Activities of Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, in particular to its Article 73 in Chapter XI regarding Non-Self- Governing Territories

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas Western Sahara is currently a Non-Self-Governing Territory pending decolonisation according international law; whereas a significant part of the territory is under the foreign military occupation of Morocco and divided by a military wall of more than 2,700 kilometres; whereas access to the natural resources of Western Sahara is one of the keys of the conflict and its exploitation without consent of the Saharawi people implies a violation of Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations and undermines a political solution of the conflict;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas under Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union the EU and its Member States have the obligation to respect the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law; whereas the article 2 of the UN Charter includes the respect for the principle of self-determination of peoples; whereas under this principle, the Sahrawi people has the right to the permanent sovereignty over their natural resources and to the territorial integrity of Western Sahara;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the application of the agreement only to the Sahrawi territory under Moroccan occupation aggravates the division of Western Sahara and contradicts international law, including the fundamental principle of territorial integrity;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas political, economic and commercial interests can never be beyond the respect and guarantee of human rights and international law; whereas the human rights violations that occur both in Occupied Western Sahara and in Morocco, contravenes the human rights clause, which is considered in legal terms as an essential element of trade agreements ratified by the European Union;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the CJEU General Court in its judgment of 21 December 2016 determined that the Liberalisation Agreement did not provide a legal basis for Western Sahara to be included, and therefore could not apply to this territory since Western Sahara is not part of Morocco; whereas accordingly, the Court stated in § 106, that the people of Western Sahara ought to be viewed as a third party to the EU's relations with Morocco and for any such bilateral arrangement to affect the third territory of Western Sahara, the express consent of the people of the territory should be obtained;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas paragraph 106 of the judgment states that the people of Western Sahara must be regarded as a ‘third party’ to the agreement – within the meaning of the principle of the relative effect of treaties – whose consent must be received for the implementation of the agreement to the territory; whereas the people of Western Sahara has not given its consent to this agreement, an indispensable requirement for it to be applied in Western Sahara as established in the judgment of the CJEU; whereas this consent that must be expressed through its legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, in application of Resolution 34/37 of the General Assembly of the United Nations;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas on Article 69 of its judgment in the case brought by the Frente Polisario against the EU Council over the application of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement to Western Sahara, the Court concluded that "it follows from the foregoing considerations that the Partnership Agreement and the 2013 Protocol must be interpreted in accordance with the rules of international law binding on the Union and applicable in the relations between the Union and the Kingdom of Morocco. In this sense, the territory of Western Sahara, and the waters adjacent to the territory, do not fall within the respective territorial scope of this Agreement and Protocol",

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas, following the CJEU judgment, the Council gave the Commission a mandate to modify the Liberalisation Agreement in order to allow for the inclusion of Western Saharan products;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) claims to have consulted elected officials and public opinion in Western Sahara but most of those officials were elected in elections organised by Morocco in occupied Western Sahara without any legal basis according to international law; whereas this so-called consultation was conducted in Rabat and in Brussels, and not in Western Sahara, therefore making impossible for the Commission to credibly take into account the will of the Sahrawi people;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas 83% of the associations or groups of civil society which according to the Commission were consulted, have complained that they have never been asked to participate, or have not participated, in any consultation process; whereas the Commission has consulted nevertheless Moroccan elected officials and economic operators and four Moroccan civil society organizations;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas a Parliament fact finding delegation visited for two days in September only the part of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco, but not the one controlled by the Polisario Front nor visited the refugee camps were more than 173 000 Sahrawis live; whereas Parliament considered it necessary to go and assess the situation at first hand and gain an understanding of the ~~different views of the~~will of the Sahrawi people;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the modification of the Liberalisation Agreement, ~~which is~~can not be considered only of a technical nature, as it takes place within a broader political, judicial and geopolitical context and the exploitation of the natural resources is a key element of the Western Sahara conflict;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the EU and its Member States do not recognise the sovereignty of Morocco over the territory of Western Sahara; whereas the United Nations and the African Union recognise the Front Polisario as the representative of the people~~, but neither the EU nor its Member States do~~ of Western Sahara;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas it is estimated that 92% of the catches made by European fleets under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement take place precisely in the waters of Western Sahara; whereas under the EU-Morocco Agreement, the fleet of European Union countries has captured 324 584 tonnes of fish in four years, worth more than 300 million euros;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas regarding the fisheries, it is estimated that 83.7% of the catches obtained in the waters occupied by Morocco come from the area of Dakhla, in the Sahrawi waters, being Saharawi less than 5% of the workers in the sector and none work in the port, but precarious workforce, and that in the area 3 188 Moroccan boats operate in front of 312 Sahrawi;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas taking into account the judgment of the CJEU of 27 February 2018, only in fisheries the EU has committed a fraud of 95.8 million euros to the EU budget, since the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is no applicable to the waters of Western Sahara and the European Union has paid 58.8 million euros of access to fishery resources based on this Agreement, and 37 million for sectorial support;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)

Kd. whereas, due to the illegal application of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement to Western Sahara, the Sahrawi people have stopped receiving 58.8 million access to fishery resources, 34 million in canon, 300 million in value of catches and 37 million in sectorial support; whereas the economic damage caused to the Sahrawi people for the exploitation of their natural resources only in the fisheries sector during the last four years reaches 430 million euros;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the two conditions set in the CJEU judgment, to explicitly mention Western Sahara in the Agreement text and to obtain the consent of the people~~, as well a~~ of Western Sahara; denounces the third criterion added by the Council which is the need to ensure that it benefits the local population as most of the population currently living in the territory are Moroccan settlers with the Sahrawi people in a minority; condemns that since the Moroccan military invasion of 1975, the Kingdom of Morocco has been transferring hundreds of thousands of Moroccan settlers to the territory of Western Sahara, with the deliberate aim of changing the demographic composition of the population in the territory, which is considered a crime under international law;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Ful~~Underlines that in order to credibly supports and fully encourages the ongoing peace process under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary- General Horst Köhler, ~~and emphasises that ratification of the amended Liberalisation Agreement between the EU and Morocco has to be strictly without prejudice to the outcome of the peace process~~the EU should abstain to ratify any amended Agreement between the EU and Morocco applicable to Western Sahara as it would imply EU support for one of the two parties in the conflict and hinders the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to reach a political solution; especially when the parties are expected to meet in Geneva under the auspices of the UN in December in the first direct negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco since 2012;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Takes note of the tensions between different interests in the territory and believes that a respected and accepted end to the ongoing conflict is required to ensure the broader participation of all groups in the territory’Regrets that the European Commission has not so far engaged in a serious and constructive dialogue with the Polisario Front, which is reco~~nomic development; is, at the same time, convinced that the local population also has the right to develop while awaiting a political solution~~gnised by the United Nations as the only legal representative of the Sahrawi people;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the European Commission to open negotiations with the Polisario Front whenever it wishes an agreement to be applicable to Western Sahara;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights the doubts that some Member States, social organizations, the Polisario Front or the European Parliament's Legal Service have expressed in regarding its possible legal and political repercussions of this amended agreement on the exercise of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Expresses its concern at the fact that the Commission was unable to provide reliable data on preferential imports of products from Western Sahara to support the claim that the agreement is beneficial for the territory, as the Commission recognizes that it is "generally impossible" distinguish Moroccan imports from imports from Western Sahara; highlights that the Commission admits that it can not distinguish between the Sahrawi and Moroccan populations in terms of employment benefits; affirms that, in the absence of sufficient comparative information, it is doubtful that the Commission can adequately assess the impact of the proposed new agreement;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Recalls that the CJEU did not specify in its judgment how the people’s consent has to be expressed and considers therefore that some uncertainty remains as regards this criterion;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recognises the present economic, social and environmental development observed in Dakhla and Lâayoune and the significant potential for further creation of both low- and high-skilled local employment opportunities;deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Believes that the EU tariff preferences have had a positive impact on the agricultural and fisheries products sectors and their export levels in the non- autonomous territory of Western Sahara;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that the EU tariff preferences have had a positive impact on the agricultural and fisheries products sectors and their export levels in the non- ~~autonomous~~self-governing territory of Western Sahara; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout. Source: United Nations List of Non-self- governing territories http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/nonse lfgovterritories.shtml)

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Warns of the environmental risks, for example for water resources, entailed by intensive, uncontrolled and export- oriented development of agricultural production in Western Sahara, as highlighted by the European Commission;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Warns of the adverse effects of a permanent withdrawal of tariff preferences on products from the non- autonomous territory of Western Sahara, and the message this sends to the younger generation and its potential to develop the territory; underlines the risk of activities being relocated to regions in Morocco where they would benefit from the preferences;deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Highlights that the EU’s ongoing engagement in the territory will have a positive leverage effect on its sustainable development;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Considers that the partial territorial coverage of the agreement raises questions in relation to the obligations of the EU and its Member States to respect the principle of territorial integrity, which is an integral part of the right to self-determination; in relation to the border treaties between Morocco and Western Sahara; and towards the obligation to respect the “separate and distinct" nature of Western Sahara in relation to Morocco, affirmed by the European Court of Justice, which would require the preservation of the integrity of Western Sahara;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that, since the CJEU judgment, Member States cannot legally apply trade preferences to products from the non-~~autonomous~~self-governing territory of Western Sahara ~~and that~~; regrets that with this new proposal the legal uncertainty affecting economic operators ~~has to come to an end;~~ remains; underlines that Polisario Front has already announced that they will challenge the new proposals to the Court as they violate the CJEU judgements;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to closely monitor the implementation and result of the agreement and to regularly report their findings to Parliament;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Encourages the EU and Morocco to return swiftly to good trade relations and to aim for progress in the DCFTA negotiations;~~deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the European Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion assessing whether the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco is complying with international and European law and with the 21 December 2016 European Court ruling;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256M(NLE)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Barbara SPINELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission ~~and~~, the European External Action Service and to the European Court of Justice.

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0256(NLE)

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to Rule 99(1) and (4),and Rule 108 (6) and (7) of its Rules of Procedure,

2018/11/07
Committee: INTA

2018/0256(NLE)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Gives its consent to the agreement;~~Asks to the European Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion whether the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco is complying with the European treaties, with the international law and with the 21 December 2016 European Court ruling.

2018/11/07
Committee: INTA

2018/0256(NLE)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Giv~~Declines its consent to the agreement;

2018/11/07
Committee: INTA

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) At Union level, ~~the European Semester of economic policy coordination~~Article 151 TFEU and the rights enshrined isn the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union fundingrevised European Social Charter (ETS No. 163) set the framework for the Union’s and Member States’ strategies implementing the ESF+. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the ~~added~~social value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, ~~the European Social Fund Plus,~~ the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, ~~the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU,~~ where relevant.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe’s competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the Union’s objectives ~~of these guidelines, particularly~~ as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also and contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the “Skills Agenda for Europe” ~~and~~, the European Education Area and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the ‘UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on “Next steps for a sustainable European future” of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ contributes to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals to halve relative poverty and eradicate extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10).

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the ~~management of migration flows and the increased security threat~~impact of austerity policies, the management of migration, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions~~, experienced especially by SMEs~~. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth ~~more~~ inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) Member States should be committed to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes. Gender budgeting is an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent in the ESF+, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as ~~the Roma, and the working poor~~Roma, working poor, homeless persons, persons with disabilities, third country nationals, asylum seekers and refugees, and all other people facing multiple social challenges. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility, inclusiveness and comprehensive coverage.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. ~~With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived,~~ Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that simpler rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)

(19a) In order to eradicate poverty and ensure greater social inclusion, the ESF+ should promote the active participation of specialised social NGOs and organisations representing and working with people living in poverty in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the programmes dedicated to this.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof.deleted

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to fostering social inclusion.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) ESF + lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers ~~on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the central~~with high-quality social conditions and on a non-discriminatory basis. The public employment services of Member States ~~with one anoth~~, the social partners and ~~with~~ the Commission should work closely together. The European network of employment services ~~should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers and a greater transparency of information on the labour ma~~, together with social partners, should promote high-quality social conditions and easy access to information for mobile worketrs. The ESF+ scope ~~also~~ includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling high-quality vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF + covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)

(7a) 'Cross-border partnerships' in the employment and social innovation strand mean permanent structures of cooperation between public employment services and social partners in border areas of at least two countries

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, whose need for assistance has been established according to their living situation (such as homelessness) or to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16

(16) 'social innovations' mean collective activities that are social both as to their ends and their means and in particular those which relate to the development ~~and implementation of new ideas (concerning~~testing, validation, implementation and scaling of new products, services ~~and~~, models~~) that simultaneously meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations, thereby benefiting~~ or practices, or a combination of these, that meet social needs and resolve societal challenges, and simultaneously create new social relationships or collaborations between public, third sector organisations like voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, mutuals and cooperatives, and private organisations, thereby empowering civil society actors and boosting ~~its~~their capacity to act;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17

(17) 'social experimentations' mean ~~policy interventions that offer an~~the testing and comparative evaluation of well-designed innovative responses to social needs, implemented on a small scale and in conditions that enable their impact to be measured, prior to being implemented in other geographical or sectoral contexts or on a larger scale, if the results prove ~~convincing~~advantages over current practices;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels, ~~fair~~comprehensive social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, non- discrimination, equal access to the labour market, ~~fair~~high-quality working conditions, comprehensive social protection and inclusion for all, and a high level of human health protection.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) improving access to high quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth ~~and~~, women, persons with disabilities, people with chronic and long-term conditions, long-term unemployed, and of inactive people, and promoting ~~self-employment and~~ the social economy;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii

(iii) promoting ~~women’s labour market participation~~gender equality in all areas, including women’s labour market participation offering a living wage and the principle of equal pay for equal or comparable work, a better work/life balance including equal access to ~~childcar~~inclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and care and to other community-based care services for persons with disabilities and older people, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv

(iv) improving the quality, ~~effectiveness and labour market relevance~~scope and inclusiveness of education and training systems, to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v

(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality non-segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii

(vii) fostering active inclusion with a view to promoting equal opportunities, non-discrimination and active participation, and improving employability;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii

(viii) promoting long-term socio- economic integration of third country nationals and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) EUR ~~761 000~~919 469 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The resources referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall be at least EUR 70 000 000 for cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners and their support services.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure gender equality ~~between men and women~~ throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They support specific targeted actions aimed at increasing the long-term participation of women in working life, and being paid a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in the labour market, education and training, and to promote a work-life balance for all and equal sharing of caring responsibilities between men and women. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, nationality, residence status, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall apply to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the social challenges identified ion ~~their~~ national, re~~form programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account~~gional and local level, in accordance with Article 151 TFEU, the revised European Social Charter (ETS No.163) and the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, and the Asylum and Migration Fund ~~and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument~~, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4.deleted

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic in~~tegrat~~clusion of third country nationals.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

In addition to the minimum allocation of at least 30% of the ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives vii) – x) of Article 4(1), Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation as set out in points (x) and (xi) of Article 4(1).

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

In duly justified cases, the resources allocated to the specific objective set out in point (x) of Article 4(1) and targeting the most deprived may be taken into account for verifying compliance with the minimum allocation of at least 2% set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.deleted

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall ensure ~~adequat~~, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provisions Regulation1 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20142, meaningful and inclusive participation of social partners ~~and~~, civil society organisations ~~in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.~~and representatives of beneficiaries in the preparation, programming, management, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (OJ ..., …, p. ...). 2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L74, 14.3.2014, p. 1)

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall allocate a~~n appropriate amount~~t least 2% of the of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations at national and European level.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

The resources referred to in Article 7(4) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. The co-financing rate for this priority or programme is set at 85%.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title

~~Support to relevant country-specific recommendation~~Addressing local and regional challenges

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated prioritiSufficient flexibility shall be ensured at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments addressing specific local and regional social challenges.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall support actions of social innovation and social experimentations, and/or strengthen bottom-up approaches based on partnerships involving public authorities, ~~the private sector~~social partners, social enterprises, and civil society such as the Local Action Groups designing and implementing community-led local development strategies.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. At least 5% of the ESF+ resources at national level, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to the priorities established under this Article.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. In order to build up the innovation capacity of relevant stakeholders (such as national, regional or local authorities, civil society and social economy organisations, social partners, cooperatives and local action groups) the dedicated priorities will provide resources for funding social innovation resource and competence platforms with the mission to effectively assist in the design, preparation, implementation, evaluation, adaptation or replication of innovative actions.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. Direct staff costs shall be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management provided that their level is not higher than 100% of the usual remuneration for the profession concerned in the Member State as demonstrated by Eurostat data.deleted

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly through electronic vouchers or cards, provided that they can only be redeemed against food and/or basic material assistance as set out in Article 2(3) and are not replacing any existing social benefit or affecting the eligibility to receive social benefits in the future.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4

4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance ~~may~~shall be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) the costs of accompanying measures undertaken by or on behalf of beneficiaries and declared by the beneficiaries delivering the food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons at a ~~flat- rate~~minimum of 5% of the costs referred to in point (a).

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Priorities addressing material deprivation shall use common output and result indicators, as set out in Annex II to this Regulation to monitor progress in implementation. These programmes may also use programme-specific indicators. Reporting requirements shall be kept as simple as possible.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3

3. By 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2028, Managing Authorities shall report to the Commission the results of a structured anonymous survey of the end recipients carried out during the previous year, focusing on their living conditions and the nature of their material deprivation. This survey shall be based on the model which shall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) to support social experimentations in the fields referred to in Article 4 and build up the stakeholders' capacity to prepare and design, implement, transfer or upscale the tested social ~~policy~~ innovations;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to provide specific support services to workers, employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. vulnerable people);

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) to support cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners to promote a cross-border labour market and to promote cross-border mobility under high-quality social conditions in border areas.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)

(db) to promote the voluntary geographical mobility of workers with high-quality social conditions and increase employment opportunities through the development of high-quality and inclusive labour markets in the Union, which are open and accessible to all, while respecting workers' rights throughout the Union.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to support the development of the market eco-system related to the provision of microfinance for micro-enterprises in start-up and development phases, in particular those that ~~employ~~provide vulnerable people with high-quality working conditions and access to social insurance, in order to help identify and validate examples of good policy practices, such as effective procurement approaches for micro and small-medium organisations;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) to support networking and transnational cooperation at Union level and strengthen dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, key stakeholders involved in community-led local development strategies, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) to support the development of social enterprises ~~and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations and philanthropic actors in that market~~;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child care and education and training, health care and long -term care and community-led development strategies) needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) to ~~support transnational cooperation~~identify and validate social innovations, to scale models and approaches across borders which have proven to generate high impact, and to support transnational cooperation and facilitate mutual policy learning between Member States to accelerate the transfer of, and to facilitate the scaling of, innovative solutions, in particular for the areas of employment, skills and social inclusion, across Europe.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i

(i) ~~cross-border partnerships and support service~~the structure and activities of cross-border partnerships composed of the public employment services and social partners and the multilingual support services they provide for the information, advice and placement of cross-border commuters, workers, jobseekers and employers in cross-border regions;

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The eligible actions of cross- border partnerships or stakeholders referred to in paragraph 2 shall be co- financed by the Union at 95% of the total eligible expenditure. Additional financial support will only be granted in the event of sufficiently substantiated exceptional circumstances.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)

Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners, civil society organisations and regional and local authorities, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Free Movement of Workers to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed about progress made in the implementation of the programme. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with strategies, instruments and actions relevant to the programme. 3. The results of the actions implemented under the employment and social innovation strand shall be communicated at regular intervals to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the social partners and the public in order to maximise the impact, sustainability and added value of these results at Union level.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2

2. Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations, one representative of the employers' organisations, one representative of civil society according to Article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 c of the Common Provisions Regulation1 funds and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (OJ ..., …, p. ...).

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3

3. The ESF+ Committee shall include one representative from each of the organisations representing workers' organisations ~~and~~, employers' organisations and social civil society organisations at Union level.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1

All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not ~~possible~~relevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Sensitive personal data can be registered anonymously in case of significantly deprived persons.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part

~~If data for~~Values on these indicators ~~is not collected from data registers, values on these indicators can be determined based on informed estimates by the beneficiary~~can be determined based on informed estimates. For the participants, the disclosure of data for these indicators is on a voluntary basis. The refusal of indication of data does not lead to negative implications for participants or project leads.

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)

– participants from geographical areas with high levels of poverty and social exclusion

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)

– participants (children, persons with disabilities, persons experiencing mental health problems, homeless people) transitioning from institutional to family and community based care

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)

– participants below 18 years of age

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1

– participants in high quality employment, including self-employment, six months after leaving*,

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II

Common indicators for ESF+ support for addressing material deprivation [...] (ii) total value of goods distributed [...] (b) Total quantity of food support distributed (tons). Thereof2: [...] (3) Common result indicators Ibid. Number of the end recipients receiving food support – Number of children below 18 years of age – Number of youths aged 18-29 years; – Number of end recipients above 54 years of age, – Number of end recipients with disabilities, – Number of third country nationals; – Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma) , – Number of homeless end recipients or end-recipients affected by housing exclusion. Number of the end recipients receiving material support – Number of children below 18 years of age – Number of youths aged 18-29 years – Number of end recipients above 54 years of age, — Number of end recipients with disabilities, – Number of third country nationals – Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma) , – Number of homeless end recipient or end recipients affected by housing exclusion ________________________ 2 determined based on the informed estimation by the beneficiariesdeleted Values on these indicators shall be

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)

Annex II - Common indicators for ESF+ support for addressing material deprivation Output indicators on social inclusion assistance to the most deprived (i) Total number of persons receiving social inclusion assistance; (ii) Total number of persons met during outreach activities and street work; (iii) Total number of consultations; (iv) Total number of referrals to: (a) other low threshold services (e.g. shelters, free medical aid, food distribution, debt counselling etc.) (b) public administration services (e.g. public employment services, social benefit support, housing services etc.).

2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) 6.3 million young Europeans are not in education, employment or training, and the unemployment rate for young Europeans remains double that of their elders, with peaks of 40 % in some Member States, representing a generation sacrificed by austerity policies.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)

(1b) Young Europeans are facing common challenges: difficulties in entering the labour market, integrating into society, finding housing and gaining access to credit, and they are facing the risk of precariousness, with these difficulties being even more acute for young third-country nationals,

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)

(1c) Mobility should not be an inevitability motivated by the absence of prospects at home, but a choice open to as many people as possible, regardless of social background, cultural background or available means.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)

(1d) The European Union can become a source of rights and progress for young people, guaranteeing them: a mechanism for granting autonomy to all young people in order to enable them to undergo training and gain access to their first job, a European plan to convert all precarious jobs into stable jobs, and the establishment of a European statute for trainees with new rights and employment opportunities.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 e (new)

(1e) The Erasmus+ Programme mainly affects the wealthiest and the costs of expatriation are far too high for the working classes to be able to access this Programme. It is essential that everything be taken into account in calculating the subsidies granted: housing, international transport and local transport, food, clothing, language courses and a minimum amount required to live with dignity and enjoy this experience abroad in good conditions.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 f (new)

(1f) Too often young students from the working classes are reluctant to go abroad. It is also essential that all information on the assistance to which they are entitled be made available and, above all, that it be promoted so that it is truly effective.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0191(COD)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 g (new)

(1g) In order to reach all population groups and, in particular, the working classes, the Commission should consider extending the Erasmus+ Programme to beneficiaries of the youth guarantee. This could take the form, for example, of a one-month language internship in a European country of the person's choice, which could be extended by professional experience.

2018/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism (ICS), which ~~has replaced~~is in essential the same as the highly controversial investor- to-state dispute settlement (ISDS); notes that several studies have shown that ICS would bring no changes to the extremely far-reaching rights that are afforded to foreign investors in current investment treaties.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the agreement will ensure a high level of investment protection while safeguarding the Parties’ right to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as public health and environmental protection;deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that there are no safeguards foreseen that would prevent this ICS system from creating regulatory chill effect by threatening a government with an ICS case to prevent unwanted legislation from being developed or passed.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Acknowledges the right of both parties to introduce legislation on all governmental levels and to pursue public policy objectives.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the transparency rules applying to proceedings before ~~the tribunals, which will help to instil public trust in the system~~any and all tribunals;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresse~~Regrets that third parties such as labour and environmental organisations can only contribute to ICS proceedings through amicus curiae briefs; urges the EU and Singapore to make it possible for these organizations to join the proceedings as parties affected.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the agreement represents an nominal improvement on the investment protection provisions in CETA, as it incorporates provisions on obligations for former judges, a code of conduct to prevent conflicts of interests and a fully functioning Appellate Tribunal at the time of its conclusion;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recalls that the Investment Court System as introduced in CETA is currently pending before the European Court of Justice for an Opinion on its compatibility with the EU treaties and that therefore a signal from the EP on the ICS is at this moment highly counterproductive.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of Singapore’s commitment to the multilateral investment court, a public international court which should be empowered to hear disputes on investments between investors and states that will have accepted its jurisdiction over their bilateral investment treaties, and whose ultimate goal is to overcome the current, unbalanced and fragmented investment protection regime; considers the agreement a crucial stepping . Regrets the fact that there is no respect for domestic courts to hear disputes first. Furthermore, this multilateral investment court is contrary to customary international law and international human rights law, which requires the exhaustion~~e towards that end;~~ of local remedies.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the Council’s decision to make public the negotiating directive of 20 March 2018 on the multilateral investment court and calls on the Council to make public all previous and future trade and investment agreement negotiating directives immediately after they are adopted in order to increase transparency and public scrutiny;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights that the agreement will replace the existing bilateral investment treaties between 13 EU Member States and Singapore, which are based on outdated investment protection provisions and include the controversial ISDS; considers that this constitutes an important step in reforming global rules on investment dispute settlement and, it is hoped, will progressively lead to the removal of ISDS from bilateral investment treaties;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Encourages the Commission to continue its work on making ICS more accessible to SMEs;~~deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and Singapore to agree stronger sanctions in the event that a member of the tribunals does not comply with the code of conduct, and to ensure that they are in place ~~as soon as~~before this agreement enters into force;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that the approval of this agreement will give the EU more leverage to negotiate similar agreements with the other ASEAN countries with a view to establishing similar rules on investment protection throughout the region;deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095(NLE)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. GDeclines to gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement;

2018/11/12
Committee: INTA

2018/0095(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement~~Suspends the consent procedure until the European Court of Justice has delivered its opinion regarding the compatibility of Investment Court System with European Union Treaties, Opinion 1/17;

2018/11/12
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

~~F. whereas Singapore ranks among the easiest countries in the world to do business with and is one of the least corrupt worldwide;~~deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas more than 10 000 European companies have their ~~regional~~'letterbox' offices in Singapore;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the signing in Brussels, on 19 October 2018, of the FTA;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that negotiations were originally concluded in 2012 and ~~regrets the long~~takes note of the delay in bringing forward the agreement for ratification due to a request for an Opinion from the Court of Justice;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the economic and strategic importance of this agreement, as Singapore is a hub for the entire ASEAN region and as this will avoid EU exporters being at a competitive disadvantage in respect of businesses from the other CPTPP and RCEP countries;deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Is concerned that the Prudential Carve-Out paragraph (article 8.50) is less strong than the one used in CETA, since it does not refer to measures that can be taken to safeguard the security and integrity of an individual financial institution, and asks the Commission for an explanation thereof;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Is concerned that the phrasing “not […] more burdensome than necessary” in reference to measures that can be taken under the Prudential Carve- Out is highly contestable and poses a serious threat to governments’ right to regulate in order to safeguard the integrity and stability of a Member State’s financial system;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Is concerned that the Prudential Carve-Out paragraph is not strong enough to enable the EU and governments to refuse the supply of new financial services provided Singapore – being a big supplier of financial services and a tax haven – in order to protect the integrity and stability of the financial system;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Remarks that the phrasing “each Party shall make its best endeavours” to implement and apply financial regulation and guidelines such as the Basle Committee’s “Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision” is of a noncommittal character,whereas the implementation of these kind of rules and guidelines should always be a prerequisite for concluding any agreement with a Party in order to safeguard the EU’s and Member States’ financial stability;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Regrets that despite all the efforts to battle tax avoidance and tax dodging, Singapore still remains a tax heaven and that Singapore is ranked 5 in Tax justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index because of its secrecy.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Notes that intermediation by banks in the setting-up of offshore structures has significantly decreased since 2007, when it was revealed that banks were promoting evasion of the provisions of the European Savings Directive of 2005 on a large scale; notes that reputational and regulatory risks in the aftermath of the financial crisis have also added to the decline in the offshore entities intermediated by banks since 2008; acknowledges, however, that at the global level statistical data do not show a general decline in the funds channelled through tax havens, at least up to 2014, but, rather, a reorganisation of jurisdictions and instruments used; notes that in parallel to the progressive rise in withholding tax levied by Luxembourg, Austria and Belgium (until 2009), from15 % in 2005 to 20 % in 2008 and 35 % in 2011, offshore money was increasingly allocated to letterbox companies in jurisdictions such as the Bahamas, Singapore and Hong Kong; notes, however, that the intermediation business has been taken over by other professions, namely lawyers, as demonstrated in the Panama Papers.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Welcom~~Notes the fact that only around 190 EU geographical indications will be protected as of the entry into force of the agreement, with the possibility of adding more at a later stage, in view of the fact that Singapore is the fifth largest market in Asia for EU food and drink exports;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that the agreement safeguards the EU’s right to keep and to apply its own standards to all goods and services sold in the EU and upholds the EU’s precautionary principle;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that ~~this is a progressive trade agreement and that~~ both Parties committed in the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapter to ensure a high level of environmental and labour protection;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Urges both parties to introduce a sanctions based mechanism for the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the Parties committed to make sustained efforts towards ratifying and effectively implementing the fundamental ILO conventions before entering into force of this FTA; welcomes the information provided so far by the Government of Singapore in relation to its compliance with three outstanding ILO conventions, namely those on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, on Discrimination and on Forced Labour, and expects Singapore to further engage with the ILO with a view to progressing towards full alignment with their content and ultimately pursuing their ratification;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to trigger the general review clause of the agreement as soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability of labour and environmental provisions including through a sanctions-based mechanism ~~as a last resort~~;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093(NLE)

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Matt CARTHY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. GDeclines to gives its consent to the agreement;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0081(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the council aims to cover substances or mixtures which meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen and/or mutagen set out in annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) as well as substances, mixtures or process referred to in annex I to this Directive. The substances which meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen or mutagen set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 are those with an harmonised classification or a self-classification notified to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). They are listed in the public Classification and Labelling Inventory maintained by ECHA. Substances classified by IARC as carcinogens category 1or 2A are also deemed to meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen set out in annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).

2018/09/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0081(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)

(4b) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of diesel engine exhaust emissions from old diesel engines. New diesel engine technology has changed the quality and quantity of diesel emissions and the associated cancer risks have been reduced but not eliminated. Due to the long transition time to switch from old to new diesel technology, a concomitant exposure to exhaust emissions from old and new diesel engines is expected to occur at work for the many years to come. Diesel engine exhaust emissions are process-generated and consequently they are not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008. On the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, a limit value for diesel engine exhaust emissions should be established. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex I and to establish a limit value for diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC. The entries in Annex I and Annex III should cover fumes from all types of diesel engine and thus irrespective of whether the exhaust emissions are from old or new diesel engines.

2018/09/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0081(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures taken in accordance with national law and practices to ensure that their competent authorities have a sufficient number of trained staff and other resources necessary to carry out their tasks related to proper and effective implementation of this Directive. This information shall form part of the implementation reports submitted by Member States every five years pursuant to Article 17a of Council Directive 89/391/EEC.

2018/09/24
Committee: EMPL

2018/0081(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Stelios KOULOGLOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Patricia LALONDE, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g

(g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing~~appropriate quotas~~ quotas and effective protection measure in sensitive sectors, while excluding the~~most sensitive secto~~ outermost regions' most sensitive sectors, such as special sugars; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic, budgetary, employment and social policies and aims to achieve the Europe 2020 targets, including those concerning employment, education and poverty reduction, as set out in Council Decision 2010/707/EU5 . Since deleted OJ L 308, 24.11.20150, the European Semester has been continuously reinforced and streamlined, notably to strengthen its employment and social focus and to facilitate more dialogue with the Member States, social partners and representatives of civil society. _________________ p. 46–5

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, João PIMENTA LOPES

Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)

(-1b) In Annex I, the following point is added: “5b. Work involving exposure to carcinogenic or mutagenic substances resulting from the preparation, administration or disposal of hazardous drugs, including cytotoxic drugs, and work involving exposure to carcinogenic or mutagenic substances in cleaning, transport, laundry and waste disposal of hazardous drugs or materials contaminated by hazardous drugs and in personal care for patients under treatment of hazardous drugs.”.

2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL

Gabriele ZIMMER, Patrick LE HYARIC, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

1. A person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted ~~within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services46 or sent~~ by that employer to another Member State to perform work on that employer’s behalf shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such work does not exceed 246 months and that the person is not posted ~~or sent~~ to replace another employed or self-employed person previously posted ~~or sent with~~within the meaning of this Article; and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the ~~meaning of this Article. __________________ 46~~start of the activity as an employed person, the person concerned is already subject to the legislation of the Member State in which his or her employer is established. OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1.

2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL

2016/0397(COD)

Gabriele ZIMMER, Patrick LE HYARIC, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. A person who normally pursues an activity as a self-employed person in a Member State who goes to pursue a similar activity in another Member State shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such activity does not exceed 24six months and that the person is not replacing another posted employed or self-employed person., and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the start of the activity, the person concerned has already been subject to the legislation of the Member State in which he or she normally pursues his or her activity.

2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL

2016/0397(COD)

Gabriele ZIMMER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

2a. Member States shall ensure that economically inactive mobile citizens and jobseekers can access comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State by allowing such citizens to contribute in a proportionate manner to a sickness insurance or to otherwise fulfil the relevant criteria for access to sickness insurance in the Member State in which they habitually reside.

2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL

2016/0397(COD)

Gabriele ZIMMER, Patrick LE HYARIC, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 16 a (new)

(14a) The following Article is inserted: “Article 16a Prior issuance of document on applicable legislation Prior to a posting, the posting institution shall be required to issue to the host institution a document confirming the social security legislation applicable to the worker, drawn up in accordance with Articles 11 to 16 and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.”

2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 23

14a. Article 23 is replaced by the following: "Article 23 Regime applicable in the event of the existence of more than one regime in the Member State of residence or stay If the legislation of the Member State of residence or stay comprises more than one scheme of sickness, long-term care, maternity and paternity insurance for more than one category of insured persons, the provisions applicable under Articles 17, 19(1), 20, 22, 24 and 26 of the basic Regulation shall be those of the legislation on the general scheme for employed persons. ~~lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)~~" Or. en (http://eur-

2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Rina Ronja KARI

Proposal for a directive
Annex

2,1,12

2017/01/12
Committee: EMPL

2016/0130(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Rina Ronja KARI

Proposal for a directive
Annex

Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – row 12 – column 5

10,5

2017/01/12
Committee: EMPL

2016/0130(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Rina Ronja KARI

Rina Ronja KARI, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

(14) Laws, regulations, administrative provisions or collective agreements applicable in Member States may ensure that subcontracting does not confer on undertakings the possibility to avoid rules guaranteeing ~~certain~~ terms and conditions of employment covering remuneration. Where such rules on remuneration exist at national level, the Member State may apply them ~~in a non-discriminatory manner~~ to undertakings posting workers to its territory ~~provided that they do not disproportionately restrict the cross- border provision of services~~.

