237 Amendments of Regina BASTOS
Amendment 7 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the economic adjustment programme measures inat a time when there was a general economic and financial crisis and their particular economic situations were deteriorating, Greece (in May 2010 and March 2012), Ireland (in December 2010), Portugal (in May 2011) and Cyprus (in June 2013) sought the financial assistance of the EU, the euro area Member States, and the International Monetary Fund and agreed to economic adjustment programmes involving measures which have had a direct and indirect impact on employment levels and dire consequences for the social situationthe living conditions of many people; whereas, although all the programmes were formally signed by the Commission, they were designed, and their conditionality determined, jointly by the IMF, the Eurogroup, the European Central Bank (ECB) and, the Commission, and the Member States to be bailed out;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in its resolution of 21 November 2013, Parliament welcomed the Commission communication of 2 October 2013 entitled ‘Strengthening the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union’ and its proposal to establish a scoreboard of key employment and social indicators to be included in the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure (MIP) and the Joint Employment Report (JER), but regretted the fact that those indicators were insufficient to ensure comprehensive coverage of the Member States’ employment and social situations and the interdependence between them; whereas Parliament’s resolution stressed the need to ensure that this monitoring aims to reduce social divergences between Member Statesthe Joint Employment Report (JER);
Amendment 23 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the available data show that in four countries the progress made towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets is rapidly declining (see Annex 1); whereas for Portugal, the situation is not the same in all indicators, the progress towards achievement of the Europe 2020 targets is mixed, while the trend is positive regarding the targets related to education, the trend in employment is more challenging;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU institutions (the ECB, the Commission and the Eurogroup) are fully co-responsible for the conditions imposed under the economic adjustment programmes, and therefore for their social consequencinvolved in drawing up the economic adjustment programmes;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that Parliament has been completelythere is no legal basis and that this has caused Parliament to be marginalised during all phases of the project: the preparatory phase, the development of mandates and the monitoring of the results achieved by the programmes and related measures;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the factConsiders it wrong that those programmes were designed without any assessment of the consequences by means of impact studies or coordination with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) or the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs; regrets, too, the fact that, despite the important social implications, the consultative bodies established by Treaty, in particular the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR), were not consulted;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that since 2008 the EU has been going through an unprecedented economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the EU was ill-prepared and ill-equipped to deal with the problems that arose, not least the immense sovereign debt crisis within the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that the global economic and financial crisis has highlighted and exacerbated the fragility of public finances in the four countries;
Amendment 56 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Points out that the situation was such as to demand an immediate response, given that failure to act would have had serious consequences, and to leave the four countries with no alternative but to seek financial assistance in order to avert bankruptcy;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Points out that the short time allowed to implement the adjustment programmes and the failure to produce an accurate picture of the economies of the bailout Member States have been the main causes of the deterioration in the social situation in those countries;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Deplores the fact that the worsening economic and social situation in the four countries was not noticed in time, bearing in mind that, had that happened, measures could have been taken to mitigate the social consequences;
Amendment 62 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the adjustment policies and structural reforms in the four countries have lserved to dramaticincrease unemployment rates, historically high rates ofand job loss rates and worseningmake working conditions worse; points out that the consequences for activityemployment rates, in particular as regards the sustainability of social protection and pension systems, are even more serious because of the gap between the Europe 2020 targets and reality is rapidly growing ever wider;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that, according to Eurostat data, the unemployment rate in Portugal fell in November 2013, for the ninth month running, to 15.5%;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with great concern that it is young people who are suffering the highest levels of unemployment, with the situation in countries such as Greece, where the rate is over 50%, or Portugal and Ireland, where it is in excess of 30%, being quite devastatingparticularly serious; regrets the fact that even those young people who do find a job often find themselves working under precarious conditions or on part-time contracts which make it hard to live independently;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the plans being implemented in Portugal, including the active employment policies, are proving effective and that the youth unemployment rate has been falling;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Warns that, if not remedied, these huge divergences, especially in the case of the younger generation, willmight result in structural damage to the labour market of the four countries, limit their capacity for recovery, provoke massive forced migration with tremendous brain-drain effects and increase the persistent divergences between Member States supplying employment and those supplying a low-cost workforce;
Amendment 129 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. In Portugal, the vulnerable groups have been particularly targeted by Active Labour Market Policies aimed at facilitating their access to the labour market and a Social Emergency Programme was launched in October 2011, open to new measures and solutions or even to customised solutions, in order to protect the most vulnerable parts of the population from the effects of the economic adjustment;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that Eurostat and Commission figures and various studies show that between 2008 and 2012 income distribution inequality grew in the four countriesGreece, Ireland and Cyprus and declined in Portugal, and that the cuts in social and unemployment benefits resulting from austerity measures, as well as the wage reductions due to structural reforms, are raising poverty levels; notes that in Portugal, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion declined over the same period; notes, furthermore, that the Commission report found relatively high levels of in-work poverty due to low minimum wages being cut or frozen as a result of the austerity measures;
Amendment 144 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. DeploRegrets the fact that the level of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has increased in the four countrieGreece, Ireland and Cyprus; points out that during the last three years alone, figures show that the proportion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has risen to 2615% in Portugal and to 15% in IrelandIreland, while in Portugal it fell from 26% to 25.3% between 2008 and 2012, according to Eurostat figures; notes, moreover, that these statistics hide a much harsher reality, which is that when GDP per capita falls, the poverty threshold also falls, meaning that we now consider to be out of poverty people who until recently were considered in poverty;
Amendment 160 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that the levels of early school-leavers are falling in the four countries; notes, however, that this ismay be partially explained by the difficulty young people are facing in finding employment;
Amendment 163 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the fact that tertiary education attainment levels have been rising in all four countries; notes, however, that this ismay be partially explained by the need of young people to improve their future labour market chances;
Amendment 174 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that the programmes imposed on the four countries allow firms to opt out of collective bargaining agreements and to review sectoral wage agreements directly affecting the structure and values of collective bargaining arrangements set out in the respective national constitutions; notes that this resulted in a request by the ILO Expert Committee, in the case of Greece, to re- establish social dialogue, and, in the case of Portugal, for the Constitutional Court to annul certain legislative measures; stresses that this despicable situation is the consequence of having limited structural reforms involving only the deregulation of labour relations and wage cuts at any cost, which is in clear, which runs countradiction wither to the EU’s general objectives and the policies of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 181 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that a social concertation agreement "Commitment for growth, competitiveness and employment" was signed in Portugal, in January of 2012, by all main Social Partners and Government;
Amendment 182 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points out that there is no single solution that can be applied across all the Member States;
Amendment 189 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed study of the social and economic consequences of the adjustment programmes in the four countries in order to provide a precise understanding of both the short-term and long-term damage to the employment and social protection systems, with particular regard to the fight against poverty, the maintaining of good social dialogue and the balance between flexibility and security in labour relations; calls on the Commission to use its consultative bodies when drafting this study, as well as the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee; suggests that the EESC be asked to draft a specific report;
Amendment 229 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the need, in this context, to implement virtuous austerity measures that are concerned to ensure social justice and enable a balance to be reached between economic growth and employment, the implementation of structural reforms and budget consolidation in bailed-out Member States, and that are based on the values of the European Union;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) has increased in Europe and worldwide, with the aim of denying women and men the essential sexual and reproductiveare essential rights that all EU Member States have committed to respecting and safeguarding in international agreements;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that SRHR policies are a matter for the Member States and that the subsidiarity principle has to be observed;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to provide better universal social security and to promote social insurance for self-employed; calls on the Commission and Member States to link social security and social protection rights to the individual rather than the working contract, thereby enabling decent social protection for all including self- employed and workers regardless of their contract type or employment status;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in several Member States it is necessary to reform pension systems in order to cope with population developments and changing labour markets; underlines the fact that reforms need to be socially just and to strengthen solidarity mechanisms and gender equality; stresses that the reforms should involve social partners and relevant stakeholders and be properly communicated to the citizens;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that women take more frequent career breaks and part-time jobs than men for the purpose of caring for children and elderly, dependent or sick people in the family, which may lead them to opt for part-time work or more poorly paid work, thus having a negative impact on their pensions and putting them at a greater risk of poverty; calls therefore on the Member States to view these career- break periods as insured periods for the purpose of establishing, and calculating, entitlement to pension;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to ensure the availability of affordable childcare facilities and to ensure equal access for self- employed to relevant tax or social advantages in relation to child care;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 43 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to facilitate the combination of work and care responsibilities by providing workers with flexibility with regard to working hours and working place in order to avoid that they have no other possibility for flexibility than to resort to dependent self- employment;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to develop social policies and social services providing childcare and care of the elderly and other dependent people in order to enable men and women to continue working if they so choose;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas new forms of violence have arisen more recently from the growing use of online social networks;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote gender equality from the earliest age with a view to changing attitudes and combating stereotypes;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States and stakeholders, working with the Commission, to help disseminate information about EU programmes and the funding available under them to combat violence against women;
Amendment 55 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 59 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) As tThis Regulation harmonises only certain sector-specific rules, it should be without prejudice to the general consumer protection rules, as established by Union acts and national legislation implementing them.
Amendment 60 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
Amendment 79 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) In order to avoid bill shocks, end- users should be able to define maximum financial limits for the charges related to their usage of calls and internet access services. This facility should be available free of charge, with an appropriate notification that can be consulted again subsequently, when the limit is being approached. Upon reaching the maximum limit, end-users should no longer receive or be charged for those services unless they specifically request the continued provision as agreed with the provider.
Amendment 87 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) In order to take full advantage of the competitive environment, end-users should be able to make informed choices and switch providers when it is in their interests. End-users should therefore be able to switch without being hindered by legal, technical or procedural obstacles, including contractual conditions and charges. Number portability is a key facilitator of consumer choice and effective competition. It should be implemented within a minimum delay so that the number is effectively activated within one working day of concluding an agreement to port a number. Settlement of outstanding bills should not be a condition for execution of a porting request.
Amendment 104 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 147 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 171 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
End-users shall be free to enter into agreements on data volumes and speeds, speeds and general features of services, such as service quality, with providers of internet access services and, in accordance with any such agreements relative to data volumes, to avail of any offers by providers of internet content, applications and services.
Amendment 277 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 284 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – point f a (new)
1a. In Article 2, the following point is inserted: “(fa) receiving provider of electronic communications to the public" means the provider of electronic communications to the public to which the telephone number or service is transferred;”
Amendment 287 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
(1b) In Article 20, the following paragraph is inserted: “-1a. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is provided in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible manner in an official language of Member State where the service is offered and without prejudice to the requirements of the Consumer Rights Directive* regarding off-premises/ distance contracts. The consumer and other end- user so requesting shall receive a copy of the contract as a minimum in electronic form and in writing. ______________________ * Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64).”
Amendment 300 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1 i (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1 i (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
(1i) Article 21(1) is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities are able to oblige undertakings providing public electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications services to publish transparent, comparable, adequate and up- to-date information on applicable prices and tariffs, on any charges due on termination of a contract and on standard terms and conditions in respect of access to, and use of, services provided by them to end-users and consumers in accordance with Annex II. Such information shall be published in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible form. National regulatory authorities may specify additional requirements regarding the form in which such information is to be published." lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2002L0022:20091219:EN:PDF) in the official language(s) of the Member State where the service is offered and shall be updated regularly. Any differentiation in the conditions applied to consumers and other end-users shall be made explicit. National regulatory authorities may specify additional requirements regarding the form in which such information is to be published Member States shall ensure that providers of electronic communications to the public are obliged to supply the information, on request to the relevant national regulatory authorities, in advance of its publication." Or. en (http://eur-
Amendment 304 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 k (new)
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 k (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
(1k) In Article 21, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities are able to oblige undertakings providing public electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications services to inter alia: (a) provide applicable tariff information to subscribers regarding any number or service subject to particular pricing conditions; with respect to individual categories of services, national regulatory authorities may require such information to be provided immediately prior to connecting the call; (b) inform subscribers of any change toprovide end-users with access to emergency services orand caller location information in the service to which they have subscribed; (c) inform subscribers of any change to conditions limiting access to and/or use of servicesfor all relevant services offered, any limitations on the provision of emergency services under Article 26, and any changes thereto; (da) provide information on internet access services, where offered, specifying the following: (i) for fixed data links, the estimated available download and upload data speeds in the end-user’s Member State of residence, and for mobile data, the average estimated download and upload speeds that might be experienced from normal wireless network coverage, and the speed ranges that might be experienced; (ii) details of unit data pricing plans, pricing plans for bulk data and any applications, where such conditions are permitted under national law in accordance with Community law; (d) provide information on any procedures put in place by the provider to measure and shape traffic so as to avoid filling or overfilling a network link, and on how those procedures could impact on service quality; (e) inform subscribersble thresholds. For data volumes above thresholds, unit or bulk pricing on an ad hoc or lasting basis and any data speed limitations that may be applied; (iii) how end-users can monitor the current level of their consumption, and set any voluntary limits; (iv) a clear and comprehensible explanation as to how any data volume limitation, the actually available speed and other quality parameters, and the simultaneous use of specialised services, may in practice have an impact on the use of content, applications and services; (v) information on any procedures put in place by the provider to measure and shape traffic including an indication of the underlying communication inspection methods used for reasonable traffic management measures, pursuant to Article 23 of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/22/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012 and information on how those procedures could impact on service quality, end-users’ privacy and the protection of personal data; (e) inform consumers, and end-users where applicable, of their right to determine whether or not to include their personal data in a directory, and of the types of data concerned, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2002/58/EC; (e) (f) regularly inform disabled subscribers of details of products and services designed for them.Directive on privacy and electronic communications); and (f) regularly inform disabled consumers, and end-users, where applicable, of details of products and services designed for them and the measures taken to ensure equivalence in access; If deemed appropriate, national regulatory authorities may promote self- or co- regulatory measures prior to imposing any obligation.’ lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2002L0022:20091219:EN:PDF)Or. pt (http://eur-
Amendment 307 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 l (new)
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 l (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
(1l) The following Article is added: ‘Article 21a Control of consumption 1. Member States shall ensure that providers of electronic communications offer consumers and end-users, without charge, the facility to monitor and control their usage of electronic communications. These facilities must include: (a) access to timely information on their service consumption. (b) the ability to set a financial cap on their usage, to request notification when an agreed proportion of their cap has been reached, the procedure to be followed to continue usage if the cap is exceeded, and the applicable pricing plans. After having reached the financial limit, end-users shall continue to be able to receive calls and SMS messages and access free-phone numbers and emergency services by dialling the European emergency number 112 free of charge until the end of the agreed billing period. (c) itemised bills in electronic or paper format.
Amendment 308 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 m (new)
Article 36 – paragraph – point 1 m (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 b (new)
Article 21 b (new)
(1m) The following Article is inserted: ‘Article 21b Bundled offers Member States shall ensure that i consumers are offered a bundle of services it shall comprise at least a connection to an electronic communications network or one electronic communications service, Articles 20a (new) and 30 of this Directive shall apply to all elements of the bundle.’
