Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. MINUTES Meeting of 7 December 2015, BRUSSELS

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1 European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs EMPL_PV(2015)0712 MINUTES Meeting of 7 December 2015, BRUSSELS The meeting opened at on Monday, 7 December 2015, with Thomas Händel, (Chair) in the chair. 1. Adoption of agenda EMPL_OJ (2015)0712_1 The agenda was adopted as shown in these minutes. 2. Chair s announcements 2.1. All the languages were available except Finnish, Maltese, Croatian and Gaelic The EMPL delegation to The Netherlands, The Hague, took place on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 November 2015: NL Minister Lodewijk Asscher had informed Members that fair mobility: Equal pay for equal work in the same workplace would be a main priority for the Dutch Presidency. For NL State Secretary Jetta Klijnsma combating poverty and social inclusion and the need of Member States and Europe s big cities to exchange knowledge for it would be the prime theme. A third priority would be decent work at decent working conditions, offering workers legislation for more protection from carcinogenic substances. A special feature would be a strong institutional drive for evidence based policy making in the Social Economic Council and in independent government advisory bodies The EMPL delegation to the ILO, Geneva on 6 November 2015 composed by the Chair, A. Jongerius, J. Steinruck and G. Bach met the ILO Director General Guy Ryder who had been interested in strengthening the cooperation with the EP and other representatives. The topics discussed were the integration of refugees in the labour market, the ILO work in Greece, the application of labour standards in trade agreements, digitalisation and the future of work among others The EMPL Delegation to Lisbon took place from 4 to 6 November. The purpose of the visit was to review recent social and employment-related developments in Portugal as a post-programme country. PV\ doc PE v01-00 United in diversity

2 Members of the Delegation met the Secretary of State for Labour and Social Security, Members of the Portuguese Parliament, social partners, representatives from the National Council of Education, from the Institute for Rehabilitation, from the Authority for Working Conditions and from the Institute for vocational training. Their field visits to two associations of social assistance allowed them to have a better grasp of the situation. 3. Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission EMPL/8/ /2154(DEC) COM(2015)0377[01] C8-0199/2015 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Martina Dlabajová (ALDE) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Discharge 2014: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2014: performance, financial management and control EMPL/8/ /2205(DEC) COM(2015)0377[51] C8-0266/2015 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Derek Vaughan (S&D) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Discharge 2014 : European Training Foundation (ETF) EMPL/8/ /2173(DEC) COM(2015)0377[20] C8-0218/2015 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Derek Vaughan (S&D) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Discharge 2014: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) EMPL/8/ /2165(DEC) COM(2015)0377[12] C8-0210/2015 PE v /28 PV\ doc

3 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Derek Vaughan (S&D) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Discharge 2014: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) EMPL/8/ /2169(DEC) COM(2015)0377[16] C8-0214/2015 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Derek Vaughan (S&D) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Discharge 2014: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) EMPL/8/ /2164(DEC) COM (2015)0377[11] C8-0209/2015 Rapporteur for the opinion: David Casa (PPE) Responsible: CONT PA PE v01-00 Derek Vaughan (S&D) Consideration of draft opinion Speakers : Georges Bach replaced David Casa as he was absent, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Jiri Plecity (EC-DG EMPL). Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration EMPL/8/ /2095(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: Responsible: LIBE Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (PPE) Roberta Metsola (PPE) Kashetu Kyenge (S&D) PA PE v01-00 DT PE v01-00 DT PE v01-00 DT PE v01-00 DT PE v01-00 DT PE v01-00 Consideration of draft opinion Speakers: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Javi López, Arne Gericke, Enrique Calvet Chambon, Laura Agea, Mara Bizzotto, Helga Stevens, Agnieszka Kozłowska- PV\ doc 3/28 PE v01-00

4 Rajewicz, Kostadinka Kuneva, Lampros Fountoulis, Ioana Cristina Toma (EC) Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, New territorial development tools in Cohesion policy : Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) EMPL/8/ /2224(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: Michaela Šojdrová (PPE) PA PE v01-00 Responsible: REGI Ruţa Tomašić (ECR) PR PE v01-00 Consideration of draft opinion Speakers: Michaela Šojdrová, Georgi Pirinski, Arne Gericke, Enrique Calvet Chambon, Laura Agea, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Martin De Bruijn (EC) Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 15 December 2015, Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age EMPL/8/ /2007(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: Jutta Steinruck (S&D) PA PE v01-00 Responsible: FEMM Terry Reintke (Verts/ALE) PR PE v01-00 Consideration of draft opinion Speakers: Jutta Steinruck, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Arne Gericke, Laura Agea, Thomas Mann, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Lionel Sola (EC, DG Connect) Decision: Deadline for tabling amendments, 9 December 2015, Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs EMPL/8/ /2223(INI) Rapporteur: Tamás Meszerics (Verts/ALE) PR PE v01-00 AM PE v01-00 Responsible: EMPL* Opinions: FEMM* Julie Ward (S&D) PA PE v01-00 Consideration of amendments Speakers: Tamás Meszerics, Laura Agea, Claude Rolin, Jutta Steinruck, Arne Gericke, Enrique Calvet Chambon, C. Marchal-Dombrat (EC) The EMPL Committee meeting closed at 17:10 7 December 2015, (in camera) 13. Coordinators meeting * * * PE v /28 PV\ doc

