9 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2011/2072(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that a preventive health and safety culture needs to be developed by engaging employers and securing the active participation of workers, in particular by consulting them, involving them in devising and applying safety procedures, and informing them of the potential risk involved; highlights the importance of testing and monitoring these procedures throughout the command chain so as to ensure high management is also trained and liable in case of accidents or safety failures;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EU to promote the application of the ILO Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (ILO-OSH 2001) across the oil and gas industry;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of laying down training requirements for workers, including contractors and subcontractors, involved in high- risk tasks and harmonising them so as to ensure coherent implementation in all European waters;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to strengthen workers' rights by protecting them against harrassment so as to ensure they can declare security failures or risks to competent authorities on a anonymous basis;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for strict safety and training rules to be applied to subcontractors, who must have the necessary qualifications to carry out maintenance and construction work; workers, including contractors and subcontractors and workers’ organizations must be informed of all risks involved in the work before it is actually carried out;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for companies based in the EU to apply the same worker health and safety rules in all their operations around the world, unless operations are carried out in a country that provides for a higher standard of OSH than the EU, which are then to be applied.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the EU to consider the possibility of creating an independent safety and health regulator exclusively for the oil and gas industry;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Asks for increased transparency notably as regards the public disclosure of accidents reports, their potential impact on public health, as well as inspection reports; suggests centralising this information on a public European platform;