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An ad hoc and independent technical panel can be set up upon request of the Parliament, Council or Commission to analyse whether an amended proposal is practical to implement, creates understandable rights and obligations for the interested parties, and avoids disproportionate costs.

The main target groups are small and medium sized companies (SMEs), employed people including the self-employed, women and migrants.

Although this can make sense in the case of professionals whose incomes are high and who are capable of looking after themselves, the same cannot be said of economically dependent self-employed workers or false self-employed workers. In their case, partial coverage puts them at risk of poverty in old age because their low pension contributions will equate to a small retirement pension.

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise and support the special position of independent freelance workers as a vital force in economic recovery, as a ’way in’ or an alternative to the labour market; notes that independent working is growing in popularity, especially among young workers and women and as a transition from work to retirement; believes that independent freelancers should be treated as a unique subset of micro-businesses and calls for measures to be taken to minimise the burden of regulation and to encourage and support independent freelancers in launching/growing independent freelance businesses and t ...[+++]o promote lifelong learning for this group;