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11 Amendments of Lily JACOBS related to 2008/0195(COD)

Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6
(6) As a consequence of differences in interpretation, application and weak enforcement of the provisions of Directive 2002/15/EC by the Member States and of a failure to adhere to the minimum working time standards by transport companies and drivers, competition is distorted, and the safety and health of drivers is jeopardized.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
(7) In the light of the Commission report and the impact assessment, self-employed drivers should be exincluded fromin the scope of Directive 2002/15/EC.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8
(8) Nevertheless, it is desirable that Member States continue to alert self- employed drivers of the adverse effects on health and safety as well as of negative impacts on road safety caused by excessively long working hours, inadequate rest or disruptive working patterns.deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Theis Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3(d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d)self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
(a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deleted.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point d
"'mobile worker' shall also include any person who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but: i who does not have the freedom to organise the relevant working activities; ii whose income does not depend directly on the profits made; iii who does not have the freedom, individually or through a cooperation between self-employed drivers, to have relations with several customers."deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point e
(c) point (e) is deleted.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point f
"(f) 'person performing mobile road transport activities' shall mean any mobile worker who performs such activities;"deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
"(i) 'night work' shall mean work during a period of work which includes at least twoone hours of work performed during night time."
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall organise a system of appropriate and regular monitoring and controls in order to guarantee the correct and consistent implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. TIf risk analyses show that a transport company is not properly and consistently complying with the rules on working, driving and rest periods as laid down in this Directive and in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, Member States shall step up monitoring of the company concerned. In addition they shall ensure that the national bodies responsible for enforcement of theis Directive have an adequate number of qualified inspectors and shall take whatever measures are appropriate.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN