24 Amendments of Evelyne GEBHARDT related to 2017/2003(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on a European Agenda on the Collaborative Economyintermediaries economy 1a _________________ 1aHorizontal amendment, to be applied throughout the text.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of the European Parliament of 19 January 2017 on A European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. nevertheless brings into consideration that the term "collaborative economy" is only suitable where genuinely participative peer-to-peer marketplaces and other platforms are concerned while many platforms act as intermediaries in traditionally two-sided markets and therefore add a third dimension of profit-making which are unrelated to the peer-to-peer nature of the collaborative economy;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance of tackling challenges that arise when European customers are using online platforms headquartered outside the EU, in non-European cultural and regulatory contexts, with particular regard to data protection, liability of the platforms, taxation and employment law;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the importance of ultra high-speed fixed and wireless networks as a precondition to develop the full potential of the collaborative economy and to reap the benefits offered by the collaborative model; recalls, thus, the necessity to ensure an adequate network access for all citizens in the EU, especially in those areas where sufficient connectivity is not yet available;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Acknowledges simultaneously that The European Union cannot accept flexibility with no security where the individual bears the risk of the market and employment conditions and standards are hollowed out;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the importance to guarantee adequate information to consumers about the applicable legal regime of each transaction, the criteria used to determine the professional or non- professional nature of the transaction and consequent rights and legal obligations;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to clarify the collaborative platforms liability regime, - which could enhance responsible behaviour and increase user confidence - assess their duties according to already existing regulations and consider whether ad hoc legislation is needed in this regard;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes the trust-building mechanisms some collaborative platforms have put in place, including setting an effective and reliable review and reputation system, introducing of guarantees or insurance, identity verification of peers and prosumers - such as pre-screening mechanisms - and developing secure and more transparent payment systems; encourages collaborative platforms to learn from the best practices and to inform and raise awareness about their user´s legal obligations;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. encourages the Commission to take proactive steps to make sure that our social contributions, our social systems match the new reality of the future world where workers shift between employers and employment forms far more often than we know today;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Reiterates that digital platforms and other intermediaries should have an obligation to report all work undertaken through them to the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring adequate contributions and protection through social and health insurance for all workers;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises that the digital revolution is having a profound impact on the labour market and that emerging trends in the collaborative economy are part of a broader tendency within the overall digitalisation of the society; underlines the risks of unclear employment relations, unfair working conditions and non compliance with worker's rights;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the paramount importance of safeguarding workers’ rights in collaborative services, - first and foremost the worker`s right to organise, take collective action and negotiate collective agreements - of avoiding social dumping, and of guaranteeing fair working conditions and adequate social protection;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a recommendation on social protection in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights, seeking to ensure that all people in all employment forms, employment relationships and self- employment accumulate entitlements providing income security in situations such as unemployment, part-time work, health problems, older age or career breaks for child-raising, other care or training reasons, and that everyone has a personal activity account where they can verify their entitlements;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Reiterates its calls on the social partners and the Commission to work together to present a proposal for a framework directive on decent working conditions in all forms of employment as a key element of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in order to extend existing minimum standards to new kinds of employment relationships, improve enforcement of EU law, increase legal certainty across the single market and prevent discrimination by ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, regardless of the type of contract or employment relationship;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses that there is a strong need to fully clarify the working relationship between workers and collaborative platforms; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee a level playing field between digital and traditional economies also from the labour market and workers' right perspective, avoiding thus the risk of applying different rules to comparable situations and unfair competition;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Recalls that all workers in the collaborative economy are either employed (employees) or self-employed and that all work in the collaborative economy should be classified accordingly, avoiding the creation of new hybrid categories for workers in the collaborative economy; regardless of the status classification, calls the Commission and Member States to assess the possibility to extend traditional protections of employment law and social security protections established at national level to workers in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Stresses the need to make sure that competition law does not prevent the growing number of people who are forced to become self-employed, from engaging in collective bargain;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33 c. Due to the rising number of self- employed workers in the collaborative economy, urges the Commission to re- examine the existing EU competition laws, which are now hampering the right to organise for those workers treated as independent contractors, in order to guarantee the fundamental right to organise, undertake collective actions and negotiate collectively, including with regard to their compensation;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33 c. Urges the Commission to examine if further action is needed to safeguard individual providers' rights to relevant self-produced data in areas such as ratings, reputation and earnings, in order to increase mobility of intra-platform transactions;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 d (new)
Paragraph 33 d (new)
33 d. Underlines the importance to ensure the portability of ratings and reviews for collaborative platforms workers and to guarantee the transferability and accumulation of ratings and reviews across different platforms while respecting rules on data protection and the privacy of other parties involved;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 f (new)
Paragraph 33 f (new)
33 f. Draws attention to the lack of data relating to changes in the employment world brought by the collaborative economy and underlines the importance of closely monitoring working conditions in the collaborative economy in order to combat illegalities; furthermore, encourages each Member States to appoint a national competent entity as responsible for controlling and evaluating emerging trends in the collaborative economy's labour market, taking necessary actions in case of illegalities, and informing other relevant authorities; asks Member States to periodically provide to the European Commission with data and information about jobs and working conditions in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39 c. Notes the rapid development and the crescent diffusion of innovative technologies and digital tools, such as the Blockchains and DLTs, also in the financial sector; underlines that the use of these decentralised technologies might enable effective peer-to-peer transactions and connections in the collaborative economy, leading to the creation of independent markets or networks and replacing, in the future, the role of intermediaries played today by the collaborative platforms;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)
Paragraph 39 d (new)
39 d. At the same time, asks the Commission to monitor the effects and the impact of the development and diffusion of these digital technologies in the collaborative economy business model; welcomes the Commission's initiative to ensure the adequacy of consumer law within this activities and draws the attention to ensure adequate consumer protection even with regard to peers to peers Blockchains and DLTs transactions;