11 Amendments of Peter SIMON related to 2009/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. considering Article 14 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Protocol No 26 annexed to the treaties,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Given that social services of general interest make a major contribution to the achievement of the EU's goals as enshrined in the Treaties, particularly in terms of promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, calls on the Commission to use the evaluation and revision of the Monti- Kroes package to strengthen legal security in the field of social services of general interest, using a tailored approach which can easily be applied by organising public authorities and takes into account the specific ways in which social services are organised, their legal status and their strongly local nature, as well as the responsibility of the Member States for organising and financing these services;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to adopt a communication establishing a methodology for organising local authorities setting out guidelines for applying European rules, while enabling local authorities to handle European rules flexibly considering their national and local specificities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to consider the advisability of putting forward a de minimis regulation specific to social services of general interest or to adjust the de minimis threshold for such services, in order to focus EU checks on State aid on social services likely to have a significant impact on cross-border trade within the EU;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to exempt from the notification requirement subsidies granted under the terms of contracts concluded as a result of competitive tendering;tendering, but at the same time to take account of the fact that tried and tested models for the organisation of social services markets exist in the Member States.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to clarify how the concepts of economic and non- economic activityies and effects on trade are to be applied to social services of general interest and the specific arrangements for applying the concept of the ‘'level of compensation needed (...) on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run and adequately provided with means of transport (...) would have incurred’' (CJUE, C-280/00, Altmark);
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that wthere an official act of entrustment has been transparently drawn up and made public and includes parameters for calculating compensation based on coverage of the actual cost of providing social services of general interest, systematic monitoring of overcompensation should be replaced by intervention only following a substantiated complaint.is a guarantee of transparency which has to be maintained; asks the Commission to consider whether rules set for entrustment and monitoring of overcompensation are appropriate to the characteristics of social services and to take initiatives if they are not deemed appropriate;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission as recommended in the conclusions of the 3rd Forum on SSGI to set up an inter- institutional and inter-sector High level Task force or a High level Group, on SSGI to create a new dynamic in reaching consensus on the best way forward in overcoming the legal and administrative obstacles to effective delivery and access to universal SSGI;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Stresses that the calculation of compensation should not be done exclusively on the basis of economic and financial criteria but should also take account of social criteria;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Determines that the national, regional and local public authorities play a significant role regarding the organisation, financing and arrangement of SSGI within the framework of the social protection systems of the relevant Member States;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadened so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations. The de minimis threshold should be raised at least for the SSGI to at least EUR 500 000 over a three- year cycle;