21 Amendments of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2015/2255(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. Whereas the free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas, the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union has established that the freedom to provide services implies, in particular, the abolition of any discrimination against a service provider on account of its nationality or the fact that it is established in a Member State other than the one in which the service is provided,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas on 15 July 2014 in his 2015 State of the Union address Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Commission, undertook before Parliament to combat 'social dumping' and reiterated this commitment in his 2015 State of the Union address9 ,highlighted the need for a more fair and truly pan-European labour market that can be achieved through the promotion and safeguarding of the free movement of citizens as a fundamental right of the EU, while avoiding cases of abuses and risks of social dumping; __________________ 9 http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_SPEECH-15-5614_en.htm
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in case C- 34/05 Laval of 18 December 200710 highlighted the legitimacy of the struggle against social dumping, at the protection of workers against possible social dumping may constitute an overriding reason of public interest which could justify an infringement of free movement of services, but also that the EU Posted Workers Directive 96/71 EC cannot be interpreted as allowing the host Member State to make the provision of services in its territory conditional on the observance of terms and conditions of employment which go beyond the mandatory rules for minimum protection. __________________ 10 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?te xt=&docid=71925&pageIndex=0&doclang =EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1& cid=498309
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. having regard to the importance of the principle of 'equal pay and social protection for the same work at the same place'treatment for all European workers,
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources of their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particular for interpretation and translationorder to ensure the effective implementation of Directive 2014/67/EU;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectors to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which body would work in coordinamore effective implementation of existing legislation and increased cooperation between national labour inspectorates both within and outside the European Platform for Undeclared Work, in order to efficiently fight cases of infringement of national and EU labour law and EU provisions on the free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services. All measures introduced in order to prevent and combat the abuse and circumvention withof the platform against undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involved; applicable rules by undertakings should be justified and proportionate so as not to create undue administrative burdens on SMEs or to limit their potential to create new jobs, while protecting posted workers.
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairsand all forms of abuses in order to ensure a climate of fair competition on the single market. This would also be essential in case of the adoption of the proposal for a dDirective on single-personmember private limited liability companies, that would facilitate cross-border business and allow SMEs to take full advantage of the opportunities of the single market;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respect the collectivrespect for minimum rates of pay as established in Directive 96/71/EC is paramount, and that this would be agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonuses should be paid on top of remunerationatly facilitated by more accessible information to service providers and posted workers on the terms and conditions of employment from host Member States;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes periods of postings to be limited in Directive 96/71/EC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directive;Calls for a more clear definition of the notion of posted worker, especially in what regards the temporary nature of the work carried out.
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for increasedeffective controls on the implementation of working time and rest times in transport; calls for the introduction of automatic digital records and the development of 'smart tachographs' for all means of transport, including inland waterway transport; recalls the desire expressed in its resolution of 3 July 2012 on road transport that 'by 2020 all vehicles which are not exempted from the application of this Regulation in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be fitted with a smart tachograph'12 ; __________________ 12 www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2012- 0271&language=EN&ring=A7-2012- 0195#BKMD-7
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls fon the Commission to consider the creation of a European transport agency bringing together existing agencies; takes the view that at the very least a specific road transport agency is needed;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to clarify the provisions so that a distinction can be drawn between employees and self- employed workers to combat 'bogus self employment'; emphasises that workers such as airline pilots and train drivers cannot be considered to be independent of the companies for which they work;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the rules on cabotage are not sufficiently precise, which facilitates the practice of some road opin the current legislation should be clarified and simplified in ordera tors of engaging in permanent cabotage; wishes cabotage operations to be subject to mandatory prior notific facilitate correct implementation;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the Commission's commitment to proposing a basis of minimum social rights; emphasises that the establishment of criteria for comparing the various national social systems cannot provide such a basis, but can only serve as a preliminary analytical frameworkTakes the view that the establishment of a common set of EU minimum social rights would be useful. Recalls the Commission's commitment to proposing a basis of minimum social rights;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that national wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or convention, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60% of the average national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workers;
Amendment 700 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that Directive 96/71/EC and the rules coordinating social security systems must be revisfully applied before any trade agreement including provisions relating to 'Mode 4' can be concluded;