6 Amendments of Ieke van den BURG related to 2008/2243(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to consider reviewing the operation of abusive practices in the services sector, which may prevent small businesses from being able to tender for work; notes that Article 81 of the EC Treaty is sometimes applied to the self-employed and freelancers to deny them the possibility of applying standard tariffs; considers it appropiate that, if a group of freelancers is almost exclusively economically dependent on one or a few large users of their sources and their position is comparable with that of employees, they should be able to organise themselves, negotiate and to conclude collective agreements;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes, in particular, the possibility of subsidising employers as regards child care and parent care costs incurred by their employees;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Expresses its concern at the absence of a clear legal framework on the application of competition rules in the field of public services, which could reduce uncertainty among local and regional governments, service providers and employees; urges the Commission to work on a legal framework that clearly balances the general interests of public services, such as quality, affordability, universality, solidarity and internal market rules;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the applicability of Article 87(3)b of the Treaty to the circumstances currently facing Member States' economies as a result of the turbulence on the financial markets; calls on the Commission to establish an interdisciplinary team, including experts from DG COMP, the 3L3 supervisors and the European System of Central Banks, in order to pool knowledge and know-how and to ensure that there will be balanced, impartial and high-quality judgments throughout the Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is worried about the increase in market concentration and conflicts of interest within the commercial banking sector because of the integration of primarily unregulated investment banks within retail banks; warns against possible global systemic risks that arise from such conflicts of interest and concentration;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Expresses its concern about the draft communication from the Commission on the revised rules for state funding of public service broadcasting; is worried that a compulsory market impact assessment by the Member States may have an adverse effect on the public service's remit to respond to the democratic, social and cultural needs of society;