11 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2016/0403(COD)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Cross-border trade and cross-border investment in certain business and construction services are particularly low showing a potential for better integration of services markets with significant negative repercussions for the remaining part of the economy. This underperformance leads to situations where the potential for more growth and jobs in the Single Market has not. The potential for more growth and jobs in the Single Market should be fully exploited, while at the same time high standards for consumers and workers should be maintained, and fair competition and a level playing field for companies should be en fully exploitsured.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Addressing remaining obstacles to more cross-border activities in services, while at the same time maintaining high standards for consumers and workers, will help to strengthen competition, resulting in more choice and better prices for consumers as well as more competitive services sectors creating new jobs, promoting productivity and ensuring a more attractive climate for investment and innovation.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In so doing, this Regulation specifically targets business and construction service sectors included in scope of Directive …[ESC Directive]… which face some of the most stringent regulatory and administrative barriers to cross-border expansion and consequently have an unexploited potential for internal market integration.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) All matters, activities and fields excluded from the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC should remain excluded from the scope of this Regulation. In particular, this Regulation does not affect matters, activities and fields such as those deriving from taxation, social security and labour law, including any legal or contractual provision concerning employment conditions, working conditions, including health and safety at work and the relationship between employers and workers. This Regulation is without prejudice to the different labour market models of the Member States, including labour market models regulated by collective agreements. Equally this Regulation does not affect the social security legislation of the Member States. This Regulation is also without prejudice to any provision stemming from competition law as well as any rule on the applicable law or jurisdiction pursuant to private international law.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The European services e-card should be fully electronic, rely almost exclusively on data provided by reliable sources, limit the use of documents to the minimum necessary and allow for multilingual processing to avoid translation costs. In order to make the procedure fully electronic and allow for administrative cooperation between home and host Member States. The Internal Market Information system set up by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 should be used under this Regulation. A specific electronic platform should be developed for the purpose of issuing, updating, suspending, revoking or cancelling European services e-cards, as well as to make valid European services e-cards electronically available to their holders and to competent authorities. _________________ 22 Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC ( ‘the IMI Regulation’ ) (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 1)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Procedures for issuing, updating, suspending or revoking a European services e-card should make use of documents only in exceptional circumstances, when more detailed information is absolutely essential. In any case, all of such documents should be used and accepted in simple form.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The application of this Regulation should be monitored and assessed in order to determine its impact on the costs of expanding operations cross-border, increased transparency about cross-border providers, competition, prices and quality of the services provided and on workers’ rights. The effects of this Regulation and the practical functioning of the cooperation between coordinating authorities should be evaluated regularly. This monitoring will happen in cooperation with Member States, social partners and other relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
This Regulation, in particular its Chapter III, shall be without prejudice to shall be without prejudice to the fundamental rights of workers, including trade union rights, the rights of workers, the obligations of service providers and related controls in Member States laid down in Directives 96/71/EC and 2014/67/EU.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Regulation is without prejudice to the different labour market models of the Member States, including labour market models regulated by collective agreements, and shall not in any way affect a Member State’s right to assess if a company is considered to be established in its territory.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In the context of procedures to issue, update, suspend or revoke a European services e-card competent authorities of Member States shall accept public documents in a simple copy f,certified orm and shall not request that documents submitted to them are subject to legalisation, apostille formalities, certification or authenticationuthenticated documents, and their certified copies.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The Commission, with Member States, social partners and other relevant stakeholders, will establish monitoring arrangements to monitor the implementation and the impacts of this Regulation, in particular on workers’ rights and its impacts on the freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services across Member States for the services covered, with regard to costs for providers of expanding operations cross- border, enhancing transparency about cross-border providers, increasing competition and how it impacts prices and quality of those services concerned, considering relevant indicators.