Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
Organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities PDF (184 KB) DOC (260 KB)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Community legislation is only efficient and effective if it is properly implemented by all Member States, applied equally to all actors concerned and controlled on a regular basis and in an efficient manner.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Monitoring compliance is a complex task with multiple actors and therefore it requires cooperation between Member States and the Commission, as well as between Member States themselves, as well as between the social partners concerned.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles specifically recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular it seeks to ensure the right of every worker to working conditions which respect his or her health and safety as well as the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods. In accordance with (Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union). and with Article 2(5) of the European Social Charter , a weekly rest period shall, as far as possible, coincide with the day recognised by tradition or custom in the country or region concerned as a day of rest.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point d
Article 3 – point d
(b) The following sentence is added to point (d): "'mobile worker' shall also include any person who ismay not be tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but:
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point g
Article 3 – point g
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
Article 3 – point i
(e) point (i) is replaced by the following: "(i) 'night work' shall mean work during a period of work which includes at least two hours work performed during night time, without prejudice to any financial consequences in terms of the salaries, as regulated by national legal provisions, employment contracts and collective agreements";"
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 –point 6
Article 1 –point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall organise a system of appropriateppropriate, non-discriminatory and regular monitoring and controls, by means of which abuses of workers' working-time rights may be effectively reported and eliminated in order to guarantee the correct and consistent implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. They shall ensure that the national bodies, including their employment, transport and taxation services responsible for enforcement of the Directive have an adequate number of, sufficient and qualified inspectors andion body and, after a well coordinated dialogue with the social partners concerned, shall take whatever measures are appropriate.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 –point 6
Article 1 –point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) to reinforce administrative cooperation between their competent authorities, through the adoption of effective systemmeasures of exchange of information, the improvement of access to information and the promotion of exchange of information and good practices in enforcement of working time rules;