Activities of Csaba ŐRY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out the importance of the presentation of the draft annual work programmes of the agencies in the committees responsible before the final work programme is adopted; recalls that this practice helps to ensure that the work programmes reflect the actual political priorities and facilitates the close monitoring and scrutinising of the implementation of work programmes;

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2256(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the importance of close cooperation between agencies; ~~points out~~insists on continuing the existing good practices of synergy effects among agencies, such as memoranda of understandings and prior consultation on working programmes, in order to avoid overlapping and repetition of activities;

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2210(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the comment of the Court of Auditors on the high rate of carry-over of committed appropriations for title III; recalls that the planned carry-over corresponds to payment schedules and reflects the multi-annual nature of the Foundation’s operations; welcomes that the level of the remaining unplanned carry- overs reduced from 44% to 23%; welcomes furthermore the continued high implementation rate of the budget in 2012 in the title I and II and the corrective measures carried out for the referred complaints in the previous year;

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2208(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high budget implementation rates for all titles and that the number of budget transfers was reduced by more than 25% from previous year (down to 55 transfers in 2012 from 77 in 2011); notes furthermore that the high carry-over of committed appropriations mainly resulted from reasons beyond the Centre’s control, such as the delays in the repair works carried out by Greek authorities on the Centre’s premises, which were not completed in 2012. Regrets that the recognized deficits from the previous year have not yet been satisfactorily corrected;

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes that the Court of Auditors continued to assess the area of Employment and social affairs through a sample of high number of transactions; regrets the increased error rate for this policy field, which stood at 3.2% in 2012 compared to 2.2% in the previous year; notes that this error rate was still the lowest amongst all policy areas; and asks the Court of Auditors to assess also the budget lines with less financial allocations in the area of employment and social affairs;

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes the observations of the Court of Auditors concerning the benefits of the use of simplified cost options, which reduces the risk of error and administrative burden on beneficiaries; ~~welcomes~~takes note that 26% of the sampled ESF transactions already made use of these options in 2012~~2 ; supports the more extensive use of the simplified cost options in the future multiannual financial period~~; __________________ 2 Simplification and Gold-plating in the European Social Fund, Ref. Ares(2013)3470438978 - 13/11/2013, Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG, European Commission, p.4.

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is aware of the fact that simplified cost options can reduce the frequency of errors but suggests that in this case misapplication of rules remains undetected.

2014/01/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the effects of the crisis ~~and of the excessive fiscal consolidation policies pursued in recent years~~ have resulted in an unprecedented and growing divergence in output and employment between core and periphery countries; whereas the core- periphery gap in unemployment rates reached 10 percentage points in 2012, compared with only 3.5 percentage points in 2000; whereas that divergence is forecast to peak this year;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas it is necessary to pursue with a growth friendly and differentiated fiscal consolidation to guarantee the sustainability of the welfare state and public finances in the long term;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas economic improvements should thus be taken as an encouragement to pursue efforts with determination but, lowering the rhythm to focus on growing and employment, in order to keep up the reform programs to improve competitiveness and secure a lasting recovery;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas systematic errors in the Commission’s economic forecasts for growth and unemployment in recent years demonstrate the need for a change of diagnosis and strategy with a view to ending the crisis; whereas the pace of fiscal consolidation has slowed, yet the deflationary impact of certain structural reforms, mostly focusing on external demand, are having the same severe effects on internal demand, with stagnant investment and growth and weak job creationthe pace of fiscal consolidation has slowed, yet there are clear signs that warns about the risk of deflation that combined with the current stagnant investment and growth and weak job creation can be very harmful for the European economy and needs to be addressed;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. taking into account the life- expectancy coefficient with a view to the sustainability of pension systems

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas certain macroeconomic imbalances, for instance in the area of external competitiveness, have improved, although internal imbalances between Member States have been exacerbated; whereas evidence shows that a one-size- fits-all policy that relies on external demand and squeezes internal demand is not possible for all eurozone members at the same time; whereas this is heightening the (underestimated) negative impact of simultaneous austerity programmes, thereby depressing internal demand and resulting in over-reliance on demand from third economies, at a time when there are signs of a weakening outlook for emerging economieswhereas it is necessary to continue with structural reforms to enhance competitiveness to foster growth and job creation;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas since 2010 there has been a growing divergence in the capacity of national fiscal stabilisers to counteract the economic crisis and its employment and social consequences, with this capacity having practically disappeared in those countries hit hardest by the crisis; whereas household incomes, and thus domestic demand, have consequently been less well protected than before, further aggravating the recession; whereas Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs held a public hearing on 9 July 2013 on ‘The social dimension of the EMU – European unemployment benefit scheme’, ~~which identified the need for automatic stabilisers at the eurozone level;~~

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators have not been made binding, unlike the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure scoreboard; asks the Commission to remedy this situation, which does not reflect the need to put macroeconomic and social aspects on an equal footing as part of the European Semester process; considers this situation particularly worrying in the light of the growing social and employment imbalances in the EU;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that in the AGS 2014 the Commission calls on the Member States to protect or promote longer-term investment in education, research and innovation, energy and climate action; considers this insufficient, however, to allow Member States with already- constrained budgets to accomplish that goal; calls on the Commission to explore and promote the necessary reforms to exclude productive investments, for instance in education, and research and development, from the deficit targets established under EU rules so as to ring- fence them, given their potential to generate growth and job;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Call on Member States to make full use of COSME and Horizon 2020 in ordert o help SME’s financing and foster their competitiveness and helping their sustainability not only in the short term, but also in the long term;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that cohesion policy is essential in helping to reduce internal competitive disparities and structural imbalances; calls on the Commission, as a matter of urgency, to reprogramme unspent structural funding in favour of youth employment programmes and SMEs; calls on the Commission to find special solutions for those countries with very high unemployment rates which will be forced to return EU funds on account of co-financing problems; asks the Commission, to this end, to explore the possibility of excluding Member States’ participation in the co-financing of EU funds or programmes (under heading 1 (‘Sustainable growth’) of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)) from the calculation of their structural deficit as defined in the two-pack;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Is concerned that the easing of conditions allowing firms to opt out of higher-level collective bargaining agreements and to review sectoral wage agreements implies the exclusion of a large number of workers from their right to collective bargaining;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Notes that single market legislation is generally a topic for the EU-28, but, given that the need for integration is much more significant in the euro area, calls on the Commission to explore the possibility for EMU members to engage in enhanced cooperation with a view to adopting legislation that fosters intra-EMU labour mobility more quickly and efficiently (e.g. relating to the portability of supplementary pension rights or the adoption of a cooperation agreement between EMU national employment agencies);deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Notes that income inequality is growing across and within the Member States, particularly in the south of the EU and on its periphery; further notes that in many countries the crisis has intensified the long-term trends of wage polarisation and labour market segmentation~~, which, together with less redistributive tax and benefit systems, have fuelled rising inequality~~;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. ~~Is concerned~~Notes that in the AGS 2014 the Commission supports ~~further increases in indirect taxes, which are generally less progressive than direct taxes~~that tax systems should be redesigned by broadening tax bases, and shifting the tax burden away from labour on to tax bases linked to consumption, property and pollution; calls on the Commission to take note of the IMF’s October 2013 tax report, which points out that there is scope to tax better and more progressively in order to enhance the legitimacy of the consolidation effort while doing more to promote growth and bring in additional revenue along the way;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Supports the Commission’s call to shift the tax burden away from labour and suggests shifting it towards other forms of sustainable tax ~~such as a harmonised corporate tax, the financial transaction tax (FTT) and carbon taxes;~~

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)

52 a. Welcomes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived which will help the most affected by poverty in their basic needed; ask on Member States to use funds properly and address them to most deprived;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Csaba ŐRY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Takes note of the CSR proposal for many Member States regarding pension reforms; ~~considers it regrettable that the Commission’s recommendations were made without reference to Parliament’s recommendations in the Green and White Papers on pensions;~~ stresses that pension reforms require national political and social cohesion and must be negotiated with the social partners to be successful;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)

53 a. Welcomes the Commission´s note in the 2014 Annual Growth Survey pointing out that in many countries, pension reforms should be completed by linking statutory retirement age to life expectancy more systematically;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)

