2023/2866(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to the resolution of the European Parliament of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe,

Amendment 10 #

Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the Union and the Member States, in the development of their social policy, take account of the diverse forms of national practices;

Amendment 100 #

Paragraph 7

7. Notes the increase in workers from ~~non-EU~~third country countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working ~~conditions~~and living conditions, often depending on their employer for housing; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners and other relevant civil society organisations, such as those responsible for housing or migration, is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of ~~non-EU~~third country workers; stresses that ELA should be able to collect and access data related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility legislation ~~for the non-EU nationals working in the single market~~and other labour migration instruments, such as the Seasonal Workers Directive and Employer’s Sanctions Directive, for the third country nationals working in the single market; deeply regrets that there is a complete absence of support services, such as legal, social and psychological counselling, available where the rights of third-country nationals are breached; to this end calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of ELA in this regard as well as to take other necessary legislative initiatives; further regrets the inadequate enforcement of the rights of third-country nationals due to the absence of firewalls between labour inspectorates and immigration authorities; calls for need to specify that ELA’s tasks extend to tackling this challenge in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 101 #

Paragraph 7

7. Notes the increase in workers from ~~non-EU~~third countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditions~~; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of non-EU national~~ because they are usually even more vulnerable compared with mobile workers within the EU; underlines that ELA shall have the competences to address the situation of third country nationals in the field of labour law and labour migration law like Seasonal workers from third countries, Employers Sanction Directives and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration ~~flow~~moves of ~~non-EU~~third country workers; stresses that ELA should ~~be able~~have the rights to collect and access data related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility legislation for the ~~non-EU~~third country nationals working ~~in the single market~~within the EU;

Amendment 102 #

Paragraph 7

7. Notes the increase in workers from ~~non-EU~~third countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditions; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of ~~non-EU nationals~~third country nationals with a residence and a work permit granted by a Member State, and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of ~~non-EU~~third country workers; stresses that ELA should be able to collect and access data related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility legislation for the ~~non-EU~~third country nationals working in the single market;

Amendment 103 #

Marianne VIND, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Milan BRGLEZ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Birgit SIPPEL, Ilan DE BASSO, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Daniela RONDINELLI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS

Paragraph 7

7. Notes the increase in workers from ~~non-EU~~third countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditions; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of ~~non-EU~~third country workers; stresses that ELA should be able to collect and access data related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility and labour migration legislation for the ~~non-EU~~third country nationals working in the single market;

Amendment 104 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 7

7. Notes the increase in workers from ~~non-EU~~third countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditions; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of ~~non-EU nationals~~third country nationals holding a residence and a work permit granted by a Member State and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of ~~non-EU~~third country workers; stresses that ELA should ~~be able to collect and access data related to non-EU nationals and~~ support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility legislation for the ~~non-EU~~third country nationals working in the single market;

Amendment 105 #

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Regrets that the Commission has not followed up to the European Parlimanet's Resolution 2021/2620 and to its repeated call for a legislative proposal for the creation of a digital EU social security number; reiterates, however, its request to make such a proposal in view to facilitate social security coordination and safeguard fair labour mobility; calls for the conclusion of the negotiations on the 883 Directive by the end of the ongoing legislature;

Amendment 106 #

Paragraph 8

8. Points out that exploitative and fraudulent practices by international actors are not always easy to identify and tackle at national level; is therefore convinced that ELA could provide added value through operational analyses at EU level with a view to better identifying problematic practices and involved entities; re~~gret~~calls that the current ELA regulation provides nethe Authority wither a ~~sufficient legal basis for conducting operational risk analyses nor any follow-up procedures~~mandate to assess risks and carry out analyses regarding labour mobility and social security coordination across the Union, in cooperation with Member States and, where appropriate, the social partners, considering topics such as labour market imbalances, sector-specific challenges and recurring problems; recalls that ELA may also carry out focused in-depth analyses and studies to investigate specific issues; calls, in this regard, for this prerogative to be fully exercised by ELA; recalls that any infringement of EU law, including in the area of labour mobility, should entail investigations and, where appropriate, dissuasive sanctions;

Amendment 107 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 8

8. Points out that exploitative and fraudulent practices by international actors and certain abusive corporate practices, such as letterbox companies are not always easy to identify and tackle at national level; is therefore convinced that ELA could provide added value through operational analyses at EU level with a view to better identifying and exposing problematic practices and involved entities; regrets that the current ELA regulation provides neither a sufficient legal basis for conducting operational risk analyses nor any follow-up procedures; recalls that any infringement of EU law, including in the area of labour mobility, should entail investigations and, where appropriate, dissuasive sanctions;