2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL

2016/0070(COD)

Rina Ronja KARI, Thomas HÄNDEL, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Lynn BOYLAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)

Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b

(–1) In Article 1, paragraph 3, point (b) is amended as follows: "(b) post workers to an establishment or to an undertaking owned by the group in the territory of a Member State, provided it concerns a genuine provision of service and there is an employment relationship between the undertaking making the posting and the worker during the period of posting; or"

2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas refugees are individuals with their own skills, training, knowledge, working and living experiences that deserve recognition; whereas they can undertake and generate economic activity that will bring positive returns for host communities;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the need to draw up, implement and assess inclusive, integrated and specific social inclusion and labour market integration policies for refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and asylum seekers;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

18. ~~Support~~Notes the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; underlines the positive impact that ~~intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on~~would result from intra-EU voluntary mobility of refugees and/or mobility for family reunification, which might address~~ing~~ labour shortages and contribute to refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills and prevent social dumping, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Deplores the fact that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having taken the necessary measures to transpose the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; urges the Commission to introduce penalties for Member States which fail to meet these obligations and urges Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with the principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes President Juncker’s statement13 in the State of the Union 2015 address affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; regrets, however, the lack of resolve shown by the Commission in implementing the decisions taken; is concerned at the decision taken by some Member States to close their internal borders or introduce temporary border controls, jeopardising freedom of movement within the Schengen area; _________________ 13 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what- we-do/policies/european-agenda- migration/proposal-implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_es.pdfhttp://europa.e u/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htm

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Regrets the fact that the September 2015 agreement on sharing refugees among the Member States is not being implemented satisfactorily; stresses that the quotas for receiving refugees are not being met in the majority of the Member States; urges the Commission and Member States to implement the agreements as swiftly as possible and speed up the processes of receiving and resettling refugees;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to housing, education, healthcare and social protection, being treated in the same way as nationals as enshrined in Chapters III and IV of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Member States to implement social inclusion and support policies that will ensure that the basic needs of refugees are met by guaranteeing the right to housing, health (including mental, sexual and reproductive health), education, family reunification, social services and childcare facilities on the same basis as nationals;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Highlights the importance of strengthening civil society organisations and trade unions as irreplaceable intermediaries working to secure labour integration, inclusion and social cohesion for refugees;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a revision of the Reception Conditions Directive in order to ensure that applicants of international protection have access to the labour market no later than six months from the date when the application was lodged; calls for all asylum seekers to have access to active employment policies and pathways to integration in employment from the time when they submit their application in any of the Member States;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration, on an individual basis, the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising campaigns for host communities and local, regional and national authorities, with the aim of combating discrimination, xenophobia and racism;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Member States to implement measures linked to promoting refugees’ labour market integration by promoting training and placement enterprises, the collaborative economy, self-employment and the social and solidarity-based economy;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting civil society organisations, spartners and locial ~~partners~~, regional and Nnational Eequality Bbodies in their work;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Calls on the Commission to devise a specific labour integration instrument geared to refugees and asylum seekers, such as a European initiative, with a sufficient budget to implement policies and measures that will foster their social and labour inclusion;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2321(INI)

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Calls on the Member States to make the necessary changes to regulations and legislation to foster refugees’ social inclusion and labour market integration;

2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that in order to ensure better conditions for job creation for the SME sector Member States must address the following problems, which are unequally present in different regions: ~~skills scarcity and brain drain; regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty; the shadow economy; and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs);~~ lack of investment in real economy; lack of public investment and creation of decent secure jobs; one-sided austerity measures which minimize the buying power of people due to wage cuts and social spending cuts and force SMEs to closure; skills scarcity and brain drain, and regulatory uncertainty; the shadow economy; and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs); stresses the need to include SMEs into the centre of public investment policies of economy revitalization, which will also promote investments in real economy and local businesses;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that tackling the above-mentioned structural problems would result, inter alia, in social development, fairer competition and the extension of the social contribution and tax base to a higher number of economic operators, lthus creadting ~~to lower labour and administrative costs and thus creating better condition for~~better condition for job creation, which should be part of holistic policies of social development, which will promote viable and sustainable SMEs and safe and decent job creation;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that ~~labour costs have an impact~~wages and social benefits onf SMEs~~’ job creation~~ workers should be prote~~ntial and competitiveness~~cted, since higher wages favour SME growth;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is concerned at the growing phenomenon of bogus self-employment across the EU, which cannot be considered in positive terms as contributing to the ‘growing number of micro-enterprises’, but, ~~rather, undermines the image of entrepreneurship~~should rather be dealt with policies against bogus self-employment by expanding social security, the welfare state, collective bargaining, promoting the role of social partners and secure and decent jobs;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Takes note of the Investment Plan for Europe, which is designed to create new jobs and boost innovation, and hopes that the European Investment Project Portal, as a transparent pipeline for investable projects in the EU, will help orientate investors towards existing opportunities, in favour of financing SMEs and start-up development as the fastest way to reduce unemployment; deplores the fact that the Investment Plan does not promote public investments and has failed to promote investment in countries of the European Periphery that need these the most;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that apprenticeship schemes within SMEs should be promoted by Member States~~, including through financial incentives~~;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Encourages the~~ Member States tocould create opportunities for young people to acquire entrepreneurship skills~~; also stresses the importance of mentoring for young entrepreneurs~~ if they include these in broader social development programs of job creation and strong social security; also stresses the importance of mentoring for young entrepreneurs; deeply regrets the phenomena where young people are taken advantage of (amongst others in bad quality internships) and have to work under precarious conditions, sometimes without payment or social security;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Takes the view that ~~reducing the regulatory and administrative burden~~, together with improving the quality of regulation and enforcement, constitute the right way to lower SMEs’ ~~costs, including labour costs~~, in order to increase their job creation potential; strongly believes, that any regulation change should aim to strengthen social security, collective bargaining, and the role of the social partners;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to adopt~~, in the framework of the European Semester’s country-specific recommendations,~~ a differentiated approach to improve the environment for SMEs and to promote stronger social security and workers’ rights, taking into account the country- specific circumstances and the EU regions’ specific structural differences; calls further more on the Commission to focus not only on SME but on Micro Enterprises as well;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for newly- created SMEs, focusing in particular on incentive measures aimed at tackling the shadow economy; recognizes that austerity measures implemented in many Member States had a catalytic impact in the growth of the shadow economy;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Takes the view that overregulated and bureaucratic economic systems induce higher labour costs, which represent a higher financial burden for SMEs than for big companies owing to the differences in business volumes;deleted

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Notes that a ~~reduced regulatory burden, better~~mong others, regulation and improvement of law enforcement ~~can~~ contribute to tackling the issues of the shadow economy and tax avoidance, as the attractiveness of such ‘exits’ from the regulatory systems would be substantially reduced;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that new EU regulations and agreements with third countries should take into account the EU regions’ specific structural differences ~~in the SME sector~~for micro- and SMEs, assessing the impact of future rules on employment perspectives;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2320(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment regarding the disastrous implications of the future TTIP agreement for jobs in the SME sector in all Member States;

2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the very real needs caused by restructuring and job losses as a result of the crisis and globalisation call for an revamped EGF facilitating access to its funds in order to both compensate for job losses and re-skilling measures and pre- empt them;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas measures taken by the EGF have shown that investing in the potential of former employees helps more people to return to work;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas unemployment rates in the EU, especially among young people and the long-term unemployed, mean that initiatives offering new career prospects are urgently needed;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the reduced appropriations earmarked for the EGF in the annual budget have been sufficient to provide the necessary assistance to date; emphasises however that in the event of a significant increase in applications or the addition of new prerogatives, further appropriations should be earmarked to continue to ensure the effective functioning of the EGF;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Observes the significant increase in the number of applications during the derogative period 2009-2011, which allowed applications on the basis of crisis- related criteria; welcomes the extension of this derogation after 2013 owing to the continuing economic crisis;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to better anticipate the effects of trade policy decisions on the EU labour market, particularly by means of social impact assessments of the various free-trade agreements under negotiation; opposes any initiative to consider the EGF, in its current form, as an intervention tool for jobs lost in the European Union as a result of trade strategies decided at EU level, including future trade agreements or those already in place;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the conclusion of the Court of Auditors with regard to the lengthy EGF approval procedure; ~~expect~~calls for no effort to be spared to accelerate procedures, especially for the countries in greatest difficulty, which cannot provide pre- financing for e the measures; hopes that the more timely procedure introduced in the current regulation ~~has~~will improved the situation; strongly recommends that all Member States start implementing the measures as soon as their applications are sent to the Commission, and is pleased that many Member States already do so;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the conclusion in the Court of Auditors report that nearly all EGF-eligible workers were offered personalised and well-coordinated measures; believes that the involvement of the targeted beneficiaries or their representatives, the social partners, local employment agencies and other relevant stakeholders in the initial assessment and application is essential in order to ensure positive outcomes for beneficiaries;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the importance of national and local employment offices in implementing EGF measures, initiatives to help people return to work and, therefore, the need to maintain the quality of their services, particularly in times of crisis;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes the proposal in the ex-post evaluation that a counterfactual impact evaluation is an important element in understanding the added value of the EGF; notes that such an evaluation is not yet in place; calls for this evaluation to cover, in addition, corporate social responsibility to ensure that the EGF cannot be used as a tool to absolve companies of their social obligations, but rather helps them to make efforts in this area;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the conclusion from the Court of Auditors that the EGF delivered EU added value when used to co-finance services for redundant workers or allowances not ordinarily existing under Member States’ unemployment benefit systems; calls for European policies for the more effective promotion of these services and benefits based on the results achieved by the EGM, and for an examination of the benefits of action to pre-empt restructurings and job conversions;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Emphasises the benefits of the EGF's personalised measures to help people return to employment; calls, therefore, for the EGF's action to be strengthened by revamping it facilitate investment in the potential of the EU's people by broadening its scope, bringing greater flexibility to its structures and requirements and allocating it sufficient resources to invest in workers who have been laid off;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Regrets the fact that one third of EGF funding compensates national workers’ income support schemes with no EU added value; notes the restriction in the current regulation where such costs are capped at 35 % and believes that this cap should be lowered;deleted

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to proactively support redundant workers in SMEs using the flexibility provided for in Article 4(2) of the current regulation; urges for other such facilities to be set up to promote wider access to EGF action;

2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the agencies to take account of the job opportunities at host businesses and organisations when selecting mobility programmes in relation to vocational and educational training (VET);

2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges that increased resources be allocated to information tools about mobility in vocational education and training, so as to improve their effectiveness and allow the maximum number of people to benefit from these opportunities;

2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2257(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that the vocational and educational training (VET) aspect of the Erasmus+ programme enables it to expand its remit and enable new categories of persons, including those lacking the means to become expatriates, to benefit from intra-European mobility and consequently calls for the budget for the programme be increased so that it may reach the maximum number of people;

2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the scale of mass unemployment in Europe, the difference in wage levels between countries and the tactic of pitting workers against one another necessarily leads to lower wages for everyone and an increase in unemployment;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union, in its judgment in the C- 341/05 Laval case of 18 December 20073, highlighted the legitimacy of the struggle against social dumping, but whereas the first strikes and protest actions held to denounce this type of practice were sharply criticised by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which found that they ‘hampered the free movement of persons’; whereas the Laval judgment found against the Swedish trade unions that had paralysed the workshop of a Latvian construction company, which was building a school in Sweden and paying Latvian wages; __________________ 3 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?te xt=&docid=71925&pageIndex=0&doclang =FR&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1& cid=498309

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for a thorough review of the 1996 directive on the posting of workers, rather than a simple strengthening of controls in the event of breaches of the rules;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for social contributions to be calculated in accordance with the rules in force in the host country and to be paid into the social security fund of the country of origin;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources ofor their labour inspectorates and ~~their~~ liaison offices, in particular for interpretation and translation and not to impose restrictions on the scope for carrying out checks, including by trade unions;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the main contractor to be held fully liable in the event of social fraud in the organisation, at all levels;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for the setting up of a framework to prevent fundamental social rights being weakened and argues for the establishment of a social progress clause during the revision of the Posted Workers Directive;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Takes the view that a social protocol is necessary to ensure the primacy of fundamental rights over economic freedoms and that a social progress clause needs to be included in directives relating to working conditions for workers in the European Union;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2255(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Demands a thorough revision of the Posted Workers Directive, and calls for the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ to be laid down in black and white and for the host country to be entitled to apply to foreign workers its own legislation on working conditions and collective labour agreements;

2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

— having regard to the statement issued by the ‘Really Good Friends of Services’ (RGF) group on 5 July 20123 , __________________ 3 http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/wto/pres s_corner/all_news/news/2012/20120705_a dvancing_negotiations_services.htmdeleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to Article 8 on the right to Protection of personal data of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to Principle of Coherence for Development as stated on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO, including cultural diversity, adopted on 12 March 2003,

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution on 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water,

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)

- having regards to the Draft Opinion on the local and regional dimension of the Trade in Services Agreement, adopted unanimously by the Commission for Economic Policy of the Committee of the Regions

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the currently available documents of the TiSA negotiations are ~~aimed~~not aiming at achieving ~~better~~the highest international regulation, nobut lower domestic regulation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas any trade agreement must provide more rights and ~~lower prices to European consumers and level the playing field~~better social and environmental standards for Europe an ~~companies~~d any other involved party ;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) carries major risks for national and European legislation on the provision of services, existing public monopolies, the organisational structure of public and semi-public services, the working conditions of personnel providing these services and, ultimately, the quality of the services provided;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. having regard to the catastrophic results of previous liberalisations of public services, particularly of network services (post, telecoms, energy and rail), owing to the requirements of building the internal European market: concentration of actors, reduction in quality of service, increase in price of services, lack of investment, job insecurity of employees in these services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas any trade agreement must ~~be a market opener for our companies abroad and a safety net for our citizens at home~~push for the social responsibility of our companies abroad, while respecting social and environmental standards and Human Rights in the EU and its partner countries;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the offensive interests of European companies in the area of public procurement cannot justify the imposition of economic models on our trading partners resulting in the public authorities withdrawing from the provision of essential public services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the globalisation, servicification and digitalisation both of our economies and of international trade call for more just and fair policy action to enhance international rules through the existing multilateral framework, particularly in areas like tax evasion and social dumping;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas TiSA is an opportunity for the EU to consolidate its position as the world leader in the field, with 24 % of global trade in services;~~deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas trade in services iscould be an engine for decent jobs and inclusive growth in the EU;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas numerous barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners;deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas non-tariff barriers, which on average represent more than 50 % of the cost of cross-border services, disproportionately affect small and medium-sized enterprises, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to overcome those obstacles; whereas the elimination of unnecessary barriers would facilitate their internationalisationdisproportionately affect small and medium-sized enterprises, when exporting, but represent also a protection for their local or national business; and given that only the 13% of the small and medium- sized enterprises are exporters;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the ~~globalisation of value chains increases the import content of both domestic output and exports~~level of service liberalisation is already sufficient and further negotiation on liberalisations is not necessary;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas citizens’ trust in EU’s trade policy is a must, which can only be restored by ensuring the highest level of transparency, full access to negotiating documents, by maintaining constant and formal dialogue with civil society, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the lack of transparency in the current negotiations is accompanied by an absence of impartial impact assessments and blatant disparity regarding the degree of consultation and involvement of lobbyists on the hand and civil society on the other;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas data protection is not an economic burden, but a source of economic growth; whereas ~~restoring trust in the digital world is crucial; whereas data flows are indispensable to trade in services~~data protection is indispensable to trade in services and to ensure the people's right to privacy;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the European Parliament issued a resolution on 2013 (2013/2583(RSP) in which it was requested to the Commission to "follow up on its intention to prepare a sustainability impact assessment";

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

M. whereas in most developing countries government is the main source of procurement for services, accounting for as much as 20% GDP, and can hence be an important tool for development of local micro, small and medium enterprises;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

N. whereas most part of the available information on TiSA has been leaked instead of being made available by the Commission;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

O. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly called for overcoming the lack of transparency in negotiating processes related to international trade agreements such as GATS, TTIP and TiSA;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas public procurement in the EU is increasingly coming under review , commencing with the re-municipalisation of water services, thus demonstrating the errors of excessive deregulation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas the re-appropriation of services or concessions by the public authorities should not be restricted by trade agreements or related legal mechanisms;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas a trade agreement for services may reduce the legislative capacity of the European and national legislatures, thereby compromising the sovereignty of the people, undermining the democratic foundations of the European project, reducing its leverage and sinking a raft of European policies beneath an economic rather than a political edifice;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i

i. to consider the ~~TiSA negotiations as a stepping-stone towards renewed ambitions at WTO level~~risk that TiSA represent for the multilateral agenda of the WTO;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i

i. to ~~consider~~reject the TiSA ~~negotiations as a stepping-stone towards renewed ambitions at WTO level~~objective of redefining the rules of world trade in services to serve the interests of the most aggressive western companies in the sector, bearing in mind that previous deregulations were accompanied by higher costs for European citizens rather than improved service quality and that the use of local service providers makes it possible maintain employment and economic dynamism in the areas concerned;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

ii. to reiterate ~~its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which~~that any agreement on services should unleash the ~~untapped~~possible potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)

iia. to guarantee democratic and accountability principles during the negotiations; to improve transparency on the negotiation process by making public all consolidated documents; calls on the EC to guarantee that citizens are duly informed and consulted during the negotiating process and before the initialling of the Agreement and to reject the US proposal to classify the negotiations documents for 5 years after the entry into force of TiSA

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii b (new)

Iib. to guarantee that decisions and negotiations are taken as closely as possibly to the citizens and assure a consultation by the European Parliament;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii

iii. to push for multilateralisation by crafting GATS-compatible provisions like the exclusive use of a positive list approach for all modes of services, market access and national treatment disciplines and by accepting new parties conditional on their acceptance of the agreed rules and level of ambitions; to incentivise wider participation in the talks by granting interested parties observer status; to note that both the highest barriers and the highest growth potential regarding trade in services are to be found in the BRICS and the MINT countries; to recognise the importance of those countries for the EU, as export destinations with a rising middle class, as sources of intermediate inputs and as key hubs in global value chains; to open the way for the participation of China, to ensure that any new trade agreement does not aim to go further that GATS in liberalisation, but to improve GATS by ensuring fair labour, social and environmental standards;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)

iiia. to ensure that negotiations maintain and strengthen fundamental role played by public services in the European Union;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point vi

~~vi. to ensure synergies between bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral agreements currently being negotiated, as well as with single market developments;~~deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii

viii. to ~~publish a~~conduct an independent ex-ante sustainability impact assessment and, study on TiSA, during and once the negotiations are finalised, to update it accordingly, taking specific account of its impact on citizens and workers; to request Parliament’s research services to publish a comprehensive and informative study of the scope and potential impact of the TiSA negotiations;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii a (new)

viiia. to develop for a credible methodology in the social impact assessments promoted by the European Commission;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii b (new)

viiib. to ensure that developing countries have the prerogative of obtaining a differentiated treatment, such as it is recognized in art. IV of GATS, particularly regarding the dispositions on public procurement, market access and national treatment;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i

i. to exclude, in the body of the negotiating texts, all public services and cultural services from the scope of the negotiations~~, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;~~

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)

i a. to clarify the definition of public services and cultural services so that this carve-out is comprehensive;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)

ia. to recognize the great importance attached by European citizens to high- quality public services that contribute to social and territorial cohesion;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i b (new)

ib. to ensure that the carve-out of public services is applied not only to the European Union's services, but also to any other party;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

ii. to ensure reciprocity at all levels, reciprocity with equal partners respecting similar social standards, but asymmetry with other players, while keeping flexibility for Developing Countries by including a specific provision on a special and differential treatment based on GATS Article IV; to condition any further commitments beyond the EU’'s current level of openness on the other parties’' proportionate offers~~; to support the~~ while respecting other Parties' sensitivities; to support the use of making limited and cautious use of horizontal commitment- related provisions as a means to set a common level of ambitions, and to take note that such minimum requirements would set clear parameters for countries interested in participating as these would prevail over exclusions and reservations in the Parties' schedules of commitments and would make TiSA depart too much from GATS, thereby undermining multilateralisation prospects;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv

iv. to ~~acknowledge that~~exclude any standstill and ratchet clauses ~~do not apply to market access commitments~~from the Treaty and recognize to all regional, national and local governments the full policy space to legislate;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)

iva. to reject any standstill or ratchet clauses restricting the power of states to regulate services, reverse previous openings to competition or nationalize services; calls for solid legal guarantees to this effect in the TiSA;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v a (new)

va. to introduce into the text of the agreement a reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights binding on the parties;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi

~~vi. to take an ambitious approach in Mode 3 by seeking the removal of third-country barriers to establishment, such as foreign equity caps and joint venture requirements;~~deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii

vii. to take a cautious approach in Mode 4, while bearing in mind that the EU has an offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour; to bear in mind the need for sufficient policy space in this sensitive area; to acknowledge that the labour clause maintains the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements; ~~to enter into ambitious commitments for those cases which underpin Mode 3 commitments;~~

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix

ix. to exclude, in line with Articles 14 and 106 of as well as protocol 26 to the TFEU, current and future Services of General Interest as well as Services of General Economic Interest from EU commitments (including but not limited to water, water treatment, health, social services, social security systems ~~and e~~, education, energy producation) and supply; to ensure that European, national and local authorities retain the full right to introduce, adopt, maintain or, repeal or extend any measures with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public services; to apply this exclusion irrespective of how the public services are provided and funded; to acknowledge that social security systems are entirely excluded from the scope of the negotiations;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix a (new)

ixa. to support provisions limiting competition in public contracts or introducing discrimination in the award thereof, where designed to encourage local business activity, e.g. through use of quotas in respect of local production capacity, labour or services and materials, as is done by many negotiating parties;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix b (new)

ixb. to call for health, welfare, employment, education and childcare services and the provision and treatment of drinking water to be formally excluded from the negotiations; to call for an open list of exclusions, enabling the parties to add new exemptions and new types of service in future;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x

x. to introduce an unequivocal ‘'gold standard’' clause, ~~which could~~that compiles with ILO core labour standards, and that explicitly excludes public services from the general scope of the agreement by a comprehensive and unequivocal exclusion in the core text of the agreement; this gold standard must be included in all trade agreements and would clarify that the public utilities clause applies to all modes of supply and to any services considered as public services by European, national or regional authorities and irrespective how these services are founded, organised and provided;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi

xi. to ensure, in line with Article 167(4) TFEU and with the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, that the parties preserve their right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity; to explicitly exclude cultural, audiovisual services, media, broadcasting and publishing from the scope of the agreement, irrespective of the technology or distribution platform used;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)

xia. to make the ratification, implementation and effective application of all ILO-Core labour standards imperative for any participant of the agreement;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi b (new)

xib. to ensure that the agreement does not limit the policy space for national, regional and local governments to respond to negative liberalisation experiences and to meet democratic demands for re-regulation (including re- municipalisation);

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi c (new)

xic. to ensure that the agreement includes a simplified withdrawal procedure;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) to recall the right of States to define, provide and organise services for the public good as they see fit; to oppose the restriction of this right by a trade agreement;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i

i. to ensure cross-border data flows, only if they are in compliance with the universal right to privacy;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i a (new)

ia. to take an extremely cautious approach to the negotiation of chapters concerning data and privacy protection;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

ii. to acknowledge that data protection is not a trade barrier, but a fundamental right, enshrined in Article 39 TEU and Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; to acknowledge that to incorporate, as a key priority, a comprehensive and unambiguous horizontal self-standing provision GATS Article XIV, which fully exempts the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data from these negotiations, wi~~ll be replicated in the TiSA core text~~thout any condition that it must be consistent with other part of TiSA will be replicated in the TiSA core text; to apply such provisions to all other TiSA annexes;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)

iia. to reaffirm that the European Law on data protection will prevail over any disposition on the treaty and that the European Court of Justice can intercede if any data flow damages or could damage data protection;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)

iia. to recognise the importance of the principle of net neutrality in order to ensure that internet users have access to open and non-discriminatory communications and information; to reject the inclusion in the TiSA of provisions allowing internet service providers to be exempt from the principle of net neutrality;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii

iii. to ensure that European citizens’' personal data flow globally can be transferred outside the EU only if in full compliance with the data protection and security rules in force in Europe is guaranteed and respected; to ensure that citizens remain in control of their own data; to immediately formally reject, therefore, any ‘'catch-all’' provisions on data flows which are disconnected from any reference to the necessary compliance with data protection standards; to mirror the language used in the WTO Understanding on financial services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii a (new)

iiia. to immediately and formally oppose the US proposals on movement of information and prohibition and local infrastructure in the e-commerce annex;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii a (new)

iiia. to include clauses reflecting all European regulation guaranteeing respect for private life, confirming the rights of individuals to information on and control of the use made of their personal data, guaranteeing their ownership of it and prohibiting any transfer of data from one body to another, even for the purposes of storage or processing;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point v

v. to recognise that digital innovation is a driver of economic growth and productivity in the entire economy; to recognise th~~e need for~~at data flo~~ws; to seek, therefore, a comprehensive prohibition of forced data localisation requirements~~calisation requirements can be in certain situations the only reliable way to assure data protection, and, therefore, must be allowed;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi

vi. to ensure that the provisions of the final agreement are consistent with existing and future legislation at EU level, including the Connected Continent Package, the General Data Protection Regulation and the 16 measures embedded in the communication on the Digital Single Market; to safeguard net neutrality and to guarantee that the EU retains its ability to limit prohibit the transfer of data from the EU to third countries where the rules of the third party do not meet EU adequacy standards and where alternative avenues, such as binding corporate rules or standard contractual clauses, are not used by companies;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii

vii. to address persistent regulatory asymmetries regarding the telecommunications sector, by preventing parties from imposing ~~foreign equity caps~~to consider that still in the EU member states there exists limitations concerning foreign equity caps and to apply a special and differential treatment of developing countries in this respect, by laying down pro-competitive wholesale access rules for incumbent operators’' networks, by providing clear and non- discriminatory rules for licensing, by guaranteeing the independence of regulators, and by supporting an extensive definition of telecommunications services covering all types of network;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i

i. to ensure that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining, improving and applying their labour and social regulations, as well as their legislation on entry and temporary stay;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)

ia. to call for the provisions on the transfer of personnel to be accompanied by clear references to compliance with international conventions on labour laws and the right to collective action;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii

ii. to recall that Mode 4 commitments only apply to the movement of high-level professionals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by a contract and by domestic legislation and compelling with all ILO Core Standards and collective bargaining;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)

iva. to call for the provisions on the transfer of personnel to contain guarantees on compliance with labour laws and access to and participation in the funding of social protection in the host country and compliance with the collective agreements, working conditions and wage practices in force in the host country;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v

v. to seek to horizontally prohibit the requirement of establishing a commercial presence, or of being a resident, as a condition for providing professional services; to limit the scope of the Annex on professional services to the list of commitments made by each Party;deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i

i. to aim at reinforcing financial stability, ensuring adequate protection for consumers and guaranteeing fair competition between financial services providers; to bear in mind that the lack of regulation in the financial services was among the main causes of the 2008 financial crisis;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i a (new)

ia. to ensure the respect of UNCTAD principles on responsible sovereign lending and borrowing; to ensure the mutual responsibility of lenders and borrowers in all financial services; to ensure debt sustainability; to take all measurements to avoid tax evasion, tax avoidance and money laundry through tax heavens; not to take further commitments to liberalise financial services and provision for their regulations in trade agreements;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i a (new)

ia. to reject any provision in TiSA which makes it possible to circumvent prudential banking and financial standards and legislation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii

iii. to ~~replicate the GATS~~set a prudential carve- out ~~so as to~~mechanism that allows parties to deviate from their trade commitments when th~~is is necessary for prudential reasons~~ey judge that the financial stability is at stake; to take into account that GATS prudential carve-out wording did not allow enough flexibility to be enforceable;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point v

v. ~~while stressing the need to increase worldwide access to financial services,~~ to exclude cross-border financial services from the EU’'s commitments until there is convergence in financial regulation at the highest level~~, except in very limited and justified cases~~;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i

i. to ensure a high level of ambition in the transport sector, which is critical to the development of global value chains; to increase the speed, reliability, security and interoperability of transport services~~, to the benefit of business customers and individual users~~;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i a (new)

ia. to ensure that the transport chapter is accompanied by solid social guarantees for workers in that industry, in order to avoid any dumping with regard to their working conditions, pay or access to social protection;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point ii

ii. to seek improved access to foreign markets and a reduction in anti-competitive regulatory practices, most importantly those which are harmful to the environment and reduce the efficiency of transport services; ~~to address restrictions~~ while preserving the ~~cabotage sector and to avoid carr~~right of public authoritiers ~~returning empty from their host country, in particular in the Annex on maritime~~to regulate over transport and guarantee public transportation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point vi

vi. to strike the right balance between the liberalisation of the competitive postal sector and the protection of national monopolies; therefore to prevent anti- competitive cross-subsidisation and to ensure the recognition of universal service obligations as defined by each partyimportance of public postal sector and to ensure universality of postal services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point i a (new)

ia. to recognise that the parties to the negotiations subscribe to the rule of law and have independent judicial systems, with provision for remedies to guarantee the rights of investors and citizens;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point i b (new)

ib. to recognise the complete absence of reciprocity in the investor state arbitration arrangements, which permits undertakings to threaten judicially States which wish to adopt progressive legislation, while corporate social and environmental responsibilities are not addressed in any way;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)

iia. to ensure policy space to implement regulation for the protection of civil society;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point iii

iii. to recognise that the domestic regulation chapter is necessary to prevent parties from implementing disguised trade barriers and imposing unnecessary burdens on foreign companies, in particular when they apply for different types of permitsright to regulate should not be endangered by the domestic regulation chapter; and reject the introduction of "necessity tests" for domestic regulation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point iii a (new)

iiia. to reject the domestic regulation annex

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point v a (new)

va. recalls the superiority of the European Human Charter on Human Rights over any international treaty and calls the European Court of Justice to effectively guaranty this juridical supremacy;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point viii

viii. to ensure that administrative fees charged to foreign companies are fair, that remedies making it possible to file a complaint in national courts exist, and that rulings are delivered in a reasonable period of time; while assuring that licencing fees can be used for socially legitimate goods such as cross-financing or shaping an economic sector or social practice;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ix

ix. to maintain the EU practice of carrying out public consultations prior to legislative proposals, without giving privileged access to trade and other commercial interests;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)

xa. to reject the inclusion of investor state arbitration arrangements in TiSA which place themselves above national courts and restrict legislative powers conferred by citizens;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii

ii. to endeavour to include a regulatory chapter on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders; to deplore the lack of transparency regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries; to encourage the ratification and implementation of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call upon the Member States to reinvigorate discussions on the proposed international public procurement instrument;deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point iii a (new)

iiia. to ensure that upcoming procurement commitments do not overcome any local or national law of any party;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point iii b (new)

iiib. to ensure that the public procurement to ensure that the recently adopted EU rules on public procurement are shielded and supported in the framework of the negotiations, in particular regarding SMEs' access to public contracts, eligibility criteria based on the best quality-price ratio instead of the cheapest price, reserved markets allocated to social economy undertakings, the possibility for contractual authorities to foster inter- community cooperation, and the preservation of thresholds for tendering exclusion from EU and international rules;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point i a (new)

ia. to ensure disclosure of the negotiating texts and the contents of proposals, the greatest possible transparency in relation to the negotiations and, when required by the negotiating conditions, continuing access for elected representatives and the social partners to the most sensitive documents;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv

iv. to ~~welcome~~limit the continuous engagement of the EU institutions with a wide range of ~~stakeholders throughout~~lobby groups throughout the negotiation process, and to ensure that other stakeholders are not any more left from the negotiation process;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v

v. to encourage the Member States to involve their national ~~parlia~~, regional and local parliaments by granting access to all negotiating documents and to keep them adequately informed about the ongoing negotiations;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

to withdraw from TiSA negotiations if all the above recommendations are not respected;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

to reject the current negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA);

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the mandate given in June 2014 to the UN Open Ended inter-Governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) to develop a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises,

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protection of workers’ rights and public services is concerned;

2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the EU’s trade and investment policy must be bolstered not only by ensuring beneficial outcomes in terms of employment and wealth creation for citizens and businesses, but also by guaranteeing a coherence with the EU policies to guarantee and strengthen citizens' social and environmental rights, cultural diversity and development co- operation, the highest level of transparency, engagement and accountability, by maintaining constant dialogue with social partners, stakeholders and local and regional authorities, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the EU is currently the largest trading bloc in the world, ~~controll~~representing a third of world trade, and whereas by 2020 this will decrease to about 26 %, what is still high, considering that the EU represented only 7.1% of the world's population in 2013, and it is decreasing in percentage;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the centre of wealth generation is clearly shifting eastwards, towards the Asia-Pacific Region with China, which has already surpassed Japan and ~~will probably~~could overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy in 2025, while the gap with most developing countries and the LDCs is increasing, often as an effect of trade liberalisation, illegitimate external debt and structural adjustments;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the ~~eight fundamental~~ International Labour Organisation’s eight fundamental and four priority conventions, must be mandatory and equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include, firstly, a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of ~~labour and~~ social standards and human and labour rights, and secondly, a binding social clause seeking to include provisions relating to labour, preventing the dismantling of social legislation;

2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’~~; regrets the Commission’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012~~ but deeply deplores that, despite the growing criticism of the current EU international trade policy by the European citizens, Commission is not redirecting this policy it and proposing concrete steps in order to ensure that international trade is contributing to defend and guarantee, -and not to undermining in favour of corporate companies and investors-, the citizen's social and environmental rights, job creation and defence of quality jobs, public services including health services, family and middle scale farming, food security and sovereignty, cultural diversity and coherence with the development cooperation goals and SDGs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive per se, in terms of reducing poverty inequalities, and could even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulated and accompanies by binding control mechanism for corporations and by re- distribution through fair and progressive tax systems;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that the new strategy is not ~~sufficiently~~ focused on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europe, and to surpass the problem of the relocation of the European industry, while priority is given by Commission to corporate companies, and to financial sectors investing abroad and importing into the EU; calls on to tackle the problem of the relocation in countries with lower wages, without social protection nor the necessary environmental standards;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the Domestic Advisory Groups handling ~~the~~ infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements and failures to uphold labour law and social standards must have sufficient financing, and that they must consist of a balanced representation of ~~labour and business organisation~~the social partners, union and labour organisations, and businesses from civil society;

2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the new EU trade policy will not endanger the level of intra EU exchanges, that are more sustainable, ecologically and socially, instead of weakening it through liberalization and trade deals in benefit of corporate companies interests and investors such as TTIP, CETA, TiSA and EPAs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its ~~trade and investment~~international trade strategy and to publicly present a detailed annual implementation report to Parliament; assessing the impact of this strategy on citizens' rights and interests;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of~~, and the resources available to,~~ Member States’ labour inspectorates, in keeping with ILO recommendations, and to increase the resources available to them, to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards and to ensure that workers’ rights are upheld;

2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that only fair and properly regulated trade if aligned with SDGs could have potential for sustainable development; calls on the Commission to support the implementation of SDGs by including comprehensive and enforceable chapters in all trade agreements;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s attempts to increase transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such as the Commission’s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing ParliamentEncourages the Commission to guarantee to all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments and to the public in general, full access to all negotiating documents; recalls that this access would allowing Parliaments and stakeholders to assume ~~its~~their responsibility under the CCP ~~even better~~; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission’s transparency initiative to extend ~~its key elements~~full transparency and possibility for public scrutiny to all ongoing trade negotiations;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives; takes the view that corporate social responsibility requires a fair tax policy and is therefore incompatible with tax evasion strategies; calls for proportionate penalties to be applied in the event of breaches of labour provisions and standards;

2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresses that the~~Calls on the Commission to ensure a strong and balanced involvement of civil society and stakeholders, including through appropriate public ~~online~~ consultations, is crucial in order to ~~strengthen the legitimacy of trade policy and to improve its content~~deeply transform and improve the content of the EU's international trade policy and orient it to the defence of citizen's rights, and thereby strengthen its legitimacy;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP ~~is to~~should be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in ~~some~~most cases trade and investment agreements ~~may~~ have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to ~~help~~ tackle ~~any~~the negative impact caused by its CCP;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Recognises~~Takes note of the Commission’s ~~effor~~announcements to strengthen sustainable development and promote human rights, labour and social standards and environmental sustainability worldwide through its trade and investment agreements and calls on to present soon concrete and ambitious proposals in this direction; shares the Commission’s view that the EU has a special social responsibility as regards the impact of its trade policies on developing countries and in particular on least-developed countries (LDCs);

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers forced migration to be one of the main challenges the EU is facing in the 21st century, and is related to trade and investments policies; emphasises that the EU’s trade and investment policy choices are fundamental in order to ~~tackle~~avoid it to be a push factor of migration; regrets that this has not been sufficiently reflected in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the ILO estimates that 865 million women around the world, if better supported, could contribute more robustly to economic growth; ~~note~~regrets that ~~women-owned businesses represent an underutilised lever to boost competitiveness, accelerate business and sustain growth; states~~the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘Trade for All’ communication, especially regarding the impact of thate trade policy ~~can have differing gender impacts across the various sectors of the economy; regrets that the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘Trad~~on women's and girls' rights such as the rights to health -and associated rights, including reproductive health- access to education, training, food, work, safe fwor ~~All’ communication;~~king conditions and water, and calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to ensure that ~~both~~ women and men ~~can take advantage of the benefits of trade liberalisation and~~to be protected from its negative effects;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to include in any new or already existing trade agreement the necessary rules to guarantee a successful fight against money laundering, tax evasion and tax elusion, -instead of facilitating them through finance service liberalization;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls the Commission to safeguard the right for all countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries strategic economic sectors and do not challenge partner countries efforts to increase the domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chain;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Eleonora FORENZA, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Recognizes that universal access to quality public services and common goods such as water and sanitation, education, healthcare and access to medicines is a key component of Member States capacity to guarantee Human and social Rights; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to refrain from including negative lists in trade deals, nor standstill and ratchet clauses, that threaten states' capacity to reverse achieved liberalisation floors;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Acknowledges that ~~the~~a careful internationaliszation of the world’'s production system ~~has resulted in~~could contribute to new openings for economic development ~~and an employment-based path out of poverty for~~, but so far it has resulted in a huge increase of inequalities and enormous environmental problems, threatening the future of hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled ~~some~~many supplier firms to ~~ignore~~relocate their economic activities outside the EU in particular to countries that have very low labour standards, do ignore existing labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and jobs in the EU and for its partners;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Urges the Commission to advance the UNCTAD comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development and to defend the interests of developing countries on trade issues;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Demands that Aid for Trade and technical assistance to focus on the empowerment of poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women equality and women empowerment and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Urges to revise EPAs and EGA ensuring they are negotiated in a balanced manner and taking into account the views and concerns of CSOs and trade unions, both from the EU and the partner countries;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Eleonora FORENZA, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Calls on the Commission to focus on a diversified strategy that can also address antidumping policies in the renewable energy sector, intellectual property regimes, tight financing programmes and the lack of national environmental policies that create the demand for green goods;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Stresses that better protection of the entire spectrum of intellectual property rights (IPR) and more effective enforcement is of fundamental importance for further integration into GVC~~Urges the EU to reconsider its intellectual property rights policy (IPR); stresses that a fair and reasonable protection of the intellectual property rights (IPR) should be accompanied by a proactive policy of transfer of technology to less developed poor countries; calls on the Commission to support all developing countries in making full and effective use of all flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement, recognized by the TRIPS Agreement and affirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001, in order to be able to provide affordable medicines under their domestic public health programmes;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Council to meet their commitments to the Doha Declaration by ensuring that the Commission's mandate explicitly excludes pharmaceutical related TRIPS plus provisions which negatively affect access to medicines such as data exclusivity, patent extensions and limitation of grounds for compulsory licences within the framework of futures bilateral and regional trade agreements with developing countries and when developing countries engage in accession to the WTO;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the Commission to refrain from implementing financial sanctions on third countries that make use of WTO- compliant rules as has been envisaged in its new strategy on IP enforcement in Third Countries;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls on the Commission to provide full transparency of the content of its IP related assistance programmes for LMICs, and ensure that parallel assistance on intellectual property does not undermine other health-related development projects supported by the Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)

16d. Calls on the Commission to generate data of better quality on the economic and social impacts of Intellectual property protection and enforcement, including on the adverse impact on generic competition and public health; calls on the Commission to ensure that ISDS or ICS existing and eventual future clauses clearly exclude pharmaceutical intellectual property from the scope of dispute settlement;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)

16e. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGs; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of DFIs, PPPs, to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)

16f. Calls on the EU to ensure in all its trade and investments policies a human needs based approach to debt sustainability through a binding set of standards to define responsible lending and borrowing, debts audits and faire debt workout mechanism, which should assess the legitimacy and the sustainability of countries' debt burdens and possible cancellation of unsustainable and illegitimate debt; asks the EU to engage constructively in the UN negotiations on multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring with a view to alleviating the debt burden and avoid unsustainable debt;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission not to request provisional application of trade agreements, including trade chapters of association agreements, before ~~Parliament gives its~~the European Parliament and the national parliaments give their consent; recalls that it could seriously undermine Pparliament’s' rights and create potential legal uncertainty vis-à- vis the agreement’s other signatory and the economic operators concerned;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that the international and multilateral trading system embodied in ~~the WTO remains the best option~~UNCTAD, the WTO, -when reoriented-, remain important for guaranteeing an open, fair and rules-based system which takes account of and balances the many varying interests of ~~its~~their members; reiterates that Parliament is a strong advocate of the international and multilateral agendas;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Notes that improvements were achieved at the~~Takes note of the decision taken at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; ~~welcomes~~is concerned by the interest of some WTO members in starting to address again the Singapore issues and certain other new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference could provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. C~~onsiders~~riticizes the increase of plurilateral negotiations at the margin of the WTO or within the WTO such as ACTA, TiSA, the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements ~~to be the second-best option~~; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the ~~competiveness of~~accessibility of socially and environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ~~‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental good~~plurilateral negotiations at a stage and with a method that gives a chance to all countries to provide inputs on the content of the agreements;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations, and to ~~show~~assess the potential ~~benefits of the conclud~~impact of the implemented trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante ~~evaluation of European interests~~and ex- post sustainable assessment studies, - using adequate economic models recognized by the United Nations, such as UNCTAD modelling method, before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as ~~the~~decent and quality jobs, on small and middle sized agriculture, on safeguarding public services, on maintaining the right to regulate, on protecti~~on of~~ng geographical indications (GIs) ~~and public procurement~~, respect of democratic bodies, health and educational services, data protection and public procurement for SMEs, and with adequate social and environmental conditions, when negotiating FTAs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. WBel~~com~~ieves th~~e Commission’s intenti~~at more could be done to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmoncreate a more favourable and secured digital climate for consumers and entrepreneurship within the EU; notes that it should start by delivering tangible benefits for consumers such as reducing monopolies and abuses of monopolistic positions in the telecom market, reduced geo-blocking practices and concrete redress solutions; calls for more co- operation between enforcers, especially on unfair commercial practices carried on- line; urges to systematically incorporate comprehensive horizontal provisions that fully exempts exisati~~on of standard~~ng and future UE rules ion the ~~digital trade sector is vital~~protection of personal data from all agreements;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to follow UNCTAD's comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively support the UN Open Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) developing a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises launched in June 2014;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)

43b. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls Commission to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges in this regard the European Commission to enhance due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, for other sectors; thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights, and the highest social and environmental standards;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the ~~elimina~~recognition of ~~the~~ public procurrement imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal openas an important policy tool both for the EU ant its Member States and for our trading partners; calls on the Commission to consider the adoption of a Buy European Act or a Small Business Act, (giving up3% of ~~international public procurement markets,~~the PP market to discriminated minorities) while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that ~~European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countrie~~better access to public contracts in third countries is a priority for corporate companies, not for most of genuine SMEs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Emphasises that ~~access to resources on equal terms is of vital importance for fair competition on the global marke~~natural resources are limited and should be used in an economically and environmentally sustainable way, giving priority to recycling, and helping developing countries and especially LDCs to use part of their raw materials for their own industrialization and development; recalls that common goods such as air, water, and energy are limited and producers should compensate their cost for consuming these resources by paying to public funds for sustainable development; recalls that European trade policy needs to pursue a consistent, sustainable, comprehensive and cross- policy strategy concerning raw materials as already outlined by Parliament in its resolution on a new trade policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Shares the OECD’s view that open and fair trade and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to ~~maximise the gains and minimise the losses~~compensate the impact of trade liberalization on the populations, in Europe and abroad, and on the economy ; urges the Members States and the Commission to do much more to complement trade opening by a range of supporting measures in order to ensure ~~inclusive growth – such as education~~sustainable development, – such as reinforcement of public service for education and health, active labour market policies, supporting research and development, and infrastructure for development, a~~nd social protection~~dequate rules to guarantee social and environmental rights;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to change their trade and investment policies in order to avoid trade deals with negative effect on the industrialization, to find more sophisticated ways of introducing mitigating measures to redevelop industries and regions that lose out; emphasises that in this respect the European Structural and Investment Funds, and in particular both the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund, can play an outstanding role; points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee ~~and~~, the Committee of the Regions, to UNCTAD and to the WTO.

