Activities of Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Loránt VINCZE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, György HÖLVÉNYI, Miriam LEXMANN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~negotiate and~~ conclude a cooperation agreement to exchange information and best practices related to the effective enforcement of consumer rights and protection with the UK Competition and Markets Authority; recalls such an agreement would be mutually beneficial;

2023/05/26
Committee: IMCO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme (IRIS2) play an important role in the context of European security and defence and in demonstrating the EU as a credible actor on the international stage;

2023/07/06
Committee: AFET

(16a) In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of the 21st of January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2019/2169(INI)), in its paragraph 32, which “acknowledges that sexual exploitation for surrogacy and reproductive purposes or purposes such as forced marriages, prostitution and pornography is unacceptable and a violation of human dignity and human rights”. In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of the 10th of February 2021 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (2020/2029(INI)), in its paragraph 28, that classifies surrogacy as a Traffic in Human Beings. In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of 5th of May 2022 on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women (2022/2633(RSP)), that “underlines the serious impact of surrogacy on women, their rights and their health, the negative consequences for gender equality and the challenges stemming from the cross- border implications of this practice, as has been the case for the women and children affected by the war against Ukraine; asks the EU and its Member States to investigate the dimensions of this industry, the socio-economic context and the situation of pregnant women, as well as the consequences for their physical and mental health and for the well-being of babies; calls for the introduction of binding measures to address surrogacy, protecting women’s and newborns’ rights”.

2023/07/07
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0426(COD)

Loránt VINCZE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, György HÖLVÉNYI, Miriam LEXMANN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Javier ZARZALEJOS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, György HÖLVÉNYI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Karlo RESSLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Loránt VINCZE, Miriam LEXMANN, Jan OLBRYCHT

2a. (j) the recognition of parenthood of orderers in a surrogacy contract, of children born of surrogacy.

2023/07/20
Committee: JURI

2022/0402(CNS)

Javier ZARZALEJOS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, György HÖLVÉNYI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Karlo RESSLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Loránt VINCZE, Jan OLBRYCHT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The law applicable to the establishment of parenthood shall be the national law of the ~~State~~child ofr the ~~habitual residence of the person giving birth at the time of birth or, where the habitual residence of the person giving birth at the time of birth cannot be determined, the law of~~law of the State of which one of the parents is a citizen at the ~~Stat~~time of birth ~~of the child~~.

2023/07/20
Committee: JURI

2022/0402(CNS)

Javier ZARZALEJOS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, György HÖLVÉNYI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Karlo RESSLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Loránt VINCZE, Miriam LEXMANN, Jan OLBRYCHT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the applicable law pursuant to paragraph 1 results in the establishment of parenthood as regards only one parent, the law of the State of nationality of that parent or of the second parent, or the law of the State of birth of the child, may apply to the establishment of parenthood as regards the second parent.deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: JURI

2022/0402(CNS)

Javier ZARZALEJOS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, György HÖLVÉNYI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Karlo RESSLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Loránt VINCZE, Miriam LEXMANN, Jan OLBRYCHT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. (f) if the recognition of parenthood induces the tolerance or acceptance of a contract, usually called surrogacy, through which a natural or legal person agrees with a woman that she will carry a child for the purpose of handing it upon birth, or any consequences of such a contract.

2023/07/20
Committee: JURI

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Angelika WINZIG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92

(92) Member States may achieve these targets by economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, including measures to be implemented through extended producer responsibility schemes, and by promoting the setting up and effective operation of systems for re- use and encouraging economic operators to offer the end users further possibilities to refill. Such measures should be adopted in parallel and in addition to other measures under this Regulation aiming at packaging and packaging waste reduction, such as requirements on packaging minimisation, re-use and refill targets, volume thresholds and measures to achieve the sustained reduction of consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags. A Member State may, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum targets set out in this Regulation.deleted

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Angelika WINZIG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. PBy January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of originshall not be placed on the market, unless the product or packaging design is subject to intellectual property protection or benefits from the Union’s geographical indications of origin protection or have been given distinctive product recognition by the Union, in each case protected under Union legislation.

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Marion WALSMANN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5

5. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of wine, with the exception of sparkling wine, shall ensure that: (a) from 1 January 2030, 5 % of those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill; (b) from 1 January 2040, 15 % of those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill.deleted

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission, in cooperation with Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, ~~may~~shall issue guidelines on the application of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments and in the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.

2023/03/09
Committee: IMCO

2022/0155(COD)

Marion WALSMANN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)

Article 4 a Legal basis for risk mitigation through metadata processing 1. To the extent necessary and proportionate to mitigate the risk of misuse of their services for the purpose of online child sexual abuse, providers of number independent interpersonal communication services shall be allowed, as a mitigating measure under Article 4, to process metadata. 2. All relevant service providers shall process metadata when ordered to do so by the Coordinating Authority of establishment in accordance with Article 5bis(4). When assessing whether to require a provider to process metadata, the Coordinating Authority shall take into account the interference with the rights to privacy and data protection of the users of the service that such a processing entails and determine whether, in the case at hand, the processing of metadata would be effective in mitigating the risk of use of the service for the purpose of child sexual abuse, strictly necessary and proportionate. 3. If they process metadata as a risk mitigation measure, providers shall inform their users of such processing in their terms and conditions, including information on the possibility to submit complaints.

2023/03/09
Committee: IMCO

2022/0155(COD)

Sara SKYTTEDAL, David LEGA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Stefan BERGER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Helmut GEUKING, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Peter POLLÁK, Johan NISSINEN, Karen MELCHIOR, Tomas TOBÉ, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Jörgen WARBORN, Arba KOKALARI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) In addition, to avoid undue interference with fundamental rights and ensure proportionality, when it is established that those requirements have been met and a detection order is to be issued, it should still be ensured that the detection order is ~~targeted and specified~~justified, proportionate and related only to an identifiable part of the specific service, user or group of users, as well as targeted and limited in time so as to ensure that any such negative consequences for affected parties do not go beyond what is strictly necessary to effectively address the significant risk identified. This should concern, in particular, a limitation to an identifiable part or component of the service ~~where possible without prejudice to the effectiveness of the measure~~, such as specific types of channels of a publicly available interpersonal communications service, or to specific users or specific groups of users, to the extent that they can be taken in isolation for the purpose of detection, as well as the specification of the safeguards additional to the ones already expressly specified in this Regulation, such as independent auditing, the provision of additional information or access to data, or reinforced human oversight and review, and the further limitation of the duration of application of the detection order that the Coordinating Authority deems necessary. To avoid unreasonable or disproportionate outcomes, such requirements should be set after an objective and diligent assessment conducted on a case-by-case basis.

2023/07/28
Committee: LIBE

2022/0155(COD)

Marion WALSMANN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) take reasonable and effective measures to prevent child users from accessing the software applications in relation to which they have identified a significant risk of use of the service concerned for the purpose of the solicitation of children leading to an online child sex abuse;

2023/03/09
Committee: IMCO

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) take the necessary age ~~verification and age~~ assessment measures to reliably identify child users on their services, in an effective, privacy- preserving and secure manner, enabling them to take the measures referred to in point (b).

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 4 b (new)

- functionalities enabling self- reporting, including with the use of AI;

2023/07/28
Committee: LIBE

2022/0155(COD)

Sara SKYTTEDAL, David LEGA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Stefan BERGER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Helmut GEUKING, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Peter POLLÁK, Johan NISSINEN, Karen MELCHIOR

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) The value chain should cover activities related to the production of a good or provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of ~~established~~ business relationships of the company. It should encompass upstream ~~established direct and indirect~~ business relationships that design, extract, manufacture, transport, store and supply raw material, products, parts of products, or provide services to the company that are necessary to carry out the company’s activities, and also downstream relationships, including established direct and indirect business relationships, that use or receive products, parts of products or services from the company up to the end of life of the product, including inter alia the distribution of the product to retailers, the transport and storage of the product, dismantling of the product, its recycling, composting or landfilling.

2022/10/27
Committee: AFET

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) This Directive aims to ensure that companies active in the internal market contribute to sustainable development and the sustainability transition of economies and societies through the identification, prevention and mitigation, bringing to an end and minimisation of potential or actual adverse human rights and environmental impacts connected with companies’ own operations, subsidiaries and ~~value chains~~supply chains. This Directive is without prejudice to the responsibility of Member States to respect and protect human rights and the environment under international law.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) In order to allow companies to properly identify the adverse impacts in their value chain and to make it possible for them to exercise appropriate leverage, the due diligence obligations ~~should be limited~~ in this Directive ~~to established~~should cover business relationships. For the purpose of this Directive, ~~established~~ business relationships should mean ~~such direct and indirect~~ business relationships which are, or which are expected to be lasting, in view of their intensity and duration and which do not represent a negligible or ancillary part of the value chain. The nature of business relationships as “established” should be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months. If the direct business relationship of a company is established, then all linked indirect business relationships should also be considered as established regarding that company relevant based on the risk and severity of adverse impacts associated therewith.

2022/10/27
Committee: AFET

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) In line with relevant EU and national law, all companies in the EU need to adhere to the protection of human rights and environmental standards. If that is not the case, Member States and their relevant authorities are required to enforce the legislation. Thus, there is no need for companies within the EU to control each other’s conduct. The goal of due diligence is to tackle risks in cases where human rights and environmental standards are not or cannot be enforced. Thus, tracing activities in the supply chain shall be focused on upstream level business relationships outside the EU.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)

(14b) This Directive is without prejudice to obligations in the areas of human rights, protection of the environment and climate change under other Union legislative acts. If the provisions of this Directive conflict with a provision of another Union legislative act pursuing the same objectives and providing for more extensive or more specific obligations, the provisions of the other Union legislative act should prevail to the extent of the conflict and should apply to those specific obligations. Examples of these obligations in Union legislative acts include obligations in the Conflict Minerals Regulation, the proposal for a Batteries Regulation or the proposal for a Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Companies should take appropriate steps within their means to set up and carry out risk-based due diligence measures, with respect to their own operations, their subsidiaries, as well as their ~~established direct and~~direct business relationships outside the EU and in case of substantiated knowledge of risks, indirect business relationships ~~throughout~~outside the EU in their ~~value~~supply chains in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. This Directive should not require companies to guarantee, in all circumstances, that adverse impacts will never occur or that they will be stopped. For example with respect to business relationships where the adverse impact results from State intervention, the company might not be in a position to arrive at such results. ~~Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. The company should take the appropriate measure~~Moreover, administering information on a large number of business relationships is difficult. Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. In addition, while companies can be asked to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts that they caused or contributed to, it is still the responsibility of states to combat human rights violations worldwide. Companies should take the appropriate proportionate and commensurate measures within their means which can reasonably be expected to result in prevention or minimisation of the adverse impact under the circumstances of the specific case. Account should be taken of the specificities of the respective company’s ~~value~~supply chain, s~~ector or geographical area in which its value chain partners operate, the company’s power to influence its direct and indirect business relationships,~~ize, risk factors including the sector and geographical area of activity, the likelihood and severity of the company's potential or actual adverse impacts and its specific circumstances, the company’s power, resources and leverage to influence its business relationships, whether they caused or contributed to the adverse impact or are directly linked to it and whether the company could increase its ~~power of influenc~~leverage.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) In order to ensure that due diligence forms part of companies’ corporate policies, and in line with the relevant international framework, companies should integrate due diligence into all their corporate policies and have in place a due diligence policy. The due diligence policy should contain a description of the company’s approach, including in the long term, to due diligence, a code of conduct describing the rules and principles to be followed by the company’s employees and subsidiaries; a description of the processes put in place to implement due diligence, including the measures taken to verify compliance with the code of conduct and to extend its application to ~~established~~ business relationships. The code of conduct should apply in all relevant corporate functions and operations, including procurement and purchasing decisions. Companies should also update their due diligence policy annually.