Amendment 108 #

Paragraph 8

Amendment 109 #

Paragraph 8

Amendment 11 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly called on the creation of a social security number allowing for an easy identification of the workers, their employment status and social security rights;

Amendment 110 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for clarifying of the procedures on the involvement of the social partners on all levels in cross- border cases, as ELA is not the remedy of last resort on breaches of workers´ rights like laid down in the guidelines of cross- border inspections;

Amendment 111 #

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for a public list published by ELA of companies that have been sanctioned for breaches of relevant Union and national law in the area of labour mobility, which would have a deterrent effect and contribute to fair labour mobility;

Amendment 112 #

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for a clear provisions allowing ELA to process sensitive and personal data related to investigations and operational analyses~~; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that ELA also~~ in particularly when cross-border inspections are carried out, while respecting EU legislation on personal data protection, respecting data subject’s fundamental rights and ensuring all necessary safeguards for data protection; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that in order to better contribute its services and resources to the needs of Member States and to carry out timely, effective and targeted inspections, ELA needs access to all national data relevant for its work, including findings from past and ongoing inspections or enforcement activities by Member States; calls, in that respect, on the Commission to create an electronic system for effective and timely data and information sharing that should complement ongoing initiatives in the area of digital exchange of information among national authorities;

Amendment 113 #

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for a clear provision allowing ELA to process ~~sensitive and personal~~necessary data related to investigations and operational analyses; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases, essential for the sound performance of the tasks and objectives of the Authority, provided that data confidentiality is maintained in accordance with EU regulations; stresses that ELA also needs access to ~~all~~ national data relevant for its work, including for the purpose of concerted and joint inspections and including findings from inspections or enforcement activities by Member States;

Amendment 114 #

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for a clear provision allowing ELA to process sensitive and personal data related to investigations and operational analyses in cooperation with national authorities; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that ELA also needs access to ~~all~~ national data relevant for its work, including findings from inspections or enforcement activities by Member States;

Amendment 115 #

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for a ~~clear provision~~right allowing ELA to process sensitive and personal data related to investigations and operational analyses; c~~onsiders it important~~alls for the competence that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that ELA also needs to have access to all national data relevant for its work, including findings from inspections or enforcement activities by Member States;

Amendment 116 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls for the competences to request data related to cross-border inspections of affected workers and means, for example tachographs similar to the Banking Authority;

Amendment 117 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Stresses the need for an efficient cooperation between Union agencies in order to create synergies;

Amendment 118 #

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls for expanding the cooperation in cases of crimes and the involvement of organised crime for example in the construction sector regarding the exchange of information with Europol, Eurojust and in cases where European subsidies are affected with EPPO;

Amendment 119 #

Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the high proportion of seconded national experts (SNEs) in ELA brings significant additional challenges to its operations in the medium and long term; recalls that SNEs only have temporary assignments, which may contribute to institutional inconsistency and jeopardise operational continuity when inspectorates are not carry out independent and neutral; calls, therefore, for the conversion of a sufficient number of SNE posts to permanent posts and to provide sufficient resources to reach this objective and to contribute to realise as many as possible cross-border inspections;

Amendment 12 #

Recital C

C. whereas labour mobility creates ~~economic growth and benefits for the whole EU and~~often situations in which workers suffer from exploitative work relations and bad working conditions, lacking information about labour rights and applicable collective agreements and often because of missing language skills in the whole EU; whereas carrying out services in the EU offers opportunities for ~~workers and~~ undertakings into misuse the single market for social dumping; whereas ensuring ~~fai~~labour mobility ~~and fair~~ based on the principle of equal pay for equal work and not based on wage-competition ~~remains~~is still a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes within national regulations and practices and low santions; whereas EU legislation ~~must be~~is often not duly implemented and enforced in all Member States; because of the lacking national and cross-border labour inspections;

Amendment 120 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 10

Amendment 121 #

Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the high proportion of seconded national experts (SNEs) in ELA brings significant additional ~~challeng~~obstacles to its operations in the medium and long term; recalls that SNEs only have temporary assignments, which may contribute to institutional inconsistency as well as difficulties in delivering on ELA’s core tasks and jeopardise operational continuity; calls, therefore, for the conversion of a sufficient number of SNE posts to permanent posts;

Amendment 122 #

Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the ~~high~~current proportion of seconded national experts (SNEs) in ELA ~~brings significant additional challenges to its operations in the medium and long term~~should be assessed by the European Commission; recalls that SNEs only have temporary assignments, which may contribute to institutional inconsistency and jeopardise operational continuity; calls, therefore, for the conversion of a sufficient number of SNE posts to permanent posts if the assessment so recommends;