Amendment 319 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 2 f (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 2 f (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
(2f) In Article 30, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. Porting of numbers and their subsequent activation shall be carried out within the shortest possible time. In any case, subscribFor end- users who have concluded an agreement to port a number to a new undertaking shall haveprovider, that number shall be activated within one working day. Without prejudice to the first subparagraph, competent national authorities may establish the global process of switching and porting of numbers, taking into account national provisions on contracts, technical feasibility and the need to maintain continuity of service to the subscriber. In any event, loss of service during the process of porting shall not exceed one working day. Competent national authorities shall also take into account, where necessary, measures ensuring that subscribers are protected throughout the switching process and are not in accordance with the BEREC guidelines. They shall take into account necessary end-user protection throughout the switching process and the need to ensure efficiency of such process. In any event, loss of service during the process of porting shall not exceed one working day. End-users shall not be switched to another provider against their will. Member States shall ensure that appropriate sanctions on undertakings are provided for, including an obligation to compensate subscribers in case of delay in porting or abuse of porting by them or on their behalf.’ lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2002L0022:20091219:EN:PDF)Or. pt (http://eur-
Amendment 322 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1– point 2 g (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1– point 2 g (new)
Directive 2002/22/CE
Article 30 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The receiving provider of electronic communications to the public shall lead the switching and porting process. End- users shall receive adequate information on switching before and during the switching process, and also immediately after it is concluded. End-users shall not be switched to another provider against their will.
Amendment 323 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 2 h (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 2 h (new)
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 30 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States shall oblige providers of electronic communications to the public which delay or abuse switching, including by not making available information necessary for porting in a timely manner, to compensate end-users who are exposed to such delay or abuse.
Amendment 20 #
2013/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The proprietor of a registeredEuropean trade mark shall also be entitled to prevent, with the assistance of the national authorities, the importing of goods pursuant to paragraph 3(c) where only the consignor of the goodsor the offering of goods pursuant to paragraph 3(b), where the consignor, intermediary, agent or online sales services provider of the merchandise acts for commercial purposes.
Amendment 25 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
The proprietor of a European trade mark shall also be entitled to prevent the importing of goods referred to in, with the assistance of the national authorities, the importing of goods pursuant to paragraph 3(c) or the offering of goods pursuant to paragraph 3(c)b), where only the consignor of the goods, intermediary, agent or online sales services provider of the merchandise acts for commercial purposes.
Amendment 42 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 2 – Article 124 – paragraph 1 – point ka (new)
Title XII – Section 2 – Article 124 – paragraph 1 – point ka (new)
(ka) The Management Board shall approve the rules on mediation and arbitration and those governing the functioning of the Centre established for the purpose, on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director pursuant to Article 128(4)(o)
Amendment 43 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 128 – paragraph 4 – point oa (new)
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 128 – paragraph 4 – point oa (new)
(oa) he shall prepare a mediation project and rules for arbitration, as well as rules for the functioning of the Centre created for the purpose, and shall submit them to the Management Board for adoption;
Amendment 45 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 2
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 2
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of at least three candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure by a selection committee made up of two representatives of the Member States and representatives of the Commission and the European Parliament. Before being appointed, the candidate selected by the Management Board may be invited to make a statement before any competent European Parliament committee and to answer questions put by its members. For the purpose of concluding thea contract with the Executive Director, the Agency shall be represented by the chairperson of the Management Board.
Amendment 47 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Boarremoval from office of the Executive Director may only take place upon a decision of the Management Board, reached by a two-thirds majority of its members and acting on a proposal from the European Commission or the European Parliament.
Amendment 48 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 3
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 3
The term of office of tExecutive Director shall hold office for a term of five years. The Executive Director shall be ’s term of offivce years. By the end of that period, the Commission shall undertakmay be extended once by the Man assessment which takes into account an evaluatagement Board, for a single periond of the performance of the Executive Director and the Agency's future tasks and challengesfive years or until the age of retirement, if this is reached during the course of the term of office.
Amendment 49 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 4
Title XII – Section 3 – Article 129 – paragraph 4
Amendment 50 #
2013/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 106 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 106 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 207/2009
Article 137 a (new)
Article 137 a (new)
Centre for arbitration and mediation of trade marks, designs and models 1. A centre for the arbitration of trade marks, designs and models (the Centre) shall be created within the Agency. 2. Facilities shall be made available to the Centre for the mediation and arbitration of disputes involving two or more parties in relation to trade marks, designs and models, pursuant to this regulation and to Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, in Community project. 3. The Administrative Board shall approve the rules on mediation and arbitration and the rules governing the functioning of the Centre, on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director pursuant to Article 128(4)(o). 4. Where the dispute concerns an objection, annulment or proceedings between parties, the parties involved may at any point and by mutual agreement ask for the procedure to be suspended so that a mediation or arbitration process can be opened. 5. The Agency and its appeal boards may, if they consider it appropriate, discuss with the parties the possibility of an agreement, which may also be reached through mediation and/ or arbitration, using the Centre’s facilities. 6. The Centre shall draw up a list of mediators and arbitrators to assist the parties in the settlement of their dispute. 7. Examiners and members of the Division of the Institute or Boards of Appeal may not take part in any mediation or arbitration concerning a case in which they have: (a) any prior involvement in the procedures undergoing mediation or arbitration; (b) any personal interest; (c) been previously involved as a representative of one of the parties; 8. No person called to testify as a member of an arbitration or mediation panel may be involved in the objection, annulment or proceedings which gave rise to the mediation or arbitration process. 9. Any agreement reached using the Centre’s facilities, including by mediation, shall be enforceable before the Agency or in any Member State, without prejudice to the enforcement procedures established by the law of the Member State in which it is enforced.
Amendment 27 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the absence of harmonisation and with due regard to the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States maintain a margin of discretionhave the right to regulate online gambling in accordance with their own values and pursued objectives of general interest;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that the provision of games of chance or gambling is an economic activity, which consequently falls within the scope of fundamental freedoms of the TFEU, notably the free movement of services, and any restrictions imposed thereto need to comply with those provided for by the TFEU, notably under Articles 51 and 52 of particular importance, in which certain restrictions may be justified for reasons of overriding public interest such as consumer protection, the preservation of public order and fraud prevention;
Amendment 131 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to continue to carry out effective checks on compliance with EU law of national laws and practices, and to take legal action against gambling monopolies that do not reduce gambling opportunities or limit promotional activities for gambling in a consistent manner, in linenational laws that do not comply with CJEU case- law;
Amendment 182 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the expert group on gambling services and on the Commission to facilitate, as much as possible, the flow of data between regulators in the Member States in order to allow for the establishment of a common system for identifying playersan effective exchange of best practices and the correct application of national laws, by introducing effective measures to combat illegal operators such as the creation of white and black lists of operators, and to make self- exclusion mechanisms applicable throughout the EU;
Amendment 271 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the importance of ensuring that a significant share of gambling revenue continues to flow to social and socio-economic causes of public interest in the Member States; emphasises the contribution that lotteries and casinos make in this connection, and notes that any European approach to the gambling sector must take due account of this specific aspect;
Amendment 350 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards for electronicat the Member States exchange best practices on identification and cross border e-verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumers into th, as well as implementing measures such as blacklists and the blocking of websites run by illegal operators, the definition of safe hands of illegal operators; calls, therefore, for registration and identification proced traceable payment solutions and measures to block transactions, in order to ensures to be streamlined and made more efficienthat consumers do not fall into the hands of illegal operators;
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 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 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 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 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 85 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the falling birth rate in the European Union has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious situations and uncertainty regarding the future and the economy have led couples, and younger women in particular, to delay having children, thereby adding further to demographic ageing in the European Union;
Amendment 30 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that devising pension systems is the responsibility of Member States and stresses the benefits of a global and coordinated approach at EU level;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that women’s higher life expectancy ought not to be a cause of discrimination in pension calculations;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the first pillar needs to continue to be the main supplier of retirement pensions and that the Commission needs to take measures to make the second and third pillars more accessible and more transparent for women as currently they have fewer opportunities to build up supplementary retirement savings than men;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to encourage Member States to keep citizens better informed so they may take decisions on pension planning in full knowledge of the facts;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to provide for good quality and affordable childcare and care of dependents;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the crucial importance of timely, correct and full implementation, by the Commission and the Member States, of existing legislation, including the regulatory work called for by the Third Internal Energy Market Package, in order to achieve an integrated and competitive European internal energy market by 2014; calls on the Commission to bring close scrutiny to bear on the transposition of that legislation, in keeping with the provisions laid down in the TFEU;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to support decentralised small-scale renewable energy producers, including regional and local authorities, so as to help them integrate into the grid, and considers that regional and local authorities should continue to enjoy simplified access to European Investment Bank (EIB) financing for sustainable energy;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that the current system of promoting renewables is economically inefficient owing to the many different programmes across the Member States; calls for a clear policy framework at Union level in order to strategically foster economically efficient investments in low- carbon energy at local, regional, national and Union level;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the transition to a low- carbon economy is an opportunity not only for sustainability but also for the security of supply and competitiveness in Europe, and that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can be a competitive advantage in the growing global market for energy- related goods and services; underlines that this ais an opportunity for European SMEs operating on the renewable energy market and that, as well as giving an excellent fillip to entrepreneurship and innovation, it could constitute a prime source of job creation;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises the role of energy in stimulating growth and competitiveness in the EU; calls on the Commission to come up with a post-2020 strategy and present a 2030 policy framework for a European energy policy with a single Green House Gas reduction target compatible with EU 2050 decarbonisation aspirations backed by an Impact Assessment; encourages the Member States to step up their ongoing efforts to reach the current 2020 targets in the area of EU energy policy;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that CO2 capture, transport and storage projects leave behind dangerous waste material that has to be stored; takes note of the World Energy Outlook 2011 which highlighted the potential and role for CCS in certain policy scenarios; recognises that there are substantial concerns among the public with regard to this technology; calls on the Commission to draw up a mid-term report evaluating the results obtained from the use of EU-subsidised experimental carbon capture and storage technologies for coal-fired power stations;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) needs to be promoted and that there has to be a firm European commitment to innovation and research, given that the development of innovative technologies will help to enhance safety and attract investment;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that all the scenarios being put forward by the Commission suggest that the cost of energy will rise, and therefore believes that Member States will have to implement social support policies to combat poverty, ensuring that all citizens and consumers can have access to energy; accordingly calls for the clarification necessary to determine what can be done through energy policy and what through social policy;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 39 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers energy education to be both the key to changing behaviour and a cornerstone of a new model for sustainable development; urges the Commission to allocate the necessary resources for energy education within the next multi-annual financial framework;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Maintains that the Commission, together with the Member States, regional and local authorities, and civil society representatives, should periodically carry out ‘energy education’ campaigns in the European, national, regional, and local media, interactive campaigns included, in order to make clear and comprehensible information accessible to all citizens, businesses, and industry associations; also recognises the need for information campaigns to be aimed at schools and universities so as to involve younger generations in the cultural shift;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Recognises that consumers need to be provided with websites and other means enabling them to obtain up-to-date information and compare prices and services and, on that basis, choose the energy provider most suitable for their purposes.
Amendment 1 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in the context of the economic, financial and social crisis that is currently affecting Europe, it is essential to abolish obstacles and relaunch the single market, contributing to innovation, growth, promoting competitiveness, job creation and increased market confidence,
Amendment 2 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas deepening the single market will benefit all European citizens, thereby contributing to the territorial, economic and social cohesion of the European Union,
Amendment 3 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the single market constitutes a key element in realising the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, and in achieving the objectives of intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth,
Amendment 4 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas, the new paradigm for political thought on relaunching the single market should focus on the citizens, consumers and, in particular, SMEs,
Amendment 5 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas only one in every three European citizens knows that they must takbe their bearer of a European health insurance card with them when travelling abroad;hen travelling abroad and that this card is indispensable for short-term stays, such as holidays, business trips or periods studying in another country,
Amendment 6 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas European citizens who move to other countries and intend to take their car with them are faced with onerous and complex procedures, requiring documentation that does not exist in their own country and payment of additional taxes; whereas European citizens intending to purchase a car in another EU Member State experience similar difficulties,
Amendment 8 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas figures from the European Consumer Centres (ECCs) show that online purchases account for the majority (59 %) of complaints made by consumers,
Amendment 9 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas 62 % of European consumers would like to change energy supplier but their freedom of choice is limited by the lack of clear and comparable information; whereas this change would represent a saving of EUR 100 per customer, or EUR 13 million across Europe,[1] [1] Commission staff working paper – The Single Market through the lens of the people: A snapshot of citizens’ and businesses’ 20 main concerns
Amendment 14 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas special attention must be paid to people with disabilities so that they can make the most of the single market; , taking action to ensure that new electronic content is also fully available to disabled people, in accordance with the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,[1] and in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which set out accessibility obligations,[2] [1] Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ [2] See http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/ conventionfull.shtml
Amendment 23 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of the European professional card, which will enable quicker recognition of qualifications, thereby facilitating the mobility of workers between Member States, filling remaining gaps and increasing employability in Europe;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Supports the European Commission initiative on creating a European Skills Passport, which will ensure cross-border recognition of professional qualifications, thereby allowing people to keep a record of skills they have acquired, which will make European workers more mobile and employable, with skills acquired when doing voluntary work potentially being of particular benefit when seeking work;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Highlights the lack of information for officials and other employees of regional and local governments on the possibilities for European and international mobility; stresses that the European and international mobility of these officials and employees will contribute to the creation of administrations that are more modern and efficient in the Member States, which are crucial to the implementation of the EU acquis, as well as enabling the exchange of best practices;
Amendment 30 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the role of the internet in business efficiency and in creating new markets and opportunities; , and reiterates that an on-line European dispute-resolution platform is indispensable;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for the European institutions and the Member States to step up efforts to create a single market that is fairer, more operational, more competitive and more effective;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the importance of SMEs to the European economy and calls on the European Commission, together with the Member States, to improve the SME test so as to reduce the bureaucracy and administrative overheads to which they are subject, thereby contributing to a business environment that is more favourable to SMEs and promotes entrepreneurship, investment and growth;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that there is a lack of information about the single market, which often means that citizens and enterprises do not know or do not understand their rights and obligations, and do not know how to obtain the required answers or assistance;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Commission to make use of all technological resources available to launch information campaigns informing citizens and enterprises of the benefits of the single market and of their rights, thus encouraging them to participate in creating a competitive, just and balanced market;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that the existence of a genuine European digital single market will be of socioeconomic benefit to European consumers in general, in particular the inhabitants of isolated regions that are less accessible and those with any kind of disability, and to EU enterprises, in particular SMEs, which will be able to access new markets;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that, in order for a genuine European digital single market to be created, consumer confidence and security need to be increased, by guaranteeing the protection of consumers’ personal data and the security of the digital signature, by improving dispute resolution mechanisms, and by enhancing confidence and security regarding the means of payment used;
Amendment 65 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Recalls the need to fill the remaining gaps in the field of contract law, as well as to adopt effective instruments for clearing the obstacles that result from disparities in the rules applicable to contracts, which lead to obstacles to trade, to additional transaction costs and to legal uncertainty for enterprises, thereby also causing consumers to mistrust the single market;
Amendment 66 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the Commission, as regards infringement processes, to make full use of the changes introduced by Article 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 80 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to reformulate the Internal Market Information System (IMIS), widening the scope and improving the operability of administrative cooperation, and to rethink the SOLVIT programme to give it a new framework and adequate resources, particularly as regards human resources;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of a European exchange programme for officials and other employees of regional and local authorities;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to add the affected area of activity and its impact on the single market to proceedings for infringement by incorrect transposition of, or failure to transpose, EU legislation;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that retirement and survivor's pensions make up the largest shaPoints out that mutuals are particularly active in the area of health, long-term care, pensions and social services including ageing population and that the involvement of mutuals as major stakeholders is crucial for the long-lasting future of social protection expenditure and, considering that population ageing riskis putting public expenditure on social protection under pressure;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that mutuals offer additional and affordable opportunities for EU citizens;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that legislation on mutual societies varies considerably within the EU and that the European statue could be used as a starting point leading to a certain approximation of national legislaallow the creation of transnational mutuals thus reinforcing EU Social protection;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regards as regrettable the gap in EU legislation, as mutual societies are not specifically mentioned in the treaties and respect for their business models is not covered by any secondary legislation, which refers only to public and private enterprises, which undermines the status of mutual societies, their development and the establishment of a cross-border groups;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that mutual societies are solid and durable elementsustainable organisations which have better withstood the financial crisis in all economies, particularly in the area of insurance and social protection; points out that mutual societies are particularly active in the area of population ageing and social needs, and that the involvement of mutual societies in the area of pensions offers additional opportunities for EU citizens;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 a (new) - Recommendation 1 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 a (new) - Recommendation 1 (new)
17a. Considers that the diversity of enterprises should be clearly anchored in the EU Treaty and proposes to include mutual societies in the article 54 of the EU Treaty;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 b (new) - Recommendation 2 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 b (new) - Recommendation 2 (new)
17b. Considers that a legal proposal for a Regulation on a European Mutual Society should comprise legal provisions in order: - to allow the existence of European Mutual Societies on the basis of individual or legal persons; - to allow Mutuals to freely operate in the European Single Market thus strengthening the principles of the Single Market itself; - to allow Mutuals to take the advantages stemming from a European Group of Mutuals in particular in the context of Solvency 2 for the mutuals societies providing insurance;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 c (new) - Recommendation 3 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 c (new) - Recommendation 3 (new)
17c. Considers that a combination of strategies and measures is required to establish a level playing field for mutual societies which gives them equal possibilities to add a European dimension to their organisation and activities and to provide mutual societies with adequate legal instruments to facilitate their cross- border and trans-national activities. In this respect, Mutuals societies could operate across EU according to their specific governance;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 d (new) - Recommendation 4 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 d (new) - Recommendation 4 (new)
17d. Calls on the Commission to take into account that making available such an optional Regulation in Member states' legislation which should embody mutuals societies' governance characteristics and principles; define accordingly the conditions of acquisition and loss of membership and the rights and duties of members; and formation by natural or legal persons which could create groups of mutuals, winding up and liquidation of the European Mutual Society and distribution of assets;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 e (new) - Recommendation 5 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 e (new) - Recommendation 5 (new)
17e. Calls on the EU Commission to introduce into the proposed regulation the main characteristics of Mutual societies’ person-based societies, operating essentially according to the principle of self-governance, where the members or their representatives take part directly in defining the mutual society's policy or have the right to influence that policy. Mutual societies do not aim to make profit for distribution to external shareholders and are based on individual affiliation and open enrolment. They are non- discriminatory as far as risk selection is concerned, democratically oriented by their members and financed through solidarity, with a view to improving social conditions of local communities and of wider society in the spirit of mutuality;
Amendment 101 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Listed companies in the Union should be imposed obligations of means providing for appropriate procedures with a view of meeting specific objectives regarding the gender composition of their boards. Taim to reach the objective of having at least 40 per cent of non-executive directors of the under-represented sex at the latest by 1 January 2020. For the purpose of reaching this objective, those listed companies in whose boards members of the under-represented sex hold less than 40 per cent of non- executive director positions should make thecarry out the pre- selection or selection procedure for appointments to those positions on the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to attain the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 2020. Therefore, the Directive establishes the objective of at least 40 per cent of non-executive directors of the under-represented sex by that date. This objective in principle only concerns the overall gender diversity among the non-executive directors and does not interfere with the concrete choice of individual directors from a wide pool of male and female candidates in each individual case. In particular, it does not exclude any particular candidates for director positions, nor does it impose any individual directors on companies or shareholders. The decision on the appropriate board members thus remains with the companies and shareholders.
Amendment 103 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The objective of 40% in principle only concerns the overall gender diversity among the non-executive directors and does not interfere with the concrete choice of individual directors from a wide pool of male and female candidates in each individual case. In particular, it does not exclude any particular candidates for director positions, nor does it impose any individual directors on companies or shareholders. The decision on the appropriate board members thus remains with the companies and shareholders.
Amendment 203 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that listed companies in whose boardsaim to reach the objective that members of the under-represented sex hold less thanat least 40 per cent of the non-executive director positions make the appointments to those positions on the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to attain the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 2020 or at the latest by 1 January 2018 in case of listed companies which are public undertakings.
Amendment 206 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that in listed companies in whose boards members of the underreprensented sex hold less than 40 per cent of the non- executive director positions the pre- selection or selection procedure for appointments to those positions is carried out on the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, until the objective set out in paragraph 1 is reached.
Amendment 267 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant togiving effect to Articles 4(1a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(5), 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) of this Directive and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are applied.
Amendment 299 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 4(6) and (7), Member States which before the entry into force of this Directive have already taken measures to ensure a more balanced representation of women and men among the non-executive directors of listed companies may suspend the application of the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1a), (3), (4) and (5), provided that it can be shown that those measures enable members of the under-represented sex to hold at least 40 per cent of the non-executive director positions of listed companies by at the latest 1 January 2020, or at the latest 1 January 2018 for listed companies which are public undertakings.
Amendment 308 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States having suspended pursuant to Article 8(3) the application of the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1a), (3), (4) and (5) shall include information in the reports mentioned in paragraph 1 demonstrating the concrete results obtained by the national measures referred to in Article 8(3). The Commission shall then issue a specific report ascertaining whether those measures effectively enable members of the under-represented sex to hold at least 40 per cent of the non-executive director positions by 1 January 2018 for listed companies which are public undertakings, and by 1 January 2020 for listed companies which are not public undertakings. The first such report shall be issued by the Commission by 1 July 2017, and subsequent reports shall be issued within six months after notification of the respective national reports under paragraph 1.
Amendment 311 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States in question shall ensure that listed companies, which by applying the national measures referred to in Article 8(3) have not appointed or elected members of the under-represented sex for at least 40 per cent of the non-executive director positions of their boards by 1 January 2018, where they are public undertakings, or by 1 January 2020, where they are not public undertakings, apply the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1a), (3), (4) and (5) with effect respectively from those dates.