54 a. Believes that in order to guarantee the well-functioning and sustainability of pension system, Member States should adequate the retirement age life expectancy;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 1 - Paragraph 1

~~The Commission should make the social indicators binding in order to put them in the necessary equal footing with the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure scoreboard.~~deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 3

Member States should protect and promote investments in education, research and innovation. Calls on the Commission to explore and promote the necessary reforms to exclude these productive investments from deficit targets established in the EU rules in order to ring fence them, given their potential to generate growth and jobs;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 6

The Commission should urgently reprogramme the unspent Structural Funds in favour of youth employment programs and SMEs. Calls on the Commission to find special solutions to those countries with very high rates of unemployment, that, due to co-financing problems, will be forced to return the European funds. In this sense asks the Commission to explore the possibility of excluding Member States participation in cofinancing of EU funds or programs, within the heading 1 ‘sustainable growth’ of the Multiannual Financial Framework, from the calculation of the structural deficit as defined in the two-pack;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 4

The Commission should take note that the current strategy of improving external competitiveness, contributing to deflationary pressures for all Eurozone countries at the same time minimises the foreseen net results in terms of growing external demand at the expense of internal demand;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 7 – Paragraph 3

The Commission should explore the possibility for EMU member states to engage in enhanced cooperation’s in order to adopt legislation fostering intra- EMU labour mobility more quickly and more efficiently (e.g. on the portability of supplementary pension rights24, or the adoption of a cooperation agreement between EMU national employment agencies).deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 3

Member states should shift the tax burden away from labour towards other forms of sustainable taxes ~~such as a harmonised corporate tax, the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and taxes on carbon~~;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Csaba ŐRY

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 5

Taxation on labour, especially well targeted temporary reductions in social security contributions or job subsidy schemes for new recruits, especially on young people low paid and low skilled workers, long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, should be reduced ,while ensuring sustainability of public pension systems in the long run;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 10 – Paragraph 3

In order to guarantee the sustainability of pension systems: ~~it is possible to raise the actual retirement age without raising the mandatory~~believes that to successfully raise effective retirement age bys and reducing the number of people leaving the labor market early~~; believes that to successfully raise effective retirement ages~~, reforms in pension systems need to be accompanied by policies that limit the access to early retirement schemes and other early exit pathways, develop employment opportunities for older workers, guarantee access to life-long learning, introduce tax benefit policies giving incentives to stay longer at work, and support active healthy ageing

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ~~criminalise~~impose sanctions for the non-respect of working conditions;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that workers who provide domestic services are often undeclared, but that, in many cases, this situation lies outside the remit of the national inspection authorities; calls on Member States to enable inspections to be carried out in private homes and to introduce effective sanctions;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recognises that there is a growing trend towards self-employment, outsourcing und subcontracting; considers that systems of general contractor liability for the entire subcontracting chain constitute a useful tool for improved monitoring of public procurement, and that theyought should be given to their introducedtion in all Member States;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to investigate the benefit of introduceing a forgery-proof European social security card, on which would be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer’s employment relationship, including details of social security cover and working hours, for example, and which would be subject to strict data-protection rules;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to investigate the benefit of introduceing a European early-warning system, for signalling breaches of employment protection rules and cases of undeclared work, which would promote the rapid exchange of information between Member States and would be accompanied by a blacklist so that abuses by employers could be nipped in the bud; points out that such an early- warning system could be modelled on the existing European consumer- protection early-warning system (RAPEX);

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Criticises the Commission’s suggestion, in relation to the directive on the enforcement of the Posting of Workers Directive, for closed lists of measures restricting national powers of inspection; considers it important that national labour inspectorates should be able to conduct inspections in every case where they deem it needful to do so;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive providing for the comprehensive control of employment agencies, whereby such companies will be subject to certification and to a requirement of central reporting of their activities;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

~~27. Calls on the Commission, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to propose a directive underpinning the role of labour inspectors and laying down European labour-inspection standards;~~deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Points out that competition policy is implemented at European level; considers that, by the same token, measures to combat social dumping should be included in the EU treaties with provision for the Commission to implement them; considers that the Commission’s powers in this regard should extend, as they do in the field of competition law, to the imposition of penalties on non-compliant companies;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers it important that the Commission’s rules against social dumping should be enshrined in a binding legal instrument; deems it necessary to introduce an EU-level labour inspection system for implementing the Commission’s powers in this regard;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls in the beginning of the 7 year planning period for solid and accelerated commitment and payment appropriations for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in order to fight extreme poverty;

2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that the 2014 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, as well as facilitate access to financing through the ‘social entrepreneurship’ axis of PSCI; calls for easier access to microcredits available through the Microfinance Facility and strengthen EURES scheme to improve job mobility;

2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) It is essential that the statistical production necessary for ~~the performance of the activities~~economic and social management of the Union should only be based on reliable data. In the production of MIP relevant data, which is an essential input for the detection of macroeconomic imbalances as well as the prevention and correction of excessive macroeconomic imbalances within the Union, unreliable data can have a significant impact on the interest of the Union. Additional measures to make the enforcement of the production, provision and quality monitoring of MIP relevant data more effective are necessary for the performance of the macroeconomic imbalances procedure. Those measures should enhance the credibility of the underlying statistical information as well as of the provision and quality monitoring of the MIP relevant data. In order to deter against misrepresentation, whether intentional or due to serious negligence, of MIP relevant data, a mechanism of financial sanctions should be established, which will also serve the purpose of ensuring due diligence in the production of MIP relevant data.

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Close cooperation and on-going dialogue to coordinate and harmonise data to be transmitted should be established between the Commission and Member States' statistical authorities in order to ensure the quality of the MIP relevant data reported by Member States and the underlying statistical information.

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. When ~~transmit~~communicating the MIP relevant data referred to in Article 1, Member States shall send, to the Commission (Eurostat), information showing how these data are calculated, including any changes in the sources and methods, in the form of a quality report.

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall report to the Economic Policy Committee set up by Council Decision 74/122/EEC7 on the findings of these missions, including any comments on these findings made by the Member State concerned. After having been transmitted to the Economic Policy Committee and to the responsible committees in the European Parliament, these reports, along with any comments made by the Member State concerned, shall be made public, without prejudice to the provisions concerning statistical confidentiality in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. __________________ 7 OJ L 63, 5.3.1974, p.21 OJ L 63, 5.3.1974, p.21

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. The Council, acting on a proposal by the Commission, may decide to impose a fine on a Member State that intentionally or by serious negligence misrepresents or delays the delivery of the MIP relevant data.

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/0181(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

TIn compliance with the rules, the Commission may c~~onduc~~arry out all investigations necessary to establish the existence of the misrepresentations referred to in paragraph 1. It may decide to initiate an investigation when it finds that there are serious indications of the existence of facts liable to constitute such a misrepresentation. In investigating the putative misrepresentations, the Commission shall take into account any comments submitted by the Member State concerned. In order to carry out its tasks, the Commission may request the Member State to provide information, and may conduct on-site inspections and access the underlying statistical information and documents related to the MIP relevant data. If the law of the Member State concerned requires prior judicial authorisation for on- site inspections, the Commission shall make the necessary applications.