Amendment 13 #

Recital C

C. whereas labour mobility creates economic growth and benefits for the whole EU and offers opportunities for workers and undertakings in the single market; whereas ensuring fair mobility and fair competition remains a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes with national regulations and practices as well as the lack of revision of social security coordination; whereas EU legislation must be duly implemented and enforced in all Member States;

Amendment 14 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital C

Amendment 15 #

Recital C

C. whereas labour mobility creates economic growth and benefits for the whole EU and offers opportunities for workers and undertakings in the single market; whereas ensuring fair mobility and fair competition remains a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes with national regulations and practices; whereas EU legislation must be duly implemented and enforced in all Member States, not least by addressing skills mismatch across the Union, and labour shortages in certain regions as well as by mitigating the pressure on public finances on regions that might be hit by asymmetric shocks and a rise in unemployment;

Amendment 16 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the full functionality of the single market without obstacles to free movement is the prerequisite for the effective labour mobility. Whereas Covid- 19 pandemics exposed vulnerabilities of the single market in case of unforeseeable events. Whereas except for the safeguards for the free movement like Single market emergency instrument it is necessary to safeguards also rights of the mobile workers including workers who are able to work remotely but have to do so from a particular Member State due to legal obstacles;

Amendment 17 #

Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas ensuring fair mobility and fair competition remains a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes with national regulations and practices; whereas EU legislation with respect to workers’ labour and social rights must be duly implemented and enforced in all Member States, also as a way to address the challenge of the permanent leave of high skilled and educated people due to numerous reasons leading to population decline and economic downturn;

Amendment 18 #

Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas ELA should also encourage the use of innovative approaches to efficient cross-border cooperation, collection, analysis and exchange of information as well as jobs matching and should promote the use of digital tools including tools based on artificial intelligence to achieve its objectives and facilite exchange among national authorities;

Amendment 19 #

Recital C c (new)

C c. whereas ELA has potential to gather information and analyse new challenges on the labour market connected to the fast technological development as well as opportunities brought by the use of digital tools including tools based on AI; whereas ELA could be a key actor behind analysing and identifying the potential of these tools for cross-border work including remote work conducted from a Member State other than the Member State of the employer;

Amendment 2 #

Citation 8 a (new)

– having regard to Articles 79 and 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Amendment 20 #

Recital D

D. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed in Gothenburg in 2017, sets out 20 principles and establishes a social rulebook towards a ~~strong,~~ social Europe ~~that is fair and inclusive; whereas equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion are cornerstones of the EU anchored in the Treatie~~in the Rome agenda, based on the principles of sustainable growth and the promotion of economic and social progress, as well as cohesion and convergence, while upholding the integrity of the internal market and taking into account the diversity of national systems and the key role of social partners;

Amendment 21 #

Recital D

D. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed in Gothenburg in 2017, sets out 20 principles and establishes a social rulebook towards a strong, social Europe that is fair and inclusive; whereas equal rights and opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion are cornerstones of the EU anchored in the Treaties;

Amendment 22 #

Recital E

E. whereas national enforcement authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections, struggle to effectively enforce national and EU law, especially in cross- border situations; whereas effective enforcement requires structured cooperation and information exchanges between Member States and all relevant stakeholders; Member States need to provide their inspectorates with the necessary means to carry out their tasks at national level and in particular because the cooperation with European Labour Authority (ELA) creates new tasks on top which requires new resources and capacities which could affect in particular smaller Member States;

Amendment 23 #

Recital E

E. whereas national enforcement authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections, struggle to effectively enforce national and EU law, especially in cross- border situations; whereas effective enforcement requires structured cooperation and information exchanges between Member States and all relevant stakeholders; whereas national enforcement authorities often lack the necessary resources in order to effectively enforce national and EU law, particularly with regard to cross-border co-operation and enforcement;

Amendment 24 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital E

E. whereas national enforcement authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections~~, struggle to effectively enforce national and EU law, especially~~ may encounter difficulties to effectively enforce EU law in cross- border situations; whereas effective enforcement in cross-border situations requires structured cooperation and information exchanges between Member States and all relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 25 #

Recital E

Amendment 26 #

Recital E

Amendment 27 #

Recital F

F. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established with the aim of facilitating fair mobility and effective enforcement of labour rights: whereas cross-border cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, s~~upporting fair and well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, and ensuring fair competition in the single market~~hould be facilitated by ELA as well as enforcement of labour law and carrying out joint and concerted labour inspection, supporting just and well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, and ensuring the protection of workers in the single market which allows competition on good products but not on wages and working conditions;

