119 Amendments of Gabriele STAUNER
Amendment 25 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 32 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on national public authorities to adopt or further develop legal provisions which exclude from public procurement undertakings found to have infringed labour law, collective agreements or codes of conduct;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 46 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its message by calling on the Commission to establish a clear-cut Community legal instrument introducing joint and several liability at European level, while respecting the different legal systems in place in the Member States and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionalityCalls on the Commission to urge the individual Member States to establish a legal instrument introducing joint and several liability at national level;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that such an instrument would benefit not only employees, but also Member State authorities, employers and especially SMEs in their fight against the grey economy, as clear, transparent Community rules would drive dubious operators out of the market, thus improving the functioning of the single market;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the principle of informing and consulting employees is central to the social market economy and should not be seen as an obstacle to the economic development of undertakings,
Amendment 26 #
2008/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States which do not possess the legal review procedures provided for in Article 6(3) or sanctions sufficient to act as a deterrent on employers who fail to respect the right of employees to be informed and consulted, to enact such sanctions;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point (c)
Paragraph 8 – point (c)
(c) lower the workforce size thresholds for the undertaking or establishment above which Directive 2002/14/EC applies, in order to give wider coverage to small and medium-sized enterprises, which make up a significant proportion of the European economyexclude only micro-undertakings from its scope,
Amendment 1 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages, therefore, the Commission to continue its efforts to address the weaknesses in supervision and control by developing and implementing an internal reform programme and, together with the Member States, implementing an action plan to further improve the supervisory and control systems of the Union;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission and Member States to develop instruments that will ensure that high educational qualifications of women will result in "better jobs"jobs commensurate with such qualifications;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to pursue the objective of equal economic independenca balanced income for women and men;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are key principles of primary law and, in areas where the Community does not have sole legislative power, must be respected at all costs,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the correct application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality makes a fundamental contribution to consolidating the authority and effectiveness of Community legislation and to ensuring that decisions are taken at a level closer to citizens, thereby ultimately securing greater public acceptance of the Union, and whereas these principles are essential to legitimising the appropriateness and scope of Community action, in so far as they enable the Member States to exercise their own legislative powers, in a spirit of collaboration between the various levels of government, and this therefore increases legal security,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas at present Community law making is subject to the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which require the establishment of procedures for coordination with the national legislative and executive authorities in order to guarantee both legal security and the effectiveness of European Union actionthat European Union action is both necessary and lawful,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises, in the context of the efforts to bring about better lawmaking, the importance of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality both in reducing unnecessary bureaucratic burdens on Member States and those affected by legislation and in securing broader acceptance among European citizens for those measures which, in keeping with both principles, can only be taken at Community level;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that since ambiguous and ineffective soft law instruments can have negative effects on the development of European Union law and on the balance between the Institutions, they should therefore be used cautiously,only very cautiously - where provided for in the Treaties and in a manner strictly consistent with the allocation of competences under primary law - and in all cases, legal security should be guaranteed;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has decided to forward its new proposals and consultation documents to the national parliaments directly, in order to seek their reactions upstream of the Community law- making process, thus anticipating the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; fully endorses the importance of collaboration of this kind when it comes to improving the quality and application of Community legislation, in particular the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Part A – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part A – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that, in order permanently to overcome the pay gap, Member States should consider which specific measures can be taken against employers who infringe the principle of equal pay;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Part A – paragraph 4 – point d
Part A – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 16 #
2008/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Part A – paragraph 4 – point e
Part A – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 27 #
2008/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Part B - paragraph 1 – point d
Part B - paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the information provided by employers on equal treatment for men and women at the workplace, making provision for more specific and targeted information concerning pay differences, together with greater involvement of, and a specific role for, social partners, and equal opportunity organisationthe consultation of social partners.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1
“1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the EGF shall also provide support to workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis, provided applications comply with the criteria set out in Article 2(a), (b) or (c). Redundancies may not be based on reasons other than the financial and economic crisis.
Amendment 15 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Maternity leave under this Directive does not conflict with Member States’ other rules on parental leave and there is no intention to circumvent these models. Maternity leave and parental leave are complementary and used in combination can promote a better balance between work and family life. It is up to the parents themselves to decide whether to return to work soon after the birth or to make use of possibilities provided by Member States such as parental leave.
Amendment 36 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 184 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
(2) The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least six weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non-compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirthA pregnant woman or new mother, in consultation with her employer, shall be free to position this period of leave around the date of confinement.
Amendment 40 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
(2) The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least six weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirthmay extend the compulsory portion of the maternity leave under this Directive to a maximum of eight weeks after the birth and/or a maximum of six weeks before the birth, if the workers are allowed the possibility of expressly declaring themselves ready to work within this extended period, by a declaration that can be revoked at any time.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
(5) Member States shall ensure that any period of sick leavePeriods of absence before and after the birth due to illness orin complications arising out of pregnancy occurring four weeks or more before confinement does not impact on the duration of maternity leavennection with the pregnancy shall be added to the 14- week period.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 48 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
(1) The Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1)at least four months after childbirth, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
Amendment 53 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 − point b
Article 1 – point 3 − point b
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – point 2 − point (c a) (new)
Article 11 – point 2 − point (c a) (new)
(ca) The Member States shall ensure that the period of maternity leave is counted as a period of employment for pension purposes and that workers do not suffer any reduction of pension rights through taking maternity leave.
Amendment 55 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 − point c
Article 1 – point 3 − point c
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – point 3
Article 11 – point 3
(3) the allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling mayshould not be loweress than 90% of the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of health. The Member States may lay down the period over which this average monthly salary is calculated.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Healthcare services and general social services play a fundamental role in the European social model but receive inadequate funding in certain Member States. The Member States and the Commission should take better account of this fundamental role of the healthcare services in all law-making.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The liberalisation of health services must not lead to even greater inequality of access to high quality healthcare.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to make the SPE an accessible company form for individuals and small businesses, it should be capable of being created ex nihilo or of resulting from the transformation, the merger or the division of existing national companies. The creation of an SPE by way of transformation, merger or division of companies should be governed by the applicable national law, without prejudice to the provisions on employees' rights of participation.
Amendment 22 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The SPE should not be subject to a high mandatory capital requirement since this would be a barrier to the creation of SPEs. Creditors, however, should be protected from excessive distributions to shareholders which could affectundermine the ability of the SPE to pay its debts. To this end, distributions that leave the SPE with liabilities exceeding the value of the assets of the SPE should be prohibited. Shareholders, however, should also be free to require the management body of the SPE to sign a solvency certificate.
Amendment 25 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Employees’ rights of participation should be governed by the legislation of the Member State in which the SPE has its registered office (the "home Member State"). The SPE should not be used for the purpose of circumventing such rights. Where the national legislation of the Member State to which the SPE transfers its registered office does not provide for at least the same level of employee participation as the home Member State, the participation of employees in the company followingprior to the transfer should in certain circumstances be negotiated. Should such negotiations fail, the provisions applying in the company before the transfer should continue to apply after the transfer.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point e a (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point e a (new)
(ea) its cross-border nature is demonstrated by the fact that it has at least one branch office outside the country in which it was established;
Amendment 27 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 1
Article 4 - paragraph 1
1. An SPE shall be governed by this Regulation and also, as regards the matters listed in Annex I, by its articles of association. However, where a matterprovision is not covered by the articles of this Regulation or by Annex I, an SPE shall be governed by the law, including the provisions implementing Community law, which applies to private limited-liability companies in the Member State in which the SPE has its registered office, hereinafter "applicable national law".