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, ~~and family policies that are fair to men and women should both improve women’s prospects on the job market and have a positive impact on demographic processes;~~ not because of a choice made by women and couples over whether to have children but because of the growing deterioration in their living and working conditions as a direct result of so-called austerity policies, which have created unemployment and precarious employment and led to the absence of and violation of maternity and paternity rights at the workplace, increasing the cost of essential goods and services, destroying public services and making it more difficult to access facilities for children;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas many workers who are in precarious employment or unemployed do not have the right to parental leave;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers it regrettable that not all Member States have provided the Commission with correspondence tables between the provisions of the directive and the transposition measures; considers it crucial for Member States to ensure that the necessary inspection resources are in place to verify that legislation protecting parents' rights is being complied with;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it regrettable that there are disparities between the transposition measures of the directive in the field of application, thus creating systems that benefit workers to varying degrees depending on their employment sector (public or private) and the length of their contract; stresses that everyone should be guaranteed the right to parental leave without discrimination, regardless of the type of contract working fathers and mothers are employed under;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be ~~individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;~~ designed to encourage both parents to achieve a better work-life balance, minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; takes the view that the Member States should define ways in which leave can be shared or used simultaneously, in line with the outcome of consultations with women's organisations and trade unions, whereby this arrangement should not jeopardise the social rights already in place at present;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave, whereby these different arrangements should depend on requests being made by mothers and fathers; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances~~, but~~; believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers ~~should not~~will undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave; points out that consideration needs to be given to a minimum period of leave of six weeks, which would be compulsory for mothers after confinement, in line with Parliament's proposal of 20 October 2010 with a view to amending Directive 92/85/EEC;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose, including, in particular: the adoption of measures guaranteeing the allocation of parental leave allowances always on the basis of 100% of reference pay, a specific form of maternity leave in the case of premature birth for as long as the newborn baby has to remain in hospital, and subsidised leave where babies are born with conditions that require hospitalisation;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2097(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months, paid at 100%, to improve work-life balance;

2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that as regards the medium term, the issue being raised by Europe’s current refugee crisis is the integration of refugees into European society; calls on the Commission, therefore, to opt for a plan geared towards social and occupational integration of refugees, and for the development of legal migration routes, which would allow migrants secure and controlled access to mainland Europe, whilst ensuring that their right to work is upheld;

2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recommends a massive increase in aid to the countries of the South which have taken in large numbers of refugees and migrants and close cooperation on the ground with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and NGOs;

2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Advocates the abandonment of economic and trade policies based on the exploitation of the countries of the South which condemn millions of people to poverty and destitution, and calls instead for the development of genuine cooperation policies based on solidarity and people’s needs;

2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2015/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas entrepreneurship cannot be regarded as the only way of finding employment for the 25% of young Europeans currently out of work; whereas it is only one of the possible options and must go hand-in-hand with better training, concerted efforts to find jobs for young people and a new investment policy;

2015/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2015/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas youth entrepreneurship can bring new opportunities, but only on the basis of arrangements that protect the entrepreneurs, in particular against semi- freelance work, and guarantee them access to social security benefits and to preferential, viable borrowing rates;

2015/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2015/2006(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to offer micro-scholarships and micro-loans schemes to innovative students in secondary and tertiary education respectively in order to start their own ventures or projects, without putting a strain on funding for grants and assistance subject to social criteria;

2015/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) The Commission should always carry out a suitable impact assessment to accompany this agreement or, in the event that this is not possible, make provision for a mid-term review to study the actual impact of this measure on the Union olive oil market and the situation for Union producers and assess the need for compensatory measures for Union producers.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Eleonora FORENZA, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

The annual tariff quota referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall be made available only after the exhaustion of the volume of the annual olive oil duty free tariff rate quota provided for in Article 3(1) of Protocol 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, and after an assessment of the Union olive oil market in order to anticipate possible compensatory measures for Union producers.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Recital 1

(1) Member States and the Union should work towards developing a ~~coordinated~~ strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic change and with a view to achieving the full employment ~~and~~, decency of wages, collective bargaining and other social progress objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, having regard to national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, are to regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and coordinate their action in this respect within the Council.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Recital 3

~~(3) The employment guidelines are consistent with the broad guidelines for the economic policies~~deleted

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Recital 5

(5) In accordance with the Treaty provisions, the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal policy and macro- structural policies. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral economic and budgetary surveillance. ~~The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey will further improve its functioning.~~

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Recital 6

(6) The financial and economic crisis revealed and emphasised important weaknesses in the economy of the Union and its Member States. It has also underscored the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets. Moving the Union to a state of strong, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation is the key challenge faced today. This requires ~~coordinated and~~ ambitious policy action both on Union and national level, in line with the provisions of the Treaty and the Union economic governance. Combining supply and demand side measures, these actions should encompass a boost to investment, a renewed commitment to structural reforms and exercising fiscal responsibil. Combining economic and social policies which promote social cohesion, combat poverty and unemployment, and protect collective bargaining, should safeguard growth and social security.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Recital 8

(8) Action in line with the guidelines is an important contribution to reaching the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy. The guidelines constitute an integrated set of European and national policies, which Member States and the Union should implement in order to achieve the ~~positive spill-over effects of coordinated structural reforms, an appropriate overall economic policy mix and a more consistent contribution from European policies to the~~social objectives set in Europe 2020 sStrategy~~’s objectives~~.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Recital 10

(10) The broad guidelines for economic policies give guidance to the Member States on implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence. They are in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States.deleted

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1

Member States should facilitate job creation~~, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship~~ which promote sustainable, decent and quality jobs, respecting workers’ rights and collective agreements, and in particular support the creation and growth of small enterprises in order to increase the employment rate of women and men. Member States should also actively promote the ~~social economy~~welfare state and foster social innovation.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2

The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation that are less detrimental to employment and growth while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth enhancing expenditures. Reductions in labour taxation should be aimed at the relevant components of the tax burden and at removing barriers and disincentives to labour market participation, in particular for those furthest away from the labour marketfair and more evenly distributed across labour, profits and consumption, while shifted on to top managerial income, profits and wealth.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 3

Member States should strengthen active labour market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and interplay with passive measures. These policies should aim at impro~~ving labour market match~~tecting collective bargaining and support sustainable transitions on the labour market, with public employment services delivering individualised support and implementing performance measurement systems. Member States should also ensure that their social protection systems effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market, protect those (temporarily) excluded from the labour markets and/or unable to participate in it, and prepare individuals for potential risks, by investing in human capital Member States should promote inclusive labour markets open to all and also put in place effective anti-discrimination measures.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0051(NLE)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1

Member States should ~~modernis~~improve their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequate protection throughout all stages of an individual’s life, ensuring life in dignity, access to social protection, full respect of social rights, fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targeted social policies complemented by affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessible health care, access to basic services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight social exclusion.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.

2015/03/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.

2015/03/13
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demandfor a renewed impetus towards investment financing, where investment projects help support employment, demand and social and geographic cohesion of territories and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Throughout the economic and financial crisis, the Union has ~~made efforts to promote growth, in particular through initiatives set~~ applied austerity policies which have brought about ian the Europe 2020 strategy that put in place an approach for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Investment Bank ('EIB') has also strengthened its role in instigating and promoting investment within the Union, partly by way ofextremely serious social and societal crisis and which have held back the strategic investments needed for smart, sustainable and inc~~rease in capital in January 2013. F~~lusive growth. Urgent further action is required to ensure that the investment needs of the Union are addressed and that the liquidity available on the market is used efficiently and channelled towards the funding of viable investment projects in terms of creating high-quality jobs with rights and from an environmental and sustainability point of view.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The EFSI is part of a comprehensive approach to address uncertainty surrounding public and private investments. The strategy has three pillars: mobilising finance for investment, making investment reach the real economy ~~and improving the investment environment in the Union~~, with the creation of high-quality work with rights and in compliance with ILO standards, and improving the investment environment in the Union, particularly in those areas most affected by the crisis and then by budget cuts based on austerity plans, in order to reduce the economic disparities which may cause new economic and social crises.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The investment environment within the Union should be improved by removing barriers to investment, reinforcing the Single Market and by enhancing regulatory predictability. The work of the EFSI, and investments across Europe generally, should benefit from this accompanying work.deleted

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing viable projects to create high-quality jobs with rights and supporting enterprises in the areas most affected by the crisis, and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. ~~It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees.~~ Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high social and economic value added, particularly in terms of creating new public services, contributing to achieving Union policy objectives.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Many small and medium enterprises~~, as well as mid-cap companies,~~ across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote ~~job creation,~~the creation of high- quality jobs with rights, a new social security system, employment and training, education, innovation and research and long- term sustainable growth, and ~~competitivenes~~which aim to eradicate the inequalities, poverty and social exclusion affecting numerous European regions. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. EFSI finance should not under any circumstances be used for investments which are already provided for by the private sector. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects and have experience of social issues. The Investment Committee should be accountable to a Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of small and medium enterprises ~~and small mid-cap companies~~.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened support for project development and preparation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national promotional banks ~~and~~, the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds, experts in social and employment policy and representatives of civil society. This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'). The overall objective of the EFSI shall be to promote and guarantee sustainable, inclusive and long-term growth and quality job creation as well as social inclusion in the Union.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union, encourage the social and territorial cohesion of the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for small and medium-sized companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds, as well as social policy and employment experts.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. For as long as the only contributors to the EFSI are the Union and the EIB, the number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions in the form of cash or guarantees. Steering Board members from the Commission shall include representatives with proven expertise in employment and social policies.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. A specialist in social policies shall be appointed as one of the independent experts in the Investment Committee. This expert shall be responsible for assessing the social impact of submitted projects to ensure that those receiving support from the fund are supporting the social objectives of the EU and benefit society as a whole.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) investment in the social field including social protection, social and care services, and the social economy, in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) investments in sectors with high job- creation potential, focusing on long-term and sustainable effects, including the social, health and care sectors as well as the social economy

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/0009(COD)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

To guide the selection of projects that the EFSI can support, the Steering Board shall include social and equality preconditions in the strategic orientation, in the guidelines on the strategic asset allocation, and in the operating policies and procedures, including the investment policies.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that blue growth should never be considered in isolation from the maintenance and sustainability of the natural resources of the seas, the restoration of those which have been lost and measures which are certainly sustainable and have been proven to be so;

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Lynn BOYLAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of improving the necessary skills for applying the new technologies to the marine environment and of strengthening research coordination in order to create sustainable quality jobs and contribute to the full achievement of the social and employment objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy;

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to focus on environmental aspects and on improving the quality of the marine environment in order to ensure we have a sustainable blue economy w~~ithout restrict~~hile realising its employment potential;

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that coastal and maritime tourism can contribute to economic growth and t~~o reducing casual or temporary work, provided~~he creation of quality jobs; stresses, however, that ~~the~~all activities armust be carried out in an environmentally-~~friendly~~sustainable way;

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of social dialogue and considers that all ~~parties involved in the blue economy should be represented in that dialogue, together with the individuals or companies concerned and civil society,~~concerned parties should be involved in the dialogue on the development of the blue economy, including coastal communities and civil society organisations; highlights in particular, the importance of including workers, so that the latter are actively involved in the framing of policies and solutions at local level;

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2240(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that in order to maximise sustainable economic growth and ~~employment and~~increase the creation of quality jobs based on blue technologies, exchanges of ideas between the world of research and that of business should be encouraged, to promote and increase their ability to cooperate and network.

2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. Whereas, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, all children should be guaranteed the right to an education, health-care services, housing, protection, participation in decisions that affect them, leisure and free time, a balanced diet, and the receipt of care in a family environment;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas the factors with the greatest influence on child poverty are wealth- redistribution policies and labour policy9 a, particularly parental income levels and social rights; __________________ 9aSave the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A B. Whereas, although the children of parents with very low work intensity are 56.7 % more likely to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion, families with high work intensity remain at risk of child poverty today (Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland or Luxembourg);

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. Whereas ~~the destruc~~distribution of incomes has a major impact on reducing cycles of social inequality and the Member States with lowest rates of child poverty – such as Sweden and Denmark – are also those with the lowest levels of general poverty and inequality;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. Whereas between 2008 and 2012, the number of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Europe (EU27+Norway, Iceland and Switzerland) rose by almost one million, increasing by half a million between 2011 and 2012 alone9, and, according to data from Eurostat in 2013, 26.5 million children in the EU28 are at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; in the EU27, the risk of poverty or social exclusion increased between 2008 and 2012 from 26.5% to 28%; in 2013, in the Member States of the EU28, 28% of the total population under 18 was at risk of poverty or social exclusion and, in the vast majority of countries, the risk of poverty and social exclusion is greater for children than for adults; __________________ 9 Save the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. Whereas the latest reports by the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless highlight an increase in women, young people and families with children (with migrant children over- represented) taken into homeless shelters;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas the first few years, even before compulsory education, are crucial to children’s development, given that it is during this period that they develop essential capacities and that access to a high-quality education has a significant impact on self-esteem, ability to participate in social life, better health, social inclusion and, in the future, access to better job opportunities; whereas the educational gap between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds has increased;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas, in 2012, the average school-dropout rate was 13 % for the EU and over 20 % in some countries (Portugal, Spain and Malta)9 a __________________ 9aEU-SILC (2013) EU statistics on Income and Living Conditions

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. Whereas working parents who do not have access to a nursery school are often forced to leave children in the care of another child, or to recourse to paid and uncertified informal care networks, which jeopardises their children’s safety and well-being;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Whereas children born into poverty are at greater risk of suffering chronic illnesses and having more health problems, which leads to the perpetuation of inequality;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, many children do not have access to appointments with a general practitioner or dentist, particularly because of a lack of available public services; whereas some children have very limited access to health-care services, which does not go beyond accident and emergency;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. Whereas the financial problems of families have been contributing to increased mental health problems in parents and to instances of family breakdown, which has undeniable repercussions on the psychological and social well-being of children;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

I d. Whereas the environment in which a child lives, including the pre-birth period, has a decisive influence on the development of the cognitive system, on communication and language, and on social and emotional skills, which will have a consequence for health, well- being, participation in communities and learning capacities9 b; __________________ 9b Drivers, 2014, ‘Universal, quality early childhood programmes that are responsive to need promote better and more equal outcomes in childhood and later life’.

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. Whereas child poverty has a high economic cost for societies, particularly as regards increased spending on social support;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. Whereas families living at risk of poverty are more likely to live in unsanitary and unsafe areas, and that 17% of children in the EU28 still live in these conditions, with 15 countries above average11; the price of energy means that many children live in homes without heating, which increases the number of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; the increasing number of evictions due to the inability to pay housing costs has pushed children into shelters; __________________ 11 EU-SILC (2013) Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

K a. Whereas migrant children are over- represented in the group at risk of poverty and there is more discrimination against them because of language barriers, with this situation worse for illegal immigrant children; whereas, today, with the intensification of migratory flows, there are a growing number of cases in which the children of emigrants remain in the country of their birth under the care of other family members or third parties, negatively influencing the children’s development, particularly at the emotional level;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

K b. Whereas there should be financial reinforcement of food-aid programmes aimed at disadvantaged families, since a growing number of children only have access to food at school; whereas these programmes are important, but cannot be seen as a long-term solution;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children, but also to parents (such as unemployment benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security to families and fight precarious employment while promoting work with rights;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States actually to realise the right to housing, by guaranteeing citizens and families an appropriate home that meets their needs and ensures their well-being, privacy and quality of life, thereby contributing to the achievement of social justice and cohesion and the combating of social exclusion and poverty;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends that Member States’ national budgets contain visible and transparent provisions for appropriations and costs to combat child poverty and to fulfil their duty to protect children;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recommends that the Commission and Member States set targets for reducing child poverty and social exclusion;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that Member States develop proactive social policies that prevent poverty and the ~~departure~~removal of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised; calls on the Member States to use the EU Structural Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investments to support the transfer of institutionalised children to host families and community-based services;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recommends that Member States guarantee all children access to free, quality public education at all ages, including early childhood, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios, in order to safeguard the safety and well-being of children;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality health care with regard to prevention and primary care, access to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, guaranteeing women the right to sexual and reproductive health by ensuring health care for babies, maternity care in the pre- and post-natal care period, particularly in the case of premature birth, access to family doctors, dentists and mental health specialists for all children and their families, and integrate these aspects into national and the EU public health strategies;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on Member States, particularly those where social inequalities are greater, to strengthen social rights that the state must guarantee, increasing the number of employees and ~~technician~~professionals in the social security services working with and for children and their families, and increasing the medical, psychological and social care of children;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to participate actively in combating the trafficking of children for any form of exploitation, including work, forced marriage, illegal adoption, illegal activities and sexual exploitation;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Calls on the Member States to support, through their municipalities, local centres for supporting children and their families, particularly in the communities and/or areas most affected by the issue of child poverty, which provide not just for legal aid and/or advice, parental advice and school support, but also for education and guidance on a healthy lifestyle and on safe Internet use, amongst other things;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13 c. Recommends that the Member States guarantee refugee citizens, particularly children and young people, the same rights of access to education, health care, work and housing as other citizens of the Member State in question;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2237(INI)

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty ~~to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, going beyond the AROPE~~(parents’ income, access to high-quality public services, participation in social and cultural activities, access to adequate formal and informal education services, exposure to physical risk, safety, stable family environment, and level of life satisfaction) and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, which take these multidimensional indicators into account in their statistics; recommends that these indicators be cross-referenced with indicators of socioeconomic classification (parents’ income and literacy level, country of origin, gender, disability, geographical location, etc.), going beyond the AROPE (at risk of poverty and/or exclusion) indicators;

2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Lynn BOYLAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, the policies imposed on Member States under reconstruction programmes, and the deepening of the economic governance framework, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased, as has long-term unemployment;

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas social innovation refers to new ideas, whether they be products, services or social organisation models, designed to meet new social and environmental demands and challenges, such as the ageing population, balancing work and family life, managing diversity, youth unemployment and climate change, but under no circumstances can it replace the role of the welfare state;

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas education and training must be priority areas in fostering the entrepreneurial spirit among our young people;~~deleted

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that social economy cannot replace the welfare state and public services

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that social economy enterprises have a strong local and regional basis, which means that they are more aware of specific needs and able to offer products and services which match those needs~~, thus improving social and territorial cohesion~~;

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Believ~~Notes that social innovation ma~~kes a significant~~y, along with public investments and the safeguarding of the welfare state, contribut~~ion~~e towards laying the foundations for a type of growth which serves a more sustainable, inclusive society generating social cohesion;

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2236(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on Member States to include the entrepreneurial spirit and the principles of the social economy in education and training curricula;~~deleted

2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i

i) to ensure that TTIP will make a significant positive contribution to creating more and better jobs and set ambitious global trade standards for sustainable development and labour; to guarantee that existing standards, in particular social, environmental, and workplace health and safety standards, are protected against all kinds of regulatory and competition dumping, improved and expanded;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii

ii) ) to ensure that TTIP includes comprehensive provisions on labour laws and policies that ~~are consistent~~comply with the core ILO Conventions and the Decent Work Agenda, with a commitment to promote higher standards, to combat all forms of social dumping and, furthermore, to ensure that where disputes arise labour provisions will ~~have a conditional dimension~~always take precedence;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii

iii) to ensure that the horizontal dimensions of labour and social provisions are recognised ~~and~~, fully integrated into a~~ll relevant operationa~~nd defended in all parts of the agreement to ensure a coherent and comprehensive approach to ~~trade and~~ sustainable development in the trade agreements;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas tariff barriers between the US and the European Union are practically non-existent in many sectors and a transatlantic trade agreement will therefore bear essentially on US and European standards, which however constitute the responses of legislators to economic, social, and environmental issues;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv

(iv) to ~~ensure that civil society can make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisions~~respect the overwhelming opposition in civil society against TTIP which has been clearly expressed by the 1.5 million European citizens who have signed the Citizens' Initiative against TTIP;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. Whereas these standards reflect different histories, cultures, and balance of forces, differ in their approaches and responses, fit within different legal and administrative frameworks, so that the convergence of standards on the basis of a trade agreement could unbalance their entire framework, rendering them inappropriate and ineffective, and thus undo the work of the legislators;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. Whereas a major trade agreement with the United States could reduce the ability of national and European legislators to legislate, put the sovereignty of citizens at risk, undermine the democratic foundations of the European project and overwhelm remaining European policies within an economic context which is no longer political;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv

iv) to ensure that civil society can make a meaningful, consistent contribution to drawing up and implementing relevant TTIP provisions through supervisory committees involving its representatives;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. Whereas the lack of transparency in impact assessments, the absence of analyses and objective consideration of this new type of agreement even though it could have a significant impact on the European agricultural, industrial and services sectors and on the rights of European workers, consumers and citizens;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. Whereas the objective of concluding the negotiations by the end of 2015, as announced by Heads of State at the Council on 19 and 20 March, is unrealistic and irresponsible;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) to ~~take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, organise, set quality and safety standards for, manage and regulate public services~~unequivocally exclude public services, including Services of General Interest and Services of Non-Economic Interests, as well as rules on public procurement from areas that can be liberalised;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v

v) to take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, by prohibiting any arbitration system that takes precedence over the national courts and guaranteeing the Member States’ right to organise, set quality and safety standards for, manage and regulate public services;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi

(vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by ~~SMEs are fully taken into accou~~the 87 percent of all SMEs in Europe which are not involved in export but relies on domestic demand are fully taken into account; and to identify and clearly communicate which sectors and branches are likely to be adversely affected by TTIP prior to the signing of an agreement;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi

vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by SMEs are fully taken into account, to protect them, without diluting existing social and environmental standards, from all forms of competition relating to employment standards, conditions and pay and other causes of social and environmental dumping;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii

vii) to take steps to promote the uptake of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which must be additional to and not replace existing labour and environmental laws, and encourage providing information to and consulting workers and their representatives;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii

viii) to guarantee that agreement on any dispute-settlement mechanism must safeguard the primacy of the national courts, take into account the results ofand concerns noted in the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), ~~must be~~ensure that any dispute settlement mechanism is fully transparent ~~and~~, democratically accountable and ~~must~~compliant with national law, and does not hinder legislators from passing laws in the area of employment policy;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Rina Ronja KARI, Lynn BOYLAN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ix

ix) to take steps to embed an unambiguous ‘positive listing’ approach in the agreement, while enabling the Member States to define the goods and services they will keep out of the agreement, removing any ‘ratchet effect’ from this list when the Member States wish to return to opportunities taken up by competitors or nationalise their activities;

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x

(x) to ensure that statistical projections on job losses/gains, and on sectors, affected are constantly updated so that timely intervention can be undertaken by the Commission to support affected sectors, regions or Member States.; Believes that the negotiations are based on a flawed and biased impact assessment study which has not addressed the negative impacts on employment, job displacement, public finances and trade diversion1 ; __________________ 1 The Commission Impact assessment of TTIP is based on analysis carried out by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). However, a number of independent studies which have critically assessed the CEPR studies points out that the study has exaggerated the claims of growth and job creation. "Nor does it contain an adequate assessment of the risks or drawbacks", says the European Parliament Impact Assessment team (IMPA) (page 8 of the EP Initial appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/note/join/2013/507504/IPOL- JOIN_NT%282013%29507504_EN.pdf )

2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2228(INI)

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii b (new)

(viib) to take immediate action to prevent fiscal competition, namely through the dumping in the taxation of profits and financial gains and maintenance of offshores and other fiscally privileged zones;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the negotiations in progress to stop on the basis of US and European mandates;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Draws attention to the reservations of non-governmental organisations, civil society and trades unions in relation to a transatlantic trade agreement, as expressed in particular by a petition signed by more than 1.5 million citizens and recognised by the European Ombudsman;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for disclosure of the negotiating texts and the contents of proposals, the greatest possible transparency in relation to the negotiations and, when required by the negotiating conditions, access for elected representatives and the social partners to the most sensitive documents.

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recalling the repeated scandals concerning illegal espionage by US authorities, such as Echelon, SWIFT and NSA, on European citizens, and the complicity of a number of major US Internet and ICT businesses, calls for the greatest possible care in the negotiation of chapters relating to protection of data and privacy;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls for the inclusion of clauses reflecting all European regulation guaranteeing respect for private life, confirming the rights of individuals to information on and control of the use made of their personal data, guaranteeing their ownership of it and prohibiting any transfer of data from one body to another, even for the purposes of storage or processing;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Notes the wide divergence between the structures of agricultural production, the phytosanitary regulations and the agricultural policies of the European Union and USA, which will create equally significant instability, unfair competition and risk for European agriculture and for employment in its agri-food businesses, particularly for small producers, who are already severely affected by the abandoning of mechanisms for the control of production and regulation of prices;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Rejects any harmonisation of the regulation of agricultural production, or toleration in imports to the European Union of certain production practices or ingredients contrary to European phytosanitary rules, particularly in relation to genetically modified organisms, feed or animal welfare;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Rejects the concept of “equivalence of standards” which would involve accepting imports of products with reduced standards;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)

1i. Considers that the protection of European agricultural product designations should be extended and should not be restricted to a shorter list of flagship products, the economic viability of which is already guaranteed by widespread recognition;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)

1j. Is concerned by the disastrous consequences for American and European workers of a trade agreement which increases competition between them on the basis of factors other than their production alone, such as labour costs, working conditions, social protection and industrial relations;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 k (new)

1k. Asks that a trade agreement should ensure that existing standards, particularly those relating to social security, health and safety at work, employment conditions and social dialogue, are protected against any regulatory or competitive dumping, that they are improved and extended in line with ILO conventions and that the USA ratifies the conventions;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 l (new)

1l. Notes the importance attached by European citizens to high quality public services, which are the drivers of social and territorial cohesion;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 m (new)

1m. Recalls that the European model of services of general economic interest led to uncontrolled opening up of markets and violent competition between the providers of such services, undermining security of employment in the sectors concerned and causing deterioration in the quality of service; suggests therefore that to make this model an “offensive interest” for European negotiators neither reinforces it in the eyes of the European service-user nor affords any benefit to the future American consumer; and is also concerned by the compensatory measures sought by US negotiators in return for the opening up of the market in American public contracts.

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 n (new)

1n. Reaffirms the right of States to define, finance and organise their public services as they wish, and their right to regulate the social and solidarity economy and to come to the aid of sectors in difficulty;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 o (new)

1o. Rejects any “ratchet clause” which would limit the power of States to revisit markets opened-up to competition in order to regulate or nationalise businesses;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 p (new)

1p. Supports provisions to limit competition in public contracts or to impose quotas for the use of local production capacity or local services and materials, such as the “Buy American Act”.

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 q (new)

1q. Notes that European Member States and the United States of America work within the rule of law, with an independent judiciary and the possibility of recourse to the courts guaranteeing the rights of citizens and investors;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 r (new)

1r. Rejects any mechanism for resolving disputes between investors and States or public authorities which is not subject to national law, existing national arbitration bodies, as such mechanisms place themselves above national courts and restrict legislative powers conferred by citizens;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 s (new)

1s. Is concerned that the strategic objectives of the transatlantic agreement are to establish future standards for world trade, through the critical mass of the economic area which it would create, even though these were rejected by developing countries in negotiations during the WTO Doha round;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2228(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 t (new)

1t. Rejects negotiation based on unrestricted competition between production, workers and standards, which would restrict the right of States to legislate; rejects the underlying intention to dominate; and proposes instead a cooperative approach, respecting the sovereignty of the people and encouraging the best in social and environmental terms;

2015/03/30
Committee: INTA

2014/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Observes that towns and cities are the places in which various types of inequality are most heavily concentrated, that they have an important role to play in attaining the Europe 2020 objectives and that they must therefore be involved in the whole process of formulating policies at EU level, which can be achieved, inter alia, by means of the systematic inclusion of representatives of towns and cities, as well as associations of citizens and their elected representatives, in groups of experts;

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2213(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that towns and cities contain the tightest concentrations both of great wealth and of exclusion in its most brutal forms; notes that in the Union as a whole there are many urban areas blighted as a result of deindustrialisation, the economic crisis and an exodus of middle-class residents; is extremely concerned to see some of these areas turning in ghettoes; calls, therefore, for ambitious and comprehensive policies to reconnect these areas spatially and economically with the urban fabric, giving them and their inhabitants, many of whom are young and vulnerable, genuine development prospects;

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that, in the operation of the European Fund for Strategic Investment, special attention should be devoted to urban regions in order to promote socially and ecologically sustainable and employment-intensive investment, for example in inter-neighbourhood connections, social housing, renovation of buildings, transport, education or health and care; calls for urban residents and stakeholders to be involved in drawing up the requisite policies so that their needs can be most effectively met.

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2213(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for public expenditure on combating unemployment and poverty and for the purpose of promoting social investment to be excluded from the calculation of the public deficit in order to facilitate greater productive investment by towns and cities, thus helping to reduce various forms of inequality, promote a social mix and make urban living more neighbourly;

2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas family businesses differ in terms of values from non-family corporations as regards long-term orientation, have a special degree of commitment to their local community ~~– rooted in the European tradition of the ‘honourable merchant’ –~~ and are generally slower to close down and put workers out of jobs;

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the work being undertaken on an EU definition of ‘family business’, and calls for the specificities within Member States’ definitions to be taken into account, in particular with regard to guaranteeing social rights, social security, pension entitlements and health and safety at work;

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that family businesses should not constitute a separate category from existing definitions of Micro- and SMEs; notes that a majority of family businesses have less than 5 employees and calls on the Commission to protect and define their activity accordingly;

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the importance of supporting micro, small and medium enterprises not only by funding, but also through a fair and progressive taxation, and a fairer and more even distribution of tax burden across labour, profits and consumption;

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2.Welcomes EU efforts, in cooperation with national authorities, in promoting entrepreneurship education, in schools, universities and VET, as an important tool to fight unemployment and create new jobs while stressing that topics related to running family businesses, like succession, ownership transfer, personnel management and innovation shall be included in curricula;deleted

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2210(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Draws the Commission’s attention to the need for equal treatment of big multinationals and family businesses so as to ensure a balanced level playing field in terms of competition, while respecting the unique nature of family businesses~~, in particular in those Member States in which such businesses were destroyed after 1945~~.

2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2208(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe, which should be sustainable, decent and quality jobs, respecting workers’ rights and collective agreements;

2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2208(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a circular economy will lead to sustainable and inclusive growth and have lasting beneficial effects on the labour market if among others the new jobs created are decent and sustainable;

2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2208(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. education and skills development should be part of a longterm and longlasting reindustrialization framework of public investments in the regions hit the most by the economic crisis

2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2208(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment ~~and fiscal incentives~~ that encourages the development of a circular economy, ~~such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy~~promotes sustainable, decent and quality jobs, ensures progressive taxation, and a more even distribution of tax burden accross labour, profits and consumption.

2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

~~1. Welcomes the decline in the EU unemployment rate, from 20.8 % in the first quarter of 2010 to 12.1 % in the third quarter of 2013;~~deleted

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcomes the slightly positiv~~Points out that the rate of job creation in some Member States in the fourth quarter of 2013 ~~and~~is due mainly to the increa~~se in compensation per employee in almost all non-euro area Member States~~tion of extremely precarious and insecure jobs with inadequate levels of pay and social protection as a result of the austerity policies imposed on Member States under the Fiscal Compact;

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Agrees with the ECB’s recommendation that growth-friendly fiscal consolidation over the medium term should ensure compliance with the fiscal compact, while at the same time boosting potential growth and generating employment opportunities;deleted

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Hopes that ECB loans to European banks will benefit the real economy and companies that invest, result in stable and high-quality jobs and facilitate environmental transition;

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the ECB’s call on Member States to carry out the necessary labour market reforms, in particular through increasing flexibility and optimising the conditions for businesses to create jobs;

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Welcomes the fact that the pattern of reduced working hours appears to have reversed by the end of 2013, indicating a possible gradual improvement in the labour market;~~deleted

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for the financing of an effective European infrastructural job creation plan and an increase in appropriations for implementation of the 'Youth Guarantee' programme;

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes the results of the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey, and ~~stre~~calls for a survey to assess the ~~importance of this survey for the monitoring of the euro area’s economic and social structure~~number of households living below the poverty line and suffering from social exclusion.

2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Notes that the neoliberal measures, so-called of austerity, which have been reinforced, notably as part of the so-called National Reform Plans, Economic Governance and the European Semester are contributing to the deepening of the social and economic crisis in a number of countries with more fragile economies, making life more and more difficult for families of the working class and in particular for young people, women and children, who are the main victims of the increase of poverty, unemployment and precarious and poorly paid work;

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses the need for reforms in the labour market to put a strong focus on promoting quality of work, improved social security and social exclusion, enhancing existing and introducing new workers' rights, promoting health and safety at work, better social risk management and the reconciliation of work and non-work life;

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcome~~Asks the Commission~~’s call, in its umbrella communication on the CSR in the EU as a whole,~~ to invest more in R&D, innovation, education, skills and active labour market policies, together with energy, transport and the digital economy; ~~considers, however, that in the context of the current process of fiscal consolidation these goals can be achieved only through greater flexibility within the SGP;~~

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to strengthen EU industry ~~through the application of a more flexible competition policy in favour of competitiveness and~~in favour of employment, together with an ecological and digital transition plan; reiterates its call on the Commission to draw up a proposal for a legal act on the provision of information to, and consultation of, workers and the anticipation and management of restructuring in order to ensure economic and socially responsible adaptation to change by EU industry;

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding European framework for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees so as to prevent the funds being misused in such a way as to aggravate national internal wage devaluation processes; takes the view that this legal framework should introduce binding minimum standards for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees, including the quality of apprenticeships, the creation of jobs with rights, decent wages for young people, permanent contracts and access to employment services, and should cover young people aged between 25 and 30; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the Youth Guarantees a priority and to increase the available budget, at the latest in the promised mid- term review of the multiannual financial framework, up to at least the sum of EUR 21 billion estimated by the International Labour Organisation to be necessary to resolve the problem in the eurozone;

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 31

31. Notes the Commission recommendation to reform healthcare systems so that they deliver on their objectives of providing public and universal access to high-quality care in a cost-effective manner, and to secure their financial sustainability; calls for the goals of meeting social needs, providing a social safety net and achieving financial sustainability to be put on an equal footing, and for sufficient resources to be allocated for social protection and health systems;

2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Undeclared work is continuing to become widespread in those Member States which have introduced austerity programmes in response to the economic crisis.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)

(5b) The crisis gripping some Member States is forcing workers to leave their homes and look for work of whatever kind abroad. It is crucial that workers who fall prey to undeclared work are protected, since they are usually in an extremely precarious position.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) Undeclared work is continuing to become widespread in those Member States which have introduced austerity programmes in response to the economic crisis. Undeclared work is a problem common to all the Member States.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 b (new)

(7b) Workers do not choose to do undeclared work; they do it because it is their only way of earning an income. Undeclared workers are generally paid less and work under precarious conditions as most of the time they are not declared, recognised, registered, subject to regulation or protected by labour and social protection laws, and are therefore unable to exercise or defend their fundamental rights.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) Trade unions and the social partners have a key role to play in tackling undeclared work and in efforts to protect the workers who are victims of it, irrespective of their residence status. Trade unions are best placed to monitor problematic, fraudulent, abusive or illegal situations. The social dialogue is vitally important and it is for the social partners to determine the appropriate framework for preventing and curbing undeclared work and protecting the workers who are victims of it.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14

(14) In order to address undeclared work comprehensively and successfully, a policy mix is to be implemented in the Member States, that is facilitated by structured cooperation between relevant authorities. The cooperation should include all national authorities and representatives of the social partners which are leading and/or active in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work and/or in the regularisation of jobs and in protecting undeclared workers.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) The Platform should safeguard the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and in particular in Article 5 (Prohibition of slavery and forced labour), Article 15 (Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work) and Article 31 (Fair and just working conditions) thereof, and in ILO Conventions No 81 (Labour inspection) and No 189 (Domestic workers), and in the principles set out in ILO Recommendation No 198 (The employment relationship).

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1

(1) A Platform to enhance EU cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work, and to protect the undeclared workers who are victims of this, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Platform’, is hereby established.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) representatives of the cross-industry social partners at Union level, as well as social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work,

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a

~~(a) representatives of the cross-industry social partners at Union level, as well as social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work,~~deleted

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) increasing public awareness on the urgency of action and encouraging Member States to step up their efforts in dealing with undeclared work and protecting the unregistered workers victimised by the practice.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2

(2) In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve all public authorities and representatives of the social partners having a role in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work, such as labour inspectorates, social security authorities, tax authorities, employment services and migration authorities, ~~hereinafter referred to as "enforcement authorities". They may also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners~~and in protecting the undeclared workers who are victims of it, hereinafter referred to as "enforcement authorities".

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1

(1) Representatives of the social partners at cross-industry level, as well as from sectors with high incidence of undeclared work ~~may~~shall attend meetings of the Platform ~~as observers,~~ according to the procedures determined by their organisations.

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

(2) On the basis of the proposals from cross-industry and sectoral social partners at Union level, this group of ~~obser~~social partners’ representativers shall be composed of:

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) A maximum of 8 ~~observ~~social partners’ represent~~ing social partner~~atives at cross- industry level (divided evenly between employers’ and workers’ organisations),

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) A maximum of 10 ~~observ~~social partners’ represent~~ing social partner~~atives in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work (divided evenly between employers’ and workers’ organisations).