2022/10/27
Committee: AFET

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) As regards regulated financial undertakings providing loan, credit, or other financial services, “value chain” with respect to the provision of such services should be limited to the activities of the clients receiving such services, and the subsidiaries thereof whose activities are linked to the contract in question. Clients that are households and natural persons not acting in a professional or business capacity, as well as small and medium sized undertakings, should not be considered to be part of the value chain. The activities of the companies or other legal entities that are included in the value chain of that client should not be covered.deleted

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) In order to allow companies to properly identify the adverse impacts in their ~~value chain~~supply chain that it caused or contributed to and to make it possible for them to exercise appropriate leverage, the due diligence obligations should be limited in this Directive to ~~established~~direct business relationships. For the purpose of this Directive, established business relationships should mean such direct and indirect business relationships which are, or which are expected to be lasting, in view of their intensity and duration and which do not represent a negligible or ancillary part of the value chain. The nature of business relationships as “established” should be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months. If the direct business relationship of a company is established, then all linked indirect business relationships should also be considered as established regarding that company outside the EU. In cases when there is substantiated knowledge of adverse impacts and the company has the means and leverage to influence those, meaning being directly linked to the adverse impact, companies should include indirect business relationships outside the EU.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) In order to reflect the priority areas of international action aimed at tackling human rights and environmental issues, the selection of high-impact sectors for the purposes of this Directive should be based on existing sectoral OECD due diligence guidance. The following sectors should be regarded as high-impact for the purposes of this Directive: the manufacture of textiles, leather and related products (including footwear), and the wholesale trade of textiles, clothing and footwear; agriculture, forestry, fisheries (including aquaculture), the manufacture of food products, and the wholesale trade of agricultural raw materials, live animals, wood, food, and beverages; the extraction of mineral resources regardless of where they are extracted from (including crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, lignite, metals and metal ores, as well as all other, non-metallic minerals and quarry products), the manufacture of basic metal products, other non-metallic mineral products and fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment), and the wholesale trade of mineral resources, basic and intermediate mineral products (including metals and metal ores, construction materials, fuels, chemicals and other intermediate products). As regards the financial sector, due to its specificities, in particular as regards the value chain and the services offered, even if it is covered by sector-specific OECD guidance, it should not form part of the high-impact sectors covered by this Directive. At the same time, in this sector, the broader coverage of actual and potential adverse impacts should be ensured by also including very large companies in the scope that are regulated financial undertakings, even if they do not have a legal form with limited liability.deleted

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Axel VOSS, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel BUDA, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Iuliu WINKLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Radan KANEV, Luisa REGIMENTI, Pascal ARIMONT, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23

(23) In order to fully achieve ~~fully~~ the objectives of this Directive addressing human rights and adverse environmental impacts with respect to companies’ operations, subsidiaries and ~~value~~supply chains, third-country companies with significant operations in the EU should also be covered. More specifically, the Directive should apply to third-country companies which ~~generated a net turnover of at least EUR 150 million in the Union in the financial year preceding the last financial year or a net turnover of more than EUR 40 million but less than~~have a branch or subsidiary in the EU, had 3000 employees on average and generated a net worldwide turnover of at least EUR 15900 million in the last financial year ~~preceding the last financial year in one or more of the high- impact sectors, as of 2 years after the end of the transposition period of this Directive~~.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) For defining the scope of application in relation to ~~non-EU~~third-country companies the ~~describ~~company in question needs t~~urnover criterion should be chosen~~o have a branch or subsidiary in the EU as it creates a territorial connection between the third- country companies and the Union territory. TIn addition, turnover is a proxy for the effects that the activities of those companies could have on the internal market. In accordance with international law, such effects justify the application of Union law to third-country companies. To ensure identification of the relevant turnover of companies concerned, the methods for calculating net turnover for ~~non-EU~~third-country companies as laid down in Directive (EU) 2013/34 as amended by Directive (EU) 2021/2101 should be used. To ensure effective enforcement of this Directive, an employee threshold should~~, in turn, not be applied~~ also be applied as a benchmark to determine which third-country companies fall under this Directive~~, as~~ to create a level- playing field, while taking into account that the notion of “employees” retained for the purposes of this Directive is based on Union law and could not be easily transposed outside of the Union. ~~In the absence of a clear and consistent methodology, including in accounting frameworks, to determine the employ~~That is why the nexus to the EU needs ~~of third-country companies, such employee threshold would therefore create legal uncertainty and would be difficult to apply for supervisory authorities~~to be ensured through having a branch or subsidiary in the EU. The definition of turnover should be based on Directive 2013/34/EU which has already established the methods for calculating net turnover for non-Union companies, as turnover and revenue definitions are similar in international accounting frameworks too. With a view to ensuring that the supervisory authority knows which third country companies generate the required turnover in the Union to fall under the scope of this Directive, this Directive should require that a supervisory authority in the Member State where the third country company’s authorised representative is domiciled or established and, where it is different, a supervisory authority in the Member State in which the company generated most of its net turnover in the Union in the financial year preceding the last financial year are informed that the company is a company falling under the scope of this Directive.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) In order to achieve a meaningful contribution to the sustainability transition, due diligence under this Directive should be carried out with respect to adverse human rights impact on protected persons resulting from the violation of one of the rights and prohibitions as enshrined in the international conventions as listed in the Annex to this Directive. In order to ensure a comprehensive coverage of human rights, a violation of a prohibition or right not specifically listed in that Annex which directly impairs a legal interest protected in those conventions should also form part of the adverse human rights impact covered by this Directive, provided that the company concerned could have reasonably established the risk of such impairment and any appropriate measures to be taken in order to comply with the due diligence obligations under this Directive, taking into account all relevant circumstances of their operations, such as the sector and operational contextOECD Due Diligence Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as clarified in the OECD Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, as well as the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. Due diligence should further encompass adverse environmental impacts resulting from the violation of one of the prohibitions and obligations pursuant to the international environmental conventions listed in the ~~Annex to this Directive~~OECD Due Diligence Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as clarified in the Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct as regards the environment.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) Companies should have guidance at their disposal that illustrates how their activities may impact human rights and which corporate behaviour is prohibited in accordance with internationally recognised human rights. Such guidance is included for instance in The United Nations Guiding Principles Reporting Framework104 and the United Nations Guiding Principles Interpretative Guide105 ~~. Using relevant international guidelines and standards as a~~ and should be made easily accessible to companies. Therefeore~~nce~~, the Commission should ~~be able to issue additional~~issue guidance that will serve as a practical tool for companies. _________________ 104 https://www.ungpreporting.org/wp- content/uploads/UNGPReportingFramewor k_withguidance2017.pdf. 105 https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ Business/RtRInterpretativeGuide.pdf.https: //www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Busine ss/RtRInterpretativeGuide.pdf.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27

(27) In order to conduct appropriate human rights, and environmental due diligence with respect to their operations, their subsidiaries, and their ~~value~~supply chains, companies covered by this Directive should integrate due diligence into corporate policies, identify, prevent and mitigate as well as bring to an end and minimise the extent of potential and actual adverse human rights and environmental impacts that they cause or contribute to, establish and maintain a ~~complaints~~notification procedure, monitor the effectiveness of the taken measures in accordance with the requirements that are set up in this Directive and communicate publicly on their due diligence in line with competition law. In order to ensure clarity for companies, in particular the steps of preventing and mitigating potential adverse impacts and of bringing to an end, or when this is not possible, minimising actual adverse impacts should be clearly distinguished in this Directive.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

(28) In order to ensure that due diligence forms part of companies’ corporate policies, and in line with the relevant international framework, companies should integrate due diligence into ~~all~~ their relevant corporate policies and have in place a risk- based due diligence policy. The due diligence policy should contain a description of the company’s approach, including in the long term, to due diligence, a code of conduct describing the rules and principles to be followed by the company’s employees and subsidiaries; a description of the processes put in place to implement due diligence, including the measures taken to verify compliance with the code of conduct and to extend its application to ~~established~~its direct business relationships outside the EU. The code of conduct should apply in all relevant corporate functions and operations, including procurement and purchasing decisions. Companies should also update their due diligence policy ~~annuall~~when relevant, meaning after a significant change occurs, such as operating in or sourcing from a new country.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29

(29) To comply with due diligence obligations, companies need to take appropriate measures with respect to identification, prevention and bringing to an end adverse impacts that it caused or contributed to. An ‘appropriate measure’ should mean a measure that is capable of achieving the objectives of due diligence, commensurate with the degree of severity and the likelihood of the adverse impact, and reasonably available to the company, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case, including characteristics of the economic sector and of the specific business relationship and the company’s influence thereof, and the need to ensure prioritisation of action. In this context, in line with international frameworks, the company’s ~~influenc~~leverage over a business relationship should include, on the one hand its ability to persuade the business relationship to take action to bring to an end or prevent adverse impacts (for example through ownership or factual control, market power, pre-qualification requirements, linking business incentives to human rights and environmental performance, etc.) and, on the other hand, the degree of influence or leverage that the company could reasonably exercise, for example through cooperation with the business partner in question or engagement with another company which is the direct business partner of the business relationship associated with adverse impact.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Axel VOSS, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel BUDA, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Iuliu WINKLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Radan KANEV, Luisa REGIMENTI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45

(45) In order to facilitate companies’ compliance with their due diligence requirements ~~through~~as regards their ~~value~~supply chain and limiting shifting compliance burden on ~~SME~~ business partners, in particular SMEs, the Commission should provide guidance on model contractual clauses.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47

(47) Although SMEs are not included in the scope of this Directive, they could be heavily impacted by its provisions as contractors or subcontractors to the companies which are in the scope. The aim is nevertheless to mitigate the immense financial or administrative burden on SMEs, many of which are already struggling in the context of the global economic and sanitary crisis. In order to support companies in the implementation, including SMEs, Member States should set up and operate, either individually or jointly, dedicated websites, portals or platforms, to provide information and support to companies, and Member States cshould also financially support SMEs specifically and help them build capacity. Such support should ~~also~~ be made accessible, and where necessary adapted and extended to upstream economic operators in third countries. Companies whose business partner is an SME, ~~are also encouraged t~~should also support them to comply with due diligence measures, in case such requirements would jeopardize the viability of the SME and use fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory and proportionate requirements vis-a-vis the SMEs.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48

(48) In order to complement Member State support to companies in their implementation, including SMEs, the Commission ~~may~~should build on existing EU tools, projects and other actions helping with the due diligence implementation in the EU and in third countries. It may set up new support measures that provide help to companies, including SMEs on due diligence requirements, including an observatory for ~~value~~supply chain transparency and the facilitation and assessment of joint stakeholder initiatives.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 51

(51) With a view to ensure that such emission reduction plan is properly implemented and embedded in the financial incentives of directors, the plan should be duly taken into account when setting directors’ variable remuneration, if variable remuneration is linked to the contribution of a director to the company’s business strategy and long- term interests and sustainability.deleted

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53

(53) In order to ensure the monitoring of the correct implementation of companies’ due diligence obligations and ensure the proper enforcement of this Directive, Member States should designate one or more national supervisory authorities. These supervisory authorities should be of a public nature, independent from the companies falling within the scope of this Directive or other market interests, and free of conflicts of interest. In accordance with national law, Member States should ensure appropriate financing of the competent authority. They should be entitled to carry out investigations, on their own initiative or based on complaints or substantiated concerns raised under this Directive. Where competent authorities under sectoral legislation exist, Member States could identify those as responsible for the application of this Directive in their areas of competence. ~~They could designate authorities for the supervision of regulated financial undertaking also as supervisory authorities for the purposes of this Directive.~~

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54

(54) In order to ensure effective enforcement of national measures implementing this Directive, Member States should provide for dissuasive, proportionate and effective administrative sanctions for infringements of those measures. In order for such sanction regime to be effective, administrative sanctions to be imposed by the national supervisory authorities should include pecuniary sanctions. Where the legal system of a Member State does not provide for administrative sanctions as foreseen in this Directive, the rules on administrative sanctions should be applied in such a way that the sanction is initiated by the competent supervisory authority and imposed by the judicial authority. Therefore, it is necessary that those Member States ensure that the application of the rules and sanctions has an equivalent effect to the administrative sanctions imposed by the competent supervisory authorities.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55

(55) In order to ensure consistent application and enforcement of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive, national supervisory authorities should actively cooperate and coordinate their action. For that purpose a European Network of Supervisory Authorities should be set up by the Commission and the supervisory authorities should assist each other in performing their tasks and provide mutual assistance.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

David LEGA, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) on liability for ~~violations of the obligations mentioned above~~damages that occurred in the operations described above which a company directly intentionally or gross negligently caused.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) persons who are affected or have reasonable grounds to believe that they might be affected by an adverse impact, in case the complainant is a child, a legal guardian may bring a complaint on behalf of the child,

2022/10/27
Committee: AFET

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~The nature of business relationships as ‘established’ shall be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months.~~deleted

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Angelika WINZIG, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Marion WALSMANN, Tom BERENDSEN, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) civil society organisations recognised by EU and/or UN active in the areas related to the ~~value~~supply chain concerned.

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. In case of a group of companies: (a) the parent company, whether or not it meets the thresholds mentioned in paragraphs 1 or 2, may perform the Due Diligence obligations laid down in this Directive on behalf of any or all its subsidiaries which meet the thresholds in paragraph 1 or 2; (b) any subsidiary shall be deemed in compliance with the obligations laid down in this Directive where their parent company includes those subsidiaries in its due diligence corporate policy.

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv

~~[...]~~deleted

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) ‘adverse environmental impact’ means an adverse impact on the environment resulting from the violation of one of the pr~~ohibitions and obligations pursuant to the international environmental conventions listed in the Annex, Part II;~~ inciples set out in the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as clarified in the OECD Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct as regards the environment and climate.;

2022/12/07
Committee: JURI

Axel VOSS, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel BUDA, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Iuliu WINKLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Radan KANEV, Luisa REGIMENTI

Axel VOSS, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel BUDA, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Iuliu WINKLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Radan KANEV, Luisa REGIMENTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) building advanced technology and engineering capacities for accelerating ~~the~~ innovativon, such as the development of quantum chips.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

1. ~~By three years after the date of application of this Regulation and every four years thereafter,~~Every 18 months the Commission shall submit a report on the evaluation and review of this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council. The findings of the report shall be presented to the European Parliament. The reports shall be made public.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Sensitive and restricted information shall be redacted or processed by the European Parliament in accordance with existing rules and protocols.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2021/2255(INI)

Christian EHLER, Seán KELLY, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Hildegard BENTELE, Pernille WEISS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Željana ZOVKO, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marion WALSMANN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building a better future starts with quality education and training; whereas access to quality education is a fundamental right; whereas a high-quality built environment is the result of the work of skilled professionals in the construction sector and creative and cultural industries;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses the need for ambitious policies to reduce transport’s reliance on fossil fuels without delay~~Acknowledges transport’s reliance on fossil fuels and stresses the need for ambitious policies to decarbonise all transport modes; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt and implement a coherent long-term strategy for the transition towards a sustainable transport system, and to design a stable regulatory framework to ensure predictability for stakeholders, businesses, SMEs as well as citizens;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Points out the essential role played by transport in safeguarding the well- being and strengthening the competitiveness of the EU single market, while ensuring the free movement of people and goods within EU internal borders;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Reiterates the importance to base the policy measures set out in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy on comprehensive impact assessments that take into account economic, environmental and social consequences as well as the diverse mobility needs of users;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Salvatore DE MEO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomas TOBÉ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Andreas SCHWAB, Krzysztof HETMAN, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Deirdre CLUNE, Arba KOKALARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that lower limit values for chemicals such as nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances set out at national level compared to those established in the TSD create inconsistencies, even when justified by the Commission; notes, however, that all EU children should enjoy the same high level of protection; acknowledges that this limit value cannot be amended by an implementing act but would require a legislative procedure; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ~~adapt the limit value~~conduct an exhaustive impact assessment before its revision of the TSD analysing, if the limit value needs to be adapted to the strictest value in force at national level ~~in a revision of the TSD~~;

2021/07/13
Committee: IMCO

2021/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Stresses the importance to urgently address the lack of harmonised IPR enforcement at the EU level; asks the Commission to evaluate if new measures or guidelines that facilitates cross border IPR enforcement could complement IPR enforcement Directive such as European harmonisation of legal obligations on procedures, procedural safeguards etc.

2021/04/28
Committee: IMCO

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Pernille WEISS, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Salvatore DE MEO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pascal ARIMONT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of research, development and innovation along the whole value chain ~~and~~, of demonstration projects on an industrial scale and of pilot projects on a smaller scale in order to make crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive; ~~believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance;~~ highlights, in this regard, the need for research and development in carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS); stresses that, in order to have a proper integration of hydrogen in European society, human resources with a set of specialised skills are needed, especially when it comes to safety; to this end, believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance; calls on the Commission to adopt an action plan aimed at guiding Member States to develop dedicated training programmes towards workers, engineers, technicians but also to the general public and to create multi-disciplinary teaching programmes for economists, scientists and students;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets, such as incubators and joint research projects, for start-ups and SMEs to take root in the hydrogen industry; calls on the Commission to ensure equal market access as well as the facilitation of market entries for such undertakings promoting their participation, e.g. by proactively appointing them for roundtables and feedback in public consultation processes;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Emphasises that Europe is leading in the manufacturing of electrolysers and needs to maintain and advance this competitive edge; stresses that European RDI efforts in hydrogen should focus on a wide range of hydrogen technologies focusing on raising technology readiness levels;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are needed to make ~~clea~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive, and that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen economy; stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets for SMEs; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for ~~clean hydroge~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen as well as carbon capture utilisation and storage technologies; calls on the Commission to include low-carbon hydrogen in the EU Taxonomy Regulation;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Hildegard BENTELE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes the high energy consumption in the water sector needs; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures for the EU water sector and the possibility to use treated waste water as an “on-site” source of renewable energy in the Energy System Integration;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Deplor~~Acknowledges the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to ~~propose more ambitious target~~explore the impacts of revised targets on businesses, notably SMEs, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy; emphasizes that the renovation of the existing building stock does not fully compensate for the need to produce more low carbon energy;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of ~~waste~~organic waste from cities and agricultural sector, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; ~~draws attention to~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop effective incentives and business models for the uncoupling and use of industrial waste heat; draws attention to the replacement of old and inefficient heating systems and the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop ~~sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals~~financial tools which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals; underlines that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe and the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership, the Connecting Europe Facility on the basis of the TEN-E and TEN-T Regulations, cohesion policy, InvestEU, Recovery and Resilience Facility, Just Transition Fund and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a renewable and low-carbon hydrogen economy, biogas/biomethane development and carbon capture and storage and hydrogen-compatible infrastructure, while also providing appropriate investments in the use of natural gas where it provides emission reduction and serves as a transitional enabler; calls on the Commission to develop targets for energy infrastructure rollout and that system integration should make maximum use of existing gas infrastructure which can help deliver a cost-effective transition throughout many sectors including industry and mobility;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Jerzy BUZEK, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Sven SCHULZE, Tomas TOBÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Regrets that the Commission’s draft taxonomy delegated act undermines the climate goals with regards to renewable energy sources, encourages the Commission to embrace a technological neutral approach based on life-cycle GHG emissions and not demand stricter rules from hydropower, biofuel and biogas, than other renewable energy sources; Furthermore, regrets that nuclear power is broken out and dealt with in a separate delegated act as this undermines the holistic energy system perspective, and limits Member States' possibilities for self- determination over the energy mix;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for new energy production, transmission, distribution and conversion of infrastructure in order to optimise ~~its~~the use of existing energy infrastructure in a climate- neutral economy and to ensure its economic viability;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Believes that a common legal classification of the different types of renewable, decarbonised and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, based on the full life cycle GHG emissions savings and sustainability criteria, is of utmost importance for market players, authorities and consumers; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive classification and certification framework of gaseous carriers;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to use the revision of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 on trans-European energy infrastructure as an opportunity to include energy system integration in the Regulation’s objectives and the 10-year network development planning; calls for greater efforts to remove obstacles hindering the full integration of energy systems, which would otherwise encourage citizens and industry to fully embrace cleaner energy alternatives because there will be no Green Deal without a better integration of the energy system; Emphasises that it is necessary to achieve a cost-effective decarbonisation of the EU economies which will build a more flexible, more decentralised and digital energy system, in which consumers are empowered to make their energy choices;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the mass deployment of renewable, low carbon and decarbonised energy at competitive costs; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious ~~target~~measures in order to increase the share of such energy in electricity generation, ~~heavy~~ industry, transport, ~~construction,~~ heating and cooling;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights the need to reduce regulatory barriers, improve access to capital and further support all forms of energy storage projects ~~along~~that can offer services along with transmission and distribution networks and at consumption sites; recalls the importance to ensure full interoperability of different transport and storage systems, including those with cross-border relevance and connected to third countries; urges the Commission to revise the Energy Taxation Directive to reduce the costs of taxes and levies on energy transformation and energy storage,while avoiding undue market distortions at the expense of other energy sources;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to explore ways of further encouraging, through effective incentives, the development of a European market for demand-side flexibility, potentials for energy storage and balancing electricity grid; welcomes flexible integrated energy systems that aim to optimize the district heating/cooling sector contributing to the balancing of the electricity grid, cost- effective use of renewable energy sources and waste heat integration at local/regional level;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses the importance of increasing the competitiveness of European technologies to ensure the autonomy of the Union in the strategic energy sector; calls on the Commission to support research and innovation through the various structural and sectoral funds following a technology neutral approach; recalls the Union’s global leadership in satellite emission measurement technologies; stresses that technologies where Europe has global leadership and domestic based value chains should be looked at specifically;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Welcomes the development of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) when it may be necessary to achieve climate neutrality, and to provide negative emissions by CCS on biomass combustion, and to reduce emissions where other reasonable alternatives through CCS at fossil fuel emissions, particularly in certain industrial processes; in this regard, welcomes the Commission proposal to convene an annual European CCUS Forum as part of the Clean Energy Industrial Forum to further study options to foster such projects;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Considers that the EU should promote regulatory solutions in the heating sector and energy efficiency legislation which respect the variation between Member States' conditions and most appropriate solutions which are particularly large in these sectors;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Jerzy BUZEK, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Sven SCHULZE, Tomas TOBÉ, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25 c. Believes that both increased energy system integration and consumers have the opportunity to play an active role which requires a well-functioning energy market with accurate price signals that reflects the cost-effectiveness of different technical systems and greenhouse gas emissions; considers that current regulations enable uncompetitive prices for nuclear power in some Member States that do not sufficiently lead to a cost- effective decarbonised transition;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Eva MAYDELL, Edina TÓTH, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tomas TOBÉ, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Angelika NIEBLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Encourages the Commission to use data spaces to enhance trust, create common market-led standards and build well-formed application programming interfaces (APIs), a~~nd to consider using pre-agreed sandboxes to test innovation~~long with robust authentification mechanism, and to use pre-agreed sandboxes to test innovations; calls the Commission to present a guidance for data usage procedures in order to increase the legal certainty for private and public actors of all sizes;

2020/11/12
Committee: ITRE

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

2020/2216(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pernille WEISS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Edina TÓTH, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Angelika NIEBLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Riho TERRAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Reminds the Commission of its commitments to one-in-one-out principle and reducing regulatory burden; notes that the future legislative proposals need to address both fragmentation of the Digital Single Market as well as the amount of red tape and regulatory uncertainty currently faced by European industry and innovators; highlights the importance of clear market approval processes and European wide market access policies;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

2020/2216(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pernille WEISS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Edina TÓTH, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Riho TERRAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1 e. Takes note of the regulatory oversight agencies and mechanisms that are already in place in sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, and transport; considers that both reinforcing sector-specific regulators as well as a complementary horizontal approach is needed; highlights the importance of industry-specific strategies and approaches;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises that the EU has an enormously strong SME sector; notes that the successful digital transformation of European SMEs is vital for economic growth, job-creation, and social cohesion; recalls that this second wagve of digitalisation could lead to a strong industrial development of SMEs; calls for ~~a goal of 500 digital unicorns within 10 yea~~comprehensive measures, such as access to finance, introduction of the EU Start- up Visa, and reduction of regulatory burden, to better facilitate the growth of digital unicorns in Europe; notes that these measures should be developed in constant dialogue with relevant stakeholders;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to stop funding big companies and distributing the remaining funds by a shotgun approach; calls for winners to be picked and grown larger; suggests prioritising future areas for digital economic structures;deleted

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Demands measures to ~~end to~~address the brain drain and attract the best minds to the EU without prejudice to the national labour market systems and the competencies of the social partners;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses that Europe’s growth potential will be determined by the digital skills of its population and businesses; takes note of the skills gap currently visible in the European job market and the need bridge this gap through upskilling and reskilling; calls for increased focus on reskilling and upskilling of digital skills and competences in national education systems;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Warns against overregulating AI; recalls that regulation must be balanced, agile, permanently evaluated, and based on soft regulation except for high-risk areas; calls for a regulatory approach that is not based on a snapshot of what technological development looks like at the moment, but strives for the rules to be applicable to future technological breakthroughs and phenomena; calls for all AI regulation to be technology-neutral and proportionate;

2020/12/21
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Recital 1 c (new)

1c. Whereas only 17% of SMEs have so far successfully integrated digital technology into their businesses and digitalisation is crucial for a strong economic growth and creation of jobs within the internal market;

2020/07/15
Committee: IMCO

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital 1 d (new)

1d. Whereas 78% of SMEs see administrative costs as one of the main barriers for their future growth;

2020/07/15
Committee: IMCO

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the fact that late payments account for a quarter of all SME bankruptcies in the EU; urges the Commission to swiftly equip the Late Payment Directive1 with strong monitoring and enforcement tools so as to ensure and promote prompt payments as a norm across the single market, including through an active use of infringement procedures in cases where the Directive is not properly implemented; to that aim, encourages Member States to appoint an independent enforcement authority in charge of monitoring the proper application of the late payment rules and empowered to impose penalties in case of delays in payment times. __________________________ 1 Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, OJ L 48, 23.2.2011, p. 1.

2020/07/15
Committee: IMCO

2020/2131(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Salvatore DE MEO, Barbara THALER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Deirdre CLUNE, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Arba KOKALARI, Kris PEETERS, Romana TOMC, Marion WALSMANN, Edina TÓTH, Andreas SCHWAB, Tomislav SOKOL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out the need to deepen and complete the Single Market in services, especially for SMEs; short-term cross- border service orders need to be exempt from the obligation for an A1 certificate in order not to increase the fragmentation of the internal market for services.

2020/07/15
Committee: IMCO

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Isabel WISELER-LIMA

37. Suggests that the companies establish effective alert mechanisms; through recourse to such mechanisms any interested party, including trade unions, consumers, journalists, civil society organisations, including faith-based organisations, as well as Churches and religious communities, lawyers, ~~and~~ human rights and environmental defenders, or members of the public, should be able to ~~warn~~talk and potential send early warning signs to the company of adverse impacts and human rights violations;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Isabel WISELER-LIMA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 42

42. Highlights the fact that, as recalled by the UNGPs, states and not companies have the duty to ensure, through judicial, administrative, legislative or other appropriate means, that those affected by business-related human rights abuses for which the company is directly responsible have access to an effective remedy; Recommends that the legislation makes specific reference to this obligation in line with the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Rights to Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Isabel WISELER-LIMA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 43

43. Stresses that as part of due diligence, as required by the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, companies should put in place processes to enable the adverse human rights impacts they cause or to which they contribute to be remedied; accordingly, operational level grievance mechanisms should be legitimate, accessible, predictable, equitable, transparent, rights-compatible, based on engagement and dialogue and a source of continued learning as established in United Nations Guiding Principle 31; emphasises that such mechanisms should never be used to obstruct access to justice via state-based, judicial and non-judicial, grievance mechanismsvictims of human rights violations, environmental damage and corruption abuses they cause or to which they contribute to have access to an effective remedy action;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI

4. Stresses the importance of protecting IPRs, including trade secrets, in any regulatory framework for AI, in particular as regards any detailed requirements for the narrow set of applications deemed ‘high-risk’; stresses the importance of the proper interpretation of the EU General Data Protection Regulations provisions regarding profiling and automated decision-making;

2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO

2020/2015(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the challenge of assessing AI applications requires the development of new methods; notes, for instance, that adaptive learning systems may recalibrate following each input, making certain ex ante disclosures ineffective; could serve as an example of a software where algorithms optimise the content to adjust for the learners goals and current state of knowledge;

2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO

2020/2015(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Peter POLLÁK, Loránt VINCZE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of introducing up-to-date tools allowing companies to secure their IPRs, for example placing digital locks on their products and services;

2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO

2020/2011(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1 ; whereas 50% of Roma between the age of 6 and 24 do not attend school and 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)2 ; whereas the increasing share of Roma NEETs was an area where the situation had deteriorated in 2016 compared to 20113 ; _________________ 1European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 3. 2Report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies – 2019, COM(2019)0406, p. 4. 3 Roma inclusion measures reported under the EU framework for NRIS, SWD(2019) 320 final, PART 1/2, p. 18.

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Peter POLLÁK, Michal WIEZIK, Loránt VINCZE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling negative stereotypes that are often the biggest obstacles to find employment, tackling discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Peter POLLÁK, Michal WIEZIK, Loránt VINCZE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools and to securing the same quality and inclusive mainstream learning as the non-Roma pupils, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Peter POLLÁK, Michal WIEZIK, Loránt VINCZE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate an exchange of best practices between Member States and to monitor the progress;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2011(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Andrea BOCSKOR, Ádám KÓSA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Peter POLLÁK, Michal WIEZIK, Loránt VINCZE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the Member States to make the greatest effort in order to sensitise public opinion concerning Roma inclusion;

2020/06/04
Committee: EMPL

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Professional Qualifications Directive facilitates the intra-EU labour mobility and the Services Directive realises the free movement of services, but the full potential of the single market for services and professionals can still be further improved and developed and the barriers for the free movement of services and professionals removed;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has caused an unprecedented economic crisis, and unlocking the full potential of the single market as well as enhancing the free movement of workers and services by making full use of the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and freedom to provide services under the Services Directive can facilitate the recovery process and put the economy back on track after the crisis;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas different regulatory choices at both the European and national level, imperfect and inadequate transposition of relevant directives, excessive requirements, lack of clear rules and fragmentation create the obstacles to fully benefit from the free movement of workers and services;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas in March 2020 the Commission has issued the Guidelines concerning the exercise of the free movement of workers during COVID-19 outbreak, which sets out the principles for an integrated approach to effective internal borders management to protect public health while preserving the integrity of the internal market;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the Council has adopted a recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restrictions of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which aims at increasing the transparency and predictability of free movement across the EU for both citizens and enterprises;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that, in the present health crisis, free movement of workers in the field of health services clearly demonstrates the benefits of the PQD; recalls that the aim of PQD is to facilitate the professionals to provide their services across Europe whilst guaranteeing an improved level of protection for consumers and citizens, which is particularly important during the pandemic crisis,

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. underlines the great importance of free movement of workers and services in overcoming the recession and increased unemployment rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reiterates that further removal of the existing barriers within the single market is essential in order to fully benefit from its potential; regrets that the Recovery Plan proposed by the Commission lacks ambition when it comes to the movement of workers and services and fails to fully recognise its importance as a tool for economic recovery;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that while it is a competence of Member States to regulate a certain profession, they must respect the limits of the principles of non- discrimination and proportionality, as explicitly stipulated in the Proportionality Test Directive; calls on the Commission to provide structured assistance and issue guidance to Member States on how to conduct ex-ante proportionality assessments of new national regulation of services according to the Proportionality Test Directive;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Member States to reduce bureaucratic obstacles, and, as quickly as possible, make it possible to obtain electronically the documents needed for the cross-border provision of services as well as facilitate the cross- border activities of workers in regulated professions;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Takes into consideration that the harmonisation inspired by the Professional Qualifications Directive gained success within several professions; further proclaims that Member States should reconsider and coordinate rules governing entry and exercise requirements in relation to specific activities or professions;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses, that, according to the Single Market Scoreboard 2020, further improvements are needed to ensure the free movement of professionals, especially in the field of recognising professional qualifications;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Encourages the Commission to fully and effectively enforce existing rules; calls for alternative resolution mechanisms to be assessed and for infringement procedures to be applied swiftly and rigorously whenever breaches of relevant legislation are identified or disproportionate burdens introduced;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Encourages Member States to work together in order to guarantee the continuity of work of cross-border workers during the pandemic crisis, taking into account their specific situation and in order to preserve the free movement of services and workers in regulated professions within the internal market;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Reiterates that Member States should follow the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, adopted on 13th October 2020 in order to avoid any disruption in the internal market and free movement of workers and services;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to improve tools such as the Points of Single Contact and the Single Digital Gateway where appropriate, to provide guidelines to help Member States streamline procedures, in particular for SMEs; calls and on the Member States to use such tools to provide workers, consumers and businesses with prompt, accurate and easily accessible information regarding their rights and obligations related to free movement within the single market.

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/2007(INI)

Krzysztof HETMAN, Arba KOKALARI, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that cross-border health care services fall within the ambit of freedom to provide services as stated by the Court of Justice of the EU; notes that Cross-border Health Care Directive was adopted also on basis of Article 114 TFEU; regrets that Cross-border Health Care Directive creates additional obstacles to provision of cross-border health care services when compared to the case-law of the Court of Justice applying the Treaty provisions on free movement of services; underlines the necessity that these additional obstacles are removed, underlines that a better coordination and promotion of best practices between Member States and cross-border mobility of health professionals are beneficial and particularly important during the COVID- 19 pandemic;

2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) A very significant turnover in the Union and the provision of a core platform service in at least three Member States constitute compelling indications that the provider of a core platform service has a significant impact on the internal market. This is equally true where a provider of a core platform service in at least three Member States has a very significant market capitalisation or equivalent fair market value. Therefore, a provider of a core platform service should be presumed to have a significant impact on the internal market where it provides a core platform service, proactively offering its service in at least three Member States and where either its group turnover realised in the EEA is equal to or exceeds a specific, high threshold or the market capitalisation of the group is equal to or exceeds a certain high absolute value. A provider is considered to be actively offering its service in a Member State if the service is, for example, translated in local language of a Member State or if the provider is actively seeking business opportunities in that Member State. A plain availability of a service in a Member State shall not be considered as a proactive offering of a service by the provider. For providers of core platform services that belong to undertakings that are not publicly listed, the equivalent fair market value above a certain high absolute value should be referred to. The Commission should use its power to adopt delegated acts to develop an objective methodology to calculate that value. A high EEA group turnover in conjunction with the threshold of users in the Union of core platform services reflects a relatively strong ability to monetise these users. A high market capitalisation relative to the same threshold number of users in the Union reflects a relatively significant potential to monetise these users in the near future. This monetisation potential in turn reflects in principle the gateway position of the undertakings concerned. Both indicators are in addition reflective of their financial capacity, including their ability to leverage their access to financial markets to reinforce their position. This may for example happen where this superior access is used to acquire other undertakings, which ability has in turn been shown to have potential negative effects on innovation. Market capitalisation can also be reflective of the expected future position and effect on the internal market of the providers concerned, notwithstanding a potentially relatively low current turnover. The market capitalisation value can be based on a level that reflects the average market capitalisation of the largest publicly listed undertakings in the Union over an appropriate period.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66

(66) In the event that gatekeepers engage in behaviour that is unfair or that limits the contestability of the core platform services that are already designated under this Regulation but without these behaviours being explicitly covered by the obligations, the Commission should be able to update this Regulation through deleg~~ated act~~islative proposals. Such updates by way of delegated act should be subject to the same investigatory standard and therefore following a market investigation. The Commission should also apply a predefined standard in identifying such behaviours. This legal standard should ensure that the type of obligations that gatekeepers may at any time face under this Regulation are sufficiently predictable.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall not impose on gatekeepers further new obligations by way of laws, regulations or administrative action for the purpose of ensuring contestable and fair markets. This is without prejudice to rules pursuing other legitimate public interests, in compliance with Union law. In particular, nothing in this Regulation precludes Member States from imposing obligations, which are compatible with Union law, on undertakings, including providers of core platform services where these obligations are unrelated to the relevant undertakings having a status of gatekeeper within the meaning of this Regulation in order to protect consumers or to fight against acts of unfair competition.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point f

(f) other structural market characteristics, such as the consistent growth of the platform’s core service market share in a given digital sector over a period of three years.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) allow business users to offer the same products or services to end users through third party online intermediation services and through business users’ own direct online sales channels at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper;

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) ensure that business users have the possibility to opt-out of new, modified or updated terms and conditions requested by the core platform service provider if such modifications to the terms and conditions are not the result of an existing or new legal requirement, and remain listed on the core platform service without experiencing a reduced or downgraded level of service.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

In assessing the request, the Commission shall take into account, in particular, the impact of the compliance with the specific obligation on the economic viability of the operation of the gatekeeper in the Union as well as on third parties, in particular the gatekeeper’s business users. The suspension may be made subject to conditions and obligations to be defined by the Commission in order to ensure a fair balance between these interests and the objectives of this Regulation. Such a request may be made and granted at any time pending the assessment of the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission is empowered to adopt deleg~~ated act~~islative proposals in accordance with Article 34 to update the obligations laid down in Articles 5 and 6 where, based on a market investigation pursuant to Article 17, it has identified the need for new obligations addressing practices that limit the contestability of core platform services or are unfair in the same way as the practices addressed by the obligations laid down in Articles 5 and 6.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) be accompanied by a ~~delegated act~~proposal to amend~~ing~~ Articles 5 or 6 as provided for in Article 10.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3

3. When sending a simple request for information to an undertaking or association of undertakings, the Commission shall state the purpose of the request, specify what information is required and fix the time-limit within which the information is to be provided, and the penalties provided for in Article 26 for supplying incomplete, incorrect or misleading information or explanations. Such time-limits provided should respect the size and capabilities of an undertaking or association of undertakings.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4

4. Where the Commission requires undertakings and associations of undertakings to supply information by decision, it shall state the purpose of the request, specify what information is required and fix the time-limit within which it is to be provided. Where the Commission requires undertakings to provide access to its data-bases and algorithms, it shall state the legal basis and the purpose of the request, and fix the time- limit within which it is to be provided. It shall also indicate the penalties provided for in Article 26 and indicate or impose the periodic penalty payments provided for in Article 27. It shall further indicate the right to have the decision reviewed by the Court of Justice. Such time-limits provided should respect the size and capabilities of an undertaking or association of undertakings.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. In exceptional circumstances, if during proceedings under Articles 16 or 25 the gatekeeper concerned offers commitments for the relevant core platform services to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down in Articles 5 and 6, the Commission may by decision adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 32(4) make those commitments binding on that gatekeeper, taking into account potentially already existing damages caused by the gatekeeper to other market participants and declare that there are no further grounds for action.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall conclude its investigation by adopting a decision within 24 months from the opening of the investigation pursuant to this Article.

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0374(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Before adopting a decision pursuant to Article 7, Article 8(1), Article 9(1), Articles 15, 16, 22, 23, 25 and 26 and Article 27(2), the Commission shall give the gatekeeper or undertaking or association of undertakings, as well as relevant business users or associations of relevant business users, concerned the opportunity of being heard on:

2021/07/09
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Due to the increased cross-sectoral and cross-border interdependencies between critical infrastructures, an incident in one Member State can seriously affect activities in another Member State. In order to achieve a high level of resilience of critical infrastructures across the Union, essential services or essential infrastructure should be equally strongly protected and resilient in all Member States. National measures alone are therefore insufficient in addressing risks and situations of disruption of essential services or essential infrastructure.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)

(4b) Differences between national rules relating to the designation and oversight of critical infrastructures as well as differences in requirements may cause distortions of competition within the internal market. A European framework should therefore also have the effect of levelling the playing field for critical entities across the Union.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Since it is not practical to expect full and continuous critical infrastructure protection , the aim of this Directive should be to make critical infrastructures resilient thereby furthering their capacity to ensure continuous provision of essential services or essential infrastructure or at least to swiftly restore performance after an incident has taken place. Operators of critical infrastructures delivering essential services across the internal market in various sectors necessary for vital societal functions and economic activities, should become resilient against a range of natural and man-made, intentional or unintentional, current and anticipated future risks. It is therefore necessary to lay down harmonised minimum rules to ensure the provision of essential services in the internal market and enhance the resilience of critical entities.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4

4. Without prejudice to Article 346 TFEU, information that is confidential pursuant to Union and national rules, such as rules on business confidentiality, shall be exchanged with the Commission and other relevant authorities only where that exchange is necessary for the application of this Directive. The information exchanged shall be limited to that which is relevant and proportionate to the purpose of that exchange. The exchange of information shall preserve the confidentiality of that information and protect the security and commercial interests of ~~critical~~the entities concerned.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The European Commission may issue recommendations to Member States to identify specific essential services, infrastructures and the entities providing them and include them in their list of critical entities.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2

The risk assessment shall account for all relevant risks referred to in Article 4(1) which could lead to the disruption of the provision of essential services. It shall take into account any dependency of other sectors referred to in the Annex on the essential service provided by the critical entity, including in ~~neighbouring~~other Member States, on European level, and in third countries where relevant, and the impact that a disruption of the provision of essential services in one or more of those sectors may have on the essential service provided by the critical entity.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The information provided has to be treated swiftly by the competent authorities in a way that respects its confidentiality and protects the security and commercial interest of the critical entity concerned.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0365(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Romana TOMC, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Geoffroy DIDIER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

In so doing, the competent authorities and single points of contact shall, in accordance with Union law or national legislation that complies with Union law, treat the information in a way that respects its confidentiality and protects the security and commercial interest of the critical entity concerned.

2021/06/01
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Marion WALSMANN, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Moreover, complex national regulatory requirements, fragmented implementation and insufficient enforcement of legislation such as Directive 2000/31/EC have contributed to high administrative costs and legal uncertainty for intermediary services operating on the internal market, especially micro, small and medium sized companies.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andrea CAROPPO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Such a substantial connection to the Union should be considered to exist where the service provider has an establishment in the Union or, in its absence, on the ~~basis of the existence of a significant number of users in one or more Member States, or the targe~~directing of activities towards one or more Member States. The targeting of activities towards one or more Member States can be determined on the basis of all relevant circumstances, including factors such as the use of a language or a currency generally used in that Member State, or the possibility of ordering products or services, or using a national top level domain. The ~~targe~~directing of activities towards a Member State could also be derived from the availability of an application in the relevant national application store, from the provision of local advertising or advertising in the language used in that Member State, or from the handling of customer relations such as by providing customer service in the language generally used in that Member State. A substantial connection should also be assumed where a service provider directs its activities to one or more Member State as set out in Article 17(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 . On the other hand, mere technical accessibility of a website from the Union cannot, on that ground alone, be considered as establishing a substantial connection to the Union. __________________ 27 Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ L351, 20.12.2012, p.1).

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) This Regulation ~~should complement, yet not affect the application of rules resulting from other acts of Union law regulating certain aspects of the provision~~fully harmonises the rules applicable to intermediary services in the internal market with the objective to ensure a safe and trusted online environment, effective protection of fundamental rights and a favourable business climate. Accordingly, Member States should not adopt or maintain additional national requirements on those matters falling within the scope of this Regulation. This does not preclude the possibility to apply other national legislation applicable to providers of intermediary services, in ~~particular Directive 2000/31/EC~~accordance with Union law, including Directive 2000/31/EC, in particular its Article 3, with the exception of those changes introduced by this Regulation, Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended,28 and Regulation (EU) …/.. of the European Parliament and of the Council29 – proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation. Therefore, this Regulation leaves those other acts, which are to be considered lex specialis in relation to the generally applicable framework set out in this Regulation, unaffected. However, the rules of this Regulation apply in respect of issues that are not or not fully addressed by those other acts as well as issues on which those other acts leave Member States the possibility of adopting certain measures at national level. . __________________ 28 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1 . 29Regulation (EU) …/.. of the European Parliament and of the Council – proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities~~. In particular, that concept~~, including fake online profile accounts. Illegal content is often spread online precisely via fake online profile accounts. Namely, false representation in the ‘online world’ should not be legal as it is also not legal to falsely present oneself in the ‘offline world’. This approach is an evident manifestation of the principle that what is illegal offline should not be allowed to remain legal online. Moreover, the concept of “illegal content” should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking, the sale of non-compliant or counterfeit products, the non-authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that conceptFor the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that ~~relate~~it is not in compliance with Union law as it refers to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking, the sale of non-compliant or counterfeit products, the non-authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The concept of ‘dissemination to the public’, as used in this Regulation, should entail the making available of information to a potentially unlimited number of persons, that is, making the information easily accessible to users in general without further action by the recipient of the service providing the information being required, irrespective of whether those persons actually access the information in question. The mere possibility to create groups of users of a given service should not, in itself, be understood to mean that the information disseminated in that manner is not disseminated to the public. However, the concept should exclude dissemination of information within closed groups consisting of a finite number of pre- determined persons. Interpersonal communication services, as defined in Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council,39 such as emails or private messaging services, fall outside the scope of this Regulation. Information should be considered disseminated to the public within the meaning of this Regulation only where that occurs upon the direct request by the recipient of the service that provided the information. Services, such as internet infrastructure services or cloud service providers, which are provided at the request of parties other than the content providers and only indirectly benefitting the latter, should not be covered by the definition of online platforms. __________________ 39Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast), OJ L 321, 17.12.2018, p. 36

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The relevant rules of Chapter II should only establish when the provider of intermediary services concerned cannot be held liable in relation to illegal content provided by the recipients of the service. Those rules should ~~not~~by no means be understood to provide a positive basis for establishing when a provider can be held liable, which is for the applicable rules of Union or national law to determine. Furthermore, the exemptions from liability established in this Regulation should apply in respect of any type of liability as regards any type of illegal content, irrespective of the precise subject matter or nature of those laws.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to benefit from the exemption from liability for hosting services, the provider should, upon obtaining actual knowledge or awareness of illegal content, act ~~exped~~witihouslt undue delay to remove or to disable access to that content. The removal or disabling of access should be undertaken in the observance of the principle of freedom of expression. The provider can obtain such actual knowledge or awareness through, in particular, its own-initiative investigations or notices submitted to it by individuals or entities in accordance with this Regulation in so far as those notices are sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated to allow a diligent economic operator to reasonably identify, assess and where appropriate act against the allegedly illegal content.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)

(22a) The exemption of liability should not apply where the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or the control of the provider of a hosting service. In particular, where the provider of the online platform that allows consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders does not allow traders to determine the basic elements of the trader-consumer contract, such as the terms and conditions governing such relationship or the price, it should be considered that the trader acts under the authority or control of that platform.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)

(36a) Providers of intermediary services should also establish a single point of contact for recipients of services, allowing rapid, direct and efficient communication.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

(38) Whilst the freedom of contract of providers of intermediary services should in principle be respected, it is appropriate to set certain rules on the content, application and enforcement of the terms and conditions of those providers in the interests of transparency, the protection of recipients of the service and the avoidance of unfair or arbitrary outcomes. Obligations related to terms and conditions should not oblige a provider of an intermediary service to disclose information that will lead to significant vulnerabilities for the security of its service or the protection of confidential information, in particular trade secrets or intellectual property rights.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Tomislav SOKOL, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) To ensure an adequate level of transparency and accountability, providers of intermediary services should annually report, in accordance with the harmonised requirements contained in this Regulation, on the content moderation they engage in, including the measures taken as a result of the application and enforcement of their terms and conditions. However, so as to avoid disproportionate burdens, those transparency reporting obligations should not apply to providers that are micro~~- or~~, small or medium sized enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.40 __________________ 40 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) Providers of hosting services play a particularly important role in tackling illegal content online, as they store information provided by and at the request of the recipients of the service and typically give other recipients access thereto, sometimes on a large scale. It is important that all providers of hosting services, regardless of their size, put in place easily accessible, comprehensive and user-friendly notice and action mechanisms that facilitate the notification of specific items of information that the notifying party considers to be illegal content to the provider of hosting services concerned ('notice'), pursuant to which that provider can decide whether or not it agrees with that assessment and wishes to remove or disable access to that content ~~('action')~~following the applicable law ('action'). Such mechanisms should be clearly visible on the interface of the hosting service and easy to use. Provided the requirements on notices are met, it should be possible for individuals or entities to notify multiple specific items of allegedly illegal content through a single notice. The obligation to put in place notice and action mechanisms should apply, for instance, to file storage and sharing services, web hosting services, advertising servers and paste bins, in as far as they qualify as providers of hosting services covered by this Regulation. Providers of hosting services could, as a voluntary measure, conduct own-investigation measures to prevent content which has previously been identified as illegal from being disseminated again once removed. The obligations related to notice and action should by no means impose general monitoring obligations.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. Where the notice contains the name and an electronic mail address of the individual or entity that submitted it, the provider of hosting services shall ~~promptly~~, without undue delay, send a confirmation of receipt of the notice to that individual or entity.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) decisions to remove or not to remove or disable access to the information;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) decisions to suspend or terminate or not to suspend or terminate the provision of the service, in whole or in part, to the recipients;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) it is i~~mpartial and independent~~ndependent, including financially independent, and impartial of online platforms and recipients of the service provided by the online platforms and of individuals or entities that have submitted notices;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) the dispute settlement is easily accessible through electronic communication technology and provides for the possibility to submit a complaint and the requisite supporting documents online;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) the dispute settlement is easily accessible, including for persons with disabilities, through electronic communication technology;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) it is capable of settling dispute in a swift, efficient, accessible for persons with disabilities and cost-effective manner and in at least one official language of the Union;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Member States shall refrain from imposing additional transparency reporting obligations on the online platforms, other than specific requests in the context of exercising their supervisory powers.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) contracted amount of payment for online advertising expressed in euros if it is a paid advertisement.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)

2. Online platforms shall provide information mentioned in paragraph 1 to public authorities, upon their request, in order to determine accountability in case of false or misleading advertisement.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Krzysztof HETMAN, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tomislav SOKOL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andrea CAROPPO, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 b (new)

3. Providers of intermediary services shall obtain consent from the recipients of their service, in order to provide them with micro targeted and behavioural advertisement. Providers of intermediary services shall ensure that recipients of services can easily make an informed choice when expressing their consent by providing them with meaningful information.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. This section shall not apply where, within the framework of an organised distribution network operating under a common brand, the provider of the intermediary service has a direct organisational, associative, cooperative or capital ownership link with the recipient of the service or where the intermediary service solely aims to intermediate content between the members of the organised distribution framework and their suppliers.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3

3. When giving effect to paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission and the Board shall aim to ensure that the codes of conduct clearly set out their objectives, contain key performance indicators to measure the achievement of those objectives and take due account of the needs and interests of all interested parties, including citizens, at Union level. The Commission and the Board shall also aim to ensure that participants report regularly to the Commission and their respective Digital Service Coordinators of establishment on any measures taken and their outcomes, as measured against the key performance indicators that they contain. Key performance indicators and reporting commitments should take into account differences in size and capacity between different participants.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3

3. When giving effect to paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission and the Board shall aim to ensure that the codes of conduct clearly set out their objectives, in relation to the dissemination of illegal content, contain key performance indicators to measure the achievement of those objectives and take due account of the needs and interests of all interested parties, including citizens, at Union level. The Commission and the Board shall also aim to ensure that participants report regularly to the Commission and their respective Digital Service Coordinators of establishment on any measures taken and their outcomes, as measured against the key performance indicators that they contain.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of voluntary codes of conduct at Union level between, online platforms and other relevant service providers, such as providers of online advertising intermediary services or organisations representing recipients of the service and civil society organisations or relevant authorities to contribute to further transparency in online advertising beyond the requirements of Articles 24 and 30.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Arba KOKALARI, Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1

1. The Board may recommend the Commission to initiate the drawing up, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, of voluntary crisis protocols for addressing crisis situations strictly limited to extraordinary circumstances affecting public security or public health.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to prevent unlawful access to non-personal data, public sector bodies, natural or legal persons to which the right to re-use data was granted, data sharing providers and entities entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations should take all reasonable measures to prevent access to the systems where non-personal data is stored, including encryption of data, cybersecurity measures or corporate policies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to build trust in re-use mechanisms, it may be necessary to attach stricter conditions for certain types of non- personal data that have been identified as highly sensitive, as regards the transfer to third countries, if such transfer could jeopardise public policy objectives, in line with international commitments. For example, in the health domain, certain datasets held by actors in the public health system, such as public hospitals, could be identified as highly sensitive health data. Other relevant sectors could be transport, energy, environment, telecommunications and finance. In order to ensure harmonised practices across the Union, such types of highly sensitive non-personal public data should be defined by Union law, for example in the context of the European Health Data Space or other sectoral legislation. The conditions attached to the transfer of such data to third countries should be laid down in delegated acts. Conditions should be proportionate, non- discriminatory and necessary to protect legitimate public policy objectives identified, such as the protection of public health, public order, safety, the environment, public morals, consumer protection, privacy and personal data protection. The conditions should correspond to the risks identified in relation to the sensitivity of such data, including in terms of the risk of the re- identification of individuals. These conditions could include terms applicable for the transfer or technical arrangements, such as the requirement of using a secure processing environment, limitations as regards the re-use of data in third-countries or categories of persons which are entitled to transfer such data to third countries or who can access the data in the third country. In exceptional cases they could also include restrictions on transfer of the data to third countries to protect the public interest.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board. A data innovation advisory council should be established as a sub-group of the Board consisting of relevant representatives from industry, research, standardisation organisations and other relevant stakeholders. That council should support the work of the Board by providing advice relating to the exchange of data, and in particular on how to best protect commercially sensitive data of non-personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non-personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1

Those ~~implementing~~delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the ~~advisory~~ procedure referred to in Article 2~~9 (2)~~8.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission ~~is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 to supplement this Regulation by~~shall assess, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 3, the feasibility of setting out an indicative trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) ~~until 2050. At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectory~~and make an appropriate legislative proposal to that effect.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. The indicative trajectory shall start from the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(3).

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. When setting athe options for an indicative trajectory in accordance with paragraph 1, the Commission shall consider the following:

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)

(ga) the need for predictability and regulatory stability for future-proof investments;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)

(ja) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Europe’s economic situation (or global economic disruptions, such as Covid-19);

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Seán KELLY, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j b (new)

(jb) impact of Brexit on the Union’s general ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Tom BERENDSEN, Seán KELLY, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall develop and implement, through the national energy and climate plans, adaptation strategies and plans that include comprehensive risk management frameworks, based on robust climate and vulnerability baselines and progress assessments.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Jens GIESEKE, Tom BERENDSEN, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

By 3~~0 Septem~~1 October 20238, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Tom BERENDSEN, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Tomas TOBÉ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) the collective progress at global level towards the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) the impact of the implemented measures on the national economic and social situation;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)

(b b) the effects of the climate policy on industrial value creation and, in particular, on the goal of increasing the share of industrial value creation in total value creation, in order to achieve a more competitive and resilient economy.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or in~~adequate~~sufficient to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it may issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Edina TÓTH, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Tom BERENDSEN, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) the latest global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part

(4) in Article 8(2), the following point ~~(e) is~~s are added:

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Hildegard BENTELE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point ea (new)

(e a) the way in which the current policies and measures and the planned policies and measures contribute to the achievement of the EU's industrial policy goals in accordance with COM (2020) 102 final.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 11

Each Member State shall establish a multilevel climate and energy dialogue pursuant to national rules, in which local authorities, civil society organisation, business community, in particular representatives of SMEs, the digital sector, investors and other relevant stakeholders and the general public are able actively to engage and discuss the achievement of the Union’s climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2 of Regulation …/… [Climate Law] and the different scenarios envisaged for energy and climate policies, including for the long term, and review progress, unless it already has a structure which serves the same purpose. Integrated national energy and climate plans may be discussed within the framework of such a dialogue.;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Loucas FOURLAS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Radan KANEV, Jarosław DUDA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Costas MAVRIDES, David LEGA

Citation 2

— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 2647 thereof,

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas disability is a social construction and according to the social model of disability: - Impairment is a physical, mental or sensory functional limitation within the individual. - Disability is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the "normal life" of the community equally with others due to physical and social barriers. Therefore, the term ‘disabled people’ defines “people with impairments who are disabled by socially constructed barriers”; furthermore, the term ‘people with disabilities’ refers to the disabling that effect rests within the individual person rather than from society. The term ‘disabilities’ when used in this context refers to a person’s medical condition and thus confuses disability with impairment. In addition it denies the political or ‘disability identity’

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Loucas FOURLAS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Radan KANEV, Eva KAILI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Costas MAVRIDES, Dennis RADTKE, David LEGA

Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that "States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community";

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas a considerable proportion of the four million people experiencing homelessness every year have disability, having been largely overlooked as a target group of the UNCRPD and the EU Disability Strategy;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Calls on the Commission to pr~~opos~~epare a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy (the post-2020 Strategy)

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

- with ambitious and clear and measurable targets,

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Radan KANEV, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Costas MAVRIDES

Paragraph 2 – indent 4

- reflecting the diversity of ~~persons with disabilities~~disabled people,

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)

- recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI disabled people, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities.

