Activities of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2014/0002(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (debate) DE
European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (debate) DE
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets PDF (1002 KB) DOC (895 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their respective roles and responsibilities, all organisations participating in the EURES network promote actively, in close cooperation and through the appropriate involvement of the social partners at relevant level, the opportunities labour mobility in the Union offers and seek to enhance ways and means for workers and employers to seize these opportunities at local, regional, national and European level.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. For the purposes of the system referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall draw up the requirements and criteria for authorising EURES Members. Those requirements and criteria shall be at least as stringent as those set out in this Regulation and the Annex.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. On the basis of the system referred to in paragraph 1, employment services may apply to become EURES Members. As EURES Members, they shall participate in the EURES network by dealing with job vacancies in accordance with Article 14(1)(a), job applications and CVs in accordance with Article 14(1)(b), and support services in accordance with Chapter IV. As EURES Members, they shall perform those tasks in full and across the board, on a national or regional basis.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Where the requirements and criteria governing authorisation as a EURES Member, as laid down in paragraphs 1a and 1b, are met, the Member State may decide whether or not the employment service in question is to be authorised to be a EURES Member.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States inform the European Coordination Office about their national systems put in place and the EURES PartnMembers they authorised to participate in the EURES network accordingly.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Authorisation of public employment services as EURES Members Member States shall designate their public employment services to be EURES Members and shall inform the European Coordination Office thereof. By virtue of that designation public employment services shall enjoy a special status in the EURES network. Member States shall ensure that, in their role as EURES Members, the public employment services comply with this Regulation and the criteria set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b Authorisation of EURES Partners In the context of the authorisation of EURES Partners as participants in the EURES network and the monitoring of their activities and of compliance with national and Union law, Article 8(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis. Where the criteria laid down in the Annex and the requirement for performing the task in accordance with Article 9 are met, Member States may decide whether or not to authorise the applicant organisations to be EURES Partners. Member States shall inform the European Coordination Office of such authorisations.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The National Coordination Offices collaborate with the services and networks referred to in paragraph 1 at Union, national, regional and local level to achieve synergies and avoid overlaps, and, where appropriate, involve EURES Members and EURES Partners.
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The public employment serviceEURES Members shall ensure that workers using their services, by making available job applications and/or CV’s with them, can choose to have those employment services assist those workers with their registration on the EURES portal, using the national hub referred to in Article 15(5).
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The public employment serviceEURES Members shall set up a similar mechanism to facilitate the registration as employer on the EURES portal for those employers which use their services to publish job vacancies at national level either directly through their job search portals or via other platforms supported by the Member States.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) where appropriate, to refer to another EURES Member or EURES Partner.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) where appropriate, to refer to another EURES Member or EURES Partner.
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. If employers are interested in further assistance and there is a reasonable likelihood of an intra-EU recruitment, the EURES Members or the EURES Partners concerned provide further assistance, consisting of such services as the pre- selection of suitable candidates and assistance with providing translations and/or obtaining clarifications on specific job applications.
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Upon recruitment of a worker from another Member State as a result of the services provided in accordance with this Article, the EURES Members or the EURES Partners concerned provide the employer concerned with the contact details of organisations which can offer assistance with the integration of newly recruited workers from other Member States.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The EURES Members or EURES Partners concerned shall provide, upon request of workers and employers, general information on post- recruitment assistance and about where to obtain post-recruitment assistance such as training on intercultural communication, language courses and support with integration.
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) placement and recruitment resulting from EURES activity, on the basis of the number of vacancies, job applications, CV's handled and processed by EURES staff and, where available, the number of workers recruited in another Member State accordingly;
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 8 and 29 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Regulation or from any other date set by the legislator.
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 8 and 29 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 5
Article 33 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 8 and 29 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.