5 14. Next meetings 11 January 2016, (Brussels) The Coordinators meeting closed at 18:30. The following EMPL Coordinators meetings results are annexed: - 12 November 2015 (Annex I) - 7 December 2015 (Annex II) PV\ doc 5/28 PE v01-00

6 ANNEX I EUROPEAN PARLIAMT Committee on Employment and Social Affairs EMPL COORDINATORS' MEETING Thursday, 12 November 2015, Room PHS 6B54 (in camera), Paul-Henri Spaak building, Brussels RESULTS The meeting started at hrs and closed at hrs. In the Chair: Mr Thomas Händel, EMPL Chair. Present Chair EPP S&D ECR ALDE GUE/NGL Greens/EFA EFDD F Mr Thomas Händel, EMPL Chair Mr David Casa, Coordinator Ms Jutta Steinruck, Coordinator Ms Ulrike Trebesius, replacing the ECR Coordinator Ms Enrique Calvet Chambon, replacing the ALDE Coordinator Ms Inês Zuber, Co-Coordinator Ms Jean Lambert, Coordinator Ms Laura Agea, Coordinator Mr Dominique Martin, Coordinator Apologies GUE/NGL ALDE Ms Rina Ronja Kari GUE/NGL Co-Coordinator Ms Marian Harkin, Coordinator PE v /28 PV\ doc

7 1. Chair's announcements 1.1 Interpretation Interpretation was available in German, English, Italian, French and Danish. 1.2 Unused interpretation at meetings At the Shadow rapporteurs' meeting on Microfinance implementation report on Monday 26 October 2015, French was not used. 1.3 State of play related to conflicts of competence Agreement between EMPL and ITRE on "How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)?" (LS) ITRE Committee objected the EMPL request for an INI report on "How best to harness the potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which are an important contributor to growth and employment in the EU?" and asked for a modification of the title, content and scope of this report to reflect only the areas of competence of the EMPL Committee. ITRE and EMPL Committees have agreed upon the formulation of a new title, "How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)?", and revised scope that reflect the understanding between both Committees that the main goal of this report should be to identify and discuss specific obstacles and burdens SMEs are facing when creating jobs Refugees: Social inclusion and integration into the labour market - EMPL/CULT (PR) At their meeting of 28 September 2015 Coordinators decided to seek authorisation for a nonlegislative own-initiative report on Refugees: Social inclusion and integration into the labour market. The CULT committee has submitted a request to the CCC to be associated under Rule 54 for parts of the report falling under its competence, notably education, lifelong learning, and "integration through culture". During the CCC meeting on 27 October it was decided to grant the CULT Committee Rule 54 and to mandate the two secretariats to -- in consultation with the rapporteur -- draw-up a letter specifying the arrangement. 1.4 EMPL Working Group on Labour market impacts of digitalisation and robotics (LS/RS) Decision: Coordinators decided to maintain the Working Group, and took note of the constitutive meeting date of 19 November (the ECR group informed the other groups that it would unfortunately not be present due to political group activities). 1.5 Invitation to Minister Pier Carlo Padoan to EMPL meeting (MA) The Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, Pier Carlo Padoan, will be invited to present its initiative on a European unemployment insurance scheme at one of next EMPL Committee meetings. Decision: Coordinators took note of the invitation of Minister Padoan and agreed also that representatives from Member States' governments should be invited to present good practices in employment matters at forthcoming EMPL meetings, starting with Austria. 1.6 Joint ECON/EMPL hearing on "Reasons, repercussions and remedies of economic inequality in the EU" (AC) At the CCC meeting of 27 October 2015 the EMPL Chair expressed the wish to be associated to the PV\ doc 7/28 PE v01-00

8 ECON hearing on "Reasons, repercussions and remedies of economic inequalities in the EU" as the topic falls under the remit of both the EMPL and ECON Committees. The two Chairs agreed on the following arrangements: The hearing is held during a mutually agreeable time-slot of the ECON Committee The hearing will be co-chaired One half of the total number of experts will be determined by ECON, the other half by EMPL Experts whose expenses are in want of reimbursement will be reimbursed by the budgetary appropriations of the committee which nominated the expert in question. 1.7 Other items Coordinators agreed that compromise amendments could be discussed in EMPL Committee, taking consideration of timing and organisational constraints. 2. Allocation of reports and opinions Reports Opinions none received 2.1 A new forward-looking and innovative future strategy on trade and investment 2015/2105(INI) (RS) Responsible: INTA Opinions: AFET, DEVE, ITRE, EMPL Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the S&D group 2.2 Implementation of the thematic objective "enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs" (Article 9(3)) of the Common Provisions Regulation 2015/2282(INI) (LS) Responsible: REGI Opinions: EMPL Decision: No opinion 2.3 Effectiveness and transparency of financing NGOs from the EU budget /48765(INI) (MG) Responsible: CONT Opinions: EMPL Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the Greens/EFA group. 2.4 Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age 2015/2007(INI) (LS) Responsible: FEMM Opinions: EMPL Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the S&D group Documents received for information PE v /28 PV\ doc