2013/12/18
Committee: EMPL

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas, with regard to Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the conducts like publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising crimes directed at groups of persons, or a member of such groups, defined by reference to religion or belief shall be punishable when such conducts are carried out in a manner likely to incite to violence or hatred against such groups or a member of such groups;

2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL

2012/2323(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. C~~riticises~~alls on the Council and the Commission ~~for systematically trying to avoid delegated acts in legislative proposals; calls on those institutions~~ to respect Articles 290 and 291 TFEU regarding the distinct nature of delegated acts compared to implementing acts; recalls that in the field of employment and social affairs, Parliament has challenged the validity of the EURES decision before the Court of Justice in order to defend its prerogatives;

2013/06/26
Committee: EMPL

2012/2323(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that it is entirely within the discretion of Parliament to decide, among the non-essential elements of the basic act, which ~~are to~~may be addressed or not through a delegation of powers; recognises that it should delegate powers with care, having regard to the need to safeguard its prerogatives and to ensure transparency in EU law-making;

2013/06/26
Committee: EMPL

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the representative European trade union federations and European employer federations to negotiate and conclude only European transnational company agreements; observes that, if a European trade union federation has not agreed any internal procedure for issuing a negotiating mandate, agreements may only be concluded by representative national trade unions; considers that European works councils should be fully involved in the negotiations;

2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for~~Is convinced that the inclusion of the most favourable clause and the non- regression clause is necessary in order to avert the danger that a European transnational company agreement might result in evasion of national collective agreements and national company agreements, or impair them;

2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends introducing extrajudicial dispute settlement procedures; considers that, in European transnational company agreements, a first ad hoc contact point ~~at undertaking level~~ should be agreed in order to bring about solutions to conflicts between the contracting parties;

2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2012/2292(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recommends, in the medium term, in view of the increasing transnationalisation of industrial relations, establishing over the next few years an independent three-tier system of European labour courts;deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Draws attention to Complaint No 85/2012, which is pending before the European Committee of Social Rights, in the Laval case, and calls for the right to implementation of cross-border collective measures to be granted;deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses, in ~~this~~ regard~~, the need for a link to~~ of Directive 20014/235/EC on, the ~~safeguarding of~~need to apply the employees' rights ~~in the event of~~of Directive 2001/23/EC on the transfers of undertakings;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that ~~both the offeror and the offeree company should have the right to consult with the employees, so that they can reach an agreement~~the employees of both companies, the offeror and the offeree have the right for information and consultation before any decision is finalised;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Points out that the consultation and participation rights of workers shall not be reduced at a takeover;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the full involvement of workers' representation of the company in all phases of the transition~~, stressing that a legally binding transition should require the agreement of the social partners~~;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Points out the need to grant employees' representatives of the company access to expertise, the cost of which should be borne by management; stresses, in this regard, that it should be the sole prerogative of the employees' representatives to select the most appropriate experts;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that it is important to guarantee that transitional assistance is available to all types of employees, regardless of their status, the type of company or the characteristics of the individual employee, taking into account, in particular, the special situation of vulnerable employees or employees with irregular work arrangements, such as those with fixed-term contracts or temporary workers;deleted

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls for maintenance of the rights, obligations and working conditions of an existing employment contract and for prohibition of redundancy due to business operations during a takeover;

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2262(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

~~13. Points to the potential of using certain EU and Member State funds to help companies address the effects of hostile takeovers and closures.~~deleted

2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that first-pillar pensions remain the most important source of income for pensioners; calls on Member States to implement reforms to their first-pillar systems aligning contributory years to the changing ratio between pensioners and people in working age, also to prevent public pension costs crowding out other important government spending; calls on the Member States to ensure first-pillar pensions if necessary complemented by minimum income provisions to provide a decent min~~imum income~~come comparable to previous earnings and compatible with the contributions paid;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Observes that the crisis has revealed the vulnerability of both funded and pay-as- you-go pension schemes; recommends multi-pillar pension systems, ~~consisting of at least~~which may consist of:

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii

ii. a funded, employment-related, ~~mandatory~~ collective second-pillar pension, ~~preferably~~which may be governed by (sectoral) social partners;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/2192(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that the location related questions with Italian authorities still remain unsolved, although the Commission has been asked in the past to solve those questions;

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2188(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with regret the comment of the Court of Auditors that the cancellation rate for appropriations raised from 4% to 8% (1,3 million) in 2011 compared with the previous year and that the Agency's budget for 2011 was by 0,9 million EUR higher (amounted to 16,4 million) than in 2010 (15,5 million).

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the development of a comprehensive set of processes to monitor and report on the implementation of the annual work programme and the deployment of resources; notes however that further improvements are needed given that 67 of total 77 budget transfers were made at the end of 2011 demonstrating weaknesses in budgetary planning and programme planning;

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that for the first time in 2011 the area of Employment and Social Affairs has been sampled and appraised separately from the Cohesion Policy chapter; welcomes the decreased error rate for this policy field, which stands at 2,2% compared to 3,9% average for all policy fields; notes however that ineligible costs were reimbursed;

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out, however, that the compliance with eligibility rules has to be monitored more intensively;

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that the effectiveness and quality of work of ESF audit institutions needs to be improved;

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reiterates its call to accelerate the outstanding commitments (65% of the total volume of the Cohesion Funds) in order not to be obliged for years to pay obligations from the budget allocated to programming period 2007-2013.

2013/01/30
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2

2. Calls on Member States to adopt growth-friendly policies aimed at maintaining and creating jobs; re~~gret~~calls that~~, contrary to budgetary discipline, employment has not been~~ employment is considered as aone of the EU top priorit~~y increasing the risk that, considering the financiarisation of the economy, initiatives designed to stabilise financial markets are pro-cyclical in their impact~~ies according to the Europe 2020 Strategy;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3

3. Recalls the importance of the adoption of the Growth Pact and believes that ~~new initiatives should follow~~it should be adequately implemented;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4

4. Calls for a balanced interaction between economic policies on the one hand and employment and social policies on the other hand since the European social model is a driver of economic competitiveness without which the Union's social market economy will not be able to climb out of the rut;deleted

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5

5. Observes that the roadmap «For a stable and prosperous EU» presented to the June 2012 European Council by President Van Rompuy does not adequately address employment and social policies, though they are a fundament element as Europe moves towards a true monetary and economic union;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – introductory part

6. ~~Request~~Observes that in ~~addition to the four building blocks outlined in the EMU roadmap, a fifth one, «Towards a~~parallel to the EMU roadmap, a new roadmap on integrated employment and social policy ~~framework», is set up to promote:~~should be set up;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that policy guidance for fiscal consolidation is fully coherent with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development, based on Article 9 TFEU and that it is ~~sup~~complement~~ed by a~~ary with the growth and employment package;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 9

9. C~~alls for the monitoring of access to capital market depending on the employment content of investments and for the~~onsiders that the instrument of enhanced cooperation should also be used with the aim to alleviat~~ion of~~e taxation on labour~~, shifting the bu~~ in ordenr to ~~a better equilibrium with capital~~make employment feasible;

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 12

~~12. Calls on the Commission to strengthen fair mobility and step up the fight against social dumping due to the misuse of posted workers, both in host and home countries;~~deleted

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 13

13. Reiterates its call for the democratic dimension of the European Semester, by reinforcing the European Parliament's role within a co-decision procedure and allowing it to define its calendar, content and methodology in close cooperation with National parliaments and in interaction with social partners and civil society;deleted

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 17

17. Call for the need to improve and better coordinate social governance at the European level in parallel of the establishment of European economic governance.

2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply only certain control measures or administrative formalities to undertakings posting workers for the provision of services. ~~Such~~Any control measures and requirements should be uniform at the Union level and may only be imposed provided that the competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory task effectively without the requested information and the necessary information cannot be obtained easily from the employer of posted workers or the authorities in the Member State of establishment of the service provider within a reasonable delay and/or less restrictive measures would not ensure that the objectives of the national controls measures deemed necessary are attained.

