
Amendment 65 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate a structure, a body or bodies for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all workers or members of their families without discrimination, particularly on grounds of nationality, and make the necessary arrangements for functioning of such bodies. These bodies may form part of agencies at a national level with similar objectives but covering a wider range of discrimination grounds. In that case, the Member State shall ensure allocation of sufficient resources to the existing body for the performance of additional tasks in order to ensure that the performance of already existing tasks of these bodies will not suffer.
Amendment 71 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
da. In all cases, a report shall be published each year in order to take stock of the work of the structure put in place and to formulate proposals.
Amendment 73 #
2013/0124(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide clear, free, easily accessible, comprehensive and up- to-date information on the rights conferred by the Union law on free movement of workers. . This information should also be easily accessible through Your Europe and EURES.
Amendment 11 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas certain petitions have been deposited requesting that the establishment of the European Parliament in more than one place be discontinuedEuropean Parliament should no longer have three places of work;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Parliament has had its seat in Strasbourg since 1952, a situation confirmed by the Edinburgh European Council in 1992 and by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, and not altered by the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
Ab. whereas the real annual cost of retaining the Strasbourg seat in 2010 was EUR 51.5 million, i.e. 0.04 % of the annual budget of the European Union or 10 cents per citizen per year;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Paragraph A c (new)
Ac. whereas the gross cost of holding plenary sessions in Strasbourg is EUR 7 445 000 per part-session, and whereas 80 % of these costs are fixed and would be incurred irrespective of where a given part-session is held (equipment, publications, translation, etc.);
Amendment 20 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A d (new)
Paragraph A d (new)
Ad. whereas mobility is an intrinsic aspect of the work of an MEP, requiring at least a large number of journeys between the European Parliament, the MEP’s Member State of origin and the constituency in which the MEP was elected;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. whereas there were historical reasons for the decision to hold part-sessions in Strasbourg, in particular the symbolic significance of that city and the need to have a multi-centre European Union;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph B b (new)
Paragraph B b (new)
Bb. whereas, under the Treaties, the European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg where the 12 periods of monthly plenary sessions are held;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
Amendment 37 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
Amendment 42 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas since 2006 attempts by the Petitions Committee to consider this issue on a parliamentary level have repeatedly been obstructnot yet succeeded despite the widespread interest in the issue amongst MEPs;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas two judgments given by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 1997 and 2012 recalled that the TFEU locates the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg and whereas the conditions for the application of Protocol No 6 have been clarified;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. whereas all the countries which have joined the European Union have ratified Protocol No 6;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)
Paragraph C c (new)
Cc. whereas Strasbourg has been the meeting place of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 1949 and then, from 1952, played host to the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C d (new)
Paragraph C d (new)
Cd. whereas the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg was confirmed by the Edinburgh European Council in 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty in 1997 and then incorporated in the Lisbon Treaty in 2009;
Amendment 58 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C e (new)
Paragraph C e (new)
Ce. whereas the distribution of the seats of the European Institutions is based on the principle of polycentrism;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C f (new)
Paragraph C f (new)
Cf. whereas, if a debate is initiated concerning the seat of the European Parliament, it will inevitably lead to discussion of the distribution of the seats of the European Institutions, which is laid down in the Treaty;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decision by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a report on the location of the seats of the European Union’s institutions;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decision by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a report on the location of the seats of the European Union’s institutions;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that only the Member States have the power to amend the Treaties, the substance of which is binding on the Institutions and their members, and that a vote on this subject can only be carried unanimously;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that, on this basis, twelve monthly plenary part-sessions, including the budgetary part-session, must be held at the Strasbourg seat, while additional part-sessions are held in Brussels;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the additional part- sessions entail a substantial additional cost, which could be reduced by extending ordinary part-sessions in Strasbourg;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 86 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the principle that the European Parliament would be more effective, cost-efficient and respectful of the environment if it were located in a singlTakes note of the petitions submitted requesting that the European Parliament no longer meet in more than one place;, and notes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and Strasbourg has become a symbolic negative issue amongst most EU citizens which is detrimental to Parliament’s reputationof the arguments put forward in that respect;
Amendment 87 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the principle that the European Parliament would be more effective, cost-efficient and respectful of the environment if it were located in a single place; and notes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and Strasbourg has become a symbolic negative issue amongst most EU citizens which is detrimental to Parliament’s reputationNotes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and Strasbourg remains a positive symbol of European polycentrism;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the environmental example set by the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg, which reduced its CO2 emissions by 57% between 2006 and 2010 by taking special measures, meaning that these now represent 3.6% of all Parliament’s CO2 emissions;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points to the economic and social importance of the European Parliament for the Strasbourg region;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points to the tradition of geographical diversity in the siting of EU institutions;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that concentrating EU powers in the city of Brussels would adversely effect the way the European public views the EU;
Amendment 101 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Emphasises that Strasbourg has come to be viewed by the public as the European capital of democracy and human rights owing to the institutions that are based there, among them the European Parliament;
Amendment 103 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Emphasises that the public associates the city of Brussels with the European Commission, while the city of Strasbourg continues to be associated with the European Parliament;
Amendment 105 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Expresses concern at the steady increase (+23.8% between 2006 and 2010) in the number of committee, political group and delegation meetings held outside the European Parliament’s places of work;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Notes that the carbon footprint for travel in connection with these meetings was 6 350 tonnes of CO2 en 2010, while for the seat in Strasbourg it was 4 199 tonnes that year;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2i. Notes that economic and environmental costs could be rationalised by limiting the number of meetings held outside the European Parliament’s official places of work;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Respects the historic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that necessitate the two-seat system; nevertheless insists that such an arrangement cannot continue in perpetuity and that Parliament itself must be able to state a preference for its future;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Respects the historic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that necessitate the two-seat system; nevertheless insists that such an arrangement cannot continue in perpetuity and that Parliament itself must be able to state a preference for its futuresystem of a single seat and three places of work;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Respects the historic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that necessitate the two-seat system; nevertheless insists that such an arrangement cannot continue in perpetuity and that Parliament itself must be able to state a preference for its futureNotes that travel is an inherent part of the duties of Members of the European Parliament, and that the continuation of the monthly journeys between Brussels and Strasbourg is not a significant factor in terms of the European Parliament’s reputation among EU citizens;
Amendment 125 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points out, too, that Parliament’s Strasbourg seat, which achieved a 57% reduction in CO2 emissions between 2006 and 2010, is leading the way on respect for the environment and that, as data compiled by Parliament’s Secretariat shows, its detractors have substantially overestimated its annual costs;
Amendment 129 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the emblematic nature of the city of Strasbourg, symbolising as it does reconciliation between Germany and the other nations of Europe;
Amendment 130 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underscores the symbolic and historical importance of the European Parliament’s location in Strasbourg as part of the process of European reconciliation;
Amendment 134 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises the educational and civic value of Parliament’s Strasbourg seat, which attracts 100 000 visitors a year outside part-session periods, as well as 10 000 students on the Euroscola programme;
Amendment 135 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises that European integration necessarily entails mobility and that this applies to all national and European political representatives and officials, and that mobility is an intrinsic aspect of the work of MEPs, as representatives of the European Union;
Amendment 138 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recognises that efforts are needed to improve working conditions during ordinary part-sessions in Strasbourg;
Amendment 139 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Considers that decentralisation of the legislative authority away from Brussels strengthens its independence;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Considers that choice of the EU institutions’ seats has always been guided by a desire to bring the Union as close to ordinary people as possible and not to concentrate it in one place;
Amendment 145 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 152 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for Parliament to express its view as to whetherEmphasises that only the cEurrent arrangement should continue; and if an appropriate majority vote is recorded, recommends that Parliament propose Treaty changes under Article 48opean Council has a remit to determine Parliament’s seat; sees the location of Parliament’s seat as part of the broader question of determining the seats of all the EU institutions.
Amendment 153 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for Parliament to express its view as to whether the current arrangement should continue; and if an appropriate majority vote is Emphasises that the Committee’s report was prepared under the ordinary own- initiative procedure and there is thus no obligation to implement the proposals, and further that the matter of the EU institutions’ seats is governed directly by the Treaties and is therecforded, recommends that Parliament propose Treaty changes under Article 48.e subject to the political will of the Member States acting unanimously;
Amendment 157 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the own-initiative report cannot be used as means of circumventing the EU Treaties, which provide that the seat of the European Parliament shall be in Strasbourg and that 12 part-sessions per year shall be held there.
Amendment 20 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls the European Commission and Member States to integrate a general approach of equality between women and men in all employment policies, to take the necessary measures to facilitate the employment of women and to include this approach in the employment guidelines of the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Whereas the current effects of the crisis will have long-term impacts for women, due to the highly gender segregated labour-market, in which the concentration of women in sectors that are characterised by low pay, informal and part-time patterns of work, which have a direct impact on women's pension contributions;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work, and that there are currently few studies on the impact of cuts in public expenditure allocated to gender equality;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Whereas the disparities between men and women in employment, wages, career breaks and part-time work due to family responsibilities have serious consequences for the calculation of pensions and therefore, their pension is often lower and they are more likely at risk of poverty;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Da (new)
Recital Da (new)
Da. whereas a crisis situation, such as the current one, calls for deep-seated structural reforms of the job market;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas for women a fall in the number of jobs frequently goes hand in hand with an adjustment in working hours, and whereas it is extremely likely that recovery will be felt more rapidly in the industrial sector thereby bringing about recovery in male employment, which will pick up faster than female employment; whereas economy measures in the public services will have a more lasting effect on female employment, and this could jeopardise, in the long-term, the progress achieved in the field of gender equality;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls also on the Member States to develop vocational training policies;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the need to encourage female entrepreneurship by encouraging women to set up their company and by facilitating women's access to finance;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ha (new)
Recital Ha (new)
Ha. Whereas the budget cuts in social services compromise women’s financial independence, as such services often provide a major supplement to their income and they utilise those services more frequently than men, with single mothers and women pensioners living alone being faced with the greatest aggregate losses;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls also on the Member States and the European Union to develop policies to promote the reconciliation of family, private and professional life;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Alert that the current situation of crisis may increase women's risk of domestic violence;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ja (new)
Recital Ja (new)
Ja. Notes that the decrease in the employment gap between men and women is more a reflection of a general degeneration in living and working conditions than of progress towards increased gender equality,
Amendment 59 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Whereas in the current situation of economic crisis and budgetary austerity, women have fewer resources to protect themselves and their children from violence and whereas it is even more important to avert the direct financial impact that violence against women and children has on the judiciary and on health and social services;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for specific tailor-made responses as part of an overarching European approach; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so needs can be assessed and suitable responses found;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that even before the economic crisis, women were in the majority in temporary or part-time posts and that the crisis has reinforced this trend, hence placing many already vulnerable women at a heightened risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that women have played a vital role in resisting the crisis and that, according to recent publications, they are playing a vital role in; firmly believes that they offer considerable potential for the improved competitiveness and performance of business, particularly where they are in management, and posts; considers that involving them in the drawing up of recovery plans in order to encourage social cohesion is therefore a matter of particular urgency;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect, but rather must encourage Member States to incorporate that aspect into their employment policies;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 8a (new)
Article 8a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of implementing immediately return to work policies and business sector insertion schemes for these public sector employees, the majority of whom are women whose jobs are under threat from cuts in the public sector budget;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women, in order to increase their participation in the various business sectors, and especially in those economic and financial sectors where women employees are scarce, envisaging specific support measures so women are able to combine their workload, training and family life; recalls the important role played by the European Social Fund in assisting entry into employment through training policies and suggests the Member States and local authorities promote recourse to this fund;
Amendment 135 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to support job creation in the social economy which is dominated by unpaid work by women, and especially to seek out and implement new solutions that raise the profile of non-clandestine informal work;
Amendment 143 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt an action plan to achieve the targets that were set in Barcelona for better childcare provision with the development of company and inter- company crèches; stresses the importance of collective bargaining between management and labour in order to improve the work-life balance at sectoral, national and regional level, and of relaxing the access and attendance conditions for childcare systems associated with categories of jobs performed by women and of setting a minimum period of three month’s notice for childcare placements, so as to enable women to reconcile their family and working lives;
Amendment 147 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 18a (new)
Article 18a (new)
18a. Stresses the need for an even spread in austerity programmes, particularly as regards maintaining healthcare and caring services, in order not to aggravate the care burden on women, which would drag them back into a traditional family role;
Amendment 159 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 19a (new)
Article 19a (new)
19a. Pending EU-wide harmonisation of maternity, paternity and parental leave, calls on the Member States to maintain these and family allowances at the same levels in order not to reduce women’s income, and also to ensure that women’s maternity leave rights are not infringed;
Amendment 164 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 20a (new)
Article 20a (new)
20a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to propose solutions that help women continue in their careers and that combat in particular the wage inequalities arising from maternity periods;
Amendment 169 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 21a (new)
Article 21a (new)
21a. Calls for assistance to women’s organisations and to gender equality organisations to be maintained in order not to compromise the active participation of women in social and political life; so that those organisations and bodies can play a key role in offering support to women and their projects and actively participate in preparing future recovery measures,
Amendment 178 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 24a (new)
Article 24a (new)
24a. Invites the Member States to adopt budgetary instruments that reflect the need for gender equality;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to make greater use of private law instruments to facilitate the provision of social housing, such as long lease arrangements, obviating the need to purchase land for building purposes, and continued individual ownership of social housing by encouraging lessor usufruct arrangements;
Amendment 187 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to make other potential sources of financing available to Member States for the development and renovation of social housing stock as forms of social investment, and to retain the reduced rates of VAT that apply to such investment, given the labour-intensive nature of the sector and its very limited impact on cross-border trade within the EU; urges that consideration be given to applying the same rates of VAT to social housing as to basic necessities;
Amendment 313 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States to establish attractive tax systems to encourage property owners to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, and to refine the definition of ‘decent housing’ in order to counter the trend whereby the most energy-inefficient housing is rented to people on low incomes;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to adapt labour legislation to the economic situation by introducing flexible options and getting rid of pointless texts or those which hamper the labour market;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out in this regard that it is vital to increase flexibility, in particular as regards the use of part-time, of temporary contracts in accordance with the needs of the company, or by providing options to work whilst drawing a pension;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that it is vital for Member States to be inventive by simplifying provisions that are not strictly necessary for the protection of workers and by adapting their legislation to the economic situation;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring greater social cohesion, without neglecting cooperation by companies in achieving this, which could be encouraged notably by allowing them to promote their innovative and virtuous actions in social matters through a label which would attract new investors and promote the development of a European social model in the long term;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Warns that austerity measures should not compromise the quality of employment, nor social protection and health and safety standards; encourages Member states to promote identification of companies and SMEs doing effort to be more socially virtuous than minimal legal obligations.