Amendment 28 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2
Article 5 - paragraph 2
2. Formation of the SPE by the transformation, merger or division of existing companies shall be governed by the national law applicable to the transforming company, to each of the merging companies or to the dividing company. Formation by transformation shall not give rise to the winding up of the company or any loss or interruption of its legal personality and shall not affect employees' existing rights of participation.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 3
Article 5 - paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, 'company' shall mean any form of limited company that may be set up under the law of the Member States, a European Company and, where applicable, an SPE.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 - paragraph 2 - point g
Article 10 - paragraph 2 - point g
(g) the articles of association of the SPE; including any rights of participation enjoyed by employees;
Amendment 35 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 - paragraph 4
Article 19 - paragraph 4
4. The capital of the SPE shall be at least EUR 15 000.
Amendment 38 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Resolutions on the matters indicated in points (a), (b), (c), (e), (h), (i), (l), (m) (n), (o) and (p) of paragraph 1 shall be taken by a qualified majority.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Amendment 41 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The SPE shall be subject to the rules on employee participation and other employee rights, if any, applicable in the Member State in which it has its registered officethe most employees, subject to the provisions of this Article.
Amendment 43 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. At least onthree months before the resolution of the shareholders referred to in paragraph 4 is taken, the management body of the SPE shall:
Amendment 48 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 49 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – point (b)
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) the proposed articles of association, and any rules governing employees' rights of participation, for the SPE in the host Member State, as approved by the shareholders;
Amendment 58 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to make the SPE an accessible company form for individuals and small businesses, it should be capable of being created ex nihilo or of resulting from the transformation, the merger or the division of existing national companies. The creation of an SPE by way of transformation, merger or division of companies should be governed by the applicable national law, without prejudice to the provisions on employee participation.
Amendment 63 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The SPE should not be subject to a high mandatory capital requirement since this would be a barrier to the creation of SPEs. Creditors, however, should be protected from excessive distributions to shareholders which could affectundermine the ability of the SPE to pay its debts. To this end, distributions that leave the SPE with liabilities exceeding the value of the assets of the SPE should be prohibited. Shareholders, however, should also be free to require the management body of the SPE to sign a solvency certificate.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Employees’ rights of participation should be governed by the legislation of the Member State in which the SPE has its registered office (the ‘home Member State’). The SPE should not be used for the purpose of circumventing such rights. Where the national legislation of the Member State to which the SPE transfers its registered office does not provide for at least the same level of employee participation as the home Member State, the participation of employees in the company following the transfer should in certain circumstances be negotiated prior to the transfer. Should such negotiations fail, the provisions applying in the company before the transfer should continue to apply after the transfer.
Amendment 75 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) it has a cross-border component in that it has at least one establishment outside its home Member State;
Amendment 78 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, where a matterprovision is not covered by the articles of this Regulation or by Annex I, an SPE shall be governed by the law, including the provisions implementing Community law, which applies to private limited-liability companies in the Member State in which the SPE has its registered office, hereinafter ‘applicable national law’.
Amendment 80 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Formation of the SPE by the transformation, merger or division of existing companies shall be governed by the national law applicable to the transforming company, to each of the merging companies or to the dividing company. Formation by transformation shall not give rise to the winding up of the company or any loss or interruption of its legal personality and shall not affect employees’ existing rights of participation.
Amendment 81 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, ‘company’ shall mean any form of company with share capital that may be set up under the law of the Member States, a European Company and, where applicable, an SPE.
Amendment 102 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the articles of association of the SPE; including any rights of participation enjoyed by employees;
Amendment 147 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The capital of the SPE shall be at least EUR 15 000.
Amendment 155 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Resolutions on the matters indicated in points (a), (b), (c), (e), (h), (i), (l), (m) (n), (o) and (p) of paragraph 1 shall be taken by a qualified majority.
Amendment 157 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Amendment 168 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The SPE shall be subject to the rules on employee participation and employee rights other than participation, if any, applicable in the Member State in which it has its registered officethe most employees, subject to the provisions of this Article.
Amendment 171 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 173 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – Introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – Introductory part
At least onthree months before the resolution of the shareholders referred to in paragraph 4 is taken, the management body of the SPE shall:
Amendment 174 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 175 #
2008/0130(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the proposed articles of association, and any rules governing employees' rights of participation, for the SPE in the host Member State, as approved by the shareholders;
Amendment 10 #
2008/0070(COD)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The development and recognition of citizens’ knowledge, skills and competence are crucial for individuprofessional and personal development, competitiveness, employment and social cohesion in the Community. In this respect, they should facilitate trans-national mobility for workers and learners and contribute towards meeting the requirements of supply and demand in the European labour market. Participation in borderless lifelong learning for all, transfer, recognition and accumulation of individuals' learning outcomes achieved in formal, non-formal and informal contexts should therefore be promoted and improved at national and Community levels.
Amendment 18 #
2008/0070(COD)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The introduction and implementation of ECVET is voluntary, pursuant to Articles 149 and 150 of the EC Treaty, and can therefore only be undertaken in accordance with the existing national laws and regulations. This recommendation thus complies with the principle of subsidiarity by supporting and complementing the activities of Member States, facilitating cooperation between them, increasing transparency and promoting mobility and lifelong learning.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0070(COD)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 2
Recommendation 2
2. use ECVET from 2012, in particular by adopting measures for its gradual applicationtesting, starting in 2012, and its gradual application, no sooner than 2017, to vocational education and training qualifications from level 1 to level 8 of the EQF, in accordance with national legislation and practice, for the purpose of transfer, recognition and accumulation of individuals' learning outcomes achieved in formal, non-formal and in and, where appropriate, non- formal contexts;
Amendment 28 #
2008/0070(COD)
4. monitor and follow up the action taken, in particular by updating the guidance mat during the testing perialod and, after the assessment and evaluation of this action carried out in cooperation with the Member States, report, fourive years after the adoption of this Recommendation, to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained and implications for the future, including, if necessary, a possible review and adaptation of this Recommendation.
Amendment 24 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, in the light of the Lisbon strategy and the need for action to keep the social security and pensions systems sustainable, to make more progress in shifting from a social expenditure to a social activation outlook and to attract and retain more people in quality employment with compulsory social insurance cover, increase labour supply, modernise social protection systems and increase investment in human capital through better education and training;
Amendment 33 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its belief that EU labour law should reinforce employment contracts of indefinite duration as the genertraditional form of employment under which adequate social and health protection is provided and respect for fundamental rights is ensured;
Amendment 38 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the core of European social models is solidarity between economically active and economically inactive peoplepeople and those outside the world of work, primarily financed by work- related earnings, such as social security contributions or labour taxation; nevertheless points out that the ageing population will put serious pressure on the active work force; stresses that this could jeopardise solidarity and as a consequence European social models; stresses the significant importance, therefore, of rethinkingadopting a new approach to the principle of solidarity, including finding a new,a fair funding balance;
Amendment 41 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points to the ongoing development of individualisation, which should be accompanied by more strenuous efforts to individualise social rights in order to enable people, especially women, to become more independent and to build up their own history of contributing to pension schemes;
Amendment 47 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a decreasing work force will, if the present situation continues, lead to a decrease in the total number of hours worked; considers that it maywill be necessary to compensate this development primarily by recruiting more new employees, and possibly also by increasing the hours worked by the remaining workers or reducing the number of people who work part-time;
Amendment 55 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that higher employment rates are heavily dependent on the need to keep all groups active and therefore stresses the need to fight discrimination on the labour market and find employment for inactive but employable people;
Amendment 56 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that it might be necessary for people to work past the age 65, remaining as long as possible in the labour force; stresses the need to discuss raising the legal retirement age; considers that, irrespective of the various legal retirement ages which apply in the Member States, it is necessary that employees should at the minimum also in fact remain in employment (or have the opportunity to do so) until the age which applies;