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in the construction sector, and in order to protect posted workers‘ rights, it is necessary to ensure that in such sector at least the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor can be held liable to pay to posted workers the net minimum rates of pay due, any back-payments of outstanding remuneration and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement in so far as these are covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC in addition to or in place of the employer. The contractor shall not be held liable if he/she has undertaken due diligence. The latter may imply preventive measures concerning proof provided by the subcontractor, including where relevant based upon information emanating from national authorities.deleted

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) In specific cases, other contractors may, in accordance with national law and practice, be also held liable for failure to comply with the obligations under this Directive, or their liability may be limited, after consultation of the social partners at national or sectoral level.deleted

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) The obligation to impose a liability requirement on the contractor where the direct subcontractor is a service provider, established in another Member State, posting workers is justified in the overriding public interest of the social protection of workers. Such posted workers may not be in the same situation as workers employed by a direct subcontractor established in the Member State of establishment of the contractor with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld.deleted

2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

1. For the purpose of implementing, applying and enforcing Directive 96/71/EC the competent authorities shall take into account factual elements characterising the activities carried out by an undertaking in the State in which it is established in order to determine whether it genuinely p~~erforms substantial activities, other than purely internal management and/or administrative activiti~~osts workers to the territory of another Member State in the framework of transnational provision of services. Such elements may only include:

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

Such elements may only include:

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

For the purposes of this Directive, Member States shall, in accordance with national legislation and/or practice, designate one or more competent authorities, which may include the liaison office(s) referred to in Article 4 of Directive 96/71/EC. The principal task of the liaison office shall be to provide information about terms and conditions of employment and employment rules. The monitoring of the application of the aforementioned rules may be performed by liaison offices or by other monitoring authorities.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) make the information available to workers and service providers in the most important languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are provided, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities;

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall supply the information requested by other Member States or the Commission by electronic means as soon as possible and at the latest within 2 weeks from the reception of a request or within one month if the answer requires an on-the-spot inspection. In order to avoid creating an inspection timetable on account of any requests made around weekends and public holidays, the time limits shall be set in working days.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

A specific urgency mechanism shall be used for special situations where a Member State becomes aware of particular circumstances requiring urgent action. In such circumstances, the information shall be submitted within ~~24 hour~~5 working days.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities at the latest at the commencement of the service provision, whereby the declaration may only cover the identity of the service provider, the presence of one or more clearly identifiable posted workers, their anticipated number, the anticipated duration and location of their presence, and the services justifying the posting;deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) ~~an obligation to~~the possibility to request the designateion of a contact person to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the host Member State ~~to which the posting takes place~~, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12

Subcontracting — Joint and several liability 1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the following: a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC; b) any back-payments or refund of taxes or social security contributions unduly with held from his/her salary. The liability referred to in the present paragraph shall be limited to worker's rights acquired under the contractual relationship between the contractor and his subcontractor. 2. Member States shall provide that a contractor who has undertaken due diligence shall not be liable in accordance with paragraph 1. Such systems shall be applied in a transparent, non discriminatory and proportionate way. They may imply preventive measures taken by the contractor concerning proof provided by the subcontractor of the main working conditions applied to the posted workers as referred to in Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC, including pay slips and payment of wages, the respect of social security and/or taxation obligations in the Member State of establishment and compliance with the applicable rules on posting of workers. 3. Member States may, in conformity with Union law, provide for more stringent liability rules under national law on a non-discriminatory and proportionate basis in regard to the scope and range of subcontractor liability. Member States may also, in conformity with Union law, provide for such liability in sectors other than those contained in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC. Member States may in these cases provide that a contractor that has undertaken due diligence as defined by national law shall not be liable. 4. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and social partners at EU level, review the application of this Article with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the following: (a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC; (b) any back-payments or refund of taxes or social security contributions unduly with held from his/her salary. The liability referred to in the present paragraph shall be limited to worker's rights acquired under the contractual relationship between the contractor and his subcontractor.deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

(2) Member States shall provide that a contractor who has undertaken due diligence shall not be liable in accordance with paragraph 1. Such systems shall be applied in a transparent, non discriminatory and proportionate way. They may imply preventive measures taken by the contractor concerning proof provided by the subcontractor of the main working conditions applied to the posted workers as referred to in Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC, including pay slips and payment of wages, the respect of social security and/or taxation obligations in the Member State of establishment and compliance with the applicable rules on posting of workers.deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3

(3) Member States may, in conformity with Union law, provide for more stringent liability rules under national law on a non-discriminatory and proportionate basis in regard to the scope and range of subcontractor liability. Member States may also, in conformity with Union law, provide for such liability in sectors other than those contained in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC. Member States may in these cases provide that a contractor that has undertaken due diligence as defined by national law shall not be liable.deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2012/0061(COD)

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Csaba ŐRY, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Heinz K. BECKER

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4

(4) Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and social partners at EU level, review the application of this Article with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.deleted

2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL

2011/2191(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Invites the Government to further encourage the return of refugees and improvement of their living and working conditions by seeking effective and sustainable ways of implementing housing, employment and social measures and any other social and economic recovery projects in a manner coherent with other social and employment programmes;

2011/10/25
Committee: AFET

2011/2191(INI)

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Csaba ŐRY, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Heinz K. BECKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Croatian authorities to pursue further efforts to reform Croatia’s social system in order to improve its cost- effectiveness and secure sustainability of public finances;

2011/10/25
Committee: AFET

2011/2191(INI)

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Csaba ŐRY, Traian UNGUREANU, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)

11e. Recognises the right of Member States to introduce transitional provisions concerning the access of Croatian workers to their labour markets but calls on Member States to base such decisions and any extension of transitional periods on facts and only in the situation of a real threat of serious disturbances of national labour markets; at the same time, encourages Member States to consider refraining from introducing transitional periods in order to secure greater freedom of movement of Croatian workers or even free labour market access;

2011/10/25
Committee: AFET

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that offshore oil and gas production involves extremely high risks for worker health and safety, owing to the at times extreme environmental conditions, the 12-hour shift patterns and the isolated working environment, and considers that the specific working conditions ~~should be regulated, in particular in view of the human errors they may cause~~and especially the psychological stress should be regulated;

2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the fact that the Commission intends to review Directive 92/91/EEC, and calls for a~~n approach based on maximum, and not minimum, harm~~ transparent, efficient and consis~~ation, given that the latter may give rise to disparities in treatment between workers within the same company, depending on their place of w~~tent rule which needs to apply to all employees working in the offshore sectork;

2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for strict safety and training rules to be applied also to subcontractors, who must have the necessary qualifications to carry out maintenance and construction work in their responsible field;

2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Argues, ~~accordingly,~~ in favour of a shared approach ~~to corporate restructuring through~~for a strengthened role for the social partners and the dissemination of good practices concerning training for workers made redundant;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underscores the role of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in this process~~, and calls for an increase in payment appropriations for the relevant budget heading~~;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that, ~~with a view to reducing the number of people in, or at risk of, poverty,~~ the Union's programmes must also be geared to migrants and other vulnerable groups, such as the Roma;

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

~~10. Takes the view that the EU budget must provide support for partner countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming their labour markets and vocational training systems.~~deleted

2011/05/05
Committee: EMPL

2011/0440(COD)

Csaba ŐRY, Regina BASTOS, Paulo RANGEL, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the ~~total~~ population ~~at national level at the reference time, as referred to in Article 2, within 8 months from the end of~~of their citizens at the reference ~~year~~time. For the purposes of this Article, Member States shall ~~not~~ provide data on population at their place of ~~legal or registered~~their permanent residence at the reference time.

2012/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Directive 2005/36/EC should also cover notaries. For recognition requests for establishment, Member States should be able to impose the necessary aptitude test or adaptation period to avoid any discrimination in the national selection and nomination procedures. In the case of free provision of services, notaries should not be able to draw up authentic instruments ~~and~~, undertake judicial activities or carry out other activities of authentication which require the seal of the host Member State.

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7 a) It seems necessary for notaries appointed by the Member States to areas under national jurisdiction, who are committed by law to proceed in an independent and unbiased manner and who ensure the legality of legislative acts and legal certainty in the context of preventive justice, to be excluded from the scope of the Directive. In view of the special tasks undertaken by notaries in the justice system, neither the fundamental principle of the free movement of services nor recognition of professional qualifications gained abroad may apply to their profession.

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

This Directive shall not apply to notaries appointed by the Member States.