9 2.5 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Central Bank on steps towards completing Economic and Monetary Union COM (2015)600 Recommendation for a Council recommendation on the establishment of National Competitiveness Boards within the Euro Area COM (2015)601 (MM/AC) Responsible: ECON Opinions: EMPL, BUDG, REGI, AFCO, ITRE Decision: Coordinators decided not to draw up an oral question on the European pillar of social rights to postpone their decision on the course of action on the euro area recommendations Coordinators also instructed the Secretariat to closely monitor the impact of the package and of the forthcoming euro area recommendations on the scope and calendar of the EMPL INI on the AGS, also with a view to ensure the appropriate involvement of the EMPL Committee within the EP. 3. Monitoring group on the implementation of labour market and social reforms in Greece (GB/LS) Decision: Coordinators established the Monitoring Group on the implementation of labour market and social reforms in Greece under the Memorandum of Understanding, with the proposed mandate. Coordinators decided to request authorisation to send a Delegation composed of 6 Members and the Chair to Athens on 30 November and 1 December Possible follow-up on the Ryanair reaction of the public hearing organised by EMPL (AC/RS) Decision: Coordinators instructed the Chair to write to the President informing him of their decision not to follow up on the issue, emphasising the importance of forthcoming discussions on a proposed new IIA on a mandatory Transparency Register. A separate point regarding Ryanair was raised regarding (Court) cases involving Ryanair on national level and how to deal with it on Committee level. Coordinators agreed on the sensitivity of the issue, such as the need to avoid political interference in ongoing Court cases, so that the issues concerned could be dealt with in the framework of current/ upcoming files, such as the own-initiative report on social dumping, the labour mobility package (includes the EMPL hearing in March 2016) or the aviation package. 5. Exchange of views with stakeholders - Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CPRD Committee (MM) Decision: The Coordinators decided that they would invite five experts: Yannis Vardakastanis (European Disability Forum), Michael O'Flaherty (FRA), Emily O'Reilly (European Ombudsman), a representative of UNCRPD Committee and Jan Jařab (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights). The invitation is made without entitlement to PV\ doc 9/28 PE v01-00

10 claim travel expense. 6. Tripartite Social Summit (MA) Decision: The Chair is mandated to send a letter to President Schulz asking him to write to President Juncker, President Tusk and the Luxembourg Presidency to thank for the invitation received and express once again the wish that the EMPL Chair be invited on a permanent basis and in good time ahead of each meeting. 7. EMPL Committee work programme for Studies & Workshops (LS/ZP) Decision: Coordinators approved the overall principles of grouping proposals by subject and aligning the programme of studies and workshops on planned EMPL and Commission work. Coordinators also agreed to decide on the work programme for 2016 at their next meeting. 8. Discussions with relevant European organisations on concrete realisations in the EMPL field (AC) Decision: this item has been postponed 9. Motion for Resolution 1 - decision on procedure (MA) 9.1 B8-0974/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on Italy's dangerously low birth rate (8.5 children per 1000 head of population) by Gianluca Buonanno The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. 1 Rule 133 : Motions for resolutions 1. Any Member may table a motion for a resolution on a matter falling within the spheres of activity of the European Union. The motion may not comprise more than 200 words. 2. The committee responsible shall decide what procedure is to be adopted. It may combine the motion for a resolution with other motions for resolutions or reports. It may adopt an opinion, which may take the form of a letter. It may decide to draw up a report under Rule The authors of a motion for a resolution shall be informed of the decisions of the committee and of the Conference of Presidents. 4. The report shall contain the text of the motion for a resolution. 5. Opinions in the form of a letter addressed to other institutions of the European Union shall be forwarded by the President. 6. The author or authors of a motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 123(2), 128(5) or 135(2) shall be entitled to withdraw it before the final vote. 7. A motion for a resolution tabled in accordance with paragraph 1 may be withdrawn by its author, authors or first signatory before the committee responsible has decided, in accordance with paragraph 2, to draw up a report on it. Once the motion has been thus taken over by the committee, only the committee shall be empowered to withdraw it up until the opening of the final vote. 8. A withdrawn motion for a resolution may be taken over and retabled immediately by a group, a committee or the same number of Members as is entitled to table it. Committees have a duty to ensure that motions for resolutions tabled under this Rule which meet the requirements laid down are followed up and duly referred to in the resulting documents. PE v /28 PV\ doc

