Philippe BOULLAND
Constituencies
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France
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
2010/12/15 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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PPE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2010/12/15 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Petitions | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2011/10/26 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2011/02/11 | 9999/12/31 |
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Rapporteur
| Opinion | 2013/2006(INI) | Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability |
| Shadow | 2012/2097(INI) | Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery |
| Opinion | 2012/2092(BUD) | 2013 general budget: all sections |
| Opinion | 2012/2016(BUD) | 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue |
| Opinion | 2012/0245(COD) | EU Aid Volunteers: framework for the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps |
| Opinion | 2012/0195(CNS) | Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union |
| Shadow | 2011/2182(INI) | EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights |
| Opinion | 2011/2046(INI) | 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats |
| Shadow | 2011/0270(COD) | EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation 2014-2020 |
Born
1955/08/18 Markala (Mali)- Doctor of medicine, specialising in general medicine. Certificate of specialised studies in aerospace medicine. Diploma in medicine (emergency medical services). Diploma in tropical medicine and parasitology.
- General medical practitioner (since 1985).
- Deputy Mayor of Betz (1989-1995 and since 2005). Mayor of Betz (1995-2005). First Vice-Chair of the Pays de Valois (Oise) Community of Councils (since 2001). Chair of the Valois Senlis Chantilly MIEF (job centre and task force for youth integration).
- Member of the Oise Departmental Council (since 2001).
- Member or patron of humanitarian associations. Chair of the Mayors' Association.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 8 |
2001/2038(INI)
2011/09/14
PETI
8 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital V V. whereas one of the crucial factors identified for this state of affairs is a lack of information, awareness, administrative capacity and financial and other resources at local level
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AF AF. whereas legal proceedings can only be launched once a project has been approved by Member States; whereas it is hard for citizens to understand that the EU cannot intervene until the whole procedure has been concluded and the
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AU AU. whereas what is required in order to meet legally established recycling and prevention targets is the active participation of civil society, improved stakeholder participation and increased public awareness, to be achieved through media campaigns to raise public awareness;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AW Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote, in this context, greater environmental awareness among the population about the advantages of efficient waste management, notably by advising them of the merits of pre-sorting waste and the real cost of collecting household waste, as well as of the financial gain obtained from recovering this household waste;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers that if the Commission, after referral by Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, delivers an opinion according to which a household-waste processing project approved by the Member States is incompatible with EU law, then implementation of this project has to be suspended until the European Union gives a ruling;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Believes that to thwart criminal organisations, there needs to be close financial oversight by local and national authorities of private enterprises awarded waste processing contracts;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new) Believes that illegal dumping in the countryside of highly contaminated chemical or radioactive waste should be punished with very severe sentences commensurate with the dangers this practice poses for people and the environment;
source: PE-467.326
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2010/0209(COD) Intra-corporate transfer: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
2011/06/28
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Intra-corporate transferees should benefit from the same working conditions as posted workers whose employer is established on the territory of the European Union, as defined by 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 services. Intra-corporate transferees should benefit from the same treatment as nationals of the host Member State and permanent staff as regards both pay and employment conditions, and in particular as regards the amount of social protection benefits. That requirement is intended to protect workers
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point g (g) ‘graduate trainee’ means any person with a higher education qualification who is transferred to broaden his/her theoretical knowledge of and experience in a company or institution in preparation for a managerial position within the company;
source: PE-467.306
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2010/0210(COD) Seasonal employment: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
2011/09/23
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) The Directive should provide for a flexible entry system based on demand and objective criteria, such as a valid work contract or a binding job offer that specifies the level of remuneration applicable to seasonal workers in the sector concerned; a maximum duration should also be set for seasonal jobs.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 (20) Considering the specially vulnerable situation of third-country national seasonal workers and the temporary nature of their assignment, there is a need to define clearly the working conditions applicable to such workers in order to ensure legal certainty by referring such conditions to generally binding instruments providing effective protection, in particular social protection, of the rights of third-
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 23 (23) To facilitate enforcement, effective legal remedy should be available to third- country nationals, and relevant designated third parties such as trade unions or other associations should be able to lodge complaints in order to ensure effective application of the Directive. This is considered necessary to address situations where seasonal workers are unaware of the existence of enforcement mechanisms or hesitant to use these in their own name, out of fear of possible consequences.
source: PE-467.317
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2010/0242(COD) European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)
2011/02/15
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) (1a) to protect older persons who continue carrying on an activity, regardless of the category of organisation in which that activity is performed, via suitable medical monitoring;
source: PE-458.631
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/04/28
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for a definition of disability to established to which Member States can refer;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Observes that there is an intrinsic solidarity in European societies which fully acknowledges the need for adaptations for people with mild disabilities; stresses however that people with severe or multiple disabilities need more help in terms of human rights and dignity; points out that types of disability should therefore be categorised on the basis of their severity so that suitable arrangements can be made at all stages of education and training and professional life;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that sheltered workshops and integrated workplaces could be equally valuable solutions to employing people with different disabilities in accordance with applications of reasonable accommodation; urges the Member States, therefore, to develop sheltered workshops, in particular by granting them exemptions from taxes and social security contributions, and to conclude contracts tailored to the physical capacity of the individuals concerned;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Advocates the introduction of recruitment quotas for people with disabilities, the provision of specific facilities for them, the employment of staff trained to meet their needs and the appointment within large undertakings of representatives to speak for them;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Stresses that social corporate responsibility could also be an important impetus to the situation of people with disabilities; calls upon actors and stakeholders to support and apply good practices in this field; recommends that the representatives of workers with disabilities should be consulted each year with a view to taking stock of the progress made in this area;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Urges the Member States to establish dedicated counters where people with disabilities and members of their families can obtain information and seek administrative advice;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Calls for special forms of leave to be created so that parents can take care of their disabled children; urges, further, that the commitment shown and the work performed by parents of disabled children should be recognised by being counted as professional experience and by being specifically taken into account when old- age pension entitlements are calculated;
source: PE-462.706
2011/05/18
PETI
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for a definition of disability to be provided to serve as a point of reference for Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for types of disability to be classified according to their severity, so that appropriate solutions can be found throughout the period of education and professional life;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recommends that the Member States develop sheltered workshops, mainly by means of tax and social security exemptions and that contracts be introduced tailored to the situation of disabled people;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recommends that quotas be introduced for the recruitment of disabled people, together with special facilities, staff geared to their needs and the introduction of disabled people's representatives within large firms;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Recommends that the Member States set up special contact points where disabled people and their families can obtain the information and administrative advice they need;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) source: PE-464.797
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2010/2295(INI) Activities of the Committee on Petitions in 2010
2011/05/27
PETI
11 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas citizens of the EU are directly represented by Parliament, and the right of petition offers them the means to address their representatives if they consider that their rights have been infringed and if the subject of their petition comes within the field of activity of the Committee on Petitions,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the implementation of European legislation has a direct impact on EU citizens and residents, who are the best placed to assess its effectiveness and its shortcomings and to signal remaining loopholes that need to be closed to ensure better implementation of EU legislation by the Member States, and whereas the Committee on Petitions should become a priority contact,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas, however, in some cases many Member States remain reluctant to cooperate actively with the responsible committee, and fail, for example, to attend meetings of the committee or to reply to letters sent to them; whereas this denotes a failure to cooperate with the institution in good faith,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas, given that very many petitions relate to projects with a potential environmental impact, it would be desirable for the Committee on Petitions to consider treating such petitions, relating to projects which are the subject of a public inquiry, in a way which optimises the committee’s decision- making time vis-à-vis both the petitioner and the state of progress on the project,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Hopes that Parliament and the Committee on Petitions will be actively involved in the development of the citizens’ initiative with a view to helping it fully achieve its objectives and ensuring enhanced transparency in the EU decision- making process, allowing citizens to suggest improvements, changes or additions to EU law, while seeking to prevent this public platform from being used solely for publicity purposes;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Hopes that the Committee on Petitions will be given the task of following up European Citizens’ Initiatives registered with the Commission;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Hopes that Citizens’ Initiatives which have not received a million signatures within the required time can be referred to Parliament’s Committee on Petitions for more detailed discussion;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls for the Committee on Petitions to be the committee representing the European Parliament at the Parliament and Commission public hearing of representatives who have gathered a million signatures for their Citizens’ Initiatives, thus enabling the hearing to benefit from the committee’s experience and legitimacy;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to declare 2013 the ‘European Year of Citizenship’ in order to give momentum to the debate on European citizenship and inform EU citizens of their rights and of the democratic instruments available to them to assert those rights;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the establishment of the one- stop shop for citizens seeking advice or recourse or making complaints through ‘Your EU Rights’; welcomes the steps taken by the Commission to streamline the existing public assistance services that serve to inform citizens about their rights at EU level and the means of redress available in the event of infringements; points out, however, that the European institutions need to provide more information and act with greater transparency, in particular by guaranteeing easy access to documents, and preserving confidentiality of identity for petitioners who request it;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses the need to bring greater transparency to the management of petitions: internally by giving Members direct access to petition files via the E- petition application, and externally by establishing an interactive Web portal for petitioners; considers, moreover, that Members should have access in the e- Petition application to petitions from petitioners who have requested anonymity;
source: PE-466.956
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2010/2301(INI) EU and China: unbalanced trade?
2011/03/05
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for trade competition between China and the EU to be based on clearly established rules allowing mutual emulation and business stability and optimisation, in order not to go against employees’ interests;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for exchanges of commercial and social good practice and experience between the EU and China to be stepped up;
source: PE-464.737
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2010/2305(INI) Absorption of Structural and Cohesion Funds: lessons learnt for the future cohesion policy of the EU
2011/03/05
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that while supporting the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, cohesion policy reduces disparities between regions, takes due account of the specific needs of the outermost regions and promotes a harmonious development in the EU;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to review the level of co-financing, to reflect better the level of development; calls on the Member States to create
source: PE-464.702
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2010/2307(INI) Youth on the move: a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems
2011/02/14
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that the transition from school, as well as from educational guidance, vocational training or higher education, to employment must be better prepared
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Takes the view that measures must be taken to reinforce the role of the family and social environment of young people and of their school in guiding them in their career choices and towards finding an occupation and that the two environments need to work together, not separately;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices, preferably in the local area, by setting up local agencies to provide young people with assistance with formalities and career choices, and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that an active labour market policy, including publicly funded work programmes for young people, and the creation of new, sustainable and good jobs are essential preconditions for successfully tackling youth unemployment, and that the existing funds, such as the European Social Fund, must be targeted more specifically at these objectives, in particular as regards providing support for young people through local agencies which offer them information and guidance, as well as specialist training courses held as close as possible to where they live;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that young people whose chances of getting started in life are poorer must be supported individually or even mentored to increase their employability and that publicly funded training places are an effective instrument for integrating particularly disadvantaged young people;
source: PE-458.607
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2011/0217(COD) European Year of Citizens (2013)
2011/12/16
EMPL
12 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The freedom to move and reside freely should be guaranteed in all Member States and for all citizens without discrimination of any kind on grounds of gender, race, age, disability or professional qualifications.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) The right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Despite the fact that the right to free movement and residence is firmly anchored in primary Union law and substantially developed in secondary law,
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 a (new) (12a) All the existing websites set up by the Commission to inform citizens should be simplified to make them more accessible and to facilitate mobility for all workers, whatever their qualifications.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 a (new) (13a) It should be stressed that mobility support measures have focused mainly on citizens with educational qualifications. It is therefore time for the Union to open up mobility to the least qualified workers, workers with disabilities, through the establishment of new exchange programmes and clearly structured and user-friendly websites.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new) – to raise citizens' awareness of the risks involved in illegal work and the advantages of engaging in legal employment (in terms of tax, social security, the right to occupational training, the right to citizenship. housing, family reunification, children’s access to schooling and apprenticeships through existing instruments (EURES, etc.)).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph -1 a (new) 1a. In the course of 2012, the Commission shall organise an EU-wide competition to design a logo for the European Year of Citizens.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – e
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new) – information campaigns to raise the profile of the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new) – modernisation of the EURES website to make it more user-friendly and improve regular updating thereof, and an information campaign to make it more visible;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 6 quater (new) – information campaigns to increase the visibility, accessibility and multilingualism of the NARIC website (recognition of diplomas and qualifications);
source: PE-478.530
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2011/0261(CNS) Common system of financial transaction tax
2012/09/03
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) The recent financial crisis has led to debates at all levels about a possible additional tax on the financial sector and in particular a financial transactions tax (FTT). This debate stems from the desire to ensure the financial sector contribute to covering the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future; to dis-incentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions; to regulate speculation on commodities and foodstuffs; to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets or specific polic
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) In order to concentrate the taxation on the financial sector as such rather than on citizens and because financial institutions execute the vast majority of transactions on financial markets, the tax should apply to those institutions, whether they trade in their own name, in the name of other persons, for their on own account or for the account of other persons. The Member States should ensure, in particular, that institutions do not indirectly pass on to their clients the cost constituted by their annual liability under the FTT.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to allow the adoption of more detailed rules for determining whether certain financial activities constitute a significant part of an undertaking's activity, so that the undertaking can be considered a financial institution for the purposes of this Directive, as well as more detailed rules regarding protection against tax evasion, avoidance and abuse, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of specifying the measures necessary to this effect. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work,
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 Every
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 2 In that report the Commission shall, at least, examine the impact of the FTT on the proper functioning of the internal market, the financial markets and the real economy, on speculation on commodities and foodstuffs and on the fight against tax havens, and it shall take into account the progress on taxation of the financial sector in the international context.
source: PE-485.838
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2011/0268(COD) European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
2012/07/06
EMPL
9 amendments...
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF, particularly in the field of education, to enable training to be tailored more closely to the needs of the regional, national and European job market.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to promote corporate social responsibility and encourage and support innovative social enterprises, including SMEs. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, young people who have left school without acquiring any qualifications, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part (b) Investing in education, developing or updating relevant skills and life-
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems, including through the creation of partnerships between educational and training establishments and businesses;
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv (iv)
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v (v)
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies, including as regards common criteria for the award of social labels to enterprises.
source: PE-489.537
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2011/0269(COD) European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) 2014-2020
2012/07/16
EMPL
13 amendments...
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) In order to maintain the European nature of the EGF, an application for support should be triggered when the number of redundancies reaches a minimum threshold. In small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, and in exceptional circumstances, applications may be submitted for a lower number of redundancies.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Redundant workers should have equal access to the EGF independently of their type of employment contract or employment relationship. Therefore, workers with fixed term contracts and temporary agency workers made redundant, as well as owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d (d)
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 4 4. Where owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers change
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) (a) a reasoned analysis of the link between the redundancies and the major structural changes in world trade patterns, or the serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crisis
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point j Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 Expenditure shall be eligible for a financial contribution from the dates set out in Article 8(2)(h) on which the Member State starts the personalised services to the targeted workers or the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF in accordance with Article 7(1) and (3) respectively.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 source: PE-492.873
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2011/0270(COD) EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/04/26
EMPL
75 amendments...
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Title Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a European Union Programme for
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) In line with the Commission Communication ‘A budget for Europe 2020’4, which recommends rationalising and simplifying the Union’s funding instruments and sharpening their focus both on Union added value and on impacts and results, this Regulation establishes a European Union Programme for
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion and the Innovation Union flagship initiatives identify social innovation as a powerful tool for addressing the social challenges arising from population ageing, poverty, unemployment, new work patterns and life styles, and citizens' expectations regarding social justice, education and health care. The Programme should support action to step up social innovation in policy areas falling within its scope and which warrant greater attention, such as combating poverty and social exclusion, fostering social inclusion and improving access to health care and training for disadvantaged people, in the public, private and third sectors, taking due account of the role of regional and local authorities. In particular, it should help identify, evaluate and scale up innovative solutions and practice through social experimentation to assist the Member States more effectively in reforming their labour markets and social protection policies. It should also act as a catalyst for transnational partnerships and networking between public, private and third-sector actors as well as supporting their involvement in designing and implementing new approaches to tackling pressing social needs and challenges.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) In line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Programme should pursue a coherent, innovative and adaptable approach to promoting employment and combating social exclusion and poverty. Its implementation should be rationalised and simplified, notably through a set of common provisions including, inter al
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) The Union is uniquely placed to provide a Union platform for policy exchanges and mutual-learning between the Member States
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) Ensuring that minimum standards, as defined by the OECD and the ILO, and as enshrined in the Charter of Human Rights, are in place and that working conditions improve constantly in the Union is a central feature of Union social policy. The Union must also ensure that all companies active on its territory apply these standards. The Union has an important role to play both in ensuring that the legislative framework is adapted, in line with ‘Smart Regulation’ principles, to evolving work patterns and new health and safety risks and in financing measures to improve compliance with Union rules on the protection of workers' rights.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Union is committed to combating social dumping and strengthening the social dimension of globalisation by promoting decent work and labour standards internationally, either directly vis-à-vis third countries or indirectly through cooperation with international organisations. Accordingly, suitable relations need to be developed with third countries not participating in the Programme in order to help achieve its objectives, having regard to any agreements of relevance between such countries and the Union. This may involve the attendance of representatives of these third countries at events of mutual interest (such as conferences, workshops and seminars) that take place in countries participating in the Programme. In addition, cooperation should be developed with the international organisations concerned, and in particular the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with a view to implementing the Programme in a way that takes the role of such organisations into account.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) In accordance with Articles 45 and 46 of the Treaty, Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers by ensuring close cooperation between the Member States and with the Commission. EURES should promote better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating transnational geographical mobility of workers, providing greater transparency on the labour market, and ensuring equal treatment for cross-border workers in both social and tax-related terms, ensuring the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and supporting activities in the areas of recruitment, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level, thereby contributing to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Amendment 158 #
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 and to stepping up and increasing the number of cross-border EURES partnership projects. In accordance with Article 47 of the Treaty, the scheme should facilitate mobility among young workers, without overlooking the importance of helping them find a first job, most often near their home, with a view to offering them the chance of job mobility in the future.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Lack of access to credit is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. Union and national efforts in this area need to be stepped up in order to increase the supply of microfinance, facilitate access to borrowing and meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular unemployed and vulnerable people who wish to start up or develop a micro-enterprise, including on a self- employed basis, but do not have access to credit. As a first step, in 2010 the European Parliament and the Council set up the Facility.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Making microfinance more available on the Union’s young microfinance market calls for the institutional capacity of microfinance providers, and in particular non-bank microfinance institutions that are officially accredited lenders, to be stepped up in line with the Commission Communication 'A European Initiative for the development of micro-credit'
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) Social enterprises are a cornerstone of Europe’s pluralist social market economy, and play an important role in ensuring greater social convergence in Europe. They can act as drivers of social change by offering innovative solutions, and therefore make a valuable contribution to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The programme should improve social enterprises’ access to finance and thereby contribute to the Social Business Initiative launched by the Commission11.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 a (new) (17a) In line with the Europe 2020 strategy, the Programme should tackle the problem of youth unemployment. Despite some positive signs of recovery in 2009, the employment growth was too weak to produce a steady reduction in the high unemployment rate. The average unemployment spells have lengthened, and youth unemployment figures have risen in many Member States, reaching more than 40% in some of them. Although the situation in European countries differs considerably, the average youth unemployment rate in the EU is more than twice as high as the adult unemployment rate. Moreover there are large regional disparities. Especially in rural areas, youth unemployment is raising. Young people aged under 25 years should therefore be given a future and the perspective to play a key role in developing society and economy in Europe, which is of particular importance in this time of crisis.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 b (new) (17b) Tackling youth unemployment and the precariousness of young workers would not only reduce societal costs but also promote social inclusion. Therefore, the Programme should put a special focus on youth employment, by introducing a Youth Initiative axis, which aims at improving the transition from education to decent employment as well as working conditions of young people and reduce early school leaving.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty, the Programme should support the mainstreaming of gender equality and anti- discrimination objectives in all its activities. Regular monitoring and evaluation should be carried out to assess the way in which gender equality and anti- discrimination issues are addressed by the Commission, either directly or indirectly, in the Programme's activities.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved at Member State level and can therefore, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, particularly by reallocating unused resources from the Cohesion Fund in each Member State. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. This Regulation establishes a European Union Programme for
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) ‘Social enterprise’ means a
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) ‘Microcredit’ means a loan of up to EUR 25 000, which can be revised upwards depending on the economic climate.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) ‘Social innovation’ means a ground- breaking social initiative or project, drawn up specifically to address in a meaningful way social needs that have been ignored or insufficiently dealt with, such as help finding a first job, social exclusion, combating poverty or access to health care for disadvantaged people.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new) (db) ‘Social experimentation’ means promoting and financing projects that are innovative in terms of their approach to society and their implementation method, that facilitate access to employment, improve jobseekers’ living conditions, combat social exclusion and poverty, and whose positive results could be more widely publicised at European level.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) The Progress axis, which shall support the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Union employment and social policy and legislation on working conditions
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) The EURES axis, which shall support activities carried out by the EURES network, i.e. the specialist services designated by the EEA Member States and the Swiss Confederation, together with other interested parties, to develop information exchanges and dissemination and other forms of cooperation, such as cross-border partnerships, to promote
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis, which shall facilitate access to
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) The Youth Initiative axis, which shall improve the employment and educational situation of young people, in particular those who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) Promote
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (ea) Ensure a good transition from education to decent employment, prevent early-school leaving and promote quality of traineeships and apprenticeships.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b (b)
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. The financial appropriations for implementing the Programme over the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 shall amount to
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at least
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) 15 % to the EURES axis, prioritising ‘Your first Eures job’ in particular, and allocating at least 20 % to transnational partnerships;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The remaining 5 % shall be apportioned among the axes on an annual basis in line with policy priorities proposed by the Commission and agreed to by Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. In addition to the financial appropriations mentioned in paragraph 1, funding shall be provided for the Youth Initiative axis set out in Article 3 (1) (ca). Over the Programme period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 financial appropriations dedicated to this axis shall amount to [EUR XXX] million.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission may make use of the appropriations referred to paragraph 1 to finance technical and/or administrative assistance, in particular relating to auditing, outsourcing of translation, meetings of experts, and information and communication activities for the mutual benefit of the Commission and the beneficiaries, and strengthen checks on expenditure. These appropriations shall be limited and capped.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part The following types of actions in its field of expertise may be financed under the Programme:
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c (c)
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new) (ea) specific innovative actions in the fields of employment, social exclusion, access to healthcare for disadvantaged people, working conditions and social affairs.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d (d) Drafting and publication of guides, reports and educational materials and measures relating to information, communication, and media coverage of initiatives supported by Progress;
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new) (ea) Formulation and dissemination of a set of social criteria applicable on a voluntary basis by all undertakings within the European Union which could be accorded a designation such as that referred to in Article 16.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 4.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a (new) (a) Actions to promote the mobility of individuals in the Union, in particular the development of a multilingual digital platform for the clearance of job vacancies and applications, and targeted mobility schemes to fill vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified and/or to help specific groups of workers such as young people and those seeking their first job.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b (new) (b) Training of EURES legal practitioners and policy advisers;
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c (new) (c) Capacity-building of national administrations and specialist services responsible for promoting targeted geographical mobility designated by the Member States;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d (new) (d) Networking of, and cooperation among, specialist bodies, national, regional, and local authorities, and employment services at European level;
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 5.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new) (a) Support to microfinance and social enterprises in particular through the financial instruments provided for under Title VIII of Part one of Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [New Financial Regulation] on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union, and grants.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b (new) (b) Capacity-building of national administrations and specialist services responsible for the recognition and promotion of microcredit providers designated by the Member States.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall ensure that activities carried out under the Programme are consistent with, and complementary to, other Union action, in particular within the Structural Funds, under the European Social Fund (ESF), under the ERDF and specific SME programmes, and in such areas as social dialogue, justice and fundamental rights, education, vocational training and youth policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, enlargement and external relations, and general economic policy.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. The results of the actions implemented under the Programme shall be regularly and suitably communicated and disseminated to citizens, the EESC, and representatives of SMEs, the social partners, and the European Parliament in order to maximise their impact, sustainability and Union added value.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 With a view to regular monitoring of the Programme and making any adjustments needed to its policy and funding priorities, the Commission shall draw up
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) Develop and disseminate high-quality comparative analytical knowledge in order to ensure that Union
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) Provide
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d (d)
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new) In addition to the general objectives set out in Article 4, the specific objectives of the Progress axis shall be to: (a) establish a social label to identify enterprises which endeavour to satisfy social criteria more ambitious than the minimum legal standards in order to progress towards a European social model capable of offering better social protection to employees and meeting the aspirations of consumers and of financial institutions wishing to invest in socially responsible enterprises; (b) establish funding to serve as a ‘personal contribution’ of the recipients when they approach financial institutions; (c) set up one-stop shops bringing together employment services and all other related social services (NGOs, voluntary organisations, social partners, etc.) in the world of work (training, apprenticeship, redeployment, etc.) and in the social field (housing, health, transport, etc.); (d) promote teleworking; (e) encourage and support all initiatives by schools and training centres aiming to work more closely with employment services in order to gear training courses to sectors suffering a shortage of skilled labour; (f) set up business incubators enabling resources to be pooled for start-up purposes, and promote enterprise creation systems by providing technical and financial support and offering the possibility of sponsorship; (g) improve the information provided to citizens on European programmes to assist job-seekers; (h) support initiatives enabling the individual circumstances and the environment of unemployed persons seeking work to be taken into account (mobility assistance, loan of a vehicle, assistance for the purpose of learning to drive, welfare benefits, etc.); (i) combat exclusion and poverty, not least by enabling the most deprived to gain access to health care.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. For the purposes of implementing this Programme, the Commission shall establish cooperation with the European foundations and agencies dealing with social affairs and ensure that this Programme is consistent with, and complementary to, the Grundtvig and Leonardo programmes.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 4. The Commission may cooperate with third countries not participating in the Programme. Representatives of such third countries may attend events of mutual interest (such as conferences, workshops and seminars) that take place in countries participating in the Programme and the cost of their attendance may be covered in part by the Programme.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) Ensure that job vacancies and applications, and any related information are transparent for the potential applicants and the employers; this shall be achieved through their exchange and dissemination at transnational, interregional and cross- border level using standard interoperability forms; ensure that targeted mobility does not impede access to local employment through training geared to sectors suffering a labour shortage;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) Develop
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new) (aa) the creation and development of micro-enterprises, applying microfinance arrangements enabling the maximum amount to be raised according to the economic situation;
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new) 2a. Establish microfinance or funding to serve as a ‘personal contribution’ of the recipients when they approach financial institutions;
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 3 3. Support the development of social enterprises and of enterprises awarded a label in recognition of their consistent efforts to fulfil a given number of predetermined ambitious social criteria, in particular by facilitating access to finance.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) financing for social enterprises and those awarded a label in recognition of their consistent efforts to fulfil a given number of predetermined ambitious social criteria.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 1 1. The international financial institutions and, where relevant, the fund managers shall send the Commission annual implementation reports setting out the activities granted support and covering their financial implementation and the allocation and accessibility of funding and investment by sector and type of beneficiary, applications accepted or rejected and contracts concluded by the public and private bodies concerned, actions funded and the results, including in terms of social impact, employment creation and sustainability of the businesses
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation Chapter III a (new) Chapter III a (new) Youth Initiative Axis
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 a (new) Article 26 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The Youth Initiative axis for people aged under 25 years shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2a) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: a) Preventing early-school leaving especially through reintegration into training: 30%; b) Developing skills that are relevant to the labour market in order to bring together more closely worlds of employment, education and training: 20%; c) Supporting a first work experience and on-the-job training in order to offer the opportunity to young people to acquire both the relevant skills and work experience: 20%; d) quality of traineeships and apprenticeships: 20%.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 b (new) Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 c (new) Article 26 c Participation 1. Participation in the Youth Initiative axis shall be open to the following countries: (a) The Member States; (b) The EFTA and EEA member countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement; (c) The candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and the general terms and conditions laid down in the framework agreements concluded with them on their participation in Union programmes. 2. The Youth Initiative axis shall be open to all public and/or private bodies, actors and institutions, and in particular: (a) National, regional and local authorities; (b) Public employment services; (c) The social partners; (d) Youth organisations and other non- governmental organisations at all political levels; (e) Higher education institutions and research institutes; (f) Experts in evaluation and in impact assessment; 3. For the purpose of the implementation of the Youth Initiative axis, the Commission shall establish cooperation with the EU Agencies referred to in Article 16(2a). The Commission may also establish cooperation with international organisations referred to in Article 16(3) and with third countries not participating in the Programme as provided for in Article 16(4).
source: PE-487.817
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2011/0385(COD) Economic governance: strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area. 'Two pack'
2012/02/23
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2 a) Notion of social governance should be added to the economic governance, including to the reinforced surveillance measures on economic policies, and also some appropriate and convergent social measures to safeguard employment.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new) (d a) Communicate to the European Parliament information about evolution of poverty in each Member State.
source: PE-483.682
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2011/0386(COD) Economic governance: common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit in the euro area. 'Two pack'
2012/02/22
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The amendments to the Stability and Growth Pact increase both the guidance, and, for the Member States whose currency is the euro, incentives for the setting and the implementation of a prudent budgetary policy, while avoiding excessive government deficits. These provisions have created a more robust framework at the level of the Union for the surveillance of national economic policies. An enhanced surveillance of social policies linked with job creation should be added to these provisions.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e (e) the main assumptions about expected economic and social developments and important economic and social variables which are relevant to the achievement of the budgetary targets. These assumptions shall be based on independent macroeconomic growth forecast;
source: PE-483.671
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2011/0397(COD) Groundhandling services at Union airports
2012/06/26
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) Ambiguity exists as to whether Member States may require the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited. Discontinuity of staff can have a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) In a labour-intensive sector such as groundhandling, continuous staff development and training have a strong impact on service quality. Minimum training requirements, harmonised at a European level, should therefore be set to ensure the quality of operations in terms of reliability, resilience, safety and security, and to create a level playing field among operators.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 31 (31) Member States
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 1. Suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 2 2. Every employee involved in the provision of groundhandling services
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. Where relevant for the activity of groundhandling services in question, training which is harmonised at a European level and can be completed using specific tests appropriate to certain Member States shall cover, at least:
source: PE-492.654
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2011/0411(COD) Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries 2014-2020
2012/05/16
DEVE
10 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) implementing the international dimension of the
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) improving market access and developing trade, investment and business opportunities for European companies by means of economic partnerships and by business and legal and taxation regulatory cooperation. This objective shall be measured by the Union’s share in foreign trade with key partner countries and by trade and investments flows to partner countries specifically targeted by actions, programmes and measures under this Regulation;
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) enhancing widespread understanding and visibility of the Union and its role on the world scene by means of public diplomacy, education/academic cooperation, training in the principles of good administrative and tax governance for local players and outreach activities to promote the Union’s values and interests. This objective may be measured, inter alia, by opinion surveys or evaluations.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 (1) All third countries, regions and territories associated with the Union may be eligible for cooperation under this Regulation.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 (2) To enhance the impact of the Union’s assistance, a differentiated and flexible approach shall be pursued, where appropriate, in designing cooperation with partner countries to take account of their economic, social and political contexts, the requirement for good administrative and tax governance, as and also of the Union’s specific interests, policy priorities and strategies.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Notwithstanding the specific focus on global players, the scope of this Regulation should be worldwide enabling to support cooperation measures with developing countries where the Union has significant interests in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation. Consideration ought therefore to be given to the overseas countries and territories associated with the Union throughout the world, in order in particular to enhance knowledge and understanding of the Union and improve its visibility in third countries.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) The Union is committed to helping to meet the global 2020 biodiversity targets and to deliver on the associated Strategy for resource mobilisation and their sustainable integrated management.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Under this Regulation, the Union should support the implementation of the “Europe 2020” strategy, in particular objectives relating to poverty eradication, climate change, the transition to a greener economy and
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation it is necessary to pursue a differentiated and flexible approach by developing models for cooperation with key partner countries and principles of good governance which prevent corruption and which take into account their economic, social and political contexts and also the Union’s specific interests, policy priorities and strategies, whilst maintaining the ability to intervene all over the world wherever needed.
source: PE-489.524
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2011/0412(COD) Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide 2014-2020
2012/05/16
DEVE
7 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) The task of building and sustaining a culture of human rights and good financial, social, administrative and fiscal governance, and making democracy work for citizens, though especially urgent and difficult in emerging democracies, is essentially a continuous challenge, belonging first and foremost to the people of the country concerned but without diminishing the commitment of the international community. It also requires a range of institutions, in particular national democratic parliaments that should ensure participation, representation, responsiveness and accountability.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Furthermore, whilst democracy and human rights objectives must be increasingly mainstreamed in all external assistance financing instruments, Union assistance under this Regulation will have a specific complementary and additional role by virtue of its global nature and its independence of action from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities. This will allow for cooperation with civil society on sensitive human rights and democracy issues possible, applying good financial, social, administrative and fiscal governance principles, thus providing the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances. It should also provide Union capacity to articulate and support specific objectives and measures at international level which are neither geographically linked nor crisis related and which may require a transnational approach or involve operations both within the Union and in a range of third countries. Moreover, it will provide the necessary framework for operations, such as support for independent European Union election observation missions requiring policy coherence, a unified management system and common operating standards.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) supporting and consolidating democratic reforms in third countries, by enhancing participatory and representative democracy
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv (iv) supporting reforms to achieve effective and transparent democratic accountability and oversight, including that of the security and justice sectors, and encouraging measures against corruption, in particular good financial and fiscal governance;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v (v) promoting political pluralism and democratic political representation, and encouraging political participation by citizens, in particular women and marginalised groups, in democratic reform processes at local, regional and national level;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi (vi) the rights of women as proclaimed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocols, particularly access to education and healthcare and the right to decide freely and independently about their bodies, including measures to combat female genital mutilation, forced marriages, crimes of honour, trafficking, and any other form of violence against women;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new) (iia) providing legal and tax-related training for local stakeholders with a view to establishing good-governance mechanisms that prevent corruption.
source: PE-489.498
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2011/0435(COD) Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
2012/10/07
EMPL
12 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Directive 2005/36/EC only applies to professionals who want to pursue the same profession in another Member State. There are cases where the activities concerned are part of a profession with a larger scope of activities in the host Member State. If the differences between the fields of activity are so large that in reality a full programme of education and training is required from the professional to compensate for shortcomings and if the professional so requests, a host Member State should under these particular circumstances grant partial access. However, in case of overriding reasons of general interest, such as in the case of a doctor of medicine
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) Applications for recognition from professionals coming from non-regulating Member States have to be treated in the same way as those of professionals coming from a regulating Member State. Their qualifications have to be compared to the qualifications requested in the host Member State on the basis of the qualification levels and objective criteria in Directive 2005/36/EC. In case of substantial differences the competent authority should be able to impose compensation measures.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. This Directive shall apply to all nationals of a Member State
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 4f – paragraph 2 2. Partial access may be rejected if such rejection is justified by an overriding reason of general interest, such as patient safety, consumer protection or public health, it would secure the attainment of the objective pursued and it would not go beyond what is strictly necessary.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a Directive 2005/36/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) where the service provider moves, if he has pursued that profession in one or several Member States for at least two years during the last 10 years preceding the provision of services when the profession is not regulated in the Member State of establishment. The condition requiring two years' pursuit shall not apply when either the profession or the education and training leading to the profession is regulated.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a Directive 2005/36/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 2 Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2005/36/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii Directive 2005/36/EC Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f f) (f) in the case of evidence of formal qualifications referred to in Article 21 (1) and in the case of certificates of acquired rights referred to in Articles 23, 26, 27, 30, 33, 33a, 37, 39, and 43, evidence attesting sufficient knowledge of the language of the host Member State.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c Directive 2005/36/EC Article 14 – paragraph 3 Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 53 – paragraphe 2 – subparagraph 1 A Member State shall ensure that any controls of the knowledge of a language are carried out by a competent authority
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 In the case of professions with patient safety implications, Member States may confer
source: PE-492.774
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2011/0438(COD) Public procurement
2012/06/20
EMPL
11 amendments...
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Under Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, requirements linked to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion should be taken into account when defining and implementing Union policies and activities, especially to promote a high level of employment. This directive specifies how contracting authorities can help promote social criteria and improve employees’ rights in accordance with case-law and European and international legislation whist ensuring that they can obtain the best social value for money for their contracts.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Other categories of services continue by their very nature to have a limited cross- border dimension, namely what are known as services to the person, such as certain social, health and educational services. These services are provided within a particular context that varies widely amongst Member States, due to different cultural traditions. A specific regime should therefore be established for public contracts for these services, with a higher threshold of EUR 500 000. Services to the person with values below this threshold will typically not be of interest to providers from other Member States, unless there are concrete indications to the contrary, such as Union financing for trans-border projects. Contracts for services to the person above this threshold should be subject to Union-wide transparency. Given the importance of the cultural context and the sensitivity of these services, Member States should be given wide discretion to organise the choice of the service providers in the way they consider most appropriate. The rules of this directive take account of that imperative, imposing only observance of basic principles of transparency and equal treatment and making sure that contracting authorities are able to apply specific quality criteria for the choice of service providers, such as the criteria set out in the voluntary European Quality Framework for Social Services of the European Union's Social Protection Committee and particularly criteria relating to social and employment conditions, health and safety at the workplace, social security and working conditions. Member States and/or public authorities remain free to provide these services themselves or to organise social services in a way that does not entail the conclusion of public contracts, for example through the mere financing of such services or by granting licences or authorisations to all economic operators meeting the conditions established beforehand by the contracting authority, without any limits or quotas, provided such a system ensures sufficient advertising and complies with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 (15) There is a widespread need for additional flexibility and in particular for wider access to a procurement procedure providing for negotiations, as is explicitly foreseen in the Agreement, where negotiation is allowed in all procedures. Contracting authorities should, unless otherwise provided in the legislation of the Member State concerned, be able to use a competitive procedure with negotiation as provided for in this Directive, in various situations where open or restricted procedures without negotiations are not likely to lead to satisfactory procurement outcomes. This procedure should be accompanied by adequate safeguards ensuring observance of the principles of equal treatment and transparency. This will give greater leeway to contracting authorities to buy works, supplies and services which are perfectly adapted to their specific needs and meet demanding requirements relating to social and employment conditions, health and safety at the workplace, social security and working conditions. At the same time, it should also increase cross-border trade, as the evaluation has shown that contracts awarded by negotiated procedure with prior publication have a particularly high success rate of cross-border tenders.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 36 a (new) (36a) Contracting authorities should be able to make it a requirement that measures to improve social protection are implemented during the performance of a public procurement contract. It should be possible to call for a description of measures taken by the economic operator to ensure a high level of social protection in the form of reporting or voluntary membership of a social label.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 37 (37) Contracts should be awarded on the basis of objective criteria that ensure compliance with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) the labels are established in an open and transparent procedure in which all stakeholders, including government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors, social partners and environmental organisations, may participate
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Any economic operator shall be automatically excluded from participation in a contract where the contracting authority is aware of any violation of obligations established by Union legislation in the field of social and labour law or environmental law or of the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI, including in the supply chain; if the supply chain is wholly or partly located in third countries, the contracting authority may exclude any economic operator if it is aware of any violation of the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Without prejudice to national laws, regulations or administrative provisions concerning the remuneration of certain services, and basic respect for social standards, the criteria on which contracting authorities shall base the award of public contracts shall be one of the following:
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) innovative social criteria.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive Article 66 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. The most economically advantageous tender referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 from the point of view of the contracting authority shall be identified on the basis of criteria linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question. Those criteria shall include, in addition to the price or costs referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 and basic respect for social standards, other criteria linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question, such as:
source: PE-491.021
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2011/2006(INI) Insolvency proceedings in the context of EU company law
2011/04/20
EMPL
16 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that employment law is chiefly the responsibility of the Member States
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with regret the increasing number of workers affected by insolvency proceedings which can be attributed to the economic crisis
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Takes the view that the objective of Directive 2008/94/EC
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers the overly strict definition of insolvency – particularly with regard to temporary and final insolvency – to be regrettable in cases where the creditors are employees;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Considers that the term ‘creditor’ needs to be defined in the light of Article 12(b) of Directive 2008/94/EC so as not to exclude those with a minority share in the company; calls, too, for the date on which the employer becomes insolvent to be taken into account in decisions to refuse or reduce the liability in cases where the employee, on his or her own or together with his or her close relatives, was the owner of an essential part of the employer’s undertaking or business and had a considerable influence on its activities;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the changing nature of employment contracts across the EU and the diversity of such contracts within Member States; considers it c
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that the Member States are competent to define ‘remuneration’ and ‘pay’, provided that they adhere to the general principles of equality and non- discrimination
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for the transfer of information between the authorities responsible for managing business and company registers in all the Member States to be made compulsory, with a view to protecting employees’ rights;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the guarantee institutions to act as guarantors in the case of insolvency proceedings opened in situations arising exclusively from delays experienced by company in relation to payments or debt collection;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Demands that, when main insolvency proceedings are opened against an employer which is in debt, the liquidator be empowered for a period of six months to declare assets to be protected with retroactive effect in cases where companies have moved capital; also wants liquidators to be empowered to use appropriate priority procedures for the recovery of monies owing to companies, in advancer of settlement with creditors and as an alternative to transfers of claims;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Considers that the concept of ‘abuse’ needs to be defined in accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union as ‘any abusive practice that is prejudicial to a guarantee institution inasmuch as it artificially creates a pay claim and thus unlawfully triggers a liability for the institution’, having regard to the date on which an employer becomes insolvent;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Calls for the timeframes for main and secondary proceedings to be harmonised and shortened in order to protect paid employees and afford them legal certainty;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 f (new) 9f. Calls for the dates for determining outstanding claims to be fixed on the basis that the date of the decision on the application to open insolvency proceedings is the date on which an employer becomes insolvent;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 g (new) 9g. Calls for the degree of harmonisation of insolvency proceedings to be not less than that provided for in Regulation No 1346/2000 and Directive 2008/94/EC;
source: PE-462.901
2011/07/13
JURI
7 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas a legal framework should be established that better suits cases of companies being temporarily insolvent,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 1 – point 1.1 – indent 2 a (new) – all companies can start insolvency proceedings in cases where insolvency is temporary, in order to protect themselves;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 1 – point 1.2 – indent -1 (new) – the date for determining outstanding claims is the date on which the employer becomes insolvent, i.e. the date of the decision on the application to open insolvency proceedings;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 1 – point 1.4 – indent 2 a (new) – when main insolvency proceedings are opened, the liquidator should be empowered for a period of six months to decide on the protection of assets with retroactive effect in cases where companies have moved capital;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 1 – point 1.4 – indent 2 b (new) – the liquidator must be empowered to use appropriate priority procedures to recover monies owing to companies, in advance of settlement with creditors and as an alternative to transfers of claims;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 1 a (new) In the event of main and secondary insolvency proceedings being opened, it calls for the timeframes for these procedures to be harmonised and shortened.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Annex – part 4 – paragraph 1 a (new) Prior to the creation of an EU insolvency register, transfer of information between the authorities responsible for managing business and company registers in all the Member States should be made compulsory in order to afford creditors legal certainty.
