31 Amendments of Marc ANGEL related to 2020/2020(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation(EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’ ),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Commission Communication of 13 May2020 Towards a phased and coordinated approach for restoring freedom of movement and lifting internal border controls,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the perception that the single market for services should be exclusively assessed from an economic and business point of view has exhausted its own potential; calls for the establishment of a balance between economic rights and social rights, integrating consumers’ and citizens’ interests into legislating the single market for services;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. recalls that employees in the services sector are adversely affected, either by facing severe economic insecurity or being exposed as frontline workers working tirelessly throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in the European Union, often putting their health at risk; whereas the need to protect posted workers during their posting in relation to the freedom to provide services under Article 56 of the TFEU is equally recognised, laying down mandatory provisions regarding working conditions and the protection of workers’ health and safety;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessary to tackle climate change, create a sustainable economy, and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal and at the same time to ensure that service providers and consumers’ rights are respected;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessary to deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights, to tackle climate change, create a sustainable economy, and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal; points out that the social and environmental side of the single market should be improved in line with the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas fragmentation, restrictive nationalcontroversial business practices, such as quasi geo-blocking activities, which amongst other regsulations and gold-plating not onlyts lead to less competition, hamper businesses, but also hurt consumers, who have fewer choices and pay higher prices; whereas high quality services are in the interest of consumers and regulation that goes beyond minimum levels established by EU law is a paramount right of Member States;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of excessive requirements depends on the Member States; and cooperation with the European Commission to better implement European rules;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas burdensome administrative procedures by Member States, unfamiliarity with European and national regulations related to services, unawareness of culture and language deficiencies, diverging national regulations, and especially obstacles to accessing necessary information have created discrimination, and made it complicated to engage in cross-border trade in services, in particular for smaller companies; recalls that there are already existing instruments to support the needs of smaller companies such as the Your Europe Business portal, Solvit, the points of single contact, the Single Digital Gateway and other instruments;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, consumer protection, workers’ rights and the strict enforcement of EU law acquis, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges all Member States to ease restrictions on free movement, within the single market as soon as possible; calls upon the Commission and Member States to adapt the rules on the free movement of services, workers and people to the credible threat of future pandemics;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that across the European Union red tape, burdensome administrative practices and regulatory restrictions to service providers are creating unjustified barriers thabusinesses and workers can move freely, offer their services and consumers can benefit from more choice; however, regrets that within the single market for services fragmentation, lacking implementation and insufficient enforcement still exist depriveing citizens of jobs, consumers of choices, and entrepreneurs of opportunities;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Services Directive aims to reduce the fragmentation of the internal market, deepen the integration ofand the single markettrengthening of a single market based on transparency and fair competition, and pave the way for both businesses and consumers to achieve their full potential, and to contribute to the growth of the European economy’s competitiveness;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that Member States frequently use reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishmentxchanges;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of the Commission proposal for a revised sposition of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee regarding the proposed notification procedure; is convinced that this proposal is a fair starting point for the negotiations with Member States and the Commission; regrets that no agreement has yet been reached between the institutions, as there is still a need to clarify the scope of the notifications obligation, which also relates to the handling of urban planning and its notification to the Commission; underlines that the delegation of power to the Commission must under no circumstances prevent a Member State from adopting legislation; highlights that trilogue negotiations on the Services nNotification procedure;s Directive should resume as soon as possible to resolve these outstanding issues regrets that the proposal could not be adopted due to the lack of an agreement in Council;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the purpose of the Commission’s legislative proposal for a European services e-card was to address administrative barriers that remain in place; underlines that such barriers are costly to services providers and to consumers, and continue to constitute a significant disincentive to the cross-border provision of services in the single market;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector; underlines that a fair and rules based single market for services where high social and environmental standards, quality services and fair competition should be promoted by all stakeholders;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the free movement of services is at the core of the single market, and could provide substantial economic gains, when the balance between the market economy and social integration of the European Union, as laid down in Article 3 TEU, is respected; provided there is sufficient and active enforcement by local and regional authorities, national courts, and the Commission, and compliance by businesses with national and European regulations;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to make use of existing instruments in the single market for services, especially for the mutual recognition of regulated professions; highlights that the European Professional card is only used for five regulated professions and is not used to its full potential and therefore calls on the Commission to intensify the use of the European Professional card and accelerate the extension to other regulated professions;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied whenever major breaches of the relevant legislation which contravene to the proper functioning of the internal market are identified;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work especially for procedures that affect businessesto enable businesses and citizens to conduct administrative procedures remotely and online;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work especially for procedures that affect businesses, and consumers;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a
Paragraph 21 – point a
(a) the national and EU rules that companies must apply within the Member State in question; and information for employees, including employment law, health and safety protocols applicable collective agreements, social partner organisations and counselling structures for workers and employees where they can inform themselves on their rights;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recommends that national information portals should assist, and guide foreign companies wishing to do business within the Member State in question, as well as local companies wishing to export services and goods to other Member States;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Providing evaluation: the need for an updated single market scoreboard and restrictiveness indicators
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Supports the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with a new set of indicatorsnew policy dimensions and policy fields for analysis and evaluation, a new set of indicators, which should be the result of cooperation with social partners, consumer organizations and other stakeholders, with which to evaluate Member State implementation of relevant single market legislation; underlines that there should be a focus on the quality of the implementation;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that the updated single market scoreboard analyses relevant issues from an end-user perspective, evaluating whether concerns and complaints are settled, for instance within the SOLVIT or ECC-net framework;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Commission to adopt a quantitative and qualitative evaluation method, involving social partners, consumer organizations and other stakeholders; underlines that the method for qualitative indicators should be transparent and assess differences in ex- ante and ex-post regulation; notes the importance of evaluating whether relevant EU directives are implemented on time and as intended by EU the European co-legislators;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends that an updated single market scoreboard links to existing restrictivenessthe quality of implementation, existing indicators, and maps services restrictions in new and existing policy fields and the differing levels of implementation and enforcement of relevant EU legislation;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to update existing restrictivenessand introduce new indicators to help Member States identify where efforts mustcould be made to reduce restrictions,improve their policy results and monitor their efforts in reducing restrictionsthis regard.