25 Amendments of Lasse LEHTINEN
Amendment 13 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas subcontracting may also be carried out by pure manpower firmsintermediaries, manpower firms or temporary work agencies, for example, that sometimes operate as so-called letterbox companies, which highlights the rapidly changing nature of the construction industry as a sector of rapidly changing, often fixed term employment relationships where the position of workers isnd other sectors in which employment relationships are often precarious,
Amendment 38 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes note of the outcome of the public consultation on the Commission's Green Paper “Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century”; encourages in this regard the Commission's intention to take the necessary steps to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties involved in subcontracting chains to avoid depriving workers of their ability to make effective use of their rights;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that eight Member States (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have responded to the problems connected with the duties of subcontractors as employers by establishing national liability schemes; encourages other Member States to consider similar schemes; highlights the fact, however, that implementing the rules in cross-border subcontracting processes is especially difficult when Member States have different systems in place;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the fact of a narrow scope of liability, such as a limitation to only one element of the chain, is mentioned in the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions' study as one reason for arrangements being ineffective;
Amendment 49 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to launch an impact assessment on the added value and feasibility of a Community instrument on chain liability as a way of increasing transparency in subcontracting processes and of securing better enforcement of Community and national law; emphasises that such a study should be cross sectoral;
Amendment 55 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the scope of the liability prescribed in such an instrument should includecover at least wages, social security contributions and taxe, taxes and damages in relation to work-related accidents;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to promote incentives for companies to make all reasonable efforts inand good faith efforts to eliminate labour law infringements on the part of subcontractorsby subcontractors, such as systems of certification and codes of conduct, including reporting to the authorities and terminating a contracts with a subcontractors which engages in illegal practices in order to avoid the possibility of being held jointly and severally liable for that infringements; ;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that sports competition organisers, betting operators and the appropriate regulators cooperate on measures to tackle the risks related to illegal betting behaviour and match-fixing in sport, and explore the establishment of a workable, equitable and sustainable regulatory framework to protect the integrity of sports and ensure fair financial returns to the benefit of all levels of professional and amateur sports;
Amendment 60 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The possibility for derogations from this Regulation can promote animal welfare, since the incentive for ensuring that the seal hunt is undertaken without causing avoidable pain, distress or any other form of suffering is strengthened if the seal is viewed as a resource rather than as a pest animal for fishery. Practices and traditions which are in line with the requirements for sustainable use in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity should therefore be taken into account when assessing applications for derogations. It should be ensured that well-established practises for sustainable use, including for scientific purposes, are not undermined. Moreover, derogations should not lead to disproportionate costs or other requirements.
Amendment 104 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 109 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the fulfilment of the conditions laid down in points (a), (b) and (c) is evidenced by: (i) a certificate, and when necessary (ii) a label or marking, where a certificate clearly does not suffice to ensure the proper enforcement of this Regulation, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7.
Amendment 116 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The Commission shall adopt all measures necessary to implement this Article, such as measures on the applications to be submitted to the Commission, including evidentiary requirements, in order to obtain a derogation. In doing so, the Commission shall take into consideration the different conditions which may occur in the territories of different countries, as well as the need to ensure that animal welfare benefits already achieved are not undermined. When assessing an application for a derogation, the Commission shall pay due regard to the principle of sustainable use, and the need to ensure that administrative costs and other requirements are proportionate in relation to the scale and the nature of the seal hunt.
Amendment 120 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 139 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2
Annex II – point 2
The characteristics of the weapons and when applicable ammunitions used to kill seal are specified. It is made explicit in the legislation or other requirements which weapons are allowed for stunning and/or killing pups and which are allowed for stunning and/or killing adult seals.
Amendment 140 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Requirements are specifically outlined for using appropriate monitoring methods and thereby oblige the hunter to verify that the seal is irrevocably unconscious or dead before bleeding it out and before continuing to the next seal.
Amendment 141 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4
Annex II – point 4
Bleeding-out of all animals is required directly following adequate stunning, that is, before proceeding to stun another seal. When small scale hunt is carried out using a rifle and the seal clearly is killed instantly, another seal can be shot if it is in immediate proximity of the first animal, the hunting conditions are favourable and if it is not causing any undue delay before bleeding out the animals.
Amendment 9 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the agricultural and industrial sectors of all the bordering Member States and of Russia are the biggest polluters of the Baltic Sea and pose the greatest problems to its ecological balance,
Amendment 78 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its conviction that projects of this kind should be subjects of common interest and concern for the whole European Union; reiterates that the pipeline was included by the three EU institutions in the TEN-E guidelines as a project of European interest;
Amendment 115 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a reliable and independent environmental study examining the agricultural and industrial emissions polluting the Baltic Sea and to evaluate the situation in proportion to possible environmental threats caused by the pipelines currently crossing the Baltic Sea; in addition, calls on the Commission to evaluate the additional impact on the Baltic Sea caused by the Nord Stream project;
Amendment 120 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. EmphasisesCalls on the developer to ensure that the construction and operation of the Gas Ppipeline on the Baltic seabed will threatendoes not endanger the many species of fish and birds as well as the existence of a population of porpoises numbering only 600, which are a species unique to this geographical region;
Amendment 133 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that alternative gas pipeline routes, which do not disturb the marine environment, should be analysed first, and should be analysed first, taking into account both environmental and economic aspects, including the time table for such routes; notes that it is possible to run such routes to the Russian border overland, solely through European Union Member States;
Amendment 147 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. SupportsTakes into account the Swedish Government’s Decision of 12 February 2008 refusing to grant Nord Stream AG permission to build the gas pipeline due to significant procedural and substantive shortcomings and in particular the lack of an analysis of an alternative route and of the option of abandoning the construction of the pipeline;
Amendment 175 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 186 #
2007/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission, within the scope of its competence, to evaluate the market competition situation caused by the possible completion of the Nord Stream pipeline, and if necessary to take measures to prevent Gazprom from assuming a dominant role on the EU gas markets without guaranteeing reciprocal rights for EU companies to enter the Russian energy market;
Amendment 50 #
2004/0209(COD)
Article 1 – point 3 − point a
Directive 2003/88/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) iIn paragraph 1, the words "Articles 3 to 6, 8 and 16" shall be replaced by "Articles 3 to 6, Article 8 and Article 16(a) and (c)"; introductory part and point (a) shall be replaced by the following: "1. With due regard for the general principles of the protection of the safety and health of workers, Member States may derogate from Articles 3 to 6, 8 and 16, (a) and (c) when, on account of the specific characteristics of the activity concerned, the duration of the working time is not measured and/or predetermined or can be determined by the workers themselves,[...] in the case of:" "(a) chief executive officers (or persons in comparable positions), senior managers directly subordinated to them and persons who are directly appointed by a board of directors,"