3 Amendments of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2009/2222(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that social services are designed to respond to vital human needs, in particular the needs of users in vulnerable position as well as people with disabilities; underlines the preventive and socially cohesive role of the services, which are addressed to the whole population regardless of wealth or income; believes, therefore, that the dynamic nature of the services demands their exclusion from the internal market rules;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to clarify the legal uncertainties affecting SSGI; welcomes the updating of the Commission's guide on the application of EU state aid, public procurement and internal market rules to SSGI; notes the proposals made in the Monti report, especially those concerned with a sector-based approach to use of Article 14 TFEU; considers it essential to move forward with a pragmatic approach enabling the real problems, and potential solutions to them, to be identified; calls on the Commission, in association with Parliament and the Council, to carry out in- depth research into the functioning of a pilot SSGI sector such as that of services to the elderly, which, in future, will have a major role to play;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the range of public- service models in Europe and the fact that observance of the principle of subsidiarity is therefore a further consideration which should inform discussions aimed at clarifying the link between the European level and local and national levels in the sense that SSGI should remain under the competence of national public authorities and preserve their universal character.