3 Amendments of Peter SKINNER related to 2010/2206(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to diversify the portfolio of tourism services in Europe; calls for an EU-wide promotion of tourism in EU and for enhanced cooperation between Member States when promoting tourism; highlights also that for Europe to keep its leading position as a tourist destination and remain competitive, it is important to ensure acceptable minimum common safety, reliability, and accessibility requirements in European tourism services are achieved, in particular for what concerns Fire-Safety systems;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers, in view of demographic changes, that the health tourism has the biggest potential to undergo a significant growth in the future; believes that a European certified system of quality standards and controls in this field such as a ´blue cross system´ for medical or wellness facilities, e.g. in hotels offering health treatments like health-checks, would significantly improve the competitiveness of European health tourism. In order to achieve such improvement, stresses the necessity to set clear minimum requirements for medical history checks, patient information provision, the advertising and marketing of aesthetic surgery services, the educational requirements for the health service provider/surgeon (within the limits of existing legislation), as well as any follow- up services and advice, together with transparent and fair complaints-handling and dispute resolution mechanisms;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that safety of services and sport or leisure services was identified as a priority by the European Commission in its 2003 report on the 'Safety of Services for Consumers' but regrets that no follow up actions have been taken. In this context, calls for the European Commission to introduce a European legislative framework for the safety of services;