5 Amendments of Proinsias DE ROSSA related to 2008/2301(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas Ms Ann Abraham, the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman addressed the committee in December 2008 and presented her findings, which took her four years to complete, yet there were no proposals for remedies for the victims,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned by the large number of petitions before this committee seeking voting rights for resident ‘non’-citizens of Latvia in local elections; recalls that the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly have recommended making it possible for non- citizens to participate in local elections; urges the European Commission to closely monitor and encourage the regularisation of the status of ‘non’- citizens in Latvia, many of whom were born in Latvia;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal, as a matter of urgency, to remove the legal loophole which allows misleading business directories to continue to operate; the problem could be resolved by altering the wording of Annex A(21) to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC), specifically by replacing the word 'consumer' by the words 'target of the practice';
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Notes that the One-Seat Petition signed by 1,5 million people, which seeks to have the European Parliament meet in one location, has not yet been fully addressed; recommends that the Petitions Committee deal with this matter as a priority during the next mandate;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Notes that the issues raised in the Jugendamt petitions concerning children being taken into care, have not yet been fully addressed and need to be considered afresh early in the next parliamentary term;