- Πριν από την ψηφοφορία επί του νομοθετικού ψηφίσματος:

  Pervenche Berès, rapporteure. − Monsieur le Président, je souhaite simplement demander à la Commission si elle accepte les amendements que le Parlement vient ainsi de voter?

  Janusz Lewandowski, Member of the Commission. − Mr President, this is a sovereign vote of Parliament and, of course, I have a list of amendments that are improvements, according to our assessment of the text.

These are, for example, on new definitions, aspects related to monitoring and compliance, maritime law, certificate inspections, seafarers’ complaints and so on. Some of them should be subject to redrafting and clarification. For example: quality of a system for inspection and certification to be established by the Member States, references to organisations in charge of verification of implementation of a directive, or onboard seafarers’ complaints. I have, by the way, also been a seafarer in my life.

There are several amendments, and they are related precisely to the issue of recruitment of seafarers and labour-supplying states, which are more problematic, including the amendments presented by the rapporteur today. These are taken directly from the Convention, but they are not covered by the agreement with the social partners, and I understand the position of Parliament wishing to take into account what was agreed with the social partners. I do not want to go into the details, as the vote is long and there are many amendments, but I would like, in the name of the Commission, to say that Parliament should not create a new set of requirements for certificates in addition to those already established under the maritime labour convention. So that is, in a nutshell, the position of the Commission on the vote of Parliament, but the vote of Parliament is a vote by people elected by the people and should be a sovereign vote.

  Pervenche Berès, rapporteure. − Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, je vous remercie pour cette réaction. Dans ces conditions, pour la suite, je propose que, sur la base de l'article 57, paragraphe 2, le Parlement européen reporte le vote final sur la résolution législative afin de commencer, sur la base de la proposition ainsi amendée, la négociation informelle avec le Conseil.

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