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Loucas FOURLAS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Radan KANEV, Eva KAILI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Costas MAVRIDES, Dennis RADTKE, David LEGA

Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new)

- setting new rules for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in order to protect the rights of the disabled passengers concerning the safety of the integrity of both their body and equipment when transferred, and the recognition of the need for extra seats in cases of a personal assistant or laying,

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new)

- regarding the accessibility of buildings, transportation and media;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Loucas FOURLAS, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Radan KANEV, Eva KAILI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Costas MAVRIDES, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Dennis RADTKE, David LEGA

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Loucas FOURLAS, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Radan KANEV, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Costas MAVRIDES, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, David LEGA

Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of ~~persons with disabilities~~disabled people in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds, in a specific time period of five years, will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings or any other kind of settings that could easily turn into an institution;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

2019/2975(RSP)

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Loucas FOURLAS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Radan KANEV, Eva KAILI, Jarosław DUDA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Costas MAVRIDES, Dennis RADTKE, David LEGA

Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Loucas FOURLAS, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Romana TOMC, Radan KANEV, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS, Costas MAVRIDES, Giorgos GEORGIOU, Dennis RADTKE, David LEGA

Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the European Commission and all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;

2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Emil RADEV, Andrey NOVAKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the distrust of European citizens towards automated driving can be observed and therefore awareness campaign increasing confidence of the citizens should be put in place.

2018/09/06
Committee: IMCO

2018/2046(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)

68 a. Recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be EUR 114 million per year; furthermore, notes the finding from its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1a that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines; _________________ 1a OJ C 436, 24.11.2016, p. 2.

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

– having regard to the various surveys, studies and tests carried out in the last years by the Food Inspection Authorities in many Member States in Central and Eastern Europe,

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Emil RADEV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas all EU citizens deserve equal treatment in regard to food and non-food products sold on the Single Market;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andrey NOVAKOV, Emil RADEV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes, therefore, the recent initiatives announced by the Commission to address this issue, in particular its commitment to deliver~~ing~~ a common testing methodology and allocating a budget for its preparation and enforcement and for collection of further evidence; calls for the Commission to coordinate national competent authorities in applying the common testing methodology developed by the JRC in order to ensure a unified interpretation of the methodology by the Member States. Calls on the Commission to come up with a clear mechanisms on how to deal with the cases of the dual quality and propose a suitable structure and process on how Member States together with businesses should tackle the potential dual quality of products;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the adoption by Parliament of a pilot project for 2018 that will involve a series of market investigations into several categories of consumer products to assess different aspects of dual quality; expects the project to be launched, conducted and published in time, as initially planned;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andrey NOVAKOV, Emil RADEV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages the Parliament, Commission and Member States to make use of all available tools, including pilot and national projects to further asses different aspects of dual quality of foods;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Emil RADEV, Andrey NOVAKOV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Agrees with the Commission that in the single market, where consumers have a general understanding of the principles of free circulation and equal access to goods, consumers do not, a priori, expect branded products sold in different countries to differ from each other; also agrees with the Commission that the food and drink operators do not necessarily have to offer identical products across the different geographical areas;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that the Notice is perceived as primarily intended for foodstuffs; believes that provisions on the application of consumer protection law should be applied to all food and non- food products in general;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Emil RADEV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that there may be different requirements for the control methods of the national competent authorities~~; considers that the aim of the work to develop a~~ and they should therefore use the methodology ldeveloped by the Commission’´s Joint Research Center~~e should be clearly stated so~~ as to prevent conflicting interpretations;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Reminds the European Commission of its commitment to better monitoring and enhancing the correct application of EU legislation;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Is concerned about restrictions placed on traders when it comes to purchasing goods that ~~may have a negative effect on~~in consequence limit consumer choice; urges the Commission to identify factors that contribute to a fragmentation of the single market in goods, in particular territorial supply constraints and their implications;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Invites the European Commission, where appropriate, to make use of competition law to tackle contractual and non-contractual practices that illegitimately restrict consumers’ ability to benefit fully from the Single Market;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Emil RADEV, Andrey NOVAKOV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Encourages the Commission to monitor and act in cases, which constitute market failure cases in the Single Market;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises the value of broad and timely public debate that leads to increased consumer awareness about products and their characteristics; notes that some manufacturers and owners of private labels have already announced changes to recipes; highlights the role of industry in improving transparency with regard to product composition;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andrey NOVAKOV, Emil RADEV, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for the increased support of national consumer organisations, so they can build capacity, develop their testing activities and contribute, alongside with competent authorities, to tracking and exposing situations of unfair product differentiation;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Invites consumer organisations to play an more active role in the public debate and in informing consumers and serve as a first point of contact for the consumers to ensure their rights on the Single Market; calls on the Member States to uphold the functioning of the consumer organizations by strengthening their role to fulfil their tasks in consumer protection;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Believes that in the light of previous experiences of competent authorities ~~thus far suggest that they have been~~were unable individually to tackle effectively any specific cases of dual quality at national level; calls on Member States to better enforce the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in order to better ensure that consumers are informed about food products when making a purchasing decision and are not misled by unfair marketing practices; stresses that the Member States shall ensure that the competent national authorities possess adequate technical, financial and human capacities in order to ensure effective enforcement;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses that any action taken against business operators by enforcement authorities must be proportionate and non-discriminatory;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Draws attention to the fact that the issue of alleged dual quality is directly related to the essence of the functioning of the single market and consumer trust and therefore requires a solution at Union level, preferably via directly enforceable measures; is convinced that given the possibility of action at national level, Union-level action would safeguard the integrity of the single market;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to assist national enforcement authorities in identifying unfair commercial practices in the marketing of food products on the basis of the EU harmonised methodology being developed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission as this issue is directly related to the essence of the functioning of the Single Market and consumer trust;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recalls that Annex I to the UCPD was drawn up to enable the identification of certain unfair practices and the provision of a more immediate response; agrees with the Commission that listing a practice in Annex I leads to greater legal certainty; underlines together with the Commission that the free movement of goods does not necessarily mean that every product must be identical in every corner of the Single Market; emphasises that business operators are permitted to market and sell goods with different composition and characteristics based on consumer preferences and food reformulation provided that they fully respect EU legislation; however, stresses that these products should not lead to their different quality when they are offered to consumers on different markets;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Welcomes the Commission´s New Deal for Consumers presented by the European Commission on 11 April 2018 which will tackle dual quality of consumer products by updating the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in order to make explicit that national authorities can assess and address misleading commercial practices involving the marketing products as being identical in several EU countries, if their composition or characteristics are significantly different;

2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO

2018/0232(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4 a) The Programme will be instrumental in facilitating and improving the work of customs authorities for the collection of customs duties, which represent an important source of revenue for the EU and national budgets. By focusing on IT capacity building and increased cooperation in the field of customs, the Programme will effectively contribute to protecting the financial interests of the Union and its Member States.

2018/11/19
Committee: IMCO

2018/0232(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11 a) In particular, the Programme should be consistent and exploit any synergies with other EU action programmes and funds with similar objectives in related fields such as the Fiscalis programme, EU anti-fraud programme and Single Market Programme, as well as with the Internal Security Fund and Instrument for Border Management and Visa, the Reform Support Programme, the Digital Europe Programme, the Connecting Europe Facility and the Own resources Decision, implementing regulations and measures.

2018/11/19
Committee: IMCO

2018/0232(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding. The overall implementation of the Programme, including contracts financed under it in whole or in part by the Union budget, should respect the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non-discrimination.

2018/11/19
Committee: IMCO

2018/0232(COD)

Lara COMI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 842 844 000 in 2018 prices (EUR 950 000 000 in current prices).

2018/11/19
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Detailed technical requirements and specific adequate test procedures for type- approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units should be laid down in delegated implementing acts before the date of application of this Regulation. Moreover, manufacturers should be allowed sufficient time to adapt to the requirements of this Regulation and the delegated implementing acts adopted pursuant to it. Some vehicles are produced in small quantities. Therefore, it is appropriate that requirements set out in this Regulation and its implementing measures, take into account such vehicles or classes of vehicles where such requirements are incompatible with the use or design of such vehicles, or where the additional burden imposed by them is disproportionate. Therefore, the application of this Regulation should be deferred,

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Detailed technical requirements and specific test procedures for type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units should be laid down in delegated acts before the date of application of this Regulation. Moreover, manufacturers should be allowed sufficient time to adapt to the requirements of this Regulation and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to it. Some vehicles are sold and produced in small quantities. Therefore, it is appropriate that requirements set out in this Regulation and its implementing measures, take into account such vehicles or classes of vehicles where such requirements are incompatible with the use or design of such vehicles, or where the additional burden imposed by them is disproportionate. Therefore, the application of this Regulation should be deferred, .

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3

(3) ‘~~intelligent speed assistance’~~speed limit information system’ (meaning ‘intelligent speed assistance’ in a way of informing about the current speed limit) means a system to aid the driver in observing the appropriate speed for the road environment by providing ~~haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal with~~ speed limit information obtained through observation of road signs and signals, based on infrastructure signals or electronic map data, or both, made available in- vehicle;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6

~~(6) ‘advanced distraction recognition’ means a system capable of recognition of the level visual attention of the driver to the traffic situation and warning the driver if needed;~~deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 8

(8) ‘reversing detection’ means a ~~camera or monitor, optical or detection~~ system to make the driver aware of people and objects at the rear of the vehicle with the primary aim to avoid collisions upon reversing;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 11

(11) ‘lane-keeping system’ means a system monitoring the position of the vehicle with respect to the lane boundary and issuing a warning or applying a torque to the steering ~~wheel~~system, or pressure to the brakes, at least when a lane departure occurs or is about to occur ~~and a collision may be imminent~~;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with an accurate tyre pressure monitoring system capable of giving an in-vehicle warning to the driver when a loss of pressure occurs in a tyre, in the interests of optimum fuel consumption and road safety, over a wide range of road and environmental conditions.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

~~2. Tyre pressure monitoring systems shall be designed to avoid resetting or recalibration at a low tyre pressure.~~deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~intelligent speed assistance~~speed limit information system;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) advanced distraction recognition;~~deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. ~~Intelligent speed assistance~~Speed limit information systems shall have the following minimum specifications:

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) it shall be ~~possible for the driver to feel through the accelerator pedal that the applicable speed limit is reached or exceeded~~able to indicate the current speed limit at any time in the vehicle;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) it shall ~~not~~ be possible for the driver to switch off ~~or supress~~ the system;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) where a cruise control system or a speed limiter is engaged, the ~~intellig~~current speed ~~assistance system must automatically adapt to any lower speed limit~~limit can be adapted by the driver.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with a lane-keeping system or lane departure warning system.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) it shall be possible to switch off systems ~~only one at a time, and only at standstill with the parking brake engaged, by a complex sequence of actions to be carried out by the driver~~;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Lane-keeping systems shall apply dynamic corrections to the vehicle’s path from 70 km/h to 130 km/h.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be designed and constructed so as to provide for an enlarged head impact protection zone with the aim of enhancing the protection of vulnerable road users and mitigating their potential injuries in the event of a collision.deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. Vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be designed and constructed so as to enhance the direct visibility of vulnerable road users from the driver seat. This should be done for new types of cabs only.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

It shall apply from [PO: Please insert the date 36 months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The delegated acts referred to in Article 12 shall be published at least 24 months before their application.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 1 – line 18

Applies to vehicle categories UN Regulation No Frontal off-set impact M1 and N1 with a maximum A A 94 mass ≤3 2.500 kg

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 1 – line 23

Side impact, applies to all vehicles of categories M1 and UN Regulation No Side impact N1 inexcluding those with R ~~point A~~ A A 95 point of the lowest seat > 700 mm mm from ground level

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 2 – line 2

Child and adult headform test area are bounded by the “adult wrap-around-distance” of 2 Pedestrian and cyclist 500 mm or “windscreen rear UN Regulation No enlarged head impact reference line” whichever is B B 127 zone more forward. Headform contact with A-pillars, windscreen header and cowl is excluded, but shall be monitored. deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 3 – line 3