Amendment 94 #
2012/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States, while pursuing fiscal consolidation, to secensure efficient investments in education lifelong learning and training.
Amendment 11 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. Asks that the involvement of women in running associations for children, the disabled or for people who are dependent, and their commitment to this, may be taken into account in the accreditation of their prior experience, allowing them to avoid career breaks that would reduce the size of their future pension;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. Asks that, where necessary, Member States re-examine social security systems in order to avoid a significant disparity between women’s and men’s pension levels, and that they consider introducing corrective factors that take account of gaps in contributions caused by short- term working;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to reduce the pay differential for men and women with the same skills and the same jobs, as this causes women’s income to lag ever more behind that of men and raises the high number of women living in poverty when they retire or are widowed;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to encourage Member States to recognise in their welfare systems, and when retirement is reached, time spent, by women more often than not, in caring for and supporting dependents;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union’s policy on development cooperation is guided by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, two of those Goalswhich specifically concern women – MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women and MDG 5: Improve maternal health, – while a further three contribute directly to improving the living conditions of women and girls – MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education, MDG 4: Reduce child mortality and MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a tactic of war by armed forces and perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict regions, and notably in certain ACP countries; whereas rape in wartime has been recognised by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, and whereas since 2008 the United Nations Security Council has been committed to combating the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas where more women are engaged in conflict resolution and peace-building processes, they play a key role in peace negotiations, broadening the scope of reconstruction, rehabilitation and peace building;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its satisfaction at the recognition given in various action plans and communications to the key role played in development by gender equality and women’s empowerment, and calls for that priority to be put into practice in the geographic programmes; calls also for better coordination with the thematic programmes financed via Intra-ACP cooperation and the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI);
Amendment 12 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a stepping-up of efforts to achieve the MDGs relating to gender equality and maternal health and requests that measures immediately be considered for the post-2015 period, notably in regard to MDG 3 on gender equality and empowering women and MDG 5 on maternal health, reproductive health and access to family planning;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the move by the UNFPA to set up a high level taskforce to head up the review of the International Conference on Population and Development, particularly in regard to women’s sexual and reproductive rights, their right to reproductive health and combating HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the fact that progress on MDG 2 on education has been mixed as progress has been made in terms of schooling for girls, but not in regard to their completing their studies; calls on the ACP countries and all international partners to devise and implement as priority development policies all the measures necessary for girls to finish primary school and have access to secondary and higher education;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls therefore for enhanced financing for programmes which aim at ensuring all girls have access to education (bearing in mind that female education is a cornerstone in building more egalitarian societies), at promoting women’s economic independence and reducing sexual exploitation of girls and women worldwide;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that democracy entails the full participation by women in public life, as stated in international and regional instruments such as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of women in Africa;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly supports the inclusion of Gender Advisors or Gender Focal Points in EU delegations and common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, and calls on the High Representative/Vice-President to provide them with resources and the appropriate means and spheres of activity;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Affirms the key role of women in democratic transition processes, in state-building and consolidation and in conflict resolution, pacification and stabilisation; encourages the Commission, the EEAS and the ACP countries to promote tangible and voluntary policies that promote the presence of women around negotiating tables and in political and economic decision-making positions;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to apply the performance indicators established in the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development: 1) at least 80 % of funds to include gender-sensitive indicators, 2) at least 75 % of all projects or programmes to score gender as a principle objective (G-2) or gender as a significant objective (G-1), and 3) at least 50 % of indicative multiannual programmes to identify gender-equality related actions;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Asks the Commission to provide the European Parliament with a progress report on implementation of the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for legal rules to be introduced requiring credit institutions to provide a rapid response to a financing request from an SME;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for a simplification of the applicable labour law rules, which, owing to their complexity, can sometimes represent a barrier to employment;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for simple rules to be laid down, except where duly specified, to separate the assets of a company from those of the director, even if the head of the company carries out that activity on an individual basis;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas neurodegenerative diseases are more frequent in the over-65s (they affect about 1 person in 20 after age 65, 1 in 5 after age 80, and 1 in 3 after age 90) and whereas studies show that the Alzheimer’s disease rate among women over 90 is 81.7%, compared with 24% for men;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas age is a risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia); whereas over 7.3 million people in Europe suffer from dementia; whereas studies show that the Alzheimer’s disease rate among women over 90 is 81.7 % (compared with 24% for men);
Amendment 94 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to publish an assessment of the impact of the world financial and economic crisis on elderly women, focusing on access to preventive health care and treatment;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for information concerning health to be disseminated by means of publicity campaigns or health information for Member State nationals, in particular the less favoured sections of the population; urges each Member State to establish by age bracket a list of appropriate medical examinations to be reimbursed in full;
Amendment 104 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regrets the lack of attention being given to the effects on elderly women in Europe of increased alcohol consumption and calls on the Commission and Member States to carry out surveys with a view to dealing with the problem and its impact on their physical and mental health;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the quality of life and dignity of Alzheimer’s patients and their families, taking into account gender-related issues;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern that the suicide rate in the EU is highest among the over-65s and the numbers of suicide attempts are higher for women than for men and that this has grown worse with the economic crisis;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to organise specific training courses for general practitioners and mental health professionals, including doctors, psychologists, and nurses, on the prevention and treatment of depressive disordersneurodegenerative disorders and the treatment of depressive disorders, focusing on the additional challenges facing elderly women;
Amendment 137 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to ensure that welfare protection schemes, including health insurance, takes account of unemployment and social difficulties affecting women so that they are not left unprotected;
Amendment 140 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to further develop online health services so as to help make it possible for elderly women, who are often isolated for reasons of mobility, to remain independent and continue living at home and make health services more accessible to them;
Amendment 143 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for medical studies to include wider training in listening skills and psychology; calls for social workers also to be more closely involved in this policy of prevention;
Amendment 149 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts to disseminate an EU-wide culture of prevention through specific information and awareness campaigns aimed at schools, universities, workplaces, and centres for the elderly, drawing on the cooperation of professionals, local authorities, and NGOs;
Amendment 169 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the fact that 97% of health budgets is earmarked for the treatment of non-communicable diseases and only 3% for investment in prevention at a time when the cost of therapies and diagnosis is continuing to rise; calls on Member States accordingly to earmark a greater part of their health budget to prevention activities;
Amendment 175 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws to the attention of the Member States that elderly women are even more vulnerable to mistreatment and urges the Member States to step up measures to prevent abuse of elderly people in the home or in institutions;
Amendment 185 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for action to be taken accordingly, in the form of information and education at school and through health messages, regarding the importance of ensuring correct nutrition and the health risks of failure to do so;
Amendment 191 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to formulate public information campaigns regarding Alzheimer’s disease (that is to say the disease itself and possibilities of treatment and care) in cooperation with national and European Alzheimer associations;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Strategy for equality between women and men 2010- 2015’ (COM(2010)0491)
Amendment 79 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly supports the recognition, in the Commission communication, that ‘helping to mitigate the social effects of the current crisis’ is part of the social responsibility of enterprises; calls on businesses to undertake initiatives for youth job creationthe creation of jobs for women and youth as a practical example of their commitment;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Multi-stakeholder Forum to consider possible courses of action in response to the growing casualisation of employment with a special focus on women’s employment, enforced part-time working in place of full-time employment, the rise in exploitative work through increased sub- contracting and the resurgence of the informal sector, all of which are a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that business closures and retrenchment are jeopardising some of the gains made through CSR in terms of the employment of marginalised groups in society; calls on the Commission to undertake a major analysis of the social impact of the crisis on such initiatives, including a gender based approach;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Resolution of 29 June 1978 on an action programme of the European Communities on safety and health at work, in particular article 41 __________________ 1 4. Develop a preventive and protective action for substances recognized as being carcinogenic, by fixing exposure limits, sampling requirements and measuring methods, and satisfactory conditions of hygiene at the work place, and by specifying prohibitions where necessary.
Amendment 19 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas local communities lack expertise and have serious shortcomings in the execution of prevention, surveillance and enforcement tasks, which are often too fragmented;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas asbestos exposure is a threat to the general population and causes diseases to a recognised extent1; __________________ 1 A parliamentary committee concluded in 1978 after an 18-month investigatory period that asbestos presented ‘a danger both to workers in the asbestos industry and to those exposed in other situations’ (European Parliament 1978)
Amendment 32 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU to develop models for monitoring existing asbestos in private and public buildings including residential and non-residential housing, land, infrastructure, logistics and piping;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU to establish action plans for owners of public buildings for the safe removal of asbestos by 2032 and to encourage private house owners to audit their premises for ACMs;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to propose a specific directive with minimum requirements for the vocational training of construction and maintenance workers and management, including construction professionals who are working incidentally with asbestos;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for offenders to be prosecuted and punished, and therefore for any obstacles to such action which may be contained in national criminal law to be surveyed and abolished;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a proposal to amend Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to carcinogens and mutagens at work, ensuring that the health of workers at risk of being exposed to carcinogens be protected and safeguarded through the promotion and exchange of best practices in prevention and diagnosis;
Amendment 101 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for recognition procedures to be simplified and facilitated;
Amendment 103 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU to ensure that all asbestos-related occupational diseasdiseases, including pleural plaques, are recognised and compensated for;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls, more generally, for the concept of health and safety of employees to be taken into account by national law and to constitute a performance obligation for employers with reference to Framework Directive 89/931/EC;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. 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 WTO, and to exert diplomatic and financial pressure on asbestos-exporting countries to shut down asbestos mining industries and to stop the illegal and unethical practice of exporting end-of-life ships containing asbestos;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Condemns European financial investment in global asbestos industries;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. 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 39 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, the ‘Orientations for reference in managing change and its social consequences’ drawn up by the social partners in October 2003 have however not been followed by any significantlegislative measure leading to the practical implementation and concrete application of those guidelines, with the exception of two cycles of national seminars held by the social partners in the framework of their pluriannual work programmes;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1 Recital 1
Recommendation 1 Recital 1
(1) When dealing with anticipation, preparation and management of restructuring, companies, workers' representatives and the other stakeholders, each in their respective capacity and competence, and at a moment which corresponds to their different responsibilities, act in a spirit of cooperation, based on timely and comprehensive information and consultation.
Amendment 86 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1 Recital 2
Recommendation 1 Recital 2
(2) Anticipation, preparation and management of change must take place in the context of strengthening social dialogue and with a view to promoting change in a manner compatible with the preservation of the priority objectives of competitiveness and employment.
Amendment 92 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 4
Recommendation 1, Recital 4
(4) Restructuring is facilitated and its impact softened when companies develop on a regular or permanent basis the skills and competences of their workers.
Amendment 99 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
(6) It is a widely recognised that any restructuring operation should be subject toaccompanied by an explanation and of justification to the stakeholders.
Amendment 106 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 8
Recommendation 1, Recital 8
(8) The active involvementcooperation and assistance of public authorities at the relevant level in the preparation and management, management and above all implementation of restructuring operations contributes greatly to limiting their negative impact.
Amendment 116 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 10
Recommendation 1, Recital 10
(10) Such an Union framework should apply to major restructuring operations of companies and groups of companies, those which employ on the territory of the Union at least 500 workers, and to restructuring operations of a implying either an important number of workers or an important percerntain dimension, covering at least 100 workers in a single company or 500 employege of the staff of those companies, in a company and its dependent companies or one or more Member States over a period of three monthslimited amount of time.
Amendment 126 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 2, paragraph 1
Recommendation 2, paragraph 1
1. The purpose of the Directive is to promote and facilitate information and consultation in economic change and improve the way in which companies, employees' representatives, public authorities and other relevant stakeholders, each with different responsibility and a sequenced role in the process of restructuring, throughout the Union anticipate, prepare and manage in a socially responsible way corporate restructuring.
Amendment 139 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point b
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point b
(b) "dependent companies" mean companies in a situation of substantial dependence of the ones above by reasons of subcontracting, supply contract and others;
Amendment 149 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point f
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point f
(f) "public authorities" mean bodies of the public administration at the relevant level, as designated by Member States, including local employment services;
Amendment 158 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 2
Recommendation 3, paragraph 2
2. The present Directive covers restructuring operations affecting at least 100either a certain amount of employees in a singlwithin the company or 500 employees in a company and its dependent companiesthe group of companies, or a certain percentage of the same in one or more Member States over a period of three limited amounths of time.
Amendment 177 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 4, paragraph 3
Recommendation 4, paragraph 3
3. To that end, companies shall recognise the right of every employee to benefit from appropriate training in order to anticipate changed job requirements within companies. Employees shall recognise that education and lifelong learning are necessary to enhance their employability and shall accept relevant training offers.