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4

b) The following paragraph 4 is added: "4. In the case of notaries, the authentic instruments 0and other activities of authentication which require the seal of the host Member State shall be excluded from the provision of services."deleted

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3

(c) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "For the profession of notary, the host Member State may, when it determines the compensation measure, take into account the specific activities of this profession on its territory, in particular as regards the law to be applied."deleted

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Directive applies to the protection of the environment as athe pathway from radiation sources to the possible exposure of man, complemented where appropriate with specific consideration of the exposure of biota in the environment as a whole.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) Medical exposure means exposure incurred by patients or asymptomatic individuals as part of their own medical or dental diagnosis or treatment, and intended to benefit their health ~~or well-being~~, as well as exposure incurred by carers and comforters and by volunteers in biomedical research;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 54

(54) Non-medical imaging exposure means any deliberate exposure of humans for imaging purposes where the primary motivation for the exposure is not related to the health ~~or well-being~~ of the individual being exposed;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 2015 mSv in a year;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 150 mSv in a year, averaged over any area of 1 cm², regardless of the area exposed;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) safe working procedures minimizing the risks;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) the conditions under which workers are entitled to health surveillance;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) advised and trained in the visual detection of sources and their containers as well as in how to report them;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

(aa) measures taken due to this directive;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) medical surveillance. and examination of the workers, which take place during working hours and without costs for them;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) category A: exposed workers who are liable to receive an effective dose greater than 6 mSv per year or an equivalent dose greater than 15 mSv per year for the lens of the eye or greater than 150 mSv per year for skin and extremities;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 39 – paragraph 2

2. Monitoring for category B workers shall be at least sufficient to demonstrate that such workers are correctly classified in category B. Member States ~~may~~have to require individual monitoring and if necessary individual measurements, performed by a dosimetry service, for category B workers.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 43 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall require workers to have access at ~~their request~~any time to the results of their individual monitoring, including the results of measurements which may have been used in estimating these results, or to the results of the assessment of their doses made as a result of workplace measurements.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 46 – paragraph 1

No worker may be employed or classified for any period in a specific post as a category A worker if medical surveillance establishes that the worker is unfit for that specific post or fit for limited duties.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 47 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. The employee shall have access to his or her personal health file at any time.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 49 – paragraph 1

Member States shall lay down the procedure for appeal against the findings and decisions made pursuant to Articles 45, 46 and 48. Consultation and participation of workers and/or their representatives shall be regulated by Article 11 of Council Directive 89/391/EEC.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 50 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that the system for individual radiological monitoring affords outside workers equivalent protection and medical care to that for workers employed on a permanent basis by the undertaking.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Medical exposure shall show a sufficient net benefit, weighing the total potential diagnostic or therapeutic benefits it produces, including the direct benefits to health ~~or well-being~~ of an individual and the benefits to society, against the individual detriment that the exposure might cause, taking into account the efficacy, benefits and risks of available alternative techniques having the same objective but involving no or less exposure to ionising radiation.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 54 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Staff shall be trained regularly and compliance with the applicable rules shall be monitored.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)

(fa) establishing documented procedures used for information and training of exposed workers.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Article 86 – paragraph 2 – point l a (new)

(la) establishing documented procedures used for information and training of exposed workers.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Annex 4 – paragraph 1 – point A – point 4

4. Radiological health assessment for other purposes not intended to benefit the health ~~and well-being~~ of the exposed individual;

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2011/0254(NLE)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Licia RONZULLI

Annex 8 – paragraph 2

The data system for individual radiological monitoring established by a Member State may be realised either as a centralised national network or as a national dose register. These networks or registers ~~may~~shall be supplemented by the issuance of individual radiological monitoring documents for every outside worker.

2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

(Aa) whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the Union's fundamental freedoms, a basic component of Union citizenship recognized by the Treaties, yet according to statistics and notwithstanding specific initiatives to support workers' mobility, there are still too few people taking advantage of this right,

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Licia RONZULLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

(Bb) whereas promoting mobility of workers is a positive contribution to reaching the employment objectives set in the Europe 2020 Strategy; invites the Commission to include labour mobility in the flagship initiatives and the Member States to include labour and geographical mobility dimensions when designing their National strategies and reform programs;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

(Ca) whereas the recent evolution of our societies notably due to industrial change, globalization, new work patterns, demographic change, and the development of means of transport, call for a higher degree of mobility among workers,

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Licia RONZULLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

(Ea) whereas in times of economic crisis professional and geographical mobility of workers can help reduce unemployment by matching labour supply with demand, can contribute to job creation opportunities, to adapting the economy, the society and the demography to structural changes, and to promoting economic growth and EU's competitiveness,

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to produce a scoreboard presenting the obstacles faced by Union workers wishing to make use of their right to free movement and how they are being tackled in the Member States, so as to assess whether such obstacles are dealt with thoroughly and effectively;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on a greater coordination between the European Institutions and the national ones to better inform and provide assistance to the citizens and monitor how the right of free movement of workers is being transposed into practice and used by individuals in order to accelerate the implementation of labour mobility;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Invites border regions to consider agreements for promoting cross-border labour mobility in order to gain mutual (beneficial) advantages for these regions;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Licia RONZULLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Encourages the Commission to pursue its initiatives aimed at promoting the geographical mobility of young people through learning mobility schemes, using all the designated programs related to the topic;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2273(INI)

Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba ŐRY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the Commission's plan to establish a regular systematic assessment of long-term supply and demand in the EU labour markets up to 2020, broken down by sectors, occupations, levels of qualification and countries, and strongly advises the coordination of labour and educational policies between Member States with a view to meeting the targets set in the EU 2020 Strategy regarding job creation and avoiding future indirect barriers that may hinder the exercise of the right of free movement; The plan should clearly identify labour shortages in the EU in the short, medium and long term;

2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in giving support to sport and recreation for people with disabilities, to avoid making distinctions when identifying disabilities and urges the Council to continue its efforts, recalling that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe promised, in 1986, to support sport for people with disabilities;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Calls on the Commission to pay attention to the inclusion of the interests of people with disabilities, in accordance with the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, when handling assistance for international relations and development;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36 c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to improve access for people with disabilities in the field of copyright, including the increased exchange of best practices; to support the development of optimum forms of cooperation, and to ensure service providers are governed by appropriate, common and compulsory requirements concerning people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on those with visual impairments;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 d (new)

36 d. Stresses that, in accordance with the spirit of the UN Convention, Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices – particularly the provision on misleading omissions – is also relevant to people with disabilities;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 e (new)

36 e. Calls on the Commission and the Council to take action on the basis of the practice and experience of the European Parliament to make ICT barrier-free for deaf people, in accordance with Parliament’s 1988 and 1998 decisions, and to report on this annually to the MEP(s) concerned;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2272(INI)

Pascale GRUNY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Csaba ŐRY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 f (new)

36 f. Calls on the Commission to prepare a study with people with visual impairments in mind analysing the characteristics of the digital displays (interfaces) of industrial and domestic products and alternative, equivalent information solutions for blind people and making specific legislative proposals;

2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers, women have smaller pensions on average; wants specific attention to therefore be paid to the situation of women and in particular to considering maternity leave as time actually worked providing entitlement to retirement benefits;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Pascale GRUNY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Csaba ŐRY, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Licia RONZULLI, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies and that those Member States should be encouraged to put in place a minimum old-age pension for all, putting the emphasis on those who are most vulnerable, especially disabled people;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies, and to choose the system that seems to them the most appropriate of the models currently available in Europe;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with voluntary or compulsory savings- or work-related systems (second and third pillars) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Is absolutely convinced that the Member States’ governments have an obligation to use all the means at their disposal to safeguard the long-term funding and sustainability of the main pillar of retirement schemes, namely the first pillar based on the compulsory contribution paid to the State;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Georges BACH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Is persuaded that in view of the different features of existing retirement schemes in Europe the first pillar managed by the State and the third pillar based on the supplementary and voluntary aspect (and on savings by individuals) complement each other effectively, represent the main common denominator in the range of diversified systems existing in Europe and thus represent the basis for a ‘European model’ pension scheme, which any Member State is free to supplement with other elements and develop as it sees fit, in accordance with the particular features of its own economic and social environment;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Takes the view, with regard to the experience of recent decades, that work- related retirement schemes – whether compulsory or voluntary in nature – have not and cannot play more than a secondary role in the vast majority of Member States compared to the first pillar; considers, therefore, that solutions for securing the long-term funding of the first pillar must take absolute priority and that it would be inadvisable at present, before such solutions have been identified, to launch a European debate on promoting work-related retirement schemes in Member States which do not yet have that pillar;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States to consider introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the third pillar; ~~notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structure;~~

