11 Amendments of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2016/0176(COD)
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The aim should be to create a database of talented persons selected on account of recognition of their qualifications, their experience or the interest they have expressed in a particular sector. The database should be accessible to European businesses.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Existing legal uncertainty surrounding business trips of highly skilled workers should be addressed by defining this notion and setting a list of activities that in any case should be considered as business activities in all Member States. Second Member States should not be allowed to require from EU Blue Card holders engaging in business activities a work permit or any other authorisation than the EU Blue Card issued by the first Member State. Where the EU Blue Card is issued by a Member State not applying the Schengen acquis in full, its holder should be entitled to enter and stay in one or several second Member States for the purpose of business activity for up to 90 days in any 180-day period based on the EU Blue Card, in accordance with the rules laid down in this directive and the Schengen Borders Code.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall not issue any other permit thangive preference for the issue of an EU Blue Card to third-country nationals for the purpose of highly skilled employment.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When transposing this Directive the Member States shall, where appropriate in consultation with the social partners, list those sectors of employment which face shortages of highly skilled workers. The Member States may modify that list, where appropriate in consultation with the social partners. The Member States shall inform the Commission of such modifications.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States mayshall reject an application for an EU Blue Card where:
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) where appropriate, where the third Country national has failed to meet its obligations regarding social security, taxation or labour law;
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) where the third-country national fails to comply with the conditions of mobility under this Chapter or repetitively makes use of the mobility provisions of this Chapter in an abusive manner.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall determine whetherallow applications for an EU Blue Card are to be made by the third-country national or by the employer. Member States may also allow an application from either of the two.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The recognition procedures shall not entail disproportionate or excessive administrative burden or costs for the employers, in particular for SMEs.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 7
Article 22 – paragraph 7
7. Where the EU Blue Card holder or his or her family members cross the external border of a Member State applying the Schengen acquis in full, that Member State shall consult the Schengen information systemrelevant databases, in particular the Schengen information system, in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code. That Member State shall refuse entry for persons for whom an alert for the purposes of refusing entry and stay has been issued in the Schengen information system.
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annually, and for the first time by …52 at the latest, Member States shall, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/200753, communicate to the Commission statistics on the numbers of third-country nationals who have been granted an EU Blue Card and on those whose application have been rejected, specifying those rejected in application of Article 6(2), as well as on the numbers of third-country nationals whose EU Blue Card has been renewed or withdrawn, during the previous calendar year. Those statistics shall be disaggregated by the citizenship, occupation, length of validity of the permits, sex and age of the applicants, area of activity and the economic sector. Those statistics for third- country nationals who have been granted an EU Blue Card shall be further disaggregated into beneficiaries of international protection, beneficiaries of the right to free movement and those who have acquired EU long-term resident status in accordance with Article 17. _________________ 52 Four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 53 Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23).