Amendment 195 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b
(b) multiannual plans of employment and skills development covering the followingmost relevant areas:
Amendment 212 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 3
Recommendation 5, paragraph 3
3. Every employee shall be offered a given number of hours of training per year to be determined by law or collective agreement. Any refusal to accept that offer by employees shall only be permitted on justified grounds. However, the training needs should be mainly identified through 5-year skill-assessment, to check that their employability is maintained.
Amendment 216 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 4
Recommendation 5, paragraph 4
4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 above do not apply to companies and employees covered by an agreement, concluded at the relevant level and with the relevant parties, on the procedures for anticipating and skills or assessment forward-looking planning of employment and skills needs.
Amendment 232 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 6, paragraph 1
Recommendation 6, paragraph 1
1. Except in circumstances where restructuring is triggered by unforeseen or sudden events, any restructuring operation shall be preceded by an appropriate preparation with all the stakeholders concernedconducted with all the stakeholders concerned, according to their respective competences, with a view to preventing or alleviating its economic, social and local impact.
Amendment 246 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 6, paragraph 2 a (new)
Recommendation 6, paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the context of any restructuring the impact on dismissals should be dealt with as a priority, with a clear and transparent commitment by the company with regard to employment.
Amendment 279 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 8, paragraph 1
Recommendation 8, paragraph 1
1. When the need to restructure occursis seen, on the basis of objective criteria, to exist as a result of the need to preserve their competitiveness and long-term prosperity, companies shall consider redundancies only as last resort and only after considering all possible alternative options and identifying and, where available, implementing supporting measures.
Amendment 280 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 8, paragraph 2
Recommendation 8, paragraph 2
2. In particular, companies shall consider the followingall relevant options as alternatives and engage into a dialogue with internal and external stakeholders to try and associate them to the solution for redundancies:
Amendment 287 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 8, paragraph 2, point e
Recommendation 8, paragraph 2, point e
(e) internal or external redeploymentclassification within the group of companies or other companies not belonging to the group;
Amendment 292 #
2012/2061(INI)
3. When redundancies cannot be avoided or as part of the package to be implemented in the context of alternative options, companies, with the assistance of local authorities and public/private employment services, shall make available to the employees concerned measures that aim to enhance their employability and help them to re-enter the labour market as quickly as possible. Particular attention shall be given by the public authorities to the quality of the social plan and in particular to training measures, assistance for voluntary departure and measures for women and older employees. Severance payments made by the company which have the nature of damages to compensate for the injury suffered by the employee shall be dealt with specifically in each Member State’s legislation. The amount of such payments shall be greater than that provided for in the case of individual dismissal. Furthermore, the sums paid shall be exempt from social contributions and tax.
Amendment 320 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1
1. Public authorities and employment services at different levels shall intervencontribute in an anticipation and management capacity by:
Amendment 332 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 2
Recommendation 11, paragraph 2
2. Public authorities shall monitorand employment services shall assist or advice the mechanisms for long-term planning and multi-annual plans of employment and skills needs developed within companies, notably in organizing skill assessment for all employees concerned.
Amendment 340 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point a
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point a
a) create permanent bodies, networks or observatories to monitor change processes and provide free skill assessment, in priority for employees suffering from lack of employability;
Amendment 346 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point b
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point b
b) promote territorial employment pacts aimed at favouring employment creation and adaptation and try to attract investment by all means;
Amendment 349 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point c
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point c
c) promote or create mechanisms facilitating employment transitions, including by company networking and exchange of good practices;
Amendment 373 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 1
Recommendation 14, paragraph 1
1. Companies shall monitortry to develop knowledge, on a permanent basis, in co- operation with external bodies and authorities, the psycho- social health of employees affected by restructuring processes, both redundant employees and those staying in the company, in a spirit of prevention.
Amendment 379 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 2
Recommendation 14, paragraph 2
2. Companies shall create tools for the regular evaluation and reporting on their restructuring practices, in co-operation with employees' representatives and when appropriate, with the external organisations involved in that process.
Amendment 406 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 2
Recommendation 16, paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide that companies that do not comply with the provisions resulting from the Directive shall not benefit from any funding in provenance of European Union budget in the five-year period following a judicial decision recognising the breach. Member States will also ensure that the public authorities and all bodies depending on its own authority, provide the assistance or advice which is required from them in order to ease and facilitate a smooth process of restructuring, in order to minimize the impact.
Amendment 11 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas at all levels of training, the percentage of men with jobs is higher than it is for women, even though the latter may be at an equal level of training, or higher, than that of the men;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. Whereas creating a balance between work and family life is essential if women are to find work in the service sector as in all other professional sectors;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls upon Member States to ensure that the public sector has an exemplary attitude regarding equal access to employment in the public service and especially to management positions.
Amendment 41 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for education of young people for the promotion of equality between men and women and for the fight against stereotypes to begin at school;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that a rise in the educational level of women has not always beenis seldom matched by them moving up the hierarchy at work or an improvement in their conditions of employment, so much so that over- qualification could be said to exist in the female population;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for an end to the glass ceiling in public service that prevents women from gaining positions of high responsibility, the public sector must play an exemplary role in this field;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the economic crisis hasmay lead to a reduction in gender equality measures, which together with the fact that male employment rates tend to recover more quickly than they do for women, is having a negative impact on women’s employment in the service sector, on their career and their pension;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Hopes that it will be made easier for all workers. and in particular for workers in small businesses, to join a mutual society, and that they will be encouraged to do so;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Hopes, in that case, that a worker’s membership of a system of mutual societies will be encouraged by exemptions from social security contributions or by tax relief;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that EU public funds should be used, to a much higher degree, for greendurable collective uses;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the abolconditioning of EU subsidies to environmentally hazardous activitiesactivities that benefit the environment and social durability;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to focus its research efforts, a vital lever, in order to finance innovative durable transport projects;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to promote remote working by means of social and tax incentives, and by providing a protective legal framework for workers;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. With each local situation differing, calls for statistical data to be compiled prior to the development of any transport hierarchy in order to measure the environmental impact of public and private methods of transport, and calls on the public authority to be exemplary in this matter.
Amendment 37 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on Member States to integrate the impact of the use of transport by public authorities in the state audits carried out by the Chambers of Audit;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on Member States to use and develop ways to encourage women to choose courses and careers in the environmental, transport and energy sectors; whilst determinedly fighting stereotypes that favour careers in science for men;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that for women to participate in the green economy on the same terms as men, there is a need for increased childcare and elderly care centres, that both women and men must be able to combine work and familyreconcile family and working life, and that women’s sexual and reproductive rights must be ensured;
Amendment 101 #
2012/2011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The measures taken shall be proportionate to the aim sought. In the context of recruitment, the measures taken shall be directly and necessarily linked to the employment offered or the assessment of professional aptitude. The employee shall be informed of the methods used and the confidential nature of the data in every case.
Amendment 168 #
2012/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
– models and principles for employee and stakeholder participation;
Amendment 173 #
2012/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
- while profit-making in general is allowed and even supporteds can be generated by social business, profits, operating surpluses, funds and reserves are primarily to be reinvested in quality, innovation and the development of services instead of the remuneration of shareholders and investors;
Amendment 196 #
2012/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Declares that even if social enterprises do not exclusively offer social products and services, their entrepreneurial objective willmust seek greater includesion, e.g. the inclusion and work integration of vulnerable groups, the provision of socio- pedagogic assistance or the (re)integration of persons with disabilities through training or sheltered workshops;
Amendment 210 #
2012/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the ‘EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation for 2014- 2020’, with its Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis, willmay play a very important role in the effort to guarantee better access to micro-credit; however, this programme should take into account the diversity of the funding needs of social enterprises depending on their different activities;
Amendment 24 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation ofand material deprivation, particularly among the homeless and children.
Amendment 29 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework, the Commission should establish, by means of implementing acts, an annual breakdown of global resources by Member State using an objective and transparent method reflecting disparities in terms of poverty, relative poverty and material deprivation.
Amendment 33 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The operational programme of each Member State should identify and justify the forms of material deprivation to be addressed, and describe the objectives and features of the assistance to the most deprived persons that will be provided through the support of national schemes. ItFood insecurity should be the form of deprivation which Member States tackle before all others. The programme should also include elements necessary to ensure its effective and efficient implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 35 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund, ex ante and ex post evaluations should be conducted. Those evaluations should be supplemented by surveys on the most deprived persons who have benefited from the operational programme and, if necessary, by evaluations during the programming period. The responsibilities of Member States and the Commission in this respect should be specified.
Amendment 37 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Citizens have the right to know how the Union’s financial resources are invested and to what effects. For the purpose of ensuring wide dissemination of information about the achievements of the Fund and to ensure accessibility and transparency of funding opportunities, detailed rules about information and communication, especially in relation to the responsibilities of the Member States and the beneficiaries, should be set out in such a way that the dignity of the end recipients is not undermined.
Amendment 41 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Uniform and, equitable and simple rules on the eligibility period, operations and expenditures for the Fund should be applied across the Union. The conditions of eligibility should reflect the specific nature of the Fund’s objectives and target populations, notably through simple and adequate conditions of eligibility of the operations as well as forms of support and rules and conditions of reimbursement.
Amendment 42 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 2 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex IInot less than the 2007-2013 allocation for the European food aid programme for deprived persons.
Amendment 46 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In order to ensure broad support within society for the most deprived persons and to tackle food waste, Member States should remove obstacles to the donation of food or basic consumer goods by firms to food banks, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.
Amendment 48 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In accordance with the principle of shared management, Member States should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control system, for the implementation and control of their operational programme, while seeking at all times to improve effectiveness and reduce bureaucracy.
Amendment 52 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund, ex ante and ex post evaluations should be conducted. Those evaluations should be supplemented by surveys, including data broken down by gender and by age, on the most deprived persons who have benefited from the operational programme and, if necessary, by evaluations during the programming period. The responsibilities of Member States and the Commission in this respect should be specified.
Amendment 56 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Union budget commitments should be effected annually. In order to ensure effective programme management, it is necessary to lay down simple common rules for interim payment requests, the payment of the annual balance and the final balance.
Amendment 59 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3
Article 3
The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union by providing non- financial assistance to the most deprived persons. This objective shall be measured by the number of persons receiving assistance from the Fund. In order to better identify requirements and improve the Fund’s provisions for the most deprived, the Commission and the Member States shall be asked to provide beneficiary data broken down by gender and by age.
Amendment 62 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In order to ensure that delays in the implementation of this Regulation at the beginning of 2014 do not lead to a sudden drop-off in food aid, the Commission should take the transitional measures necessary to guarantee that persons dependent on food aid are not at risk of food poverty.
Amendment 63 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter ‘the Fund’) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 and determines the objectives of the Fund, the scope of its support, the financial resources available and the criteria for their allocation and lays down the rules necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the Fundat the Fund is effective and easy to implement.
Amendment 66 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) '‘partner organisations'’ means public bodies or non-for-profit organisations that deliver the food orand possibly other essential goods directly or through other partner organisations to the most deprived persons, and whose operations have been selected by the managing authority in accordance with Article 29(3)(b);
Amendment 72 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
(8) The Commission and the Member States shall ensure the effectiveness of the Fund, in particular through monitoring, reporting and evaluation, providing details broken down by gender and by age.
Amendment 74 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3
Article 3
The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, and first and foremost food insecurity, by providing non- financial assistance to the most deprived persons. This objective shall be measured by the number of persons receiving assistance from the Fund.
Amendment 78 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Fund shall support national schemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of the most deprived persons, in particular homeless persons or of children, are distributed to the most deprived persons through partner organisations selected by Member States.
Amendment 91 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
(9) The Commission and the Member States shall carry out their respective roles in relation to the Fund with the aim, placing greater emphasis ofn reducing the administrative burden for beneficiaries.
Amendment 106 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 23 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.
Amendment 133 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of the operational programme with this Regulation and its contribution to the objectives of the Fund, taking into account the ex ante evaluation carried out in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 139 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 140 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 141 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 142 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt the template for the annual implementation report, including the list of common indicators and for the final implementation report by means of implementing act. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 60(2).
Amendment 143 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission may address observations to a Member State concerning the implementation of the operational programme. The managing authority shall within three months inform the Commission of the corrective measures taken.
Amendment 144 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Amendment 148 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. 1. Member States shall provide the resources necessary for carrying out evaluations, and shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations, including data related to the common indicators referred to in Article 11.
Amendment 149 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Article 14
Amendment 153 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 154 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may carry out, at its own initiative, evaluation of operational programmes where it has evidence suggesting any irregularity in their implementation.
Amendment 206 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a 1. Member States shall carry out administrative and physical checks to ensure that operational programmes are implemented in compliance with the applicable rules and shall establish the penalties applicable in the event of irregularities. 2. Member States shall fulfil the management, control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in the rules on shared management set out in the Financial Regulation and this Regulation. 3. Member States shall prevent, detect and correct irregularities and shall recover amounts unduly paid, together with any interest on late payments. 4. Member States shall establish and implement a procedure for the independent examination and resolution of complaints concerning the selection or implementation of operations cofinanced by the Fund.
Amendment 207 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Amendment 210 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 212 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 218 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
Amendment 220 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 222 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
Article 34
Amendment 237 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48
Article 48
Amendment 264 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 a (new)
Article 60 a (new)
Article 60a The Commission shall take the necessary financial and regulatory measures, if need be through budgetary redeployment, early pre-financing or prolongation of Regulation (EC) No 121/2012, in order to ensure the continuity of the MDP from 2013 to 2014 in the event of delays in the implementation of this regulation.