source: PE-469.800
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/05/05
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls for funding to be provided for the free movement of workers and the coordination of social security systems;
source: PE-464.783
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2011/2020(BUD) 2012 budget: all sections
2011/06/24
PETI
1 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Endorses the Ombudsman’s training policy including the intention to enter the Interinstitutional Framework Contract, which allows access to a large number of courses for people linked to the institution in order to make them more efficient and to harmonise the aims of the institution;
source: PE-467.288
2011/08/24
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for an increase in the payment appropriations for the European Social Fund
source: PE-470.046
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2011/2024(INI) Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
2011/08/24
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the free movement of persons and of ever more highly skilled workers is one of the key benefits of
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to lay the foundations for an ambitious system for the validation of the professional skills of all workers, so that the latter can obtain full or partial certification (diploma, vocational qualification, statement of professional standing) on the basis of their professional experience following validation by a panel of their knowledge and skills;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission to establish a Community system for the validation of professional skills, taking as a model the university bachelor’s-master’s-doctorate system, in order to make the labour market more transparent for employers and more accessible for job-seekers, who would thus be able to refer to a single legal basis;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a pragmatic and effective approach to language tests, which must be approved by a competent EU body, where registration is possible without proof of language but are permitted upon an offer of employment available in the three main official languages of the European Union;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for the introduction of common language tests in the European Union;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for general simplification of the administrative processes involved and for a reduction of the costs
source: PE-470.037
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/04/20
REGI
19 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) - having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the ‘Fifth Cohesion Report’, adopted on 1 April 2011,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the cohesion and structural policies have proved flexible in crisis situations and have made a defining contribution to various national recovery and training programmes, and whereas it is important to maintain this flexibility,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, however, a significant threshold effect exists between regions with comparable levels of development but benefiting from very different levels of aid – growth regions exceeding the threshold of 75% of average per capita GDP for the EU in receipt of more financial support than stagnating regions above that threshold – and whereas this represents a real problem in terms of fairness between Europe’s regions,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas a comprehensive European cohesion policy continues to be essential, given the
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for this partnership principle
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that, despite the trend towards a narrowing of inter-regional disparities, major imbalances still exist – and in some Member States are actually growing – so cohesion policy must continue to concentrate on
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Sees macroregional strategies as affording a major opportunity to harness forms of trans-regional potential and adopt a joint approach to shared challenges s
Amendment 227 #
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 the cohesion and structural policies; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges can be integrated very easily into the
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls for
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 293 #
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 for the allocation of funding for each territorial cooperation programme to be based on harmonised criteria in order to provide a strategic and integrated response to the needs and specificities of each geographical territory and area concerned; stresses the importance of the border regions in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers that there is a need
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls for the ESF, as a component of cohesion policy, to continue to foster social integration, economic growth and employment; regards the ESF as the Union’s most important labour-market and employment-policy tool; attaches particular importance to developing skills and mobility
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Draws attention to the synergies achievable through integrated approaches, notably linking the ESF and the ERDF, and calls for the option of cross-financing between these funds – specifically with a view to integrated development planning – to be facilitated; calls, furthermore, for better synergies between the EDF and the ERDF;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships to be made conditional
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Calls on the Member States/regions to designate authorities
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 55 55. Supports the Commission’s proposal that national authorities should not receive reimbursement until the EU funding has been paid out to the beneficiaries; envisages that this will speed up payment procedures and will be a crucial incentive to carry out stringent national auditing; notes, however, that cashflow problems could potentially arise at Member State or
source: PE-462.896
2011/04/27
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Approves the intention of developing new macro-regional strategies and calls for steps to be taken to identify and combat regional disparities, such as in access to training, employment and education;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides crucial support for employment market policies and plays an important part in boosting social inclusion, particularly for the most disadvantaged groups such as the Roma people;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to improve the visibility of ESF action and to make the ESF more accessible and capable of providing more support for integration into the job market, particularly by
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Underlines that particular attention should be paid to developing innovation and the capacity to create SME and independent entrepreneur projects, which are some of the main job creators;
source: PE-462.830
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2011/2046(INI) 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats
2011/08/22
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B a (new) Ba. having regard to the balanced approaches adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union towards freedom of establishment of undertakings in the cases of Daily Mail and General Trust1, Centros2, Überseering3 and Cartesio4, 1 Judgment of 27 September 1988 in Case 81/87, Daily Mail and General Trust plc, ECR 1988, p. 5483. 2 Judgment of 9 March 1999 in Case C- 212/97, Centros, ECR 1999, p. 1459. 3 Judgment of 5 November 2002 in Case C-208/00, Überseering BV, ECR 2002, p. I-9919. 4 Judgment of 16 December 2008 in Case C-210/06, Cartesio, ECR 2008, p. I-9641.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B b (new) Bb. whereas Articles 49 and 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union guarantee freedom of establishment for all companies and firms; having regard, moreover, to the lack of consistency in legislation on transfers and on procedures for transferring the registered office or real head office of an existing company or firm incorporated under national law from one Member State to another, within the single market, and the associated risks in terms of employment,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for transfers of seat to maintain the continuity of the legal personality of the company or firm, in order to ensure its proper functioning;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls for transfers of seat to be guided by the principle of flexicurity in the interests of a more flexible market which accords better with the interests of workers and is free of obstacles but in which the rights of workers are respected and they are protected against dismissal;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expects such a proposal to prevent abuses and fraud and to protect the interests of creditors
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Encourages Member States to arrange for the legality of transfers to be monitored by a competent authority which in particular gives judgment on compliance with the obligations of all stakeholders;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for Directive 2001/86/EC on employee participation to become the main legal basis for transfers of seat, bearing in mind the provisions of labour law;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – introductory part 6. Recommendation 2: EU legislation on the transfer of the registered office of a company or firm must include the following elements in order to ensure that employees
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 1 – legislative provisions on employees’ right of involvement, similar to those set out in Directive 200
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 2 – in addition, the management body should consult employees about the legal and economic implications of the transfer by means of a report setting out the consequences for employees, presented at least one month before the general meeting decides whether or not to approve the proposed transfer; the consultation on the report should be accessible and free of charge for all workers and their representatives;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 3 – the company’s rights and obligations – deriving from legislation, accepted practice and individual employment contracts or employment relationships – in respect of working conditions in the Member State of origin
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new) – if the transfer entails a change in the structure of the company or firm, central management should – on its own initiative or in response to a written request by a number of workers decided by the social partners – take a decision to alter the composition of the bodies representing workers;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 6 – the Member States should provide for effective legal remedies, with suspensive effect, for employees and their representatives so that employers can be forced to discharge their
source: PE-470.024
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2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement
2011/06/24
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that advances in EU public procurement legislation could help better define certain basic concepts and notions so as to provide the awarding authorities, companies and, therefore, workers with greater legal certainty;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Advocates amending the current legal framework for public procurement to reflect the particular nature of social services;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that SMEs can be regarded as the lifeblood of the European economy and believes that easy access for SMEs to public procurement procedures is crucial for preserving jobs;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls for the costs that companies incur in tendering for a public procurement contract to be minimised, with a view to making companies more competitive and boosting employment;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Advocates greater flexibility and rapidity in public procurement procedures in order to enable companies to be more competitive and thus create more jobs;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls for the concept of ‘cross-border’ to be defined so that a suitable legal framework for posted workers can be established;
source: PE-467.257
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/06/28
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas a social dimension should be included in European and international trade agreements, providing for decent working conditions and adequate social protection arrangements for poor workers, with a view to rethinking where human beings figure in such exchanges, and thus to tackling poverty more effectively,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. Considers that the impact of the environment on the working poor can bring about a deterioration in their working, living and health conditions; calls for European and international trade agreements to systematically take into account, as broadly as possible, the environmental aspects relating to working conditions,
Amendment 169 #
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 the improvement of national and European indicators relating to the comparability of national statistics on the poverty of vulnerable people;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that holding down a job is a key aspect of individual citizens’ dignity. Suggests, therefore, that the investment of public funds in job creation should be regarded as a priority, with exemptions from certain aspects of tax and social policy being provided for the benefit of employers if necessary;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to improve the protection provided for employees who are unfit to carry on working as a result of illness, an accident at work or an industrial disease, to prevent their being reduced to financial insecurity; would like to see national legislation strengthened, therefore, to make it mandatory for redeployment to be offered before employment can be terminated;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 source: PE-467.322
2011/09/09
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment C #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for
source: PE-472.086
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/09/06
EMPL
16 amendments...
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that, within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States agreed on an employment target of 75% for the 20-64 years age group by 2020; calls on all stakeholders to intensify their efforts to make the Europe 2020 strategy a success; calls, however, on the Member States to ensure that such employment takes place in civilised, high-quality conditions;
Amendment 135 #
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
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that the number of early school-leavers still remains high; calls on the Member States to implement policies to prevent early school leaving and to offer learning and training alternatives and retraining possibilities to students with learning difficulties;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to promote European centres of excellence within new academic specialisations for tomorrow’s jobs and to improve the mobility of young people in this area;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Encourages Member States to integrate ICT competences, digital literacy and transversal key competences such as communication in foreign languages, as well as entrepreneurship and the accreditation of professional experience, into their vocational training and lifelong learning policies;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Encourages Member States to implement a dual system of education/training in order to introduce young people to the labour market from the earliest stage; furthermore, calls on relevant stakeholders to ensure that traineeships and apprenticeships lead to the provision of new jobs or correspond to a need, identified upstream, for local job market opportunities;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to stimulate creation of small and medium-sized enterprises, to provide them with a regulatory friendly environment and to improve their access to finance; recalls that 85% of jobs in the EU are provided by SMEs; urges all relevant stakeholders to remove barriers to business creation and its free movement; calls on the Member States to list the barriers to recruitment, to legislate only when strictly necessary and only following an impact study, and to avoid increasing the social and fiscal pressure on businesses;
Amendment 254 #
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, however, for this fight against undeclared work to be undertaken in compliance with the law and adversarial procedure. Also calls for a definition of undeclared work;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that the health-care sector has a critical role to play in achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; furthermore considers that, because of demographic change, the health and social care sector
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on states to ensure the strengthening of legal certainty for enterprises, for example by reducing the statute of limitations in the field of social disputes;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Urges the Member States to develop teleworking, i.e. all forms of distance working and all kinds of work organisation and/or execution which exist outside the classic time-space format, by means of telecommunications and the Internet, in the form of a service provision or an employment relationship; would also like employers to transfer the most secondary tasks to junior employees;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls for special protection and adaptation of jobs for pregnant women and workers who suffer workplace accidents or illnesses;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Emphasises the importance of tackling youth unemployment as a matter of priority; calls on the Commission and Member States to continue their efforts to foster youth integration in the labour market, including the provision of incentives for young people and employers and the development of traineeships and apprenticeships; underlines in this context the crucial importance of facilitating the transition from school to work, as well as skills anticipation, upgrading and matching;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Emphasises the importance of tackling youth unemployment as a matter of priority; calls on the Commission and Member States to continue their efforts to foster youth integration in the labour market, including the provision of incentives for young people and employers and information on appropriate professional training; underlines in this context the crucial importance of facilitating the transition from school to work, as well as skills anticipation, upgrading and matching, personalised guidance and monitoring;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on states to ensure the strengthening of legal certainty for enterprises, for example by reducing the statute of limitations in the field of social disputes;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Considers that pursuing the objective of full employment has to be complemented by strengthened efforts to improve the job quality, working and living conditions of all employees, as well as ensuring their health and safety at the workplace;
source: PE-467.007
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2011/2071(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination
2011/06/21
EMPL
18 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph C C. whereas there is a need to ensure a strengthened interaction between employment, social and economic policies in the context of the European Semester, and whereas this has to be done in a manner fostering the democratic accountability, ownership and legitimacy of the actors involved in drawing up these policies,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that Europe 2020 and the European Semester as a framework for strengthened economic and social governance have a potential to help reinforce a common approach to the challenges, the responses and the assessment of the employment and social situation in the Member States;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the European Semester in order to represent citizens’ interests and to increase the legitimacy of the social policies to be conducted by the Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Wishes to see the role of the national parliaments strengthened with regard to their involvement in the process of economic and social policy-making so as to demonstrate their solidarity as partners in the European Semester; considers that this would serve to increase the legitimacy of the decisions taken and would ensure that the European Parliament is not the sole representative of the interests of European citizens and that strong political signals are sent at national level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States relating to education, employment and social affairs, macroeconomic policy and the budget, 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;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the Commission and Council recommendations to focus as a priority on a social policy that promotes education and training, access to employment, reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market and improved coordination of social protection systems in the Member States;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – introductory part Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point b b) Encourages t
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point c c) Invites the social partners, social NGOs and other stakeholders to take part in a regular exchange of views with Parliament, in particular on the implementation of employment and social policies and on the progress towards achieving the related EU targets; requests that preparatory documents for exchanges of views be communicated in advance to the members of the appropriate parliamentary committee;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission and the Council, as far as the European Semester is concerned, to devote particular attention to guideline 8 on young people’s access to education, educational guidance, and appropriate personalised lifelong training, since this will enable training of a high standard, and indeed at high levels, to be geared to future needs on the labour market.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to devote particular attention to guideline 9, bearing in mind that economic recovery will be impossible unless the current unemployment rate in the EU, especially among young people, is brought down and, as regards earlier stages in life, measures are taken to prevent early school leaving.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Proposes, with a view to achieving an employment rate of 75% and facilitating mutually reinforced interaction of employment, social, and economic policy, that social benefits for the unemployed be limited or made subject to an obligation to carry out community service and financial incentives provided to take up a new job.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Calls on the Commission and the Council, when adopting economic policies, to keep the implementation of the social objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy under review, with particular reference to macroeconomic policies serving to fund a social policy to promote the integration of older people into the labour market, the guidelines to be laid down by Member States regarding a minimum common core of social protection at company level (European label), and the mobility of young workers.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Hopes that the European Semester will serve to implement guideline 7, especially as regards measures to stamp out undeclared work in Member States, since this would lead to a manifest gain in wealth for the EU.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Hopes that recommendations will be drawn up long enough in advance to have a real impact on national budgetary decisions.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 g (new) 8g. Maintains that public sector wages should be limited if they are index linked and, above all, when the Member State concerned is running a substantial government deficit.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 h (new) 8h. Calls on the Commission and Council to implement guideline 7 and, in particular, without infringing the subsidiarity principle, to encourage economic and social policies allowing for higher life expectancy as far as the retirement age is concerned.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 i (new) 8i. Hopes that the European Semester, instead of focusing solely on the economic procedures and approaches specific to each Member State, will also allow for the cross-border effects of the single market and that a tax on financial transactions will be imposed within the single market as a whole; considers that such a tax would serve to correct structural macroeconomic imbalances and thus reduce the social impact of potential crises on European workers; believes that the tax would consequently act as a tax shield.
source: PE-467.222
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2011/2072(INI) Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
2011/01/06
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that offshore oil and gas production involves extremely high risks for worker health and safety, owing to the at times extreme environmental conditions, the 12-hour shift patterns and the isolated working environment, and considers that working conditions should be regulated, in particular in view of the human errors they may cause; therefore recommends that workers could benefit of a system of insurance as well as a mutual insurance company in adequacy to the risks occurred;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Wishes that a particular and regular medical follow-up care for patients should be provided for the workers exercising their activities within the offshore oil and gas sector; recommends that a medical visit regarding the physical and psychological state of the workers should be organised at least once a year;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Wishes that a permanent observation of the risks based on a systematical collect of information and scientific opinions should be realised, this would allow to anticipate the new and coming-up risks;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Wishes that a mechanism of evaluation of the risks incurred by the workers be approved and that this evaluation should be taken into consideration for the calculation of the remuneration of the workers.
source: PE-466.973
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2011/2088(INI) Tackling early school leaving
2011/09/06
EMPL
10 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4% and that 17.4% of these have only completed primary school; notes that the above figures must be considered in the light of the fact that the labour market and Europe’s level of competitiveness will both tend to favour holders of higher education qualifications;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the Commission should present to the committee in a year’s time a survey, assessment and evaluation of national reform programmes; calls for the assessment to be based on the specific national, regional, and local features of early school leaving;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Member States to carry out an analysis of the problem of early school leaving, while taking due account of data protection, and to develop appropriate packages of measures for prevention, intervention and compensation, including specialised establishments or school support services for recognised disabilities;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling; takes the view that teaching staff should be qualified for this purpose; considers that every pupil is entitled to personalised monitoring and guidance and, where necessary, should have access to a school psychologist and psychological follow-up;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for actors outside school to set up networks so as to enable schools to support pupils more effectively and tackle the problems that put children in difficulty;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that pupils’ personal situations, e.g. gender, low level of education in the family or a migrant background, must be taken into account, and that these pupils must be given targeted encouragement from the outset; stresses that
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Advocates desegregation policies to change the social make-up of ‘disadvantaged’ schools and improve the educational attainment of children from socially disadvantaged and low-education backgrounds;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Supports forms of positive discrimination such as priority education zones and programmes providing targeted support for schools in disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges that special individual careers advice be given to early school leavers to facilitate their entry into the world of work, and that they should be enabled by means of specially tailored measures to obtain skills and qualifications later and benefit from retraining opportunities and course equivalence arrangements;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recommends that training in NITC (new information and communications technologies), as well as in language technologies, should begin at an early age, given that these are particularly useful means of communication which young people have the ability to master quickly;
source: PE-464.934
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2011/2106(INI) Ombudsman's annual report 2010
2011/06/27
PETI
6 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes with satisfaction the sustained reduction in critical remarks (33 in 2010, 35 in 2009, 44 in 2008 and 55 in 2007) issued by the Ombudsman; concurs that this is evidence that the EU institutions are taking a more pro-active role in resolving complaints and that the Ombudsman’s effectiveness has earned him a degree of legitimacy in the eyes of those institutions;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that the average time required for completing inquiries seems to have stabilised at 9 months in 2009 and 2010; calls for this timeframe to be reduced by means of closer cooperation among all stakeholders;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Notes that in 2010 the Ombudsman submitted one special report, which concerned the Commission’s refusal to disclose documents and to co-operate with the Ombudsman in a s
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for the launch of an information campaign designed to reassure the staff of the EU institutions as to the Ombudsman’s willingness to listen and discuss issues, and to highlight the advantages of intervention by the Ombudsman with a view to bringing the administrations of the EU institutions closer to EU citizens;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Encourages the Ombudsman to continue to insist on the fundamental right of access to documents, a citizen-friendly culture of service and a pro-active attitude of the EU’s institutions, agencies and bodies with regard to putting documents into the public domain; proposes, therefore, that examples of effective intervention by the Ombudsman be publicised among EU citizens in order to counter their negative image of the EU administration, which is often regarded as cumbersome and ineffective;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Proposes that this statement of public service principles be disseminated as widely as possible and made easily accessible to EU citizens, so as to reassure them of the EU’s commitment to protecting public services, which are a feature of their day-to-day lives;
source: PE-467.289
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2011/2147(INI) Mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work
2011/09/20
EMPL
11 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the lack of a regular timetable for workers in occupations involving night work often causes difficulties which can lead to occupational diseases;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Hopes that employees will be given the option of transferring to another post when they believe their working conditions to constitute a hazard to their health or safety (and considers that, to that end, the degree of harmfulness should be measured according to predetermined indicators or criteria);
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive18 protecting
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Points out that it is important, first and foremost, for a clear definition to be given to occupational accidents and diseases, including accidents during travel (from home to the workplace), in addition to work-related stress, which should be able to be measured in accordance with specific indicators;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Is of the view that the stress often caused by workplace bullying is a factor which increases musculoskeletal disorders and psycho-social risks and these factors should be the subject of an in-depth study on the part of the Commission;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24c. Takes the view that at each stage of the decision-making process regarding sick leave and accidents at work, close consultations should take place between the human resources department and the occupational medicine department in order to make risk prevention more effective in the long term;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 d (new) 24d. Considers that in order to prevent the risk of long-term illness, strict compliance with legislation on sick leave and maternity leave should be ensured, since pressure exerted by employers during this period can lead to an extension of such leave;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that migrants19, the young, old, women of child-bearing age, the disabled
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Considers that excessive working hours and insufficient rest periods, a
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Calls for administrative and legal redress proceedings relating to the recognition of work-related accidents and diseases to be facilitated and speeded up, provision being made for amicable settlement;
source: PE-472.198
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2011/2157(INI) Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
2011/09/29
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should focus on economic and social reforms with employment at the centre and labour standards as pre- requisites for financial support; these measures should help to reduce social dumping and, as a consequence, prevent distortions of competition;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that ENP should tackle urgent labour-market issues such as supply- demand mismatches, informal employment and gender
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Requires the Commission to effectively monitor the results of its actions and financing through impact studies.
source: PE-472.309
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2012/01/20
PETI
74 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union defining the notion of citizenship;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to Article 45 of the Treaty, under which guaranteed freedom of movement for European workers entails the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to the proposal of 11 August 2011 for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year of Citizens (2013),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the Stockholm Programme, for which the citizen is the focal point of European on freedom, security and justice, guaranteeing respect for diversity and protection for the most vulnerable,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas European citizenship is a source of rights, but also of duties;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. Whereas this demonstrates the EU's endeavour to put the citizen at the heart of its action and to work towards an area of freedom, justice and rights for all EU citizens;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. Whereas the right to free movement not only brings concrete benefits to EU citizens but also to the EU's overall economy;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas, seven years after the entry into force of the FMD, too many problems still persist in relation to its implementation; whereas most complaints focus on European citizens, their right of entry, their right of residence for more than three months, the validity of residence permits, the retention of their right of residence and right of permanent residence and the rights of their family members;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the 25 proposals contained in the Commission’s Citizenship Report with a view to dismantling many obstacles to exercising citizenship are tangible measures for reducing needless expenditure and thus contributing to European citizens’ purchasing power, which is particularly important during times of crisis;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas many citizens
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. regretting the fact that only sixteen out of 27 Member States have amended their legislation, or announced their intention to do so, in order to apply the FMD properly;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas several Member States have decided to introduce or to continue applying transitional arrangements which limit Romanian and Bulgarian nationals’ access to their labour market;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas exercising a broad range of rights conferred on citizens by Union legislation is dependent on, or fostered by, the free movement or voluntary mobility of workers; whereas, accordingly, making free movement easier can make citizens more able to make the most of the single market while providing a basic driver of growth;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States cannot make for a better understanding of the values of European integration unless it is accompanied by specific measures taken by the Union and the Member States in terms of information, training, recognition of qualifications, and worker mobility (seasonal, cross-border and posted workers and workers transferred as a result of head office relocations, etc.);
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas a large number of petitions revealed problems in the field of accessing social security benefits, mainly involving a lack of cooperation on the part of national authorities, incorrect application of the principle of aggregation of benefits payable in several Member States, failure to provide correct information on the applicable rules or cumbersome administration of cases;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas, under the Bologna Process, generally accepted diplomas for completion of university studies are being awarded as a step towards more straightforward recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas discrimination on the grounds of nationality
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas all European citizens brought before the courts of a Member State have right of access, for their defence, to documents translated into their mother tongue, in order to prevent any discrimination based on language, and whereas, in particular, all citizens must be kept informed about any court proceedings against them, the entire process taking place within a judicially acceptable time frame;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which will apply from 1 April 2012, constitutes the first instrument of transnational participatory democracy and will give citizens the possibility to become more actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation; calls for the effective implementation of the ECI Regulation, and, in particular, calls on the EU institutions and Member States to take an active role in informing citizens about this new instrument; considers moreover that the Committee on Petitions, by reason of its experience of direct contacts with citizens, should hold public hearings for organisers of European citizens’ initiatives, provided for in Article 11 of the Regulation, whether or not they have obtained the required number of signatures;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission, when preparing its annual report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, to focus not only on the application of the Charter, but also on all EU Treaty articles relating to fundamental rights and on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union; calls on the Commission to include in that report more detailed information on the implementation of the Charter by Member States when applying European law and on the issues raised with it by citizens, how it dealt with them and what concrete follow-
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. While recognising the right to information as one of the cornerstones of democracy, c
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on those Member States which have decided to introduce or to continue applying transitional arrangements restricting access by Romanian and Bulgarian nationals to their labour markets1 to re
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Repeats its previous calls to the Member States to ensure freedom of movement for all EU citizens and their families, without discrimination on grounds of their sexual orientation or nationality2; repeats its call to Member States to implement fully the rights granted under Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC not only to different- sex spouses, but also to the registered partner, member of the household or partner with whom an EU citizen has a duly attested, stable relationship, including members of same-sex couples, on the basis of the principles of mutual recognition, equality, non-discrimination, dignity and respect for private and family life; in that connection, calls on the Commission to ensure that the directive is strictly applied, drawing on the analysis and conclusions contained in the reports of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, and to monitor these issues; supports the Commission’s action to facilitate the free circulation of official civil status documents by 2013;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to pay more attention and respond more precisely to the numerous petitions received on the mutual recognition of civil-status documents and of their effects1 and therefore highlights the importance of making progress as quickly as possible towards ensuring the mutual recognition of
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges Member States to abolish policies that discriminate, either directly or indirectly, against
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to link social inclusion priorities to a clear set of objectives that include protection of citizens, and minorities in particular, against discrimination in all areas of life
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Points out that, although right of free movement and residence is firmly established in Union primary law and well developed in secondary law, the rules continue to be applied unsatisfactorily, negatively impacting on citizens who wish to exercise their rights; points out that Member States should work together to eliminate any remaining administrative and legal obstacles brought to their attention by European institutions and the Committee on Petitions; points out that a special effort should be made to meet the wishes of low-skilled workers and workers with disabilities for professional mobility, exchanges and training; points out that one response could be, for example, to establish an Erasmus programme for people with disabilities;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Considers that the convergence of European tax and social security rules and the harmonisation of national social security schemes are viable solutions for dealing with the difficulties in relation to coordination between Member States on the detailed procedures within their own systems; takes the view that, as a result, national, regional and local authorities would encounter fewer difficulties in applying the rules and that procedures would be simplified for European citizens;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Takes the view that the patient's right to information is fundamental; notes therefore with concern that many citizens are poorly informed about procedures for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred abroad, too often taking the view that a particular medical treatment which is free in their home country will inevitably be free abroad, in particular on the basis of the European health insurance card;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Supports the introduction of an electronic system for information exchange, in connection with social security data, between Member States in order to speed up procedures for registration and payment of benefits, but also to combat social security fraud;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that a modernised Recognition of Qualifications Directive should focus on streamlining the sources of information currently available to professionals and ensure coordination with the ‘Your Europe’ portal;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Proposes that the Commission make citizens aware of the risks inherent in illegal work, and of the advantages associated with obtaining legal work (tax, social security, right to professional training, right to citizenship, right to housing, right to family reunification, access to education and training for children), through existing tools (EURES, etc.);
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Proposes that a specific and very regularly updated internet portal be set up to allow national, regional and local authorities to flag up the sectors of the economy looking for manpower, in order to facilitate voluntary mobility;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls that one of the oldest outstanding petitions concerns the discriminatory treatment that foreign- language lecturers (‘lettori’) have been suffering in several Italian universities1; calls on the Commission to investigate further the current so-called ‘Gelmini reform’, which entered into force in December 2010; calls on the Italian authorities and the respective universities to resolve this case as a matter of urgency; considers, however, that this is not an isolated case and therefore the Member States’ ombudsmen could meet in order to exchange views on the solutions to be introduced in Europe;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Recalls that Regulation (EC) No 2201/20033 lays down the principle that children should be able to maintain their relationships with both parents after the latter have separated, even if they live in different Member States; points out that, although the introduction and application of substantive rules on access rights is currently a Member State matter, the Member States must respect Union law when exercising their powers, in particular the Treaty provisions concerning the freedom of all EU citizens to travel and reside in another Member State4 as well as maintaining ties between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and brothers and sisters; adds that the occasionally lengthy waiting periods and the number of procedures constraining parents who wish to return to their home country with their child/children are a barrier to the free movement of European citizens;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Points out that any state intending to modify a child’s civil-status documents recognised in a Member State of the Union must inform the Member State in question of its intention to do so, so that documents such as birth certificates cannot be modified in such a way as to erase the origin of the child's identity;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Points out that any Union citizen recognised as the parent of a child born in or out of wedlock must be informed, in the event of separation, about his or her scope for redress, in order to obtain visiting rights, except in cases where, by common agreement between the parents’ and child’s home countries, it has been established that that would place the child at genuine risk;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Calls for the appointment of an ombudsman or, at the very least, a children’s ombudsman in every Member State who would have sufficient powers to access any documents and review court decisions, with the aim of reconciling the claims and legal difficulties of parents who are separating, in order to prevent them from opting for unlawful conduct so as to enforce what they regard as their right and that of their children; adds that any citizen may bring a matter before the ombudsman in their home country or in the country where, in his or her opinion, his or her rights have not been respected;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Calls - in the interests of equality between European citizens as to choice of divorce law - on the Member States which have not done so to ratify the Council Decision of 12 July 2010 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation; calls moreover on the Commission to promote this new instrument during European Year of Citizenship, given that, as the number of transnational marriages increases, the number of transnational divorces will inevitably increase too;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 e (new) 20e. Takes the view that redress must be available at least at local, national or European level to any citizen who considers that his or her rights have been flouted, so as to defend those rights;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recalls
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Acknowledges that the continuing reduction in voter turnout at the European elections constitutes a challenge for Europe; calls therefore on the European institutions and Member States to step up their efforts to provide useful and specific information to citizens on their electoral rights, for both European and local elections in the Member State in which they are resident, and to promote the exercise of their rights; welcomes the Commission’s willingness to simplify the procedure that allows European citizens to stand for election in European and local elections in their country of residence and to carry out the technical groundwork to improve mechanisms for preventing double voting and loss of voting rights; proposes accordingly that a European electoral roll be established for European elections;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Supports the action taken by the Commission with a view to publishing the results of European Parliament elections at the same time in each Member State;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate a dialogue in order to prevent European citizens from losing their voting rights as a result of exercising their right to free movement; calls accordingly on the Commission to organise a hearing on the issue, together with Parliament, the conclusions of which could be published for the European Year of Citizenship in 2013;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Proposes that becoming a member of a European political party could be suggested more often, when a national party is joined, as a way of promoting citizens’ political involvement in Europe;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Proposes that the Commission conduct a survey to determine how European citizens wish to be informed about the Union’s activities so as to meet their expectations more directly;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 f (new) 22f. Proposes that the Commission launch a Union-level competition in 2012 to design a logo for the European Year of Citizenship;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 g (new) 22g. Calls on the Commission to make European territory more closely networked with regard to information on Union activities by increasing the number of grassroots information outlets for citizens;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Points out that, as information is the core component of any action, citizens should be better informed about their rights as passengers, consumers, workers, tourists, etc.; is of the view, moreover, that citizens who know for certain that they are protected will help more to marshal the full potential of the European market for goods and services and will benefit more from it; calls therefore for the European institutions to inform citizens about the resources provided to protect and help them in the face of threats or situations where, as individuals, they are powerless, making sure to convey that information to what are termed minority groups or groups living below the poverty line, which are not disposed to seeking out such information;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b Suggests that host Member States make support available to Union citizens who are newly resident in their country so that they can exercise their social rights (social security, access to healthcare, access to education) and their electoral rights (local, European and trade union elections);
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23c. Regards cross-border workers as the first to suffer as a result of Member States’ administrative red tape; points out that, in addition to better information about their social and professional rights, cross-border workers must have easier access to trade union membership so that they can be better protected; believes moreover that information on the advantages linked to mobility may be a crucial support for efforts to combat the brain drain facing the EU;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 d (new) 23d. Calls on Parliament and the European Council to ensure that the Member States have sufficient budget funds to ensure that the European Year of Citizens in 2013 and the resulting activities, particularly media-related, proceed well if the objectives set are to be attained;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Encourages the Commission to make the European Citizens’’ Initiative a central feature of its agenda in 2013; encourages the Commission to cooperate with the Committee on Petitions in drafting a new citizenship report in 2013;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Believes that the European Union should communicate more regularly via television, which is an important vehicle for information; therefore welcomes the additional budget funds allocated to Euronews;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Welcomes the Commission's recent proposal to strengthen the EU citizens' protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, notably by clarifying when a citizen is considered not represented and specifying the type of assistance Member States typically provide in cases of need;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24 b. Encourages the Commission to produce information material, such as a "EU Citizens' Right Decalogue", outlining in clear and simple terms EU citizens' rights; considers that this leaflet should be readily available and serve as a handbook for all citizens moving, working, studying, shopping, travelling and exercising their political rights across borders;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to declare 2013 as the ‘European Year of Citizens’, which would mark 20 years since the introduction of the ‘EU citizenship’ concept and would enhance awareness of the rights attaching to Union citizenship; calls on the Commission to use this opportunity to strengthen its efforts to protect and promote citizens’ rights, particularly in connection with the next Citizenship Report;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Deplores the lack of coordination between Member States, resulting in double taxation of European citizens because of their experience or residence in a country other than their country of origin; calls, in the absence of pension taxation harmonisation, for at least regular cooperation between Member States on these questions, as well as for the establishment of a centralised authority for double-taxation complaints involving Member States; underlines the fact that bilateral agreements between Member States are long-established and no longer reflect workers’ movements and the new needs of the citizens concerned;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Notes the lack of information for consumers in the case of on-line purchases in other Member States, which impedes trade; believes that information intended for consumers is sometimes complex and that simplification, particularly of labels, is required;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25b. Believes that every European citizen has the right to free access to information that is unbiased and of high quality; views with the utmost concern the establishment of media oversight authorities too closely linked to government;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 c (new) 25c. Calls on the Member States to become more heavily involved in establishing an intensive information flow and targeted coverage of the European institutions’ activities; adds that Union- level action complements and supplements national action in pursuit of that objective, as is underscored in the political declaration ‘Communicating Europe in Partnership’, signed on 22 October 2008 by Parliament, the Council and the Commission;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 d (new) 25d. Believes that European citizens do not enjoy the same opportunities in terms of access to healthcare, particularly owing to the disparity in the number of doctors per inhabitant; suggests therefore the introduction of a directive on telemedicine, which is an effective, low- cost solution that can easily be implemented throughout Europe in order to overcome the infrastructure-related differences in European health policy;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 e (new) 25e. Notes that opening a bank account is subject to residence conditions; stresses, however, that newcomers who do not yet have an address can open a bank account by simply presenting a document committing a proprietor and the prospective tenant to sign a lease;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 f (new) 25f. Deplores the lack of transparency in the rates offered by banks and insurance companies in Europe; notes with concern the development of on-line banks, which poses an additional difficulty for citizens with no access to a natural person; condemns on-line investment arrangements in connection with which consumer citizens are not clearly informed about the possibility of losing their investments;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 g (new) 25g. Calls for the volume of documents for which, for court proceedings, a certified translation is required to be reduced to an absolute minimum, in order not to delay the defence for a citizen and to prevent excessive legal costs from being incurred;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 h (new) 25h. Calls for the Commission, which supports European town twinning, not to move exclusively towards awarding assistance for twinning schemes involving the new Member States or non- member countries, but, rather, calls for older twinning arrangements to continue to receive European assistance so that their continued existence in the longer term, now under threat, is ensured;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls for any European citizen claiming to be a victim of overzealous treatment or an abuse of a dominant position by the administrative or police authorities of another Member State to be able to easily approach the national or local authority responsible for complaints against those bodies;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Congratulates the Commission on setting up the e-Justice portal, providing a compendium of legal procedures and arrangements in the Member States;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Notes the disparities between the Member States with regard to mobile telephony and Internet accounts; emphasises that reductions in roaming charges have come about solely as a result of European legislation; calls accordingly for the publication of cost prices in each Member State for SMS, MMS, calls by minute and Internet connections in order to promote the establishment of European flat rates, allowing a reduction in mobility costs;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 d (new) 26d. Condemns tie-in sales practices; calls for the European Year of Citizens also to be an opportunity to show citizens the measures that have protected them as consumers and have helped to maintain their purchasing power at times of crisis;
source: PE-480.601
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2011/2192(INI) Impact of devolution of the Commission's management of external assistance from its headquarters to its delegations on aid delivery
2012/07/02
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to offer and provide in a more systematic manner legal and financial training for local staff, with a view to optimising the management of European aid and ensuring good governance in the medium term at local authority level
source: PE-480.826
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2011/2285(INI) Application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2012/09/02
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to take measures to promote professional and occupational development under conditions of genuine gender equality; points out that this principle forms part of the concept of corporate social responsibility which is promoted at international and national level and needs to be developed in all the EU Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for legal proceedings to enforce the legally binding principle of equal pay for work of equal value to be made simpler, swifter and more accessible to employees;
source: PE-480.870
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2011/2286(INI) Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America
2012/03/23
DEVE
7 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 bis (new) 2 a. Considers that the strong Chinese presence amongst the mining and agricultural resources of many Latin American countries should convince the European Union to rapidly and effectively reinforce its sustainable development aid in the region
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 bis (new) 4 a. Insists on the need to aid Latin American countries by putting in place a form of fiscal governance that is exempt from corruption and fraud, particularly through cooperation, technical assistance and the establishment of legal and fiscal trainings near local administrations;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 bis (new) 16 a. Emphasises the importance for the European Union of developing a commercial policy that is more coherent with the development policies in order to ensure that trade will also be a vector for promoting fair and equitable social standards, particularly by including social clauses respecting human rights in Partnership Agreements.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 bis (new) 19 a. Emphasises that the negative impacts of climate change justify increased attention from local authorities and from the European Union to the growing investments by Asian countries that are harmful to sustainable development and the ecosystem.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 bis (new) 23 a. Recalls that the Eurpean Union should better consider and exploit the major advantage represented by the geostrategic position of certain outermost regions of the Union located close to Latin America.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E bis (new) E a. considering that China’s growing investments in Latin America, especially in deposits of raw materials and hydrocarbons and in the extensive exploitation of agricultural land for the production of biofuel, to the detriment of the environment, sustainable development and social laws.
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b considering that China has become the third largest investor in Latin America and the main or even the only export market for certain products ; emphasises that although this situation may benefit the balance of trade for numerous Latin American countries in the short term, this kind of dependence poses a problem for their long-term development.
source: PE-483.728
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2011/2293(INI) Recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU
2012/01/02
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls the need to encourage volunteering particularly during the European Year of Citizenship in 2013, by facilitating the mobility of volunteers and the recognition of their experience;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8
source: PE-480.694
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2011/2312(INI) Optimising the role of territorial development in cohesion policy
2012/03/05
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that combating poverty includes combating exclusion and that rural regions with low population density or with ageing populations must cope with a decline in medical demography, which could be offset by improved accessibility to broadband technologies and the promotion of telemedicine;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that there are considerable employment and social disparities both between and within regions; believes that programmes have to be tailored to regional and sub-regional needs and considers that the ESF has to continue supporting the development of local approaches in the field of employment and social and medical inclusion;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers it important that partnership contracts and operational programmes provide a comprehensive analysis of the disparities and development needs of territories and integrated strategies to address the specific needs of those geographical areas most affected by unemployment
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls the importance of facilitating the implementation of coordination platforms for innovative projects, having obtained excellent results in combating social and medical exclusion;
source: PE-488.029
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2011/2320(INI) Employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2012
2011/12/21
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that policy guidance aimed at making work more attractive does not address the quality of jobs and that too little attention is devoted to putting in place the necessary preconditions for increasing labour participation, notably of women and persons with disabilities; calls on the European Council to include guidance on decent work and efforts to support the reconciliation of work, family and private life, by means of affordable childcare provision, family-related leave and flexible working arrangements;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that the EU2020 headline target for the employment rate can only be achieved if the labour market participation of vulnerable groups and women is increased significantly; believes that guidance to Member States should aim at putting in place the necessary conditions for higher employment rates among women, such as affordable child care, adequate maternity, paternity and parental leave schemes and flexibility in working hours and place of work;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Member States to ensure that people on temporary or part-time contracts or who are self-employed have adequate social protection and access to training, to lifelong learning and that framework conditions are set to enable them to make a career; calls on the Member States to implement the framework agreements on part-time work and fixed-term employment;
source: PE-478.538
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2012/0061(COD) Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services: enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC
2013/01/17
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers,
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) In view of the increasing prevalence of subcontracting in the con
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 26 a (new) (26a) Public and private end-clients also have a duty of care and a role to play in ensuring that the rights of posted workers are upheld where those workers are directly employed by the contractor. The joint and several liability instrument established for contractors whose posted workers are employed by the subcontractor should apply in the same way to clients whose posted workers are employed by the contractor, since it may be that workers posted by that contractor are in the same situation as workers employed by an undertaking established in the Member State of establishment of the client with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld. These arrangements should not apply, however, to private individuals, who are not in a position to carry out the same checks as business end-clients.
source: PE-500.574
2013/01/21
EMPL
35 amendments...
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca)´posted´ worker means a worker who, for a limited period of time, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally lives and usually works for his employer in the context of service provision;
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – title Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) the place where the undertaking has its registered office and administration, uses office space, pays taxes and social security, has a professional licence or is registered with the chambers of commerce or professional bodies,
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e (e) the
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 a (new) Article 3a If the criteria laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article are not met, all the laws, rules and collective agreements of the host Member State shall apply to the workers concerned.
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The Commission and the Member States shall financially support joint initiatives of the relevant social partners, at the European and national level, to set up joint instruments which are aimed to inform undertakings and workers on the applicable terms and conditions to be respected according to Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) make the information available to workers and service providers in languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are provided, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities, and specifying the competent authority which the posted worker may apply to in cases of non-compliance with the relevant legislation;
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) indicate, if possible, a contact person at the liaison office in charge of dealing with requests for information; and makes sure that all necessary information is made available for the posting company and posted workers;
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 4 4. Where, in accordance with national law, traditions and practices, the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC are laid down in collective agreements in accordance with article 3 paragraph 1 and 8 of that Directive, Member States should ensure that
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The cooperation of the Member States shall in particular consist in replying without delay to reasoned requests for information and to carry out checks, inspections and investigations from competent authorities with respect to the situations of posting referred to in Article 1 (3) of Directive 96/71/EC, including investigation of any abuses of applicable rules on the posting of workers or possible cases of unlawful transnational activities.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. The Commission and the Member States shall provide financial support for joint initiatives taken by the social partners concerned, at European and national levels, with a view to establishing joint arrangements for informing undertakings and workers of the terms and conditions with which they need to comply under Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form, during the period of posting, of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), A1 forms, work and residence permits of third country nationals, payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) a translation of the documents referred to under (b)
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) an obligation to designate a contact person who can be contacted by the competent authorities of the Member State and who is authorised to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the Member State to which the posting takes place, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States shall be free to lay down administrative requirements and control measures over and above those under points (b) and (c) provided that those requirements and measures are consistent with the Union’s principles of proportionality and necessity and on the understanding that Member States inform service providers of the new provisions in a precise, clear and accessible way;
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20,
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20,
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement.
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 point a a (new) (aa) Any outstanding travel, board and lodging/ accommodation costs unduly withheld by the employer.
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall apply equally to the final customer, unless a private individual, vis-à-vis their contractor.
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 3 Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The requesting authority may, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in its own Member State, request the competent authority in another Member State to recover a penalty or fine or notify a decision imposing a penalty or
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 2. Member States may continue to apply bilateral arrangements concerning administrative cooperation between their competent authorities as regards the application and monitoring of the terms and conditions of employment applicable to posted workers referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. In the context of bilateral agreements referred to in paragraph 2, competent authorities of the Member States shall use IMI as much as possible. In any event, where a competent authority in one of the Member States concerned has used IMI, it shall be used for any follow-up required
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a directive Article 21 – paragraph 1 No later than 5 years after the expiry of the deadline for transposition, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the implementation of this Directive, making appropriate proposals where necessary. Risk assessments drawn up regularly by the competent authorities shall be provided with the report in order to identify the sectors of activity in which employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. These risk assessments shall make it possible to produce a map, at EU level, of the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringements, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers.
source: PE-504.078
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2012/0238(NLE) EC/Madagascar Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution. EU/Madagascar Protocol
2013/01/29
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Fisheries, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament
source: PE-504.166
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2012/0245(COD) EU Aid Volunteers: framework for the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps
2013/01/16
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Volunteering in humanitarian aid could help maintain young people active, contribute to their personal development and intercultural awareness, and improve their competences and employability in global economy. It would, thus, contribute to the ‘Youth Opportunities Initiative’18 and to a range of other key objectives of the Union such as social inclusion, employment, active citizenship, education, and skills development19 as well as in upholding volunteering as a concrete expression of European solidarity with people affected by crises, thus promoting the Union's values and principles.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 This Regulation establishes a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EU Aid Volunteers
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 4 4. The EU Aid Volunteers' initiative shall promote common activities and participation of volunteers from different countries and foster joint projects and transnational partnerships between implementing organisations as referred to in Article 10.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. In implementing the Regulation, coherence shall be ensured with other areas of Union's external action and with other relevant Union policies. Particular attention shall be given to ensure smooth transition between relief, rehabilitation and development and synergies with the Union Civil protection Mechanism.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission and the Member States shall cooperate to improve the consistency and coherence between relevant national volunteering schemes and the actions of the EU Aid Volunteers' initiative. The Commission should make use of the existing European networks, which are efficient.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The EU Aid Volunteers' initiative shall pursue the following operational objectives:
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Chapter 2 – title ACTIONS
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – title Actions of the EU Aid Volunteers' initiative
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part The EU Aid Volunteers' initiative shall pursue the objectives referred to in Articles 3 and 7 through the following types of actions:
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall establish a training programme in order to prepare the candidate volunteers for undertaking humanitarian activities and for deployment in humanitarian aid operations, notably by providing necessary background information on the Union's role and values regarding humanitarian issues.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. If the training programme is longer than 3 months, the candidate volunteer should receive a monthly grant to cover the costs of accommodation at the place of training, including during the time of the apprenticeship if no gratification is foreseen.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Prior to their deployment, the EU aid volunteers shall receive additional training specifically tailored to the needs and special situation of the country to which they are sent.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. On the basis of a certificate issued by the Commission, the actual time of the EU aid volunteering period shall be counted in the length of professional experience when the contract between the sending and hosting organisations is longer than six months. For contracts shorter than six months, the experience gained as an EU Aid Volunteer can be recognised as a traineeship, on the basis of a certificate issued by the Commission.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 3. The Network shall also provide and promote opportunities for on-line volunteering to complement and reinforce the activities of the EU Aid Volunteers. The Commission should use existing European networks, which are efficient, such as the EURES network. The EURES network could be useful as, after six months of experience volunteers might want to use their humanitarian aid experience.
source: PE-504.041
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2012/0266(COD) Medical devices
2013/04/26
EMPL
13 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) This Regulation aims to ensure the functioning of the internal market as regards medical devices, taking as a base a high level of protection of health for health professionals, patients, users and operators. At the same time, this Regulation sets high standards of quality and safety for medical devices to meet common safety concerns as regards these products. Both objectives are being pursued simultaneously and are inseparably linked whilst one not being secondary to the other. As regards Article 114 TFEU, this Regulation harmonises the rules for the placing on the market and putting into service of medical devices and their accessories on the Union market which may then benefit from the principle of free movement of goods. As regards Article 168(4)(c) TFEU, this Regulation sets high standards of quality and safety for those medical devices by ensuring, among other things, that data generated in clinical investigations is reliable and robust and that the safety of the subjects participating in a clinical investigation is protected.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Key elements of the existing regulatory approach, such as the supervision of notified bodies, conformity assessment procedures, clinical investigations and clinical evaluation, vigilance and market surveillance should be significantly reinforced, whilst provisions ensuring transparency and traceability regarding devices should be introduced, to improve health and safety for health professionals, patients, users and operators, particularly in the waste disposal chain.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) There is scientific uncertainty about the risks and benefits of nanomaterials used for medical devices. In order to ensure a high level of health
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) To recognise the important role of standardisation and traceability in the field of medical devices, compliance with harmonised standards as defined in Regulation (EU) No […/…] on European standardisation should be a means for manufacturers to demonstrate conformity with the general safety and performance requirements and other legal requirements, such as quality and risk management.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 a (new) (21a) The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (XXth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)1 should be the reference text for ensuring that people working in the vicinity of magnetic resonance imaging equipment when it is functioning are properly protected. ______________ 1 COM(2011)0348.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 32 (32) Patients who are implanted with a device
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 36 (36) One key aspect is the creation of a central database that should integrate different electronic systems, with the UDI as an integral part of it, to collate and process information regarding medical devices on the market and the relevant economic operators, certificates, clinical investigations, vigilance and market surveillance. The objectives of the database are to enhance overall transparency, to streamline and facilitate the flow of information between economic operators, notified bodies or sponsors and Member States as well as between Member States among themselves and with the Commission, to avoid multiple reporting requirements and to enhance the coordination between Member States. The database will also facilitate the traceability of medical equipment donated or exported to countries outside the EU. Within an internal market, this can be ensured effectively only at Union level and the Commission should therefore further develop and manage the European databank on medical devices (Eudamed) set up by Commission Decision 2010/227/EU of 19 April 2010 on the European Databank for Medical Devices.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 (39) For high-risk medical devices, manufacturers should summarise the main safety and performance aspects of the device and the outcome of the clinical evaluation in a document that should be publicly available and easily accessible.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 40 (40) The proper functioning of notified bodies is crucial for ensuring a high level of health and safety protection
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 52 (52) In order to better protect the health and safety of health professionals, patients, users and operators, particularly in the waste disposal chain, regarding devices on the market, the vigilance system for medical devices should be made more effective by creating a central portal at Union level for reporting serious incidents and field safety corrective actions.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 53 (53) Healthcare professionals and patients should be empowered to report suspected serious incidents at national level using harmonised formats. The national competent authorities
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 47 (47) ‘field safety notice’ means the communication sent by the manufacturer to users, waste disposal operators or customers in relation to a field safety corrective action;
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part II – point 10 – point 10.3 – paragraph 1 In the case of biological substances other than those referred to in Sections 10.1. and 10.2., the processing, preservation, testing and handling of those substances shall be carried out so as to provide optimal safety for patients, users and, where applicable, other persons, particularly in the waste disposal chain. In particular, safety with regard to viruses and other transmissible agents shall be addressed by implementation of validated methods of elimination or inactivation in the course of the manufacturing process.
source: PE-510.536
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2012/0267(COD) In vitro diagnostic medical devices
2013/04/26
EMPL
8 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) This Regulation aims to ensure the functioning of the internal market as regards
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Key elements of the existing regulatory approach, such as the supervision of notified bodies,
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 a (new) (13a) The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (XXth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)1 should be the reference text for ensuring that people working in the vicinity of magnetic resonance imaging equipment when it is functioning are properly protected. ______________ 1 COM(2011)0348.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) The traceability of in vitro diagnostic medical devices by means of a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system based on international guidance should significantly enhance the effectiveness of the post-market safety of in vitro diagnostic medical devices due to improved incident reporting, targeted field safety corrective actions and better monitoring by competent authorities. It should also help to reduce medical errors and to fight against counterfeit devices. Use of the UDI system should also improve purchas
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) Transparency and better information are essential to empower patients
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 29 (29) One key aspect is the creation of a central database that should integrate different electronic systems, with the UDI as an integral part of it, to collate and process information regarding in vitro diagnostic medical devices on the market and the relevant economic operators, certificates, interventional clinical performance studies and other clinical performance studies involving risks for the subjects of the studies, vigilance and market surveillance. The objectives of the database are to enhance overall transparency, to streamline and facilitate the flow of information between economic operators, notified bodies or sponsors and Member States as well as between Member States among themselves and with the Commission, to avoid multiple reporting requirements and to enhance the coordination between Member States. The database will also facilitate the traceability of medical equipment donated or exported to countries outside the EU. Within an internal market, this can be ensured effectively only at Union level and the Commission should therefore further develop and manage the European databank on medical devices (Eudamed)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 48 (48) In order to better protect health and safety regarding devices on the market, the vigilance system for in vitro diagnostic medical devices should be made more effective by creating a central portal at Union level for reporting serious incidents and field safety corrective actions within and outside the EU.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 55 (55) ‘field safety notice’ means the communication sent by the manufacturer to users, waste disposal operators or customers in relation to a field safety corrective action;
source: PE-510.535
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2012/0295(COD) Fund for European aid to the most deprived (2014-2020)
2013/03/01
AGRI
36 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food
Amendment 29 #
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, relative poverty and material deprivation.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The operational programme of each Member State should identify and justify the forms of material deprivation to be addressed, and describe the objectives and features of the assistance to the most deprived persons that will be provided through the support of national schemes.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund,
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Citizens have the right to know how the Union’s financial resources are invested and to what effects. For the purpose of ensuring wide dissemination of information about the achievements of the Fund and to ensure accessibility and transparency of funding opportunities, detailed rules about information and communication, especially in relation to the responsibilities of the Member States and the beneficiaries, should be set out in such a way that the dignity of the end recipients is not undermined.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) Uniform
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 a (new) (17a) In order to ensure broad support within society for the most deprived persons and to tackle food waste, Member States should remove obstacles to the donation of food or basic consumer goods by firms to food banks, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) In accordance with the principle of shared management, Member States should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control system, for the implementation and control of their operational programme, while seeking at all times to improve effectiveness and reduce bureaucracy.
Amendment 56 #
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.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 a (new) (41a) In order to ensure that delays in the implementation of this Regulation at the beginning of 2014 do not lead to a sudden drop-off in food aid, the Commission should take the transitional measures necessary to guarantee that persons dependent on food aid are not at risk of food poverty.
Amendment 63 #
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
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 2 (2)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, and first and foremost food insecurity, by providing non-
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. The Fund shall support national schemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of the most deprived persons, in particular homeless persons or
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 9 (9) The Commission and the Member States shall carry out their respective roles in relation to the Fund
Amendment 106 #
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 EUR
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of the operational programme with this Regulation and its contribution to the objectives of the Fund
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 6 6. The Commission shall adopt the template for the annual implementation report
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 7 7. The Commission may address observations to a Member State concerning the implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 8 Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. 1. Member States shall provide the resources necessary for carrying out evaluations, and shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission may carry out, at its own initiative, evaluation of operational programmes where it has evidence suggesting any irregularity in their implementation.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 a (new) Article 25a 1. Member States shall carry out administrative and physical checks to ensure that operational programmes are implemented in compliance with the applicable rules and shall establish the penalties applicable in the event of irregularities. 2. 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. 3. Member States shall prevent, detect and correct irregularities and shall recover amounts unduly paid, together with any interest on late payments. 4. Member States shall establish and implement a procedure for the independent examination and resolution of complaints concerning the selection or implementation of operations cofinanced by the Fund.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 60 a (new) Article 60a The Commission shall take the necessary financial and regulatory measures, if need be through budgetary redeployment, early pre-financing or prolongation of Regulation (EC) No 121/2012, in order to ensure the continuity of the MDP from 2013 to 2014 in the event of delays in the implementation of this regulation.
source: PE-506.108
2013/03/06
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
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
source: PE-506.091
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2012/0297(COD) Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment: provisions concerning the quality of the EIA
2013/05/13
PETI
8 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Over the last decade, environmental issues, such as resource efficiency, biodiversity, climate change, and disaster risks, have become more important in policy making and should therefore also constitute
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 a (new) (4a) Stipulating that greater account must be taken of environmental criteria in all projects may also prove counter- productive if it serves to add to the complexity of the procedures involved and to lengthen the time needed to authorise and validate each stage. This may increase costs and may even in itself come to pose a threat to the environment if infrastructure projects take a very long time to complete.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 b (new) (4b) Environmental issues surrounding infrastructure projects must not divert attention from the fact that any project will inevitably have an impact on the environment and that the focus must be on the balance between the value of a project and its environmental impact.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) Climate change will continue to
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 (18) The environmental report of a project to be provided by the developer should include an assessment of reasonable alternatives relevant to the proposed project
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 (28) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to ensure a high level of protection of the environment and of human health, through the establishment of minimum requirements for the environmental assessment of projects, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scope, seriousness and transboundary nature of the environmental issues to be addressed, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 2011/92/EU Article 3 – point b (b) land, soil, water, air
source: PE-510.694
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2012/2002(INI) Agenda for change: the future of EU development policy
2012/06/06
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon, the implementation of development policy should be cohesive, and the measures aimed at encouraging economic growth in developing countries should contribute, first and foremost, to combating poverty and exclusion, particularly through access to education and healthcare,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Agenda for Change is innovative in that it focuses, inter alia, on harnessing budgetary resources, combining subsidies and loans and promoting the private sector; considers that the use of these mechanisms should contribute, principally, to lifting the inhabitants of developing countries out of extreme poverty and dependence and to the dissemination and application of principles of good administrative and fiscal governance;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Commission makes poverty a central issue in its new policy of ‘differentiation’; observes, however, that 70 % of people whose income is below the poverty threshold live in middle-income countries, and hence deplores the fact that the poor in those countries continue to be deprived of access to education, healthcare and the benefits of economic growth;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes it essential for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, thereby enabling the European Union to gradually scale back its current development programmes to benefit the poorest countries while maintaining a close partnership with middle-income countries in areas of social policy;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the Union should fully assume the responsibility incumbent upon it as the world’s leading donor of development aid and turn its political potential to better effect and further develop its leading role at international level on development issues, particularly by spreading the principles of good governance and training local actors, by making resolute use of the powers conferred on it by Article 210 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to take every appropriate initiative to foster the coordination of the development cooperation policies of the EU and its Member States and to synchronise their aid programmes;
source: PE-491.146
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2012/2003(INI) Social Investment Pact - as a response to the crisis
2012/05/15
EMPL
13 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the current economic and financial crisis will have long
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the majority of recent responses to the crisis were based mainly on short- term goals aimed at restoring stability to public finances, being crucial efforts to defend our economy, and whereas these austerity measures could have negative long-term effects on employment, growth and competitiveness if not completed with growth- and employment-friendly measures through the rapid implementation of strong social governance;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the Lisbon Strategy and the European Employment Strategy have failed to deliver, and whereas the success of the Europe 2020 strategy is uncertain and requires stronger engagement from Member States and the European Institutions; whereas compulsory social governance, such as economic governance, would be the only means of forcing Member States to take social measures that would create jobs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas in 2012 the rate of poverty among 16- to 24-year olds in Europe is 21.6 % on average and young people are more likely to be found in precarious fixed-term or part-time employment, and are also at a higher risk of unemployment; whereas precarious employment has significantly increased in recent years and unemployment is rising dramatically in some countries;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes therefore that social investments should be an important part of the European economic and employment policies, and of the EU’s responses to the crisis, and that this requires a better implementation of the employment, social and education goals of Europe 2020; stresses the urgency of implementing measures to ensure appropriate training for sectors with labour shortages;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point c c) invest in bringing education and training into line, especially by facilitating cooperation between business sectors and schools in order to be able to guarantee improved academic guidance,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point c a (new) ca) invest in innovation by supporting the manufacture of innovative goods and services, especially related to climate change, energy efficiency, health and ageing populations,
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point f f) fight poverty and social and medical exclusion.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on Member
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages Member States to
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages Member States to introduce necessary reforms in order to i
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that in order to secure proper implementation of employment and social targets, the recently developed system for macroeconomic and budgetary surveillance in the EU must be supplemented by an improved monitoring of employment and social policies; calls, therefore, on the Commission to consider developing a scoreboard of common social investment indicators for monitoring the progress in EU countries in this regard and to promote the corporate responsibility of companies and especially of SMEs by creating a European social label;
source: PE-489.506
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2012/2004(INI) Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation
2012/06/06
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the current financial crisis and an ageing population
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. States that social business is
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the Commission’s proposal to set up a multilingual online platform for social enterprises that should, inter alia, enable the exchange of best practices, facilitate information-sharing about access to funding and serve as a network for cross-border cooperation, especially in healthcare to encourage telemedicine and telemonitoring initatives;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to institute a ‘social label’ to be awarded to social
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Points out that the promotion of socially virtuous enterprises and social business requires a maximum of support and acceptance, and calls for a broad information campaign to be launched by means of introducing a multilingual online- platform that
source: PE-491.143
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/04/27
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the 2013 budget should support the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and calls for a
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the current revision of the EGF implementing regulation must make the fund more effective, in particular as regards the budgetary aspects of its mobilisation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an enhancement of targeted public information on existing programmes, such as EURES, the ‘Your First EURES Job’ and ‘Social Solidarity for Social Integration’ pilot projects and the Microfinance Facility;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for Parliament be given regular, detailed updates on the various stages in the implementation of pilot projects by the Commission;
source: PE-487.994
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2012/2042(INI)
2012/05/06
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that if Member States are to deliver on EU 2020 targets,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that the EU and the Member States must increase their support of SMEs to facilitate their access to the markets of third countries and to public markets, particularly in emerging countries;
source: PE-491.123
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2012/2045(INI) Education, training and Europe 2020
2012/05/06
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need to ensure a better match between the forms of training available and the needs of the sectors suffering from a shortage of workers; training-business partnerships should be developed and innovative training systems should be encouraged, involving, in particular, mentoring by senior staff members;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets the reduced funding for education and the lack of training placements offered by enterprises owing to the crisis; also regrets the unacceptable increase in the number of unpaid traineeships;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Suggests that consideration should be given to developing partnerships between schools, universities and businesses in order to improve the suitability of training and increase the number of traineeships available;
source: PE-491.097
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2012/2061(INI) Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring
2012/07/26
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas good and effective information and consultation in relation to restructuring means
source: PE-494.585
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2012/2062(INI) Review of the EU's human rights strategy
2012/09/20
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 4 4. Highlights the importance of Policy Coherence for Development so as to ensure that EU policies in all areas
source: PE-496.453
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2012/2063(INI) EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development
2012/06/25
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to including binding provisions on social standards and on the objectives of full and productive employment, including for women and young people, decent work, respect for workers‘ rights, and gender equality in all EU trade agreement
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the importance of binding corporate social responsibility obligations, and of encouraging employers to apply social standards which are more ambitious than current statutory provisions, including the possibility to develop and obtain a designation such as a social label; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in carefully monitoring the implementation, and ensuring the legal enforcement, of these obligations;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of establishing Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) focal points also in developing countries to improve information exchanges, inter alia on issues beyond EU competences, such as the socially-inclusive use of resource rents or taxation and remittances; calls on the Commission to mainstream social policy in the work of the EEAS; believes it is essential also for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, notably by developing taxation systems and social protection;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to engage in social dialogue with non-EU labour organisations and trade unions about the implementation of social standards in their respective countries, and to ensure more adequate technical assistance for the implementation of social and fiscal policy.
