Activities of Ole CHRISTENSEN related to 2010/2053(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Implementation of services directive
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Hopes that the Services Directive will genuinely have a positive impact by creating decent jobs and improving the quality and safety of services provided;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that a number of problems have been experienced in recent years with the internal market, particularly as regards freedom of movement, and that the Posting of Workers Directive, for example, has created problems in several Member States; calls both on the Member States and on the EU institutions to continue to work towards resolving these problems, and stresses in this connection that the internal market should not take precedence over or be more important than the European social model;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that there are still issues to be clarified regarding the scope of application of the directive; considers that a directive clearly defining the concepts of ‘commercial services’, ‘services of general economic interest’ and ‘social services of general interest’ is more necessary than evershould be defined more precisely in order to precisely delineate the Service Directive’s scope of application and the law applicable to services not subject to the directive, with particular regard to authorisation schemes; in this connection, does not consider that it makes sense at this point in time to broaden the scope of the Services Directive;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the points of single contact should be accessible as both electronic and physical contact points in all Member States, and should be used as information centres for issues related to the directive, in particular regarding applicable labour law and workers’ rights in force under the directive;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that not all Member States have yet fully implemented the Services Directive, and calls for such implementation to take place as soon as possible;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Employment Committee referred to in Article 150 TFEU to issue regularannual reports on the effects of the directive's implementation on employment, from both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view in all Member States.