11 Decision: Not to follow up this matter since it may be addressed by the EMPL Committee in the framework of discussions on the own-initiative report on 'Creating Labour Market Conditions Favourable for Family-Work Balance' included in its work programme for 2016 as well as on the initiative on work-life balance that the European Commission has announced in its work programme for next year 9.2 B8-0977/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the repeal of the Posted Workers Directive by Sophie Montel, Dominique Bilde, Florian Philippot The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter; the issues connected with the implementation of the 'posted workers directive' (96/71/EC) have been discussed in the EMPL Committee several times and Directive 2014/67/EU on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC has been adopted on 15 May 2014 by ordinary legislative procedure; in addition, the issues raised in the motion may be covered by the EMPL Committee in the framework of future discussions on the planned revision of the 'posted workers directive' as well as of the own-initiative report on 'Social dumping' whose adoption is scheduled for March B8-0993/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the accessibility of services for people with disabilities by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: No action needed; the motion has been referred to EMPL for opinion (ITRE is the committee responsible) 9.4 B8-0994/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on ensuring the continuity of essential public services in the field of tourism by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter; the Union has no competence to rule on the right to strike (Article 153 TFEU) although it is bound to respect it as it is a right recognised by all Member States which is also enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights: issues related to the exercise of the right to take collective action, including strike, in the internal market were raised by the so-called "Laval-Viking" case law by the Court of Justice in , following which the European Parliament called several times on the Commission to take initiatives aimed to clarify that economic freedoms cannot undermine fundamental social rights; however in 2012 the proposed 'Monti II' regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services had to be withdrawn by the Commission because of subsidiarity concerns voiced by several national Parliaments based on the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; it shall also be noted that the EMPL Committee has more recently commissioned a study on "EU social and labour rights and EU internal market law" which was published last September 9.5 B8-1033/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on support for pensioners by Gianluca Buonanno The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter; while the issue of the adequacy of pensions has been dealt with by the EMPL Committee on various occasions (i.e.: in the report on European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2015 PV\ doc 11/28 PE v01-00

12 Rapporteur: Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto), it shall be recalled that the Union competence in this field is limited to supporting the Member States in their efforts to reform pension systems through the open method of coordination for social protection and social inclusion 9.6 B8-1038/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on social inclusion of the elderly by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter since this issue has already been dealt with by the EMPL Committee in the framework of both legislative procedures (European Social Fund, European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations) and own-initiative reports/opinion (Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing) 9.7 B8-1051/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on prisoner rehabilitation in the European Union by Hugues Bayet The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: No action needed; the motion has been referred to EMPL for opinion (LIBE is the committee responsible) 9.8 B8-1057/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on improving administrative procedures for more effective use of social benefits by Patricija Šulin, Dubravka Šuica, Ivana Maletić The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter; although the action proposed may be supported by the European Social Fund, programming and priority-setting regarding the use of the resources available fall mainly under the responsibility of the Member States 9.9 B8-1059/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on setting up an information and educational portal on the new regulations on health and safety at work by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter since the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work has been dealt with in the context of a report adopted by the EMPL Committee on 13 October 2015 (Rapporteur: Ole Christensen) 10. Petitions (MA) A. Petitions received for opinion none B. Petitions received for information (more information on PETI web portal: 1. Petition 0956/2011 by Krzysztof Kucharski (Polish), on the Irish authorities' delayed sending of form E-205 and the subsequent difficulties associated with his application for invalidity pension in Poland PE v /28 PV\ doc

13 2. Petition 1086/2012 by Nicola Caputi (Italian), on architectural barriers and disability in the municipality of Bernalda (Italy) 11. Points for information 11.1 Timetables Reports Workers representation on board level in Europe (Thomas Händel) Decision by coordinators 9 July 2015 Send draft report to translation 10 December 2015 Consideration of draft report 11 January 2016 Deadline for tabling AMs 25 January 2016 at Consideration of AMs 17/18 February 2016 Vote EMPL 17 March 2016 Vote plenary tbc Social dumping in the European Union (Guillaume Balas) Deadline to send draft report to translation 5 January 2016 Presentation and consideration of draft report in 25 January Committee Deadline for tabling AMs 3 February, 12h00 Shadow rapporteurs' meeting(s) in view of Weeks 8-11 compromises Deadline for finalisation of negotiated compromises 16 March cob (includes indication of political support) Deadline for comments to the pre-final voting list 21 March, 16h00 Sending out of final voting list 21 March, after 16h00 Adoption EMPL 22 March Plenary estimate May (tbc) Opinions: Strategic INI on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (Elisabeth Morin-Chartier) Decision by coordinators 28 September 2015 Send draft opinion to translation 18 November 2015 Consideration of draft opinion 7 December 2015 Deadline for tabling AMs 15 December 2015 at Vote EMPL 18 February 2016 Vote LIBE (tbc) March 2016 Women domestic workers and carers (Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS) Revised Timetable PV\ doc 13/28 PE v01-00