Amendment 75 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Draws attention to the existing discrimination against vulnerable groups in the labour market, which leads to lower employment rates and lowparticularly those in minor employment without compulsory social insurance cover, wages and therefore fewer opportunities for those groupshich gives those groups less opportunity to builtd up adequate pensions; insists on the need to provide equal opportunities for all;
Amendment 78 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that increasing public spending on pensions could be reduced by a partial switch to privately funded schemes, including occupational supplementary pension schemes; emphasises that a stronger focus on privately funded pensions would increase the need for appropriate regulation of private pension funds and for the promotion of occupational supplementary pensions;
Amendment 93 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Observes that it is predominantly women who take care of children, voluntarily or involuntarily under the pressure of cultural attitudes and social norms or of the poor quality or lack of childcare facilities; stresses the need to compensate women and to provide them with real choices as regards having children, without fearing possible financial disadvantages or suffering detriment to their career progression; welcomes action by Member States to compensation thie for this, for example by arranging for the accumulation of statutory pension entitlements during periods spent raising children and caring for families;
Amendment 98 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for the Member States to preserve adequate levels of funding for social security and pensions systems, the need to for them to find alternative and robust tax bases in face of increased competition brought about by globalisation; warns of the possible reduction of tax revenue caused by flat tax rates, given the fact that they are strictly related to the total number of people in the labour force; stresses the importance of reducing reliance on labour taxation in order to increase the competitiveness of Member States' economies and provide more work incentives; recognises the complexidifficulty involved in shifting to a more capital taxation, given the smaller capital tax base and greater mobility of capital; suggests that increasing the use of environmental taxes and greater reliance on consumption as tax base be considered, and thus the need for greater progressiveness, which would reduce the pressure on lower incomes;
Amendment 115 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Observes that public funding of health care contributes to efficiency and fairness byhelps to providinge protection against financial risk and by not linking payments to theirrespective of the personal risk of ill health, whereas, in contrast, private contribution mechanisms involve limited or no pooling of risks and usually link payments to the risk of ill health and ability to pay, but at the same time guarantee long-term financing irrespective of demographic change;
Amendment 120 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 121 #
2007/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that, in the light of the principle of freedom to provide services and the right of the insured under health insurance schemes to choose a doctor or establishment freely, it is not permissible for Member States to impose fixed ceilings on the cost of treating their citizens abroad;
Amendment 5 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, from the macroeconomic point of view, hedge funds and private equity (HFs & PE) represent welcome additional investors at a time when economic structures are experiencing ever more substantial change at an ever- increasing pace, but that this type of alternative investment is unregulated; stresses, in addition, that lack of scrutiny and excessive profit-seeking are solely at the expense of employees and/or other third partiesinsufficiently regulated;
Amendment 12 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal as to how Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of the transfer of undertakings should be supplemented so as to safeguard the rights of the employees concerned in the case of HF & PE takeovers and prevent jobs being jeopardised by loss of liquidity in firms taken over;
Amendment 14 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the two sides of industry and the Commission to undertake a reshaping of European rules to reflect the situation created by HFs & PE, and primarily of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council and Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community;
Amendment 16 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to use best practice to ensure that employees are informed about the way in which their pensions are invested and the associated risks, and that they can have a say thereincompany pensions acquired by employees are shielded from bankruptcies;
Amendment 21 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expects the fund industry to move further towards binding measures and regulations on corporate governance which willmust also be made public; considers that funds which act as entrepreneurs cannot distance themselves from cultivatingthe obligation to develop human resources, ensuring worker participation and the pursuit of environmental and social objectives;
Amendment 27 #
2007/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to monitor and analyse the effects of the operations of HF & PE companies, and to propose a directive on minimum transparency rules on the way in which investments are financed, the objective of investment projects, the disclosure of ownership structures and the registration of hedge fundsanalyse the way in which investments are financed;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2043(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 5 #
2007/2043(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 2 #
2007/2042(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 2 #
2007/2041(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that the authority and independence of the Members of the Court of Auditors would be strengthened if the nominees were to be proposed on the recommendation of each country's supreme national audit institution; takes the view, further, that such a procedure would also serve to improve cooperation between the Court of Auditors and national audit institutions;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2040(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction the adoption by the ECJ in July 2007 of a code of conduct applying to Members and former Members of the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal, including an obligation to submit a declaration of financial interests to the President of the Court of Justice; stresses, however, its repeated request, in the interest of transparency, even in the absence of legal requirement at present, for the publication of thesconcrete declarations, for example on the ECJ's website;
Amendment 3 #
2007/2040(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that in point 35 of its Special Report No 2/2007 concerning the Institutions' expenditure on buildings the Court of Auditors commented as follows on the financing arrangements for the building of the extension to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg: '(...) the Court of Justice was not involved in the tender and the detailed negotiation of the contract - whose clauses and options it did not agree in advance - and it is not signatory to the financing contracts even though it will have to bear the financial costs (e.g. interest rates, management charges). The Court of Justice's departments examined the procedure followed by the government for awarding the contract concerning the financing of the project and pointed out that there had been a lack of appropriate competition (...)'; calls on the Commission to submit, by July 2008 at the latest, the findings of the further investigations into possible breaches of the directives on public procurement announced in connection with the Court of Justice extension project in its answer to Written Question E-4016/2007;
Amendment 1 #
2007/2039(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the fact, in this connection, that the Council and the other Community institutions and bodies all accept the established practice that Parliament grants their Secretaries- General discharge in respect of their implementation of the budget, but explicitly criticises the fact that the Financial Regulation contains no reference whatsoever to this procedure, but only provisions relating to the discharge to be granted to the Commission;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2039(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Amendment 2 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas nothing in this resolution should be taken as affecting the independence of judges, in accordance with Recommendation No. R(94)12 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and, the 1998 European Charter on the statute for judges and the national legal systems,
Amendment 8 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that a true European judicial area in which effective judicial cooperation can take place requires not only knowledge of European law, but also mutual knowledge of the fundamentals of the legal systems of the other Member States; highlights the inconsistencies in the treatment of foreign law throughout the European Union and considers that this important issue should be addressed in the future; takes note in that respect of the Commission's forthcoming horizontal study on the treatment of foreign law in civil and commercial matters, and of the ongoing studies in the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law;
Amendment 11 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 14 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers, however, that the time is ripe for a pragmatic institutional solution to judicial training at EU level which makes full use of existing structures whilst avoiding unnecessary duplication of programmes; calls, therefore, for the creation of a European Judicial Academy composed of the European Judicial Training Network, whose task it would be to set training priorities, and the Academy of European Law, which would become its operative arm, implementing those priorities; calls for this institutional solution to take account of relevant experience gained in running the European Police Colle it necessary to enhance the role of the Academy of European Law so as to improve its capacity to tackle future tasks relating to the training of national judges;
Amendment 17 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 19 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 24 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 25 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the creation of a Forum for discussing EU justice policies and practice, and calls on the Commission to ensure as far as possible that the Forum carries out its deliberations in a transparent manner so as to inform the work of all EU institutions and national authorities; notes with satisfaction the Commission's commitment to report on a regular basis both to Parliament and to the Council; welcomes the intention to coordinate work with the relevant bodies of the Council of Europe and to avoid duplicating their valuable activities;
Amendment 26 #
2007/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 12 #
2007/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 3
Article 3 - paragraph 3
3. The Foundation shall cooperate with the other relevant Community bodies, with the support of the Commission. The Foundation shall cooperate, in particular, with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) in the framework of a joint annual work programme annexed to the annual work programme of each agency with the objective of promoting synergy between the activities of the two agencies and ensuring their fields of action do not overlap in order to avoid wasting valuable resources.