2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that the Union recognises and respects the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)

(1b) Providing public pensions sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living should therefore be an objective of the utmost social and political importance for all Member States.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)

(1c) Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be specifically mentioned in this connection.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) Action is needed to further develop complementary private retirement savings such as occupational pensions. This is important since social-security systems are coming under increasing pressure, which means that citizens will increasingly rely on occupational retirement pensions as a complement in the future. Occupational retirement pensions should be developed, without, however,Public pensions should be protected throughout the Union by altering the revenue of the public pension system through a reform of the tax system to make it fairer and more effective and by resolutely combating tax fraud. The development of private retirement pensions should not call~~ing~~ into question the importance of social-security pension systems in terms of secure, durable and effective social protection, which should guarantee a decent standard of living in old age and should therefore be at the centre of the objective of strengthening the European social model.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably~~, the right to protection of personal data, the right to conduct a business and~~ where the elderly are concerned, in that it recognises and respects their rights to a high level of consumer protection, in particular by ensuring a higher level of transparency of retirement provisioning, informed personal financial and retirement planning as well as facilitating cross-border business of institutions for occupational retirement provision and businesseslead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life, as well as respecting the right to protection of personal data, the right to conduct a business and the right to a high level of consumer protection. This Directive must be implemented in accordance with these rights and principles.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Public authorities have to ensure, through sufficient pensions kept up to date, that citizens are economically properly provided for in their old age. To that end, the public pension system needs to have the resources necessary to pay pensions.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)

(5b) It is necessary to break the link between the sustainability of the public pension system and the current crisis, in which the sharp fall in employment, caused largely by the economic policies being applied in the Union, is reducing revenue from contributions. It should also be explained that the alleged unsustainability of the public pension system is being used as a pretext for promoting private pension funds.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 c (new)

(5c) It is necessary to ask why private pension funds, a form of savings, are being encouraged at the expense of public pensions. Pension funds (the term is a misnomer) benefit only the financial institutions in which invested money is deposited and which control the fund managers.

2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas constant restructuring in the steel sector, reflecting in part a management focus on profit at the expense of investment and wages, rled~~uced~~ to mass closures of industrial plant, cutting the workforce from 1 million in 1970 to 369 000 in 2012, with a devastating impact on employment levels across whole regions;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (b) (new)

Ab. whereas the position of the steel sector as a supplier to whole areas of European industry makes it particularly vulnerable to changes in the economic climate, and any economic slowdown leaves it with excess capacity, which is too often used as a pretext for restructuring; whereas its position as an upstream sector gives it a strategic role with regard to the Commission’s declared ambition to re- industrialise, boosting the share of manufacturing in EU GDP to 20% by 2020;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (g) (new)

Ag. whereas the OECD forecasts that world demand for steel will rise from 1.5 billion to 2.3 billion tonnes by 2025, figures which represent a healthy prospect for the steel industry; whereas the EU possesses first-class skills, know-how, infrastructure and industrial plant, and these should be adapted to meet future demand rather than pruned or abandoned in pursuit of short-term gain or to facilitate the opening up of hypothetical other markets;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Is concerned at the lack of ambition in the action plan for the steel industry in Europe; calls for a ~~strategy~~purposeful, comprehensive strategy, embracing trade, energy, environment, employment and training policy, that draws on ~~all~~ the European Union ~~policy tools, including for employment and training~~financial tools for the purposes of reinvesting in the sector, closing the training gap, curbing dumping practices within and outside the Union and combating increases and volatility in the price of raw materials and energy;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for competition-policy and State aid rules to be revised to promote productive investment, employment and training, to encourage the involvement of employees’ representatives in management and decision-making and to introduce the option of public takeovers in crisis situations;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Endorses the principle that ongoing social dialogue with workers’ representatives should be a requirement; calls for ambitious EU-level arrangements for keeping workers informed and consulting them, ~~and for~~for anticipating possible restructuring and for works councils and group works councils to be given ~~more~~new rights and more responsibilities in terms of intervention;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of EU support for training and employment in industrial transition processes and for retaining and developing skills and know-how; calls for such support to be kept in place and for its use to be monitored;

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for account to be taken in the new European strategy on health and safety at work, and in policy documents on pensions, of the arduous ~~nature of~~and stressful nature of employees’ and subcontractors’ work in the steel sector.

2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas small agricultural holdings are disappearing in a good number of Member States;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the current decline in the area covered by grassland stems principally from farmers switching from livestock to cereals;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas small-scale farming is an alternative to industrialised farming, which is energy- and water-hungry and destroys the environment and jobs;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the crucial roles played by small agricultural holdings are not only production-related in that such holdings also play key roles in the delivery of public goods; whereas these include roles relating to nature and the countryside (helping maintain both the characteristic features of Europe’s countryside and biodiversity in rural areas), social roles (providing a livelihood for millions of people in Europe, preventing poverty ~~and constituting a workforce reserve for industry and other sectors of the economy~~), and cultural roles (preserving fine traditions, customs and other non-material heritage and manufacturing regional and traditional products);

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas market price volatility is often made worse by intermediate buyers dictating prices, taking advantage of producer vulnerability;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas most of Europe’s small agricultural holdings only sell a small proportion of their goods on the market, or focus principally on subsistence farming; whereas, however, small-scale farming is of greater benefit to society in terms of impact on rural communities and on the environment;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas all small-scale farmers should have a decent income, earned primarily from selling their products;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas prices need to take account of production costs and of local conditions, with proper allowance being made for any natural or structural disadvantages;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a broader approach is needed to address the problems of small agricultural holdings, and whereas the creation of non- agricultural jobs and provision of public services in rural areas isare vital for the development of those areas and for the future of small agricultural holdings;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas small agricultural holdings are not treated fairly under the common agricultural policy, and whereas the reasons for this include: the fact that the structure of the policy is principally based on surface area and past production levels, rather than on employment and the level of income; the fact that some Member States place minimum funding thresholds in the second pillar; and the Member States’ failure to bring in implementing measures that meet the needs of small agricultural holdings; the insistence on competitiveness as a target, understood as more and more intensive production, the option of not applying modulation, and the ceiling placed on Community support, redistributing the appropriations saved by small farmers;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the granting of support not linked to production only favours large farms;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas because they are dispersed, the bargaining power of agricultural holdings in the food chain is far weaker than that of other participants in the market, and whereas this is particularly acute in the case of small agricultural holdings - a situation that has been aggravated by the dismantling of all the public structures set up to help them market their production;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas small agricultural holdings play a special role in domestic production and in strengthening the economy, maintaining the vitality of mountain areas, less-favoured areas and outlying regions;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas there are severe inequalities in the distribution of income support – between countries, producers and production sectors – as a result of the pressure from and interests of large countries, affecting both the overall budget and its distribution;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas the main function of agriculture is food production, and whereas the destruction of production systems, which directly affects Member States with the weakest production systems, has significantly increased their food dependency and jeopardised their food sovereignty;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

Ic. whereas small agricultural holdings and family farming play a crucial role in terms of the need to halt and reverse the decline in the diversity of cultivated plant species and varieties and the erosion of the genetic base on which human and animal nutrition depends;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

Id. whereas market regulation instruments, such as quotas and production rights, are absolutely vital and should be adapted to each Member State on the basis of its food requirements and its comparative level of installed production capacity, to help the worst-off Member States to evolve;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the level of income and the living standards of families who make their living by working on small agricultural holdings are much lower than those of ~~commerci~~large-scale farmers ~~or farmers employed in other sectors of the economy~~, not least because many local markets have been destroyed in favour of large distribution chains;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas forms of community ownership can play a significant role in complementing the income of small-scale farmers, particularly in some of the Member States, and the issue of farmers' income is the crucial factor in terms of improving the position of small-scale farming in the EU;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the new CAP does not respond to the problems linked to the absence of remunerative prices for family agri-food production and smallholdings, or to the problem posed by large processing and marketing chains in the food sector, which exert huge commercial pressure to drive down production prices and crush small and medium-scale agricultural trade;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas agricultural, social and tax authorities need to be given clear criteria for determining what is and what is not a small farm;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that ~~simply reducing~~it is damaging to establish a reduction in the number of small agricultural holdings as~~hould not be~~ the main objective of restructuring, as this will not even boost the competitiveness of larger holdings; with this in mind, calls on the Member States to: come up with appropriate solutions and development models for smallholdings, taking account of the specific characteristics of farming in the country concerned and of regional variations; boost the competitiveness, viability and profitability of smallholdings; foster entrepreneurship; create jobs;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Supports an end to the subordination of agriculture and food production to the market and competition, and the existence of regulatory and market intervention mechanisms to prevent increased price volatility and concentration processes, which only a small number of businesses are able to survive;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Supports the need to counter intensive export models, giving priority to regional and local production and consumption, promoting a different energy-related and environmental rationale, and giving preference to the ownership of land by local communities as an effective way of guaranteeing food quality and security;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Considers that the concept of disadvantaged areas should take not only physical characteristics into account but also socioeconomic ones;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that national support frameworks should include investment support programmes for small farmers, the percentage and value of which should be proportionate to their presence in the national agriculture of their country, with extremely simplified procedures;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Is very pleased that the~~Appreciates the establishment of a support scheme for small-scale farmers ~~has been established~~ under the first pillar of the CAP, but ~~takes the view,~~ nevertheless, insists that it is only the form of the transfer that has been simplified, whilst the low direct payment rates allow no room for development, and that these measures are still insufficient to improve the lot of smallholdings in the EU;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for compulsory modulation and aid ceilings to be included in the finalisation of the CAP reform, starting at EUR 10 000 and gradually increasing up to 100 % for amounts over EUR 100 000, with the resources saved being used to guarantee a minimum payment of EUR 1000 to all farmers;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Urges the Member States to consider measures to regulate the markets, in order to ensure that fair prices are paid to small farmers;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Recalls that public structures for product storage – such as silos, collective milking barns, slaughterhouses, refrigerated storage and dryers – have played an important part in guaranteeing small farmers’ incomes and calls for their reactivation;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Supports the creation of a public agricultural insurance policy, funded from the EU budget, in order to guarantee a minimum income for farmers affected by natural disasters, including forest fires, diseases and pests;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Deplores the unequal distribution of income support among countries, producers and products and demands an end to this situation before the close of the current multiannual financial framework;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recommends to the Member States that they guarantee the provision of free, high-quality public services to rural areas, particularly in the areas of health, education and social security;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Points out to Member States that it is important to support the existence of community-owned property;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Recommends the creation of a national preference scheme for Member States whose agri-food balance remains seriously and persistently in deficit, by establishing and employing a system of mandatory marketing quotas for national production, whereby imports would serve to supplement national production;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges that action be taken to promote the effective use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions, combating the export-led standardisation of agricultural production and intensive models of agriculture that result from current agricultural and trade policies, of which the CAP is an example, and encouraging sustainable small and medium-scale production linked to local and regional markets and consumption;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls for the public services and infrastructure required for the development of the farming sector and the survival of small farms to be maintained in all areas;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3

3. Recalls the importance of the adoption of the Growth Pact and believes that new initiatives should follow; assessing the segmentation of the labour market without pushing for more flexible contracts, pushing forward the setting up of a European minimum wage based on a national and not sectoral approach, slashing gender inequalities, tackling the "working poor's" phenomenon by the development of a European strategy focusing on decent work instead of the work at all cost approach that has been taken so far;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Dismiss the low wage-high competiveness approach developed by the Commission and pushed forward by the missions of the Troika, reminds that the labour costs in Greece have been slashed by 11,5% in one year between 2011 and 2012 without any positive effects on investment in this country and still with huge social consequences with regards to the pauperisation of the Greeks citizens;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 3

– decent living wages and the introduction of a European minimum wage;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new)

- in cooperation with social partners, a strategy to improve the protection of workers' rights in order to give to the authorities responsible for this task the means to fulfil their mission

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Council's commitment to eliminate further existing barriers to labour mobility and urges the Member States to immediately remove all restrictions on free labour access to workers from Romania and Bulgaria, reminds that lifting mobility barriers is not an panacea for elderly and low qualified workers whose situation has to be assessed by maintaining local economic activities;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 17

17. Call for the need ~~to improve~~for a social governance at the European level in parallel of the establishment of European economic governance., reminds that the adhesion of the citizens to a push forward in the European integration process can only be by assessing their needs, putting an end to the competition-based approach, and bringing concrete moves towards the leveraging of social protection and work conditions;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete steps towards a further deepening of the market for services in order to develop its significant jobs potential and to allow workers to benefit from the flexible working conditions specific to many jobs in this sector (with a view, for example, to reconciling work and care duties),combatting precarious employment ties in the service sector, a situation particularly affecting women; rejects flexibility and contractual uncertainty preventing an organised and stable family life; stresses that employment contracts must be stable with fixed working hours, with these hours being negotiable, at the woman's request, for better reconciliation of family and working life; while ensuring ~~decent~~ working conditions with rights with respect to, inter alia, pay, health and safety at work, career prospects, social security and lifelong learning;

2012/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2012/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to protect female workers, including mandatory exemption from night work or shift work for women with children under 12 years of age, where both parents work such shifts; calls on the Member States to effectively protect motherhood and fatherhood, combatting the unlawful dismissal of pregnant women, those who have recently given birth and those who are breastfeeding;

2012/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2012/2046(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the protection of social and employment rights for the high number of mobile workers in the service sector and to fight any kind of exploitation; stresses that labour mobility cannot be mandatory;

2012/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication on Options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals, COM(2009)584;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)

- having regard to written declaration 0049/2011 of the European Parliament of 15 March 2012 on the establishment of a maximum 8-hour journey limit for animals transported in the European Union for the purpose of being slaughtered1;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Deplores that the Strategy has not received the financial backing which the Parliament requested in its resolution of 5 May 2010; Calls on the Commission to increase this backing by reprioritising and by ensureing a better integration of animal welfare in other EU policy areas, such as consumer policy, research programmes, and the CAP, as appropriate;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that farmers today face multiple challenges, such as climate change, and have to meet numerous requirements, of which a good animal welfare is but one; Calls therefore on the Commission to ensure proper policy coherence in accordance with Article 7 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that the Strategy fails to reflect the link between the wellbeing and health of animals and public health; Calls on the Commission to apply the ‘One Health’ principle to ~~its~~this Strategy and ensure an efficient coordination with the Animal Health Strategy, as good animal husbandry helps to prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance; Calls on the Commission to pay proper attention to the health risks posed by wild animals;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, Liam AYLWARD, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that the Parliament in its resolution of 12 May 2011 on antibiotic resistance stressed the need to get a full picture of when, where, how, and on which animals antimicrobials are actually used today, and believes that such data should be collected, analysed and made public by the Commission without delay;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that one specific field in need of better enforcement is animal transport, which, although corresponds to only a very limited length of time in the life of an animal, needs to be improved in the light of the scientific data gathered by EFSA as required by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the Commission, and in particular the Food and Veterinary Office, must be given increased resources and powers to adequately control animal welfare inspections carried out by the Member States and to address breaches; Calls on the Member States to ensure that there are sufficient animal welfare inspectors who are adequately trained;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls the obligation for the Commission to, when there is due reason for concern, undertake controls of the national inspections as regards the compliance of Directive 2010/63/EU on animal testing;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on all European major retailers to commit themselves, through the adoption of a joint public declaration, to only sell products which respect or go beyond EU animal welfare legislation;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasises the importance of information and education being adapted and made available at regional and local level, by e.g. regional workshops and the use of modern technology, and that information concerning new legislation and scientific advances reach all animal handlers; Recalls the role which could be played by an EU coordinated network of animal welfare centres in this regard;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to promote existing animal welfare guidelines and other voluntary initiatives by developing a web-based portal through which such documents, after validation, could be collected and disseminated;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls that the Parliament considers that such a Framework Law should not prevent producers from introducing voluntary systems which go beyond EU rules, and believes that those systems should also be science based and could be promoted by certified labels;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point d

d. a certificate or other proof of competence ~~for any unqualified~~, when needed, while recognising skills and knowledge already acquired through practical experience or from theoretical education, for any person handling animals in the course of their professional duties, along with adequate training requirements for specific animal welfare responsibilities ~~when needed~~, and a system for pre-testing permits for the construction or reconstruction of animal premises;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point f

f. effective timely actions against those Member States who do not submit reports or do not fulfil their obligations to carry out controls and inspections;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) IThe provision of foodstuffs and agricultural products and assistance for the most deprived persons is an imperative, and whereas in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010, whereby the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth was adopted, the Union and the Member States have set themselves the objective of having at least 20 million fewer people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The number of persons suffering from food and material or even severe food and material deprivation in the Union is increasing and those persons are often too excluded to benefit from the activation measures of Regulation (EU) No […CPR], and, in particular of Regulation (EU) No […ESF].

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) In 2010 nearly a quarter of Europeans (119.6 million people, almost 4 million more than in 2009) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Of those 119.6 million, 18 million were dependent almost every day on food parcels or meals distributed by charitable associations.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Those provisions also ensure that the operations supported shall comply with applicable Union and national laws, notably in regard to the safety of the goods and the quality of the food products that are distributed to the most deprived persons.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework, the Commission should establish, by means of implementing acts, an annual breakdown of global resources by Member State using an objective and transparent method reflecting disparities in terms of poverty and material deprivation within each Member State, taking account of the number of people classifiable in each Member State as ‘most deprived’ and also of the amounts that were allocated from the Food Distribution Programme to participating Member States.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) USimple, uniform and equitable rules on the eligibility period, operations and expenditures for the Fund should be applied across the Union. The conditions of eligibility should reflect the specific nature of the Fund’s objectives and target populations, notably through adequate and simplified conditions of eligibility of the operations as well as forms of support and rules and conditions of reimbursement.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) Union budget commitments should be effected annually. In order to ensure effective programme management, it is necessary to lay down simple common rules for interim payment requests, the payment of the annual balance and the final balance.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) In order to ensure that expenditure financed by the Union budget in any given financial year is used in accordance with the applicable rules, an appropriate and simple framework should be created for the annual examination and acceptance of accounts. Under this framework, the designated bodies should submit to the Commission, in respect of the operational programme, a management declaration accompanied by the certified annual accounts, an annual summary of the final audit reports and of controls carried out and an independent audit opinion and control report.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) The frequency of audits on operations should be proportionate to the extent of the Union's support from the Fund. In particular, the number of audits carried out should be reduced where the total eligible expenditure for an operation does not exceed EUR 100 000. Nevertheless, it should be possible to carry out audits at any time where there is evidence of an irregularity or fraud, or as part of an audit sample. In order that the level of auditing by the Commission is proportionate to the risk, the Commission should be able to reduce its audit work in relation to operational programmes where there are no significant deficiencies or where the audit authority can be relied on. In addition, the scope of audits should take fully into account the objective and the features of the target populations of the Fund, as well as the voluntary nature of the beneficiary bodies.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including respect for human dignity and for private and family life, the right to the protection of personal data, the rights of the child, the right to social assistance and to housing, the rights of the elderly, equality between men and women, and the prohibition of discrimination. This Regulation must be applied according to these rights and principles.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation establishes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter ‘the Fund’) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 and determines the objectives of the Fund, the scope of its support, the financial resources available and the criteria for their allocation and lays down the rules necessary to ensure th~~e effectiveness of the Fund~~at the Fund is effective and easy to implement.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1

(1) 'most deprived persons' means physical persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria ~~adopt~~defined by the national competent authorities~~, or defined by~~ in cooperation with the partner organisations ~~and which are approved by those competent authorities~~, in particular national, regional or local organisations which are already working to hand out food to the most deprived, or which are providing assistance to homeless persons and people affected by poverty or social exclusion;

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 6

(6) '‘beneficiary'’ means a public ~~or private body~~body or a not-for-profit organisation responsible for initiating or initiating and implementing operations;

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 9

(9) '‘intermediate body'’ means any public ~~or private body~~body or not-for-profit organisation which acts under the responsibility of a managing or certifying authority, or which carries out duties on behalf of such an authority in relation to beneficiaries' implementing operations;

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. The Fund shall support national schystemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of homeless persons or of children are distributed to the most deprived persons through partner organisations selected by Member Statesfor distributing healthy food products to the most deprived as well as basic consumer goods for their personal use.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. The Fund, via the partner organisations, may support accompanying measures, complementing the provision of food and goods, contributing to the social inclusion ~~of the most deprived persons~~and improving the quality of life of the most deprived persons and/or seeking to protect their human dignity.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9

(9) The Commission and the Member States shall ~~carry out their respective roles in relati~~take action to guarantee the effectiveness of the Fund, in particular through mon ito ~~the Fund with the aim of reducing the administrative burden for~~ring, reporting and evaluation. They shall also ensure that the Fund is easy for the partner organisations and beneficiaries to implement.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12

(12) Member States and beneficiaries shall choose the food products and the goods on the basis of objective criteria. Priority shall be given, under the selection criteria for the food products, to products of European origin. The selection criteria for the food products shall be set with a view to helping the end recipients achieve a healthy and balanced diet. The selection criteria for the food products, and where appropriate for goods, shall also take into consideration climatic and environmental aspects, in particular with a view to reduction of food waste.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be at least EUR ~~2 5~~5 000 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point -a (new)

(-a) the population suffering from food poverty;

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Each Member State shall submit to the Commission one operational programme ~~cover~~withing th~~e period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020~~ree months of the entry into force of this Regulation that has been prepared in cooperation within th~~ree months of the entry into force of this Regulation,~~e local authorities and the organisations fighting poverty and social exclusion, including organisations formerly in receipt of MDP funding. The operational programme shall cover the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020 and shall contain~~ing~~ the following items:

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall set up a Union level platform to facilitate the exchange of experience, know-how, capacity building ~~and networking~~, networking, the deployment of distribution networks throughout Europe, particularly in those areas within each Member State where levels of poverty and exclusion are highest, and the development of transnational and cross-border activities, as well as dissemination of relevant and innovative outcomes in the area of ~~non- financial assistance to the most deprived persons~~food and goods distribution to the most deprived persons. It shall integrate and link on the platform the organisations that represent the partner organisations at Union level as well as the partner organisations and beneficiaries in each Member State. It shall set up and manage a public website specifically for the platform. The site will include a presentation of the various partner organisations, their activities and where they operate Europe- wide, including in the outermost regions. It will also present all documents and information relevant to the running of the platform and to its work.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

In addition, the Commission shall consult, at least once a year, the organisations which represent the partner organisations at Union level ~~on the implementation of support from the Fund~~and the main partner organisations in each Member State on the implementation, and ease of implementation, of support from the Fund. It shall publish reports on such consultation, and its results, on the platform website.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14

Article 14 Ex ante evaluation 1. Member States shall carry out an ex ante evaluation of the operational programme. 2. The ex ante evaluation shall be carried out under the responsibility of the authority responsible for preparing the operational programmes. It shall be submitted to the Commission at the same time as the operational programme, together with an executive summary. 3. Ex ante evaluations shall appraise the following elements: (a) the contribution to the Union objective of at least 20 million fewer people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020, having regard to the selected type of material deprivation to be addressed, taking into account national circumstances in terms of poverty and social exclusion and material deprivation; (b) the internal coherence of the proposed operational programme and its relation with other relevant financial instruments; (c) the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with the objectives of the operational programme; (d) contribution of the expected outputs to the results; (e) the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the operational programme and for collecting the data necessary to carry out evaluations.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15

Article 15 Evaluation during the programming period 1. During the programming period, the managing authority may carry out evaluations for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the operational programme. 2. The managing authority shall carry out a structured survey on end recipients in 2017 and 2021, in accordance with the template provided by the Commission. The Commission shall adopt the template by means of an implementing act. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 60(2). 3. The Commission may carry out, at its own initiative, evaluation of operational programmes.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16

At its own initiative and in close cooperation with the Member States, the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of external experts, an ex-post evaluation, to assess the ~~effectiveness and sustainability of results obtained~~simplicity of the management system for the programmes, the effectiveness and sustainability of results obtained and the needs indicated by the partner organisations, as well as to measure the added value of the Fund. This ex post evaluation shall be completed by 31 December 2023.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission and Member States shall provide information on and promote the actions supported by the Fund. The information shall be addressed to the most deprived persons, the media and the wider public. It shall highlight the role of the Union and ensure that the contribution from the Fund, the partner organisations and their volunteers is visible.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

During the implementation of an operation, the beneficiaries and partner organisations shall inform the public about the support obtained from the Fund by placing either at least one poster with information about the operation (minimum size A3), including about the financial support from the Union, at a location readily visible to the public, at each place of provision of the food, goods and any accompanying measure or a European flag, and in such a way as not to stigmatise end recipients, except if this is not possible due to the circumstances of the distribution.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title

~~Co-f~~Financing

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. The ~~co-~~financing rate at the level of the operational programme shall ~~not be higher than 85~~be 100% of the public eligible expenditure.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The food and the goods for ~~homeless persons or for children~~the final beneficiaries of the Fund may be purchased by the partner organisations themselves.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4

4. That food and/or material assistance shall as a rule be distributed free of charge to the most deprived persons. Where the aims of providing such food and/or material assistance to the most deprived persons include furthering their integration or social rehabilitation, final beneficiaries may be charged a symbolic price not exceeding 10% of the market price.

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the costs of purchasing food and basic consumer goods for the personal use of ~~homeless persons or of children~~the final beneficiaries;

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) where a public body purchases the food or basic consumer goods for the personal use of ~~homeless persons or of children~~the final beneficiaries and provides them to partner organisations, the costs of transporting of food or goods to the storage depots of the partner organisations at a flat rate of 1 % of the costs referred to in point (a);

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27

Article 27 Responsibilities of Member States 1. Member States shall fulfil the management, control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in the rules on shared management set out in the Financial Regulation and this Regulation. In accordance with the principle of shared management, Member States shall be responsible for the management and control of operational programmes. 2. Member States shall prevent, detect and correct irregularities and shall recover amounts unduly paid, together with any interest on late payments. They shall notify these irregularities to the Commission and shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of related administrative and legal proceedings. When amounts unduly paid to a beneficiary cannot be recovered and this is as a result of fault or negligence on the part of a Member State, the Member State shall be responsible for reimbursing the amounts concerned to the general budget of the Union. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 59 laying down detailed rules concerning the obligations of the Member States specified in this paragraph. 3. Member States shall establish and implement a procedure for the independent examination and resolution of complaints concerning the selection or implementation of operations co-financed by the Fund. Member States shall report the results of such examinations to the Commission upon request. 4. All official exchanges of information between the Member State and the Commission shall be carried out using an electronic data exchange system established in compliance with the terms and conditions laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 60(3).deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28

Article 28 Designation and organisation of management and control bodies 1. The Member State shall designate a national public authority or body as managing authority. 2. The Member State shall designate a national public authority or body as a certifying authority, without prejudice to paragraph 3. 3. The Member State may designate a managing authority which carries out in addition the functions of the certifying authority. 4. The Member State shall designate a national public authority or body, functionally independent from the managing authority and the certifying authority, as audit authority. 5. Provided that the principle of separation of functions is respected, the managing authority, the certifying authority, where applicable, and the audit authority may be part of the same public authority or body. 6. The Member State may designate one or more intermediate bodies to carry out certain tasks of the managing or the certifying authority under the responsibility of that authority. The relevant arrangements between the managing authority or certifying authority and the intermediate bodies shall be formally recorded in writing. 7. The Member State or the managing authority may entrust the management of part of the operational programme to an intermediate body by way of an agreement in writing between the intermediate body and the Member State or managing authority. The intermediate body shall provide guarantees of its solvency and competence in the domain concerned, as well as its administrative and financial management. 8. The Member State shall lay down in writing rules governing its relations with the managing authority, certifying authority and audit authority, the relations between such authorities, and the relations of such authorities with the Commission.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29

Article 29 Functions of the managing authority 1. The managing authority shall be responsible for managing the operational programme in accordance with the principle of sound financial management. 2. As regards the management of the operational programme, the managing authority shall: (a) draw up and submit to the Commission annual and final implementation reports; (b) make available to intermediate bodies and beneficiaries information that is relevant to the execution of their tasks and the implementation of operations respectively; (c) establish a system to record and store in computerised form data necessary for monitoring, evaluation, financial management, verification and audit; (d) ensure that the data referred to in point (c) is collected, entered and stored in the system, in compliance with the provisions Directive 95/46/CE. 3. As regards the selection of operations, the managing authority shall: (a) Draw up and apply appropriate selection procedures and criteria that are non-discriminatory and transparent; (b) ensure that the selected operation: (i) falls within the scope of the Fund and the operational programme; (ii) fulfils the criteria set out in the operational programme and in Articles 20, 21 and 24; (iii) takes into account the principles set out in Article 5(10), (11) and (12). (c) provide to the beneficiary a document setting out the conditions for support of each operation including the specific requirements concerning the products or services to be delivered under the operation, the financing plan, and the time-limit for execution; (d) satisfy itself that the beneficiary has the administrative, financial and operational capacity to fulfil the conditions defined in point (c) before approval of the operation; (e) satisfy itself that, where the operation has started before the submission of an application for funding to the managing authority, Union and national rules relevant for the operation have been complied with; (f) determine the type of material assistance to which the expenditure of an operation shall be attributed. 4. As regards the financial management and control of the operational programme, the managing authority shall: (a) verify that the co-financed products and services have been delivered and that expenditure declared by the beneficiaries has been paid by them and that it complies with applicable Union and national law, the operational programme and the conditions for support of the operation; (b) ensure that beneficiaries involved in the implementation of operations reimbursed pursuant to Article 23(1)(a) maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions relating to an operation; (c) put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified; (d) set up procedures to ensure that all documents regarding expenditure and audits required to ensure an adequate audit trail are held in accordance with the requirements of Article 26(g); (e) draw up the management declaration and annual summary referred to in Article 56 (5) (a) and (b) of the Financial Regulation. 5. Verifications pursuant to paragraph 4(a) shall include the following procedures: (a) administrative verifications in respect of each application for reimbursement by beneficiaries; (b) on-the-spot verifications of operations. The frequency and coverage of the on- the-spot verifications shall be proportionate to the amount of public support to an operation and the level of risk identified by these verifications and audits by the audit authority for the management and control system as a whole. 6. On-the-spot verifications of individual operations pursuant to paragraph (5)(b) may be carried out on a sample basis. 7. Where the managing authority is also a beneficiary under the operational programme, arrangements for the verifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall ensure adequate separation of functions. 8. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 59, laying down the modalities of the exchange of information in paragraph 2(c). 9. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 59, laying down rules concerning arrangements for the audit trail referred to in paragraph 4(d). 10. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the template for the management declaration referred to in paragraph 4(e). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 60(2).deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30

Article 30 Functions of the certifying authority The certifying authority shall be responsible in particular for the following: 1. drawing up and submitting to the Commission payment applications and certifying that these result from reliable accounting systems, are based on verifiable supporting documents and have been subject to verifications by the managing authority; 2. drawing up the annual accounts referred to in Article 56 (5) (a) of the Financial Regulation; 3. certifying the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts and that the expenditure entered in the accounts complies with applicable Union and national rules and has been incurred in respect of operations selected for funding in accordance to the criteria applicable to the operational programme and complying with Union and national rules; 4. ensuring that there is a system which records and stores, in computerised form, accounting records for each operation, and which supports all the data required for drawing up payment applications and annual accounts, including records of amounts recoverable, amounts recovered and amounts withdrawn following cancellation of all or part of the contribution for an operation or the operational programme; 5. ensuring for the purposes of drawing up and submission of payment applications that it has received adequate information from the managing authority on the procedures and verifications carried out in relation to expenditure; 6. taking into account when drawing up and submitting payment applications the results of all audits carried out by or under the responsibility of the audit authority; 7. maintaining accounting records in a computerised form of expenditure declared to the Commission and the corresponding public contribution paid to the beneficiaries; 8. keeping an account of amounts recoverable and of amounts withdrawn following cancellation of all or part of the contribution for an operation. Amounts recovered shall be repaid to the general budget of the Union prior to the closure of the operational programme by deducting them from the next statement of expenditure.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31

Article 31 Functions of the audit authority 1. The audit authority shall ensure that audits are carried out on the management and control systems, on an appropriate sample of operations and on the annual accounts. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 59 to set out the conditions which those audits shall fulfil. 2. Where audits are carried out by a body other than the audit authority, the audit authority shall ensure that any such body has the necessary functional independence. 3. The audit authority shall ensure that audit work takes account of internationally accepted audit standards. 4. The audit authority shall, within six months of adoption of the operational programme, prepare an audit strategy for performance of audits. The audit strategy shall set out the audit methodology, the sampling method for audits on operations and the planning of audits in relation to the current accounting year and the two subsequent accounting years. The audit strategy shall be updated annually from 2016 until and including 2022. The audit authority shall submit the audit strategy to the Commission upon request. 5. The audit authority shall draw up the following: (a) an audit opinion in accordance with Article 56 (5) of the Financial Regulation; (s) (b) an annual control report setting out the findings of the audits carried out during the preceding accounting year. The report under point (b) shall set out any deficiencies found in the management and control system and any corrective measures taken or proposed to be taken. 6. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, models for the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report, as well as the methodology for the sampling method referred to in paragraph 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 60(3). 7. Implementing rules concerning the use of data collected during audits carried out by Commission officials or authorised Commission representatives shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 60(3).deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32

Article 32 Procedure for designation of the managing and the certifying authorities 1. Member states shall notify to the Commission the date and form of the designation of the managing authority and, where appropriate the certifying authority, within six months of the adoption of decision adopting the operational programme. 2. The designation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on a report and an opinion of an independent audit body that assesses the management and control system, including the role of intermediate bodies therein, and its compliance with Articles 26, 27, 29 and 30, in accordance with criteria on internal environment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring established by the Commission by means of delegated act in accordance with Article 59. 3. The independent body shall carry out its work in accordance with internationally accepted audit standards. 4. Member States may decide that a managing authority or a certifying authority which has been designated in relation to an ESF co-financed operational programme pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [CPR] is deemed to be designated for the purposes of this Regulation. The Commission may request, within two months of receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 1, the report and the opinion of the independent audit body and the description of the management and control system. The Commission may make observations within two months of receipt of those documents. 5. The Member State shall supervise the designated body and withdraw its designation by formal decision if one or more of the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 are no longer met, unless the body takes the necessary remedial actions within a period of probation to be determined by the Member State according to the severity of the problem. The Member State shall notify the Commission immediately of the setting of any probation period for a designated body and of any withdrawal decision.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33

Article 33 Commission powers and responsibilities 1. The Commission shall satisfy itself on the basis of available information, including the information on the designation of the managing authority and the certifying authority, annual management declaration, annual control reports, annual audit opinion, annual implementation report and audits carried out by national and Union bodies, that the Member States have set up management and control systems that comply with this Regulation and that these systems function effectively during the implementation of operational programme. 2. Without prejudice to audits carried out by Member States, Commission officials or authorised Commission representatives may carry out on-the-spot audits or checks upon giving adequate prior notice. The scope of such audits or checks may include, in particular, verification of the effective functioning of management and control systems in an operational programme or a part thereof, operations and assessment of the sound financial management of operations or operational programme. Officials or authorised representatives of the Member State may take part in such audits. Commission officials or authorised Commission representatives, duly empowered to carry out on-the-spot audits, shall have access to all records, documents and metadata, irrespective of the medium in which they are stored, relating to operations supported by the Fund or to management and control systems. Member States shall provide copies of such records, documents and metadata to the Commission upon request. The powers set out in this paragraph shall not affect the application of national provisions which reserve certain acts for agents specifically designated by national legislation. Commission officials and authorised representatives shall not take part, inter alia, in home visits or the formal questioning of persons within the framework of national legislation. However, they shall have access to the information thus obtained. 3. The Commission may require a Member State to take the actions necessary to ensure the effective functioning of their management and control systems or the correctness of expenditure in accordance with this Regulation. 4. The Commission may require a Member State to examine a complaint submitted to the Commission concerning the implementation of operations co- financed by the Fund or the functioning of the management and control system.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34

Article 34 Cooperation with audit authority 1. The Commission shall cooperate with audit authorities to coordinate their audit plans and methods and shall immediately exchange the results of audits carried out on management and control systems. 2. The Commission and the audit authority shall meet on a regular basis and at least once a year, unless otherwise agreed, to examine the annual control report, the opinion and the audit strategy, and to exchange views on issues relating to improvement of the management and control systems.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43

Article 43 Interruption of the time limit payment 1. The time limit for the payment of an interim payment claim may be interrupted by the authorising officer by delegation within the meaning of the Financial Regulation for a maximum period of nine months when the following conditions are met: (a) on the basis of the information provided by a national or Union audit body, there is evidence to suggest a significant deficiency in the functioning of the management and control system; (b) the authorising officer by delegation has to carry out additional verifications following information coming to his attention alerting him that expenditure in a request for payment is linked to an irregularity having serious financial consequences; (c) there is a failure to submit one of the documents required under Article 45(1). 2. The authorising officer by delegation may limit the interruption to the part of the expenditure covered by the payment claim affected by the elements referred to in paragraph 1. The authorising officer by delegation shall inform the Member State and the managing authority immediately of the reason for interruption and shall ask them to remedy the situation. The interruption shall be ended by the authorising officer by delegation as soon as the necessary measures have been taken.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44

Article 44 Suspension of payments 1. All or part of the interim payments may be suspended by the Commission where: (a) there is a serious deficiency in the management and control system of the operational programme for which corrective measures have not been taken; (b) expenditure in a statement of expenditure is linked to an irregularity having serious financial consequences which has not been corrected; (c) the Member State has failed to take the necessary action to remedy the situation giving rise to an interruption under Article 43; (d) (cc) there is a serious deficiency in the quality and reliability of the monitoring system or of the data on indicators. 2. The Commission may decide, by means of implementing acts, to suspend all or part of interim payments, after having given the Member State the opportunity to present its observations. 3. The Commission shall end suspension of all or part of interim payments where the Member State has taken the necessary measures to enable the suspension to be lifted.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48

Article 48 Availability of documents 1. The managing authority shall ensure that all supporting documents on operations are made available to the Commission and the European Court of Auditors upon request for a period of three years. This three year period shall run from 31 December of the year of the decision on acceptance of accounts by the Commission pursuant to Article 47 or, at the latest, from the date of payment of the final balance. This three year period shall be interrupted either in the case of legal or administrative proceedings or by a duly justified request of the Commission. 2. The documents shall be kept either in the form of the originals, or certified true copies of the originals, or on commonly accepted data carriers including electronic versions of original documents or documents existing in electronic version only. 3. The documents shall be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or for which they are further processed. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 59 to set out which data carriers can be considered as commonly accepted. 5. The procedure for certification of conformity of documents held on commonly accepted data carriers with the original document shall be laid down by the national authorities and shall ensure that the versions held comply with national legal requirements and can be relied on for audit purposes. 6. Where documents exist in electronic version only, the computer systems used must meet accepted security standards that ensure that the documents held comply with national legal requirements and can be relied on for audit purposes.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2

2. The Member State shall make the financial corrections required in connection with individual or systemic irregularities detected in operations or the operational programme. Financial corrections shall consist of cancelling all or part of the public contribution to an operation or the operational programme. The Member State shall take into account the nature and gravity of the irregularities and the financial loss to the Fund and shall apply a proportionate correction. Financial corrections shall be recorded in the annual accounts by the managing authority for the accounting year in which the cancellation is decided.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3

~~3. The contribution from the Fund cancelled in accordance with paragraph 2 may be reused by the Member State within the operational programme concerned, subject to paragraph 4.~~deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 4

4. The contribution cancelled in accordance with paragraph 2 may not be reused for any operation that was the subject of the correction or, where a financial correction is made for a systemic irregularity, for any operation affected by the systemic irregularity.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 5