14 Vote EMPL 3 December 2015 Vote lead committee 14 January 2016 Vote plenary February II 2016 New territorial development tools in Cohesion policy : Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) (Michaela Šojdrová) Decision by coordinators 28 September 2015 Send draft opinion to translation 17 November 2015 Consideration of draft opinion 7 December 2015 Deadline for tabling AMs 15 December 2015 at Vote EMPL 25 January 2016 Vote REGI 15 February 2016 Poverty: a gender perspective (Lynn Boylan) Decision by coordinators 28 September 2015 Send draft opinion to translation 22 December 2015 Consideration of draft opinion 25 January 2016 Deadline for tabling AMs 28 January 2016 at Vote EMPL 23 February 2016 Vote FEMM 18 April 2016 How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas? (Paloma López Bermejo) Decision by coordinators 28 September 2015 Send draft opinion to translation 24 February 2016 Consideration of draft opinion 16 March 2016 Deadline for tabling AMs 22 March 2016 at Vote EMPL 26 April 2016 Vote AGRI 20 June 2016 Discharge 2014 (6 opinions) (David Casa) Deadline to send texts to translation 16 November 2015 Consideration of draft opinions 7 December 2015 Deadline for amendments 15 December 2015 (noon) Shadows meeting (if needed) Week 3, 2016 Vote in EMPL 25 January 2016 Discussion of draft opinions in CONT February 2016 Vote in the lead committee CONT March 2016 Vote in Plenary April II 2016, Brussels PE v /28 PV\ doc

15 11.2 Gender mainstreaming questionnaire (MM) FEMM asked the gender mainstreaming representatives of all committees to fill in and send back to FEMM a gender mainstreaming questionnaire by 30 October The completed gender mainstreaming questionnaire can be found in the documents for information Use of EMPL annual translation reserve (JK/LE) 2.15 pages were granted for the INI report on "Meeting the antipoverty target in light of increasing household costs" (Meszerics). 12. Dates of Coordinators' meetings 2016 (JK/LE) The list of dates of Coordinators' meetings in 2016 can be found in the annexes. Decision: Coordinators took note of the 2016 dates; the S&D group indicated that three dates were problematic. The Chair instructed the Secretariat to see if alternatives were possible, underlining interpretation constraints. 13. Date of next Coordinators' meeting (JK/LE) The next Coordinators' meeting will take place on 10 December 14:00-15:30. PV\ doc 15/28 PE v01-00

16 ANNEX II EUROPEAN PARLIAMT Committee on Employment and Social Affairs EMPL COORDINATORS' MEETING Monday, 07 December 2015, Room JAN 4Q1 (in camera), József Antall building, Brussels RESULTS rev The meeting started at hrs and closed at hrs. In the Chair: Mr Thomas Händel, EMPL Chair. Present Chair EPP S&D ECR ALDE GUE/NGL Greens/EFA EFDD Mr Thomas Händel, EMPL Chair Mr Heinz Becker, Vice Coordinator Ms Jutta Steinruck, Coordinator Ms Anthea McIntyre, ECR Coordinator Ms Enrique Calvet Chambon, replacing the ALDE Coordinator Ms Inês Zuber, Co-Coordinator, Ms Rina Ronja Kari, Co-Coordinator Ms Jean Lambert, Coordinator Ms Laura Agea, Coordinator Apologies EPP ALDE F Mr David Casa, Coordinator Ms Marian Harkin, Coordinator Mr Dominique Martin, Coordinator Also present: Mr Adám Kósa for point 1.5. PE v /28 PV\ doc

17 14. Chair's announcements 14.1 Interpretation Interpretation was available in German, English, Italian, French, Hungarian, Danish and Portuguese State of play related to conflicts of competence Refugees: Social inclusion and integration into the labour market - EMPL/CULT (PR) At their meeting of 28 September 2015 Coordinators decided to seek authorisation for a nonlegislative own-initiative report on Refugees: Social inclusion and integration into the labour market. The CULT committee has submitted a request to the CCC to be associated under Rule 54 for parts of the report falling under its competence, notably education, lifelong learning, and "integration through culture". During the CCC meeting on 27 October it was decided to grant the CULT Committee Rule 54. A letter specifying the arrangement has been agreed on by both Committee Chairs on 24 November and has subsequently been sent to the CCC Feedback from the Chair on the Delegation to Greece (MK) On and a delegation by EMPL composed of the Chair and the members Miareta Kumpula-Natri (S&D), Amjud Bashir (ECR), Laura Agea (EFDD) and the local member Kostandinka Kuneva (GUE) visited Athens following an invitation by Mr Katrougalos, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity. The delegation had meetings with the Minister and the Alternate Ministers Antonopoulou, Fotiou and Petropoulos, and with the Heads of Unit of the ministry. The delegation also met the social partners, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Pavlopoulos, the Vice President of the Government, Mr Dragasakis and had a meeting in the Greek Parliament with representatives of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Greek Parliament, in which was also assisted Mr Nicolas Schmidt, Minister of Labour, Luxembourg Presidency. The delegation was informed about the forthcoming reforms to the Greek insurance and pension system, the impact on the labour market and the social situation of measures taken in the framework of the financial assistance programmes granted to Greece following the Memoranda of Understanding, the current needs to be met to cope with high unemployment rates and also the terms for assuring the sustainability of the Greek pension and insurance systems. For the sake of transparency of measures to be taken to ensure the effectiveness of the necessary Greek reforms, the Greek authorities expressed the wish that the EMPL committee would follow in the framework of its competence the forthcoming review of the Greek labour law, the labour market situation -including collective dismissal, industrial action and collective bargaining, taking into account best practices internationally and in Europe -, labour market policies to be established which should be compatible with sustainable and inclusive growth. The Greek authorities also stressed the need for an increased funding from the ESF, the adaptation to the Greek particularities of the Youth Employment Initiative or of the FEAD so as to allow the Greek government to continue to run the distribution of in kind benefits Feedback from Chair from the CCC - Implementation reports The draft recommendation can be found in the annexes Decision: The Chair invited Coordinators to send him comments in writing on the draft recommendation in view of the upcoming CCC meeting. PV\ doc 17/28 PE v01-00

18 14.5 EP participation in the EU Framework for promoting, protecting and monitoring the UN CRPD (MM/MA) In the presence of Adám Kósa Decision: The draft letter requesting technical assistance from the UN CRPD Committee will be submitted to the Coordinators for decision at a subsequent meeting. 15. Allocation of reports and opinions Reports none received Opinions 15.1 An EU strategy for the Alpine region 2015/2324(INI) (RS) Responsible: REGI Opinions: EMPL, VI, ITRE, TRAN, AGRI Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the EPP Group Erasmus+ 2015/2327(INI) (MG) Responsible: CULT Opinions: EMPL, BUDG Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the S&D group. Coordinators requested that the Secretariat investigate the possibility to request the application of Rule BUDG Strategic INI report on "Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF : Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal" (MA) Responsible: BUDG Opinions: EMPL Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the S&D group 15.4 Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 1305/2013 (MA) Responsible: REGI Opinions: EMPL, ECON, VI, ITRE Decision: Rapporteur to be nominated by the EPP group. Coordinators instructed the Secretariat to request the application of the procedure with associated committees under Rule Amending Regulation (EU) 806/2014 in order to establish a European Deposit Insurance Scheme ***I 2015/0270(COD) COM(2015)0586 C8-0371/2015 (PR) Responsible: ECON Opinions: EMPL, BUDG, IMCO PE v /28 PV\ doc

19 Decision: No opinion Documents received for information 15.6 Commission Staff Working Document Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the Council on the Functioning of the Transitional Arrangements on Free Movement of Workers from Croatia (First phase: 1 July June 2015) SWD(2015) Commission Staff Working Document Reply of the European Union to the list of issues in relation to the initial report of the European Union on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities SWD(2015) Commission Staff Working Document Assessment of the Social Impact of the new Stability Support Programme for Greece SWD(2015) Commission Staff Working Document Analytical Supporting Document Accompanying the document Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the integration of the longterm unemployed into the labour market SWD(2015) Proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Independent State of Samoa on the short-stay visa waiver COM(2015) Report from the Commission to the European Council: Trade and Investment Barriers Report 2015 COM(2015) Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (Floods in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy) COM(2015) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Reviewing the decision-making process on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) COM(2015) FEMM report on Differences between women and men in work, care and leisure time (ZP) Decision: Coordinators decided to challenge the FEMM request for authorisation of its report on "Differences between women and men in work and care time and their quality of life" and to introduce a request for authorisation for the following report "Creating Labour Market Conditions Favourable for Family-Work Balance". Coordinators thereby decided to maintain the report on "Working Conditions and Precarious Employment" on the shortlist of own-initiative reports. PV\ doc 19/28 PE v01-00

