Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2011/2024(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
Amendments (11)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the free movement of persons and of workers is one of the key benefits of European integration, provided that a balance is struck at all times between mobility and the quality of professional qualifications;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the non-recognition of professional qualifications is often the result of strategic calculations linked to the payment of lower salaries; calls, therefore, for laws and collective agreements to be observed in order to ensure compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work performed in the same place;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages all initiatives that aim to facilitate voluntary cross-border mobility as a means to the efficient functioning of labour markets and as a means to enhance economic growth and competitiveness within the EU; recognises the need for modernisation of Directive 2005/36/EC; calls for the social partners to be involved in all stages of the process of modernising and implementing Directive 2005/36/EC;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that the number of regulated professions should gradually be reduced and the scope for automatic recognition of qualifications to new professions should be expanded with special attention also being given to innovative sectors and digital industries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the issue of the recognition of professional qualifications is closely bound up with the completion of the Bologna Process to establish a single European higher education area;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission for further improvement and proper use of the Internal Market Information System (IMI), in order to have a centralized and interoperable e- system of regulated professions, easily accessible for professionals and public authorities, while safeguarding principles of data protection; takes the view that public authorities, the social partners and professional associations should work together at national and European level to make the IMI visible, accessible and transparent;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for updating the list of activities and for examining the rules on automatic recognition in specific areas, for example in the area of craft, trade and industry; takes the view that in that connection the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) could provide suitable criteria;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for Directive 2005/36/EC to take greater account of continuing training;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that an obligatory register is necessary in order to monitor persons whose professional licence has been revoked within any Member State; this register should be accessible to all the relevant public authorities concerned across all Member StaEmphasises the effectiveness of early- warning mechanisms in ensuring that the authorities are notified of instances of professional misconduct; takes the view that extending the early-warning arrangements to all Member States would strengthen the confidence of the authorities and the public in the systesm;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for general simplification of and greater transparency concerning the administrative processes involved and for a reduction of the costs at all levels including those incurred by professionals.