Amendment 1 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to the two proposals scheduled for mid-November 2011 for a Commission decisionCommission communication on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and onf the fundCouncil establishing ofor the new-generation programmes ‘Justice’ and ‘Rights and Citizenship’period 2014 to 2020 the Rights and Citizenship Programme (COM(2011)0758),
Amendment 31 #
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, its funding held at a level comparable to that of the earlier programmes and its profile within the new-generation programme remain high, bearing in mi(a) While noting that the Daphne programme will for the period from 2014 to 2020 be incorporated in the Rights and Citizenship Programme, wishes to see its objectives retained and its profile remain high as regards measures to combat violence against children, teenagers, and women, bearing in mind the successes and the popularity of the Daphne programme; (b) regrets that combating violence against children, teenagers, and women is not mentioned explicitly in Article 4 (‘Specific objectives’) of the text contained in the Commission communication (COM(2011)0758) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2014 to 2020 the Rights and Citizenship Programme; (c) welcomes the fact that the total appropriation for the Rights and Cits successes and its popularity; izenship Programme as a whole has been preserved almost intact; considers that a fair annual share-out of funding would make for continuity in terms of objectives and activities;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
spreading the programmes more evenly across the different Member States, including those that have joined the EU since 2004;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls also on the Member States and interested partners to help achieve the goal of improving the spread of programmes across the Member Statesdisseminate information about Community programmes and the financing opportunities that they offer;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard the Commission staff working document on ‘Progress Towards the Common European Objectives in the Education and Training’ (SEC(2011)0526),
Amendment 12 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the communication from the Commission of 3 October 2008 on a Commission Recommendation on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market (COM(2008)0639) and its resolution thereon of 6 May 2009,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 7 March 2011 on the European Pact for Gender Equality for the period 2011-2020,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas globalthe unemployment currently affects 23.1 million people; whereas youth unemployment stands at 20.4% and long term unemployment continues to increaserate in the European Union currently stands at 9.5%, which represents 22.828 million people in total, of whom 19.4% are long-term unemployed; whereas youth unemployment stands at 20.4%, reaching as much as 40% in some Member States,
Amendment 110 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the combination of demographic change, decreasing workforce and changes in production chains calls for better employment, education and work organisation strategies in order to maximise the competitiveness of the European economy, minimise the loss of human capital, better utilise the asset that older workers present and create new job possibilities for workers of all ages;
Amendment 124 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that national flexicurity arrangements must be strengthened and adapted to the new socio-economic contexts of each individual Member State, in accordance with its specific needs, in order to ensure a flexible and act, active and inclusive labour market, efficient training and secure social security systems; warns against one-size- fits-all solutions;
Amendment 190 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Member States to develop training programmes for teachers that will provide them with a basis on which they can better adapt to changes on the labour market and develop the corresponding skills at all levels of education;
Amendment 204 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce an evidence- based policy exchange on the transition from education and training to work and on learning mobility which contribute to the development of the skills and the employability of young people;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it necessary to improve mutual recognition of competences, diplomas and skills at EU levelUrges the Commission, in the forthcoming legislative initiative on professional qualifications, to move towards a mechanism for the enhanced recognition of competences, diplomas and skills in the Member States, including skills acquired through informal and non- formal training, with the same recognition being extended to workers from third countries;
Amendment 221 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that the External Action Services (EAS), particularly the EU delegations in third countries, could play an important role by providing information on the skills required in Europe and the jobs available, as well as assisting in the procedures necessary for coming to Europe;
Amendment 222 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that as a result of demographic change there is a significant number of older potential volunteers which is a huge untapped resource in our communities; calls on the Commission to promote opportunities for older volunteers, and to develop a Seniors Action Programme for the increasing number of very experienced senior citizens who are willing to volunteer that might run in parallel with and complement the Youth in Action Programme, and furthermore to promote specific programmes for intergenerational volunteering and for mentoring;
Amendment 242 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 296 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses, however, that flexicurity alone cannot remedy the crisis and calls on the Commission, Member States and the social partners to pay special attention to workers from disadvantaged groups, such as women, young people, older workers, low-skilled workers and workers with disabilities;
Amendment 334 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Emphasises the importance of creating appropriate conditions so that older workers can stay longer in the labour market and of mainstreaming intergenerational solidarity and cooperation within the employment context and the implementation of initiatives promoting longer working lives such as job sharing and phased retirement;
Amendment 345 #
2011/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Urges the Commission and Member States to step up the development of the social economy, which is responsible for 10% of jobs in the EU and plays a key role in the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all Parliamentary Committees to also apply anto apply the principles of the SME test on the legislative reports, once they have been voted upon by the respective Committee and are being submitted to the plenary for approval, and to add the results of such a test to the documents to be submitted to the plenary;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to reduce the administrative and bureaucratic burden on SMEs and to afford them easier access to credit and the services market;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to prepare and make publicly available correlation tables that will help to improve transposition and significantly facilitate the application of rules.
Amendment 16 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 23 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes the Commission’s intention to submit later in 2011 a legislative proposal on the use of alternative dispute settlement mechanisms, with a view to securing rapid and effective access to out- of-court settlement of disputes;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that the Commission improve dialogue and adapt communication to the needs of ordinary citizens, e.g. by making all public consultations and internet pages and related documents available in all the official languages of the European Union.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 30 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘usually resident populationEuropean citizens’ means all persons having their usual residence incitizenship of a Member State at the reference time;
Amendment 41 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the population as referred to in Article 2 and (d)ir citizens at the reference time. Where the circumstances described in Article 2 (d)i. or (d)ii. cannot be established, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on population at their place of legal or registeredpermanent residence at the reference time; in this case, they shall undertake proportionate efforts to compute data which are the closest possible approximation to the population referred to in Article 2 and (d).
Amendment 51 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, as referred to in Article 2, within 8 months from the end ofof their citizens at the reference yeartime. For the purposes of this Article, Member States shall not provide data on population at their place of legal or registeredtheir permanent residence at the reference time.
Amendment 352 #
2011/0437(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) In order to ensure that women and men have equal access to the labour market, the grantor should also be able to include characteristics relating to promoting gender equality.
Amendment 509 #
2011/0437(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) gambling activities involving money being placed on games of chance run by bodies awarded exclusive rights by one or more Member States pursuant to a published law, regulation or administrative provision and authorised in accordance with the Treaties;
Amendment 856 #
2011/0437(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 a (new)
Article 38 a (new)
Article 38a Award Criteria 1. The grantor may hold negotiations with candidates and tenderers. Concessions shall be awarded by the grantor on the basis of objective award criteria which comply with the principles set out in Article -26a(2). 2. The subject matter of the concession, the award criteria and the minimum requirements shall not be changed in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner during the course of the negotiations. Any changes shall be immediately brought to the notice of the candidates and tenderers concerned. 3. The award criteria shall be linked to the subject matter of the concession. They may include environmental, social, gender equality or innovation-related criteria. The grantor shall verify whether tenders properly meet the award criteria. 4. The grantor shall indicate in the concession notice or the invitation to submit a tender his ranking order, if any, for the criteria referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Dual vocational training systems are a key element for low youth unemployment. Given that they are tailored to the requirements of the economy, they permit a smooth transition from training into working life. They should not just be strengthened in this Regulation, but also taken into consideration in other European legislation on reducing youth unemployment. These vocational training systems and their specific features should, moreover, remain unaffected by the rules of Directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In its resolution of 2 February 2012 on the Daphne Programme: achievements and future prospects(1), the European Parliament regretted that combating violence against children, young persons and women was not expressly referred to as a specific objective in the Commission's proposal for this Regulation, considered it essential for the objectives Daphne III, in particular that of combating violence against women, to be retained among the objectives of the Programme, and maintained that the funding of the Programme should be maintained at the same or at a higher level than that of Daphne III and that the profile of Daphne III should remain high, bearing in mind their success, effectiveness and popularity.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women, children, young persons and other groups at risk in all its forms constitutes a genuine violation of fundamental rights and a serious health scourgethreat to the physical and psychological of the victims of those acts. It is also the result of cultural and social factors, as well as a persistent inequality between men and women and an unequal distribution of power between men and women in our societies. Such violence is present throughout the Union and coordinated action is necessary in order to address itbased on the methods and results of the Daphne programmes. Taking action to combat violence against women contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men. As the Daphne programmes have been a genuine success since their launch in 1997, both in terms of their popularity with stakeholders (beneficiaries, public and academic authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and in terms of the effectiveness of the projects funded by the programmes, it is essential that the Programme clearly identify projects relating to the objectives of preventing and combating violence against children, teenagers, women and other groups at risk as ''Daphne'' so as to keep the Daphne programmes' profile as high as possible.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to the creation of an area, where the rights of persons, as enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Unionthe principle of equality between women and men, equality and non-discrimination, as enshrined in the TFEU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted and, protected and effectively implemented.