Amendment 16 #
2007/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 - paragraph 1
Article 8 - paragraph 1
1. The representatives of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Governing Board shall each have one vote.
Amendment 17 #
2007/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10, paragraph 1, indent 1
Article 10, paragraph 1, indent 1
1. . The Director of the Foundation shall be appointed by the Governing Board on the basis of a list of candidates propossubmitted by the Commission, for a period of five years. Before being appointed, the candidate selected by the Governing Board may be invited to make a statement before the competent committee(s) of the European Parliament and answer questions put by its/their members. which shall comprise a shortlist of at least three candidates, for a period of five years. The Commission shall forward the complete list of candidates to the Governing Body and to the chairperson(s) of the competent committee(s) of the European Parliament. Before being appointed, the three shortlisted candidates shall be invited to make a statement before the competent committee(s) of the European Parliament and answer questions put by its/their members The competent committee(s) of the European Parliament shall then rank the three candidates in order of preference and inform the Governing Board.
Amendment 3 #
2007/0152(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 4 #
2007/0152(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex (new)
Annex (new)
Annex GERMANY In the case of family benefits, this Regulation shall apply only to third- country nationals who fulfil the conditions laid down by German legislation for entitlement to family benefits.
Amendment 20 #
2006/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – Number 3
Article 1 – Number 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Office may open an investigation when sufficiently strong suspicions exist that acts of fraud or corruption or other illegal acts referred to in Article 1 have been committed. The decision whether or not to open an investigation shall take account of the investigation policy priorities and the Office’s programme of investigative activities determined in accordance with Articles 11a and 12(5). That decision shall also take account of the need for efficient utilisation of the Office’s resources and for proportionality in the means deployed. Anonymous information shall also be taken into account provided it is sufficiently well supported.
Amendment 5 #
2006/0006(COD)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The persons covered by this Regulation should receive from the competent institution a timely answer to their requests. The answer should be provided within the time-limits prescribed by the social security legislation of the Member State in question, where such time-limits exist. Member States whose social security legislation does not make provision for such time-limits should adopt them and make them known to concerned persons as necessary.
Amendment 9 #
2006/0006(COD)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Persons to whom the basic Regulation applies shall on request receive an answer by the relevant deadline in accordance with the legal or administrative provisions of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 22 #
2004/0209(COD)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The likelihood of sickness in companies that require staff to work on Sundays is greater than in companies that do not require staff to work on Sundays. The health of workers depends, among other factors, on their opportunities to reconcile work and family life, to establish and maintain social ties and to pursue their spiritual needs. Sunday, as the traditional weekly rest day, contributes to these objectives more than any other day of the week.
Amendment 23 #
2004/0209(COD)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The likelihood of sickness in companies that require staff to work on Sundays is greater than in companies that do not require staff to work on Sundays. The health of workers depends, among other factors, on their opportunities to reconcile work and family life, to establish and maintain social ties and to pursue their spiritual needs. Sunday, as the traditional weekly rest day, contributes to these objectives more than any other day of the week.
Amendment 43 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 2b – subparagraphs 2 and 3
Article 2b – subparagraphs 2 and 3
The Member States shall ensure, without prejudice to Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community and in consultation with the social partners, that: - employers inform workers in due time of any substantialwell in advance of any changes in the pattern or organisation of their working time. Taking into account workers' needs for flexibility in their working hours and patterns, the Member States shall, in accordance with national practices, also encourage employers to examine requests for changes to such working hours and patterns, subject to business needs, and to both employers' and workers' needs for flexibilitf working time, and - workers have the right to request changes to their hours and patterns of work and employers have the obligation to consider such requests fairly, having regard to the needs for flexibility of both employers and employees. An employer may refuse such a request only if the organisational disadvantages for the employer are disproportionate to the benefit to the worker. - the minimum rest period referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC shall, in principle, include Sunday.
Amendment 47 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) In Article 5, paragraph 2a shall be added: "The minimum rest period referred to in the first paragraph shall in principle include Sunday."
Amendment 48 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) In Article 5, paragraph 2a shall be added: "The minimum rest period referred to in the first paragraph shall in principle include Sunday."