Traduction de «Apply a foreign language in social services » (Anglais → Français) :

It does not apply i.a. to financial services, healthcare services, public social services, electronic communications services and networks, and transport services.

This Directive does not prevent Member States from applying specific quality criteria for the choice of service providers, such as the criteria set out in the voluntary European Quality Framework for Social Services of the European Union’s Social Protection Committee.

2. Considers that migrant workers should be able to communicate in one of the official languages of their host Member State in order to enable their integration and to obtain optimal productivity at work and states that Member States should have the right to establish linguistic competences for certain professional and technical jobs; considers therefore that classes in languages of the host Member State should be made available free of charge to migrant workers; deplores, however, the policies of Member States aimed at limiting the access of EU workers to social security ...[+++]or social services by making it conditional on the requirement to know the language of the host Member State;

Unanimity is, however, the rule in the case of certain agreements relating to the common commercial policy: trade in services, trade aspects of intellectual property, and foreign direct investment, where the agreements include provisions for which unanimity is required for adopting internal rules (Article 207(4) TFEU); trade in cultural and audiovisual services where the agreements could jeopardise cultural and language diversity in the Un ...[+++]ion; and, in certain circumstances, agreements on social services, education and health (Article 207(4)(b) TFEU).

13. Endorses the concept of "controlled multilingualism" and remains committed to the principle of equal treatment of all languages, as Parliament's legitimacy and representativeness may not be compromised; invites the Steering Committee, having regard to the consultations between the Secretary-General and the representatives of the interpretation service, to forward the relevant conclusions in due time before the adoption of the 2003 estimates and to further develop the detailed arrangements of the post-enlargement linguistic regime in order to facilitate a smooth transition and to avoid a loss in quality of translations and interpreta ...[+++]tion after enlargement; takes the view, however, that a wider debate on the post-enlargement linguistic regime must take place; insists that multilingualism should be applied in a rational way and services should focus on Parliament's core activities; considers also that further measures should be taken to optimise the use of available resources, such as, for instance, better timing of meetings of parliamentary bodies to avoid "peak days"; expresses its support for making available the necessary appropriations for its Members and staff to learn the languages of the candidate countries; requests further clarity as regards the cost-effectiveness and (dis)advantages of freelance translations in comparison with in-house translations and wishes to explore the concept of tele-working;

13. Endorses the concept of 'controlled multilingualism' and remains committed to the principle of equal treatment of all languages, as Parliament's legitimacy and representativeness may not be compromised; invites the Steering Committee, having regard to the consultations between the Secretary-General and the representatives of the interpretation service, to forward the relevant conclusions in due time before the adoption of the 2003 estimates and to further develop the detailed arrangements of the post-enlargement linguistic regime in order to facilitate a smooth transition and to avoid a loss in quality of translations and interpreta ...[+++]tion after enlargement ; takes the view, however, that a wider debate on the post-enlargement linguistic regime must take place; insists that multilingualism should be applied in a rational way and services should focus on Parliament's core activities; considers also that further measures should be taken to optimise the use of available resources, such as, for instance, better timing of meetings of parliamentary bodies to avoid "peak days"; expresses its support for making available the necessary appropriations for its Members and staff to learn the languages of the candidate countries; requests that as much as possible of translation be free-lanced, including exploring the concept of tele-working;