Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2016/2010(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the Commission’s confirmation that the Postal Services Directive does not require any particular ownership structure for universal service providers (USPs); believes that USPs should not be prevented from investing and innovating in the provision of efficient and quality postal services; encourages providers and the public authorities to invest more in the postal sector so as to ensure its modernisation, renewal and the quality of the service it provides; considers it unacceptable to restrict the funding arrangements which Member States can use to perform their public service functions and that they must be free to choose whatever funding method they deem appropriate;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO; stresses that the diversity of postal services in Member States means that the Postal Services Directive needs to be applied with a degree of flexibility;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to take full account of the occurrence, and further risk, of downgrading of job security and terms and conditions for workers in the postal sector, and to make specific provision to mitigate and avoid this in any proposed new legislation; and to require all operators to fully apply the legal or contractual provisions concerning employment, working and social security conditions and the exercise of fundamental rights, including the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective bargaining agreements and to take industrial action;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can and must be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in remote areas; stresses the importance of ensuring accessibility to postal services for persons with disabilities and the consistency of the Postal Services Directive and the Accessibility Act;