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Pascale GRUNY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Csaba ŐRY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy; however, calls on the Member States which have increased the statutory retirement age or will be doing so to encourage work by older people through fiscal and social security exemptions; also calls on the Member States to create adapted and flexible employment contracts for older people so as to encourage and facilitate combining work with retirement and put in place dissuasive measures so that companies find it harder to make older people redundant;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Supports, in accordance with the 2020 Strategy, a targeted and active labour market policy which will lead to increased participation in employment on the part of older workers, women, disabled people, members of minority groups and the long- term unemployed;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes that, in the first pillar, pension entitlements are governed by the relevant coordinating Regulation, but that, for ~~second-pillar pensions~~pensions not covered by the first pillar, arrangements are needed to ensure portability;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Considers that, because of the diversity and complexity of the various second-pillar systems, conditions need to be laid down concerning the portability of acquired pension entitlements in the sense that portability begins when new contracts are concluded, an application for transfer being approved only if the actuarial sum transferred is to be placed in a fund whose purpose is payment of old-age pensions; ~~considers that tax must be calculated and paid in the Member State where the entitlements have been accumulated;~~

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar pension provision linked to a profession has been recognised, and that it must also be ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provision;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that ~~the second pillar must be~~in Member States which have set up compulsory pension schemes linked to a profession, it would be advisable to make this second pillar available to all employees ~~by right~~, without any discrimination on grounds of sex, sector and/or employment contract;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

~~27. Calls on the Commission to investigate how employees’ right to participate in the second pillar can be facilitated and to make proposals for developing such a pillar where it does not yet exist;~~deleted

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. SWith a view to ensuring that pensions are portable, supports the establishment of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); stresses the need to equip it so that it can perform effectively the tasks entrusted to it;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Pascale GRUNY, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Csaba ŐRY, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. ~~Stresses the importance of using a uniform methodology to calcul~~Calls on the Commission to change the current rules so thate the ~~part of the national debt which is due to pension-related obligation~~full cost of pension scheme reforms is taken into account when calculating Member States’ debts and budget deficits;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Points out that complementary pension schemes which are capitalised are often considered as difficult to access because they are too technically complex; considers that if employers and employees are to be encouraged to join such schemes, not only must their management be improved, but also their rules must be simplified, and at least better information should be provided, by standardising it on a common basis to make it more intelligible; considers that there should be more rules for capitalisation systems, which should be more tightly regulated on a voluntary basis, ensuring monitoring and transparency, supervision and improvement of the solvency of capitalisation systems; considers that legislative changes could be made, particularly with regard to solvency rules;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Csaba ŐRY, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Tamás DEUTSCH, Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Considers that the information provided to individual members of the public in Member States and by funds concerning the accumulated entitlements ~~commonly recorded in a national pensions register should be link~~should be incorporated into a system established at European level;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Considers that, when ~~pension provision is reformed, or when there is a changeover from a promised pension to a promised pension arrangement, or from a final salary to a mean salary system~~there is any kind of reform to pension provision, the public must be promptly and fully informed of the consequences;

2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

12. If macroeconomic imbalances are identified, recommendations should be addressed to the Member State concerned to provide guidance on appropriate policy responses. The policy response of the Member State concerned to imbalances should be timely and should use all available policy instruments under the control of public authorities. It should be tailored to the specific environment and circumstances of the Member State concerned and cover the main economic policy areas, potentially including fiscal ~~and wage~~ policies, labour markets, product and services markets and financial sector regulation.

2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10

(10) A temporary departure from prudent fiscal policy-making should be allowed in case of ~~severe economic downturn of a general nature~~recession in order to facilitate economic recovery.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7

Special attention shall be paid to pension reforms ~~introduc~~strengthening a multi-pillar system ~~that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillar~~. Member States implementing such reforms shall be allowed to deviate from the adjustment path to their medium-term budgetary objective or from the objective itself, with the deviation reflecting the net cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar, under the condition that the deviation remains temporary and that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9

In periods of ~~severe economic downturn of a general nature~~recession Member States may be allowed to temporarily depart from the adjustment path implied by prudent fiscal- policy making referred to in the fourth subparagraph. in order to facilitate economic recovery.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

The deviation may be equally not considered in case of ~~severe economic downturn of a general nature~~recession.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4

The deviation may be equally not considered in case of ~~severe economic downturn of a general nature~~recession.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. By derogation from paragraph 2, the Commission may, on grounds of exceptional economic circumstances, major environmental disasters or following a reasoned request by the Member State concerned addressed to the Commission within ten days of adoption of the Council conclusions referred to in paragraph 1, propose to reduce the amount of the fine or to cancel it.

2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Europe 2020 should be a strategy to come out of the economic crisis, to prevent a further economic and social collapse and to boost our economies in the medium and long term.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) In the context of the 'inclusive growth' objective, Member States should, at the initiative of the Commission, set an appropriate legislative framework for the new forms of work. Such a framework should pay attention both to ensuring flexible forms of employment, while avoiding labour market segmentation and guaranteeing comprehensive protection of individual and collective labour rights, as well as adequate social security for workers.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a When designing and implementing their national reform programmes taking account of the guidelines in the Annex, Member States shall ensure effective governance of employment and social policies. Stakeholders, including those at regional and local level, parliamentary bodies and social partners shall be closely involved throughout the design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of those programmes, including in the definition of targets and indicators. The EU headline targets, as set out in the Annex, shall be followed up with appropriate sub-targets and indicators, including outcome and result indicators, as well as national targets, indicators and scoreboards. Member States shall take those targets and indicators into account, along with the guidelines and any country-specific recommendations addressed to them by the Council. Member States shall closely monitor the employment and social impact of reforms implemented under respective national reform programmes. When reporting on the application of the guidelines in the Annex, Member States shall follow the structure to be agreed at EU level and shall include the same elements in order to ensure clarity, transparency and comparability among the Member States.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph –1 (new)

The Member States will set their national targets for increasing the employment rate for women and men to 75% by 2020, in particular through greater labour market participation of young people, older workers, the low-skilled and people with disabilities and the better integration of legal migrants. Furthermore, Member States will set their national targets so that the share of 15 to 24 year-old women and men in education, training or employment increases to at least 90%.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2

The Member States should step up social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewarded. The quality of jobs and employment conditions should be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring adequate social security also for those on fixed contracts and the self-employed. Employment servicin cooperation with the social partners should increase the employment rate through activation measures, in particular for low skilled and people requiring particular protection and/or support, through advisory services and education and professional training adapted to the labour market's needs. The social economy should be supported in this context. Furthermore, the Member States should increase the employability of legal migrants with appropriate programmes. Continued efforts and innovative programmes are also required to reintegrate people with disabilities into the labour market, including through subsidised jobs. Furthermore, the Member States should remove the barriers which make it more difficult for people to enter the labour market for the first time, support the creation of jobs, foster social innovation and increase the quality and effectiveness of job placement services, including public employment services. In particular, working time rules should be more flexible, so as to allow a work process which conforms to the requirements of the compatibility of family and work, and allows a more flexible exit from working life into retirement. External and internal flexicurity strategies to increase flexibility, to be able to react more efficiently to production cycles, should be ~~strengthened and open to all, including young people and those threatened by unemployment with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market~~better applied through active labour market policies and adequate social security systems, so that changing jobs does not lead to disproportionate financial costs. These should be accompanied by a clear commitment to actively support job- seeking. New forms of work organisation, such as atypical temporary work, part- time work and teleworking are used more and more frequently in the working world without being legally controlled. They must not lead to a reduction in individual and collective labour rights and social protection for the people concerned.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3

In order to increase competitiveness and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should review tax and benefit systems and the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States should increase labour force participation through policies to promote active ageing, gender equality and equal pay and labour market integration of young people, disabled, legal migrants and other vulnerable groups. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly-skilled women in scientific and technical fields. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self- employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovationthis context, the resources of the European Social Fund should be fully used to increase employability and job quality with measures to develop personal skills and to fulfil quality requirements in seminal jobs. In order to promote professional mobility, it is necessary for Member States to increase people’s openness to mobility by providing incentives therefor.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph -1 (new)

The Member States will set their national targets at reducing the school drop-out rate below 10% by 2020, whilst increasing the share of the population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40%.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1

