7 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2015/2085(INL)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the protection of vulnerable adults, including those with disabilities, requires a comprehensive set of specific and targeted actions;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to make sure that the protection measures for which their national law makes provision can be tailored to the circumstances of each vulnerable adult, so that the competent national authorities can take proportionate individual protection measures, thereby ensuring that Union citizens are not stripped of a legal right that they are still capable of exercising; notes that in most cases of persons with disabilities the legal incapacity is due to disability and not to age;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that not all vulnerable adults are necessarily vulnerable by virtue of their advanced age, and calls for measures to be taken to strengthen the legal protection and rights not only of elderly vulnerable adults, but also of adults who are vulnerable by virtue of a serious mental and/or physical disability; notes that persons with disabilities are vulnerable due to certain limitations and also due to impairments with which they were born;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to promote self-determination for adults by introducing legislation on mandates in anticipation of incapacity, drawing on the principles set out in Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)11 of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe; taking into consideration that vulnerability is mostly present in communities affected by adverse physical, social, economic and environmental factors;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the needs of the most disadvantagedyoung and elderly vulnerable adults andpersons to ensure that they do not suffer discrimination as a result of their condition and are entitled, to equal rights and opportunities; in that connection, calls on the Member States to ensure that their laws do not impose fees or formalities which would, in an unreasonable way, prevent disadvantaged adultyoung and elderly vulnerable persons from being the subject of a mandate in anticipation of incapacity, irrespective of their financial situation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to fund projects designed to make EU citizens aware of the Member States’ laws on vulnerable adults and protection measures; calls on the Member States to take appropriate steps to provide all persons on their territory with information about their national laws and the services available in the area of the protection of vulnerable adults; notes that a social intervention plan, mandatory for each Member State, would considerably reduce existing social protection differences between Member States.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that this report does not replace the Hague convention, it supports the Convention and encourages Member States to ratify and implement it;