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Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2016/0254(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2016/0254(COD)
Documents: PDF(825 KB) DOC(112 KB)

Amendments (19)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/943 to contribute to improvement of the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers, through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge and research-based policy proposals likely to assist this improvement. _________________ 3 Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1).

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Since its establishment in 1994 EU- OSHA has played an important role in supporting the improvement of health and safety at work throughout the European Union. At the same time there have been developments in the area of occupational safety and health (OSH) and working environments. In this light some adjustments are required in describing the objectives and tasks of EU-OSHA as compared to the provisions in Council Regulation (EC) No. 2062/94.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) In order to ensure its full autonomy and independence and to enable it to properly perform the objectives and tasks assigned to it by this Regulation, OSHA should be granted an adequate and autonomous budget with revenue stemming essentially from a contribution from the general budget of the Union. The Union budgetary procedure should be applicable as far as the Union contribution and any other subsidies chargeable to the general budget of the Union are concerned. The accounts should be audited by the Court of Auditors.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) Every effort should be made for the application of the financial rules to be proportionate to the size and budget of the Agency so as not to impose excessive burdens, while still maintaining sound practice.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. TIn order to improve the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers, the objective of the Agency shall be to provide the European Union institutions and bodies, the Member States, the social partners and those involved in the field of safety and health at work with the technical, scientific, legal and economic information and qualified expertise of use in that field.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) based on its analysis and research, provide policy makers, including social partners, with research-based policy proposals in the field of safety and health of workers;

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies, whether public or private, public authorities and workers' and employers’ organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, in particular with the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions, the European Centre for the development of vocational training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies. Where efficient and effective, synergetic and complementary, it shall seek to cooperate with international actors working on health and safety at work.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2 a Independence and public interests 1. The Agency shall fulfil its tasks in complete independence.2. The members and alternate members of the Management Board and the Director shall undertake to act in the public interest. For this purpose, they shall make a statement of interests indicating either the absence of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to their independence or any direct or indirect interests which might be considered prejudicial to their independence. The statement shall be made in writing when taking office and shall be revised if changes occur with regard to the interests. It shall be published by the Agency on its website.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7 a (new)

Where, based on proposals by the Member States and the social partners, the gender balance is highly disproportionate, i.e. less than 30% of one gender would be represented on the Management Board, the Council shall delay the appointment until this is rectified and shall invite Member States to bring forward more balanced proposals

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. Members of the Management Board and their alternates shall be appointed in light of their knowledge in the field of health and safety at work, taking into account relevant managerial, administrative and budgetary skills. All parties represented in the Management Board shall make efforts to ensure a balanced representation of men and women and to limit turnover of their representatives, in order to guarantee continuity of the Board's work. If the gender balance is highly disproportionate, i.e. less than 30% of one gender are represented on the Management Board, all appointing parties are required to suggest different representatives.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. ~~It shall be extendabl~~That term shall be renewable once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resig-nation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members and independent experts as well as for seconded national experts under Article 20;

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. The Management Board shall adopt, in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decision based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and defining the conditions under which this delegation of powers can be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.deleted

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. Where exceptional circumstances so require, the Management Board may, by ~~way of a decision~~a majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote, temporarily suspend the ~~delegation of the~~ appointing authority powers ~~to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the latter and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director~~conferred by the Staff Regulations to the Executive Director and give them to another senior member of the Agency's management for a temporary period.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6

6. The resource programming shall be updated annually. The strategic programming shall be updated where appropriate, and in particular to address the outcome of the evaluation referred to in Article 28. Where new tasks are conferred upon the agency by EU institutions or European legislation, this shall be taken into account in the resource and financial programming.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be ~~extendabl~~renewable once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. The Executive Director shall manage the Agency. The Executive Director shall be accountable to the Management Board. The Executive Director shall exercise, with respect to the staff of the agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers").

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j

(j) preparing the Agency's draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget, as part of the Agency's programming document.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3

3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency ~~shall~~may be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union, or where duly justified, by other translation services.

2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL