"Au pair" placement

 

Doc. 7555

9 May 1996

MOTION FOR A RECOMMENDATION

presented by Ms GUIRADO and others

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

The Assembly,

1.         Believing that "au pair" placement, consisting of the temporary accommodation of young foreigners within a family in return for certain services, is an important means for those young people of perfecting their language skills and furthering their general knowledge through better understanding of the country where they are staying;

2.         Bearing in mind that "au pairs" form a very specific category of temporary migrants, situated between students and workers;

3.         Considering that many of them are minors and must be accommodated in satisfactory physical and moral conditions;

4.         Considering that the rights and obligations of these persons must be clearly defined and stressing, in this connection, the importance of the 1969 European Agreement on "au pair" placement;

5.         Noting with dismay that this Agreement has been ratified by only six European states to date,

6.         Proposes that the Committee of Ministers invite the member states to adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to define the status of "au pairs" and provide them with adequate social protection, and in particular to ratify the European Agreement on "au pair" placement as soon as possible.

Signed[1]:

Guirado, Spain, SOC

Lentz-Cornette, Luxembourg, EPP

Daniel, France, EDG

Demiralp, Turkey, LDR

Aguiar, Portugal, LDR

Gross, Switzerland, SOC

Iwinski, Poland, SOC

Davis, United Kingdom, SOC

Szymanski, Poland, SOC

Hunt, United Kingdom, EDG

de Puig, Spain, SOC

Fernandez Ramiro, Spain, SOC

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[1]        SOC : Socialist Group

            EPP : Group of the European People's Party

            EDG : European Democratic Group

            LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers Group

            UEL : Group of the Unified European Left