~~Member States should promote pro~~The provision of high-quality initial educati~~vity~~on and ~~employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match curr~~attractive vocational training conforming to industry’s requirements and future demand in the labour market~~. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training~~ are high priorities for Member States. They must be comple~~men~~ted with second-chance opportunities and effective incentives for lifelong learning, second-chance opportunities, ensuring every adult the chance to move one step up in their qualification, and by targeted migration and integration policies. Member States should develop systems for recognising acquirewhereby the social partners are called upon to provide the time and to also financially support vocational training. In particular, the Member States should reduce the dropout rate to less than 10% and complete~~ncies, remove barriers to occup~~ migrational and ~~geographical mobi~~integration politcy ~~of workers, promote the acquisition of transversal competences and creativity,~~with facilities for language learning and fsocus their efforts particularly on supporting those with low skills and increasing the employability of older workers, while at the same time enhance the training, skills and experience of highly skilled workers, including researcherial studies. Member States should also develop systems for recognising acquired skills and competences.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2

In cooperation with the social partners and businesses, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance combined with systematic information on new job openings and opportunities, promot~~ion of~~e entrepreneurship and enhanced anticipation of ~~skill needs. Invest~~quality requirements. The development inof human resource ~~development, up-skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes~~s, higher qualifications and training should be ~~promot~~financed through joint financial contributions from ~~governments,~~ individuals ~~and~~, employers. To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners, should enact schemes to help recent graduates find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed. Regular monitoring of and governments. Access to high-quality general and vocational training and the reintegration of school drop-outs in the education system should be possible for everyone at any time. The Member States should align investments in the education system so that the objective of increasing the level of skills among the active population is reached, taking into account also learning in informal and non-formal contexts. In doing so, the reforms regarding employability in particular should be aimed at ensuring, through training or knowledge in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), the acquisition of the core skills which every employee needs to be successful in a knowledge-based economy. Measures should be taken to ensure that the educational mobility of young people and teachers becomes the norm. Member States should improve the operformance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help identify areas for improvement and increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needs. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectivnness and relevance of general and vocational education systems, in particular by implementing national qualification frameworks enabling flexible learning pathways and by developing partnerships between general and vocational education institutions and the world of work, in order to considerably increase the proportion of high-level academic and vocational degrees.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 a (new)

Guideline 8a: Strengthening social and economic cohesion policy in support of employment Member States commit themselves to arranging, complementing, coordinating and adjusting their national targets, within and among each other, such that imbalances in economic development between regions will be reduced. The Member States are aware that cohesion policy represents an effective and supportive but not subordinated instrument to the guidelines by accommodating regional specificities, supporting regions to overcome their socio-economical difficulties and reducing disparities. An integrated approach, multi-level governance and partnership principles should be the core of governance and deliverer of the strategy, whereas the regional and local level in particular have to play a crucial role as vehicles to reach the countless economic and social actors living and producing in the Union, in particular the SMEs. Therefore, cohesion policy is not just the source of stable financial allocations, but also a powerful instrument for the economic development and so an employment instrument for all Union regions. The Member States should invest more in transport, energy, telecommunication and IT infrastructure and make full use of the European Structural Funds. The participation of potential beneficiaries in Union cofounded programmes should be encouraged by simplification of delivery systems. To achieve this, Member States should create synergies between their cohesion policies and other existing sectoral policies, in accordance with an integrated approach, since cohesion is not a cost, but gives strength, taps unused potential, reduces structural differences between countries and regions, expands growth and improves the competitiveness of Union regions in a globalised world, counterbalances the effects of the global economic crisis and generates Union social capital.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – title

Guideline 10: Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty in particular by integration into the labour market

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph -1 (new)

The Member States will set their national targets to reduce by 25 % the number of Europeans living below national poverty lines, lifting over 20 million people out of poverty, in particular by employment and education policy measures.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1

~~Member States"~~To achieve this target, Member States should make an efforts to reduce poverty ~~should be aimed at~~, including in-work poverty, promot~~ing~~e full participation in society and the economy and extend~~ing~~ employment opportunities, ~~making full use of~~in regard to which the European Social Fund~~. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring~~ is to be used. It has to be ensured that equal opportunities, ~~including through~~as well as access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care~~. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally,~~, are preserved. In order to fight social exclusion, empower people to play an active role in society and promote labour market participation, social protection systems~~, lifelong learning~~ and active inclusion policies ~~should be~~must be further enhanced to create opportunities and job perspectives at different stages of people'’s lives ~~and~~, shield them from the risk of exclusion~~. S~~ and provide support, in particular for those furthest from the labour market, into quality work. Therefore efficient approaches under active labour market policy for training and job creation have to be created for those who are excluded from the labour market owing to lack of training. At the same time, social security and pension systems must be modernised tso ~~ensure~~ that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support ~~and access to healthcare thus providing social cohesion whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable~~, to enable participation in social life and access to healthcare, whilst the financial sustainability of these systems must be preserved. Benefit systems should ~~focus on~~ ensur~~ing~~e income security during transitions and reduc~~ing~~e poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. In particular, Member States shall be committed to tackle child poverty through appropriate measures so that children are not restricted in their personal development and are not underprivileged when entering professional life due to poverty related interferences of their free development. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable, and effectively implement the adopted anti-discrimination measures.

2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Is surprised that the Council has reduced the payments despite the current financial and economic crisis; considers that such payments are necessary to promote employment, in particular at this time;

2009/08/19
Committee: EMPL

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the proposal of the Commission to increase the appropriations of heading 1a (– Competitiveness for growth and employment) – compared to the 2009 budget by ~~about 9%~~8.4% (excluding the EERP) to enhance the key initiatives contributing to the European Economic Recovery Plan, the Lisbon Strategy and the Lifelong Learning Programme; regrets the fact that the Council did not maintain this approach in the first reading;

2009/08/19
Committee: EMPL

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Proposes a new pilot project – ‘Measures for employment maintenance’ – to explore the possibilities for maintaining effectively the jobs that are at risk due to the financial and economic crisis in order to help alleviate the employment and social consequences of the crisis.

2009/08/19
Committee: EMPL

2009/0096(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. To implement the actions referred to in Article 4(1), except for the support measures referred to in point (d) of Article 4(1), the Commission shall conclude agreements with international financial institutions, in particular with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), in accordance with Article 53d of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and Article 43 of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002. These agreements shall contain detailed provisions for the implementation of the tasks entrusted to them, including the necessity to ensure additionality ~~with national scheme~~and coordination with existing European and national financial instruments.

2009/10/09
Committee: EMPL

2009/0096(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. For the first time in 2011, but no later than 12 months after the entry into force of this Decision, and before 31 December of each year, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a quantitative and qualitative annual report on the activities under this Decision in the previous year. The annual report shall be based on the implementation reports referred to in paragraph 1 and focus mainly on the results achieved and shall in particular contain information relating to applications submitted, contracts concluded, actions funded including their complementarity with other Community interventions, notably the ESF.

2009/10/09
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas temporary work is often used as a permanent solution, which is to say to meet the long-term labour needs of some enterprises, which was not the original intention of the legislator,

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that the intention of the legislator in the PWD and Services Directive is not reflected in the ECJ verdicts, which, instead of protecting workers, is inviting unfair competition between companies; companies that sign and follow collective agreements will have a competitive disadvantage to companies that refuse to do so;deleted

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Regrets~~Is pleased to note that all conditions imposed on foreign employers above minimum levels are seen as obstacles to free movement, if employees do not already receive more favourable conditions in the country of origin;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that the PWD as interpreted by the ECJ would prevent demands for equal pay for work for all workers regardless of their nationality or that of their employer in the place where the service is provided; this runs counter to the principle of non-discrimination which is established in the Treaty especially with regard to the mobility of workers;Deleted

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Regrets the fact~~Is pleased to note that even though the PWD was formulated as a minimum standard directive, the ECJ has determinesd that those minimum standards must be regarded as the maximum in the context of the Laval judgement~~; this approach causes great concerns as to whether any directives decided on the basis of a minimum approach are regarded as valid; if all directi~~ and that any requirements above the minimum levels ~~in the social dimension were to be reformulated as maximum directives, as in the case of the PWD, the consequences would be enormous~~must be seen as obstacles to free movement;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Regret~~Notes that the social considerations referred to in Articles 26 and 27 in Directive 2004/18, do not include terms and conditions of employment which go beyond the mandatory rules for minimum protection;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises that the current situation ~~could~~must be prevented from leading to a situation where workers in host countries will be pressured by low wage competition; ~~this, in turn, could lead to xenophobia and counterproductive anger against the EU~~is of the opinion that Member States have an undeniable responsibility to combat xenophobia in respect of both European and third country workers;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that ~~the ECJ has interpreted EU legislation in a way that was not the inten~~it is by no means question ofing the ~~legislators; calls on the Commission, the Council and the EP to take immediate action to ensure the necessary changes in EU legislation to change the new practise of the ECJ~~way in which the ECJ interprets EU legislation;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Therefore calls on the Commission to take immediate action to make necessary changes in European legislation in order to counter the possible detrimental social, economical and political effects of the ECJ judgements;deleted

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Therefore welcom~~Notes the Commission's statement of~~rom~~ 3 April 2008 which ~~clearly~~ states that it~~hey~~ will continue to fight social dumping and that the freedom to provide services is not superior to the fundamental rights of trade unions;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Therefore calls on the Commission to review the PWD and consider the following issues: - a new legal basis for the PWD to better protect workers; workers posted within the framework of services should be regarded as using the right of freedom of movement of workers and not the free movement of services; - a possibility in the Directive for Member States to refer in law or collective agreements to the 'habitual wages' applicable in the place of work in the host country as defined in the ILO 94 and not only ‘minimum’ rates of pay; - a limit to the period of time during which workers can be considered as being 'posted' to a Member State other than the Member State of their ordinary place of work in the framework of services; after that period the rules on free movement of workers should apply, i.e. host country rules with regard to wages and working conditions have full application; - an even clearer expression that the Directive and other EU legislation do not prohibit Member States and trade unions from demanding more favourable conditions for the worker; and - the recognition of a wider range of methods of organizing labour markets than those currently covered by Article 3(8)use the means at its disposal to promote a better implementation of the PWD;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Considers that Parliament, the Council and the Commission should adopt measures to combat letterbox- companies, undertakings not engaged in any genuine and meaningful business in the country of origin but created, sometimes even directly by the main contractor in the host country, for the sole purpose of offering ‘services’ to the host country, to avoid the full application of host country rules and regulations especially with regard to wages and working conditions;deleted

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Call~~Is onf the Council to adopt immediately the Temporary Agency Directive in which it is clarified that the same rules should immediately apply to temporary agency workers as if they were employed directly by the enterpriseopinion that temporary work is in many cases used as a permanent staffing tool, not least to satisfy some enterprises’ continuous need for labour over a long period, which was not the original intention of the legislator; calls on the Commission to address this problem and to identify possible solutions to it;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to frame policies to provide for both general measures and sectoral measures in order to prevent ~~and regulate~~ undeclared work with the full involvement of the social partners and with special reference to the most affected sectors, such as the hotel and catering industry, farming, domestic services and the construction industry;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Calls for the reform of social protection systems to be part of an integrated approach geared to coordinate social protection policies with tax and economic policies;~~deleted

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Expresses a demand for contractors not to be held liable founder any circumstances for contributory or fiscal irregularities on the part of their subcontractors, but for all legal persons to assume full and complete liability for their actions;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for stronger action to combat undeclared recruitment by all companies ~~that are not established in the State in which~~, irrespective of where their activity is pursued, and notes that Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties could improve the situation;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Considers that the fight against a growing informal economy and, in particular, against the exploitation of clandestine migrant workers, can be based not only on a policy of prosecution and deportation but also on instruments and mechanisms tof prevent ~~and combat the exploitation of migrant workers, making provision for the recognition of and respect for fundamental human rights and the work of illegal immigrants~~ion;

2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. strongly recommends Member States to limit reliance on private finance when they adopt reforms with the objective to ensure a long-term financial sustainability of their respective national healthcare system; when adopting healthcare reforms, Member States are well advised to ensure that there are clear boundaries between public and private finance so that private finance does not draw on public resources or distort public resource allocation and priorities;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Recognizes the importance of public financing in achieving the objective of solidarity, and the wide diversity of the level of public and private financing of health care among Member States; recommends that the Commission carries out research to determine the level and/or range of public financing, which meets the objective of solidarity, both for the system as a whole and for particular service areas;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18 c. Recognizes the increasing popularity of market-based solutions and privatization in health care financing as a panacea for cost explosion, inefficiency and problems of quality of care, especially among new Member States; recognizes the continuously widening evidence base that the functional privatization of social health insurance systems, the profit motive and the competition between financial intermediaries usually make the administration of health care systems more expensive, whilst their beneficial effects in terms of cost containment, efficiency and quality of care are dubious; for this reason, recommends that the governments of Member States with a single payer model, preserve their single payer model;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. calls on Member States to avoid a purely financial approach when adopting reform policies aiming at the redesign of the legal framework constituting the basis of their respective national healthcare system;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. is deeply convinced that the starting point for any reform should be a careful analysis of the existing health (financing) system to identify weaknesses and problem areas, combined with understanding of the contextual factors that may contribute to or impede successful reform; expects that Member States are fully aware of the considerable impact of healthcare reforms on the operation, capacity, and efficiency of their respective healthcare system, and of the threats that insufficiently or inadequately prepared reform measures can exert on the quality and availability of healthcare services, on the health status of the citizens, and hence on their employability;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19 c. calls on Member States to consider the whole range of health financing functions and policies, rather than focusing on the contribution mechanisms alone; is convinced that raising the level of employment-based contributions, or raising the private contribution of the patients to the cost of healthcare services are wrong policies, and can lead to disastrous consequences since they limit in an unacceptable way the access of citizens with low incomes to the full range of healthcare services;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19 d. is convinced that the access of citizens with low incomes to high quality healthcare services should clearly be seen as a priority, that it is linked most closely with the European values of solidarity and equal rights, and that it constitutes a precondition for the successful achievement of the Lisbon objectives of full employment;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)

19 e. calls on the European Commission to take into account the aspects of equal rights of all European citizens to high quality healthcare systems, and to integrate the necessary guarantees against discrimination of citizens on financial basis into the revision of European anti-discrimination legislation, or any new legislative instrument dealing with the issue of access to healthcare services;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/2290(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)

19f. recommends that Member States contribute to efficiency and equity in their respective healthcare systems by lowering the number of pools or — better still — by creating a single, national pool that can facilitate strategic direction and co- ordination throughout the health system;

2008/07/03
Committee: EMPL

2007/0300(CNS)

Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Csaba ŐRY

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a In implementing the guidelines, the Member States shall: - take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health; - take into account requirements linked to the availability of appropriate healthcare services, and avoid measures aiming at a radical reduction of healthcare capacities; and - aim to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. The Member States shall ensure strengthened interaction between the guidelines and the open method of coordination on the Social Protection and Social Inclusion Process;

2008/03/17
Committee: EMPL

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) Third-country nationals who work in the territory of a Member State should enjoy equal treatment as regards social security. Branches of social security are defined in the Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community. Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 of 14 May 2003 extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by those provisions solely on the ground of their nationality extends the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to third country nationals who are legally residing in the European Union and who are in a cross-border situation883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems. The provisions on equal treatment concerning social security in this Directive also apply to persons coming to a Member State directly from a third country. Nevertheless, this Directive should not confer more rights than those already provided in existing Community legislation in the field of social security for third- country nationals who have cross- border elements between Member States.

2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2007/0229(COD)

Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Csaba ŐRY

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) branches of social security, as defined in ~~Council~~ Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community. Regulation (EEC) No 859/2003, extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and its implementing Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 to 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination~~als~~ of ~~third countries who are not already covered by these provisions solely on the ground of their nationality shall apply accordingly~~social security systems;

2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL

2006/0006(COD)

Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. To the extent necessary for the application of the basic Regulation and the implementing Regulation, the relevant institutions shall ~~without delay~~ forward the information and issue the documents to the persons concerned as soon as possible and in all cases within the deadlines prescribed by the social security legislation of the Member State in question.

2009/02/19
Committee: EMPL

2006/0006(COD)