13 Amendments of Sofia SAKORAFA related to 2018/2856(RSP)
Amendment 1 #
Citation 8
— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (Brussels IIa)1 and especially its Articles 8, 10, 15, 16,21, 41, 55 and 57, _________________ 1 OJ L 338, 23.12.2003, p. 1
Amendment 2 #
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union notably its rulings of 22.12.2010, Mercredi, aff. C-497/10 PPU and 02.04.2009, Procédure engagée par A., aff. C-523/07,
Amendment 4 #
Citation 12
— having regard to the more than 30large number of petitions received on the role of the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) in cross-border family disputes,
Amendment 6 #
Citation 15
— having regard to the final documentrecommendations of the Committee on Petitions’ Working Group on Child Welfare Issues of 20 June3 May 2017,
Amendment 7 #
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the child's best interests must be paramount in all decisions related to childcare issues at all levels;
Amendment 29 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with great concern that the Committee on Petitions in the last decade has received more than 30a large number of petitions on parental responsibility or child custody in cross-border family disputes and the role of the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt), many of them involving the alleged discrimination of the non-German parent;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasises, following the case law of the CJEU, the autonomous notion of the "habitual residence" of the child in European law and the plurality of the criteria on which the determination of the normal residence must be conducted by the national jurisdictions;
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that such determination of the normal residence of the child has been properly done by the German jurisdictions in the petitions received by the Committee on Petitions;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls on the Commission to assess in the petitions whether German jurisdictions have duly respected the provisions of Council Regulation Brussels IIa when establishing their competences and if they have taken into consideration judgements or decisions issued by jurisdictions of other Member States; _________________ 1a OJ L 338, 23.12.2003., p. 01
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 4
Amendment 53 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises the importance of a close cooperation and efficient communication between the different national and local authorities involved in childcare proceedings from the social service to the jurisdiction and the central authorities,
Amendment 56 #
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the importance to provide parents at every stage of child-related proceedings with complete and clear information on the proceedings and on the possible consequences thereof; calls on the Member States to inform parents about the rules on legal support and aid; notes in this context that the competent German ministries at federal level have established the German Central Contact Point for Cross-border Family Conflicts in order to provide counselling and information in cross-border family disputes involving parental responsibility;
Amendment 60 #
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to verify the respect of languages requirements in the course of proceeding before the German jurisdictions in the petitions presented to the European Parliament;