Amendment 28 #

Recital F

F. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established with the aim of facilitating cross-border cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, supporting fair and well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, fair mobility, effective enforcement and ensuring fair competition in the single market;

Amendment 29 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital F

F. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established with the aim of facilitating cross-border cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States on labour mobility, supporting fair and well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, and ensuring fair competition in the single market;

Amendment 3 #

Citation 9

– having regard to ~~the motion for a resolution of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs~~its resolution on The introduction of a European social security pass for improving the digital enforcement of social security rights and fair mobility (2021/2620),

Amendment 30 #

Recital F a (new)

F a. Whereas the Member States should support and provide information and advice for workers through systems like “fair mobility”1a and for employers as this is not part of the core tasks of ELA; whereas neither ELA nor the involved Trade Unions have sufficient resources to be the helpdesk for individuals; _________________ 1a www.fair-labour-mobility.eu

Amendment 31 #

Recital G

G. whereas, based on its founding regulation, ELA ~~carries~~shall contribute to ensuring fair labour mobility across the Union and assist Member States and the Commission in the coordination of social security systems within the Union; whereas the authority shall carry out several tasks in this regard: facilitating access to information for individuals ~~and~~, employers and social partners on labour mobility, supporting Member States in promoting cross-border job matching and coordinating the European Employment Services (EURES), facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, coordinating and supporting concerted and joint inspections, carrying out analyses and risk assessments on issues related to cross-border labour mobility, supporting Member States with capacity building in the field of labour mobility and tackling undeclared work, and mediating disputes between Member States on the application of relevant EU law;

Amendment 32 #

Recital G

G. whereas, based on its founding regulation, ELA carries out several tasks: facilitating access to information for individuals, social partners and employers on labour mobility, supporting Member States in promoting cross-border job matching and coordinating the European Employment Services (EURES), facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, coordinating and supporting concerted and joint inspections, carrying out analyses and risk assessments on issues related to cross- border labour mobility, supporting Member States with capacity building in the field of labour mobility and tackling undeclared work, and mediating disputes between Member States on the application of relevant EU law;

Amendment 33 #

Recital G

G. whereas, based on its founding regulation, ELA carries out several tasks: facilitating access to information for individuals and ~~employ~~Social Partners on labour mobility, supporting Member States in promoting cross-border job matching and coordinating the European Employment Services (EURES), facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, coordinating and supporting concerted and joint inspections, carrying out analyses and risk assessments on issues related to cross-border labour mobility, supporting Member States with capacity building in the field of labour mobility and tackling undeclared work, and mediating disputes between Member States on the application of relevant EU law;

Amendment 34 #

Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas the objective of establishing ELA was to address challenges such as, but not limited to, lack of appropriate support and advice for workers and employers in cross-border situations, insufficient exchange of information between national authorities responsible for the different aspects of worker mobility and coordination of social security systems, and insufficient cooperation structures at EU level in this domain;

Amendment 35 #

Recital H

H. whereas ELA has not yet reached its full operational potential; whereas ELA’s activities are restricted due to the voluntary nature of the cooperation and participation of Member States and the limited rights to request and process data of the affected workers and other means like tachographs; whereas the legal framework of the authority prevents it from carrying out investigations and inquries on its own initiative or dealing with labour migration from ~~non-EU~~third country countries;

Amendment 36 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital H

H. whereas ELA has not yet reached its full operational potential; whereas ELA’s activities are restricted due to the voluntary nature of the cooperation and participation of Member States; ~~whereas the legal framework of the authority prevents it from carrying out investigations on its own initiative or dealing with labour migration from non- EU countries;~~

Amendment 37 #

Recital H

H. whereas ELA has not yet reached its full operational potential; whereas ELA’s activities and impact are restricted due to the voluntary nature of the cooperation and participation of Member States; whereas the legal framework of the authority prevents it from carrying out investigations on its own initiative or dealing with labour migration from ~~non-EU~~third country countries;

Amendment 38 #

Recital H

H. whereas ELA has not yet reached its full operational potential; whereas ELA’s activities are ~~restricted due to~~ly on the voluntary nature of the cooperation and participation of Member States; whereas the legal framework of the authority prevents it from carrying out investigations on its own initiative or dealing with labour migration from ~~non-EU~~third country countries;

