4 Amendments of Elizabeth LYNNE related to 2011/2072(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that offshore oil and gas production involves extremely high risks for worker health and safety, owing to the at times extreme environmental conditions, the 12-hour shift patterns and the isolated working environment, and considerrecognises that working conditions shouldare, and must continue to be, regulated, in particular in view of the human errors they may cause to mimimise human errors and protect workers;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the Commission intends to review Directive 92/91/EEC, and calls for an approach based on maximum, and not minimum, harmonisation, given that the latter may give rise to disparities in treatment between workers within the same company, depending on their place of work full and open approach, assessing both the effectiveness of existing legislation and the possibilities for future harmonisation of legislation;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of laying down training requirements for workers involved in high- risk tasks and engage positively with international partners to explore the possibility of achieving a global initiative on workers' health and safety rules;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for companies based or operating in the EU to apply the same worker health and safety rules in all their operations around the world and for the Commission to advance a global initiative, working with the Council and the Parliament, to improve these rules within and outside the EU.