Amendment 62 #
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 prevent and combat violence against children, young people, women and groups at risk, such as elderly people, and to offer assistance and protection to victims of such violence and to other groups at risk;
Amendment 64 #
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 prevent and combat violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk, to offer assistance and protection to victims of such violence and to other groups at risk and to designate actions taken in relation to the specific objectives referred to in this point as 'Daphne';
Amendment 90 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Support for main actors, such as support for Member States when implementing Union law and policies; support for key European level networks whose activities are linked to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme; support with action grants and operating grants for NGOs or other organisations pursuing the objectives of the Programme; networking among specialised bodies and organisations, national, regional and local authorities at European level; funding of experts' networks; the establishment and implementation of support programmes for victims and groups at risk in the field of preventing and combating violence; funding of European level observatories.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A comparable or higher level of financial support shall be ensured for each of the objectives of this Regulation, taking into account the level of financing provided for in the framework of the programmes referred to in Article 13 for the period 2007 to 2013. Through the allocation of funds to those areas in annual working programmes, the Commission shall take into consideration the Union's priorities and the need to maintain appropriate and fair levels of funding for all the areas targeted in Article 4(1).
Amendment 17 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The constant rise of infringements of intellectual property rights constitutes a genuine threat not only to the Union economy, but also to the health and safety of Union consumers. Therefore, effective, immediate and coordinated actions at European and global levels are needed to successfully combat this phenomenon, and efforts should be intensified in sectors that are sensitive from the health and safety point of view, especially where medicines and foodstuffs are concerned.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Commission, in conjunction with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and the Member States, should carry out an in-depth analysis of the consequences that intellectual property infringements entail for companies and small and medium sized enterprises in particular, with a view to determining the solutions best suited to their specific needs.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) To facilitate and rationalise access to all necessary information concerning infringements of intellectual property rights, Member States should make use of the single points of contact established under the Services Directive.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European Parliament, in its Resolution of 22 September 2010 on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market, called on the Member States and the Commission to extend the cooperation between the Office and national intellectual property offices to also include the fight against infringements of intellectual property rights. It proposed in addition that the Observatory should carry out a detailed analysis of the problem of online data theft and put forward proposals for combating that problem.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) To help European entrepreneurs enforce their intellectual property rights in third countries and to improve the measures taken by the authorities to prevent counterfeit products from entering the European market, close cooperation should be established between the OHIM and European External Action Service.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) raising citizens’ awareness of the impact of infringements of intellectual property rights by continuing and intensifying awareness campaigns on the risks that counterfeit products pose to consumer health and safety and on the adverse impact that counterfeiting and piracy have on the economy and society;
Amendment 33 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) assessing the measures provided for in Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights on the internal market, from the point of view both of the protection of rights and of its effects on consumer rights;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas it is deplorable that many Member States have failed to achieve the Barcelona objectives in relation to crèche places and child care facilities, even though such facilities are essential to enable female entrepreneurs to reconcile professional commitment and family life and enable the European Union to rise to the demographic challenge,
Amendment 56 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has deepened the problems for female SMEs, especially in the first three years of business, while acknowledging that female SMEs are an integral and vital part of the European economy;
Amendment 61 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the separate section on aid for female entrepreneurship in the above- mentioned Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008; emphasises, however, that these temporary provisions should be continued in order to help empower female entrepreneurs after the expiry of the Regulation and calls on the Commission to ensure that this aid continues to be provided for in a future Community support framework;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that SMEs run (and set up) by women are also able to benefit from the tax advantages provided for SMEs;
Amendment 65 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States to ensure that womenentrepreneurs who have become insolvent or bankrupt have access to financial recovery assistance and support in order that they may continue with their business aspirations;
Amendment 83 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that businesswomen are more inclined to take measured or calculated risks, which may create barriers to growth; cCalls on Member States to support female entrepreneurs's access to growth potential assessments conducted by experienced consultants which measure the risk potential;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that several recent studies have credited female entrepreneurs with taking a more cautious approach than men to economic and financial risk-taking; considers that the findings of such studies should be examined more closely to ascertain whether they are correct and what conclusions should be drawn from them;
Amendment 107 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to encourage cross-border cooperation programmes aimed at setting up cross- border support centres for women entrepreneurs in order to provide a basis for exchanges of experience, rationalisation of resources, and the sharing of best practice;
Amendment 127 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the EU delegations in third countries, in cooperation with the Member States’ trade missions, could help develop networks of SMEs run by women;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to collect comparable and comprehensive data on female entrepreneurship in the European Union (such as female entrepreneurs' ethnicity, age, area of business, size of business, length of business, and ethnicity in accordance with the Member States' rules on the protection of personal data) with the help of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Gender Institute; and analyse these data in the annual report on EU SMEs of the SME Performance Review;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Poland to emphasise female entrepreneurship throughout its presidency, particular in early October with the arrival SME week;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need for a practical plan to combat health inequalities in rural areas, taking account of the challenges posed by demographic change;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Member States and the Commission to reach an agreement on a set of comparable indicators and quantifiable objectives in the field of health;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission, in its forthcoming legislative proposal on professional qualifications, to move towards a mechanism for the automatic recognition of qualifications in the Member States;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges that, in the forthcoming legislative proposal on the posting of workers, the administrative procedures should be made less complex and the problems of double taxation should be resolved;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the adoption of a European patent, with appropriate language arrangements and a unified dispute-settlement system, is crucial for the revitalisation of the European economy;
Amendment 53 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights the need for regional and local authorities and social economy actors to be actively involved in measures taken in these areas, in addition to national governments;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to launch campaigns in schools to promote health and health education, and healthy lifestyles in particular, together with prevention and screening programmes geared to specific groups;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Urges the Commission to ensure that the question of reducing health inequalities is fully integrated into the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 229 #
2010/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council during the current parliamentary term a proposal for a regulation on a European Statute for Mutual Societies and Associations;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that, in the case of SSGI, there are two contrasting factors which have to be reconciled: on the one hand, the principle of subsidiarity which upholds the national public authorities´ freedom to define, organise and finance SSGI as they see fit, in conjunction with the principle of proportionality, and on the other hand, the responsibility incumbent on the Community and Member States for their respective areas of competence under the Treaty;
Amendment 54 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Endorses the recommendation in the Monti report that broadband internet and banking services be new universal services, which should be acknowledged in European legislationgenerally accessible at a reasonable costs;
Amendment 57 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power – the Commission's second Biennial Report indicating that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people – and that SMEs in particular are reliant on high quality SSGI;
Amendment 72 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the SSGI are the pillar of the European social model, essential for ensuring economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 83 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that experience demonstrates that the profit maximisation objective of commercial providers of SSGI conflicts with the principles and objectives of SSGI and SSGI can only be accepted if making profit is not pursued, while the SSGI with economical interest are subject to EU Treaty rules on internal market and competition;
Amendment 88 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reaffirms its commitment to modern and high-quality SSGI, which are means of giving effect to many of the values embodied in the European project, such as equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human dignity, as well as and to the principles of accessibility, universal service, efficiency, economic management of resources, continuity, proximity to service users and transparency;