Amendment 145 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply only certain control measures or administrative formalities toimpose on undertakings posting workers for the provision of services. Such measures and requirements ma any conly be imposed provided that the competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory task effectively without the requested information and the necessary information cannot be obtained easily from the employer of posted workers or the authorities in the Member State of establishment of the service provider within a reasonable delay and/or less restrictive measures would not ensure that the objectives of the national controls measures deemed necessary are attainedtrol measures or administrative formalities which are regarded as appropriate and necessary.
Amendment 146 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply only certaina given level of harmonisation of the control measures or administrative formalities to undertakings posting workers for the provisshould be guaranteed. Beyond that minimum requirement, Member States should be free to take any measures they deem appropriate to monitor compliance with the conditions governing the work of undertakings which are service providers on their territory and the terms and conditions of services. Suchemployment of posted workers. These control measures and requirements may only be imposed provided that the competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory task effectively without the requested information and the necessary information cannot be obtained easily from the employer of posted workers or the authorities in the Member State of establishment of the service provider within a reasonable delay and/or less restrictive measures would not ensure that the objectives of the national controls measures deemed necessary are attained.
Amendment 147 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply only certainany control measures or administrative formalities to undertakings posting workers for the provision of services deemed to be effective and necessary for that purpose. Such measures and requirements may only be imposed provided that the competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory task effectively without the requested information and the necessary information cannot be obtained easily from the employer of posted workers or the authorities in the Member State of establishment of the service provider within a reasonable delay and/or less restrictive measures would not ensure that the objectives of the national controls measures deemed necessary are attained.
Amendment 176 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in the constructiocertain sectors, and in order to protect posted workers' rights, it is necessary to ensure that in such sector at least the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor can be held liable to pay to posted workers the net minimum rates of pay due, any back- payments of outstanding remuneration and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement in so far as these are covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC in addition to or in place of the employer. The contractor shall not be held liable if he/she has undertaken due diligence. The latter may imply preventive measures concerning proof provided by the subcontractor, including where relevant based upon information emanating from national authorities.
Amendment 177 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In view of the increasing prevalence of subcontracting in the construction sectortext of cross-border service provision, and in order to protect posted workers' rights, it is necessary to ensure that in such sector at least the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor can be held liable to pay to posted workers the net minimum rates of pay due, any back- payments of outstanding remuneration and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement in so far as these are covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC in addition to or in place of the employer. The contractor shall not be held liable if he/she has undertaken due diligence. The latter may imply preventive measures concerning proof provided by the subcontractor, including where relevant based upon information emanating from national authorities.
Amendment 185 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 200 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Public and private end-clients also have a duty of care and a role to play in ensuring that the rights of posted workers are upheld where those workers are directly employed by the contractor. The joint and several liability instrument established for contractors whose posted workers are employed by the subcontractor should apply in the same way to clients whose posted workers are employed by the contractor, since it may be that workers posted by that contractor are in the same situation as workers employed by an undertaking established in the Member State of establishment of the client with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld. These arrangements should not apply, however, to private individuals, who are not in a position to carry out the same checks as business end-clients.
Amendment 273 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the place where the undertaking has its registered office and administration, uses office space, pays taxes and social security, has a professional licence or is registered with the chambers of commerce or professional bodies,
Amendment 298 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) the abnormally limited number of contracts performed and/or size of turnover realised in the Member State of establishment.
Amendment 402 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a If the criteria laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article are not met, all the laws, rules and collective agreements of the host Member State shall apply to the workers concerned.
Amendment 416 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission and the Member States shall financially support joint initiatives of the relevant social partners, at the European and national level, to set up joint instruments which are aimed to inform undertakings and workers on the applicable terms and conditions to be respected according to Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 435 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) make the information available to workers and service providers in languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are provided, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities, and specifying the competent authority which the posted worker may apply to in cases of non-compliance with the relevant legislation;
Amendment 441 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) indicate, if possible, a contact person at the liaison office in charge of dealing with requests for information; and makes sure that all necessary information is made available for the posting company and posted workers;
Amendment 449 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Where, in accordance with national law, traditions and practices, the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC are laid down in collective agreements in accordance with article 3 paragraph 1 and 8 of that Directive, Member States should ensure that the social partners shall identify these and make the relevant information, in particular concerning the different minimum rates of pay andservice providers from other Member States and posted workers are informed of these rules in an accessible and transparent way, and may, to that end, involve the social partners. The information shall specify their constituent elements of the minimum rate of pay, the method used to calculate the remuneration due and the qualifying criteria for classification in the different wage categories, , available in an accessible and transparent way for service providers from other Member States and posted workers.
Amendment 468 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The cooperation of the Member States shall in particular consist in replying without delay to reasoned requests for information and to carry out checks, inspections and investigations from competent authorities with respect to the situations of posting referred to in Article 1 (3) of Directive 96/71/EC, including investigation of any abuses of applicable rules on the posting of workers or possible cases of unlawful transnational activities.
Amendment 486 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission and the Member States shall provide financial support for joint initiatives taken by the social partners concerned, at European and national levels, with a view to establishing joint arrangements for informing undertakings and workers of the terms and conditions with which they need to comply under Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 524 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may onlyshall at least impose the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 526 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may onlyshall at least impose the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 527 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may only imposeshall impose at least the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 545 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities at the latest atbefore the commencement of the service provision, whereby the declaration may only covershall cover at least: (i) the identity of the service provider, the presence of one or more clearly identifiable posted workers, their anticipated number,(ii) the anticipated number of and particulars for each of the posted workers, (iii) the anticipated duration and location of twheir presence, andre the service is to be provided, and (iv) the services justifying the posting;
Amendment 550 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities at the latest atbefore the commencement of the service provision, whereby the declaration may only covershall cover at least the identity of the service provider, the presence of one or more clearly identifiable posted workers, their anticipated number, theanticipated number of clearly and individually identifiable posted workers, the designated contact person, the beginning, anticipated duration and location of their presencewhere the service is to be provided, and the services justifying the posting;
Amendment 561 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form, during the period of posting, of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting, forms providing information on the membership to a social security network in the country of origin or the full contact details of the social security body to which the posted workers are affiliated during their stay in the host member country (Regulations 883/2004 EC and 987/2009 EC), certificate of fitness for work issued by a qualified Occupational Health Service from the country of origin, in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
Amendment 563 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), A1 forms, work and residence permits of third country nationals, payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
Amendment 572 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a translation of the documents referred to under (b), may be justified provided these documents are not excessively long and standardised forms are generally used for such documents in one of the official languages of the host State;
Amendment 594 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an obligation to designate a contact person who can be contacted by the competent authorities of the Member State and who is authorised to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the Member State to which the posting takes place, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.
Amendment 601 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall be free to lay down administrative requirements and control measures over and above those under points (b) and (c) provided that those requirements and measures are consistent with the Union’s principles of proportionality and necessity and on the understanding that Member States inform service providers of the new provisions in a precise, clear and accessible way;
Amendment 609 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the necessity and appropriateness of the application of national control measures shall be reviewed by the European Commission in the light of the experiences with and effectiveness of the system for cooperation and exchange of information, the development of more uniform, standardised documents, the establishment of common principles or standards for inspections in the field of the posting of workers as well as technological developments, with a view to assessing the necessity and feasibility of an EU-wide digital prior notification system and to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.
Amendment 610 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the necessity and appropriateness of the application of national control measures shall be reviewed in the light of the experiences with and effectiveness of the system for cooperation and exchange of information, the development of more uniform, standardised documents, the establishment of common principles or standards for inspections in the field of the posting of workers as well as technological developments, with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.
Amendment 621 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that appropriateffective checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections shall be based primarily on a risk assessment to be drawn up regularly by the competent authorities. The risk assessment shall identify the sectors of activity in which the employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. When making such risk assessment the realisation of big infrastructural projects, the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringement, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers shall be taken into account.
Amendment 625 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections shall be based primarily on a risk assessment to be drawn up regularly by the competent authorities. The risk assessment shall identify the sectors of activity in which the employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. When making such risk assessment the realisation of big infrastructural projects, the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringement, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers shall be taken into account.
Amendment 628 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections shallmay be based primarilyin particular on a risk assessment to be drawn up regularly by the competent authorities. The risk assessment shallmay identify the sectors of activity in which the employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. When making such risk assessment the realisation of big infrastructural projects, the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringement, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers shallmay be taken into particular account.
Amendment 709 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the followMember States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a company that is instructing another company directly with the provision of services on its behalf is held liable for its direct subcontractor regarding:
Amendment 714 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, fFor all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non– discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non- payment of the following:
Amendment 724 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 point a a (new)
(aa) Any outstanding travel, board and lodging/ accommodation costs unduly withheld by the employer.
Amendment 751 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall apply equally to the final customer, unless a private individual, vis-à-vis their contractor.
Amendment 759 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 778 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The requesting authority may, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in its own Member State, request the competent authority in another Member State to recover a penalty or fine or notify a decision imposing a penalty or a fine, in so far as the relevant laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in the requested authority’s Member State allow such action for similar claims or decisions.
Amendment 816 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may continue to apply bilateral arrangements concerning administrative cooperation between their competent authorities as regards the application and monitoring of the terms and conditions of employment applicable to posted workers referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC, in so far as these arrangements do not adversely affect the rights and obligations of the workers and companies concerned.
Amendment 823 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. In the context of bilateral agreements referred to in paragraph 2, competent authorities of the Member States shall use IMI as much as possible. In any event, where a competent authority in one of the Member States concerned has used IMI, it shall be used for any follow-up required and shall take precedence over the mechanism(s) foreseen in such a bilateral agreement with respect to administrative cooperation and mutual assistance.
Amendment 831 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
No later than 5 years after the expiry of the deadline for transposition, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the implementation of this Directive, making appropriate proposals where necessary. Risk assessments drawn up regularly by the competent authorities shall be provided with the report in order to identify the sectors of activity in which employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. These risk assessments shall make it possible to produce a map, at EU level, of the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringements, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers.
Amendment 36 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to design and implement effective multifaceted strategies for achieving parity in participation in political decision making and leadership at all levels, especially in the areas ofin all areas including macro- economic policy, trade, labour, budgets, defence and foreign affairs, through indicators, quantified targets, clear action plans and regular monitoring mechanisms followed up with corrective measures where the set targets are not met;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a pledge whereby political parties at European and national level will take measures to achieve real parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists, paying attention, where applicable, to the position of women candidates on these lists;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the role of political parties as key factors in the promotion of parity; calls in consequence for the Member States to require national parties, where appropriate, to set quotas and apply rank-ordering rules to electoral candidate lists for national and EU elections, and to define and enforce appropriateffective sanctions for non-compliance, such as not funding the campaigns of candidates who do not respect these rules;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to launch parity-targeting campaigns as of 2013 well ahead of the upcoming national and European parliamentary elections;
Amendment 81 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support parity by proposing a woman and a man as their candidates for the office of European Commissioner; calls on the President of the Commission to aim atchieve parity when forming the Commission;
Amendment 105 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to enable women and men to take an active part in political decision making by promoting a balance between family life and working life by means of measures such as sharing the costs of parenthood equally between both parents’ employers, and calls on the Commission to support equal access to services, minimum income and freedom from gender-based violence by appropriate legislative proposals in the form of directives;
Amendment 113 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the importance of preferential treatment and special measures in promoting the representation of people from different backgrounds and vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities, migrant women and members of ethnic and sexual minorities, in decision- making positions;
Amendment 129 #
2011/2295(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take measures to increase their cooperation with other actors at international level, such as UN WOMEN and the Inter-parliamentary Union, in order to promote balanced representation of women at all levels in political life, in governments and in national parliaments, as well as at regional and local level and in local authorities;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the causes of the gender pay gap are complex, multiple and often interrelated and go far beyond the single issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value; whereas these causes include direct and indirect discrimination, as well as social and economic factors such as occupational and sectoral segregation in the labour market, undervaluing of women’s work, inequality in the balancing of work and private life, and traditions and stereotyping, including in the choice of educational paths and, in educational guidance, access to trades and professions and in employment patterns; whereas, according to expert analysis, discrimination, direct and indirect, is responsible for approximately half the difference;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce the recast Directive 2006/54/EC consistently and to encourage the private and public sector to play a more active role in closing the gender pay gap;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to act in an exemplary manner themselves in regard to combating unequal pay for women in general government, public institutions and public companies;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas preventing and combating violence against women, children, and young people are still as pressing a concern today as they were in 1997, the year when the Daphne initiative was adopted; whereas since it was established, the programme has thrown light on new forms of violence, including violence at day-nurseries, ill-treatment of the elderly, and sexual assault among teenagers;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas new forms of violence have arisen more recently from the growing use of online social networks;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Wishes to see the programme’s objectives retained in the 2013-–2020 period,; maintains that its funding must be held at a level comparable to that of the earlier programmes and that its profile within the new- generation programme must remain high, bearing in mind its successes, its effectiveness, and its popularity;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls also on the Member States and interested partners, working with the Commission, to help achieve the goal of improving the spread of programmes across the Member States;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to channel more funding into projects aimed at alerting the young in particular to the new forms of violence linked to the growing use of online social networks (threats, psychological pressures, bullying, Internet child pornography), which are more insidious but just as likely to cause physical or mental injury;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to gather data regularly on violence against women in order to clarify the extent of the problem;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Member States to gather data regularly on violence against women in order to clarify the extent of the problem;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for the ‘most favoured European woman’ clause to be invoked for the purpose of compiling a comparative table of legislation setting out the best laws in each Member State on violence against women with a view to making that body of law enforceable;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls for the ‘most favoured European woman’ clause to be invoked for the purpose of compiling a comparative table of legislation setting out the best laws in each Member State on violence against women with a view to making that body of law enforceable;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Hopes that in the future it will still be possible for a large number of small NGOs to be involvedmore fully involved and backed up in partnerships of associations, as they often play a major role in identifying less well-known, taboo or new problems and in finding innovative ways to tackle them, as well as in protecting and supporting victims;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 105 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, despite countless campaigns, targets and measures in recent years, the gender pay gap remains stubbornly wide, women across the EU earn 17.5% less on average than men and there has only been a marginal reduction of the gender pay gap in the last few years; calls on the Member States to re-double their efforts to put European measures in place with the aim of closing this gap;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 14 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should focus on economic and social reforms with employmentand reforms of education programmes, with job creation and promotion at the centre and labour standards as pre- requisites for financial support;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Actively supports the current process of relaunching the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the governance arrangements recently put in place; calls for UfM projects to receive more, and more targeted, financial input from the funds authorised under the ENP’s funding instruments;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports Parliament’s role in the ENP while noting the increased pressure on MEPs and Parliament’s services ofith regard to maintaining effectively the growing number of multilateral and bilateral forms of parliamentary cooperation; urges continual assessment of the added value and practical organisation of EuroNest and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assemblynderlines that the multilateral parliamentary assemblies, such as EuroNest and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM), are crucial vectors of confidence- and coherence- building between the EU and the partner countries and among the partner countries themselves; emphasises the need for the PA-UfM to be recognised as the legitimate parliamentary institution of the UfM;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that ENP should support states in their own efforts to tackle urgent labour-market issues such as supply- demand mismatches, informal employment and gender imbalances with the expertise and collaboration of the EU and the international organisations that deal with reforming labour markets and developing social policies;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of job creation but recalls the need toat the development and the close involvement of the private sector, notably small and medium-sized enterprises, are a key lever for job creation and a vital tool for copeing effectively with and preventing the illegal migration of the jobless;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to continue the dialogue on support for access to the EU labour market, underlines the usefulness of controlled circular mobility for both the third countries and the EU, and asks for measures to avoid a potential brain drainprevent a potential brain drain; stresses, in particular, the need for better dissemination of information on the existing legal possibilities as regards mobility and migration, and on the opportunities for using the available competences that are necessary for the labour market;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to promote fully independentce of the social partners throughin terms of their creation and their development through various instruments including financial support, training, creation of networks and capacity-building measures;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to support administrationve capacity building in employment and social affairs, which will ensure better prepareation for and leading the reforms;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StresseRegrets that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4% and that 17.4% of these have only completed primary school;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to 10% of early school leavers in the EU, one of the headline targets of the EU 2020 Strategy, would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment and in improving the employment rate, since currently 52% of school leavers are unemployed; considers that reducing the early school leaving rate by only 1% could boost the number of qualified potential employees by 500 000;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the long-term economic and social effects of early school leaving, leading to a lack of skilled labour force throughout the European economy, an increased risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, therefore, on the Member States to draw up policies as quickly as possible with a view to establishing new jobs based on new skills;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Commission should present to the committeeParliament in a year’s time a survey, assessment and evaluation of national reform programmes, specifying the means established to tackle unemployment, for example apprenticeship, work-study programmes, professional mentoring, etc, and including employment projections by sector and skill level;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the challenge of early school leaving is different within and between the Member States, with large differences in early school leaving rates between the Member States; Urges the Member States to carry out an analysis of the problem of early school leaving, while taking due account of data protection, and to develop appropriate packages of measures for prevention, intervention and compensation;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling; takes the view and that teaching staff should therefore be qualified for this purpose;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that early school leavers should be approached by the competent employment authority as quickly as possible after dropping out of school to provide them with the necessary information about their options; notes the importance of giving them a perspective through individual support and to prevent a life of long-term unemployment and social exclusion;
Amendment 110 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes, in the context of the 2012 EU budget, that a pilot project aimed atbe set up for the purpose of integrating early school leavers successfully into the labour market;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages Member States to reduce early school leaving by exchange of experience and good practice on the national and European level;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the Structural Funds for early school leavers., in particular the European Social Fund (ESF), for early school leavers to promote their social inclusion under specific programmes in each Member State;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include gender mainstreaming into all of its sports-related activities and to take concrete measures to ensure a balancedbetter representation of women and men (not lower than 30 % for both genders) at allat appropriate levels in sports decision- making levelbodies;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the European Semester in order to represent citizens’ interests and to increase the legitimacy of the social policies to be conducted by the Member States;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Wishes to see the role of the national parliaments strengthened with regard to their involvement in the process of economic and social policy-making so as to demonstrate their solidarity as partners in the European Semester; considers that this would serve to increase the legitimacy of the decisions taken and would ensure that the European Parliament is not the sole representative of the interests of European citizens and that strong political signals are sent at national level;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States relating to education, employment and social affairs, macroeconomic policy and the budget, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue in the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in these areas;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the Commission and Council recommendations to focus as a priority on a social policy that promotes education and training, access to employment, reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market and improved coordination of social protection systems in the Member States;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Amendment 44 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) Encourages the Employment Committee (EMCO) toransparency among European Semester stakeholders, including the Employment Committee (EMCO), so as to ensure that it will regularly share the results of its employment surveillance with the responsible committee of the European Parliament,
Amendment 46 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
c) Invites the social partners, social NGOs and other stakeholders to take part in a regular exchange of views with Parliament, in particular on the implementation of employment and social policies and on the progress towards achieving the related EU targets; requests that preparatory documents for exchanges of views be communicated in advance to the members of the appropriate parliamentary committee;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Hopes that recommendations will be drawn up long enough in advance to have a real impact on national budgetary decisions.
Amendment 1 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 2 and Article 3(3), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 3 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 21 and 23,
Amendment 5 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) adopted by the European Council in March 2011,
Amendment 7 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
- having regard to the recommendation by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation (CM/Rec(2010) 5) and the recommendation (1915) and resolution (1728) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the same topic,
Amendment 9 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
- having regard to the Commission's Communication on the Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union of 19.10.2010 COM(2010) 573 final,
Amendment 10 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)
Citation 1 f (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe's Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence of 7 April 2011 (CM(2011)49 final),
Amendment 11 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)
Citation 1 g (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women1,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
Amendment 14 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
A a. whereas the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon created a new situation in the EU in the field of human rights by making the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding (Article 6 TEU),
Amendment 16 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
A b. whereas equality between men and women is recognised as a fundamental right by the Charter and all types of discrimination should be fought against,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Paragraph A c (new)
A c. whereas Gender Equality Directives require Member States to establish or designate equality bodies to promote equality, including providing independent assistance to victims of discrimination,
Amendment 18 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 23 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Affirms Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union founding the Union on a community of indivisible and universal values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, for all persons on the territory of the European Union, including those belonging to minorities;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the first annual report of the Commission on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights; welcomes the conclusions of the Council, especially on its commitment to fulfil EU ambitions on gender equality as mentioned in the Treaty;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 34 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the fact that although the Charter promotes the equality of men and women and in addition has specific provisions on the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under- represented sex, positive discrimination also creates victims and that it is essential to avoid all types of discrimination as it is morally wrong;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that Article 23 of the Charter states that "Equality between men and women must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay; The principle of equality shall not prevent the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under-represented sex stresses that "this in no way undermines the rights of other under represented groups such as children (Article 24), the elderly (Article 25), persons with disabilities (Article 26); additionally highlights that Article 21 of the Charter clearly states the prohibition of any discrimination against others, persons with generic features, or based on sexual orientation;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that women are the main victims of gender based violence; points out that violence and the threat of violence constitute a breach one's right to life, safety, freedom, dignity and physical and emotional integrity and a serious threat to the physical and mental health of the victims of such violence, underlines that the effects of such violence, being so widespread throughout the European Community, constitute a genuine fundamental rights violation and health scourge and an obstacle to the enjoyment of all people of safe, free and just citizenship;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Takes note of the Commission's victims package; regrets that violence against women is not adequately taken into account; calls on the Commission to launch a comprehensive policy approach against gender based violence and to launch a Directive addressing combating and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls in all EU Member States;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 41 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. In order to avoid over-expectations and misunderstandings, calls on the Commission to inform better the citizens of their rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights but also about the scope of the Charter; recalls in this view the importance of the European e-justice Portal ; calls in addition on the Member States to increase awareness of the Charter among the civil society, through a continuous dialogue with relevant non- governmental organisations, and women's organizations in particular, as their expertise is invaluable with regards to stereotypes and discrimination since it is a fact through time, that women have been the most common and vulnerable victims;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 50 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the need to support the alleviation of all stereotypes and discriminatory behaviours via special programs, actions and campaigns involving Member States, social partners , NGO’s, institutions and parliamentarians;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 54 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets the relatively poor quality of data collected by equality bodies in some Members States, lacking disaggregation by ground of discrimination such as sex and age, or by thematic area, such as employment and education ; recalls the important role of the Fundamental Rights Agency in the collection and analysis of objective, reliable and comparable data on a variety of fundamental rights issues in the European Union;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to better communicate on the type of complaints, letters, questions and petitions received from citizens concerning the application of the Charter; welcomes any concrete information on gender based discrimination complaints provided by the Commission to the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament for further analysis; requests that the Commission largely communicates its forthcoming annual reports on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union, so as to increase awareness of the need for actions to combat democratic deficits and breaches of fundamental rights;
Amendment 60 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 67 #
2011/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to find effective ways to follow up breaches of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, outstanding issues and specific cases of violations of fundamental rights and to carry out occasional audits in all Member States to identify unfulfilled commitments;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the employment rate is closely linked to economic performance; strongly recommends that the Member States follow the guidelines for employment policies toge, accompanying therm with broad economic policy guidelines;
Amendment 155 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better monitoring in each professional sector and according to qualification level of the upcoming skill demand in Europe and for an immediate transposition of the findings into education and the lifelong learning policies of the Member States; considers that a ‘knowledge alliance’ that brings together business and education institutions would be an useful instrument in addressing innovation and skills gaps;
Amendment 170 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that the number of early school-leavers still remains high; calls on the Member States to implement more effective policies to prevent early school leaving and, to offer learning and training alternatives to students with learning difficulties and to develop effective links between initial training and the world of business;
Amendment 201 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to implement a dual system of education/training in order to introduce young people to the labour market from the earliest stage; furthermore, calls on relevant stakeholders to ensure that traineeships and apprenticeships, with the aid of supervision by professionalised tutors, lead to the provision of new jobs;
Amendment 231 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to stimulate creation of small and medium-sized enterprises, to provide them with a regulatory friendly environment and to improve their access to finance; recalls that 85% of jobs in the EU are provided by SMEs; urges all relevant stakeholders to remove barriers toall measures likely to hinder business creation and its free movement;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges continued adherence to the European programme of food aid for the most deprived as one of the elements of an ambitious integrated policy seeking to combat poverty, bearing in mind that women are frequently the first victims of food poverty;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the evaluation at the biannual ministerial Round Table on 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to involve the citizens concerned and associations assisting the most deprived from a gender-specific perspective, taking the poorest groups as a reference;
Amendment L #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocationalConsiders that a full and effective way out of poverty can only be found if the appropriate strengthening of social protection instruments is accompanied by significant reinforcement of education and training paths at every level; supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty; supports access to validation of acquired experience and life-long training, and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups; s a means of reducing poverty by securing access to employment, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to help them to access decent jobs; regards it as essential, therefore, for life-long learning programmes to be implemented properly and developed, and for Member States to cooperate in the fields of education and vocational training and personalised job-seeking assistance, and stresses that more measures of this kind must be taken to assist the most vulnerable sectors of the population; recommends the development of an EU strategy to tackle in-work poverty and create quality jobs, agreeing principles for quality work;
Amendment 219 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocational training and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups; access to validation of acquired experience and life-long training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to help them to access decent jobs; regards it as essential, therefore, for life- long learning programmes to be implemented properly and developed, and for Member States to cooperate in the fields of education and vocational training;
Amendment 240 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas single-parent families do not form a homogeneous group, but cover a very wide range of family, financial and social situations,
