10 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that regulation of adequate, sustainable retirement income is the sole responsibility of the Member States in question and that the Commission should, where appropriate, encourage the Member States to look critically at their systems and engage in exchanges of experience; stresses that the EU should enhance the comparability of pension schemes and promote exchange of good practices, like increasing the accrual rate in the years immediately before the official retirement age or taking into account the life- expectancy coefficient;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that there are considerable differences between the Member States in terms of the composition of the 2nd pillar, and notes that in some Member States the work related pensions are mainly included in the first pillar.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Observes that the crisis has revealed the vulnerability of both funded and pay-as- you-go pension schemes; recommends that Member States consider, where appropriate, introducing or maintaining multi-pillar pension systems, consisting of at least, for example:
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
Paragraph 4 – point ii
ii. a funded, employment-related, mandatory collective second-pillar pension, preferablythat could be governed by (sectoral) social partners;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Stresses the importance of using a uniform methodology to calculate long term sustainability of public finances and the share therein of pension-related obligations;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the call in the White Paper for developing funded, complementary occupational pensions and private savings; stresses, however, that the Commission should rather recommend collective mandatory occupational pension savings, as collective (second pillar) pension systems −- usually governed by (sectoral) social partners −- allow for solidarity within and between generations, whereas individual schemes do not; stresses the need to start building up complementary occupational pension systems now, despite the crisis;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the wide dispersion in characteristics and outcomes across Member States' occupational pension schemes as regards access, solidarity, cost- effectiveness, risk and return; welcomes the Commission's intention, in close consultation with the Member States, social partners, the pension industry and other stakeholders, to initiate discussions on whether it could be feasible to develop a code of good practice for occupational pension schemes; notes that exchange of best practices or developing guidelines would offer the most appropriate approach to this issue;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the significant heterogeneity of pension schemes across the EU yet emphasises the importance for workers changing jobs within or outside their Member State not to have their mobility hampered by concerns about acquiring and preserving occupational pension entitlements; underlines any action to promote mobility must be balanced with cost-effective provision of supplementary pension schemes by employers and must take into account the nature and purpose of pension schemes; endorses the approach advocated by the Commission to focus on safeguarding the acquisition and preservation of pensions entitlements, aiming at ensuring that dormant pension rights of mobile workers are treated in line with those of active scheme members or those of retirees; is of the opinion that mobility on the labour market is hampered by long vesting periods and calls on Member States to lower those;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work ambitiously to set up and maintain tracking services that enable citizens to track their employment- and non-employment-related pension entitlements and thereby make timely and well-informed decisions on additional, individual (third-pillar) pension savings; calls for coordination at EU level to ensure adequate compatibility of the national tracking services; welcomes the Commission's pilot project in this field;