Amendment 39 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the Union's common immigration policy must ensure the efficient management of migration flows, the fair treatment of third-country nationals residing legally in Member States, and the prevention and combat of illegal immigration; whereas it is the right of Member States to determine volumes of admission of third-country nationals coming from third countries to their territory in order to seek work, whether employed or self-employed;

Amendment 4 #

Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (2020/2664),

Amendment 40 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Max ORVILLE, Sylvie BRUNET

Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas, in accordance with Regulation 2019/1149, ELA's objectives should be clearly defined, with a strong focus on a limited number of tasks, in order to ensure that the means available are used as efficiently as possible in areas where the Authority can provide the greatest added value;

Amendment 41 #

Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas rules and practices on how to carry out labour inspections very significantly across member states, as well as does the cooperation between ELA and national authorities;

Amendment 42 #

Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the purpose of the revision clause of the founding regulation is to modify the mandate and not only to do an ex-post analysis of the work since 2019;

Amendment 43 #

Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas ELA's mandate should not replace or interfere with competences of national authorities, but complement them in the relevant areas indicated in Regulation 2019/1149; whereas balance between ELA's and Member States' national authorities' competences regarding law application and enforcement should be preserved;

Amendment 44 #

Recital H b (new)

H b. Whereas the high number of seconded national experts (SNEs) could be a challenge when they undestand themselves more as representatives of their Member States defending their interests instead of easying the cooperation between ELA and the Member States;

Amendment 45 #

Recital I

I. whereas the European Banking Authority was given the mandate of carrying out investigations on its own initiative; whereas some European agencies, such as Europol, have access to the database of the Internal Market Information (IMI) System and are allowed to process personal data; whereas the European Labour Authority is lacking similar rights;

Amendment 46 #

Recital J

J. whereas social partners may bring cases to the attention of ELA without the necessity to first exhaust domestic enforcement instances; whereas such cases should lead to joint inspections; whereas the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of ELA;

Amendment 47 #

Recital J

J. whereas social partners ~~may bring~~could inform ELA about cross-border cases towith the ~~attention of ELA~~purpose of initiate cross-border inspections; whereas the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of ELA;

Amendment 48 #

Recital J

J. whereas social partners may bring cases to the attention of ELA with a view to initiating cross-border inspections; whereas the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of ELA;

Amendment 49 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Recital J a (new)

J a. Whereas ELA could be informed about cross-border law breaches not only after the exhaustion of national remedies;

Amendment 5 #

Citation 9 b (new)

– having regard to Article 45(2) of the TFEU, forbidding any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.

Amendment 50 #

Recital J b (new)

J b. whereas the procedures how to involve the social partners in the procedures is often not clarified;

Amendment 51 #

Recital J c (new)

J c. whereas the analyses and surveys are often carried out by external contractors for ELA; whereas this external transfer of important tasks hinders the necessary continuity to build up expertise and it endangers the independence of the European Labour Authority;

Amendment 52 #

Recital K

K. whereas by 1 August 2024, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess ELA’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks in compliance with Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1149; whereas the evaluation of ELA should, in particular, assess whether there is a need to modify its mandate and the scope of its activities, including the expansion of its scope to cover sector-specific needs in particular in the most affected sectors such as construction, transport and agriculture; whereas the evaluation should also explore further synergies and opportunities to streamline with other agencies in the area of employment and social policy;

Amendment 53 #

Recital K

K. whereas by 1 August 2024, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess ELA’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks in compliance with Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1149; whereas the evaluation of ELA should, in particular, assess whether there is a need to modify its mandate and the scope of its activities, taking into account the inputs of the authority and national agencies, including the expansion of its scope to cover sector-specific needs; whereas the evaluation should also explore further synergies and opportunities to streamline with other agencies in the area of employment and social policy;

Amendment 54 #

Recital K

K. whereas by 1 August 2024, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess ELA’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks in compliance with Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1149; whereas the evaluation of ELA should, in particular, assess whether there is a need to modify its mandate and the scope of its activities, including the expansion of its scope to cover sector-specific needs; whereas the evaluation should also explore further synergies and opportunities to streamline with other agencies in the area of employment and social policy as well as fundamental rights;

Amendment 55 #

Recital K a (new)

K a. whereas the evaluation should further explore in cases of crimes and the involvement of organised crime for example in the construction sector regular cooperation and exchange with Europol, Eurojust and in cases where European subsidies are involved with EPPO;

Amendment 56 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital L

L. whereas in its resolution of 11 May 2023 on a roadmap towards a social Europe – two years after the Porto Social Summit, Parliament underlined the importance of a well-functioning and efficient ELA; whereas Parliament has already called on the Commission to make use of the opportunity presented by the forthcoming evaluation to submit a legislative proposal to review the scope of ELA’s founding regulation and allow it to realise its full potential, especially concerning ELA’s inquiry and investigation powers;

Amendment 57 #

Recital L

L. whereas in its resolution of 11 May 2023 on a roadmap towards a social Europe – two years after the Porto Social Summit, the European Parliament underlined the importance of a well- functioning and efficient ELA; whereas Parliament has already called on the Commission to make use of the opportunity presented by the forthcoming evaluation to submit a legislative proposal to review the scope of ELA’s founding regulation and allow it to realise its full potential, especially concerning ELA’s inquiry powers;

Amendment 58 #

Marianne VIND, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Milan BRGLEZ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyn REGNER, Daniela RONDINELLI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS

Recital L

Amendment 59 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE, Sylvie BRUNET

Recital L a (new)

L a. whereas labour shortages are on the rise in the EU; whereas EURES has the potential to become a key instrument to foster labour mobility and improve job matching across the EU but its potential is currently not fully tapped; whereas there is an insufficient use by national authorities, employment agencies and social partners of EURES;

Amendment 6 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Recital A

A. whereas, in 2021, there were about 10 million EU citizens of working age living in another Member State3 ; whereas the number of ~~non-EU~~third country nationals living and working in the EU has increased in recent years; whereas, in 2022, 9.93 million non- EU citizens were employed in the EU labour market, corresponding to 5.1 % of the total working age population4 ; whereas third country nationals do not fall yet under the scope of the European Labour Authority even the situations and problems are similar to EU citizens; _________________ 3 European Commission, ‘Annual Report on Intra-EU Labour Mobility 2022’, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, 2022. 4 European Commission, ‘Statistics on migration to Europe’, May 2023.

Amendment 60 #

Recital L b (new)

L b. whereas undeclared work remains an acute problem in the EU with some sectors, such as in the HORECA sector, construction, tourism, care and household support services sectors, being more at risk than others;

Amendment 61 #

Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a targeted revision of ELA’s founding regulation, based on the lessons learned since 2019, with a view to ~~strengthening ELA’s mandate and allowing it to reach its full operational potential;~~ assess ELA’s impact, identifying possible discrepancies between its mandate and its operational capacity as well as areas where ELA’s actions could bring more added value to national authorities in view to promote fair mobility across the Union;

Amendment 62 #

Jordi CAÑAS

Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Recalls that the original proposal of the regulation establishing a European Labour Authority (article 10(7))1a gave the agency the right to report suspected irregularities “in the application of Union law, including beyond the scope of its competences”, which would have allowed for the adding of core elements of the Single Market acquis to the scope of the ELA, such as investigations into the right of establishment; believes that a revision of ELA’s founding regulation should reintroduce that proposal; _________________ 1a Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Labour Authority, COM/2018/0131 final - 2018/064 (COD)

Amendment 63 #

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. calls for ELA to increase its effectiveness in terms of the objectives, tasks and functions assigned to it in Regulation 2019/1149; highlights the mandate entrusted to ELA to inform citizens and employers about their rights and obligations and to promote the exchange and sharing of good practices and knowledge, as well as to help mutual understanding of different national systems and practices; highlights the potential for significant improvements in reaching out to workers and providing them with information on their rights, thereby enhancing the quality of the exercise of internal market freedoms in the EU and strengthening enforcement in cross-border situations; calls for action to increase accessibility and quality of the general information provided to citizens, employers and social partner organisations on rights and obligations related to workers' mobility in the EU;

Amendment 64 #

Marianne VIND, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Milan BRGLEZ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Ilan DE BASSO, Carina OHLSSON, Evelyn REGNER, Daniela RONDINELLI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be ~~substantially strengthen~~updated in order to allow the authority to ~~investigate~~reinforce its enforcement capacity and to better address alleged breaches or non- application of EU law ~~and to initiate inspections on its own initiative~~; underlines the importance of additionality of ELA operations vis à vis national enforcement authorities; calls on the Commission to define this notion and determine when ELA can initiate inspections, such as in cases of serious breaches of EU law for which no liability has been identified or when competent national authorities have not followed up to alleged breaches or non application of EU law; stresses the need to ~~keep~~involve national competent authorities in~~formed of~~ any ELA investigation ~~in their jurisdiction~~ and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay;

Amendment 65 #

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate alleged breaches or non- application of EU law and to initiate inspections on its own initiative; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay; recalls the importance of ensuring that ELA and national competent authorities effectively cooperate with social partners, respecting their autonomy, rights and prerogatives in accordance with national industrial relations systems;

Amendment 66 #

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to ~~be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate alleged breaches or~~gurantee to start inquires and to investigate alleged breaches of workers´ rights, lacking enforcement and non- application of EU law and to initiate and conduct own inspections on its own initiative; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities and social partners following national laws and practices informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities and social partners following national law and practices of the Member States provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay;

Amendment 67 #

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to ~~be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate~~include the assessment of alleged breaches or non- application of EU law ~~and to initiate inspections on its own initiative; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investig~~in cross-border labour mobility situations, in ~~their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay~~cooperation with national competent authorities, which retain the competence to investigate and inspect in their jurisdiction;

Amendment 68 #

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate alleged breaches or non- application of EU law and to initiate and conduct inspections on its own initiative without having to obtain the approval of the Member States concerned; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay;

Amendment 69 #

Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be ~~substantially~~ strengthened in ~~order to allow it to investigate~~terms of notifying and reporting alleged breaches or non- application of EU law and to initiate inspections on its own initiative; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delayto relevant national authorities of Member States entitled to initiate controls, investigations or inspections; ELA provides appropriate support to these authorities before and during the controls, investigations and inspections;

Amendment 7 #

Recital B

B. whereas the free movement of workers and the freedom to provide services are two of the four basic freedoms of the EU; whereas these freedoms are among the main achievements of EU integration; whereas the objective to enhance quality of exercise of the freedoms of the internal market in the EU was one of fundamental reasons for the establishment of ELA;

Amendment 70 #

Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls for the European Labour Authority (ELA) to become a powerful tool to tackle fraud and breaches of workers rights in mobile work with effective cross-border inspections and to inform about good and bad examples in the sectors and in the field of labour law and to issue risk assessment in particualar on the most affected sectors;

Amendment 71 #

Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. States that in some Member States labour inspections are carried out by Social Partners. Stresses that the autonomy of the Social Partners needs to be guaranteed at all levels and at all steps of the procedure;

Amendment 72 #

Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Calls on the Member States to support and provide information to workers and employers on labour mobility and workers´ rights; Stresses that ELA cannot provide sevices as a helpdesk for individuals; Calls the Commission to have an own budget-line that Member States can carry out this tasks;

Amendment 73 #

Paragraph 2 d (new)

2 d. Calls the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary steps that labour mobility is no longer a business model in the Single Market on fraudulent construction of legal and unlegal instruments on cross-border and mobile work like Posting of Workers, Temporary Agency Work, Intra- Corporate Transfer, Seasonal Work with EU-workers and third-country nationals, letter box companies and subcontracting- chains based on wage competition, precarious working conditions, undeclared work and bogus-self- employment;

Amendment 74 #

Paragraph 2 e (new)

2 e. Calls on the Member States to enforce the national and EU labour law effective and treat breaches of workers´ rights seriously, especially in the field of labour mobility and to allow Trade Unions to go before the court on behalf of workers, especially of mobile workers and to ensure that workers receive the withheld wages and remunerations and compensation, ensure that social security contributions are paid since the fraud or withheld have started, establish a system of penalties and criminal law sanctions that employers are deterred to break the law, establish a European list of employers and companies where breaches of mobile labour law is registered;

Amendment 75 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU nationals~~third country nationals to whom the relevant labour legislation for third country workers is applicable; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU~~third country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law such as Seasonal Workers Directive, Intra- corporate Transfer Directive and Employers´ Sanctions Directive and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the ~~transport~~construction, transport and agriculture sector;

Amendment 76 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU~~third country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector; to this end, calls on the expansion of the scope of legislation to all EU directives that involve the regulation of working conditions for migrant workers, such as the Seasonal Workers Directive and the Employers Sanctions Directive;

Amendment 77 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and ~~labour mobility issues related to non-EU~~issues related to migration instruments under Union and national law related to third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU~~third country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transportsector, the construction sector and the agriculture sector;

Amendment 78 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU~~third country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly ~~take up~~assess the implementation of the sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector or temporary agency work;

Amendment 79 #

Jeroen LENAERS

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU nationals,~~third country nationals, especially when it comes to halting bogus posting of third country nationals and to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector;

Amendment 8 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Recital B

B. whereas the freedom of movement ~~of workers and the freedom to provide services are two of the four basic freedoms of the EU; whereas the~~is essential to the proper functioning of the Internal Market, is a key contributor to economic growth across the Union and a fundamental economic asset f~~reedoms are among the main achievements of EU integrat~~or EU regions situated in the periphery as well as border regions;

Amendment 80 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU~~third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU nationals~~third country nationals holding a residence and a work permit granted by a Member State, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector;