Amendment 54 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas career pressures are the highest between the ages of 25 and 40, when children are still young and require more care and time from their parents; whereas school and working hours are often incompatible with the opening hours of childcare centres and schools, which is often the biggest obstacle and constraint in combining family and professional life,
Amendment 74 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the development of online and interpersonal chat forums or telephone help lines aimed directly at single mothers in order to reduce their isolation and allow them to exchange views and best practices about their needs, along with the introduction of telephone help lines or freephone numbers making it easier to put them in contact with social services;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 89 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to facilitate access to training for single mothers, and especially young mothers, who oftenthe importance of encouraging young pregnant women not to stop their education when pregnant; this would enable them to obtain qualifications and maximise their chances of getting high- quality work and gaining financial independence;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage the development of childcare facilities such as childcare centres and kindergartens and to facilitate significantly access to training and the search for employment for single mothers;
Amendment 120 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Member States to guarantee equal treatment and to maintain a high quality of life for all children regardless of the marital status of their parents, by providing universalappropriate allowances in order to not pass poverty on to the child;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the purpose of cohesion policy is to foster the development of an innovative and protective Europe of solidarity in the face of the challenges associated with globalisation,
Amendment 21 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas cohesion policy represents a genuine citizens’ issue, bringing Europe into people’s daily lives and making it tangible and visible across the EU,
Amendment 32 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas territorial cooperation aims to help territories and regions work together in tackling their common challenges, reduce the physical, administrative and regulatory barriers to such cooperation and lessen the ‘border effect’,
Amendment 48 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, however, a significant threshold effect exists between regions with comparable levels of development but benefiting from very different levels of aid – growth regions exceeding the threshold of 75% of average per capita GDP for the EU in receipt of more financial support than stagnating regions above that threshold – and whereas this represents a real problem in terms of fairness between Europe’s regions,
Amendment 144 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whetherStresses that specific operational programmes for functional geographic, including multi-regional operational programmes, can yield additional benefits by meeting the shared chal lentitges of functional territories such as metropolitan regions or, sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; is particularly aware, in relor mountain regions; considers that, in accordance with the partnership principle, the implementation tof such programmes, of the absence of political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls instead is a shared responsibility which should be preserved; calls for closer coordination of macroregional or natural-environment strategies at inter-governmental levels;
Amendment 162 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities in achieving the economic, environmental and social EU 2020 objectives; encourages the dynamic process launched during the previous programming period for Integrated Urban Programmes and stresses the importance of the experiments currently under way; calls for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural links;
Amendment 227 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the core components of the EU 2020 strategy (innovation, education and training, energy, environment, employment, competitiveness, skills and combating poverty) are already integral to the cohesion and structural policies; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges can be integrated very easily into the system of three objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), which has proved its effectivenessarchitecture of the cohesion policy;
Amendment 260 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly eligible for maximum support underthe creation of a new intermediate category for regions with per capita GDP between 75% and 90% of the EU average, in order to resolve political problems (unequal treatment of regions in spite of their similar situations) and practical problems (difficulty of managing degressive funding) linked to the current phasing-out arrangement; considers that the creation of such a category will be made possible by the fact that a large number of regions have passed the threshold of 75% of the EU average per capita GDP and will thus automatically cease to be covered by the convergence objective; stresses that this change to the architecture of the cohesion policy should neither penalise regions currently benefiting from the Cconvergence objective (convergence regions)and the competitiveness objective, nor lead to an increase in the cohesion policy budget; considers that this new category will make it possible to strengthen the justice and solidarity which are the fundamental principles of the cohesion policy;
Amendment 277 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 499 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Calls, in respect of Member States that are falling significantly short of the EU stability criteria requirements and also have a poor record on the use of monies from the structural funds, for a proposal for the automatic application of more stringent rules in order to monitor the use of such monies in accordance with the law and the relevant objectives; calls, at the same time, for unnecessary controls to be done away with in those Member States that have a satisfactory fund management system; considers that the ‘contract of confidence’ and ‘single audit’ principles should be implemented wherever possible;
Amendment 525 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Is concerned at the fact that red tape is preventing small companies and organisations from gaining access to structural funding; calls for the relevant rules and technical documentation to be made as clear as possible, and asks the Commission and the Member States to set up technical working parties with a view to identifying appropriate simplification measures;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund to promote gender equality and calls for genuine budgetary transparency in the case of the funds allocated to equality policies for women and men (ESF, PROGRESS, DAPHNE);
Amendment 29 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 57 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2Directive 2005/36/EC
This Directive shall not apply to notaries appointed by an official act of government.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point bDirective 2005/36/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point bDirective 2005/36/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 126 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point cDirective 2005/36/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point cDirective 2005/36/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 49 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) ensuring the economic competitiveness of the European Union and its partner countries by including projects and procedures that best suit SMEs, thereby helping them integrate better into the European Union’s internal market.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) coordinating EU support for SMEs, and promoting the creation of businesses between SMEs in partner countries and in the Union; encouraging development of SME projects and investments in partner countries, thereby releasing the resources needed to promote transnational cooperation.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) At its meeting of 4 February 2011, the European Council supported the concept of the Common Strategic Framework for Union Research and Innovation funding to improve the efficiency of research and innovation funding at national and Union levels and called on the Union to rapidly address remaining obstacles to attracting talented women and men and investment in order to complete the ERA by 2014 and achieve a genuine single market for knowledge, research and innovation.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Awareness-raising and information programmes should be organised in schools with a view to encouraging girls to become interested in scientific professions, which are still too often dominated by boys.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Horizon 2020 should contribute to the attractiveness of the research profession in the Union. Adequate attention should be paid to the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Male and Female Researchers, together with other relevant reference frameworks defined in the context of the European Research Area, while respecting their voluntary nature.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Horizon 2020 should seek to strike a fair funding balance between scientific projects conducted by female and male researchers.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Due care shall be taken to guarantee the balanced representation of women and men on the groups of independent experts and high-level advisory groups set up by the Commission.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content by facilitating women’s access to scientific education and professions, thereby creating better career prospects for them in all areas of research and innovation.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the context of Horizon 2020, particular attention shall be paid to compliance with the principles of professional equality, equal pay and equal career opportunities. With that aim in view, workers’ representatives in undertakings which are in receipt of EU funding shall be consulted each year about the situation with regard to gender equality and possible remedies in cases where imbalances have arisen. In addition, should instances of inequality persist, and after the undertaking has been reminded of its obligations, the financial assistance referred to above may be withdrawn.
Amendment 570 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University).
Amendment 57 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to promote the effective implementation of the principles of non- discrimination on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation, family situation or pregnancy, including equality between women and men and the rights of persons with disabilities and of the elderly;
Amendment 58 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to facilitate by means of quick and simple procedures litigation in the event that the principles of non-discrimination are not respected;
Amendment 91 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) From conception to implementation, the Structural Funds ought to take account of the priorities and principles of the Small Business Act for Europe, especially the ‘Think Small First’ principle.
Amendment 93 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting equality and non-discrimination. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors. The Commission should be empowered to adopt, after consulting the European social partners, delegated acts providing for a code of conduct in order to ensure that partners are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Partnership Contracts and programmes in a consistent manner.
Amendment 133 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) For the purpose of ensuring a wide dissemination of information about the achievements of the Funds and the role of the Union therein and, in particular via the organisations representing the various stakeholders, to inform potential beneficiaries about funding opportunities, detailed rules about information and communication measures, as well as certain technical characteristics of such measures, should be defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 153 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member States and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:
Amendment 155 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) competent regional, local, urban and otherother relevant public authorities;
Amendment 167 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide, after consulting the European economic and social partners and European partner organisations, for a European code of conduct that lays down objectives and criteria to support the implementation of partnership and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and good practices among Member States.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) enhancing the competitiveness of small and, medium-sized and micro-enterprises, as well as self-employed people, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF);
Amendment 189 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills, vocational training and lifelong learning;
Amendment 193 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration, in cooperation with the European economic and social partners and European partner organisations.
Amendment 197 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 268 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 23 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – Article 23 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The implementation of multi-fund programmes (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion, EAFRD, EMFF) is strongly encouraged. To this end, the Commission shall take any measures necessary to ensure that such programmes are prepared and implemented in line with the principle of Fund proportionality.
Amendment 285 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 29 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Local development strategies shall be selected by a committee on which the economic and social partners are represented, set up for this purpose by the relevant managing authorities of the programmes.
Amendment 304 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 43 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – Article 43 – paragraph 4
4. The monitoring committee may issue recommendations to the managing authority regarding implementation of the programme and its evaluation in order to reduce the administrative burden on beneficiaries. It shall monitor actions taken as a result of its recommendations.
Amendment 306 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 44 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on implementation of the programme and its priorities by reference to the financial data, common and programme-specific indicators and quantified target values, including changes in result indicators, and the milestones defined in the performance framework. The data transmitted shall relate to values for indicators for fully implemented operations and also for selected operations. They shall also set out actions taken to fulfil the ex ante conditionalities and, simplify administrative procedures and address any issues which affect the performance of the programme, and the corrective measures taken.
Amendment 341 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 52 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, economic and social partners and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of 17 June 2010 called for all common policies, including cohesion policy, to support the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth". In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF with the objectives of this strategy, particularly as regards employment, education, and the fight against social exclusion, the ESF should support Member States in implementing the Council recommendations on broad guidelines for economic policies of the Member States and the Union and the Council decisions on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States adopted in accordance with Articles 121 and 148(4) of the Treaty. It should also contribute to the implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the "Agenda for New Skills and Jobs", "Youth on the Move", and the "European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion". It willshould also support the activities in the "‘Digital Agenda"’ and the "‘Innovation Union"’ initiatives.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the geographical and occupational mobility of workers, and facilitate theiworker adaptation to change, encourage a high level of es to the businesses and producation and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhancesystems. The ESF will also contribute to the strengthening of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union, the fight against poverty and social inexclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohes, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and elimination of any form of discrimination.
Amendment 92 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to workers, enterprises, and entrepreneurs as well as systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 97 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF, particularly in the field of education, to enable training to be tailored more closely to the needs of the regional, national and European job market.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners, organised civil society, business organisations and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to promote corporate social responsibility and encourage and support innovative social enterprises, including SMEs. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, specifically in SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 116 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies mayshould be used and supported to involve more actively regional and local authorities, cities, social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of programmes.
Amendment 126 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Human capital is the main lever on which the Union can rely to ensure its international competitiveness and the sustainable recovery of its economy. No other type of investment can produce structural reforms unless it is accompanied by a coherent, growth- oriented human capital development strategy. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the resources intended to improve skills, raise employment levels and guarantee the participation of all in society allow action to be taken on an adequate scale, using a minimum of 25% of the funds deployed under the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion policy.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) Better and fairer access to contracts by professional groups and countries in order to be closer to real needs;
Amendment 154 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, young people who have left school without acquiring any qualifications, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobilityvocational guidance, labour mobility and retraining;
Amendment 173 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii) Sustainable integration of young people – particularly those who are not in employment, education or training – into the labour market;
Amendment 176 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
iii) Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creationthe creation, continuous development and transfer of businesses, particularly small and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 183 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
iv) Equality between men and women in terms of access to employment, in-service training and career progression, particularly with a view to tackling the problem of women’s careers ‘flat-lining’, and reconciliation between work and private life;
Amendment 191 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, with particular reference to SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 194 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
vi) Active and healthyImprovement of the quality of employment, working conditions, the working environment and health at work, and support for workers with a view to promoting active ageing;
Amendment 204 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Under the thematic objective ‘Investing in education, vocational training, skills, and life- long learning’ through:
Amendment 206 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Investing in education, developing or updating relevant skills and life- long learning through:
Amendment 214 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
ii) Improving the quality, efficiency and openness of vocational training, tertiary and equivalent education with a view to increasing participation and attainment levels;
Amendment 222 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, particularly with measures of impact, notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building for non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 223 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing fairer access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systemsaccreditation of experiential learning, particularly for people working as volunteers, and upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce, including with a view to offering workers opportunities for active ageing;
Amendment 224 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems, including through the creation of partnerships between educational and training establishments and businesses;
Amendment 227 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills, knowledge, qualifications and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems;
Amendment 229 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems, as well as mechanisms to facilitate the transition from education to professional training and employment;
Amendment 234 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia ) a forward-looking approach to professions and training needs and enhanced, fairer access to contracts by professional field and territory, in order to meet real needs more effectively;
Amendment 254 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) Eenhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including health care and, specifically, the creation of European platforms and pilot projects to increase awareness of e-health initiatives (telemedicine, telemonitoring), and social services of general interest;
Amendment 260 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) Ppromoting the social economy and, social enterprises and CSR, including through the creation of a social label;
Amendment 271 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) Capacity building for stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of the General Regulation, delivering social, employment, education and socialprofessional, further and lifelong training policies and sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at national, regional and local level.
Amendment 277 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
(iia) strengthening the institutional capacities of the partners referred to in Article 5 of the General Regulation and supporting actions aimed at implementing the Regulation;
Amendment 279 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Supporting the shift towards a low- carbon, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy, through reform of education and training systems, adaptation of behaviour, skills and qualifications, up-skilling of the labour force, and the creation of new jobs in sectors related to the environment and energy;
Amendment 281 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Strengthening research, technological development and innovation, through the development of post-graduate studies and business skills, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises;
Amendment 286 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitiveness and long-term development of small and medium-sized enterprises, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises, senior managers and workers and increased investment in human capital, including training for young people and learning schemes.
Amendment 304 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1)., or up to 10 in response to specific territorial needs, provided that they are defined in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5;
Amendment 309 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). , or up to 10 in response to specific territorial needs, provided that they are defined in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5;
Amendment 313 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). , or up to 10 in response to specific territorial needs, provided that they are defined in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5;
Amendment 362 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies, including as regards common criteria for the award of social labels to enterprises.
Amendment 400 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Grants reimbursed on the basis of the eligible cost of operations, determined in the way of flat-rate financing, standard scales of unit costs and lump sums as referred to in Article 57(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] may be calculated on a case- by-case basis by reference to a draft budget agreed ex ante by the Managing Authority, where the public supportamount co-financed by the Union does not exceed EUR 100 000.
Amendment 403 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Grants for which the public supportamount co- financed by the Union does not exceed EUR 50 000 shall take the form of lump sums or standard scales of unit costs in accordance with paragraph 1 or Article 57 of Regulation (EU) No […], except for operations receiving support within the framework of a state aid scheme.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘direct effect’: effect on the human body directly provoked by the presence of a strong magnetic or electric field, for example, at certain frequency levels, the stimulation of muscles, nerves or sensitory organs, tissue heating, vertigo or headachesnausea;
Amendment 78 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1a (new)
In order to develop a sound applicable methodology, to provide adequate protection for people working with and/or in proximity to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment with time- varying electromagnetic fields (the gradients and RF) in operation, and to take due account of existing precautionary and protection measures against exposure to electromagnetic fields, employers shall perform risk assessments and take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect workers against potential risks arising directly or indirectly from exposure to electromagnetic fields. Workers shall only be permitted to be in proximity to MRI equipment with time- varying electromagnetic fields (gradients and RF) in operation when performing actions which strictly necessitate their presence. Employers shall define a controlled access zone around the machinery. This zone shall be fully contained within the 0.5 mT contour and shall be defined in such a way that it is possible to use physical and/or administrative means to control access thereto. Employers shall establish technical, organisational, information and training measures for workers who can enter the controlled access zone without surveillance, so as to reduce the risks of direct and indirect exposure and prevent risks.
Amendment 115 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) any effects concerning the health and safety of workers at particular risk such as workers who have declared to the employer that they wear an Active or Passive Implanted Medical Device (e.g. a pacemaker), that they are equipped with portable medical devices (such as insulin pumps) and women who have declared that they are pregnant;
Amendment 125 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Taking account of technical progress and the availability of measures to control the production of electromagnetic fields at the source, therisks linked to exposure to electromagnetic fields shall be eliminated or reduced to a minimum.
Amendment 133 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) appropriate delimitation and access measures (such as signals, labels, floor markings, fences) to notify workers and to limit or control access;
Amendment 135 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
c b) measures and procedures to manage spark discharges through technical means and the training of workers (applies in electric field exposures);
Amendment 147 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. In any event, workers shall not be exposed above the exposure limit values for health effects unless the conditions under Article 3(6) are fulfilled. If, despite the measures taken by the employer to comply with this Directive, the exposure limit values for health effects are exceeded, the employer shall take immediate action to reduce exposure below these exposure limit values. The employer shall identify the reasons why the exposure limit values for health effects have been exceeded, and shall amend the protection and prevention measures accordingly, taking care to ensure the changes are traceable, in order to prevent them being exceeded again.
Amendment 150 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 89/391/EEC, the employer shall adapt the measures referred to in this Article and in Annexes II and III to the requirements of workers at particular risk, particularly workers who have declared to the employer that they wear an implantable or portable medical device and women who have declared that they are pregnant.
Amendment 157 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) possible indirect effects of exposure;
Amendment 184 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14
Article 14
Amendment 218 #
2011/0152(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part C – point 1 – point 10 – point 1
Annex II – Part C – point 1 – point 10 – point 1
Amendment 8 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the future ESF contributes to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the fields of employment and social policy as an efficient, simple and user friendly instrument that is brought to bear to develop human capital;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, on the basis of clear rules, to use the possibility of advance payments to ESF beneficiaries to a greater extent;
Amendment 92 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to embrace national educational concepts forto raise girls’ awareness of entrepreneurship and women in management and develop ‘young entrepreneurship’ in upper secondary schools so that, over the course of a school year, female students can experience the lifecycle of a business through the start-up, running and winding up of a company, linking to this process mentoring from teachers and ‘active ageing’ advisors from the local business community;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the Union's fundamental freedoms, a basic component of Union citizenship recognized by the Treaties, yet according to statistics and notwithstanding specific initiatives to support workers' mobility, there are still too few people taking advantage of this right,
Amendment 13 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
(Ba) whereas the free movement of workers represents a positive socio- economic example for both the EU and the Member States, being a milestone for EU integration, economic development, social cohesion, individual upgrading at professional level, fighting against prejudices, racism and xenophobia, and can counteract the negative effects of economic crisis and better prepare for the challenges of global change, by engaging all stakeholders at decisional level together with the civil society into dialog,
Amendment 14 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
(Bb) whereas promoting mobility of workers is a positive contribution to reaching the employment objectives set in the Europe 2020 Strategy; invites the Commission to include labour mobility in the flagship initiatives and the Member States to include labour and geographical mobility dimensions when designing their National strategies and reform programs;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
(Ca) whereas the recent evolution of our societies notably due to industrial change, globalization, new work patterns, demographic change, and the development of means of transport, call for a higher degree of mobility among workers,
Amendment 21 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
(Ea) whereas in times of economic crisis professional and geographical mobility of workers can help reduce unemployment by matching labour supply with demand, can contribute to job creation opportunities, to adapting the economy, the society and the demography to structural changes, and to promoting economic growth and EU's competitiveness,
Amendment 48 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to produce a scoreboard presenting the obstacles faced by Union workers wishing to make use of their right to free movement and how they are being tackled in the Member States, so as to assess whether such obstacles are dealt with thoroughly and effectively;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Congratulates the Commission to linking workers' mobility with the Europe 2020 Strategy and takes the view that this is of crucial importance to boost welfare within the EU through sound and sustainable job creation;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on a greater coordination between the European Institutions and the national ones to better inform and provide assistance to the citizens and monitor how the right of free movement of workers is being transposed into practice and used by individuals in order to accelerate the implementation of labour mobility;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Invites border regions to consider agreements for promoting cross-border labour mobility in order to gain mutual (beneficial) advantages for these regions;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages the Commission to pursue its initiatives aimed at promoting the geographical mobility of young people through learning mobility schemes, using all the designated programs related to the topic;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Commission's plan to establish a regular systematic assessment of long-term supply and demand in the EU labour markets up to 2020, broken down by sectors, occupations, levels of qualification and countries, and strongly advises the coordination of labour and educational policies between Member States with a view to meeting the targets set in the EU 2020 Strategy regarding job creation and avoiding future indirect barriers that may hinder the exercise of the right of free movement; The plan should clearly identify labour shortages in the EU in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 111 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for developing EURES' institutional capabilities and its reinforcement of the one-stop instrument to facilitate mobility of workers and their families;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that, when promoting active employment policies, information about learning and training programmes available across the EU they should be given a high priority;
Amendment 123 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for greater dialog and coordination among national and regional authorities as they are usually the first source of information for many citizens due to their proximity and knowledge of citizens needs, and greater involvement of the social partners;
Amendment 126 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls on the Commission to launch a communication regarding taxation effects on the workers comprised in the scope of this directive, for providing a better understanding and possible solutions to crucial matters that can impede or deter workers mobility;
Amendment 132 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes the view that active labour market policies, and in particular vocational training and life-long learning, must be reinforced as they can contribute to increasing labour mobility, facilitate transitions in times of structural unemployment, and allowing workers to adapt to labour market changes;
Amendment 135 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that skills and knowledge will foster workers'’ mobility, and requests the Commission to develop a roadmap for demands for skills and a mid- and long- term assessment regarding future jobs where a match between demand and supply of skills can be provided;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that labour mobility is a two-way process; On the one hand, it leads to gathering skills and knowledge through all types of education in order to prepare the active population facing competition when searching for a new job and on the other hand, mobile workers can upgrade their skills and knowledge through labour mobility as they gather more practical experience and knowledge on the new site;
Amendment 138 #
2010/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Hopes too that the new competences acquired by mobile workers as they move around will be validated so that their increased individual potential will be recognised and their chances of long-term professional inclusion improved;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
– social inclusion of 80 million disabled people in the European Union, particularly women facing dual discrimination on grounds of gender and disability, and facilitating the work of their carers, particularlymost of whom are women;,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
– collecting detailed and reliable statistics on the real situation facing disabled people that cover the gender and disability dimension,
Amendment 16 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need to educate health professionals and teachers as part of their training and to make parents and teachers aware of all types of disability, some of which are poorly understood despite their prevalence;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need to encourage recognition by the Member States in their social security systems, and when people retire, of the involvement, generally of women, in care for the disabled;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the difficulties disabled women face in gaining access to employment, and adds that they should be encouraged to follow study courses and use new information and communication technologies, while enterprises should be urged to employ them., and that Member States in particular should be encouraged to adopt policies on access to information tailored to different disabilities;
Amendment 224 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Confirms that inclusive education should be the focus, in particular in the context of the accreditation of prior experiential learning, and that this should therefore be emphasised within the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’) as well as the Skills and Jobs Flagship of EU2020. In addition, there is a need for new and suitable guidelines and proper usage of IT in schools and at home with regard to personal and tailored assistance;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas people are entering the labour force at a later age due to unemployment rates that particularly affect poorly qualified young people, or due to longer and higher education, and on average people leave the labour market earlier than the legal pension age, and longevity is increasing,
Amendment 15 #
2010/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the pauperisation concerns more often retired people than workers and more often women than meretired people are at risk of pauperisation, and whereas the elderly women are one of the most vulnerable groups at risk of poverty,
Amendment 37 #
2010/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the period spent by women or men on taking care of children or other dependent family members should be taken into account and recognised in the calculation systems and taken into account to the period of work as well as all kind of contracof pension entitlements;
Amendment 59 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sorely misses any mention ofConsiders that SMEs, which are one of the main sources of employment in the EU and can, must and wish, will continue to make a major contribution to the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems; wishes therefore to see the adoption of measures tailored to employees working in SMEs, particularly on assistance for combining work and retirement;
Amendment 80 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particularly in the Stability and Growth Pact; calls on the competent bodies in the Member States to promote social inclusion and combat undeclared work in order to improve the balance of pension systems;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers, women have smaller pensions on average; wants specific attention to therefore be paid to the situation of women and in particular to considering maternity leave as time actually worked providing entitlement to retirement benefits;
Amendment 157 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies and that those Member States should be encouraged to put in place a minimum old-age pension for all, putting the emphasis on those who are most vulnerable, especially disabled people;
Amendment 160 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies, and to choose the system that seems to them the most appropriate of the models currently available in Europe;
Amendment 174 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with voluntary or compulsory savings- or work-related systems (second and third pillars) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision;
Amendment 180 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Is absolutely convinced that the Member States’ governments have an obligation to use all the means at their disposal to safeguard the long-term funding and sustainability of the main pillar of retirement schemes, namely the first pillar based on the compulsory contribution paid to the State;
Amendment 182 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is persuaded that in view of the different features of existing retirement schemes in Europe the first pillar managed by the State and the third pillar based on the supplementary and voluntary aspect (and on savings by individuals) complement each other effectively, represent the main common denominator in the range of diversified systems existing in Europe and thus represent the basis for a ‘European model’ pension scheme, which any Member State is free to supplement with other elements and develop as it sees fit, in accordance with the particular features of its own economic and social environment;
Amendment 183 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Takes the view, with regard to the experience of recent decades, that work- related retirement schemes – whether compulsory or voluntary in nature – have not and cannot play more than a secondary role in the vast majority of Member States compared to the first pillar; considers, therefore, that solutions for securing the long-term funding of the first pillar must take absolute priority and that it would be inadvisable at present, before such solutions have been identified, to launch a European debate on promoting work-related retirement schemes in Member States which do not yet have that pillar;
Amendment 200 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States to consider introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the third pillar; notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structure;
Amendment 235 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy; however, calls on the Member States which have increased the statutory retirement age or will be doing so to encourage work by older people through fiscal and social security exemptions; also calls on the Member States to create adapted and flexible employment contracts for older people so as to encourage and facilitate combining work with retirement and put in place dissuasive measures so that companies find it harder to make older people redundant;
Amendment 270 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work during or towards the end of their career, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, promoting transitional measures and versatility to enable people to transfer from one job to another, with the effective support of lifelong learning programmes, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age;
Amendment 300 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that there is a need to reinforce mutual recognition between the Member States of training courses which could improve the match between supply and demand on the job market at European level, thus helping to meet the EU 2020 strategy target of a 75% employment rate;
Amendment 315 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to put measures in place to protect workers' health and safety at work as soon as they enter the job market;
Amendment 325 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well as the need for such mobility; calls for further improvements to be made with regard to the conditions for carrying out cross-border activities, particularly concerning the harmonisation of tax and social security rules;
Amendment 331 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers therefore that there is a need to improve information and advice to members of pension schemes by setting up, where needed, one-stop-shops to give an efficient and precise response to the requests of those who have worked in several Member States;
Amendment 381 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar pension provision linked to a profession has been recognised, and that it must also be ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provision;
Amendment 383 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the second pillar must bein Member States which have set up compulsory pension schemes linked to a profession, it would be advisable to make this second pillar available to all employees by right, without any discrimination on grounds of sex, sector and/or employment contract;
Amendment 395 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 420 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. SWith a view to ensuring that pensions are portable, supports the establishment of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); stresses the need to equip it so that it can perform effectively the tasks entrusted to it;
Amendment 439 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Points out that complementary pension schemes which are capitalised are often considered as difficult to access because they are too technically complex; considers that if employers and employees are to be encouraged to join such schemes, not only must their management be improved, but also their rules must be simplified, and at least better information should be provided, by standardising it on a common basis to make it more intelligible; considers that there should be more rules for capitalisation systems, which should be more tightly regulated on a voluntary basis, ensuring monitoring and transparency, supervision and improvement of the solvency of capitalisation systems; considers that legislative changes could be made, particularly with regard to solvency rules;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for training by means of apprenticeships to be assigned priority over any other type of training, e.g. traineeships; encourages Member States not to plan any university courses of a vocational nature which are not accompanied by an apprenticeship contract;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for apprenticeship contracts, while protecting the apprentice and providing for a certain flexibility and flexible measures for their application, to permit termination of the contract if the person concerned proves unsuited to his employment or is guilty of serious misconduct;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence is a way of denying fundamental rights and endangering the future and is a traumatic experience for any man, woman or child, butand whereas gender-based violence is preponderantly inflicted by men on women and girls, and both reflects and reinforces inequities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims, but men are also victims of violence, particularly of the emotional variety,
Amendment 102 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 8 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 8 a (new)
– the establishment of programmes to prevent violence for the benefit of children who have witnessed violence against their mothers, in order to prevent reproduction of violent behaviour;
Amendment 164 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that civil society, particularly NGOs, women’s associations and other public and private voluntary organisations providing support to victims of violence, offers a service of great value, particularly by assisting women victims who wish to break the silence in which violence encloses them, and should be given support by the Member States;