source: PE-492.627
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2012/2097(INI) Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery
2012/11/20
DEVE
8 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Points out that CSR covers a wide range of social standards on which very little focus is placed owing to a failure to establish indicators with which to measure progress on social issues;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that its should be easy for investors and consumers to identify firms which have made a commitment to CSR, as this would encourage those firms in their efforts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Highlights the need for the EU to look at the possibility of introducing appropriate marks or labels to be used alongside the names, or on the products, of firms that have made a commitment to CSR, so as to make them easy to identify;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Deplores the lack of information for SMEs on the global compact under which businesses can commit themselves to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that the UN Global Compact and the ISO 26000 standards are not properly suited to the needs of SMEs, which makes the whole idea of CSR less effective within the EU;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Draws attention to the need for thought to be given at both EU and national levels to how tax incentives might be used to promote CSR more widely among firms;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out it, if uptake of CSR is to increase within the EU, it is essential for appropriate oversight bodies to be set up at both EU and national levels;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the way in which
source: PE-500.608
2012/11/30
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas corporate social responsibility (CSR) must not be used to redefine internationally agreed minimum applicable standards but to seek
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the Commission communication is part of a series of policy statements
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets that CSR continues to be focused on environmental standards at the expense of social standards, even though these are essential in order to restore a social climate conducive to economic growth and social convergence;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that future key drivers for ‘scaling up’ CSR will include an emphasis on global CSR instruments, fresh momentum from leading businesses among their peers, the use of appropriate regulation, a robust impact analysis of existing CSR initiatives, support for new initiatives in the social sphere, adaptation of CSR to meet the needs of SMEs, and increasing recognition within both the business community and wider society of the scale of global social and environmental challenges;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Restates its belief
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recognises that a deep flaw in CSR initiatives arises
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Strongly supports the recognition, in the Commission communication, that ‘helping to mitigate the social effects of the current crisis’ is part of the social responsibility of enterprises; calls on
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that business closures and retrenchment are jeopardising some of the gains made through CSR in terms of the employment of marginalised groups in society and that it is therefore essential to determine benchmarks for social measures; calls on the Commission to undertake a major analysis of the social impact of the crisis on such initiatives;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the feasibility and desirability of developing a European social label for all companies involved in CSR, so as to make their efforts more visible to consumers and investors; suggests that companies bearing such a label be monitored regularly regarding their compliance with the social CSR provisions set out in the label;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that CSR is an important tool in helping the EU to support the implementation of ILO conventions;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Endorses the view, dating from the June 2004 report of the Multi-stakeholder Forum, that public authorities can make a significant contribution by using convening, incentivising and regulatory roles to advance CSR, not least in public procurement, and calls on the Member States to give major new impetus to these efforts;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes that a key driver of the socially responsible investment market remains institutional investor demand, but the primary focus should not remain confined to environmental aspects; notes, in this vein, that disclosure to investors and consumers is a key driver of CSR and must be based on readily applicable and measurable social and environmental principles
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Endorses a continuing leading role for the European Multi-stakeholder Forum in supporting the implementation of the proposals set out in the Commission communication; points out that if it were geared more closely to SMEs, CSR could spread more widely in all parts of Europe;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Agrees that there cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to CSR but, recognising that the profusion of
source: PE-501.896
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2012/2098(INI) Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth
2012/11/20
DEVE
8 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Points out that CSR covers a wide range of social standards on which very little focus is placed owing to a failure to establish indicators with which to measure progress on social issues;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that its should be easy for investors and consumers to identify firms which have made a commitment to CSR, as this would encourage those firms in their efforts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Highlights the need for the EU to look at the possibility of introducing appropriate marks or labels to be used alongside the names, or on the products, of firms that have made a commitment to CSR, so as to make them easy to identify;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Deplores the lack of information for SMEs on the global compact under which businesses can commit themselves to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that the UN Global Compact and the ISO 26000 standards are not properly suited to the needs of SMEs, which makes the whole idea of CSR less effective within the EU;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Draws attention to the need for thought to be given at both EU and national levels to how tax incentives might be used to promote CSR more widely among firms;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out it, if uptake of CSR is to increase within the EU, it is essential for appropriate oversight bodies to be set up at both EU and national levels;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the way in which
source: PE-500.609
2012/11/30
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Commends the Commission’s intention to conduct Eurobarometer surveys on trust in business; advocates that corporate social responsibility (CSR), if practised by all companies and not only the larger ones, can fully contribute to restoring lost confidence, as this is absolutely necessary for economic recovery;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that co- and self-regulation cannot be a substitute for appropriate regulation
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Condemns corporate corruption and tax evasion; calls on the Commission to place new emphasis on these issues in the CSR debate under the heading ‘good governance’;
source: PE-501.898
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2012/2101(INI) Improving access to justice: legal aid in cross-border civil and commercial disputes
2013/03/04
JURI
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 – having regard to Article 47
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – having regard to the Committee on Petitions’ working document on a fact- finding visit to Berlin (23-24 November 2011),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the principle that proceedings should be brought before national courts first is an additional handicap for people requiring assistance in cross-border proceedings;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas information on legal aid for citizens must be provided in one of the EU’s languages so as to ensure that they have been informed of their legal aid options in a language they understand;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) Deplores, however, the fact that Denmark is the only Member State not to have adopted Council Directive 2002/8/EC;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out that new technologies and communication tools could be used to enable access to information on legal aid; hopes that these information campaigns will stress the importance of the e-Justice portal, which is intended to be a ‘one-stop shop’ in the area of justice;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Takes the view that these databases should be additional to the databases of legal professionals on the e-Justice portal;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls for Member State notifications to the Commission covering the official language or languages of the Community institutions other than their own in which the competent receiving authority will accept legal aid applications submitted in accordance with Directive 2002/8/EC to be made available to the public, in particular on the e-Justice portal;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the importance of ensuring that application procedures are simple, so that citizens are always able to apply for legal aid without the help of a legal practitioner; advocates automatically informing citizens embarking on such procedures of the existence of the e-Justice portal, with a view to ensuring that they are better informed;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls for national courts to be connected by an early-warning system so that, when an application for assistance is made in one Member States, the other Member States are made aware of it;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – subparagraph 1 (new) Encourages, to that end, the Member States to refer citizens to the equivalent of the national ombudsman; calls for all Member States to have a national ombudsman, who should have the power to access, for instance, all administrative or legal documents, so that all EU citizens may consult them;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new) (1) Wishes to inform the Member States that the systematic use of the European arrest warrant should not be encouraged in civil proceedings; calls, therefore, on Member States receiving a European arrest warrant against one of their citizens to contact the authorities of the requesting State in advance to ascertain whether the case justifies the use of a European arrest warrant, thus making it a criminal, rather than civil, law matter;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on Denmark to adopt Directive 2002/8/EC; notes that European citizens have contacted the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions to complain about their helplessness and lack of support in respect of Danish court rulings, particularly in cross-border divorce cases;
source: PE-506.178
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2012/2134(INI) Improving access to finance for SMEs
2012/12/10
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that without a personal contribution it is impossible for SMEs to gain access to credit, and that every effort to secure bank guarantees for business creation should be encouraged;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Suggests facilitating and promoting access to businesses’ social and environmental information by means of a label, in order to attract investment funds more easily;
source: PE-496.589
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2012/2136(INI) Impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights
2012/09/11
DEVE
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that the economic and financial crisis is a threat to human rights as a whole, including civil and political rights, and has had detrimental effects on access to food, health care and education for the most vulnerable groups in society, in both urban and rural areas; recalls that governments
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that governments must make not only an economic, but also a social response to the crisis; states that, in order to support developing countries’ efforts, subsequent partnership agreements must place greater emphasis on promotion of better governance;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the global economic crisis is jeopardising Official Development Aid spending by EU Member States; recalls that the costs of the global economic crisis are being borne disproportionately by poor countries, despite having originated in the richer countries; urges, therefore, the EU and its Member States to maintain and deliver on their existing bilateral and multilateral ODA commitments and on the targets identified in
source: PE-500.469
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2012/2143(INI) UN principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P). Recommandation to the Council
2013/01/30
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the development of the UN concept of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P), which clarifies and strengthens the existing obligations of states to ensure the protection of civilians against genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, where necessary with the assistance of the international community; stresses that this concept, born from the international community’s failures in Rwanda in 1994, is critical for the survival of the community of nations;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls, however, that international humanitarian law (IHL) is the prime body of law in times of armed conflict and that its improved implementation should be the focus of the international community; emphasises that, although R2P is not a legal concept, it is grounded in international law and is narrowly focused on the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, whether in armed conflicts or in peacetime;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates that in situations where R2P is applied it is of the utmost importance to maintain
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that effective regional cooperation in preventing the occurrence of these four crimes and protecting civilians against them is of crucial importance to the implementation of R2P; calls, therefore, for steps to be taken to enhance regional capacity for identifying and implementing effective policies for the prevention of these four crimes;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that R2P is primarily a preventive doctrine and that military intervention should be the last recourse in R2P situations; calls for R2P, whenever possible, to be carried out first and foremost through diplomatic and long-term developmental activities that focus on capacity-building in the fields of human rights, good governance, the rule of law, conflict prevention through education and the expansion of trade, and the strengthening of early warning systems; furthermore, recalls that there are many non-military coercive alternatives, such as sanctions, accountability mechanisms and mediation; emphasises that the EU must continue to play a leadership role in the field of conflict prevention;
source: PE-504.200
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2012/2144(INI) Internal Market for services: state of play and next steps
2012/12/12
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that all main stakeholders have to commit themselves to properly enforcing the full implementation of Single Market legislation, whilst
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that over two decades the Single Market has proved to be a great success; maintains that incorporating the social dimension into tendering procedures could do much to assist progress towards greater social convergence on the Single Market; believes, at the same time, that more efforts need to be concentrated on promoting growth and job creation through tax incentives and measures to ease the administrative burden on SMEs in particular, as a means of enabling the EU to overcome the current crisis;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes the new Commission Communication entitled ‘Single Market Act II – Together for new growth’, which is aimed at enhancing the integration of the Single Market within the EU, stimulating growth and fostering job creation, particularly for young people, and welcomes the support it offers to social entrepreneurship; calls for this initiative to be followed by other initiatives in support of SMEs as a whole.
source: PE-502.030
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2012/2224(INI) Advancing development through trade
2013/01/30
DEVE
9 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the possible negative trade and development effects on developing countries of the Common Agricultural Policy must be eliminated;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas investing in opportunities for women, with regard to microcredit in particular, generally delivers high returns in terms of economic and social development;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Confirms its position that facilitating development must be the overriding objective of the EU’s trade policy towards developing countries; takes the view that concrete and sustainable development objectives should be formulated for all initiatives in the framework of this policy;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EU to actively use the many instruments at its disposal to support peace, the rule of law, good governance, sound public finances, investments in infrastructure, compliance with social standards by European firms and their subsidiaries, reliable provision of basic services and the pursuit of inclusive growth and poverty reduction in developing countries and thereby also help create a conducive environment for efficient Aid for Trade and sustainable trade development;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that in order for growth to be inclusive and efficient in poverty reduction, it should be pursued in the sectors most affected by poverty, sectors in which poor people are active; points out that growth should also benefit and empower women and be associated with the creation of jobs as well as the development of micro- and small businesses;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of timely, systematic and well-prepared National Development Strategies and impact assessments;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls for AfT instruments to be focused not only on trade between the EU and developing countries, but also on support for internal, regional and South-South trade, as well as on triangular trade between ACP countries;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the development of more effective support instruments in relation to production adjustment and diversification, as well as to the responsible and sustainable development of processing industries and small and medium-sized companies in developing countries;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on EU-based companies with production facilities in developing countries to abide strictly by obligations to respect human rights and freedoms, social and environmental standards, core labour standards and international agreements;
source: PE-504.121
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2012/2225(INI) Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries
2012/12/19
DEVE
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need for the EU, in order to increase wealth and living standards among the poorest, to specifically target some of its trade-related assistance for responsible and sustainable development towards building local and regional trade capacity within and among these countries;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that, in order for growth to be inclusive and efficient in terms of poverty reduction, it should be pursued in sectors in which poor people are active, should benefit and empower women and should be associated with the creation of jobs as well as
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on EU-based companies with production facilities in developing countries to set an example by abid
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the importance of
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
source: PE-502.087
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2012/2257(INI) European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2013
2012/12/17
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring greater social cohesion, without neglecting cooperation by companies in achieving this, which could be encouraged notably by allowing them to promote their innovative and virtuous actions in social matters through a label which would attract new investors and promote the development of a European social model in the long term;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Warns that austerity measures should not compromise the quality of employment, nor social protection and health and safety standards; encourages Member states to promote identification of companies and SMEs doing effort to be more socially virtuous than minimal legal obligations.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on
source: PE-502.062
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2012/2289(INI) Millennium Development Goals - defining the post-2015 framework
2013/03/26
DEVE
24 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global challenges remain – hunger and poverty, lack of proper and safe sanitation, insufficient levels of primary education,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is projected that in 2015 more than 600 million people will still be using unimproved water sources and that one billion people will be living on less than USD 1.25 per day; whereas declaring 2015 the European Year for Development will thus help raise public awareness in Europe of the importance of the new MDGs;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is projected that in 2015 more than 600 million people will still be using unimproved water sources which pose a risk to health and that one billion people will be living on less than USD 1.25 per day; whereas declaring 2015 the European Year for Development will thus help raise public awareness in Europe of the importance of the new MDGs;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the lack of peace, security, democracy and political stability, together with corruption and human rights violations, prevent
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that some developing countries have become donors, while others still face high levels of inequality; points out that, among other things, climate change, food insecurity, migration, unemployment, demographic change, resource constraints, unsustainable growth
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that some developing countries have become donors, while others still face high levels of inequality; points out that, among other things, climate change, food insecurity, migration, unemployment, demographic change, corruption, resource constraints, unsustainable growth and financial and economic crises pose complex and interrelated challenges;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need for coherence between the EU’s trade policies and its policies on development, in particular as regards the outermost regions;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Urges that poverty eradication and the achievement of sustainable social and environmental development be the imperative global priorities for the post- 2015 development agenda;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that access to universal health coverage (UHC) and to quality education should be considered to be major goals of the post-
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that the post-2015 sustainable development framework requires respect for the principle of democratic governance, effective, transparent and accountable institutions at all levels and a
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that authorities at all levels play a crucial role in a sustainable development agenda by taking part in policy debates, holding governments accountable for their social, environmental and judicial policies, and building on the ownership principle;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Encourages the EU to support developing countries in building up their political will and in increasing efforts to improve the level of implementation of legal and political human rights instruments;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Encourages the Union to use the Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights efficiently and effectively in the developing countries where it is needed;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Encourages the Union to apply the financial penalties authorised by the Cotonou agreements in a balanced way so that they can be used to help put democratic processes back on track;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the EU to contribute, in an inclusive and transparent manner, to strengthening coherence between sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the social and environmental spheres and post-2015 development goals;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recognises the inseparable links between access to energy, water, sustainable land use, natural resources efficiency, marine protection and biodiversity, deforestation and climate change mitigation in the
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that the financing instrument for development cooperation is an important tool which should be used wisely for the benefit of developing countries;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the EU to improve and continue to develop blending loans and grants to boost financial resources for development, based and focused on harmonised poverty reduction strategies, and to promote microcredit;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Underlines the importance of increasing transparency in corporate reporting of profits and taxes paid, and of the social standards applied, especially by companies involved in the exploitation of natural resources;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on developing countries to establish a genuine business regulatory framework focusing on a business code of conduct, respect for human rights, including ILO standards, and environmental protection;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the EU to continue to pay particular attention to the clear linkages between PCD and the post-2015 MDGs, in particular in the following priority areas: trade and finance, health and education, climate change, agriculture, food security, migration, energy, and peace and security policies;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the EU to continue to pay particular attention to the clear linkages between PCD and the post-2015 MDGs, in particular in the following priority areas: trade and finance, climate change, agriculture, food security, migration, energy,
source: PE-508.032
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2012/2293(INI) Social housing in the European Union
2013/02/28
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to make greater use of private law instruments to facilitate the provision of social housing, such as long lease arrangements, obviating the need to purchase land for building purposes, and continued individual ownership of social housing by encouraging lessor usufruct arrangements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Asks the Commission to make other potential sources of financing available to Member States for the development and renovation of social housing stock as forms of social investment, and to retain the reduced rates of VAT that apply to such investment, given the labour-intensive nature of the sector and its very limited impact on cross-border trade within the EU; urges that consideration be given to applying the same rates of VAT to social housing as to basic necessities;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on Member States to establish attractive tax systems to encourage property owners to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, and to refine the definition of ‘decent housing’ in order to counter the trend whereby the most energy-inefficient housing is rented to people on low incomes;
source: PE-506.094
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2012/2295(INI) Innovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe
2013/05/07
DEVE
6 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the amount of sustainable biomass from EU sources
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers it essential that the EU give over a significant proportion of investment to promoting bioeconomy research and development and introducing a genuine European strategy so as to ensure global food security, together with the other international players, develop more efficient value chains for renewable raw materials, step up sustainable agricultural production, produce biomass energy, and increase the industrial use of renewable raw materials.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Fears that
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for the EU to become an international research and innovation powerhouse in the area of bioeconomy research; states that new products, new processes and new services based on renewable resources will enhance the competitiveness of European industry and make it an international front runner;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that ILUC factors for biofuels and bioliquids, as well as
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Deems it crucial to develop
source: PE-510.586
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2012/2306(INI) Annual report on competition policy
2013/02/28
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission to promote CSR in all SME's and international companies to assure better social convergence and fair competition;
source: PE-506.098
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2013/2041(INI) Rethinking education
2013/05/06
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on Member States to provide more efficient education, with a focus on active citizenship, transversal, entrepreneurial (with particular reference to corporate social responsibility - CSR) and STEM- related skills, digital literacy and foreign languages skills, to tackle mismatches between skills and labour market demand;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on Member States to safeguard an inclusive and integrated education system with a lifelong learning approach, providing equal access to all at all levels and
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that Member States should reduce drop-out rates by launching specific early childhood education, development and care programmes
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on Member States to facilitate transition between the different educational and training pathways, assist transition between education, professional training and employment, provide paid traineeships, work-based learning, apprenticeships and dual learning models and recognize competences based on non- formal and informal learning;
source: PE-510.631
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2013/2073(INI)
2013/05/07
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including young people w
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need to combat early school leaving through dialogue between the education sector and public and private employment services, through better links between initial and further vocational training,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for a Quality Framework on Paid Traineeships and an Alliance for Apprenticeships, aimed at promoting high- quality traineeships across the EU; reiterates the importance of encouraging corporate social responsibility (CRE) in order to promote apprenticeships, notably through older people acting as mentors to young people in businesses; calls on the Member States to urgently implement the Youth Guarantee in order to combat youth unemployment, drawing on the EUR 6 billion in EU funds available for the Youth Employment Initiative, in particular by supporting youth entrepreneurship through micro-finance; calls on the Commission to give practical support to Member States implementing the Youth Guarantee;
source: PE-510.626
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