~~5. A financial correction by the Commission shall not prejudice the Member State's obligation to pursue recoveries under the present Article.~~deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51

Article 51 Financial corrections by the Commission 1. The Commission shall make financial corrections, by means of implementing act, by cancelling all or part of the Union contribution to an operational programme and effecting recovery from the Member State in order to exclude from Union financing expenditure which is in breach of applicable Union and national law, including in relation to deficiencies in the management and control systems of Member States which have been detected by the Commission or the European Court of Auditors. 2. A breach of applicable Union or national law shall lead to a financial correction only when one of the following conditions is met: (pp) the breach has or could have affected the selection of an operation by the managing authority for support by the Fund; (qq) the breach has or could have affected the amount of expenditure declared for reimbursement by the Union budget.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52

Article 52 Criteria for financial correction by the Commission 1. The Commission shall make financial corrections after carrying out the necessary examination, it concludes that: (rr) there is a serious deficiency in the management and control system of the operational programme which has put at risk the Union contribution already paid to the operational programme; (ss) the Member State has not complied with its obligations under Article 50 prior to the opening of the correction procedure under this paragraph; (tt) expenditure contained in a payment application is irregular and has not been corrected by the Member State prior to the opening of the correction procedure under this paragraph. The Commission shall base its financial corrections on individual cases of irregularity identified and shall take account of whether an irregularity is systemic. When it is not possible to quantify precisely the amount of irregular expenditure charged to the Fund, the Commission shall apply a flat rate or extrapolated financial correction. 2. The Commission shall, when deciding the amount of a correction under paragraph 1, take account of the nature and gravity of the irregularity and the extent and financial implications of the deficiencies in management and control systems found in the operational programme. 3. Where the Commission bases its position on reports of auditors other than those of its own services, it shall draw its own conclusions regarding the financial consequences after examining the measures taken by the Member State concerned under Article 50(2), the notifications sent under Article 27(2), and any replies from the Member State. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 59 establishing the criteria for establishing the level of financial correction to be applied.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53

Article 53 Procedure for financial corrections by the Commission 1. Before taking a decision on a financial correction, the Commission shall launch the procedure by informing the Member State of the provisional conclusions of its examination and requesting the Member State to submit its comments within two months. 2. Where the Commission proposes a financial correction on the basis of extrapolation or a flat rate, the Member State shall be given the opportunity to demonstrate, through an examination of the documentation concerned, that the actual extent of irregularity is less than the Commission's assessment. In agreement with the Commission, the Member State may limit the scope of this examination to an appropriate proportion or sample of the documentation concerned. Except in duly justified cases, the time allowed for this examination shall not exceed a further period of two months after the two-month period referred to in paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall take account of any evidence supplied by the Member State within the time limits set out in paragraphs 1 and 2. 4. Where the Member State does not accept the provisional conclusions of the Commission, the Member State shall be invited to a hearing by the Commission, in order to ensure that all relevant information and observations are available as a basis for conclusions by the Commission on the application of the financial correction. 5. In order to apply financial corrections the Commission shall take a decision, by means of implementing acts, within six months of the date of the hearing, or of the date of receipt of additional information where the Member State agrees to submit such additional information following the hearing. The Commission shall take account of all information and observations submitted during the course of the procedure. If no hearing takes place, the six month period shall begin to run two months after the date of the letter of invitation to the hearing sent by the Commission. 6. Where irregularities affecting annual accounts sent to the Commission are detected by the Commission or by the European Court of Auditors, the resulting financial correction shall reduce support from the Fund to the operational programme.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54

Article 54 Repayments to the Union Budget - Recoveries 1. Any repayment due to be made to the general budget of the Union shall be effected before the due date indicated in the order for recovery drawn up in accordance with Article 77 of the Financial Regulation. The due date shall be the last day of the second month following the issuing of the order. 2. Any delay in effecting repayment shall give rise to interest on account of late payment, starting on the due date and ending on the date of actual payment. The rate of such interest shall be one-and-a- half percentage points above the rate applied by the European Central Bank in its main refinancing operations on the first working day of the month in which the due date falls.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55

Article 55 Proportional control of operational programmes 1. Operations for which the total eligible expenditure does not exceed EUR 100 000 shall not be subject to more than one audit by either the audit authority or the Commission prior to the examination of all the expenditure concerned under Article 47. Other operations shall not be subject to more than one audit per accounting year by the audit authority and the Commission prior to the examination of all the expenditure concerned under Article 47. Those provisions are without prejudice to paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. Audit of an operation may cover all stages of its implementation and all levels of the distribution chain, with the exception of control of the actual end recipients, unless a risk assessment establishes a specific risk of irregularity or fraud. 3. When the most recent audit opinion on the operational programme indicates that there are no significant deficiencies, the Commission may agree with the audit authority in the subsequent meeting referred to in Article 34(2) that the level of audit work required may be reduced so that it is proportionate to the risk established. In such cases, the Commission will not carry out its own on- the-spot audits unless there is evidence suggesting deficiencies in the management and control system affecting expenditure declared to the Commission in an accounting year for which the accounts have been accepted. 4. If the Commission concludes that it can rely on the opinion of the audit authority for the operational programme, it may agree with the audit authority to limit its own on the spot audits to audit the work of the audit authority unless there is evidence of deficiencies in the work of the audit authority work for an accounting year for which the accounts have been accepted. 5. The audit authority and the Commission may carry out audits of operations at any time where a risk assessment establishes a specific risk of irregularity or fraud, in case of evidence of serious deficiencies in the management and control system of the operational programme, and, during the 3 years following acceptance of all the expenditure of an operation under Article 47, as part of an audit sample. 6. The Commission may at any time carry out audits of operations for the purpose of assessing the work of an audit authority by re-performance of its audit activity.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56

Article 56 Rules on decommitment 1. The Commission shall decommit any part of the amount calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph in an operational programme that has not been used for payment of the pre- financing, interim payments and annual balance by 31 December of the second financial year following the year of budget commitment under the operational programme or for which a payment application drawn up in accordance with Article 38 has not been sent in accordance with Article 42. For the purposes of the decommitment, the Commission shall calculate the amount by adding one sixth of the annual budget commitment related to the 2014 total annual contribution to each of the 2015 to 2020 budget commitments. 2. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the deadlines for decommitment shall not apply to the annual budget commitment related to the 2014 total annual contribution. 3. If the first annual budget commitment is related to the 2015 total annual contribution, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, the deadlines for decommitment shall not apply to the annual budget commitment related to the total annual contribution of 2015. In such cases, the Commission shall calculate the amount under the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 1 by adding one fifth of the annual budget commitment related to the 2015 total amount contribution to each of the 2016 to 2020 budget commitments. 4. That part of commitments still open on 31 December 2022 shall be decommitted if any of the documents required under Article 47(2) has not been submitted to the Commission by 30 September 2023.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57

Article 57 Exception to the decommitment 1. The amount concerned by decommitment shall be reduced by the amounts that the responsible body has not been able to declare to the Commission because of: (uu) operations suspended by a legal proceeding or by an administrative appeal having suspensory effect; or (vv) reasons of force majeure seriously affecting implementation of all or part of the operational programme. The national authorities claiming force majeure shall demonstrate the direct consequences of the force majeure on the implementation of all or part of the operational programme; (ww) The reduction may be requested once if the suspension or force majeure lasted up to one year, or several times corresponding to the duration of the force majeure or the number of years between the date of the legal or administrative decision suspending the implementation of the operation and the date of the final legal or administrative decision. 2. By 31 January, the Member State shall send to the Commission information on the exceptions referred to in paragraph 1 for the amount to be declared by the end of the preceding year.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58

Article 58 Procedure for decommitments 1. The Commission shall inform the Member State and the managing authority in good time whenever there is a risk of application of decommitment under Article 56. 2. On the basis of the information it has on 31 January, the Commission shall inform the Member State and the managing authority of the amount of the decommitment resulting from the information in its possession. 3. The Member State shall have two months to agree to the amount to be decommitted or to submit its observations. 4. By 30 June, the Member State shall submit to the Commission a revised financing plan reflecting for the financial year concerned the reduced amount of support of the operational programme. Failing such submission, the Commission shall revise the financing plan by reducing the contribution from the Fund for the financial year concerned. 5. The Commission shall amend the decision adopting the operational programme, by means of implementing act, no later than 30 September.deleted

2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the labour market situation is particularly critical for young people, people approaching pension, long-term unemployed workers, third-countries nationals, and low-skilled workers;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the push to more competition between countries as well as between workers is the main goal of the Annual Growth Survey in its actual form, making the wealth and protection of workers within the European Union a secondary objective;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the European Council to give the necessary budgetary leeway and encouragement for investments in sustainable job creation; calls on Member States with a current account surplus to contribute to the reduction of macroeconomic imbalances by increasing internal demand in order to prevent a recessionary spiral detrimental to job growth across the EU;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the European Council to give the necessary budgetary leeway and encouragement for investments in sustainable job creation, workers training, unemployed workers training and poverty reduction; calls on Member States with a current account surplus to contribute to the reduction of macroeconomic imbalances by increasing internal demand in order to prevent a recessionary spiral detrimental to job growth across the EU;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the European Council to endorse the policy guidance to shift the tax burden away from labour, making hiring employees more attractive in order to improve the situation of vulnerable groups, young unemployed people, low-skilled workers, people with low incomes and second earners; calls on the European Council to endorse the guidance on increasing revenue through fair, effective and efficient taxation and better tax coordination to combat tax evasion, without increasing the tax burden on the weakest through consumption taxes;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Recalls the deep-rooted legitimacy of National Parliaments' control on budgetary matters; recalls that levering up this control over the executive as been a key instrument to promote democracy in European countries; warns that budgetary coordination cannot impose a reduction in this control by directly elected representatives;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Member States and the European institutions to launch a human, social, and ecological fund financed by the financial transaction tax and the European Central Bank, in order to fund job-creating investment projects, to leverage wages, to develop public services in education, health and transport, and to help set up a minimum income throughout the European Union;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Warns that pension reforms encouraged in the AGS can not just level up the retirement age to shore up deficits, but, on the contrary, must encompass working years, hardness of working conditions as well as workers current condition, and provide a decent universal coverage, reducing elderly poverty and without putting in danger public-run pension systems;

2011/12/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas cooperative enterprises are often at the forefront in combating all forms of discrimination and act as a means of social reintegration owing to a more benevolent staff recruitment and management policy than that of the average enterprise;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas, in European Cooperative Societies (CSE), the transnational involvement of employees, including their right to participate on administrative boards, is an asset;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the introduction of the statute for an SCE is a milestone in the recognition of the cooperative business model at EU level, also in those Member States where the concept of cooperatives has been discredited for historical reasons and owing to competing economic pressures,

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that cooperatives and other social economy enterprises are part of the European social model and ~~the single market and~~ therefore deserve strong recognition and support, as provided for in the constitutions of some Member States and various EU key documents;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that, owing to its complexity, the Statute does not meet the needs of cooperatives and that it should be simplified in order to make it more user- friendly while ensuring that the provisions on employee participation are retained and improved;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that EU policies in all areas need to recognise the specificities and added value of social economy enterprises, including cooperative enterprises, specifically by adapting appropriate legislation on public procurement, State aid and financial regulation so as to formally acknowledge those specificities by excluding such enterprises from the scope of single market rules;

2011/10/19
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)

Ca. whereas the national parliaments are freely elected by the citizens and are therefore the representatives and the guarantors of the rights acquired and delegated by the citizens; whereas the introduction of the European Semester reduces this prerogative of parliaments to a purely symbolic action,

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)

Cb. whereas the introduction of the European Semester should in no circumstances subordinate the fundamental rights or the established social rights of citizens to budgetary restrictions,

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)

Cc. whereas the European Semester will allow the European institutions to comment on draft national budgets even before they are adopted at national level and whereas national budgets must be based on economic forecasts and recommendations by the Commission and Council regarding the policy choices to be made,

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the neoliberal measures that are continuing to be applied, notably as part of the so-called National Reform Plans, 'economic governance' and the European Semester, are contributing to the worsening social crisis in a number of countries with more fragile economies, making life more and more difficult for families and in particular for women and children, who are the main victims of growing poverty, unemployment and precarious and poorly paid work;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the need to prioritise action to tackle the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, which will necessitate revision of the present economic and financial policies, especially the Stability Pact, internal market policy and competition policy, in order to put the emphasis on sustainable employment based on quality jobs with rights, investment, and quality public services guaranteeing social inclusion, especially in the fields of education, health, childcare, care of dependent persons, public transport and social services;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue in the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in these areas and to consult the social partners before issuing their recommendations;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Expresses its concern that the European guidance focuses exclusively on completing the internal market through removal of all barriers to competition, without at the same time involving policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for European guidance to be supported by an impact assessment of fiscal competition between Member States and of tax exemptions within Member States on their budgetary revenue;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of public investment at EU and national level to promote social and economic cohesion, in particular investment in less developed regions; considers, therefore, that the Stability and Growth Pact must be abolished, given its negative impact on the proper implementation of the Structural Funds and investment in general; calls for a clear distinction to be established between investment and current expenditure, and considers that expenditure in such areas as education, social services, R&D and infrastructure, including renewable energies, transport and communications, constitutes an investment;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Requests that the European Semester should serve not as a system enabling national budgets to be drawn up, supervised, and checked by the Commission and the Council, but rather as a means of support allowing budgets to be drawn up without in any way undermining the fundamental rights of citizens and their established social rights;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the importance of ensuring a mutually reinforced interaction between micro- and macro-economic policies on the one hand, and employment and social policies on the other hand, ~~which is~~of respecting established social rights, and of combating poverty and social exclusion, aspects which are all essential to be able to deliver on the overall goals of Europe 2020;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Remains committed to paying special attention, including in its deliberations on the European Semester, to the impact of employment and the social situation on the macro-economic situation and vice versa, and calls on the Commission to follow the same approach.

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises that Europe needs a macroeconomic framework to support sustainable development, and an increase in employment and social cohesion; considers that monetary and tax policies in the EU have had a negative impact on the growth of the economy and employment, and recalls that monetary policy should contribute to strengthening economic recovery and fighting unemployment;

2011/06/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas recent research demonstrates that increased flexibility has the effect of generally reducing the status of employees, who are more often not employed permanently but temporarily, not employed full-time but part-time, and more frequently turn to involuntary self- employment; whereas new research based on OECD data shows that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious and that employment flexibility has the strongest negative effect on ‘employability’ (improving the skills and qualifications of employees),

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas the increase in atypical forms of employment caused by increased flexibility disqualifies an increasing number of employees from social benefits, as eligibility for social benefits depends on an employee's employment status; whereas increased flexibility thus also endangers the financial sustainability of social security systems,

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. whereas numerous studies on working conditions by the Dublin Foundation demonstrate that flexible working time schemes are accompanied by an increase in irregular and unpredictable working hours, resulting in ongoing classic workplace-related health problems in combination with new ones related to greater stress at work resulting from a new work organisation designed to meet short-term market fluctuations; whereas recent research also shows that most flexible working time schemes in place in Europe do not enable employees better to reconcile employment and their private life,

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)

Jd. whereas women are in a disadvantaged position in the labour market and are disproportionately represented in part-time work and in new, often precarious, forms of working arrangements, facing obstacles in seeking access to full social rights, social protection and benefits,

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)

Je. whereas high unemployment and labour market segmentation need to be overcome by giving all workers equal rights, phasing out all forms of precarious employment, and investing in the creation of permanent jobs and lifelong learning,

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)

Jf. whereas the flexicurity approach adopted by the Commission is to be rejected as totally unbalanced, because flexibility is not matched by increased social security; whereas the Commission simply promotes the deregulation of job protection and more flexible employment contracts and proposes no effective measures to combat precarious employment, while maintaining policies that reduce the social security and the rights of workers and the unemployed (less ‘generous’ unemployment and social benefits to ‘activate the unemployed’, a ‘balance of rights and obligations’, reducing rights, and strengthening obligations),

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas gender gaps still remain in EU labour markets, including gender pay gap, gaps in part-time versus full time rates, gaps in employment rates, gap in the effect on employment rates due to parenthood, gender pension gaps; whereas gender roles and labour market segregation in employment are a major obstacle to the functioning of EU labour market,

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a better coordination of economic policies between Member States in order to avoid unfair competition and market distortion; urges Member States to respect the rules on budgetary discipline in order to diminish the risk of falling into excessive deficit and calls on the Commission for an effective budgetary surveillance;deleted

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 active labour market, efficient training and secure social security systems; warns against one-size-fits-all solutionsTakes the view that flexicurity strategies are not an appropriate means by which to combat precarious employment and reduce unemployment; emphasises that high levels of employment protection and job protection are based on the fundamental right of workers to be protected against unfair dismissal; stresses that job protection and employment protection must also be maintained as useful tools for an overall policy of anticipating change and promoting stability and continuity of employment;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that for many workers the reconciliation of work and family life remains a difficult task; calls on the Member States to give all parents, especially single-parent families, opportunities for integration not only into working life but also into lifelong learning processes; encourages a fair share of unpaid work between women and men by ensuring paid parental leave measures and the development of paid leave for care responsibilities; calls on the Commission to complement the existing legal framework on work/life balance, including provisions on paternity leave and leave for dependants other than children, calls on the Council to approve the draft legislative proposal regarding pregnant workers (Maternity directive);

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that the biggest problems in the EU concern the remaining high level of unemployment, the growth of precarious forms of employment, the erosion of workers' rights and social protection and the supply of skilled and competent workers; stresses that priority should be given to the creation of an inclusive labour market by promoting the quality of jobs and the 'Decent Work Agenda', raising educational levels and expanding training and retraining programmes, ensuring greater equality between men and women and improving the integration into the labour market of women, migrants, older or younger workers and other disadvantaged groups;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that a barrier-free and competitive single market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area;deleted

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ~~a barrier-free and competitiv~~priority has to be given to an increase sin~~gle market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers~~ production, high-quality public services, the creation of high- quality jobs with rights and the fight to eradicate poverty; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Strongly condemns undeclared work which endangers both society and workers; calls on the Member States to carry out regular checks and to initiate information campaigns in order to raise awareness of long-term disadvantages for workers employed in the black economy; calls for the development of care economy to meet real needs and to ensure high quality accessible care services for all, good working and pay conditions to avoid resorting to undeclared work;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that ~~flexicurity policies are put at the centre of the Agenda, and shares the Commission’s assessment that the crisis has put national~~recent research demonstrates that increased flexibility has the effect of generally reducing the status of employees, who are more often not employed permanently but temporarily, not employed full-time but part-time, and more frequently turn to involuntary self- employment; whereas new research based on OECD data shows that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious and that employment flexi~~cur~~bility ~~arrangements to a ser~~has the strongest negative effect on ‘employability’ (improving the skills and qualificatiouns tof employeest);

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 young people, low-skilled workers and workers with disabilTakes the view that Member States should take adequate measures to phase out precarious and atypical employment; considers that one instrument could be to establish a system of progressively raising the social security contributions paid by employers, according to the principle ‘the lower the employment status (short period, weak perspectives, high risks), the higher the contributions to social security’; considers that progressive contributions could motivate employers e.g. to issue a permanent contract rather than to prolong a temporary one and thus encourage them to hire employees under more favourable conditieons;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Believ~~Notes that, under the new momentum of social and economic changes, the four components of flexicurity – flexible and reliable contractual arrangements, active labour market policies, lifelong learning, and modern social security systems – and the balance between them should be reviewed and reinforced the increase in atypical forms of employment caused by increased flexibility disqualifies an increasing number of employees from social benefits, as eligibility for social benefits depends on an employee's employment status; takes the view that increased flexibility thus also endangers the financial sustainability of social security systems;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines that, in order to emerge stronger from the economic crisis, to become more competitive and convergent, with higher levels of growth, and to secure our welfare systems in the long term, Europe needs to promote high-quality public services, make full use of its labour force potential, guarantee workers' rights, and promote collective bargaining and public and universal social security;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that job quality has to be promoted as a multidimensional concept, covering both employment relations and work itself; calls on the Commission to step up efforts to review the EU definition and common indicators of job quality, to make them more operational for the evaluation and benchmarking of Member States’ policies; stresses that high-quality employment presupposes permanent work, with decent wages and adequate social protection;

2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 (on the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (on the right to housing) and 16 (on the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) thereof,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,~~ 116 million people in the European Union (almost a quarter of its population) are at risk of poverty and 42 million (i.e. 8%) live ‘in conditions of severe material deprivation and can not afford a number of necessities considered essential in order to live a decent life in Europe’1; whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures; whereas the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU in the context of the ‘Euro Plus Pact’ and the ‘governance package’ will worsen the situation for these groups and will put at risk of unemployment, economic insecurity or poverty millions of people who were still managing to live on, and meet their basic needs from, their wages or retirement pension, __________________ 1 The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (COM(2010)758 final).

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are violations of human dignity and fundamental human rights, and the central objective of income support schemes must be to lift people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas in 2008 almost a quarter of the population of the EU-27 – 116 million people – were affected by at least one of the three forms of social exclusion recognised by Eurostat (i.e. they lived in economic poverty, conditions of severe material deprivation or a jobless household),

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas, according to a study published by Eurostat in 2008, poverty affects some 17% of the population of the 27 EU Member States, i.e. 81 million people, children and elderly people being the groups most at risk of poverty; whereas the same study also confirmed that the fact of having a job significantly reduces the risk of poverty in the EU,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. mindful of the gravity of the economic and social crisis and its impact in terms of growing poverty and exclusion and rising unemployment, with one-third of the jobless being affected by long-term unemployment, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable countries,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas more and more young people – already among the most vulnerable sections of the population, most at risk of poverty and social exclusion – are also affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the risk of poverty directly affects rural communities and especially small farms and young farmers threatened by the effects of the economic crisis and excessive fluctuations in commodity prices,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy aims to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million, on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households); whereas, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, this aim may be an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but it reflects the abandonment from the outset of millions of people in Europe, with the associated risk of generating threshold effects and excluding the most vulnerable people from the scope of policies geared to measurable results; whereas if the most intractable situations are not addressed from the outset, the policies implemented will have no impact on them,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy aims to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million, on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households); whereas this reduction target is an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, it leaves out of count a section of the population at risk of poverty, abandoning in particular the victims of extreme poverty, with the potential consequence of driving the most vulnerable or disadvantaged into poverty or extreme poverty and making it all the more difficult for them eventually to get out of that situation,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, given the austerity measures that the Member States are in the process of adopting, which are a step backwards in terms of employment and social protection, there is no hope of achieving the Europe 2020 strategy aim of reducing by 20 million the number of people at risk of poverty on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households),

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas certain Member States are under pressure from the Council and Commission and from international bodies such as the IMF to undertake the short-term reduction of their budget deficits, which have been worsened by the crisis, and to make cuts in spending, including social expenditure, thus undermining the welfare state and exacerbating poverty,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas social inequality is increasing in certain Member States, the result above all of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, social insecurity, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc.,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Frédéric DAERDEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness~~, because poverty levels in the EU Member States have been high for very many years, the impact of poverty on the economies, accounts and public budgets of the Member States and the EU is steadily increasing,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Mara BIZZOTTO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Rovana PLUMB, Ádám KÓSA, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Ccalls on the Commission to ~~involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty~~boost the involvement in the development of a European strategy at all levels of governance (European, national, regional and local) of organised civil society and of all stakeholders, such as NGOs, social economy organisations, service providers, experts in social innovation and the social partners, as well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions and which have acquired experience and knowledge, particularly through the development of national platforms against poverty and social exclusion in each Member State; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between local, regional and national authorities and European Institutions, particularly the European Parliament; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs; calls for discussions with people living in poverty and social exclusion to be institutionalised, and to be extended at national level, and for their participation and contribution to be made a formal and central part of the annual convention on poverty and social exclusion, and calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Commission’s new strategy for implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights aims, in particular, to improve the most disadvantaged people’s access to fundamental rights; whereas the Charter must be respected in its entirety and whereas severe poverty represents a violation of human rights and a serious erosion of human dignity and encourages stigmatisation and injustice; whereas the key objective of income support schemes is to bring people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for poverty awareness seminars to be organised in the European institutions and Member State governments by organisations which have specific experience of combating poverty and for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Robert ROCHEFORT, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Karima DELLI, Isabelle DURANT, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Frédéric DAERDEN, Philippe BOULLAND, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Rovana PLUMB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~regular, critical monitoring of~~the establishment of a regular, critical evaluation mechanism, involving the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, based on precise indicators at national and European level, by which the multiple dimensions of poverty can be evaluated and the Member States’ progress, by gender and age, towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and towards breaking this target down into sub-targets, can be measured, in view of the fact that the lack of a precise definition of poverty leaves too much leeway for the Member States, t~~o break this target down into sub-targets;~~ hus risking aberrant interpretations; calls on the Commission to improve national and European indicators relating to the comparability of national statistics on the poverty of vulnerable people and to promote, with Eurostat, the production of more precise statistics within a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and on this basis to conduct an annual evaluation of the situations of poverty in the EU, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach; calls on the Commission to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Isabelle DURANT, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Considérant C

C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy a~~ims to~~dopts, as one of its five major objectives, a soft target, i.e. one without sanctions, aiming at reduceing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million, on the basis of three indicators agreed by Member States (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the severe material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households), and whereas this aim may be an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, it reflects the abandonment from the outset of millions of people in Europe, with the associated risk of generating threshold effects and excluding the most vulnerable people from the scope of policies geared to measurable results; whereas if the most intractable situations are not addressed from the outset, the policies implemented will have no impact on them; whereas the European Platform against poverty constitutes one of the seven flagship initiatives of the EU 2020 strategy,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Alejandro CERCAS, Pervenche BERÈS, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls ~~for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in~~ on the Commission to fully take account of the correct horizontal social clause as specified in Article 9 TFEU, under which the EU is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for the social impact assessments of European policies to go into greater depthe, even~~t that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause~~ where those policies are not initiated by the Commission but by the European Council, as in the case of the Euro Plus pact; considers that such an in- depth analysis of the application of this clause will make it possible to avoid a levelling-down of social standards in Europe and to promote the development of a common social basis in Europe; calls for this social impact assessment to be made with the associations active in combating poverty and to take account of the situation of the poorest people in Europe as a reference; considers that these assessments should involve the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Commission’s departments responsible for social affairs under the responsibility of a director- general reporting to the General Secretariat of the European Commission;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness~~, because poverty levels in the EU Member States have been high for very many years, the impact of poverty on the economy is steadily increasing; whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, factors which in themselves create poverty and unemployment, particularly long- term unemployment, which affects one- third of the jobless, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable countries; whereas the preservation of social rights in the European Union is fundamental in any attempt to address poverty,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Roger HELMER, Frédéric DAERDEN, Andrea COZZOLINO, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify more precisely the budget lines relevant to the Platform and the level of appropriations allocated to them, particularly as regards the ESF and its contribution to this flagship initiative through the funding of political priorities such as preventing school drop-out and addressing poverty among children, women, older people and migrant workers; calls on the Commission to set out its proposals on combating poverty and social exclusion in the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework in order to ensure adequate funding of the initiatives launched to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Commission to identify the financial support needed for agreed thematic priorities and to urge Member States to support financially the participation of civil society at national level in National Reform Programmes, the Flagship Platform and National Strategies for social protection and social inclusion; recommends pressing ahead with, and providing increased budgetary funding for, the European programmes which can help combat the various aspects of social exclusion, poverty and social and economic inequality, including health inequality (the research Framework Programme, the Progress programme, etc.);

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sylvana RAPTI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~employment~~growth and employment, even in a decent job, alone isare not sufficient to lift people out of poverty~~, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years,~~ and whereas the segmentation of the labour market has increased, working and living conditions have very much worsened, particularly during the financial crisis, and work has become much less secure – a trend which must be combated; whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies; whereas the number of the working poor has grown considerably in recent years, with 8% of the working population suffering in-work poverty and where 22% of those at risk of poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone, __________________ 1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC Assessment of the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marc TARABELLA, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the open method of social coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common development, implementation and evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion and protection, on the basis of commonly defined objectives, via national platforms against poverty, by exchanges of good practice on policies regarding effective access to fundamental rights and implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter (not yet ratified by all Member States), in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; stresses that, in this context, the work of the Council’s Social Protection Committee should continue to be taken into account; calls for the Platform to promote and follow up the participation of local authorities, social economy enterprises and other local stakeholders in drawing up and implementing national strategic reports;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission ~~to specify th~~, in consultation with the European Central Bank, to propose common principles ~~used~~ to define the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ ~~accessible to all;~~ required to enable everyone to live in dignity, and points out that these immediate needs are inseparable from respect for human dignity and effective access to all fundamental rights – whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural – without exception; calls for the target of price stability to be clarified so as to allow specific national situations to be taken into account that do not necessarily have a significant impact on the euro- system indicators;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Elizabeth LYNNE, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a compelling, helpful and necessary indicator~~, but where~~ of relative poverty, but should be complemented by other indicators such as the concept and calculation of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ ~~is just as much~~at national level (which does not constitute a direct response to the specific situation of people suffering from poverty) and those agreed at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in June 2010 (at-risk-of poverty, material deprivation and jobless households) as a matter of public policy needs,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Isabelle DURANT, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to the whole range of fundamental rights and the other rights enshrined in the international agreements to which the Member States are signatories, and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded people can freely express themselves, and bearing in mind that securing the right to housing is a necessary prerequisite for the full exercise of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Believes that particular attention and additional measures are needed for the homeless [...] social exclusion; calls upon the European Commission to develop urgently an EU strategy on homelessness along the lines of the 2010 Joint Report of the Commission and the Council on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, the final recommendations of the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness (2010) and the European Parliament resolution on EU Homelessness Strategy; calls on the European Commission to develop a detailed roadmap [...] Note: A citation referring to the resolution will be added by oral amendment.

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Mara BIZZOTTO, Jean LAMBERT, Karima DELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20% reaching a critical level in all Member States, which puts young people at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age; whereas this alarming situation calls for urgent political, economic and social responses and will, in combination with demographic changes, aggravate skills shortages; having regard to the vital role that vocational training can play in helping young people and low skilled workers to join the labour market; whereas, however, getting a job does not always mean escaping poverty, and whereas young people are especially susceptible to falling into the category of working poor,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas employment alone is not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas migrants a~~re being hit hard by the economic crisis,~~ nd ethnic minorities, including undocumented migrants, are especially vulnerable workers being hit hard by the economic crisis and consequently by increased poverty and social exclusion because of the precarious, temporary or atypical work they are likely to be doing thanks to their place of origin or lack of qualification; whereas migrant workers should enjoy the same working and pay conditions and the same right to training and social protection as nationals of the countries in which they are working,

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Roger HELMER, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Gabriele ZIMMER, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Mara BIZZOTTO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marc TARABELLA, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Sylvana RAPTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Acknowledges the need to assess ~~the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective~~, where possible, the effectiveness, impact, coordination and value for money of EU funds, especially of the European Social Fund (ESF) in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, reducing the economic discrepancies, prosperity imbalances and differences in living standard levels across EU Member States and regions, and therefore promoting economic and social cohesion; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with integrated active inclusion approaches, such as projects designed to strengthen intergenerational solidarity at regional and local level or which specifically contribute to realising gender equality and the active inclusion of vulnerable groups; stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence; stresses the importance of supporting the combat of poverty and social exclusion, and access to quality employment and non discrimination, ensuring adequate income and promoting access to quality services;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Ádám KÓSA, Elizabeth LYNNE, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Sylvie GOULARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination;~~ Urges the Member States to agree and adopt as soon as possible the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426); calls on the Commission to continue to support the overcoming of technical difficulties within the Council in order to ensure a swift agreement is reached, and to close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects, with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination; Note: A citation referring to the Kosa report will be added by oral amendment.

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Frédéric DAERDEN, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Commission’s desire ~~to clarify the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises so that there are no obstacles hindering their contribution to poverty reduction;~~ , through various initiatives, to take more account of the role of social economy actors – as defined in Parliament’s resolution of 19 February 2009 on the social economy – in particular by clarifying the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises (for mutual societies, foundations and cooperatives) so that there are no obstacles hindering their making a full contribution, with legal certainty, to reducing poverty and social exclusion by proposing innovative and sustainable responses to citizens’ needs, while stressing that the social economy is not limited to this scope of activities; is concerned, however, about the lack of reference to the Statute for a European association, given that the not-for-profit sector is a major actor in the fight against poverty; stresses, however, that the measures currently proposed to promote the social economy, in particular associations and mutual societies, do not adequately reflect its potential contribution to the policy to combat poverty and social exclusion, the economy and the European social model and, more generally, do not match its role in responding to the consequences of the economic and social crisis; stresses, in particular, its demands and expectations in relation to the recognition of SSGI, as reaffirmed in the resolution of the European Parliament on the future of social services of general interest adopted on 5 June 2011 (A7-0239/2011); notes the proposals for a revision of the Community provisions on public procurement procedures and state aid, and recalls its demand for them to be adapted to the specific nature of the tasks of SSGIs and to the way in which they are organised; supports the creation of decent jobs and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance via specialised training and placement agencies and social economy enterprises in view of their expertise in helping disadvantaged persons enter employment; reiterates its call for a framework directive on the quality and accessibility of social services of general interest, in particular in the areas of health, education, public transport, energy, water and communication; Note: A citation referring to the De Rossa report will be added by oral amendment, and amendment 312 will be voted on outside the compromise.

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Roger HELMER, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Frédéric DAERDEN, Isabelle DURANT, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Ádám KÓSA, Kinga GÖNCZ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Advocates~~Recommends the Member States to adopt a proactive decent housing policy in order to ensure universal access to ~~decent, affordable housing~~quality housing at affordable prices or on preferential terms of purchase, and to prevent the loss thereof, with guaranteed access to services essential to health and safety, the lack of such housing being a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency in order to combat energy poverty; calls for more attention to be paid to housing for migrants, who are often exploited and forced to live in sub- standard housing; recalls Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon on social housing and calls for the provisions contained therein to be respected, in particular on the Member States’ freedom to organise social housing, including the question of financing; encourages the Member States to implement special housing programmes and opportunities for homeless people, in view of guaranteeing the most basic standards of living for the most vulnerable in society;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Csaba SÓGOR, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Vincenzo IOVINE, Marian HARKIN, Kinga GÖNCZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for Roma people, and the organisations that represent and work with them, to be actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of the national Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, so as to contribute to achieving the EU poverty target; calls on the European Union and the Member States to establish the European strategy to promote Roma inclusion as soon as possible, and calls on the Member States to propose, by the end of this year, measures to promote the inclusion of Roma in accordance with the European framework for coordinating national Roma inclusion strategies presented by the Commission in April 2011; stresses that, as with the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the inclusion and integration of the Roma will require greater effort to achieve, by 2020, their full inclusion and an end to the numerous forms of discrimination to which they are subject; 16a. calls for other marginalised communities such as immigrants to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusion;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Frédéric DAERDEN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kinga GÖNCZ, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Thomas MANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for the fight against child poverty to focus on prevention through the provision of equal access to high-quality early childhood ~~services~~education and care services, in order to prevent children from starting school life with multiple disadvantages, and to other provisions for children (activity centres during the school period and holidays, etc., extracurricular, cultural, sports activities, etc.), ensuring that the network of such services and centres covers all areas adequately; calls for financial support for proven services and the systematic integration of family-support policies in all relevant areas of activity, combining a universal approach with targeted measures for the most vulnerable families, in particular the families of handicapped children, single-parent families and large families; calls for the relationship between parents and children to be given particular attention in programmes to combat poverty and social exclusion in order to prevent children being placed in care as a consequence of severe poverty;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Roger HELMER, Elizabeth LYNNE, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Licia RONZULLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Franz OBERMAYR, Gabriele ZIMMER, Karima DELLI, Jean LAMBERT, Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Sylvana RAPTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Wishes the Commission to ~~initiate a framework directive on minimum income~~launch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a helpful and necessary indicator, but whereas the concept of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as much a matter of public policy needs and does not constitute a direct response to the specific situation of people suffering from poverty,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the poverty threshold of 60% of median national income is a compelling, helpful and necessary indicator, but whereas the concept of a ‘basket of basic goods and services’ is just as much a matter of public policy needs,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Karima DELLI, Isabelle DURANT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Mara BIZZOTTO, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Robert ROCHEFORT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sylvana RAPTI, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Jan KOZŁOWSKI, Sylvie GOULARD, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,~~ 116 million people in the European Union are at risk of poverty and 42 million (i.e. 8%) live ‘in conditions of severe material deprivation and can not afford a number of necessities considered essential in order to live a decent life in Europe’1; whereas poverty is the unacceptable reflection of an uneven distribution of wealth, income and resources in a prosperous European economy; whereas the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and disabled people, have been those most severely affected by the financial, economic and social crisis and the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU in the context of the ‘Euro Plus Pact’ and the ‘governance package’, which could worsen the situation for these groups and put at risk of unemployment, economic insecurity or poverty millions of people who were still managing to live on, and meet their basic needs from, their wages or retirement pension, notably as a result of cuts in public service and social assistance budgets; whereas applying tougher conditions and penalties in social activation policies in response to the crisis aggravates the difficulties faced by the most vulnerable people at a time when few decent jobs are on offer; whereas the gap between rich and poor is getting ever wider as the crisis continues; __________________ 1 European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (COM(2010)758 final).