Amendment 93 #
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 rulegal basis for their services and expenditures, and that while the information and clarification service developed by the Commission is essential, it is insufficient and does not protect SSGI providers from legal challenge with full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 114 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the principle of solidarity and the strengthening of the European Union require that the crisis, with its growth in unemployment and poverty, must be addressed by a greatly enhanced EU budget, byappropriate measures have to be taken in order to reduce poverty and unemployment caused by the financial crisis, by financial strengtheneding of structural funds, in particular the European Social Fund, and by a new European debt agency;
Amendment 120 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 131 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that, in order to maintain the delivery of quality SSGI, the Member States need new income streams, such as a financial transaction tax the Member States have to provide financial assistance to maintain the delivery of quality SSGI and to grant their continuity;
Amendment 141 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that Member States and local authorities must be free to decide how SSGI are funded and delivered, whether directly or otherwise, using all available instruments so as to ensure that the Union's social objectives are not weakened by single market rules, while at the same time supporting an environment that promotes quality, accessibility and efficiency in the delivery of the services;
Amendment 156 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CHaving regard to the Written Declaration 84/2010 on the establishment of European Statutes for Mutual societies, Associations and Foundations, calls for EU legislation to enable mutual societies, associations and foundations to operate on a transnational basis;
Amendment 176 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points out that neither the sector, the status of an entity carrying out a service nor the way in which it is funded, which determines whether its activities are deemed economic or non-economic but it is the nature of the activity itself and its preventive effect;
Amendment 180 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reform of the criteria for classifyingthe differentiation of economic and non- economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation;
Amendment 192 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that public procurement rules need to be simplified and made more flexible so that public service obligations can be fulfilled, in particular by means of eProcurement, which has the advantage of reducing costs without lowering the quality of services;
Amendment 208 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that regional and local authorities must be involved in an ongoing bottom-up process of overhauling procurement rules to avoid discrepancies between the rules and modes of organisation on the ground;
Amendment 218 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for redefinitextension of the concept of ‘most economically advantageous offer’ so as to make natif national, regional and local social and quality criteria for the delivery of SSGI are an obligatory requirement in procurement contracts, including subcontracts;
Amendment 225 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a programme of reform, to include legislative adaptation and clarification at European level, to support the specific characteristics of non- profit SSGI;
Amendment 236 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Proposes the establishment of a high- level multi-stakeholder taskforce – initially with a two-year mandate – that is open, flexible and transparent, to pursue implementation of the policy initiatives identified in this report and in the 3rd Forum recommendations, the Commission's second Biennial Report and the SPC reports, as well as any other relevant proposals; to initiate a full review of all rules, particularly state-aid and procurement rules, which impact on SSGI and to evaluate how they need to be redesigned so as to respect and support Member States' responsibilities in the definition and delivery of SSGI, taking account of the current Commission review of rulesAsks the Commission to explore if setting up a European social services observatory, taking into account different stakeholders, to collect information from various sources in the Member States would be an adequate tool and to promote good practice at national, regional and local level, a full review of all rules, particularly state-aid and procurement rules, which impact on SSGI and to evaluate how they need to be redesigned;
Amendment 243 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that, as part of its mandate, the proposed taskforce would also consider innovations such as a European resource centre for SSGI, a Member State registerUnderlines the necessity to clarify legal obscurities regarding the implementation of SSGI, a pilot scheme on elder care, and action programmes based on the European Voluntary Quality Framework (VQF)nd to carry out a comprehensive study concerning the functionality of SSGI;
Amendment 256 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges that the taskforcesocial service observatory be chaired by the Commission's DG Social Affairs; that its membership include DG Competition, DG Single Market, DG Environment and DG Sanco, the European Social Affairs Council (EPSCO), the social partners and civil society organisations active in SSGI; that, in view of their democratic mandate, both Parliament and the Committee of the Regions must be centrally involved; and that social economy enterprises and stakeholders including voluntary associations, as well as local authorities, must be represented;
Amendment 13 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Experience shows that, when consumers purchase medicinal products on the internet, they cannot always verify the authenticity of the source. The Commission, in coordination with the EMA and the Member States, should launch campaigns to raise awareness among consumers of the risks they run in obtaining medicines over the internet from unlicensed sites. Further, the Commission should report every two years to the European Parliament and to the Council on the impact of the measures provided for by this Directive and the need for further harmonisation, with particular regard to the sale of medicines on the internet, whereby the decision on whether or not to authorise the sale of medicines on the internet rests with each Member State.
Amendment 14 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
Amendment 15 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) Every two years the Commission should submit a comprehensive evaluation of the situation regarding 'over-the-counter' medicinal products (OTCs), focusing on the question of whether and in what form OTCs should be included in the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 17 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Today’s distribution network for medicinal products is increasingly complex and involves many players which are not necessarily wholesale distributors as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC. In order to ensure reliability in the distribution chain, pharmaceutical legislation should address all actors in the distribution chain: this includes not only distributors who procure, hold, store and supply products, but also persons who are involved in transactions without handling the products. TheyAll actors should be submittedject to proportionate rules in order to exclude, by all practical means, the possibility that medicinal products which are falsified in relation to their identity, history or source mighto enter the legal supply chain in the Community.
Amendment 18 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to take account of new risk profiles, while at the same time ensuring the functioning of the internal market for medicinal products, safety features designed to ensure the identification, authentication and traceability of prescription medicinal products should be established at Community level. When introducing obligatory safety features for prescription medicinal products, due account should be taken of the particularities of certain products or categories of products, such as generic medicines. This includes the risk of falsifications in view of their price and past incidences in the Community and abroad, as well as the consequences of falsifications for public health in view of the specific characteristics of the products concerned or of the severity of the conditions intended to be treated. Safety features (other than serialisation numbering) should be grouped in categories based on equivalence and, in general, manufacturing authorization holders should adopt a specific feature or features to use within a particular category. Safety features should be considered equivalent when they ensure the same level of protection in terms of ascertaining authenticity, absence of tampering and, where relevant, identification, and present the same level of technical difficulty of duplication.
Amendment 30 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2001/83(EC)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
-1) In Article 1, the following point 5a is inserted after point 5: "5a. Falsified medicinal product: Any medicinal product that has been intentionally or deliberately falsified in relation to its: (a) identity, including its packaging, labelling, name and composition in terms of both ingredients, including excipients and active ingredients, and the dosage thereof; and/or (b) source, including the manufacturer, the country of manufacture, the country of origin and the marketing authorisation holder; and/or (c) history, including the registers and documents enabling the distribution chain to be identified. The Commission shall be empowered to update this definition on the basis of technical and scientific progress and/or international agreements."
Amendment 37 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2001/83(EC)
Article 54a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 54a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) The safety features referred to in point (o) of Article 54 shall not be partly or fully removed or covered-up, unless the identification, authenticity and traceability of the medicinal products are guaranteed and the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 43 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2001/83(EC)
Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) the number of incidences of falsifications in third countries and, particularly within the CommunityUnion;
Amendment 44 #
2008/0261(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2001/83(EC)
Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point e – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point e – subparagraph 1a (new)
The safety features (other than serialisation numbering) shall be imposed through the identification of one or more categories of feature that must be used for particular products or categories of product. The Commission’s Pharmaceutical Committee shall define categories comprising safety features offering equivalent efficiency and effectiveness, and features from the same category shall then be considered equivalent for the purposes of paragraph (2) (b) of this Article. Manufacturing authorization holders shall have discretion as to which specific feature or features to use within a category, unless the Commission specifies reasons for requiring that a particular safety feature be used.