20 17. Accessibility Act (MM/MA) Decision: Coordinators took note of the proposal for a Directive on the approximation of the law, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards accessibility requirements for products and services. Coordinators consider the proposal as falling within the EMPL remit and expect the text to be referred to EMPL as lead Committee. Coordinators decided that if this weren't the case, the procedure for joint committee meetings (Rule 55) should apply. 18. EMPL Committee work programme for Studies & Workshops (LS/ZP) Annex: table prepared by Policy Department A with assessment of opportunity of launching expertise on the topics proposed, and the format and price estimate of possible expertise, and note concerning the budget. Decision: Coordinators approved the proposed list of topics adapted according to the following priorities: refugees, skills and SMEs. Regarding skills, Coordinators rejected the proposal to have a research study as described in the notes annexed but decided to commission a workshop as well as a reduced study ('analytical study'). 19. Letter of the UK Prime Minister to the President of the European Council of 10 November, entitled "a new settlement for the UK in a reformed EU" (RS) The letter can be found in the annexes Decision: Coordinators took notes of the request by several groups to hold an exchange of view on this issue in Committee meeting. Coordinators postponed their decision to their next meeting. 20. Oral question on "What is Social Triple A?" - Next steps (MK/GB) Decision: Coordinators decided to draw up an oral question on "What is Social Triple A?" without resolution in view of the March plenary. Coordinators invited groups to communicate the name of the co-sponsors of the oral question to the Secretariat by 15 December COB. 21. Delegation to the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) on February 2016 (LS/PR) Annexes: d'hondt table for agencies and draft programme Decision: Coordinators took note of the composition of delegation (1 ALDE, 1 GUE/NGL and 1 S&D), the draft programme and invited the groups to communicate the name of the Member of the Delegation to the Secretariat by 18 December COB. PE v /28 PV\ doc

21 22. Delegation to San Francisco / Silicon Valley US - participants, preliminary draft programme and background notes (RS/LS) Annex: d'hondt table for ad hoc delegations and draft programme Decisions: Coordinators took note of the draft programme and invited the groups to communicate the name of the Member of the Delegation to the Secretariat by 14 January COB (Chair, 3 EPP, 1 S&D, 1 ECR, 1 ALDE, 1 GUE/NGL) (Chair, 3 EPP, 1 S&D, 1 ECR, 1 ALDE, 1 GUE/NGL). Coordinators instructed the Secretariat to launch the procedures necessary regarding the background notes. 23. EMPL Committee Hearing on the Labour Mobility Package - 17 March 2016 (RS) Decision: Coordinators decided to postpone the public hearing to a later date to be determined when the labour mobility package will be known. 24. Motion for Resolution 1 - decision on procedure (MA) Annex: text of the motions 1 Rule 133 : Motions for resolutions 1. Any Member may table a motion for a resolution on a matter falling within the spheres of activity of the European Union. The motion may not comprise more than 200 words. 2. The committee responsible shall decide what procedure is to be adopted. It may combine the motion for a resolution with other motions for resolutions or reports. It may adopt an opinion, which may take the form of a letter. It may decide to draw up a report under Rule The authors of a motion for a resolution shall be informed of the decisions of the committee and of the Conference of Presidents. 4. The report shall contain the text of the motion for a resolution. 5. Opinions in the form of a letter addressed to other institutions of the European Union shall be forwarded by the President. 6. The author or authors of a motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 123(2), 128(5) or 135(2) shall be entitled to withdraw it before the final vote. 7. A motion for a resolution tabled in accordance with paragraph 1 may be withdrawn by its author, authors or first signatory before the committee responsible has decided, in accordance with paragraph 2, to draw up a report on it. Once the motion has been thus taken over by the committee, only the committee shall be empowered to withdraw it up until the opening of the final vote. 8. A withdrawn motion for a resolution may be taken over and retabled immediately by a group, a committee or the same number of Members as is entitled to table it. Committees have a duty to ensure that motions for resolutions tabled under this Rule which meet the requirements laid down are followed up and duly referred to in the resulting documents. PV\ doc 21/28 PE v01-00

22 24.1 B8-0953/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the recent drop in wages in Italy as reported by the OECD by Gianluca Buonanno The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter since the European Union has no competence to rule on wages or pay (Article 153(5) TFEU) 24.2 B8-1125/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on measures for greater ease of access to microfinance facilities by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: Not to follow up this matter since ways to increase access to microfinance facilities have been debated in EMPL in the framework of the own-initiative report 'Implementation of the European Progress Microfinance Facility' (Rapporteur: Sven Schulze), adopted on 10 November B8-1131/ Motion for a European Parliament resolution on improving and expanding the conditions governing access to the Erasmus+ programme for young people with mental and physical disabilities by Aldo Patriciello The Motion for Resolution can be found annexed to these notes. Decision: No action needed; the motion has been referred to EMPL for opinion (CULT is the committee responsible) 25. Points for information 25.1 Timetables Reports Workers' representation on board level in Europe (Thomas Händel) revised timetable Decision by coordinators 9 July 2015 Send draft report to translation 23 February 2016 Consideration of draft report 16/17 March 2016 Deadline for tabling AMs 4 April 2015 at Consideration of AMs 26 April 2016 Vote EMPL 30 May 2015 Vote plenary tbc Application of the Council directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation ("Employment Equal Directive") 2015/2116(INI) (rapp: Renate Weber) Revised timetable Send text to translation 29 January 2016 Consideration of draft Report February 2016 Deadline AMs 3 March 2016 Consideration of AMs tabled March 2016 PE v /28 PV\ doc