2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas unemployment among young people, which is already higher than for other age groups, has exploded in the EU since the crisis and now runs at over 20%, which puts them at risk of falling into poverty from a very early age,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas migrants are being hit hard by the economic crisis because of the precarious, temporary or atypical work they are likely to be doing thanks to their place of origin or lack of qualification,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

Na. whereas migrant workers should enjoy the same working and pay conditions and the same right to training and social protection as nationals of the countries in which they are working,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas most of the Member States now have large numbers of homeless people, owing to diverse factors, and this calls for specific measures for those people's social integration,

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to involve the European Parliament and civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level, a~~nd to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty~~s well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations which deal with them and in which they participate;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on poverty; calls on it also to involve people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring of the Member States’ progress towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and for the Member States to break this target down into sub-targets, in collaboration with the associations involved in the fight against poverty; calls for a set of indicators to be chosen by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold, and also calls on the European Union to devise a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion to be published each year, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring of the Member States’ progress towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and for the Member States to break this target down into sub-targets; calls for a set of indicators to be chosen by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold, and also calls on the European Union to devise a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion to be published each year, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls, in the light of the current crisis situation, for a detailed and up-to-date study to be conducted urgently into the numbers of people living in poverty and people at risk of poverty in the coming months;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission to draw up and present an annual report to the European Parliament on the Member States’ progress in reducing poverty and social exclusion;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in the event that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for this assessment of the social impact of European policies to be carried out, in association with Article 9 TFEU, with the persons concerned, taking the poorest amongst them as a reference, and with the associations involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and calls for the fight against poverty and for access to basic rights to be coordinated by a secretariat reporting directly to the President of the Commission, in coordination with DG Employment and the Commission’s social policy committees and the associations referred to;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in the event that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for this assessment of the social impact of European policies to be carried out with the persons concerned, taking the poorest amongst them as a reference, and for the fight against poverty and for access to basic rights to be coordinated by a secretariat reporting directly to the President of the Commission;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify the budget lines relevant to the Platform and the level of appropriations allocated to them; calls on the Commission to set out its proposals on combating poverty and social exclusion in the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the open method of coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common and regular evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion and through exchanges of good practice on policies for effective access to fundamental rights, and for it to enable the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; calls on those Member States which have not yet done so to ratify the revised European Social Charger, including via the open method of coordination;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the open method of coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion; and through exchanges of good practice on policies for effective access to fundamental rights, and for it to enable the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; calls for the open method of coordination to encourage the Member States to ratify the revised European Social Charter;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to specify the common principles used to define the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ accessible to all; stresses that this ‘basket’ represents only an immediate and specific response to the problem of poverty, and points out that these immediate needs are inseparable from respect for human dignity and effective access to all fundamental rights – whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural – without exception;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to specify the common principles used to define the ‘basket of basic goods and services’ accessible to all, and points out that these immediate needs are inseparable from respect for human dignity and effective access to all fundamental rights – whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural –without exception;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Insists on the need to revise the austerity policies being imposed in some Member States to fight the crisis, and stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, mobility, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence or increasing the debt still further;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to all the fundamental rights and the other rights enshrined in the international agreements to which the Member States are signatories, and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded can freely express themselves;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Insists on the need for specific additional provisions for less-favoured groups (those with disabilities or chronic illnesses, single-parent families and families with large numbers of children) who incur additional costs, in particular related to personal assistance, use of specific facilities, medical care and social support;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Recalls that the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men, given the shortcomings of the welfare systems and continuing discrimination, especially on the labour market, necessitating a whole range of specific policies which should be both gender-oriented and attentive to circumstances;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that poverty affecting people in employment implies inequitable working conditions and calls for efforts to change this state of affairs, through pay levels in general and minimum wage levels in particular, whether regulated by legislation or by collective bargaining, so that they can ensure a decent standard of living;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Believes that priority should be given to fighting social inequality, especially in the context of economic inequality in terms of income and wealth distribution, labour market inequalities, and unequal access to the social functions of the state such as welfare, health, education, the legal system, etc.;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to act quickly to take the measures necessary to maintain the food aid programme for disadvantaged people which was called into question by the European Court of Justice judgment of 13 April 2011; deeply deplores this situation, coming as it does at a time of serious economic and social crisis, which the austerity measures currently being taken by the European Union under the 'Euro Pact' and the 'governance package’ will exacerbate;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Acknowledges the need to assess the ~~impact of EU funds~~coordination of EU funds and their impact in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with active inclusion;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to submit national reform programmes consistent with the aim of the Platform, and calls on the Commission to refrain from restricting the Member States’ capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance, bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires ~~smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as indicated in the Europe 2020 str~~us to step up our efforts and mobilise all parties and all our resources to significantly reduce poverty and extreme poverty in the medium term and to greatly reduce or eradicate poverty by 2020 at the lategyst;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls for all NGOs and small associations to be given support in their struggle for fundamental rights in order to strengthen the necessary human investment, allow people living in poverty to participate and to better inform them about access to rights and justice;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls onfor the Co~~mmission to initiate a~~uncil to adopt as soon as possible the new horizontal anti- discrimination directive initiated by the Commission with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination; , including social discrimination;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’s desire, t~~o clarify the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises so that there are no obstacles hindering their contribution to~~hrough various initiatives, to take more account of the role of social economy enterprises so that they can make a full contribution to reducing poverty and social exclusion, while stressing that the social economy is not limited to this scope of activities; stresses, however, that the measures currently proposed to promote the social economy, in particular associations and mutual societies, do not adequately reflect its potential contribution to the policy to combat poverty and social exclusion, the economy and the European social model and, more generally, do not match its role in responding to the consequences of the economic and social crisis; stresses, in particular, its demands and expectations in relation to the recognition of SSGI, as reaffirmed in the report by Mr de Rossa; notes the proposals for a revision of the Community prov~~erty reduction~~isions on public procurement procedures and state aid, and recalls its demand for them to be adapted to the specific nature of the tasks of SSGIs and to the way in which they are organised;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Advocates a proactive housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housing, the lack of which is a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Advocates a proactive housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housing, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency; stresses that the lack thereof, or the great difficulty in accessing them, represents a serious affront to human dignity; calls for more attention to be paid to housing for migrants, who are often exploited and forced to live in sub- standard housing; recalls Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon on social housing and calls for the provisions contained therein to be respected, in particular on the Member States’ freedom to organise social housing, including the question of financing;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for Roma and their associations to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusion; calls on the European Union and the Member States to establish the European strategy to promote Roma inclusion as soon as possible, and calls on the Member States to propose, by the end of this year, measures to promote the inclusion of Roma in accordance with the European framework for coordinating national Roma inclusion strategies presented by the Commission in April 2011; stresses that, as with the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the inclusion and integration of the Roma will require greater effort to achieve, by 2020, their full inclusion and an end to the numerous forms of discrimination to which they are subject;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for the fight against child poverty to focus on prevention through the provision of access to early childhood services and other provisions for children (activity centres during the school period and holidays, etc., extracurricular, cultural, sports activities, etc.), ensuring that the network of such services and centres covers all areas adequately; calls for the relationship between parents and children to be given particular attention in programmes to combat poverty and social exclusion in order to prevent children being placed in care as a consequence of severe poverty;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for special attention to be given to the future of young people and for a clear strategy to help young people find a decent first job commensurate with their level of training;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Believes that the Commission should take account of Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises 'the fundamental right of the individual to sufficient resources in respect of human dignity', while insisting that the central objective of income support schemes should be that of taking people out of poverty and allowing them to live a decent life, decent invalidity and retirement pensions being included; with this in view, recommends that the Commission consider establishing a common method for calculating a minimum survival income and a cost-of-living minimum (a 'shopping-basket' of goods and services), with a view to ensuring the availability of comparative measurements of poverty levels and establishing means of social intervention, including the minimum income system;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on a minimum income based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2052(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that particular attention and additional measures are needed for the homeless on the part of both the Member States and the Commission, with a view to their full integration into society by 2015, which will require collecting comparable data and reliable statistics at Community level, as well as their annual publication, together with an account of the progress achieved and the objectives defined in the respective national and Community strategies for fighting poverty and social exclusion;

2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas EU cohesion policy has contributed ~~greatly to the increased productivity achieved by all regions of the Union during the previous and current funding periods; whereas it is striking~~to the narrowing of the economic, social and regional divide, as shown by thate ex-post evaluation ~~has also shown a significant narrowing of the economic, social and regional divide~~; whereas these developments have equally positive effects on social security and on investment in the protection of the environment,

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas gearing the Structural Funds to the Lisbon Strategy objectives has proved effective, as is evident from the impressive commitment rates for the Convergence and the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objectives, although it is regrettable that only 20% of projects under the heading of Territorial Cooperation accord with the Lisbon aims,deleted

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the ~~partial~~ failure of the Lisbon Strategy is due not to the inadequate implementation of cohesion policy but rather to the effects of the financial crisis, i~~mperfect implementation of the single market, slack budgetary discipline and inadequate macroeconomic frame~~ts focus on "competitiveness", cost- cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets, liberalisation of markets in general and its fuelling of a "beggar thy neighbour" policy of Members States; whereas the failure of the Lisbon Strategy is also due to working methods that allow ineffective implementation of this strategy by the Member States, and to weaknesses in the internal market, the lack of fiscal harmonisation, high inflation which continues to depress household budgets when salaries are not in step, and the lack of political will by the Member States and the Commission to pursue the goal of better labour rights and working conditions ~~in individual Member St~~outside Europe and to strive for higher employment rates,

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a comprehensive European cohesion policy in all regions continues to be essential, given the significant imbalances between regional economies and in social terms, as well as specific structural problems and geographical disadvantages, and it is also a requirement under the Lisbon Treaty; stresses in this respect that the contribution of cohesion policy to implementing the Europe 2020 strategy must reflect the objectives set out in Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the cross-cutting objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union by the Treaty of Lisbon,

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas supporting and developing the convergence regions in the long term has a positive impact on the ~~demand for goods and services on their markets~~European economy as a whole and thus has demonstrably beneficial effects on the wealthier EU Member States as well,

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy programmes to place more emphasis on European added value; deems such added value to be achieved where EU projects bring about a lasustain~~g and measur~~able improvement in the economic, infrastructural, social and/or environmental status of a disadvantaged region and such improvement would not have been achievable without the European stimulus,;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. 1. a) (new) Stresses that the European added value of cohesion policy is uncontested, as this policy sustainable growth as well as demonstrating European solidarity, aiming at reducing disparities between the levels of development of European regions, it constitutes a well-established mechanism of delivering growth and jobs and has been one of the Union’s most significant, visible, and successful policies for decades; points out, however, that a modern cohesion policy must undertake a number of reforms, in particular the simplification of policy implementation, and promote synergies with other policies and instruments on the ground;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises, too, that European funding adds value where projects supported at regional level contribute to the achievement of pan-European objectives in the fields of ~~economic growth, research, environmental protection, resource management, demographic ch~~social cohesion, poverty and unemployment reduction, the maintenance of quality public services, environmental protection, research, economic growth, resource management, energy supply sustainability~~, social cohesion~~ or cross- border development ~~and this would not have been realised without~~, which must be ambitiously pursued by the European ~~stimulus~~Union;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance and shared management as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; ~~calls for this~~affirms that the partnership principle ~~to be further stre~~and, hence, the involvement of the economic and social partners and other regional and local stakeholders in all phases of Structural Fund support have proved successful in boosting acceptance of the measures and ensuring the~~ned;~~ y are properly targeted; calls for this partnership principle to be mandatory;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its own in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view that cohesion policy is not subordinated to the EU 2020 Strategy, whereas it contributes to a great extent to the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy objectives. Believes that a sound autonomous cohesion policy is the prerequisite for successful joint action by the EU as it contributes to reducing disparities at regional and local level and allows for a consolidation of strategic goals and local needs with potential on the ground; stresses that the cohesion policy with its horizontal character is contributing to all EU 2020 objectives;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities in ~~achieving~~ the economic~~, environmental and social EU 2020 objective~~ dynamism of the regions; calls for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated development plans, ~~and for the upgrading of urban-~~particularly those making it possible to upgrade and increase synergies and links between cities, their environs and rural ~~link~~areas;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Rejects the use of quotas in particular for national allocations under ESF/ERDF programmes, for urban development, for the countryside or otherwise according to categorisation on the basis of population density or territorial function; also regards as questionable the requirement to specify already at operational programme level which urban and other areas are to be eligible for support, and calls ~~for the Member States and regions to be allowed to organise competitive selection procedures in this respect as well~~in this respect for competitive selection procedures to be managed in as close cooperation as possible with the regions;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that s~~upport from the Cohesion Fund and the S~~tructural Ffundsing must be more strongly oriented towards the educational and socio-political challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view, however, that across-the-board ‘Europeanisation’ of the relevant policy areas would be a doomed endeavour purely on financial grounds; calls, therefore, for the further development of approachal policies; emphasises that the role of the ESF in improving workers’ education, ensuring workers' lifelong training and skill enhancement must be strengthened; calls on the Commission to consider all possible policy options for boosting the contribution of the ESF in the context of the future architecture of the structural funds, in order to enhance the social model of the European Union; believes that ~~could s~~therve a~~s models, while retaining existing national and regional competenc~~re considerable advantages in maintaining the ESF under the basic regulation on general provisions on the funds, but with its own rules;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Sees scope under the structural funds for specifically supporting investment in energy infrastructure, although such support must ~~be available onl~~focus as a priority ion regions where political or geographical constraints significantly hamper the ability ~~of the market~~ to meet energy-supply needs; ~~calls, too, for support from the structural funds to be made contingent in all cases on the adoption of a commercial approach and of compliance with the principle of multi- level governance;~~

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls, in the light of increasing tasks in the field of social inclusion, i.e. the Four Employment Guidelines, the support of the Decent and Good Work principles (as projected by the ILO), the fight against precarious and undeclared work, combating poverty, achieving gender equality and appropriate conditions for the reconciliation of work and private life, for cohesion policy to make a greater contribution to these challenges;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrice TIROLIEN, Luís Paulo ALVES, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesion and that development of TEN infrastructure and designated E-roads must therefore be stepped up and access to them improved, especially in border regions; ~~suggests that ‘infrastructure’ be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support in connection with the third objective of European Territorial Cooperation~~calls with insistence for the full integration and participation of the Outermost Regions in the Trans-European Transport Network, as well as for priority programs;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises that the core components of the EU 2020 strategy (innovation, education and training, energy, environment, employment, competitiveness, skills and combating poverty) ~~are already integral to~~can also be objectives pursued in a different way by the cohesion and structural policies; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges ~~can be integrated very easily into the system of three objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), which has proved its effectiveness~~are macro-economic objectives which must be implemented by the Member States and that the cohesion policy must pursue its own strategy given that it is an essential policy complementary to EU 2020;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Takes the view that the development of basic infrastructure and support for conventional forms of energy should also be regarded as compatible with EU 2020, because only when they have competitive transport, energy and communications networks and waste-disposal infrastructure will the convergence regions be in a position to contribute to achieving the EU 2020 objectives – and that is precisely why the weaker and neediest regions must be given some leeway to interpret those objectives;deleted

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the EU average); points out that supplementary indicators relevant for measuring social cohesion ( like unemployment rates, poverty, etc.) and territorial cohesion and continuity, as well as environmental indicators should applied; points out that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a dependable ~~and~~, appropriate, consolidated, reformed and while needed longer phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the Convergence objective (convergence regions) which ensures that former convergence regions do not face a drastic reduction structural funds' payments that could prejudice their previous efforts for development; thus calls on the Commission to propose a new phasing out arrangement framed with a strategy that would aim in helping former convergence regions to genuinely and successfully mainstream their changeover from "objective 1" to "objective 2", and so to pursue fruitfully their efforts for development;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for maintaining of Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment)~~, whic~~ through its ~~based on a cross-cutting approach, to be upgraded~~horizontal nature; stresses that the proven system of innovation clusters ~~and competition for funding~~ needs to be developed further;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Takes the view that a general new funding category based on GDP/PE between the 75% and 90% rates would be at odds with the tried and tested principles of EU cohesion policy (to support the weakest and pool the inherent potential of the wealthier regions, taking a cross- cutting approach), and therefore rejects this intermediate category; nevertheless recalls the necessity to establish a dependable, appropriate, consolidated, reformed, and while needed longer phasing-out arrangement framed with a strategy for areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the convergence objective;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Takes the unequivocal view that efforts under Objective 3 (European Territorial Cooperation) need to be stepped up at all EU internal borders and at all three levels of such cooperation (cross-border, inter- regional and trans-national) and calls for the relevant share of the Structural Funds to be increased to 7%; calls on the commission to reserve a part of this increase for projects designed for enhanced synergies of cooperation between regions corresponding to different objectives (between objective 3 and 2 regions, objective 3 and 1 regions, objective 2 and 1 regions) as well as for projects exclusively designed to enhanced cooperation between objectives 1 regions; stresses the importance of the border regions in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers there is a need for closer linkage with the TEN networks – in line with European priorities – and with cross-border infrastructure, and calls for a corresponding increase in funding for all border regions;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Gabriele ZIMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented funds (for climate, energy and transport) would undermine the tried and tested principle of multi-level governance and jeopardise the ~~regions'~~ contribution to ~~the achievement of the EU 2020~~cohesion's policy objectives;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. CNotes that the ESF plays a key role in social inclusion, labour-market and employment policy; calls for the ESF, as a component of cohesion policy, to continue to ~~foster~~reinforce social in~~tegration, economic growth and employment; regards the ESF as the Union's most important labour-ma~~clusion, to improve employment and job opportunities, to promote the formation of worketrs and ~~employment-policy tool; attaches particular importance to developing skill~~the adaptation of workers' skill to the demand of the labour market in a way workers can~~d mobility, enhancing equality of opportunity between the sexes,~~ be better integrated in the labour market, to promote gender equality, to integrat~~ing~~e people who are disadvantaged and to support~~ing~~ the development of the social economy as well as of SMEs;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls, in the interests of efficiency, for the elimination or merger of funds relevant to both regional development and cohesion; recommends that the Globalisation Fund be abandoned as a stand-alone instrument and that appropriate provision for its functions be included in the Social Fund; calls for consideration of whether a merger of the Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund would be compatible with the European Treaties; points out that, as a rule, monies from the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are spent on the same types of project;deleted

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Welcomes the objectives of the development and investment partnership contracts between the EU and the Member States, which the Commission is proposing in place of the strategic framework plans previously prepared for individual Member States; calls for investment priorities geared to the implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the achievementStresses that it is important to involve regional and local authorities, social partners and NGOs to the greatest extent when determining priorities for cohesion policy; stresses the fact that multi-level governance is one of the key principles of Cohesion Policy and is fundamental to ensuring the quality of othe~~r cohesion policy and structural policy objectives to be set at this stage~~ decision making process, strategic planning and implementing the objectives; considers that the allocation of responsibilities between the various levels involved needs to be clarified, and calls for ~~national and/or~~ regional competences to be ~~retai~~strengthened in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Supports retention of the operational programmes as the most important tool for implementation of ~~the strategy papers in terms of concrete investment priorities; calls for clear and measurable objectives to be set in this respect~~cohesion policy;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Supports the system of thematic priorities that the Commission is proposing; points out that the lower the level of development in a Member State or region, the more wide-ranging the list of priorities there needs to be, taking into account specificgeneral principle of a Community "menu" of broad thematic priorities to replace the current system whereby the Structural Funds are channelled towards restrictive expenditure categories; opposes, however, any excessive restriction of the number of priorities to be chosen in the context of the new national Development and Investment Partnership Contracts and operational programmes, so that local and regional authorities have sufficient leeway to implement the Europe 2020 objectives at regional dlevel~~opment needs~~;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls~~, in~~ for the ~~event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover~~list of priorities in the fields of innovation, infrastructure and resource management ~~and~~ to be tailored in each case to regions’ specific needs; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities, such as energy, education and training and combating poverty, on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; ~~calls for suggested priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty;~~

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships to be made conditional on the implementation of reforms by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areas directly related to cohesion policy; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering procedures, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reformStrongly encourages regional and local authorities to ensure the highest performance of their administrative and institutional capacity as well as to develop appropriate financial and human resources to cope with the complexity of EU funded projects, mainly in terms of administrative burden; stresses the need for appropriate levels of financing to be ensured in order to properly enable regional and local authorities to take part in major projects financed through Structural Funds;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Welcome~~Supports the Commission's proposal for a stronger focus on results, to be achieved through the ex-ante establishment of appropriate objectives and indicators; stresses that such indicators must be few in number, that they must all be clearly defined, measurable and related directly to the impact of the funding, and that they should be established by agreement with the regions/Member Stateto move towards a more results-oriented approach by using clear and measurable targets and outcome indicators agreed in advance in line with the specific objectives of each region, rejects an assessment of performance solely in terms of progress towards Europe 2020 targets; underlines that progress has been made here in the 2007-2013 programming period with the inclusion of ex-ante, ongoing and ex-post evaluations;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. ~~Calls for the indicators to concentrate~~ Endorses the use of a limited number of common indicators, linked to the economic, social and territorial cohesion tareas of impact with European added value (increases in productivity, research, transport services, regional growth and relevant environmental improvements); calls for quantitative targets to be eschewed when measuring progress in areas where responsibility rests largely with national authorities (i.e. on educational standards, poverty thresholds and integratgets, such as employment, social inclusion, reduction of richness disparities, research, innovation, SSGI quality and universality, transport services, regional growth, improvement in terms of environmental management, as well as the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, to enable the Commission to conduct a comprehensive and continuous evaluation throughout the programming period, whereas most of indicators should be established at regional level taking into account the specific nature of each region) and ~~for assessment, instead, of projects' potential as models and of~~the priorities set; the indicators must reflect how necessary any proposed approach is for the dreg~~ree of innovation they display~~ion's development;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Regards co-financing as one of the basic principles of cohesion policy; calls for ~~a review~~maintenance of the percentage ceiling for EU funding ~~– which should take more account of regional development levels, European added value and the types of measure funded and should be raised or lowered accordingly~~;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. C~~onsiders that the maximum level of supp~~alls fort must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financingaintaining the current maximum level of support;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Calls, in the case of direct subsidies to undertakings, for it to be recognised that Cohesion Policy funding, rather than influencing decisions by companies – and particularly bigger companies – to open a plant in a given location, tends to be pocketed by companies which have already taken such decisions (deadweight effect), and fosters regional development and job creation; calls, therefore, for, on the one hand, support for undertakings to focus on investment in research and development or for it to be provided, in more cases, indirectly through infrastructure financing~~; also calls for~~, given that such financing directly helps to create jobs in the undertakings to which it is provided, and, on the other hand, clear provisions to be included in the general regulation governing the Structural Funds ruling out EU support for the relocation of undertakings within the Union, and ~~for a substantial lowering of the threshold for review of relocation investments~~making funding conditional on undertakings not relocating or introducing redundancy plans and on them meeting demanding environmental standards, failing which they would be required to repay the funding received;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to more areas eligible for funding ~~(including research and infrastructure)~~; calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Takes the view that the system of seven-year programming periods has proved its worth and should be retained at least until the end of the next planning period (2020); calls, however, for swifter strategic reassessment of the basic conditions for funding so that the EU can respond even more quickly and more flexibly to exceptional events (such as ~~the~~social crises, environmental crises, economic or financial crisies, ~~the~~ energy crisies or natural disasters);

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Regards the integration of the EU 2020 objectives into the existing system of objectives and funds as ~~entirely fea~~clearly not possible; rejects any ~~division of the EU budget under the notional headings of ‘smart’, ‘inclusive’ or ‘sustainable’ growth~~attempt to subordinate cohesion policy to the EU 2020 strategy, which is a macro-economic strategy coming first and foremost under the responsibility of the Member States and the Commission and dependent on their will; considers it inappropriate to expect the regions and cohesion policy to bear the consequences of the Commission’s and the Member States’ organisational and coordinating failings as regards implementation of the EU 2020 strategy; points out that the structural and cohesion policies were introduced with a view to ensuring the harmonious development of Europe’s regions, not as policies intended to help implement the Lisbon strategy or the EU 2020 strategy;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Gabriele ZIMMER, Jürgen KLUTE, Helmut SCHOLZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and structural policy as the decisive policy ~~arena for cross-sectoral implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and therefore calls for it to be treated at least as generously in budgetary terms it has been~~for achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion; therefore calls for it to receive higher budget appropriations as in the current planning period;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls, in respect of Member States that are falling significantly short of the EU stability criteria requirements and also have a poor record on the use of monies from the Structural Funds, for a proposal for the automatic application of more stringent rules in order to monitor the use of such monies in accordance with the law and the relevant objectives; Rejects the provisions on macroeconomic conditionality i.e. withholding Structural Funds available to regions and cities for errors and shortcomings of their national governments or if their national governments do not respect the stability and growth pact; underlines that there is a danger that financial sanctions and incentives linked to the Stability and Growth Pact, aimed at ensuring compliance with macroeconomic conditions, will primarily penalise local and regional authorities that are not responsible for the failure of Member States to fulfil their obligations in this area;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Calls on the Member States/regions to designate authorities or entities that will assume exclusive responsibility for the proper administration of monies from the structural funds;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Supports the Commission’s proposal that the N+2 rule should be applied systematically except in the first year of funding ~~and that derogations from it should be abolished~~; considers this will guarantee that a balance is struck between high-quality investment and smooth and speedy programme implementation;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrice TIROLIEN, Luís Paulo ALVES, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Emphasises the importance in terms of cohesion policy of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) promoting cross-border cooperation with states outside the EU; sees infrastructure (transport and energy) links with neighbouring countries as having particularly positive effects on the European border regions; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs in relation to energy and to transport infrastructure; urges the Commission to open the European wider neighbourhood policy up to the outermost regions, as was intended prior to the policy’s introduction, so that those regions are not denied the opportunity to take advantage of the ENPI that is afforded to other European regions;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrice TIROLIEN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Stresses, too, the relevance in terms of cohesion policy of the EU enlargement process, as part of which the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) helps the candidate countries to make substantive and organisational preparation for implementing cohesion policy; considers, furthermore, that the IPA – with particular reference to the sending of Commission experts – should apply to OCTs making the transition to outermost region status;

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Elie HOARAU, Jürgen KLUTE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Helmut SCHOLZ, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60

60. Draws attention – with up-to-date figures in support of its contention – to the extremely severe financial consequences for cohesion policy of the accession of new Member States11 ; emphasises that, from a cohesion policy point of view, the Union's capacity to absorb new members would, on the basis of these figures, be severely overstretched; calls for use of the IPA to be extended to special preliminary forms of EU neighbourhood status or membership and reiterates its call for graduated cohesion policy arrangements for large candidate countries such as Turkey; __________________ 11. On the assumption that Turkey and Croatia, which are currently in accession negotiations, receive support during the 2007-2013 programming period at the same average per capita level as the new Member States (the EU 12), the total financial requirement would be EUR 132.5 billion, of which Turkey's share would be EUR 124.9 billion (94.3%) and Croatia's 7.6 billion (5.7%). If support were given at a rate equivalent to the average (2006) level of EU transfers to the new Member States as a proportion of GDP, the additional financial requirement would total EUR 109.1 billion, of which Turkey's share would be EUR 99.8 billion and Croatia's EUR 9.3 billion. (Untiedt, G. (2011) Das Volumen und die Verteilung der EU-Strukturfondsmittel für die Förderperiode von 2007 bis 2013 unter Berücksichtigung der Türkei und Kroatiens, opinion of Professor G. Untiedt, GEFRA GbR, commissioned by Dr Markus Pieper, MEP).deleted

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – footnote

On the assumption that Turkey and Croatia, which are currently in accession negotiations, receive support during the 2007-2013 programming period at the same average per capita level as the new Member States (the EU 12), the total financial requirement would be EUR 132.5 billion, of which Turkey’s share would be EUR 124.9 billion (94.3%) and Croatia’s 7.6 billion (5.7%). If support were given at a rate equivalent to the average (2006) level of EU transfers to the new Member States as a proportion of GDP, the additional financial requirement would total EUR 109.1 billion, of which Turkey’s share would be EUR 99.8 billion and Croatia’s EUR 9.3 billion. (Untiedt, G. (2011) Das Volumen und die Verteilung der EU- Strukturfondsmittel für die Förderperiode von 2007 bis 2013 unter Berücksichtigung der Türkei und Kroatiens, opinion of Professor G. Untiedt, GEFRA GbR, commissioned by Dr Markus Pieper, MEP)..deleted

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2035(INI)

Elie HOARAU, Cornelia ERNST, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council ~~and~~, the Commission and the Presidents of EU Regions and Landers.

2011/04/20
Committee: REGI

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points to the need for budget appropriations for social action to be increased across the board; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;

2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Maintains that the budget of the Progress programme needs to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within that programme;

2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;

2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points to the need to continue the studies and actions concerning the living conditions of posted workers, bearing in mind the current upward migration trend;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is also of the opinion that, unless available resources are used more innovatively and effectively, Member States’ budgetary consolidation cannot be sustainable and that sustainable consolidation will likewise be impossible to achieve without a higher Community co-financing rate – especially for projects in social sectors (ESF, Cohesion Fund, and the PROGRESS programme) – enabling Member States with financial problems to make full use of Community funding; considers that national contributions from such Member States should not exceed 10%;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Proposes that a budget line, backed by the necessary funding, be established with a view to encouraging a change from insecure jobs to work with rights, this being a key issue where workers’ rights are concerned;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for better use of PROGRESS so as to enhance how public employment services function with regard to active labour-market measures, and points out that, under the microfinancing facility agreement, the budget for PROGRESS must be topped up; considers, given the growing difficulties with which social organisations are having to contend, that their contribution to the financing of projects supported by the EU should be no higher than 10%;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Deplores the modest scale of the budget appropriations allocated to the individual parts of the PROGRESS programme; maintains that they need to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support have to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within the PROGRESS programme;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Insists on an increase ~~in European Social Fund payment appropriations~~across the board in budget appropriations for social action; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points to the need to incorporate the gender dimension in the implementing regulations of all the Community funds and draws attention to the ESF in particular, which has to attain the scale necessary to promote policies making for equality, high-quality permanent jobs, and fair redistribution of income;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/0386(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
-

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2012/02/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0385(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2012/02/23
Committee: EMPL

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) In order to ensure efficient use of Union funds and equal treatment for farmers across the Union mountain areas and areas facing natural or other specific constraints should be defined in accordance with objective criteria. In the case of areas facing natural constraints these should be bio-physical criteria underpinned by robust scientific evidence. Transitional arrangements should be adopted in order to facilitate the phasing out of payments in areas that will no longer be considered as areas facing natural constraints as a result of the application of theseor other specific constraints these should be socio-economic criteria and bio-physical criteria.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51

(51) Rural development programmes should provide for innovative actions promoting a resource-efficient, ~~productive~~agro- ecological and low-emission agricultural sector, with the support of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability, including social innovation and progress. The EIP should aim to promote a faster, equal, accessible and wider transposition of innovative solutions into practice. The EIP should create added value by enhancing the uptake, equal accessibility and effectiveness of innovation-related instruments (including agroecological and social innovation) and enhancing synergies between them. The EIP should fill gaps by better linking research and practical farming to provide for citizens' demand for safe, healthy and nutritious food, as well as broader aspects of rural development such as rural housing, infrastructure and services. Its focus should be put on agro-ecological and low- input agricultural practices, farmer led research and innovation and social innovation in rural development.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) "monitoring and evaluation system": a general approach developed by the Commission and the Member States defining a limited number of common indicators relating to the baseline situation and the financial execution, outputs, and results~~, and impacts of the~~ of the programmes; the system need not be exclusively metrics based, and such an approach can, where necessary and using appropriate methods, be replaced by a quality-based approach to programme outputs;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m

(m) ~~utilised~~ "agricultural area ~~(hereinafter “UAA”):utilised agricultural area (hereinafter “UAA”): utilised agricultural area within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009~~": the entire area of arable land, permanent grassland or permanent crops including agro-forestry crops;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

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

(ma) “arable land”: land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but laying fallow, including areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], irrespective of whether or not that land is under greenhouses or under fixed or mobile cover;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

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

(mb) “permanent crops”: non-rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries and short rotation coppice;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

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

(mc) “permanent grassland”: land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

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

(md) “grasses or other herbaceous forage”: all plants traditionally found in naturally grazed areas or normally included in mixtures of seeds for pastures or meadows in the Member State (whether or not used for grazing animals);

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

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

(me) “agro-forestry”: a system of production in which trees and cultivated or grazed plants are grown together on, or on the edge of, the same plots of land;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

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

(ua) “new farmer”: a farmer who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) the ~~competitiveness of agriculture~~economic viability of farms;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

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

(1a) maintaining and creating jobs;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

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

(1a) supporting and promoting small and medium-scale farmers and family farming to revert the economic, social and human desertification of the rural environment.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) the sustainable management of natural resources, and ~~climate action~~action helping to reduce global warming;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

The achievement of the objectives of rural development, which contribute to ~~the Europe 2020 strategy for~~ smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, shall be pursued through the following six Union priorities for rural development, which translate the relevant Thematic Objectives of the CSF:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part

(1) fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, and forestry, and ~~rural areas~~from those sectors, and rural innovators, with a focus on the following areas:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) investing in and strengthening local infrastructure in public transport, water and sanitation; accessible and quality basic services of general interest, in particular primary healthcare (including health promotion and disease prevention), education and care, housing and employment services;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part

(2) enhancing ~~competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing~~family farm viability, with a focus on the following areas:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a

(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversification;deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part

(3) promoting food chain organisation ~~and risk management in agriculture~~, with a focus on the following areas:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

~~(b) supporting farm risk management:~~deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146

(146) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799] several sectoral measures, including on milk quotas, sugar quotas and other sugar measures and the restrictions on the planting of vines, as well as certain state aids, will expire within a reasonable period following the entry in force of this Regulation. After the repeal of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799], the relevant provisions should continue to apply until the end of the schemes concerned.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146 a (new)

(146a) Milk quotas, sugar quotas and vine-planting rights constitute market regulation tools which can make it possible to attain the objectives of the CAP for a decent standard of living for the farming community.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 147

(147) In order to ensure a smooth transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799] to the provisions of this Regulation, the Commission should be empowered to adopt transitional measures.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149

(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration ~~(both before and after the abolition of milk quotas)~~ to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be ~~temporary in nature, and be subject to review~~subject to assessments with input from both sides before any final decision. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 3~~1 December~~0 June 2018 respectively,

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149

(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration ~~(both before and after the abolition of milk quotas)~~ to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively,

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 (new)

Article -1 National preference 1. Where its agri-food balance remains seriously and persistently in deficit, a Member State may adopt the principle of national preference by establishing and employing a system of mandatory marketing quotas for national production, whereby imports would serve to supplement national production. 2. The principle set out in paragraph 1 shall cease to apply after three consecutive years or six interrupted years in which there has been sustained growth in agri-food production and the deficit has correspondingly lessened.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “less developed regions” shall mean those regions defined as such in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) [COM(2011)615] laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006; (b) “extreme weather events” shall mean weather conditions comparable to natural disasters, for example strong winds, frost, hail, ice, rain, or drought, which destroy or reduce production to an extent exceeding 30% of a given farmer’s average annual production. Average annual production shall be calculated with reference to the three preceding years or to a three-year average based on the last five years, excluding the highest and the lowest figure; (c) “local products” means products produced within not more than 150 km of the place where they are consumed.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – title

Public intervention and aid for public and private storage

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) granting of aid for the storage of products by public and private operators.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~avoid any disturbance of the market~~strengthen public market regulation instruments,

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 3 – title

Aid for Ppublic and private storage

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Aid for public and/or private storage may be granted in respect of the following products subject to the conditions set out in this Section and to requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Articles 17 to 19:

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grMember States shall lay down the conditions for granting public antd private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult ~~market~~ situation or economic developments in the sector in ~~one or mor~~the Member States.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission ~~may, by means of implementing acts, decide to grant private~~shall grant aid to enable Member States to set up public storage ~~aid for~~of the products listed in Article 16, taking into account the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. T~~he Commission shall, by means of implementing acts fix~~aking into account the aid referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, Member States shall lay down the aid for public and private storage provided for in Article 16 in advance or by means of tendering procedures. ~~Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).~~

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, restrict the granting of private storage aid or fix the private storage aid per Member State or region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 e (new)

Article 17e Maximum operating margins To enable added value to be distributed fairly and properly along the food supply chain, where serious inequalities are found to exist, Member States may, with the aim of improving producer prices, adopt forms of intervention applicable to the chain, for instance by laying down maximum operating margins for each intermediate link of the chain.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 4 – title

Common provisions on public intervention and aid for public and private storage

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to provide for measures listed in paragraphs 2 to 9 of this Article. It shall ensure the observance of minimum EU prices for certain production quantities per farm, determined in each Member State in such a way that these production prices cover rising production costs and afford farming families decent remuneration for their work, thus ensuring a proper standard of living for farm workers, in line with the aims of the CAP.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3

3. When drawing up their strategies, Member States shall draw up a list of products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, and bananas sectors that will be eligible under their respective schemes. This list, however, shall not include products excluded by the measures adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts pursuant to point (a) of Article 22(2). Member States shall choose their products on the basis of objective criteria which may include seasonality, availability of produce or environmental concerns. In this connection, Member States may give preference to products originating in the Union and to products produced locally, thereby favouring short supply chains.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The amount specified in paragraph 4(a) may be revised should needs subsequently arise from the implementation of the strategies referred to in paragraph 2.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Member States may give preference to products produced locally, thereby favouring short supply chains.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. The Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 30(1) as actually paid ~~and~~but limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred or 75% in the case of less developed regions and the outermost regions.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3

~~3. The alcohol resulting from the supported distillation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used exclusively for industrial or energy purposes to avoid distortion of competition.~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter I a (new)

TITLE II CHAPTER Ia Regulation of production Article 100a Quotas in the milk sector 1. The existing milk production quota system shall remain in force beyond 2015. The quotas shall, as soon as possible, be adjusted to the needs of the Member States and to their relative installed production capacity levels. 2. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on national milk quotas, adjusted as provided for in paragraph 1; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100b Vine planting rights 1. The existing planting rights system in the wine sector shall remain in force beyond 2015. 2. The Commission shall assess the need for any adjustments and adaptations to the current system and shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down special arrangements for regions in which wine-growing is the main activity with a view to preserving the distinctive characteristics of the grapevine products of those regions; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100c Quotas in the sugar sector 1. The existing quota system in the sugar sector shall remain in force beyond 2015. The quotas shall, as soon as possible, be adjusted to the relative installed and/or potential production capacity levels of the Member States. 2. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on national quotas in the sugar sector, adjusted as provided for in paragraph 1; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100d Other sectors 1. By 1 July 2014 the Commission shall submit an impact study on the discontinuation of the regulation and distribution instruments applying to production in other sectors in the Member States. 2. On the basis of the findings of the study referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, in due course, submit proposals establishing quota systems in other sectors, where this is necessary in order to enable production to be spread evenly in the Member States, taking into account their individual possibilities and potential while allowing scope for differentiated development in Member States with higher deficits in the sectors concerned.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)

In the fruit and vegetables sector, producer organisations must pursue at least one of the objectives laid down in Article 106 (1) (c) (i), (ii) and (iii).