Amendment 178 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that Member States should devote appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, which should particularly be allocated to support organisations, including through recourse to the Structural Funds;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion, through integration into the employment market via training, and social exclusion; considers that women must receive particular support, as they are most faced with insecure contracts; stresses that they are often alone in educating their children in the majority of cases of single-parent families;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to reduce the pay gap between men and women which cause those with equal skills and equal jobs to fall behind in terms of income and which result in a high rate of women experiencing poverty when they retire or are widowed;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that older women may be the victims of direct or indirect discrimination on the labour market, or even of multiple discrimination, and that this problem should be tackled; stresses that employment must be seen as the best means of fighting female poverty; calls for the participation of women of all ages in lifelong training programmes to be facilitated; emphasises that reconciling family and working life and continuing training requires special attention and support;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion; stresses that school and university education for women must be a priority target in connection with which each Member State must set targets;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set, in cooperation with the regions, their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Points out that social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side.; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have charge of children; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States, where necessary, to re-examine welfare systems in order to avoid the considerable inequalities between women’s and men’s pension levels, and consider the options of introducing corrective factors taking account of the gaps in contributions arising from insecure employment or maternal responsibilities;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training with a view to providing the skills and qualifications needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have custody of children;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above- mentioned objectives concerning childcare facilities; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the development of a one- stop shop scheme to provide practical guidance, information and advice for those concerned, so as to ensure that the public is kept properly up to date; urges that this move towards simplification be brought to the attention of the public, the purpose being to reduce to the necessary minimum the amount of information requested;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers, with a view to this, that teleworking should be developed, wherever such working arrangements are possible, on the basis of ambitious legislation that reconciles the interests of workers and businesses;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that voluntary work performed by women should count as accredited professional experience, should be duly recognised and should not result in them being penalised in terms of sickness insurance and retirement pension entitlements;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to promote joint research between the cultural and creative industries and the education and training sector, so as to develop new learning concepts and facilitate the use of creativenew techniques and new creative tools in the educational sector;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to reduce excessive administrative costs and obstacles that hamper policy goals regarding access to employment, combating poverty and development of skills; recognises that ‘earmarking’ discipline has improved implementation of the programmes; calls for the role of the relevant authorities to be geared more towards the provision of information and advice, through the development of ‘one- stop’ facilities, if necessary, and by making the relevant legislation accessible to members of the public; calls for particular attention to be paid, in the course of checks carried out by social authorities, to ensuring that the procedures afford both sides a hearing; calls too, given the complexity of labour law, for recourse to dialogue rather than court proceedings in cases where a member of the public is – in good faith – in dispute with the authorities;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to boost the effectiveness of the ESF in guaranteeing opportunities for European citizens to make themselves employable and adaptable and in generating the conditions for sustainable growthand public profile of the ESF, thus making it more accessible, with a view to having more funds allocated to it for expanding access to the job market through the effective implementation of lifelong training to enable people to adapt to labour-demand changes in an era of globalisation and the computerisation of work, for introducing flexible working time and promoting part-time working and teleworking as means of getting more people into the job market, for generating the conditions for sustainable growth and for giving substance to the concept of social Europe, while paying particular attention to the situation of people with disabilities;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Bearing in mind that the ESF is a basic tool against poverty,for combating poverty by getting people into jobs, and for tackling social exclusion and unemployment, calls on the Commission to strengthen the ESF’s potential, and its financial autonomy and flexibility andin relation to the pursuit of economic and social cohesion, to make it more flexible so that current and future employment challenges can be addressed, to simplify procedures, and controls and to follow- up and controlsongoing projects more effectively;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the Lisbon Strategy aims to integrate 60% of women able to work into the labour market, while efforts at the demographic level should strive to promote a rise in the birth rate with a view to meeting the challenges of the future;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, however, that childcare must not be developed at the expense of a policy to develop parental leave; hopes therefore that, when a child is born, its parents will have a genuine choice between continuing to work and caring for their child; calls on Member States therefore to pursue ambitious policies on parental leave in order to give financial autonomy to those parents who so wish;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that access to childcare services and services for the elderly and other dependent persons is vital if there is to be equal participation of women and men on the labour market and in education and training;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that employment rates for both men and women are lower in rural areas and this is to the detriment of the countryside in terms of lack of availability of quality jobs; in addition, many women are not part of the official labour market and therefore do not count as registered unemployed, and are thus faced with financial and legal problems regarding maternity rights, sick leave and acquisition of pension rights;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Urges the Council, the Commission and the Member States to defend social rights and to ensure that the economic and financial crisis does not lead to cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare and care of the elderly; stresses that policy on care and the provision of care services are closely bound up with achieving gender equality;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to promote entrepreneurship among women and to offer financial support and professional counselling to women starting up businesses, as well as appropriate training;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States to support employment for the disadvantaged category of 'pregnant women or mothers performing domestic tasks on their own', encouraging the provision of jobs for this group that are decent, stable and compatible with a proper work-life balance;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, at the same time, on Member States to take measures to extend the threshold for female representation to administrative authorities and public- sector services;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
aa. initiating an annual debate with representatives of both sides of industry,
Amendment 73 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
da. precise and quantifiable commitments on the part of companies;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Wishes, in the first instance, to develop the provision of information, consultation and voluntary commitments on the part of companies rather than penalties;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
(A) whereas the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) does not impose any active labour market measures on a Member State that have to be implemented in the framework of an application for the fund but to put in place a coordinated package of personalised services designed to reintegrate workers into the labour market in accordance with Article 3 of the EGF regulation[1] which preserves fully the flexibility of the Member States to adapt the measures targeting the redundant workers to the local and individual needs of each application, ([1] Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2009 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund as amended by regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009.)
Amendment 9 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds Member States of the importance of taking immediate labour market intervention measures in parallel with their application to the EGF;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onReminds the Member States that they are obliged, on the one hand, to involve the social partners right from the outset in the task of preparing applications in accordance with Article 5 of the EGF regulation and, on the other hand, to comply with Article 9 of this regulation which requests Member States to provide information on and publicise the funded actions and that this information has also to be addressed to the workers concerned, the local and regional authorities and the social partners and to standardise procedures;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Council conclusions for New Skills for New Jobs and underlines that the EGF provides the Member States with additional funding for the training of redundant workers for future oriented jobs and increased mobility;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to present a proposal on how the EGF regulation should be amended in order to allow the inclusion of all workers made redundant because of the same event, across sectors and regions;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; calls on the Member States and local authorities to do everything possible to revitalise places which have suffered from the impact of relocation in order to maintain economic activity in the area, bearing in mind that the EGF is geared solely to employees; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States benefitting from the EGF to be very effective and to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to use the EGF to implement European objectives, to promote new skills for new jobs, to promote entrepreneurship and to promote lifelong learning, so as to allow workers to develop their individual careers and to contribute to improving the competitiveness of the EU in the context of globalisation;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds undertakings of their social responsibility to do all they can to ensure that workers can, right from the start of their period of unemployment, authenticate their experience acquired, so as to ensure that their retraining is as specific and as rapid as possible and that they obtain new, stable jobs with a promising future;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to provide the Member States with a set of guidelines for the design and the implementation of the applications for EGF funding seeking a fast application procedure and a broad consensus of the stakeholders for the strategy to apply and the measures to be put in place for an effective reintegration of the workers into the labour market;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Asks the Commission to provide assistance also to the Member States, the social partners and the workers associations during the process of implementation of the measures;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Requests the Commission to publish its data on the efficiency of use of the EGF and the success of measures after a longer period (≥ 1 year) in the interest of sound EU budgetary management, so as to allow Parliament to conduct an ex post control.
Amendment 39 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that juvenile delinquency now also extends to dangerous games, gender violence, rape or gang rape, early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a prime vehicle, abuse of substances which are smoked, drunk, or injecteddrug and alcohol abuse, and eating disorders, excesses of which teenagers can be both instigators and victims;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees with the list of causes set out by the EESC: - a broken home and the difficulties in balancing family life and work, both of which increasingly often result in a lack of attention and an absence of constraints and control for children; - socioeconomic marginalisation or poverty; - truancy and academic failure; - youth unemployment; - the broadcasting of violent images and attitudes via some 1 European Economic and Social Committee, Opinion on The prevention of juvenile delinquency. Ways of dealing with juvenile delinquency and the role of the juvenile justice system in the European Union, OJ C 110, media or videogames; - abuse of drugs and toxic substances, such as cannabis, or even excessive alcohol consumption; - shortcomings in the teaching and passing on of social and civic values, such as obeying rules, solidarity, generosity, tolerance, respect for others, critical self- awareness, empathy, high standards of work, etc., which are being replaced in our ‘globalised’ societies by more utilitarian values like individualism, competitiveness or hyper-consumption, which in certain circumstances can generate a degree of detachment from society1;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the family is the first place where social interaction occurs for children and that an extended family circle plays a vital role in prevention and rehabilitation;social reintegration; also takes the view that other socio-economic factors play a role in influencing children’s development,
Amendment 62 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the Member States to improve teacher training, to promote cooperation between parents and, teachers, social mediators and youth associations, and to take young people’s views into account within the framework of the applicable rules;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Member States, local authorities and schools to encourage and organise extracurricular, artistic and sporting activities with help from community associations;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the competent bodies to assess the public policies concerning the effectiveness of alternative punishments for juvenile delinquents, the impact of gender stereotypes in youth crime, the role played by media, the different experiences of boys and girls in relation to violence, and the role played by parents, schools and youth organisassociations in preventing youth crime; calls on those bodies to compare their experiences and practices;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to promote the adoption of measures aimed at providing counselling forsupporting children encountering social integration problems and combating discrimination against members of their community of origin, and action to draw up and implement programmes to combat all types of violence based on social origin;
Amendment 87 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. 20 Is convinced of the educational benefits of giving teenagers their say in order to avoid blind law-and-order policwith a view to addressing the problem of juvenile delinquency appropriately, as exemplified by the European project ‘Do you know where your child is now?’, as a means of prevention;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Invites the Member States and the social partners to organise appropriate vocational training courses and to increase wages in the early childhood and education sectors;
Amendment 103 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 108 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to establish re-educational and social reintegration programmes for juvenile delinquents and to apply a ‘zero tolerance’ policy to adults, irrespective of their social status, who encourage teenagers to commit crimes, for example by helping them to obtain hard drugs, cannabis or other harmful substances;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to step up their measures to prevent gender violence among young people and to improve collaboration between the individuals and milieus affected, such as the family, school, the public space and, the media and youth associations; underscores the importance of conducting campaigns to raise awareness of the various types of violence against women and of combating sexist stereotypes;
Amendment 121 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the authorities to take the steps required to putenable women and men in a better position to choose how they wish to achieve work-life balance;
Amendment 48 #
2010/0242(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe and the consequent increase in chronic conditions makes it more important than ever to promote healthy ageing and develop initiatives to counter health risks associated with the ageing process, such as malnutrition. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer, improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0242(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) to protect older persons who continue carrying on an activity, regardless of the category of organisation in which that activity is performed, via suitable medical monitoring;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas although the 2006-2010 Roadmap for equality has served to some extent to highlight key aspects of gender equality, actual progress has been modesis insufficient,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the current economic and social crisis ismay having particularly seriouse consequences for women, exacerbating inequalities and discriminationinter alia in relation to employment and pay,
Amendment 26 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas those living in poverty – more than 85 million in all – are for the most part women, a situation brought about by unemployment, casual labour, low wages, pensions below the minimum subsistence level, and the widespread difficulties of obtaining access to good public services,
Amendment 28 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in terms of average wages there is a growing gender pay gap throughout the EU, amounting on average toof more than 17%, and whereas indirect forms of discrimination tend to increase when unemployment is rising and affecting women and girls,
Amendment 47 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, a fact which has to be reflected in policies and concerted action aimed at bringing about real changes tothat genuinely help to improve the present situation,
Amendment 80 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that experience demonstratEmphasises that quality in SSGI provision should be based around a suitable financing method apt to ensure innovative and efficient services; stresses that the profit maximisation objective of commercial providers of SSGImust not conflicts with the principles and objectives of SSGI;
Amendment 94 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that national and local authorities engaged in providing or mandating SSGI need a clear legal basis for their services and expenditures, and that while the information and clarification service developed by the Commission is essential, it should be flanked with a methodology made available to the organis insufficient and does not protect SSGI providers from legal challengeg authorities and containing a grid for the application of the EU rules;
Amendment 105 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that SSGI are an indispensable investment for Europe’s future, and are under severe pressure due to the economic and banking crises and government austerity programmes, which are resulting in even greater demand for them;
Amendment 152 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises that the quality of services must be based around regular and integrated consultation of users, who are taxpayers, since services must first and foremost meet their needs;
Amendment 165 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for clarification of basic principles on the control of state aid, and for a review of the criteria for calculating compensation of public service obligations, with an eye to transparency vis-à-vis the taxpayer;
Amendment 174 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadened so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations. The de minimis threshold should beCalls on the Commission to assess whether it is appropriate to raised to at least EUR 500 000 over a three-year cyclehe de minimis threshold applicable to SSGI;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which awere not sufficiently gender-sensitinclusive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres as well as social partners agreements,
Amendment 9 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, including on boards of directors, and in local, regional, national and European public institutions, administrations and organisations which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which are gender-sensitive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres,
Amendment 114 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, as well as in equivalent positions in public administrations, which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, while on average the health of EU citizens has steadily improved over the past decade, health disparities are still to be found in the Member States, in particular within different population groups and between men and women,
Amendment 63 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Amendment 64 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deleted. amended as follows:. "in the case of self-employed drivers, the same definition shall apply to the time from the beginning to the end of work – including a fixed period of working time calculated for points iv and v taken together – during which the self- employed driver is at his workstation, at the disposal of the client and exercising his functions or activities other than general administrative work that is not directly linked to the specific transport operation underway".
Amendment 79 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 89 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – point b a (new)
3a) The following point (ba) is inserted in Article 4: the fixed period of working time referred to in Article 3 (a) (2) shall be one hour per week.