16 Amendments of Karima DELLI related to 2015/2349(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas small undertakings have added value particularly in remote and densely-populated areas, thanks to their excellent knowledge of the local market, their proximity to the customer and/or their agility and ability to innovate and thanks to intelligent transport systems that allow improved mobility management;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas collaborative business models in the transport sector actively promote the development of sustainable forms of mobility by generating environmental and social added-value, and whereas they combine well with public transport to provide a genuine alternative to private cars;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the legal uncertainty as to the definition of 'service providers' in the transport sector prevents the establishment of fair competition between service platforms and traditional companies and between companies and service platforms and companies with collaborative business models, and regrets, that being so, the difficulties experienced by many small businesses in accessing the market and offering new services;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the rise of precarious employment, bogus self- employment, undeclared work and social dumping; calls on the Member States to guarantee fair competition and ensure decent working conditions and the highest possible level of social protection for all workersrecalls that bogus self- employment should be turned into wage earning when criteria of price and subordination are fulfilled; calls therefore the Commission to introduce a regulatory framework in that sense; calls on the Member States to guarantee fair competition and ensure decent working conditions and the highest possible level of social protection for all workers; Takes the view that existing social protection schemes should be adapted to the needs of the workers in the digital and sharing economy to ensure the adequate social protection for the workers concerned;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the anti-competitive practices resulting from inequality in the application of the rules, notably between residents and non-residents, in particular as regards pay and social security systems, which may lead to distortions such as social dumping and security challenges;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Warns that the digital sector should distinguish between platforms which provide professional services and intermediates of the collaborative economy which connect providers and users; stresses that the first should as such comply with tax and social contributions; notes that professional use of the latter should also be regulated, and calls therefore the Commission to introduce a regulatory framework in that sense.
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Warns of the risk that service platforms, which also tend towards the creation of monopolies, engage in a headlong race for market domination, setting up monopolies and undermining diversity within the economy; notes that these platforms require a clear regulatory framework to enable multiple players to coexist, just as in any other mature sector of the economy;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reiterates the need to make a distinction between occasional use and professional use of service providers with collaborative business models on the basis of cost- and profit-sharing criteria;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for efforts to be continued with a view to completing the single European transport area, particularly by filling gaps in secondary networks; takes the view that any legislation which imposes new requirements on small businesses should be proportionate and accompanied by the necessary incentives;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that, in view of the lack of investment in infrastructure, all transport operators should contribute; stresses the importance, in road transport, of internalising negative externalities, but recognises that this poses specific problems for small businesses, which must be taken into accountoth in respect of the environmental and health, without causing a greater burden to fall on small businesses than on larger companies;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view, in view ofwith a view to contributing to the development of collaborative business models, that the solution is neitherot sector- specific regulation nobut rather regulation aimed solely at platforms which behave like traditional economic operators by providing professional services and generating a certain level of profit, and that in future the mobility system needs to be addressed as a whole; calls for the establishment of a modernised regulatory framework that fosters innovation as well as the protection of consumers and their data, and ensures healthy competition;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that collaborative business models can only develop by building a relationship of trust with consumers by ensuring the security of goods and people, which entails clarifying insurance arrangements in the event of accidents and protecting the personal data of users;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that this objective requires aalls on the relevant authorities to ensure the convergence of models which is, based on a clear definition of 'intermediaries' and 'service providers' and permits the creation of a framework in which small businesses contribute to the social cost of transport in line with the specific features of the mode(s) of transport in which they operate;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the establishment of cooperation structures between small transport firms and for local authorities to draw up sustainable urban mobility plans that draw on the potential of collaborative business models with a view to improving the organisation of urban mobility;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for open data in the transport sector so as to foster new sustainable forms of mobility; suggests that data sharing should be overseen by a dedicated ethics committee that will be tasked with monitoring compliance with rules on the protection of personal data;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and local authorities to promote innovations in the sharing economy, which are themselves facilitated the emergence of collaborative business models, e.g. car-sharing, bike-sharing, shared cargo transport, shared taxis, car- pooling, buses on demand and the interconnection of these modes of transport with public transport;