Activities of Olle LUDVIGSSON related to 2012/2306(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the annual report on competition policy
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol 26 thereto explicitly address services of general interest (SGI), which include social services of general interest (SSGI); and whereas it is confirmed that national, regional and local authorities have the essential role and wide discretion in providing, commissioning, funding and organising services of general economic interest (SGEI), and that the Treaties do not affect the competence of Member States to provide, commission, fund and organise non-economic services of general interest (NESGI);
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to better integrate competition policy with respect to the employment and social targets of the EU 2020 Strategy, notably by allowing better support for SMEs, which are the main job creators and by taking into consideration the specificities of social services of general interest; stresses that competition policy should not be an excuse to undermine the services of general economic interest of the Member States;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the Commission Report on Competition Policy 2011 does not have a specific section on the impact of the competition policy on employment and social affairs; calls on the Commission to remedy to this gap in future reports;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to create a convergent approach with respect to SGEI focusing on measures for the integration/reintegration of the available workforce into the labour market, promoting a match between labour supply and demand, and tailoring measures and programmes to prevent job destructionWelcomes that the State aid package on SGEI from December 2011 extend the exemption from the notification obligation beyond hospitals and social housing to social services meeting social needs and in particular health and long term care, childcare, access to and reintegration into the labour market, social housing and the care and social inclusion of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the European Commission to complete the State aid package on SGEI from December 2011 with a package on SGEI, based on the ordinary legislative procedure according to article 14 of the TFEU and taking into account their implications regarding internal market and employment and social affairs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recalls that the social housing sector plays an essential role for social inclusion and in creating jobs ; therefore regrets that in the State aid package on SGEI of December 2011 exemptions to state aid rules in the field of social housing are only permitted for disadvantaged citizens and socially less advantaged groups; calls on the Commission to enable Member States to address difficulties with their social housing sector arising as a result of this definition and of the current economic and social crisis ;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member Statesthe Commission to encourage the privatisanticipation of unproductive companieschange and the management of restructuring in a social and responsible way, in order to prevent dismissals due to the loss of competitiveness ofin those companie Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to continue monitoring the implementation of State aid rules as the spillover effects of the crisis are still present. and underlines the necessity to preserve Services of General Interest in the Member States;