6 Amendments of Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS related to 2007/0228(CNS)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Directive should provide for a flexible demand-driven entry system, based on objective criteria such as a minimum salary threshold comparable with the wage levels in the Member States and on professional qualifications. The definition of a common minimum denominator for the national wage threshold is necessary to ensure a minimum level of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the EU. Member States should fix their national threshold accordingly to the situation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policiesprofessional qualifications. Application of the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ is necessary to ensure that nationals and third-country nationals are treated equally.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
(b) "highly qualified employment" means the exercise of genuine and effective work under the direction of someone else for which a person is paid andpaid work for which higher education qualifications or at least threfive years of equivalent professional experience is required;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g
Article 2 – point g
(g) "higher education qualification" stands for any degree, diploma or other certificate issued by a competent authority attesting the successful completion of a higher education programme, namely a set of courses provided by an educational establishment recognised as a higher education institution by the State in which it is situated. These qualifications are taken into account, for the purposes of this directive, on condition that the studies needed to acquire them lasted at least threfive years;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h
Article 2 – point h
(h) "higher professional qualifications" means qualifications attested by evidence of higher education qualifications or of at least threfive years of equivalent professional experience;
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) staying in a Member State as applicants for international protection or under temporary protection schemes or who, in either instance, have applied for a residence permit and on whose legal status no decision has yet been taken;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions stipulated in paragraph 1, the gross monthly salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer must not be inferior to a national salary threshold defined and published for the purpose by the Member States which shall be at least three times the minimum gross monthly wage as set by national law. Member States where minimum wages are not defined shall set the national salary threshold to be at least three times the minimum income under which citizens of the Member State concerned are entitled to social assistance in that Member State, or to be in line with applicable collective agreements or practices in the relevant occupation branchesthe wage payable to a national doing equivalent work.