Amendment 81 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to ~~non-EU nationals~~third country nationals holding a residence and a work permit granted by a Member State; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include ~~non-EU~~third country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector;

Amendment 82 #

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States; underlines that ELA should be ~~able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State~~empowered to initiate administrative and judicial proceedings in cases of serious breaches of EU law for which no liability has been identified or administrative or judicial proceedings has not been initiated by the competent national authorities; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA if justified by the lack of appropriate actions by national authorities in due time and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 83 #

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ~~ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and~~record breaches of workers' rights and the exact details on unpaid wages and unpaid social securtity contributions and to be involved from the beginning to the end of a procedure of cases which have led to joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States; underlines that ELA should be able to support affected workers and Member State's authorities to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 84 #

Marianne VIND, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Milan BRGLEZ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Evelyn REGNER, Daniela RONDINELLI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States and should receive dedicated resources in order to be able to effectively pursue cases; underlines that ELA should be able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA, should receive information on how ELA is following up on the inspections and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 85 #

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States; underlines that ELA should be able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State and to recover unpaid wages and social security contributions; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA and receive follow-up information on the proceedings; stresses that social partners should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 86 #

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of ~~national and~~ EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed ~~through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States; underlines that ELA should be able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State~~in the Member States; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 87 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint ~~inspe~~actions supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States; underlines that ELA should be able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by national competent authorities, in collaboration with ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted ~~inspe~~actions by ELA and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;

Amendment 88 #

Jordi CAÑAS

Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that the execution of effective and dissuasive EU-wide financial sanctions is needed to end cases of lack of compliance with labour legislation, the circumvention of social security payments and tax evasion in cross-border activities; highlights that the ELA should be empowered to develop the main rules for an EU-wide sanctions policy and procedures to deal with breaches of legislation;

Amendment 89 #

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Urges ELA to prioritise cross- border law enforcement and controls to tackle cross-border fraud and labour crime cases; emphasises the need to bolster support for national authorities and sectoral social partners in the cross- border collection of fines and recovery of unpaid wages;

Amendment 9 #

Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the mobility of workers can be hampered by an insufficient coordination of social security systems across Member States, whereas weaknesses in the application of workers’ portability of their rights and entitlements in the area of social protection can create protection gaps and disincentivise workers who want to move and work in another member state;

Amendment 90 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners to improve the effectiveness of ELA; calls for a clarification of the procedures in this regard; calls on national competent authorities to cooperate more closely with their national social partners due to the fact that they are experts on their sectors and labour rights and have the necessary information in this regard;

Amendment 91 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EUnion, sectoral and national social partners in the elaboration and execution of the authority’s activities to improve the effectiveness of ELA; calls on national competent authorities to cooperate more closely with their national social partners in this regard;

Amendment 92 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of ELA; calls on national competent authorities to cooperate more closely with their national social partners in this regard;

Amendment 93 #

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA and to increase resources to ensure that national enforcement authorities have the means and capacity to cooperate with ELA; calls for the need to strengthen the cooperation and participation of Member States with the ELA by moving beyond the voluntary approach and by introducing the comply or explain principle; recalls that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks and should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each;

Amendment 94 #

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA~~; recall~~ and to provide sufficient resources to national enforcement authorities and ensure efficient structures and controls; recalls the key role of national liaison officers to facilitate the cooperation between Member States and ELA; underlines that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks and should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each;

Amendment 95 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Sylvie BRUNET, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA; recalls that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, ~~should help~~have a special role that includes helping and contributiong to carrying out ELA’s tasks a~~nd should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each~~s well as acting as national contact points, answering enquiries from and about their Member States directly or by contacting their national administrations; recalls that national liaison officers have the right to request and receive relevant information from their Member States, with full respect for the national law or practice of their Member State;

Amendment 96 #

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ~~recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA~~to communicate the benefits of collaborating with ELA to their respective ministries and enforcement authorities, and to promote closer cooperation among each other; recalls that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks and should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; ~~stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each;~~

Amendment 97 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA; recalls that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks ~~and should not be working~~ under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer ~~EU-level~~ social partners the opportunity to also nominate ontheir respective liaison officer ~~each~~s;

Amendment 98 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the essential role that EURES could play in addressing labour shortages and skills mismatch in certain countries and regions and enhancing fair mobility; calls on the Commission to make concrete proposals on how ELA could upscale the visibility and effectiveness of EURES, not least by creating a user-friendly system where job seekers and employers could easily find each other via a smart identification of skills; calls on the Commission to update ELA’s mandate accordingly;

Amendment 99 #