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. by derogation from Articles 106 to 108, Member States shall recognise, on request, producer organisations, in: (i) the fruit and vegetables sector, (ii) the olive oil and table olives sector, (iii) the silkworm sector, (iv) the hops sector.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 4 a (new)

SECTION 4A MEMBER STATE MANAGEMENT OPTION Article 116a Management option Taking into account the specific situation in the individual Member States and the extent to which producer and operator organisations have developed, where producers are organised to a particularly low degree, the responsibilities assigned under this Regulation to producer organisations may be exercised by the national authorities of a Member State.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 a (new)

Article 130a Special provisions for the import of sugar cane for refining 1. The total supply requirements of full- time refiners shall be set at 3 500 000 tonnes of sugar cane per marketing year (October to September), broken down by Member State as follows: (a) [ ] tonnes for Bulgaria; (b) [ ] tonnes for France; (c) [ ] tonnes for Italy; (d) [ ] tonnes for Portugal; (e) [ ] tonnes for Spain; (f) [ ] tonnes for Romania; (g) [ ] tonnes for Finland; (h) [ ] tonnes for the United Kingdom. 2. Licences for the import of sugar cane for refining shall be granted to full-time refiners up to the limit specified in paragraph 1. Applications for such licences may be made at any time during a marketing year, and the licences shall be valid until the end of that year. 3. At the beginning of each marketing year the Commission shall draw up a sugar cane import forecast, based on preferential origins. Should that forecast be below the supply requirements of full- time refiners, as referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, whenever necessary in order to provide raw material to meet full-time refiners’ supply requirements, cease to apply tariffs to imported sugar cane.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 133

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 134

Export refund distribution The quantities which may be exported with an export refund shall be allocated a) is most suited to the nature of the product and the situation on the relevant market, allowing the most efficient use of the resources available, taking into account the efficiency and structure of Union exports and their impact on the market balance without creating discrimination between the operators concerned and in particular between large and small operators; b) is least cumbersome administratively for operators, taking into account the administrative requirements.Article 134 deleted by the method which:

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 135

1. The same export refunds shall apply to the same products in the whole Union. They may vary according to destination, especially where the world market situation, the specific requirements of certain markets, or obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty make this necessary. 2. Measures on the fixing of refunds shall be taken by the Council in accordance with Article 43(3) of the Treaty.Article 135 deleted Export refund fixation

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 136

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 137

Export refunds for live animals in the 1. With regard to products of the beef and veal sector, the granting and the payment of the refund for exports of live animals shall be subject to compliance with the animal welfare requirements established in the Union legislation and, in particular, the protection of animals during transport. 2. Taking into account the need to encourage exporters to respect animal welfare conditions and to enable the competent authorities to verify correct expenditure of export refunds where that is conditional on respect for animal welfare requirements, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on the respect of animal welfare requirements outside the customs territory of the Union, including the use of independent third parties. 3. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt necessary measures for the application this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2);Article 137 deleted beef and veal sector

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 138

The volume commitments resulting from the agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty shall be respected on the basis of export licences issued for the reference periods applying to the products concerned. The Commission may adopt implementing acts necessary to respect the volume commitments, including ceasing or limiting the issue of export licences when such commitments are or can be exceeded. With regard to compliance with the obligations under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the ending of a reference period shall not affect the validity of export licences.Article 138 deleted Export limits

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 139

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140

Implementing powers in accordance with The Commission shall by means of implementing acts, adopt necessary measures for the application of this Section, in particular: a) on the redistribution of exportable quantities which have not been allocated or utilised; b) on products referred to in point (b) of Article 133(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2);Article 140 deleted the examination procedure

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 141

~~The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, fix coefficients adjusting export refunds in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to Article 139(6).~~Article 141 deleted other implementing powers

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – paragraph 4 – point d

~~(d) entail the fixing of prices or the fixing of quotas;~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Part V – Chapter -I (new)

CHAPTER -I Risk and crisis management Section 1 Public insurance Article 153a Public agricultural insurance 1. A public agricultural insurance scheme, financed from the Union budget, shall be established in order to guarantee a basic income to farmers affected by extreme weather events or other cases of disaster, whether natural or man-made, including forest fires, diseases, and pest infestations. This insurance shall afford a basic level of protection to all farmers in all Member States. 2. Public agricultural insurance may be subdivided into farm insurance, loss of revenue insurance, livestock insurance, and compensation funds. 3. The existence of this insurance shall be without prejudice to the existence of other specific insurance schemes in given sectors, such as the wine sector harvest insurance referred to in Article 47. 4. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on public agricultural insurance at the time required to enable the Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to take into account new legislation on support schemes that may be adopted after the entry into force of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of amending the list of support schemes covered by this Regulation.deleted

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down ~~further definitions regarding the access to support under this~~the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland. The Regulation, shall establish~~ing~~ the framework within which Member States shall define both the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation a~~s well as~~nd the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in the state suitable for production ~~and the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland~~.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].ublic mechanisms to achieve stable and remunerative agricultural prices

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90% of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a regionAll payment entitlements activated in the EU should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The ~~debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the~~ objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union ~~during that period~~should be attained at the end of the period of validity of the 2014- 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. ~~The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated~~Bearing in mind the greater environmental requirements that have to be met by the production processes of holdings in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as ~~long~~well as theose ~~practises are compa~~receiving agro- environmental and climate aid referred to in Artibcle ~~with the objectives of those Directives~~29 of Regulation EU No (...)(DR), they shall be deemed to meet the requirements for this "greening" component. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Likewise, given the environmental benefits provided per se by certain types of production such as permanent crops eligible for the basic payment, permanent grassland, legumes and rice, their components should benefit from the "greening" component without needing to meet any other obligations. Olives, vines and fruit tees characterise the ecosystem of large regions and contribute to stabilising the soil against erosion, CO2 capture and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) In order to ensure that the obligations referred to the crop ~~diversific~~rotation measure are applied in a proportionate and non- discriminatory way and lead to an enhanced environmental protection, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of the definition of 'crop' and of rules concerning the application of the measure.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

(38) ATwo simple forms of support for small farmers should be put in place. On the one hand, a simple and specific scheme for very small and family-run farmers should be ~~put in pla~~introduced in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more ~~competi~~productive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings. On the other hand, there should be a form of assistance for small farms that is additional to the other support payments made to farmers. The obligations related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] should apply to small farms.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv

(iv) a payment for young and new farmers who commence their agricultural activity;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii

(vii) a simplified scheme for ~~small~~ farmers;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii a (new)

(viia) a payment for small farms, to be established at Member State level;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii a (new)

(viia) a payment for small farmers, established by each Member State;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2

– maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditional agricultural methods and machineries, ordeleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3

~~– carrying out a minimum activity to be established by Member States on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;~~deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) "“agricultural area"” means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland or permanent crops including agro-forestry crops;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) "agricultural area" means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent pastures or permanent crops;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) “agro-forestry” means a system of production in which trees and cultivated or grazed plants are grown together on, or on the edge of, the same plots of land;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) "crop rotation": crop cultivation including at least four different crops including one leguminous crop;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) “permanent crops” means non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries~~, and short rotation coppice~~;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) "permanent grassland or permanent pastures" means land used to grow grasses or other ~~herbaceous~~ forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding ~~for five years or longer~~; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) "permanent ~~grassland~~pastures" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; ~~it may include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;~~

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) "agro-ecological infrastructure"; elements of landscape including hedges, ponds, terraces and bufferstrips, agro- forestry, biodiversity, water and soil management, biotopes, etc which stabilise and enhance agro-ecological farming practices and environmental management system;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) "High Nature Value farmland": areas with a specifically high diversity of species and habitat, low intensity farming practices and high proportion of natural vegetation;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) "grasses or other ~~herbaceous~~ forage" means all ~~herbaceous~~ plants traditionally found in natural ~~pastu~~ly grazed areas or normally included in mixtures of seeds for pastures or meadows in the Member State (whether or not used for grazing animals);

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k

(k) “short rotation coppice” means areas planted with tree species of CN code 06029041 to be defined by Member States, that consist of woody, perennial crops, the rootstock or stools remaining in the ground after harvesting, with new shoots emerging in the following season and with a maximum harvest cycle to be determined by the Member States.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is ~~made available~~redistributed (a) as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]; or (b) under Pillar I, provided that the object is to increase payments to small farmers.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. ~~No direct payments shall be granted~~Member States shall choose to apply the provisions of at least one of following points, (a), (b), (c) or (d), so as not to grant direct payments to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies:

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or~~deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) these persons manage airports, railway companies, water utilities, real estate companies, sports grounds or playing fields, hunting, fishing or aquaculture estates, campsites, or any other non-agricultural activity or structure to be determined as appropriate by the Member State on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, unless such persons provide evidence, in accordance with provisions established by the Member State in question, that the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5% of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year, or

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)

(b b) their agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or their principal business or corporate purpose does not consist in exercising an agricultural activity; .

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10

Article 10 Minimum requirements for receiving direct payments 1. Member States shall decide not to grant direct payments to a farmer in one of the following cases: a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] in a given calendar year is less than EUR 100; b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] is less than one hectare. In order to take account of the structure of their agricultural economies, Member States may adjust the thresholds referred to in points (a) and (b) within the limits set out in Annex IV. 2. Where farmers receiving the animal- related coupled support referred to in Title IV hold fewer hectares than the threshold selected by a Member State for the purposes of point (b) of paragraph 1, that Member State shall apply point (a) of paragraph 1. 3. The Member States concerned may decide not to apply paragraph 1 in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean Islands. 4. In Bulgaria and Romania, for the years 2014 and 2015, the amount claimed or due to be granted as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of the amount set out in Annex V.A for the corresponding year.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows, with this reduction being applicable to all payments made under the first pillar:

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1

– by 210 % for the tranche of more than EUR ~~150.~~25 000 and up to EUR ~~200.~~50 000;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1

by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150. 000 and up to EUR ~~200.~~75 000;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4

by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 3100 000.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2

– by 430 % for the tranche of more than EUR ~~150.~~75 000 and up to EUR 2100. 000;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3

~~by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250.000 and up to EUR 300.000;~~deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting 50% of the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 10 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments. The funds transferred shall be 100 % financed through the CAP budget in order to reverse the decline in rural areas and agricultural activity, in particular environmentally-friendly agriculture, in line with rural development priorities (4) and (5) specified under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to have three different crops on their arable land, including a legumimous or protein crop, where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) to carry out crop rotation on each parcel, with the exception of parcels with permanent grassland or permanent pasture and perennial plants;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland or permanent pasture on their holding; and

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title

Crop diversification and rotation

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 750 % of the arable land.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. There shall be crop rotation on each parcel, with the exception of parcels with grassland or permanent pasture and perennial plants.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title

Permanent grassland and pasture

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland and pasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture’.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The reference areas under permanent grassland or pasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland or pasture in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland and pasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland and pasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture in case of transfer of land.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland and pasture, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

In that case, Member States shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their natural constraint, demographic and socio- economic characteristics and agronomic conditions.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title

Payment for young farmers and new farmers

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title

Payment for young farmers and new farmers

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~may grant an annual payment to young farmers ~~who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1~~. This payment shall be compulsory for those Member States which do not take measures to assist young farmers under Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR].

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers and new farmers', shall mean:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ~~‘young farmers’,~~the following definitions shall ~~mean~~apply:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Willy MEYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) ‘new farmers’ shall mean natural persons who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application to the basic payment scheme as referred in Article 73(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR]~~, and~~;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) ~~who are less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application referred to in point (a)~~‘young farmers’ shall mean farmers who are less than 40 years of age.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, João FERREIRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil and table olives, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, cotton, tobacco and short rotation coppice.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain and feed legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

João FERREIRA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Inês Cristina ZUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and product~~ion~~s: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, and fruit and vegetables ~~and short rotation coppice~~.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4

4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production and agricultural employment in the regions concerned.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1

1. In order to finance the voluntary coupled support, Member States may decide, by 1 August of the year preceding the first year of implementation of such support, to use ~~up to 5 %~~the requisite share of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that: a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4

4. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and decide, with effect from 2017: a) to increase the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, within the limits laid down therein where applicable, and, where appropriate, modify the conditions for granting the support; b) to reduce the percentage used for the funding of coupled support and, where appropriate, modify the conditions for granting that support; c) to cease granting the support under this Chapter.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 5

5. On the basis of the decision taken by each Member State pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 on the proportion of the national ceiling to be used, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, fix the corresponding ceiling for the support on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may introduce a specific, simplified scheme for small farmers, hereinafter referred to as the ‘small farmers scheme’. Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in ~~a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme'~~this scheme, should it be introduced by their Member State, under the conditions laid down in this Title.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1

1. Farmers ~~holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for~~meeting the definition of active farmer laid down in Article ~~10(1)~~9 may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme'.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 a (new)

Article 47a General rules governing support for small farms 1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to small farms and small farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1. 2. For the purposes of this Chapter, small farms or small farmers shall mean holdings of a size defined by the Member States. The relevant criteria shall be laid down in delegated acts adopted by the Commission. 3. Without prejudice to the application of financial discipline, progressive reduction and capping, linear reductions as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer. 4. Member States shall set the amount referred to in paragraph 1 within the limit of the funding provided for in Article 51(2) of this Regulation. 5. Farmers in receipt of payments under the support scheme for small farms and small farmers may take part in the thematic sub-programme referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 8(1)(b) of the rural development regulation.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1

Farmers wishing to participate in the small farmers scheme shall submit an application by 15 mid-October ~~2014~~each year.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2

Farmers not having applied for participation in the small farmers scheme by 15 October 2014 or deciding to withdraw from it after that date or selected for support under Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] shall no longer haveMember States shall make an annual payment to small farms or to small farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic support scheme outlined in Chapter 1 and who meet the cri~~ght to participate in that scheme~~teria laid down in Article 47a(3) of this Regulation.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Member States shall set the amount of the annual payment for the small farmers scheme at ~~one of the following levels, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3:~~an amount not exceeding 25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

~~a) an amount not exceeding 15 % of the national average payment per beneficiary;~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~b) an amount corresponding to the national average payment per hectare multiplied by a figure corresponding to the number of hectares with a maximum of three.~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall set the amount of the annual payment for small farms at an amount not exceeding 25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The national average referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph shall be established by the Member States on the basis of the national ceiling set in Annex II for calendar year 2019 and the number of farmers having obtained payment entitlements pursuant to Article 21(1).deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2

2. 2. The amount referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1a shall not be lower than EUR 500 and not be higher than ~~EUR 1 000~~25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary. Without prejudice to Article 51(1), where the application of paragraph 1 results in an amount lower than EUR 500 or higher than ~~EUR 1 000~~25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary, the amount shall be rounded up or down, respectively, to the minimum or maximum amount.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3

~~3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, in Cyprus and Malta the amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be set at a value lower than EUR 500, but not less than EUR 200.~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) keep a~~t least a number of hectares corresponding to~~ proportion of agricultural activity defined by the nuMember ~~of entitlements held;~~State.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, João FERREIRA, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~b) fulfil the minimum requirement provided for in Article 10(1)(b).~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

By way of derogation from Article 27, payment entitlements held by farmers participating in the small farmers scheme or by very small farms shall not be transferable, except in case of inheritance or anticipated inheritance

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

In order to finance the payment referred to in this Title, Member States shall deduct the amounts corresponding to the amounts to which the small farmers or very small farms would be entitled as a basic payment referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III, as a payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III and, where applicable, as a payment for areas with natural constraints referred to in Chapter 3 of Title III, as a payment for young farmers referred to in Chapter 4 of Title III and as coupled support referred to in Title IV from the total amounts available for the respective payments.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Willy MEYER, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2

2. ~~If the total amount of payments due under the small farmers scheme exceeds 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II,~~Payments due under the scheme for very small farms and in the form of support for small farms shall have priority and Member States shall apply a linear reduction to the amounts to be paid in accordance with this Title in order to respect th~~at percentage~~e annual ceiling set out in Annex II.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In accordance with Article 148(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Council adopted guidelines for employment policies on 21 October 2010, which, together with the broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union adopted in accordance with Article 121 of the Treaty, comprise the Europe 2020 integrated guidelines. The Programme should contribute to a~~pply~~chieving the Europe 2020 integrated guidelines, and in particular Guidelines 7, 8 and 10, while supporting implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclustargets with special regard to poverty reduction, an ~~Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, and Youth on the Mo~~d employment objectives.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Progress towards a social and environmental sustainable development in Europe will need the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies, improving the conditions for job creation, the quality of employment and working conditions through accompanying education, labour market and social policies in the transformation of industries and services towards that end. The Programme should therefore contribute to promoting the creation of sustainable 'green' and 'white' high quality employment, the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies for new high quality jobs by linking employment and social policies with industrial and structural policies supporting a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy. In particular, the Programme should act as a catalyst for exploring the job creation potential of public sector led green and social investments and of local and regional employment initiatives.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Union should equip itself with a sound analytical basis, especially focussing on the impact of the crisis, to support policy- making in the employment and social area. Such an evidence base adds value to national action by providing a Union dimension and comparison for data- gathering and the development of statistical tools and methods and common indicators with a view to composing a full picture of the situation in the fields of employment, social policy and working conditions across the Union and ensuring high-quality evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of programmes and policies.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Ensuring that minimum standards are in place and that working conditions improve constantly in the Union is a central feature of Union social policy. The Union has an important role to play both in ensuring that the legislative framework is adapted, in line with ~~‘Smart Regulation’~~'good work' principles, to evolving work patterns and new health and safety risks and in financing measures to improve compliance with ILO labour standards, the UN and ILO 'Decent Work' Agenda and Union rules on the protection of workers' rights.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) EURES' scope should be widened to develop and support targeted mobility schemes at Union level with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. In accordance with Article 47 of the Treaty, the scheme should facilitate mobility among young workers.deleted

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

~~(13) The Europe 2020 Strategy, and in particular Guideline 7, identifies self- employment and entrepreneurship as crucial to achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth9 .~~deleted

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) The Social ~~enterprises are~~Economy is a cornerstone of Europe's ~~pluralist social market economy. They~~social models. It can act as a drivers of social ~~change~~progress by offering innovative solutions, and therefore make a valuable contribution to ~~meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy~~promoting inclusive labour markets and social services accessible to all. The programme should improve the social e~~nterprise~~conomy organisations' access to finance ~~and thereby contribute to the Social Business Initiative launched by the Commission11~~ .

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In order to capitalise on the experience of international financial institutions, and in particular the European Investment Bank Group, action involving microfinance and the social e~~ntrepreneurship~~conomy should be implemented by the Commission indirectly by entrusting budget implementations tasks to financial institutions in accordance with the financial regulation. Using Union resources concentrates leverage from ~~international~~ financial institutions and other investors, unifies approaches and thus improves access to finance for micro- enterprises, including the self-employed and social e~~nterprise~~conomy organisations. The Union contribution thus assists in the development of the ~~emerging social business sector~~social economy and the microfinance market in the Union and encourages cross- border activities. The Union's actions should be complementary to the Member States' use of financial instruments for microfinance and the social economy. The entities entrusted with the implementation of the actions should ensure added value and avoid duplication of financing through Union resources.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission with a view to ensuring there are uniform conditions for implementing actions under the EURES and the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axes of the Programme.deleted

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ‘'Social e~~nterprise’ means an enterprise whose primary objective is to achieve social impact rather than generate pr~~conomy' means the sector of economic activity producing goods and providing services composed of a set of organisations that do not belong to the public sector or the for-profit private sector. These organisations operate under democratic control of it ~~for owners and stakeholders. It operates in the market through the production of goods and services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, and uses surpluses mainly to achieve social goals. It is~~s membership, combine the interests of members and users and/or the general interest and use the surpluses of its economic activity in pursuit of sustainable development and social objectives, services of interest to members or to general public, including voluntary not-for-profit organisations that are producers of non-market services for households. Organisations of the social economy (e.g. cooperatives, mutual societies and associations) are managed in an accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by ~~its business~~their activityies.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) The Microfinance and Social E~~ntrepreneurship~~conomy axis, which shall facilitate access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises. (Horizontal amendment: the term 'Social entrepreneurship' should be replaced with 'Social Economy' through the whole document.)

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) The Microfinance and Social E~~ntrepreneurship~~conomy axis, which shall facilitate access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social e~~nterprises.~~conomy organisations. (Horizontal amendment: the term 'social enterprises' should be replaced with 'social economy organisations ' through the whole document.)

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) The Microfinance and Social E~~ntrepreneurship~~conomy axis, which shall facilitate access to, and increase the availability of, finance for potential entrepreneurs, especially ~~those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprise~~unemployed, socially excluded and vulnerable people, as well as existing micro-enterprises and social economy organisations.

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) Support the development of adequate, accessible and efficient high quality social protection systems ~~and labour markets and facilitate policy reform, by promoting~~, protecting beneficiaries from poverty, and inclusive labour markets in order to ensure social inclusion and a high level of high-quality employment and facilitate social progress, by promoting participation of all relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations and people experiencing poverty and social exclusion as well as good and decent work, good governance, mutual learning and social innovation;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) ~~Modernis~~Improve Union law in line with the ~~Smart Regulation~~"good work" principles and ensure that Union law on matters relating to working conditions is effectively applied;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) Promote the creation of sustainable 'green' and 'white' high quality jobs and the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies towards that end by linking employment and social policies with industrial and structural policies supporting a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy and a environmental and social sustainable development;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) ~~Promo~~Facilitate workers' voluntary geographical mobility, especially in border regions by supporting cross-border partnerships, cross-border social dialogue and also counselling and information for jobseekers, mobile workers and employers, and boost employment opportunities by developing ~~Union~~high-quality inclusive labour markets that are open and accessible to all;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) Promote employment and social inclusion by increasing the availability and accessibility of microfinance for ~~vulnerable groups and~~unemployed, socially excluded and vulnerable people who wish to start up a micro-enterprise as well as for existing micro-enterprises, and by increasing access to finance for the social e~~nterprises.~~conomy organisations;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at least 1760% shall be allocated to ~~promoting social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a view~~social protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty and at least 15 % to fighting youth unemployment; at least 15% up to a maximum of 17% of the budget for this axis shall be allocated to promoting social policy experimentation; funding shall be made available to scmal~~ing them up;~~ l, medium-sized and large projects alike;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) 15% to the EURES axis, of which at least 10% shall be allocated to targeted mobility schemes, at least 40% to cross- border partnerships, and at least 20% to the training and qualification of EURES personnel;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0270(COD)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) Provide policy-makers with financial support to ~~test social and labour market policy reforms~~anticipate and develop the job creation potential and skills needs for a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy as well as environmental and social sustainable development, to test social and labour market policies accordingly to deliver on improving the quality of jobs and social protection, build up the main actors' capacity to design and implement social policy experimentation linked to those objectives and social progress, and make the relevant knowledge and expertise accessible;

2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL

2011/0261(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) In the interest of equal treatment, a single tax rate should apply ~~within each category of transactions, namely~~for trade in financial instruments other than derivatives, on the one hand, and for the purchase/sale, transfer, conclusion and modification of derivatives agreements.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Directive shall apply to all financial transactions, on condition that at least one party to the transaction is established in a Member State ~~and~~or that a financial institution established in the territory of a Member State is party to the transaction, acting either for its own account or for the account of another person, or is acting in the name of a party to the transaction.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a

a) primary market transactions referred to in point (c) of Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1287/2006, except for the issue and redemption of shares and units of undertakings for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS) as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and the Council and alternative investment funds (AIF) as defined in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and the Council;deleted

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)

d(a) transactions involving payment for goods imported or exported, travel-related transactions carried out by private individuals, transactions involving the transfer of sums earned in the form of wages or salaries and transactions carried out as part of humanitarian, development or international aid activities.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)

c(a) foreign exchange market transactions which are primarily speculative in nature.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a

a) 0.12% in respect of the financial transactions referred to in Article 5;

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b

b) 0.012% in respect of financial transactions referred to in Article 6.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11(a) Income from the financial transaction tax Income received from the financial transaction tax shall be exclusively used for the funding of policy in the fields of welfare, education, research, health, culture, the environment and renewable energy sources.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 12

Other taxes on financial transactions Member States shall not maintain or introduce taxes on financial transactions other than the FTT object of this Directive or value-added tax as provided for in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.Article 12 deleted

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 20132 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0261(CNS)

Younous OMARJEE, Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jacky HÉNIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 20143.

2012/03/08
Committee: ECON

2011/0177(APP)

João FERREIRA, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Jacky HÉNIN, Willy MEYER, Søren Bo SØNDERGAARD, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Sabine LÖSING, Paul MURPHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Consen~~Rejects to the draft Council regulation laying down the Mmultiannual Ffinancial Fframework for the years 2014-2020;

2013/09/19
Committee: BUDG

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that EU regional policy is a vital instrument in promoting economic and social cohesion, which enables the EU to take measures to reduce regional disparities, promote real convergence and stimulate development, quality employment and social progress, and also benefits less developed regions;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the need for gender mainstreaming in the rules and application of all Community funds and draws special attention to the ESF, which should have sufficient capacity to promote policies for equality, high-quality stable jobs and fair redistribution of income;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Warns that the cohesion policy and related expenditure should be used to achieve sustainable (economic, social, environmental and regional) development and that it is more than a mere financial instrument, in keeping with its objectives;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the ESF should provide vital support for labour market policies and play an important role in promoting social inclusion and that its funding therefore needs to be considerably stepped up;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that, in order to ensure that it does not encourage the relocation of businesses within the EU, the provision of public aid granted under the structural funds should be conditional on the signing of long-term contracts with the companies as regards location, duration and jobs with rights;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that, given the serious economic and financial crisis affecting a number of Member States and their regions, the co-financing rate applicable to national institutions and associations in respect of projects supported by Community funding should not exceed 10% for all the structural funds, with a view to enabling greater uptake of cohesion funding;

2011/05/03
Committee: EMPL

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 a. Insists, with a view to the Commission's new strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (proposal 29) and the debate on further changes to the Treaty in the context of the next round of enlargement, on the introduction of a Social Progress Clause in EU primary law, stipulating that fundamental rights in general and the right to strike and industrial action, to collective bargaining etc. always have primacy over the 'fundamental freedoms' of the internal market;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for a revision of the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC1 ) with a view to protecting Member States‘’ labour standards and industrial relations systems, including collective bargaining and different forms of collective action, and upholding the principle of equal pay for work of equal value at the same workplace or location rather than simply referring to minimum rates;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Strongly criticises the Commission's orientation that funded schemes shall be given a new boost by ‘strengthening the internal market for pensions’ – not only for occupational pension schemes but for a wide variety of private pension funds, life insurance, etc., which must obviously inform the proposed review of the Directive concerning the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP); strongly criticises the fact that the IORP Directive opened service provision for occupational pension schemes to competition and heavily liberalized requirements on prudential regulations;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Advocates a step-by-step re- integration of the healthy assets of funded schemes into public pension schemes - as Argentina has done - with the aim of increasing redistribution, so as to promote the double aim of preventing poverty at old age and to maintain living standards as regards the earnings-related components of pension systems;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Believes that the Single Market can and should be re-launched so as to offer more growth and more and better jobs for European businesses, workers~~Points out that the economic and social costs of the crisis are much higher than the expected or claimed savings from the “better” or “smart regulation” agenda, from the transposition of the services directive and new initiatives proposed with the aim of 'creating a business-friendly environment' in the EU; stresses that all proposals contained in Single Market Act need first and foremost a proper assessment of their social impact and cons~~umer~~equences;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Highlights that citizens' confidence in the Single Market is low because it lacks an appropriate social dimension; points out that it was benign, light-touch financial regulation, including via the Financial Services Action Plan, which helped bring about the crisis; strongly criticises the fact that the deregulatory approach of the past Internal Market Strategy still informs the bulk of the proposals under the Single Market Act, despite the obvious negative social consequences of such liberalisation policies;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Opposes the Commission's plans for a further liberalisation of business services (e.g. logistics, installation management, marketing and advertising) and on services concessions to complete the Internal Market for Services; highlights that the Commission's approach of 'continuing to develop the internal market in services on the basis of the mutual evaluation process set out in the Services Directive' will most likely trigger further deregulation, as such 'mutual evaluation' mainly focuses on abolishing existing requirements on service providers, while social impacts of the transposition of the Directive receive no attention in this process;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that one of the main problems for SMEs in times of economic downturn is their access to finance; ~~strongly supports the proposal for an action plan to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets~~considers, however, that SMEs financing needs can be better served by improved support from public banks rather than via stock markets and venture capital funds as proposed by the Commission; emphasises that the Commission's approach would make SMEs more vulnerable to financial market volatility and 'asset stripping' strategies, endangering the stability of SMEs and employment stability;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2277(INI)

Karima DELLI, Marije CORNELISSEN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that the ‘think small first’ principle ~~has not yet been implement~~, the Small Business Act and the 'smart regulation' approach linked sto ~~as to remove the burdens hampering SMEs; calls for a speedy assessment of the Small Business Act i~~them - aiming at 'reducing administrative burdens to business' to increase competitiveness - must not be abused to weaken wordker ~~to bring it into line with Europe 2020~~s rights, workers participation and co-determination, health and safety at work, social standards, etc.;

2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls – in the interest of ensuring that funds effectively reach the Roma in need and make long-lasting advances in their lives - for real commitment on the part of the Commission and the Member States to launching more target-oriented, complex and flexible programmes with a longer time coverage and more territorial relevance, addressing the problem of suburban and rural poverty, assuring sustainability, and with special emphasis on improving substandard housing and the desegregation of Roma neighbourhoods;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Marije CORNELISSEN, Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Deems that there is also a need for new regulations on the allocation of the Structural Funds to set conditionality concerning the elimination of segregation and the assurance of equal access of the Roma to public services; equal opportunity and anti-segregation plans should be prepared also at local level, based on measurable indicators and concrete actions;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Marije CORNELISSEN, Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to gradually introduce compulsory institutional guarantees for the mainstreaming of non- discrimination and anti-segregation measures, ~~and also~~ to monitor such mainstreaming and to fight stigmatisation;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Karima DELLI, Marije CORNELISSEN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the setting up of EU Development ~~bodies with local decision- making power~~organisations that should work together with local public authorities and representatives of the civil society in Member States with large Roma communities in order to secure development-oriented EU funding in support of good local initiatives; stresses the importance of identifying and exchanging good practices with regard to Roma integration and to increase the visibility of the success stories;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Karima DELLI, Marije CORNELISSEN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on Member States and Accession countries to use the experiences of the first period the decade of Roma Inclusion and calls on the Commission to incorporate these into the European Roma Strategy;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Marije CORNELISSEN, Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services are basic pillars of the active inclusion strategy presented in the Recommendation 2008/867/EC;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Marije CORNELISSEN, Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that social inclusion of the Roma is not possible without creating and strengthening their interest representation ~~and~~, including in political decision making, and their civil activities through NGOs at national and European level;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2276(INI)

Marije CORNELISSEN, Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Deems it necessary to design, develop, implement and evaluate Roma inclusion policies in cooperation with local authorities and with Roma and non-Roma population groups in order to improve acceptance and effectiveness of policies;

2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Appreciates the holistic~~Strongly opposes the approach adopted by the Green Paper, which ~~is intended to impart fresh imp~~claims that there is 'an urgent need to review the pension promise in view of what the rest of the economy – and public budgetus ~~at national and EU level with the aim of safeguarding old-age pensions~~- can be expected to provide' and calls for the development of a European internal market in pension funds, which would amount to reopening the financial casino and creating new opportunities for speculation rather than restricting it, thereby putting the adequacy, safety and sustainability of pensions even more at risk;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stresses that Member States fac~~Points out that investing pension contributions on volatile financial markets, as advocated in the Commission's earlier Financial Services Action Plan, did not lead to higher returns for current and future pen~~ormous challenges in ensuring that pensions meet citizens' expect~~sioners, but instead to heavy losses in 2008 (20% on average for pension funds) and severe underfunding of occupational pension schemes, creating problems for them in meeting their pension obligations;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Sorely misses any mention of SMEs, which are one of the main sources of e~~Points out that the European Union is now showing its real anti-social face: the EU and national governments are advocating and imployement in ~~the EU and can, must and wish to make a major contribution to the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems~~g a concerted austerity strategy which entails cutting pensions, raising statutory retirement ages, changing the basis for calculating pension entitlements from earnings in a person's best years to average earnings over a person's working career, increasing contribution periods, and the like;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Observes that ~~sound~~fair economic and social policies make an important contribution to growth ~~and st~~, stability and social sustainability;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particul~~Highlights the fact that government deficits are high and public debt is soaring mainly because governments are constantly 'rescuing' the financial sector from the results of its speculation and the damage it was inflicting on the economy; strongly opposes the EU governments' austerity policies which are placing the burden of repaying public debt to the same financial sector creditors on ordinarly ~~in the Stability and Growth Pact;~~ workers, pensioners, etc. whose jobs, wages, social benefits, pensions and rights are under attack;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the mass mobilisations of trade unions and social movements which have occurred in a number of Member States in protest against these austerity policies in general and the new wave of neo-liberal pension 'reforms' in particular; strongly supports the prospect of EU-wide coordination of these resistance movements against the EU- wide concerted class war from above launched by the Commission, the Council and the governments of all the Member States except Cyprus;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights the fact that, according to mainstream economists, maintaining average annual labour productivity growth of 1.3-1.7%, as in past decades, will make it possible to produce increasing added value with a decreasing workforce and provide a sound basis for a fair distribution of incomes between economically active and non-active persons (such as pensioners, children, pupils, students, etc.); emphasises that further productivity reserves could be mobilised by increasing energy and resource efficiency;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Points out that securing sufficient productivity growth on a path towards sustainable development, introducing the more egalitarian distribution of incomes and wealth, phasing out precarious employment, promoting 'Decent Work' and achieving full employment are the real key economic issues when it comes to safeguarding the financial sustainability of pension systems and ensuring the adequacy of future pensions;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Observes that the EU lacks a set of common criteria which ~~illuminate the various pension systems and that there is therefore a lack of transparent supervision applicable to all systems~~would help guarantee the existence of public and universal social security systems in the context of equitable reforms enabling people to live with dignity without falling below the poverty threshold (i.e. 60% of average income in each Member State);

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers and low wages, women have smaller pensions on average and are more likely to be affected by poverty;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of individualising pension entitlements in such a way as to guarantee the economic independence of men and women and ensure that pension levels guarantee a decent life;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (second pillar) ~~afford the best~~can help improve pension levels, but that it is in all circumstances the role of the general system (first pillar) to guarantee ~~of ad~~equatel pension ~~provision~~s;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that the sustainability and ~~adequacy~~improvement of pension systems are ~~certainly also affect~~obviously conditioned by the ~~third~~first pillar, ~~namely individual savings, facilitated or otherwise~~as the financial crisis has shown;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States to consider introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the third pillar; ~~notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structure;~~

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that~~, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure~~ a general increase in the statutory retirement age and an extension of compulsory contribution periods are not necessary at all; highlights the fact that the pension~~s can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing an~~ reforms of the past two decades one- sidedly froze or decreased the contributions to be paid by the employers and increased the overall contributions to be paid by employees; considers that - while maintaining the current level of employees' contributions - a return to parity financing of statutory pension schemes (at least 50% of contributions to be paid by the employer) would call~~s on~~ow most Member States to ~~consider linking the~~maintain or to return to a statutory retirement age ~~to life expectancy;~~ of 60 years;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to a prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for lonConsiders that ways of organising work and working time arrangements must be adapted to demographic change; points out that improved stability of employment, social security and health and safety at the workplace, and also shorter collective working times, are necessary for the more effective integration of young and older workers alike, in order to keep them in gainful employment, motivated and healthy, until they reach the statutory retirement ager;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age;deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Regrets that the 2020 Strategy devotes no explicit attention to sustainable and adequate pension systems; in the context of defending public and universal social security systems that guarantee decent pensions for all;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that, if the 2020 Strategy is successful, this will mean that more people are in work and that economic growth will benefit from this, thus enhancing the sustainability of pension systems;deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Supports~~, in accordance with the 2020 Strategy,~~ a targeted and active labour market policy which will lead to increased participation in employment on the part of ~~older~~ workers, women, young people, members of minority groups and the long-term unemployed, creating jobs with rights for all;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well~~ Points out that the 2003 directive concerning the institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) forced Member States to abolish prudential rules governing occupational pension schemes (OPS) and to open up the provision of OPS to competition; emphasises that the directive allows IORPs to invest 70% of their portfolio or technical provisions in shares and corporate bonds, including in risk capital markets, and up to 30% in assets denominated in foreign currencies, but that apart from transparency and information requirements it does not even stipulate that at least the ~~need for such mobility~~accumulated contributions to the scheme should be guaranteed at retirement or that a minimum rate of return or a defined benefit should be set;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Emphasises that the liberalisation of prudential regulation brought about by that directive may have contributed to the losses and problems suffered by occupational pension schemes in the financial crisis; highlights the fact that the IORP Directive does not provide for proper protection of the contributions and future pensions of the members of occupational pension schemes and calls on the Commission to repeal it;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Advocates a step-by-step reintegration of the assets of funded schemes into public pension schemes - as Argentina has done - in order to strengthen the redistributive character of pension systems; calls on the Member States to promote statutory pension systems which guarantee that old-age poverty can be prevented and, through their earnings-related component, ensure that living standards are maintained;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to investigate how employees’ right to participate in the second pillar can be facilitated and to make proposals for developing such a pillar where it does not yet exist;deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that the EU rules concerning the third pillar and its smooth cross-border functioning must be examined in the light of the proper functioning of the internal market and the creation of a level playing field;deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

~~31. Stresses the importance of using a uniform methodology to calculate the part of the national debt which is due to pension-related obligations;~~deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Is concerned about the inadequate information provided to the public by public authorities and bodies administering pensions concerning the necessity, possibilities, accumulated entitlements, likely results and actual state of affairs with regard to old-age pensions; ~~calls on the Commission and Member States to launch campaigns to enable and encourage members of the public to take measures to ensure adequate pension provision for themselves;~~

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Considers that the information provided to individual members of the public in Member States and by funds concerning the accumulated entitlements commonly recorded in a national pensions register should be linked at European level;deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jutta STEINRUCK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Considers that, when pension provision is reformed, or when there is a changeover from a promised pension to a promised pension arrangement, ~~or from a final salary to a mean salary system,~~ the public must be promptly and fully informed of the consequences;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to reduce the inequalities faced by practitioners in the cultural and creative sector and to fight discrimination in these sectors, especially as regards pay, access to the labour market, jobs that match the level of qualifications, ~~and~~ social security and unemployment and maternity benefits; calls on the Member States to introduce changes to their s~~ocial security systems~~ystems of social protection to meet the needs of practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that access to knowledge and creative content is a key aspect of fundamental rights, as is respect for cultural diversity, especially that of particularly vulnerable people;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers that the lack of harmonisation with regard to copyright exemptions acts as a brake on the Europe- wide circulation of knowledge-based products and services and on job creation in innovative sectors where the technological environment is constantly evolving;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Considers that creativity depends on access to existing knowledge, works and creative content;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Considers that the cultural and creative industries represent potential for the creation of high-quality jobs not vulnerable to relocation, and that they have a key role to play in the development of a society based on knowledge and innovation;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Sees the wide diversity in the status of cultural and creative sector practitioners – amateurs, volunteers, employees, entertainment-industry contract workers and individual entrepreneurs, etc. – and in their working methods as a reflection of rich variety in Europe that must be preserved, while at the same time preventing discrimination among practitioners and affording them access to labour and social rights, so as to ensure fair and regular remuneration, thereby reducing financial insecurity;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to respect and acknowledge actions taken by cultural services and not-for-profit organisations involved in the development of a creative inclusive economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage and embed good practices designed to facilitate access for young and particularly vulnerable people to culture and creative content – for example, reduced prices, culture vouchers and free cultural activities;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Favours EU and Member States’ initiatives on mobility, particularly for students, apprentices, trainees and young creators whether qualified or not, as well as the development of residencies and workshops for artists, and calls on the EU and the Member States to remove barriers to the free movement of persons and the issue of visas, particularly with reference to exchanges between EU artists and between EU and non-EU countries; ~~calls on the Commission to ensure that the right to free movement can be exercised;~~

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Karima DELLI, Patrick LE HYARIC, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to promote joint research and partnerships between the cultural and creative industries and the education and training sector, so as to facilitate the use of creative techniques and tools in the educational sector;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need to exchange information and good practice, to step up education and training provision, especially in the fields of computer studies and business management, to foster new skills and to promote lifelong learning, for example by facilitating access to the existing European programmes and funds, thereby making decent jobs more accessible and enhancing and acknowledging the skills of creators and workers in the cultural and creative sector, who feel the impact of economic and technological change particularly strongly;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that artistic trades constitute one of the pillars on which our cultural heritage and our economy rest, and that their continuity must therefore be safeguarded by means of appropriate mechanisms for passing on knowledge and skills, as emphasised in Parliament’s resolution of 10 April 2008 on cultural industries in Europe;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission to promote the use, dissemination and development of open source software and open standards, which represent potential for innovation, creativity, knowledge dissemination and job creation;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that a high level of social protection, and in particular of unemployment ~~insur~~and maternity leave allowances, is necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation.

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and to ensure decent working conditions, with a view to reducing social inequalities, combating discrimination and improving health and safety at work in the cultural and creative industries;

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that the cultural and creative industries contribute, in many cases, to the transformation of declining local economies by encouraging the emergence of new types of economic activity, creating new and sustainable jobs and making European regions and cities more attractive, thus serving the interests of social and territorial cohesion.

2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to Articles 25 and 34 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which explicitly refer to the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life, and their entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in old age,1 1 OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1.

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)

– having regard to Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which explicitly prohibits any discrimination on grounds of age,1 1 OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1.

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas we are now facing a twofold crisis – a high unemployment rate among young people coupled with a question mark over retirement pension funding – and whereas these two phenomena must be dealt with together, working towards a strengthening of social entitlements and greater participation by young people in creating wealth and kick-starting the economy; whereas, as the Committee of the Regions has pointed out (CdR 97/2009), in our ageing society youth must be seen as a valuable resource that is essential to society, and which can and must be put to use in order to achieve social and economic goals;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas intergenerational sharing, which includes the subject of pensions, is a fundamental issue for society which cannot be viewed in isolation from the level of salaries, training, work, full employment, the means of wealth creation and redistribution, and the part to be taken by financial revenue and large companies in funding pensions;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Defines justice between the generations as an even intergenerational sharing of advantages and ~~burden~~abilities;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that, happily, life expectancy is increasing and that, for more of their lives, people are active and involved in an independent and committed way in the life of society~~, but~~; takes the view that rising life expectancy is a positive development which must not have the effect of reducing employees’ rights; notes also that birth rates in the Member States have remained low for a number of decades, a situation that may place a heavy burden on rising generations and lead to conflict over burden sharing;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers it important to make clear that ~~older~~workers approaching retirement age and young people are not a burden on the economy and society, but rather ~~– through their experience, their achievements and their knowledge – an asset~~an asset, and takes the view that they must not suffer discrimination in terms of access to work;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is convinced that open and equitable access to ~~educational opportunities and job markets~~training and work must be a core feature of policy-making for justice between the generations and that it lays the foundations for prosperity and independence;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is convinced that flexisecurity can ~~ease the transitions between the various stages of people’s working lives, provided that it is based on solidarity between the generations and takes the concerns and needs of all age gr~~only add to the difficulties surrounding re-entry into work and the social benefits system, leading to an increase in, and institutionalisation of, precarioups ~~into accou~~employment;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that lifelong learning and training must be a central aim in all education-related measures and that it is ~~something for which all generations carry a responsibility~~a right for all generations;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that youth unemployment is one of our most pressing problems because it leads to denial of opportunities, social exclusion, rising social costs and a waste of valuable human resources;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point i

i) increasing the proportion of the workforce, of both sexes, aged ~~over 5~~between 50 and 60 in paid employment to 55%,

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point ii

ii) ~~gradually eliminat~~extending early retirement and the financial incentives for it, in order to ease the transition between working life and retirement,

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point iv

iv) developing incentives ~~for workers over the age of 60 to remain available for work~~to ensure that the workers most affected by unemployment do not to remain on the margins of the labour market and ~~for~~that companies to recruit such workers;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Takes the view that while increasing the number of people in employment is an objective to be achieved in the context of combating unemployment, this increase should not be pursued blindly, ignoring acquired social rights, and takes the view that the 20-64 age range set in the 2020 strategy is an incentive to raising the retirement age, which must be set at national level, and that a range of 20 to 60 would be more respectful of both the powers of the Member States and the rights of workers;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Argues that ~~older people’s employability~~the implementation of inclusive economic policies depends on initiatives on the part of employers in the fields of health, further training, work patterns, job satisfaction und management behaviour, and that such initiatives should be devised jointly by the social partners;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Is convinced that ~~it must be up to the workers concerned to decide for how long they wish to remain in work beyond~~a fair distribution of burdens, needs and capacities can only be achieved if national retirement ages are strictly adhered to;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Member States to put on hold the pension reforms designed to prolong working life, in order to protect acquired social rights while contributing to the renewal of the work force that is needed to kick-start the economy;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Council and the Member States to conduct an impartial review of upper age limits for certain ~~jobs and posts and for eligibility for funding, no later than 2012, and to do away with such lim~~arduous jobs; calls on the Council and the Member States to look at the difficulty experienced by older people in accessing credits;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to conduct a review of activities related to healthy ageing and to present an action plan in 2011 for enhancing older people’s dignity, ~~health and~~ quality of life and autonomy and allowing them equal access to health care regardless of income;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for 2012 as the ‘European Year of ~~Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations~~Inclusion and the Fight against Discrimination in Access to Work’ which will highlight the contribution that older people make to society; welcomes the fact that many civil- society organisations have declared 29 April a day of ‘Solidarity between Generations’;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to introduce measures to support parents, for example entitlement to additional allowances, working hours that enable them to achieve a better work-life balance without loss of income, and tax relief for in-company crèches; likewise, encourages exchanges of proven good practice through the European Alliance for Families;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Advocates flexible working hours and job sharing as measures that~~Takes the view that job sharing is a social and economic necessity and that a reduction in working hours without loss of revenue contributes to compatibility between family life and work;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underscores the fact that consolidating public budgets ~~and effective debt reduc~~by increasing revenue through extending the tax base and applying progressive taxation ~~are~~is a matters of justice between the generations;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Recognises what has been achieved in the field of care for older people and calls on the Member States to provide more funding for geriatric medicine, to improve training of medical staff and recruit them in greater numbers in public hospitals, and to establish systems of regular, transparent supervision to protect the dignity of people who need care;

2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Suggests including~~Calls for the inclusion of corporate social responsibility targets in the long- term criteria justifying the payment of deferred variable remuneration;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Desires the strengthening of the requirement for pay proportionality within companies, linking the growth of directors’ pay and pensions as a whole to those of staff and discouraging excessive risk-taking;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Supports, in accordance with the Commission’s recommendation of 30 April 2009, the setting of a ceiling on end- of-contract allowances for a company’s directors, or even a ban on paying them such an allowance where the contract is terminated on the grounds of the company’s inadequate performance;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the determination of pay policies to take account of equality between men and women;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for any variable remuneration to be subject to heavy, progressive taxation;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the setting-up~~, in companies of a significant size,~~ of internal and independent remuneration committees working in cooperation with works councils;

2010/05/06
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ‘imbalances’ mean~~s macroeconomic developments~~ persistently diverging developments between aggregate demand and aggregate supply leading to a systematic surplus or deficit in the overall savings position of an economy, which ~~are~~is adversely affecting, or haves the potential to adversely to affect, the proper functioning of the economy of a Member State or of economic and monetary union, or of the Union as a whole.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Thomas HÄNDEL, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an array of macroeconomic ~~and~~, macrofinancial and social indicators for Member States. The Commission may set indicative lower or upper thresholds for these indicators to serve as alert levels. The thresholds applicable to Member States whose currency is the euro may be different from those applicable to the other Member Stse will allow to detect serious misalignments between aggregate demand and supply and between an economy’s income and consumption. Social indicators will, amongst others, include indicators on inequalities, the incidence of low pay, the working poor, the share of labour income in overall GDP and unit profit rates.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament and the European social partners may adopt recommendations in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty declaring the existence of an excessive imbalance and recommending the Member State concerned to take corrective action. Those recommendations shall set out the nature of the imbalances and specify the corrective action to be taken in detail and the deadline within which the Member State concerned must take such corrective action. The Council may, as provided for in Article 121(4) of the Treaty, make its recommendations public.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The recommendations referred to in paragraph 2 shall comply with the objectives of the Union as defined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. The recommendations shall take due account of Article 153 TFEU, as well as of the rights incorporated in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The recommendations shall also strictly respect the specificity of each Member State, in particular its model of industrial relations and social dialogue. Due attention shall be paid to the symmetry of recommendations, addressing excessive savings in a similarly intense way as situations in which economies are excessively indebting themselves.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
-

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9

(9) ~~Prudent~~Sound fiscal policy- making implies that ~~the growth rate of government expenditure does normally not exceed a prudent~~public finances; over the medium term, adhere to a set of expenditure and revenue indicative guidelines. Growth in tax revenue (with temporary sources of revenue being excluded) should normally not fall behind the medium- term growth rate o f GDP~~, increases in excess of that norm are matched by d~~. Growth in government expenditure (with those social benefits and expenditure components being related to the business cycle) should normally not exceed a prudent medium term growth rate of GDP. Discretionary increases in ~~government revenues and~~expenditure or discretionary ~~revenue~~ reductions ~~are compensated by reductions in expenditure~~in tax revenue are to be offset by accompanying other discretionary measures, either on the side of expenditure or/and on the side of tax revenues.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 42, Article 43(2) and Article ~~43(2)~~349 thereof,

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) In order to avoid undermining the efforts to achieve the objectives of the POSEI programmes, the Commission should carry out impact assessments each time an international trade agreement is negotiated which may pose a threat to the sectors supported under the POSEI programmes. Once these impact assessments or prior evaluations have been carried out, the Commission should forward the findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the elected departmental or regional authorities in the outermost regions before the international agreements in question are concluded.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions ~~and~~by mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EUtheir products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost ~~of transport~~arising from the transportation of the products in question to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet of Réunion and that rice processing and polishing industries have been established there for many years, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities of rice to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Support for the production of cow’s milk in Madeira and Réunion has not been sufficient to maintain the balance between domestic and external supply, chiefly because of the serious structural difficulties affecting the sector and its p~~oor capacity to~~roblems in adapting to new economic environments. Consequently, authorisation to produce UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder of EU origin should continue, in order to cover local consumption more fully~~. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling~~, provided that this does not pose an obstacle to the collection and marketing of all locally produced milk, or hamper efforts to promote the expansion of local production, the medium-term aim being to secure, for Réunion, self-sufficiency in milk production. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling. This provision should also be applicable in Martinique, French Guiana and Guadeloupe, should France make such a request citing the wish of local stakeholders to be covered by it and their ability to develop the milk sector.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

b) ~~preservation and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local produc~~securing the long-term future and development of the livestock and crop diversification sectors in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local products, while significantly improving the local population’s degree of self-sufficiency by increasing domestic production and reducing imports.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

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

ba) maintaining the development and strengthening the competitiveness of traditional agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and marketing of local crops and products, whilst ensuring that the revenue generated from the products and by-products of traditional agricultural sectors is shared fairly between producers, processors and distributors.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The objectives set out in paragraph 1 must be achieved by taking a holistic approach to sustainable development which seeks both to safeguard the environment and to guarantee producers and farmers a decent income. This must also involve measures to provide farmers and processors with ongoing training in order to foster the development of high- quality, productive and sustainable agricultural sectors.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. The POSEI programmes shall be established atby the ~~geographical level which the Member State concerned deems most appropriate. It shall be prepared by the competent~~authority or authorities designated by the ~~said~~ Member State~~, which shall submit it to the Commission for approval in accordance with Article 6 after the competent authorities and organisations at the appropriate regional level have been consulted~~ concerned, at the geographical level deemed most appropriate.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrice TIROLIEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)

2a. At the geographical level deemed most appropriate, the competent departmental or regional authorities, the relevant organisations and the representative and/or professional organisations involved must be consulted on the draft POSEI programmes before they are submitted to the Commission for approval.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrice TIROLIEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. ~~A single POSEI programme may be submitted for each Member State in respect of its outermost region~~The Member States shall submit to the Commission and to all the relevant organisations a clear organisational chart relating to the process of drawing up POSEI programmes.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Measures taken under POSEI programmes must comply with European Union law and be consistent with other EU policies and with the measures taken under such policies, without prejudice to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which grants the outermost regions special status with a view to fostering their development and their integration on a fair basis into the Union through the implementation of specific programmes and instruments tailored to their situation.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall submit a draft POSEI programme to the Commission in the light of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3). The draft programme shall be deemed admissible by the Commission only if it has been notified to the leaders of the elected departmental or regional authorities.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0256(COD)

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting the elected departmental or regional authorities, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.

2011/07/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/0242(COD)

Corina CREȚU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) to stimulate debate and develop mutual learning between Member States and stakeholders at all levels in order to promote active ageing policies and to build a sustainable and safe public pension system in the Union, to identify and disseminate good practice and to encourage cooperation and synergies;

2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1

(1) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates in Article 145 that Member States and the EU shall work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting ~~a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic cha~~education, vocational traininge and with a view to achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, having regard to national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect withfurther training and integration of employees into labour markets, which have become – and will remain – necessary because of economic change with a view to achieving the ~~Council, in accordance with the provisions of~~objectives set out in Article ~~148~~3 of the Treaty on ~~the Functioning of the~~ European Union.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2

(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, ~~and shall~~ promote social justice and pro~~tection and provides for the Union’s~~vide social protection; it is also expected to take initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States' social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to promoting a high level of employment and to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion and linked to a high level of education and training and protection of health.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4

(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, was based on an acknowledgement of the EU’s need to ~~increas~~preserve its productivity and competitiveness, while enhancing social cohesion, in the face of global competition, economic interdependences and changes, technological change and a~~n age~~ changing population. The Lisbon Strategy was re- launched in 2005, after a mid-term review which led to greater focus on growth, more and better jobs. Ultimately, the Lisbon Strategy failed to achieve its targets. With its focus on competitiveness, cost-cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets in general and deregulation of financial markets in particular it aggravated inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the growth of poverty, social exclusion, low- wage work and precarious employment. It is now time for an alternative strategy of the European Union for sustainable development, social justice and full employment.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) The Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs ~~helped forge consensus around~~should help to determine the broad direction of the EU’s economic and employment policies. Under the strategy, both broad economic policy guidelines and employment guidelines were adopted by the Council in 2005 and revised in 2008. The 24 guidelines laid the foundations for the national reform programmes, outlining the key macro-economic, micro-economic and labour market reform priorities for the EU as a whole. However, experience shows that the guidelines did not set ~~clear enough priorities and that links between them could have been stronger~~sufficiently binding objectives for social, political and cultural participation by all residents of the European Union and for the sustainable ecological conversion of the economy. This limited their impact on national policy- making.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6

(6) The financial and economic crisis that started in 2008 resulted in a significant loss in jobs and potential output and has led to a dramatic deterioration in public finances. The European Economic Recovery Plan has nevertheless helped Member States to deal with the crisis, partly through a coordinated fiscal stimulus, with the euro providing an anchor for macroeconomic stability. The crisis therefore showed that coordination of the Union's policies canould have delivered significant results if it ishad been strengthened and rendered effective. TIn addition, the crisis also underscored the ~~close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets~~fact that the internal market urgently needs to be complemented by a social and ecological Union so that fewer people need suffer from the impact of impending crises of capitalism.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7

(7) The Commission proposed to set up a new strategy for the next decade, the Europe 2020 Strategy, to enable the EU to emerge stronger from the crisis~~, and to turn its economy towards smart,~~ and also respond more effectively to future upheavals and crises, and to turn its economy towards viable, ecologically and economically sustainable and inclusive ~~growth. Five h~~economic management. Headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives guiding the action of the Member States and of the Union. Member States should ~~make every effort to~~ meet the national targets and to remove the ~~bottlenecks that constrain growth~~obstacles to a restructuring process accompanied by the creation of more, high-quality jobs.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) As part of comprehensive "exit strategies" for the economic crisis, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure an improved macroeconomic stability and the sustainability of public finance, improve competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be implemented and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact. performance targeting socially and environmentally sustainable development, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance high quality employment and social protection. The fiscal stimulus should be continued over the next three to five years to overcome economic stagnation and rising unemployment. Coordinated fiscal stimulus at Member State and EU level must be oriented towards economic recovery via targeted EU recovery plan which is streamlined in terms of gender-equality in all of its components, mobilising one per cent of EU GDP each year for investing in environmentally sustainable development, thus providing for an entry strategy for new quality employment.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9

(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States should implement reforms aimed at ‘smart ~~growth’, i.e. growth~~management of the economy’, i.e. which is driven by knowledge and innovation. Reforms should aim at improving the quality of education, ensuring access for all, and ~~strengthen~~preserving research and business performance in order to promote innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU. They should encourage e~~ntrepreneurship and~~conomic activity which helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, innovative - particularly socially valuable - services and processes that can create ~~growth,~~ quality jobs, territorial, economic and social cohesion with a high level of comprehensive social protection, and address more efficiently European and global societal challenges. Making the most of information and communication technologies is essential in this context.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) Member States should also, through their reform programmes, aim at ‘sustainable ~~growth’~~development. Sustainable ~~growth~~development means building a resource- efficient, sustainable ~~and competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’s leadership in the race to develop~~economy, and developing new processes and technologies, ~~including~~particularly green technologies. Member States should implement the necessary reforms to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and use resources efficiently. They should also improve the business environment for SMEs, stimulate creation of green, sustainable jobs and modernise their industrial base. Particularly in the field of conversion to different products, sufficient funding must be made available to be able to perform the resultant restructuring processes and deal with the impact on employees.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11

(11) Member States’ reform programmes should ~~also~~ aim at ‘inclusive ~~growth’. Inclusive growth~~economic management’. Inclusive economic management means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in politics, society and ~~economy~~cultural life. Member States’ reforms should therefore ensure access ~~and opportunities~~ for all throughout the lifecycle~~, thus~~ to an income which prevents poverty and to service activities requiring skills, thus enabling them to pursue a dignified and autonomous life and reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation of employees' own choosing, especially for women, older workers~~, young people, disabled and legal~~ – particularly women – young people, people with disabilities and migrants. They should also make sure that the benefits of ~~economic growth~~sustainable and inclusive economic management reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring ~~effective functioning of the~~that labour markets are inclusive through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rising job quality and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate, sustainable social protection and active inclusion to reduce poverty should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmesin accordance with the 'decent work' principles of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and in the light of the conclusions of the informal meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in Berlin from 18 to 20 January 2007 on the subject of 'good work', namely that Europe needs an improved, joint effort to promote ‘good work’, which covers workers’ rights and participation, fair pay, security and health protection at work, and organisation of work which takes families into account, as well as working conditions which are favourable and fair and appropriate social protection, which are necessary if the European Union is to be accepted by its citizens, and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and involuntary inactivity while ensuring comprehensive social protection which goes beyond preventing poverty and social and cultural inclusion should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmes. At the same time, economic and social inequalities must be massively reduced.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) In the light of the objective of 'inclusive growth', Member States should, upon a proposal from the Commission, establish a legislative framework for the new forms of employment which places the employees concerned on an equal footing and facilitates employment which does not promote further fragmentation of the labour market and which guarantees comprehensive protection of the individual and collective rights of employees and affords them the requisite social protection.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) The EU's and Member States' structural reforms can effectively contribute to growth and jobs if they enhance the EU's competitiveness in the global economy, open up new opportunities for Europe's exporters and provide competitive access to vital imports. Reforms should therefore take into account their external competitiveness implications to foster European growth and participation in open and fair markets worldwide.deleted

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) When programming and implementing EU funding, including from the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund, Member States should take account of the EU 2010 Strategy, particularly its employment policy and social policy aspects.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14

(14) While these guidelines are addressed to Member States, it is essential that the Europe 2020 strategy should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely associating parliaments, as well as ~~social partners and representatives of civil society, who shall~~representatives of civil society. Social partners at national level have a particular role to play here, because without their participation it would not in practice be possible to implement the employment strategy in businesses. All parties must be given equal rights to contribute to the elaboration of national reform programmes, to their implementation and to the overall communication on the strategy.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 15

(15) The Europe 2020 strategy is underpinned by a ~~smaller~~ set of guidelines, replacing the previous set of 24 and addressing employment and broad economic policy issues in a coherent manner. The guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, annexed to this Decision, are intrinsically linked with the guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union, annexed to Council Recommendation […] of […]. Together, they form the ‘Europe 2020 integrated guidelines’.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 16

(16) These new integrated guidelines reflect the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their national reform programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence ~~and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact~~. These guidelines will form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. They will also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and Commission to the European Council.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) In the meantime the measures taken and their results should be analysed academically and reviewed critically.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph -1 (new)

All policies and measures taken in the framework of the Employment Guidelines shall strongly promote equality for women and men and shall be gender mainstreamed. This includes affirmative action policies aimed at enhancing women´s rights and equality. Social protection systems should be reviewed with a view to abolish elements that generate gender inequalities, better working conditions should be secured in sectors where women work, involuntary part time employment decreased and gender equality in training and education ensured. In this framework, the EU sets a target to reduce the gender pay gap to 0- 5% by 2020. Furthermore, the EU sets targets on increased provision of accessible, affordable, flexible and high- quality care services for all, in particular access to child care facilities by aiming to ensure 70% of necessary care for 0-3 years old children and 100% of care for 3- 6 years old children and will introduce over the time span of the EU 2020 Strategy specific targets for the care of other dependents, including the elderly, on the basis of an ongoing assessment of actual and potential care needs.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1

~~Member States should integrate~~Previous empirical surveys of the EU's labour markets have shown that flexibility of employment has the most deleterious impact on employability, as flexible employment contracts (employment below the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply them, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both balanced and mutually reinforcingvel at which social security is compulsory, temporary agency work, fixed-term employment contracts, project work etc.) are associated not only with poorer social protection and smaller incomes but also with a lack of opportunities for further training, professional development and lifelong learning, and that the more flexible employment is, the more precarious it is. The concept of GOOD WORK puts a strong focus on promoting quality in work, improved social security and social inclusion, enhancing existing workers' rights and introducing new ones, promoting health and safety at work, better social risk management and the reconciliation of work and non-work life. Strong measures for enhancing security by phasing out precarious employment and those atypical contractual arrangements related to such insecure forms of employment should be launched by Member States, with a view to restricting and reducing atypical forms of employment, the misuse of which should be penalised. Member States ~~should~~must therefore introduce a combination of ~~flexibl~~secure and reliable employment contracts, active and integrative labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to ~~promote labour mobility, and adequate~~support the right to voluntarily chosen labour mobility, and effective, high quality social security systems to secure professional transitions accompanied by clear rights ~~and responsibilities~~ for the unemployed to a~~ctively seek work~~dequate benefits and tailor-made measures for finding quality employment or training and upgrading of their skills and competencies.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2

Member States should ~~step up~~use social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, ~~underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewarded~~discrimination against women, migrants, older people and people with disabilities, underemployment and undeclared work. Undeclared employment should be fought through fiscal measures for low earners and for trades and crafts and through more intensive monitoring by labour inspectorate services and social insurance bodies. Professional mobility should be rewarded by measures under employment, social and fiscal legislation. The quality of ~~jobs~~work and employment conditions ~~should~~must be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring ~~adequate~~poverty-proof social security also for those ~~on fixed~~with precarious and other forms of atypical contracts and the self- employed. Member States should agree an EU target for minimum wages (whether statutory or collectively agreed at national, regional or sectoral level) to guarantee remuneration of at least 60% of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.) average income and, further, lay down a timetable for achieving that target in all Member States. Employment services ~~should be~~must be effectively strengthened and open to all, including young people and in particular those threatened by unemployment and appropriate measures provided within the context of active, inclusive labour market policies, with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3

In order to ~~increase competitiveness~~promote environmentally and socially sustainable development and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, ~~and in line with economic policy guideline 2,~~ Member States should ~~review~~adapt tax and benefit systems and increase the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States should increase labour force participation through policies to promote ~~active ageing~~the concept of GOOD WORK, gender equality and equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and labour market integration of young people, disabled, ~~legal~~ migrants and other vulnerable groups. In that respect a European Youth Guarantee securing the right of every young person in the EU to the offer of a suitable well-paid job in line with their qualifications and skills, an apprenticeship, additional training or combined work and training immediately upon facing unemployment is necessary. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to a reduction of working time without loss of pay and thus raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly- skilled women in scientific and technical fields. ~~Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovation.~~ Furthermore, work-life balance policies should strengthen transition security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and social protection to prevent income risks and to ensure the maintenance and acquisition of pension rights and health care coverage etc. during employment transitions, and also during leave periods (e.g. for caring for dependent persons, further training and education, sabbaticals etc.). Member States should promote the reconciliation of work and non-work-life also by a clear reduction of the average weekly working time as well as a clear lowering of the weekly statutory maximum working hours and a strict limitation of overtime hours. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and high-valued, in particular, social services, and promote social innovation. Access to the labour market for young people and newcomers should be enabled by limiting effectively working life.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4

The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is of aiming to bring by 2020 to 75% the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64 including through the greater participation of youth, older workers - especially older women - and low skilled workers and the better integration of ~~legal~~ migrants.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 8 – title

Guideline 8: ~~Developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs, promoting job quality and~~Improving the level of education and training and further training among employees and promoting lifelong learning

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1

Member States should promote ~~productivity and employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match current and future demand in the labour marke~~a broad supply of knowledge and skills in order that workers, under the conditions of permanent processes of restructuring and change in all three sectors of the labour market, can obtain a permanent, full-time job, which ensures them a livelihood and enables social and cultural involvement. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training must be complemented with effective incentives for lifelong learning, second-chance opportunities, ensuring every adult at any time the chance to move one step up in their qualification, and by targeted migration and integration policies. Member States ~~should~~must develop systems for recognising acquired competencies, remove barriers to occupational and geographical mobility of workers, promote the acquisition of transversal competences and creativity, ~~and~~ focus their efforts particularly on supporting those with low skills, and ~~increasing the employability of older workers~~combat discrimination in connection with access to education and training and further training, while at the same time enhance the training, skills and experience of ~~highly~~ skilled workers, including researchers.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2

In cooperation with the social partners and business, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance combined with systematic information on, and appropriate measures to promote, new job openings and opportunities, promotion of ~~entrepreneurship~~business involvement in education and training and further training and enhanced anticipation of skill needs. Investment in ~~human resource~~personnel planning and development, up- skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes should be promoted through joint financial contributions from governments~~, individuals~~ and employers. To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners, should enact schemes to help ~~recent graduates~~young people with or without a school leaving qualification find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed. Regular monitoring of the performance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help identify areas for improvement and ~~increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needs~~make education and training systems more geared towards growth fields of work of the future. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectives.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 1

In order to ensure access to quality education and training for all and to improve educational outcomes, Member States should invest efficiently in education and training and further training systems notably to raise the skill level of the EU's workforce, allowing it to ~~meet~~respond to the rapidly changing ~~needs of modern labour markets~~world of work. Action should cover all sectors (from early childhood education and schools through to higher education, vocational education and training, as well as adult training) taking also into account learning in informal and non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim to ensure the acquisition of the key competencies that every individual needs for success in a knowledge-based economy, notably in terms of employability, further learning, or ICT skills. Steps should be taken to ensure learning mobility of young people and teachers ~~becomes the norm~~is facilitated. Member States should improve the openness and relevance of education and training systems, particularly by implementing national qualification frameworks enabling ~~flexible~~open learning pathways, including for those who are older, and by developing partnerships between the worlds of education/training and work. The teaching profession should be made more attractive. Higher education should become more open to non-traditional learners and participation in tertiary or equivalent education should be increased. With a view to reducing the number of young people not in employment, education, or training, Member States should take all necessary steps to prevent early school leaving. For people who, for various reasons, are unable to participate in these systems, social protection which goes further than preventing poverty should be guaranteed. For people who, because of illness and/or disability, are no longer able to practise their previous occupation, special vocational further training and/or retraining measures should be provided.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 2

The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to reduce the drop out rate to 10%, whilst increasing the share of the population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary ~~or equivalent~~ education to at least 40% in 2020.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1

~~Member States’~~To achieve this goal, Member States should intensify efforts to ~~reduc~~eliminate poverty, including working poor conditions. Efforts should be aimed at promoting full participation ~~in society and~~, of people’s own deciding, in politics, society, the arts, and the economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ~~ensuring~~maintaining and bringing about both equal opportunities~~, including through~~ and access to affordable, sustainable and high -quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care, specifically as regards social welfare, employment, health, and neighbourhood services. Member States should put in place active and effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure ~~adequate income support~~income above the poverty threshold and access to health care – thus providing social cohesion ~~– whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable~~. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one-parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support ofminorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, migrants and the homeless. Member States should agree on an EU- wide commitment to ending street homelessness by 2015 and seek to frame integrated policy measures offering access to affordable decent housing with the necessary energy provision for all. The Council should agree on an EU target for minimum income systems and contribution-based income substitute benefit systems, whereby the income support provided should be not less than 60% of the national median equivalised income, and, in addition, on a compliance schedule. With a view to eliminating child poverty in the EU, Member States should undertake to achieve a 50% reduction by 2012, on the understanding that such a cut should not be measured by economic indicators alone, and should make the necessary provision to attain that goal. The fact that a child, in particular for one-parent families, should constitute a poverty risk is incompatible with the aims of the EU. The parents concerned should be shielded from that risk by means of free childcare, social support, and tailor- made support from employment agencies. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovations designed to address the different social risks which arise during people’s lifetime, especially where the most vulnerable are concerned.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 2

The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to ~~reduce by 25% the number of~~eliminate poverty and, as a first step, reduce by 50 % by 2015 the number of people in the Europeans Union living below the national poverty lines~~, lifting over 20 million people out of poverty~~.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the economic crisis has had a serious negative effect on agriculture, with farm income decreasing by 12.2% on average between 2008 and 2009; whereas this decline in incomes due to the economic crisis has been coupled in the dairy sector with the gradual elimination of quotas, leading to income losses of up to 54% in some Member States such as France; whereas these substantial income reductions have caused many farms to close down and unemployment in rural areas to increas~~ing~~e in the last year; whereas as a direct effect of the economic crisis, consumption in Europe decreased on average by 10.55% between 2008 and 2009, and in some Member States this reduction exceeded 20%; whereas other effects of the economic crisis have been a lack of access to credit for farmers and a strain on the public finances of the Member States, weakening their ability to provide co- financing,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas price volatility in agricultural markets has increased dramatically, as noted in OECD and FAO forecasts, which predict even greater farm price instability in the future, and is expected to increase further, leading to extreme booms and busts in agricultural commodity prices on European markets; whereas between 2006 and 2008, the prices of several commodities rose considerably, some by as much as 180%, as was the case for grains; whereas dairy prices collapsed in 2009, falling on average by 40%; whereas extreme fluctuations in prices have had detrimental consequences for producers and have not benefited consumers,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the volatility of agricultural prices is a result of the opening up of agricultural markets without adequate price stabilisation measures being taken despite the fact that prices are affected by many factors such as weather conditions and crude oil prices; whereas the volatility of agricultural prices attracts considerable speculative activity, which adds to the particularly destabilising effects that cyclical trends already have on agricultural markets,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas stability is what farmers require to organise their production; whereas this stability can be achieved by establishing an intra-Community minimum price for a given quantity produced in each sector and introducing automatic safeguard clauses to cover price slumps beyond a pre-established threshold which would enable immediate intervention on the markets;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food security for its citizens ~~as well as help feed the world’s poor~~; whereas the EU should encourage the setting-up of similar continental preference schemes while updating its own Community preference system on other continents and in other regions of the world, which would open the way to food cooperation between the various groupings; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the reduction in EU customs tariffs on agricultural products envisaged in the Doha Round is, on average, at least 54%,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. WBel~~comes the fact~~ieves that the 2003 CAP reform and the 2008 Health Check have ~~allowed EU farmers to better respond and react to market signals and conditions~~not met all their stated goals, i.e. to maintain price stability;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through agri-environmental schemes, precision farming and organic production, a role which now needs to be given greater recognition and taken account of in a pricing policy;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Affirms that ~~Europe will have to make a substantial contribution to meeting that need~~the establishment outside the European Union of an updated Community preference system, combined with continental preference schemes similar to the CAP on other continents or in other regions will make a substantial contribution to meeting that need by establishing food cooperation between the various groupings against a background of less land, less water and reduced energy inputs due to the impact of climate change, which will act as a serious constraint on European capacity to increase supply;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners, and that it should be backed up by a balanced trade policy geared to food security and sovereignty; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls, as Article 39 of the Lisbon Treaty rightly suggests, that agriculture is a specific sector which suffers from a long- term production cycle and several types of market failure such as high market volatility, great exposure to natural disasters, a high level of risk, lack of demand elasticity, and the fact that farmers are 'price-takers' rather than 'price-makers' in the food supply-chain; points out that farmers' livelihoods are dependent on the establishment of a basic price for a given quantity produced in each farming sector;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to delivering the new EU 2020 Strategy priorities of tackling climate change and creating new jobs through green growth whilst at the same time continuing to provide food security for European consumers by producing safe and high-quality food products; this involves creating new market regulation tools;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Believes that there has to be a minimum safety net within the future framework of the CAP in order to manage extreme market price volatility and provide rapid and efficient responses to economic crises arising in the sector; this safety net includes an intra-Community minimum pricing policy;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)

56a. Takes the view that the European Union must examine an overhauled two-way Community preference mechanism, combined with a European initiative proposing that other country or continent groupings also create preference mechanisms;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)

56b. Suggests that, in order to promote fair trade and food sovereignty and to contribute to combating global warming, taxation at borders should be introduced for illegal imports, with the tax revenue generated by it being paid into a global social and environmental fund;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)

58a. Takes the view that peri-urban areas have essential agricultural potential which must be preserved and developed, given that they can contribute to local food supply for urban populations;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60

60. Believes that 'green growth' should be at the heart of a new rural development strategy focussing on creating new green jobs through: the development of biomass, biowaste, biogas and small-scale renewable energy production as well as encouraging the production of second-generation biofuels, investing in modernisation and innovation as well as new research and development techniques for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, providing training and advice to farmers for applying new techniques and to assist young farmers entering the industry, and adding value to high-quality products through promotion and marketing measures, such as the development and consolidation of the geographical indication policy (PAO/PGI);

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance of public services – publicly owned and managed, with democratic involvement of users of such services – in areas essential to people's welfare, such as health, education, justice, water, housing, transport, childcare and care for the elderly;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of conducting, as a matter of urgency, an assessment of the social consequences and the impact on people’s lives of liberalisation measures in sectors that are essential to social progress (transport, energy, water, postal services, telecommunications, etc.) and urges the Commission to prevent any further liberalisation measures from being taken until this assessment has been submitted;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the need to review liberalisation policies in order to promote a policy of social progress ensuring universal access to high-quality public services, with special consideration for disadvantaged groups, such as single mothers, women, elderly people, children, migrants and those with any kind of disability;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers that steps must be taken to address the current legal uncertainty as regards SSGI, making it clear that public goods, public services, services of general interest and the not-for-profit sector are not subject to rules on competition, public aid, public contracts and the internal market, but form a sector geared solely towards the public interest and that is organised in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity within the exclusive competence of the Member States and their respective regional and local authorities, with a view to ensuring its proper functioning;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that the economic and financial crisis and the austerity policies imposed by Member States should not encourage disinvestment in SSGIs, but that, on the contrary, given their importance and absolute necessity, such services need to be consolidated in order to meet people’s needs;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to respect the diversity of the methods of organising and managing SSGIs, of their resources and of the methods of funding these services; calls on the Member States to reverse ‘reforms’ which have institutionalised market-based models of welfare provision, with competition and tendering obligations, and to cease promoting public-private partnerships or externalising social services to the private sector as these are misleading strategies for ‘modernising’ social services; considers that taking care to promote the general interest and ensure the provision of efficient and high-quality services by both the public sector and the not-for-profit 'third’ sector or the social economy is the most appropriate strategy for ensuring high-quality, integrated and inclusive social services;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for EU legislation to ~~enable~~recognise the specific nature of European models for the organisation and functioning of the social economy and to provide a specific framework for mutual societies, associations, cooperatives and foundations to operate on a transnational basis;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for reform of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation so as to remove them from the sphere of competition policy, which has the effect of jeopardising their intended aims;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2222(INI)

Patrick LE HYARIC, Gabriele ZIMMER, Ilda FIGUEIREDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Expresses regret that only certain SGI and SSGI are exempted from the scope of the Services Directive (2006/13/EC), calls for a pluralist and independent appraisal of the transposition of that directive to be performed as swiftly as possible, taking into account its partial exemptions and the impact in terms of practical access to SGI and SSGI;

2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas in the context of remuneration several points need to be considered, such as (i) remuneration schemes, including their structure, transparency and symmetry and the link between remuneration and incentive, (ii) the process of determining the remuneration schemes, including the definition of actors, roles and responsibilities, (iii) control over remuneration schemes, with particular attention given to ~~shareholder~~employees and their trade union organisations through works councils and group works councils,

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need for proportionality of remuneration within companies by linking changes in the overall remuneration and pensions of directors to those of staff and by discouraging excessive risk-taking, and, for reasons of social justice, wishes to see the salaries, bonuses and pensions of the directors of companies receiving aid from the Member States or from the European Union capped and subject to high and progressive taxation; calls, therefore, for a European plan to combat tax havens to be devised in order to flesh out the intentions announced by the G20 in London and Pittsburgh;

2010/02/15
Committee: EMPL

2009/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the particular social responsibility of undertakings; considers that, in the light of this, a remuneration policy must form part of a multiannual framework covering a minimum of three years, in order to assess the social impact of the decisions taken and not to limit the assessment and setting of remuneration to purely economic criteria;

2010/02/15
Committee: EMPL

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the soft law approach is however not satisfactory; calls, therefore, for national supervisory authorities to be granted binding powers to enforce the principles of sound financial management;

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for greater account to be taken of the requirement that differences in remuneration within companies should be proportionate by linking increases in managers' pay and pensions as a whole to those of ordinary employees and discouraging excessive risk-taking; takes the view that, for reasons of social justice and economic sustainability, restrictions must be imposed on the composition, structure and level of the salaries, bonuses, golden handshakes, stock options and pensions of the managers of listed companies and companies which are partly public-owned and/or benefit from assistance from Member States or the European Union and they must be subject to high rates of progressive taxation, with a view to contributing to the funding of social protection measures and public services; calls, in that connection, for a European plan to combat tax havens to be developed in order to put into practice the proposals announced at the G20 summits in London and Pittsburgh;

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Endorses the Commission’s proposal to amend Directive 2006/49/EC1 on capital requirements to make the above-mentioned principles binding on banks and investment companies by making them subject to prudential supervision and by ~~removing provisions for company directors’ salaries from~~ensuring that the total amount of variable remuneration does not limit their capacity to increase their capital; insists that the entire financial sector, including insurance firms and alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds and private equity funds, should be subject to stronger EU regulation;

2010/02/15
Committee: EMPL

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Is convinced that, in the context of the definition of remuneration policies for company directors and the subsequent assessment of those policies in the light of the management and development of the company concerned, due account must also be taken of non-financial criteria, such as meeting social and environmental responsibility objectives; suggests three years as the minimum period needed to make such assessments meaningful; emphasises that corporate management and remuneration policies must comply with and foster the principles of wage parity and equal treatment of women and men established by the Treaties and by EU directives;

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Supports, in keeping with the Commission recommendation of 30 April 2009, the imposition of a ceiling on severance payments for company managers or even of a ban on such payments if a manager's contract has been terminated on the grounds of the company's poor performance;

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Endorses the principles which the Commission put forward in its recommendations of 30 April 2009 concerning, firstly, remuneration regimes and governance arrangements with regard to the remuneration of the directors and managers of listed companies, and, secondly, on remuneration regimes and the process of drafting and implementing remuneration policy (governance), the transparency of remuneration policy and prudential supervision (surveillance) in the financial sector, but emphasises that these recommendations have not been put into practice satisfactorily by the Member States; calls, therefore, for these recommendations to be incorporated into the process of revising Directive 2006/49/EC1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions; 1 OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 201.

2010/04/13
Committee: JURI

2009/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for complete transparency for employees and citizens with regard to remuneration policies for directors and a right to information, supervision and consultation for employees and their trade union organisations through works councils and group works councils; to this end, where groups comprise a number of entities, calls for these supervisory and employee consultation structures to have access to the balance sheets of all the financial companies and other holdings of the group, so that they can gain an adequate overview of the group;

2010/02/15
Committee: EMPL

2009/2177(INI)