Activities of José BLANCO LÓPEZ related to 2013/0390(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Seafarers (A8-0127/2015 - Elisabeth Morin-Chartier) ES
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Under Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the European Parliament and the Council may, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, adopt, by means of directives, minimum requirements for gradual implementation aiming at improving working conditions, the protection of workers where their employment contract is terminated, information and consultation of workers and the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety. Such directives must avoid imposing administrative, financial and legal constraints in a way that would hold back the creation and development of small and medium-sized undertakings, as the main architects of job creation in the EU.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Insofar the existence and/or possibility of introducing exclusions is not justified on objective grounds, they should be suppressed, avoiding any situations involving unfair competition and social dumping.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The same rights should be guaranteed for seafarers as for shore- based workers, and they should be afforded equal pay for equal work without distinction of any kind. Maritime clusters should also be promoted, while encouraging the integration of young people into the maritime and fisheries sector.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) OThis directive is in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy. Moreover, on 10 October 2007 the Commission presented its vision for an Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, the ‘Blue Book’27. This vision recognises that all matters relating to Europe’s oceans and seas are interlinked, and that sea- related policies must develop in a joined- up way if they are to reap the desired results. __________________ 27COM (2007) 575 final of 10 October 2007.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Blue Book28 stressed the need for an increase in the number and quality of maritime jobs for European citizens and the importance of improving working conditions on board, inter alia through investment in research, education, training, health and safety. __________________ 28COM (2007) 575 final of 10 October 2007.