~~Emergency lane keeping~~Lane keeping system B B

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 3 – line 14

~~Tyre pressure monitoring for heavy B B B B B B duty~~ deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 5 – line 3

Advanced distraction recognition may also cover drowsiness and attention Advanced distraction detection. Distraction avoidance C C C C C C recognition by technical means may also be taken into consideration as an alternative to advanced distraction recognition. deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) A wide variety of business-to- consumer commercial relations are intermediated online by providers operating multi-sided services that are essentially based on the same ecosystem- building business model. In order to capture the relevant services, online intermediation services should be defined in a precise and technologically-neutral manner. In particular, the services should consist of information society services, which are characterised by the fact that they ~~aim to facilitate the~~ initiat~~ing of~~e direct transactions between business users and consumers, irrespective of whether the transactions are ultimately concluded ~~either online~~, on the online portal of the provider of the online intermediation services in question or that of the business user~~, or offline~~. In addition, the services should be provided on the basis of contractual relationships both between the providers and business users and between the providers and the consumers. Such a contractual relationship should be deemed to exist where both parties concerned express their intention to be bound in an unequivocal and verifiable manner, without an express written agreement necessarily being required.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Examples of online intermediation services covered by this Regulation should consequently include online e-commerce market places, including collaborative ones on which business users are active, and any marketplace like functionality of online software applications services and online social media services. However, this Regulation should not apply to online advertising serving tools or online advertising exchanges or to services where user-generated content is dominant which are not provided with the aim of facilitating the initiation of direct transactions and which do not involve a contractual relationship with consumers. This Regulation should also not apply to online payment services, since they do not themselves meet the applicable requirements but are rather inherently auxiliary to the transaction for the supply of goods and services to the consumers concerned.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Axel VOSS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Providers of online intermediation services should bear a reasonable proportion of the total costs of the mediation, taking into account all relevant elements of the case at hand including whether the case was brought in good faith with a reasonable prospect of success. To that aim, the mediator should suggest which proportion is reasonable in the individual case. ~~However, that proportion should never be less than half of those costs.~~

2018/10/26
Committee: JURI

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Similarly, the ranking of websites by the providers of online search engines, notably of those websites through which undertakings offer goods and services to consumers, has an important impact on consumer choice and the commercial success of corporate website users. Providers of online search engines should therefore provide a description of the main parameters determining the ranking of all indexed websites, including those of corporate website users as well as other websites. In addition to the characteristics of the goods and services and their relevance for consumers, this description should in the case of online search engines also allow corporate website users to obtain an adequate understanding of whether, and if so how and to what extent, certain design characteristics of the website used, such as their optimisation for display on mobile telecommunications devices, is taken into account. In the absence of a contractual relationship between providers of online search engines and corporate website users, that description should be available to the public in an obvious and easily accessible location on the relevant online search engine. To ensure predictability for corporate website users, the description should also be kept up to date, including the possibility that any changes to the main parameters should be made easily identifiable. Whilst the providers are under no circumstances required to disclose any trade secrets as defined in Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 when complying with this requirement to disclose the main ranking parameters, the description given should at least be based on actual data on the relevance of the ranking parameters used. For the avoidance of doubt, any obligation on online search engines to ensure that the description of the main parameters determining ranking is kept up to date shall not require online search engines to reveal any trade secrets as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943. _________________ 23 Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (OJ L 157, 15.6.2016, p. 1).

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) they are of a non-profit making character. and are transparent about the source of funding for bringing and continuing the action and can demonstrate that they have sufficient financial resources to represent the best interests of their business or corporate website users and to meet any adverse costs should the action fail;

2018/10/26
Committee: JURI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

4. Providers of online intermediation and business users services shall each bear a reasonable proportion of the total costs of mediation in each individual case. A reasonable proportion of those total costs shall be determined, on the basis of a suggestion by the mediator, by taking into account all relevant elements of the case at hand, in particular the relative merits of the claims of the parties to the dispute, the conduct of the parties, as well as the size and financial strength of the parties relative to one another. ~~However, providers of online intermediation services shall in any case bear at least half of the total cost.~~

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

(b) they pursue objectives that are in the collective interest of the group of a majority of business users or corporate website users that they represent, which group must consist of at least [10] independent business users or corporate website users;

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission proposals for actions to reduce disparity in education and disadvantages throughout the lifetime of a person, but draws attention to a number of administrative ‘bottlenecks’ which are slowing progress in attaining those objectives in relation to mobility, recognition of qualifications and the social dimension;

2017/03/28
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to allow citizens and business to directly enjoy the benefits of the internal market without unnecessary additional administrative burden, this Regulation should require full digitalisation of the user interface of certain key procedures for cross-border users, which are listed in Annex II to this Regulation and provide the criteria for defining how the procedure qualifies as fully online. Such a requirement of full digitalisation should only apply where those procedures exist in the Member States. The "registration of business activity" is one of such procedures of particular relevance for businesses. It should not, however, cover the procedures leading to the constitution of companies or firms as legal entities as such procedures necessitate a comprehensive approach aimed at facilitating digital solutions throughout a company’s lifecycle. When businesses establish themselves in another Member State, they are required to register with a social security scheme and an insurance scheme in order to register their employees and pay contributions to both schemes. Those procedures are common for all businesses operating in any sector of the economy, and it is therefore appropriate to require that those two registration procedures are made available online.

2017/11/30
Committee: IMCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Underlines the still unimaginable opportunities of cloud technologies, big data and the Internet of Things offer for being a driver of growth and jobs and to improving the lives of every citizen – provided that reliable connectivity reaches everyplace;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Recalls that 5G will enable new high-quality services, connect new industries and ultimately improve the customer experience for increasingly sophisticated and demanding digital users;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 1

- to consult with the relevant stakeholders ~~in order to develop a usage- based sales model which benefits everyone,~~and analyse how product usability periods can be maximised;

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

- to step up their efforts at regulatory simplification and implement a fiscal policy which promotes the development of the functional economy, via reduced VAT rates, tax credits or endowments which encourage the rental, exchange and borrowing of goods;deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Member States to use their public policies to promote the functional economy, to ensure that the durability of products is taken into account in public procurement and to increase the re-use rate of equipment purchased by public authorities;deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1

- the promotion of a voluntary European label covering, in particular, the product’s durability, ecodesign features, upgradeability in line with technical progress and repairability,

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

~~- mandatory labelling to indicate a product’s expected useful life, on the basis of standardised criteria set by selected stakeholders,~~deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4

~~- an assessment of the impact of aligning lifespan labelling with the duration of the legal guarantee;~~deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 1

~~- by maintaining the 24-month legal guarantee as a minimum threshold, whilst leaving Member States free to lay down more protective national provisions,~~deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 2

- by extending the legal guarantee of conformity beyond the current two-year minimum for families of energy-using products on the basis of the product life cycle study carried out as part of the ecodesign process, and introducing a minimum period of five years for large household appliances and movable fixed assets gradually, so that companies can comply,deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 4

- by simplifying proof of purchase for the consumer by linking the guarantee to the goods rather than the purchaser~~, through the introduction of digital proof of guarantee across the board~~;

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the implementation of a complaints mechanism at European level for cases in which the right to a guarantee is not implemented, in order to facilitate the monitoring of the application of European standards by the relevant authorities;deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Expects standards to be laid down for a minimum lifespan for software, and c~~Calls for greater transparency regarding the upgradeability of equipment;

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the introduction of an eco-contribution penalty in cases where software updates essential to the operation of a device are not provided, and calls for these updates to be reversible and accompanied by information on the consequences for the operation of the device;deleted

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2272(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for the replaceability of parts, including the processor, ~~to be encouraged by means of standardisation,~~ so that products can be kept up to date;

2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that the European Cloud Initiative, together with the upcoming Free Flow of Data Initiative and the legislative proposal with an aim to remove unjustified data location restrictions, have the potential to further incentivise the process of digitisation of European industry, especially SMEs and Start-ups and to avoid and counteract the fragmentation of the EU Single Market; calls on the Commission to monitor their adoption and coherent implementation in order to enable swift, trustworthy and seamless data sharing, storage and use across sectors while avoiding disproportionate burden for SMEs and Start-ups;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maintain and further develop the openness of the EU single market, removing regulatory barriers, cutting red-tape and modernising regulation, which is key for fostering the business sector, especially for SMEs and start-ups, and ensuring the implementation process of digital services and tools;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the need for adequate and coherent regulatory framework and investment in research and innovation, infrastructures, cybersecurity, data protection and digital skills; calls on the Commission to investigate the impact of PPP and JTI in the context of the forthcoming interim evaluation of Horizon 2020;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that currently 30 parallel national and regional initiatives exist; highlights the importance of building synergies and transnational collaboration among existing national initiatives in order to ensure their better visibility, added value and the efficient use of resources;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Urges the Commission to introduce more clarity on the financing of the undertaken and upcoming initiatives facilitating the digitisation process, in particular with regard to the role of the EFSI, ESFI, H2020 and potential synergies between them, as well as on the estimated contribution from the Member States national budget;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Welcomes the Commission's intention to create Digital Innovation Hubs around Europe; stresses that these hubs should offer coaching, consultancy, and provide for the exchange of best practices, to encourage cross-border cooperation, and to ensure balanced inclusion of all EU regions;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the need to accelerate an effective plan for standardisation and to ensure full interoperability in the digital domain; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open, interoperable and industry-driven standards in all key domains, and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) conditions; reminds the Commission of the need to consider social and environmental aspects in the development of standards, and to ensure adequate participation of social partners and stakeholders at European, national and regional level, including new actors;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Deems it necessary to ensure the full respect of ~~workers’ and consumer~~citizens’ right to privacy and to protection of their personal data in the digital environment; emphasises the importance of the correct implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, ensuring the full application of the principle of ‘privacy by design and by default’;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Highlights the very important consequences of industry digitalisation for society, business models, working condit~~Notes that the ongoing digitalisation and particularly industry digitalisation would affect business and employment models in varionus ~~and jobs demand; regrets the lack of analysis on the part of the Commission of the social effe~~ways, therefore urges Commission to conduct in–depth analysis on the impacts of the digitalisation of industry in this field;

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Considers it necessary to ensure high-quality education, lifelong learning and vocational training, including in the field of basic and advanced digital qualifications and skill~~Notes that digital skills are a prerequisite for nowadays labour market and can foster the inclusiveness and competitiveness of European regions, especially in the framework of the EU New Skills Agenda; urges the Commission to promote and coordinate high-quality education, lifelong learning and vocational training, including in the field of basic and advanced digital qualifications and skills, among other computing, coding, programming, cryptography; in this context calls for the encouragement of larger regional participation in order to diminish the innovation gap and to attract professionals for the development of the European regions.

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recalls that 80% of European companies have experienced at least one cybersecurity incident over the last year[1]; stresses that a safe and reliable digital infrastructure should be achieved in strict compliance with the Network and Information Security Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation; [1] The Global State of Information Security® http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/cyber- security/information-security-survey.html

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2271(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Notes the increasing importance of clarifying the concerns over data ownership and liability; calls on the Commission to investigate further, in close cooperation with the industry, the fitness of the current regulatory framework, which addresses the data ownership and liability challenges.

2016/12/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the successful implementation of Horizon 2020, as demonstrated by the growing number of proposals submitted, a high number of which are of excellent quality~~, by~~; underlines that the simplification of procedures, the optimization of internal processes, and by the reduction of the time-to-grant were significantly improved under Horizon 2020; calls for further improvements to this direction in the FP9;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the programme’s emphasis on SMEs, their increased participation, and the outstanding absorption of the programme’s budget dedicated to SMEs; considers, nevertheless, that the aim set by the Commission of EUR 8.65 billion for SME involvement is insufficient; calls for more ambitious quantitative and qualitative targets and the removal of remaining obstacles to SME participation and better promotion of the programme among SMEs;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes with great concern that the success rate for Horizon 2020 has significantly dropped from the level enjoyed by its predecessor (FP7) in the previous period; underlines the fact that as a result fewer high-quality projects in the field of research and innovation have been receiving EU funding;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Re~~call~~grets the ~~delays in the implementation of the programme and other undesirable effects such as reduced pre-financing caused by the Union’s budget backlog of 2014-2015, and~~adverse effect that the payment crisis in the EU budget had on the implementation of the programme during the first years of the current MFF; notes, inter alia, the artificial delay amounting to EUR 1 billion worth of calls in 2014 or the significant reduction in the level of pre-financing for the new programmes; calls on the Budgetary Authorit~~ies~~y and the Commission to ensure an adequate level of payment appropriations in the upcoming years and to make every effort to prevent a new payment crisis towards the last years of the current MFF;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the excellent implementation rate both in commitment and payment appropriations of Horizon 2020 in the current MFF; underlines that a frontloading of resources implemented in 2014-2015 for Horizon 2020 was fully absorbed by the programme, demonstrating its strong performance and capacity to absorb even more;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2147(INI)

Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recalls that the financial allocation for Horizon 2020 was reduced by EUR 2,2 billion, in order to secure the additional financing needed for the EFSI Guarantee Fund and stresses Parliament’s commitment to mitigate the negative impact of such cuts in the annual budgetary procedure; underlines that an important part of the EFSI investments relate to research, development and innovation and call for enhanced synergies between the different funding sources, in order to secure the maximum overall EU investment in this field;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG

2016/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s European Cloud Initiative as part of the implementation of the Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy and the Digitising European Industry Package, thus fostering the growth of the European digital economy and contributing to its global market positioning; recalls that a fully functioning digital single market would boost competitiveness and contribute around EUR 415 billion to the GDP of the EU-28;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2145(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that it is unclear what measures are foreseen for opening Europe to the global markets with regard to the ownership of data produced by public or publicly funded sources;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2145(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines that currently the value of collected research data is not fully exploited by the industry, especially SMEs, due to the lack of free cross-border data flow and access to a single platform or portal;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2145(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the Commission to identify Big Data and coding training opportunities for the industry also in the scope of the New Skills Agenda and to identify incentives for stakeholders, in particular SMEs, to use, open and share data in the Single Market;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2145(INI)

Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the Commission to provide more clarity on the definitions used in the Communication and in particular to create clear distinction between the European Cloud Initiative and the European Open Science Cloud;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2145(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Supports the Commission initiative to increase the development and up-take of quantum super computers; Calls on the Commission to analyse possible partnerships with third countries regarding this matter;

2016/10/14
Committee: IMCO

2016/2114(REG)

Ashley FOX, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Andrew LEWER, Ian DUNCAN, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Vicky FORD, Anders VISTISEN, Branislav ŠKRIPEK, Beatrix von STORCH, Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Helga STEVENS, Christofer FJELLNER, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Raymond FINCH, Roger HELMER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Roberts ZĪLE, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Geoffrey VAN ORDEN, Amjad BASHIR, Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Molly SCOTT CATO, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Bas BELDER, Ulrike TREBESIUS, Alberto CIRIO, Patricija ŠULIN, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Eleftherios SYNADINOS, Maurice PONGA, Emma McCLARKIN, Lara COMI, Anthea McINTYRE, Carolina PUNSET, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE, Constance LE GRIP, Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO, Bernd LUCKE, Georgios EPITIDEIOS, Amjad BASHIR, David CAMPBELL BANNERMAN, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd KÖLMEL, Bernd LUCKE, Alojz PETERLE, Markus PIEPER, Mirosław PIOTROWSKI, Joachim STARBATTY, Peter van DALEN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1

The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2064(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that, having been fully operational for less than a year, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) has kicked off successfully, delivering ~~some initial~~many concrete results and ~~acting as a p~~boositi~~ve instrument to overcome the lack of~~ng investment in Europe through coordinated action; stresses, however, that the pace needs to be accelerated ~~and its initial results need to improve significantly in the near future~~to bring even more tangible results in order for the instrument to fully achieve its objectives ~~fully~~;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urgnderlines that EFSI should ensure greater additionality for its projects in relation to normal EIB activities as defined in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017; underlines that given the fact that EFSI funds have been redirected from EU programmes for research, innovation and infrastructure, it should support strategic investments related to projects that cannot obtain funding because of market failures, suboptimal investment situations or high levels of risk; recalls, furthermore, that when determining the criteria for use of the EU guarantee, EFSI should consider not only the profitability factor, but also the positive long-term effects in terms of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, job creation and cohesion;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In this regard, urges the Commission to do a thorough assessment of the additionality of the projects already funded under EFSI and, based on the results, to set clear rules and criteria for defining the additionality in terms of eligibility for receiving EFSI funding;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that, while the SMEs window of the EFSI represented a good opportunity for start-ups, SMEs and mid- caps, there is a lack of big investment; emphasises, ~~therefore~~in particular, the need to improve the financing of digital infrastructure and innovation projects;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the EFSI commitments in digital sector projects are highly insufficient in the context of the positive effect that a fully operational DSM will have for the EU economy; therefore, calls for the Member States and stakeholders to further explore and promote investment opportunities in the area of digital content and services, high-speed broadband and telecommunications infrastructure;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for better coordination between EFSI and other EU funds, in particular the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), so as to promote more effective spending of EU financing, stronger cohesion in Europe and ensure that EFSI has wide geographical coverage; calls, also, for closer cooperation with national promotional banks, local and regional authorities and relevant stakeholders, including further encouragement to establish investment platforms to aggregate sectorial and geographical investment opportunities;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the need to increase the transparency of EFSI operations and to further improve information about projects and their ~~quality~~results to citizens and potential beneficiaries; points to the need to enhance the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) and the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) in order to establish a link with the real economy, give visibility to projects and provide high-quality technical assistance to potential promoters;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that EFSI is instrumental in completing and ~~restructur~~boosting the Single Market; underlines, in this light, the importance of strengthening the third pillar of the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’, also in the context of the European Semester process, in order to make the EU regulatory environment more certain, homogeneous and favourable to investments by focusing especially on strategic objectives such as completion of the Single Market and the development of a well-functioning Digital Single Market, and on key actions that support these objectives;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Monika HOHLMEIER, Traian UNGUREANU, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the recent Commission proposal to extend EFSI beyond 2018 and ~~to reinforce it~~ in order to overcome the current investment gap in Europe and continue to mobilise private sector capital~~, these being crucial steps to ensure sustainable growth, competitiveness, quality job creation and social and territorial cohesion in Europe~~.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

(9b) There has been a slight decrease in Europe of the fruition by young people of linear TV channels, as demonstrated by the study " Measurement of Fragmented Audiovisual Audiences", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in November 2015, which shows in 2014 an average decrease in the European Union of only 4% of young people aged 12-34, compared to 2011;

2016/12/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 c (new)

(9c) A ban for television broadcasts by broadcasters under their jurisdiction for programmes which might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors and technical measures in the case of on-demand services have been adopted by all Member States, as demonstrated by the study "Analysis of the implementation of the provisions contained in the AVMSD concerning the protection of minors", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in November 2015;

2016/12/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/0151(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Roberta METSOLA, Miriam DALLI, Traian UNGUREANU, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Daniel BUDA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. TFor the procedures set out in this Chapter, the trader shall be entitled to communicate in the official language of the Member State of its establishment or residence. ~~The trader may waive that right or request that another official language of the Union be used for communicating with the competent authorities.~~

2017/01/16
Committee: IMCO

Eduard KUKAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)

2017/03/27
Committee: IMCO

2016/0070(COD)

Adam SZEJNFELD, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Antanas GUOGA, Eva MAYDELL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of the posting of workers directive raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). ~~It would be most suit~~Therefore transport services such as transit, international transport and linked cabotage are excluded forom the~~se challenges to~~ scope of this Directive and should be addressed through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport market.

2017/03/27
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Antanas GUOGA, Eva MAYDELL

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point b

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In addition, more flexibility should be granted to SMEs with small production that cannot meet the same time constraint criteria as large manufacturers.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

The national type-approval authority concerned shall decide, within three months of receipt of that request, whether to permit the placing on the market, registration and entry into service of those vehicles within the territory of the Member State concerned and determine the number of vehicles in respect of which permission may be granted.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1

1. Where vehicles, accompanied by a certificate of conformity, or systems, components or separate technical units ~~accompanied by a certificate of conformity or~~ bearing an approval mark do not conform to the approved type, or are not in conformity with this regulation or were approved on the basis of incorrect data, the approval authorities, market surveillance authorities or the Commission may take the necessary restrictive measures in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, to prohibit or restrict the making available on the market, registration or entry into service on the market of non-compliantshall require without delay the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate corrective measures to bring the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit into compliance with those requirements, or take restrictive measures, either to withdraw the vehicles, systems, components or separate technical unit~~s, or to withdraw them~~ from thate market ~~or to recall them~~, including the withdrawal of the type-approval by the approval authority that granted the EU type-approval, ~~until the relevant economic operator has taken all appropriate corrective measures to ensure that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units are brought into conformity~~or to recall it within a reasonable period, depending on the nature of the risk.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

For the purposes of this paragraph, original parts or equipment means parts or equipment that are manufactured according to the specifications ~~and~~, production and performance standards provided by the vehicle manufacturer for the assembly of the vehicle in question.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

The Commission should ensure throughout the Forum that EU harmonised approach is applied toward EU citizens and granting them the same right on the single market.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Until the Commission has adopted the relevant standard through the work of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) or comparable standardisation bodies, the vehicle OBD and vehicle repair and maintenance information shall be presented in an easily accessible ~~manner~~and machine-readable manner and electronically processable datasets that can be processed by independent operators with reasonable effort.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivo BELET, Wim van de CAMP, Deirdre CLUNE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Werner KUHN, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 88 and create Annex XVIIIA to address technological developments in the field of digital data exchange using a wireless wide area network, ensuring the continued direct access to in-vehicle data and resources for Independent Operators and competition- neutrality by technical design.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) category B: supervision of the tests and of their preparation referred to in this Regulation and in the acts listed in Annex IV, where those tests are performed in the manufacturer’s facilities or in the facilities of a third party;

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1

1. An in-house technical service of a manufacturer may be designated for category A activities as referred to in Article 72(1)(a) only with regard to the regulatory acts listed in Annex XV. An in- house technical service shall constitute a separate and distinct part of the manufacturer's company and shall not be involved in the design, manufacturing, supply or maintenance of the vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that it assesses. An independence of the two bodies has to be ensured via separate accreditation of the different bodies or any other means that prevents potential conflicts of interest.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 2

2. Type-approval authorities shall communicate to each other and the Commission ~~not later~~ withain t~~wo years after the entry into force of this Regulation~~he Forum authority and decide on a timeline of the model for assessment check-list used in accordance with Article 77(1) and thereafter the adaptations made to this check-list until the Commission has adopted a harmonised assessment check- list. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish the template of the assessment check-list. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2).

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivo BELET, Wim van de CAMP, Deirdre CLUNE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) falsifying test results for type- approval meaning that the results can't be reproduced empirically in a new testing environment where the conditions and values can be verified by the relevant authority;

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 3

3. The amounts of administrative fines shall be ~~considered as revenue~~administrated by the Member States and used for the gbene~~ral budget of the European Union~~fit of consumers negatively affected by the infringement.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex XIII – part I – table

Item No Item description Performance Test procedure Marking Packaging requirement requirement requirements 1 ~~[…] 2 3~~ Exhaust Gas catalysts NOx EURO Vehicle Type and their substrates emissions standards and version 2 Turbochargers CO2 and NOx EURO Vehicle Type emissions standards and version 3 Fuel/ Air mixture CO2 and NOx EURO Vehicle Type Compressor systems emissions standards and version other than Turbochargers 4 Diesel Particle Filters PM EURO Vehicle Type standards and version

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the single market is underperforming in almost all areas – in stimulating a digital-driven market, encouraging start-ups, integrating global supply chains, dealing with new business models and ensuring market facilitation, mutual recognition, standardisation and the licensing of professionals;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the overall objectives of the Commission’s Single Market Strategy for goods and services: "Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and business", and welcomes its vision for how to unleash the full potential of the single market;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the fact that the strategy is complementary to efforts made in other areas; believes that, by building on the initiatives already being taken, the strategy has good potential to help ensure economic prosperity and make the European Union attractive for investments;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Draws attention to the fact that~~Points out that, despite the fact that the European Parliament adopted the directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions in February 2011, each year thousands of SMEs across Europe go bankrupt while waiting for their invoices to be paid, including by public administrations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to facilitate the application and enforcement of the Late Payment Directive; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to consider, in the event of unsatisfactory implementation of the Late Payment Directive, forms of adequate compensation for companies owed money by a public administration on the Commission to carefully assess, when reporting to the Parliament, whether additional legislative measures or revision of the directive are not needed;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that~~, in the collaborative economy,~~ the emergence of new business models, including collaborative or sharing economy, should incentivise the Commission to review the level of regulation on a given market and assess whether it is not too burdensome for companies, notably SMEs, and therefore is not hampering entrepreneurship; considers that the same rules should apply to the same services, with a view to ensuring a level playing field and consumer safety while avoiding fragmentation ~~that would hamper the development of new business models~~;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Draws attention to the important role of standards for ~~innovation and progress in~~the functioning of the single market; calls on the Commission to support and reinforce European standards, including by exploiting the opportunities offered by the ongoing negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP);

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the protection of geographical indications for non- agricultural products in the EU;~~deleted

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Emphasises that it is necessary to reinforce the Solvit network and to improve awareness of the network and its role in solving interpretation problems relating to the single market; calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts in helping Member States to solve the most problematic cases;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates its call for the rapid adoption of the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package by the Council; ~~underlines the importance of the indication of country of origin, which is crucial to protect consumers and to strengthen the fight against counterfeiting;~~

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that regulatory differences between Member States regarding differing labelling requirements create unnecessary obstacles to the activities of suppliers of goods; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a mandatory scheme for the provision of key information for furniture, established at EU level; considers that such an initiative would be beneficial for consumers, industries and trade operators, ensuring transparency, adequate recognition of European products and harmonised rules for operators in the single market;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Highlights the fact that inefficient delivery services, especially as regards the final mile delivery, constitute important barrier to selling across borders in the EU; stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving single market; calls on the Commission to come up with a comprehensive action plan for parcel delivery and define goals to be realised on this market by the end of 2020; calls on the Commission to put more emphasis on dismantling barriers operators encounter in cross-border delivery;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls the Commission to strengthen its efforts to identify possible infringements of EU law by Member States on a very early stage and to take a firm stance against any legislative measures, adopted or being proceeded in national parliaments, that could increase the fragmentation of the single market;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Highlights that the commitment and willingness of the Member States to properly implement and apply EU law is essential to make the single market successful; calls upon Member States to remove unjustified and disproportionate barriers to the single market and refrain from discriminatory and protectionist measures to foster jobs, growth and competitiveness;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the positive experiences gained from cooperation in the Pentalateral Energy Forum ~~are~~may serve as a models for greater regional market responsibility;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures ~~such as a strategic reserve~~;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations, urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges ~~and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices~~;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes the view that, ~~for a medium- term transitional period,~~ national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need to apply all existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact in order to achieve the stability of the public finances. Underlines the possibility to impose financial penalties in case of not keeping these rules.

2015/09/10
Committee: BUDG

2015/2210(INI)