10 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that sustainable public finances require including the total of public and private debt in the assessment; recalls that pension savings are not only savings earmarked as pension; requests that the full scale of unfunded public sector pension liabilities is made transparent by including these in the government debt-to- GDP ratio; calculations on the long term sustainability of public finances;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Observes that the EU lacks a set of common criteria which illuminate the variousfirst-, second- and third-pillar pension systchemes and that there is therefore a lack of transparent supervision applicable to all systemin Member States differ significantly from one another; stresses that the EU should enhance the comparability of pension schemes and promote the exchange of good practices;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that the newly established European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) should play an important role in the development of a solvency regime for pension funds in general and IORPs more specifically, recalls that the IORP Directive should not apply to any public pension liabilities or work related pension systems in the first pillar;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (in most cases second pillar) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that high inflation damages, but good economic growth and a high employment rate increase, the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that, because of the diversity and complexity of the various second-pillar systems, conditions need to be laid down concerning the portability of acquired pension entitlements in the sense that portability begins when new contracts are concludeof supplementary pensions begins after a certain vesting period, an application for transfer being approved only if the actuarial sum transferred is to be placed in a fund whose purpose is payment of old-age pensions; considers that tax must be calculated and paid in the Member State where the entitlements have been accumulated;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar pension provision has been recognised, and that ithe EU can add muost valso beue by providing coordination between the various schemes and encouraging Member States to ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provisa framework is in place which adequately protects pension plan members and guarantees access to high-quality information;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the second pillar must be available to all employees by right, in those Member States where work-related pensions are not mainly included in the first pillar, without any discrimination on grounds of sex, sector and/or employment contract;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the importance of using a uniform methodology to calculate the part of the national debt which is due tolong-term sustainability of public finances and the share of public debt accounted for by pension-related obligations;