13 Amendments of Françoise CASTEX related to 2009/2222(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 d (new)
Citation 29 d (new)
- having regard to the Written declaration 84/2010 on the establishment of European Statutes for Mutual societies, Associations and foundations,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that SSGI and their users have a number of special characteristics in addition to the common characteristics of SGI. SSGI encompass, in addition to health services, both two main categories: statutory and complementary universally availablesocial security schemes, organised in various ways, covering the main risks of life, such as those linked to health, ageing, occupational accidents, unemployment, retirement, dependency and disability; and other essential services, provided directly to the person, thatsuch as health or social housing. These services play a preventative and, social cohesion and inclusion role and make tangible fundamental social rightsrights. Under EU law as it currently stands, some statutory social security schemes are non economic SSGI, whereas others are SSGEI;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the general interest nature of a social service does not depend on its field but on the way it is provided, through a variety of evidences such as non profit status or non selection of beneficiaries;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the facts that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power – the Commission'’s second Bbiennial Report indicating that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people – and that SMEs in particular are reliantmany SMEs are providers onf high quality SSGI;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the primary purpose of SSGI is to achieve social policy objectives and make tangible the social rights of individuals and groups and that SSGI are often an integral part of social security systems the way European societies are organised; points out that Eurofound Quality of Life Surveys23 have verified that one of the most important ways of enhancing citizens'’ quality of life, ensuring full inclusion in society and providing for social and territorial cohesion is through the provision and development of SGI including SSGI;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that SSGI which have played the prominent role of a socio- economic automatic stabiliser during the economic and banking crises – notably social via security systems –, are an indispensable investment for Europe'’s future, and are under severe pressure due to the economic and banking crises and government austerity programmes, which are resulting in even greater demand for them;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that Member States and local authorities must be free to decide how SSGI are funded and delivered, whether directly or otherwise; that SSGI providers themselves need to have a capacity for initiative that can enable them to anticipate public decisions, using all available instruments so as to ensure that the Union'’s social objectives are not weakened by single market rules, while at the same time supporting an environment that promotes quality, accessibility and efficiency in the delivery of the services;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for EU legislation to enable mutual societies, associations and foundations to operate on a transnational basis thanks to the appropriate European statutes;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for a clarification of several notions such as act of entrustment or public authorities;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that during the transposition of the services directive, several Member States narrowly translated into their domestic legislation the list of social services excluded from the scope of the directive, without taking into account the potential effects on the general interest nature of these services;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reform of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation, in order to see if SSGI currently considered as economic could not be considered as non economic in the future;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a programme of reform, to include legislative adaptation and clarification at European level, to support the specific characteristics of SSGI, notably in relation with the principles contained in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Invites the European Commission to clarify the link between the quality framework outlined in the Promotheus programme and the VQF to avoid any duplication;