23 Vote EMPL April 2016 Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee (rapp: Helga Stevens) Decision by coordinators 9 July 2015 Send working document to translation 29 January 2016 Exchange of views in Committee with February 2016 stakeholders and consideration of working document Send draft report to translation 24 February 2016 Consideration of draft report March 2016 Deadline AMs 23 March 2016 Consideration of AMs tabled 26 April 2016 Vote EMPL 30 May 2016 European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (rapp: Sofia Ribeiro) Send draft report to translation 14 December 2015 Consideration of draft report 11 January 2016 Deadline AMs 14 January 2016 ( only) Consideration of AMs tabled 25 January 2016 Vote 17 February 2016 Vote plenary February II 2016 Coordinators took note of the fact that amendments would be tabled in English only, in order to allow the EMPL report to be jointly debated in the FEB II plenary with the ECON report (joint key debate foreseen by the CoP). EGF implementation report (Marian Harkin) Deadline for sending text to translation 29 February Consideration of draft report 22/23 March Deadline for tabling amendments 5 April Consideration of AMs tabled 26 April Shadow Rapporteurs meeting - compromises Weeks 16, 17, 18 and 19 Vote in EMPL 24 May Vote in Plenary (indicative) July 2016 Opinions: Gender Equality and Empowering Women in the Digital Age (Jutta Steinruck) Decision by Coordinators 12 November 2015 PV\ doc 23/28 PE v01-00

24 Deadline to send draft opinion to translation 17 November Consideration of draft opinion 7 December Deadline for tabling AMs 9 December at noon Shadow rapporteurs' meetings Weeks 2 and 3 Deadline for finalisation of negotiated 19 January compromises (includes indication of political support) Pre-final voting list to be sent out 20 January Deadline for comments (oral AMs, requests Friday 22 January at 10 am for split votes / separate votes) to the prefinal voting list Sending out final voting list Friday 22 January as soon as possible after the deadline for comments Vote EMPL 25 January Vote Lead Committee FEMM 17 February Plenary estimate tbc Implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (Tiziana Beghin) revised timetable Decision by coordinators 2 March 2015 Send draft opinion to translation 13 November 2015 Consideration of draft opinion 3 December 2015 Deadline AMs 26 January 2016, noon Vote EMPL 23 February 2016 Vote lead committee INTA 13/14 March 2016 Vote plenary tbc Coordinators took note of the modified deadline for amendments Oral Question "What is social triple A?" Approved by EMPL Coordinators 15 October 2015 Consideration of draft OQ 25 January 2016 Deadline AMs 05 February 2016 TO 08 February 2016 Vote EMPL 23 February 2016 Vote plenary March European Parliamentary Week - EMPL ICM (MM) The European Parliamentary Week will take place on February 2016 at the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels. On the first day the Interparliamentary meeting on the European Semester Cycles 2015/2016 will be PE v /28 PV\ doc

25 held, organised by the European Parliament. It will provide an opportunity to debate the proposed changes to the European semester process, exchange of best practice and to strengthen cooperation. The plenary session will be held in the morning, while the Interparliamentary Committee Meetings (ICM) of the EMPL, ECON and BUDG Committees will take place in parallel, on 16 February from to The topics of the EMPL ICM are the following: 1. What is a Social Triple A? - A European pillar of social rights, including wage setting mechanisms, 2. Investment policies for job creation: EU investment instruments and skills policies The topic of the BUDG ICM is as follows: MFF revision: EU and national expectations, and how to increase the democratic accountability of the next MFF negotiations The topics of the ECON ICM are not known yet. On the 2 nd day the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (following Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the EMU) will take place, co-hosted and co-presided over by the Dutch Parliament and the European Parliament. It will provide a framework for debate and exchange of information and best practices in implementing the provisions of the Treaty in order to strengthen cooperation between national Parliaments and the EP and contribute to ensuring democratic accountability in the area of economic governance and budgetary policy in the EU Use of EMPL annual translation reserve (JK/LE) The reserve was not used since the last Coordinators' meeting. 26. Dates of Coordinators' meetings revised (JK/LE) Coordinators agreed on the revised dates of the Coordinators' meetings in 2016 below: Thursday, 14 January, Thursday, 18 February, Thursday, 17 March, 9:00-10:00 1 Thursday, 14 April, Tuesday, 26 April, 17:30-18:30 3 Thursday, 9 June, Tuesday, 21 June, 17:30-18:30 5 Wednesday, 13 July, 17:30-18: During EMPL meeting 2 Meeting in Strasbourg 3 During EMPL meeting 4 Meeting in Strasbourg 5 During EMPL meeting 6 During EMPL meeting PV\ doc 25/28 PE v01-00

26 Thursday, 8 September, Thursday, 29 September, Thursday, 20 October, Thursday, 17 November, Thursday, 15 December, Date of next Coordinators' meeting (JK/LE) The next Coordinators' meeting will take place on 14 January 14:00-15:30. 1 Meeting in Strasbourg PE v /28 PV\ doc