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20 Amendments of Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA related to 2009/2222(INI)

Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol 26 thereto explicitly address services of general interest (SGI) which include social services of general interest (SSGI), both economic and non- economic; and whereas it is confirmed that national, regional and local authorities have the essential role and wide discretion in providing, commissioning and organising services of general economic interest (SGEI), and that the Treaties do not affect the competence of Member States to provide, commission and organise non-economic services of general interest (SGNEI),
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that SSGI and their users have a number of special characteristics in addition to the common characteristics of SGI. SSGI encompass, in addition to health services, both statutory and complementary universally available services, provided directly to the person, that play a preventative and social cohesion and inclupeople in need, that prevent from social exclusion, play social cohesion role and make tangible fundamental social rights;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that access to SSGI must be universal and independent of wealth or income, and are not only for vulnerable users;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Endorses the recommendation in the Monti report that broadband internet and banking services be new universal services, which should be acknowledged in European legislation;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power – the Commission's second Biennial Report indicating that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people – and that SMEs in particular are reliant on high quality SSGI;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that experience demonstrates that the profit maximisation objective of commercial providers of SSGI conflicts with the principles and objectives of SSGI;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that national and local authorities engaged in providing or mandating SSGI need a clear legal basis for their services and expenditures, and that while the information and clarification service developed by the Commission is essential, it is insufficient and does not protect SSGI providers from legal challenge however, there is still lack of legal certainty;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that it is neither efficient nor democratically acceptable that the ECJ is expected to continue to adjudicate on matters which should be clarified in legislation;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that, in order to maintain the delivery of quality SSGI, the Member States need new income streams, such as a financial transaction tax adjusted to a specific character of these services;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes there is a broad European consensus that SSGI are essential to the well-being of our peoples and an efficient economy but that there is no agreement within or between the Commission and the Council on the implementation of practical measures to overcome identified obstacles to the delivery and development of SSGI;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that Member States and local authorities must be freehave a free choice within market economy to decide how SSGI are funded and delivered, whether directly or otherwise, using all available instruments so as to ensure that the Union's social objectives are not weakened by single market rulesmet, while at the same time supporting an environment that promotes quality, accessibility and efficiency in the delivery of the services;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadenfurther developed so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations. The de minimis threshold should be raised to at least EUR 500 000 over a three-year cycle;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reformclarification of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission formally to recognise other modalities for the selection of providers, such as ‘in-house’ and ‘service concession’ methods, and explicitly to accord equal value to all options for the contracting and financing of SSGI; calls for the expansion of the ‘in- house’ method to include service providers who meet specific general interest criteria;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Proposes the establishment of a high- level multi-stakeholder taskforce – initially with a two-year mandate – that is open, flexible and transparent, to pursue implementation of the policy initiatives identified in this report and in the 3rd Forum recommendations, the Commission's second Biennial Report and the SPC reports, as well as any other relevant proposals; to initiate a full review of all rules, particularly state-aid and procurement rules, which impact on SSGI and to evaluate how they need to be redesigned so as to respect and support Member States' responsibilities in the definition and delivery of SSGI, taking account of the current Commission review of rules;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that, as part of its mandate, the proposed taskforce would also consider innovations such as a European resource centre for SSGI, a Member State register of SSGI, a pilot scheme on elder care, and action programmes based on the European Voluntary Quality Framework (VQF);deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Urges that the taskforce be chaired by the Commission's DG Social Affairs; that its membership include DG Competition, DG Single Market, DG Environment and DG Sanco, the European Social Affairs Council (EPSCO), the social partners and civil society organisations active in SSGI; that, in view of their democratic mandate, both Parliament and the Committee of the Regions must be centrally involved; and that social economy enterprises and stakeholders including voluntary associations, as well as local authorities, must be represented;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Urges that Member States use the VQF to draw up quality accreditationentrusting and monitoring systems, and that implementafunctioning of the VQF be evaluated with reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Protocol 26 TFEU;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that decent, stable working conditions and quality training are essential for the delivery of quality social services; underlines also a need of hiring a high class specialists;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Proposes that the absence of reference in the VQF to funding and service provider status be remediedfurther improvement of the VQF;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL