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Activities of Diana WALLIS related to 2008/0224(CNS)

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Amendments (15)

Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
(5) For these reasons and with a view to ensuring transparency and legal certainty through common rules, it is appropriate to provide for suchaccredited parliamentary assistants, with the exception of assistants working for Members in the Member State in which they were elected, to be employed by way of direct contracts with the European Parliament. In contradistinction, local assistants are employed, in accordance with the aforementioned Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, by Members of the European Parliament under contracts concluded under the applicable national law in the Member State in which they are elected.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2
Within three years of the entry into force of this Regulation,The Commission shall, no later than 31.12.2011, and after consulting the Secretary General of the European Parliament shall submit, draw up a report on the application of this Regulation in order to examine the possible need to adapt the rules applying to parliamentary assistants. The report shall, where appropriate, contain proposals for amendment of this Regulation.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 1 – Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. PThe parliamentary assistants shall be classified by grade. in accordance with the indication given in the exercise of their full discretion by the Member or Members whom the assistant will support in their parliamentary activities. For grades 14 - 18 accredited parliamentary assistants shall be required, as a minimum, to have completed a degree and/or have equivalent professional experience.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 1 – Article 126 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from Article 7, accredited parliamentary assistants shall be entitled to vote in and stand for elections to a representative body, which shall be autonomous from the Staff Committee set up under Article 9 of the Staff Regulations. The provisions necessary to give effect to this entitlement shall be adopted under Article 125(2).
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 3 – Article 128 – paragraph 1
1. Article 1d of the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy. A difference of treatment shall be justified if it is based on the special nature of the relationship between the accredited parliamentary assistant and the Member(s) he assists, such as the holding of certain political opinions.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Not less than one month beforeIf during or at the expirynd of the probationary period, a report on his ability to perform his duties and also on his conduct and efficiency shall be made by the Member or the Members of the European Parliament if the work of the parliamentary assistant has not proved adequate to justify retention in his function. That report shall be communicated to the person concerned, who shall have the right to submit his comments in writing within a period of eight days,concerned so request, the abovementioned parliamentary assistant shall be dismissed by the authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6. If necessary, the abovementionOtherwise the accredited parliamentary assistant shall be dismissed by the authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6, provided the report was communicated to him before the end of the probationary periodeemed able to perform his duties and his conduct and efficiency shall be deemed compliant with the requirements of service.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 3 – Article 131 – paragraph 1
1. The contracts of accredited parliamentary assistants shall be concluded for a fixed period. A fixed contract shall not be extended more than twice during a parliamentary term. Unless otherwise specified in the contract itself, the contract shall terminate at the end of the parliamentary term during which it was concluded. Without prejudice to Article 140, the contracts shall expire at the latest by the end of the parliamentary term during which they were concluded.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 3 – Article 131 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall adopt an internal decision defining the criteria applicable toprovisions adopted under Article 125(3) shall set out guidelines for classification on engagement.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 4 – Article 132 – paragraph 4
4. Articles 42a, 42b, 55a and 57 to 61 of the Staff Regulations (leave, hours of work and public holidays) and Articles 16(2) to (4) and Article 18 of the present Conditions of employment shall apply by analogy taking into account the particular nature of the tasks and responsibilities assumed by accredited parliamentary assistants. Special leave, parental leave and family leave shall not extend beyond the term of the contract.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 5 – Article 134 – table
Grade 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 5 7 6 Full-time basic salary 1 193,00 1 389,85 1 619,17 1 .886,33 2 197,58.045,18 2.217,41 2 560.404,184 2 982,61 2.606,59 2.826,09 Grade 8 9 7 108 11 9 120 113 142 Full-time basic salary 3 474,74 4 048 3.064,078 4 716,00 5 494,14 6 400,67 7 456,783.322,11 3.601,87 3.905,18 4.234,04 4.590,59 Grade 13 14 15 16 17 18 Full-time basic salary 4.977,17 5.396,30 5.850,73 8 687,15 .343,42 6.877,61 7.456,78
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 6 – Article 136
Save as otherwise provided in Article 137, Articles 95 to 111 and 113 to 115 (social security) shall apply by analogy.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 6 – Article 136 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Article 96(11) shall apply subject to the proviso that in the event that the Commission concludes that an adjustment of the contribution is necessary owing to the inclusion of accredited assistants in the unemployment insurance scheme, the necessary payments shall be financed under an appropriate budget heading and paid from the total appropriations allocated to the section of the budget relating to the European Parliament.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 6 – Article 137 – paragraph 4
4. Article 112 shall only apply to contracts concluded for a period not exceeding one year.deleted
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 9 – Article 140 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) at the end of the period of notice specified in the contract, which shall give the parliamentary assistant or, the European Parliament the optionon request of the Member or the Members of the European Parliament concerned, the European Parliament the right to terminate the contract before its expiry. The period of notice shall not be less than one month per year of service, subject to a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. The period of notice shall not, however, start to run during maternity leave or sick leave, provided such sick leave does not exceed three months. It shall, moreover, be suspended during maternity or sick leave subject to these limits.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 9 – Article 140 – paragraph 2
2. Where the contract ceases pursuant to paragraph 1(c) or the European Parliament terminates the contract pursuant to paragraph 1(d), the parliamentary assistant shall be entitled to compensation equal to one third of his basic salary for the period between the date when his duties end and the date when his contract expires, subject however to a maximum of three months’ basic salary.
2008/11/21
Committee: JURI