Activities of Samuli POHJAMO
Plenary speeches (121)
Community railways
Social legislation relating to road transport
Policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013
Third report on economic and social cohesion
Commission's annual policy strategy for 2005
Protection of animals
Ukraine
Development of the trans-European transport network
Intermodal Loading Units
Safety at sea
Cogeneration
Enhancing ship and port facility security
Market access to port services
Rail package
Structural Funds
Presentation by the Council of draft general budget - 2004
Safety at sea
Natural gas/petroleum products
Cohesion policy
Marco Polo Programme
Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market
Periodic training of drivers of road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers
Market access to port services
Promotion of the use of biofuels for transport
Transport policy for 2010 (continuation)
Community railways
Harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport
First progress report on economic and social cohesion
Trans-European energy networks
Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading
Solidarity Fund
General debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003
Environmental performance of freight transport system
Air navigation
Packaging and packaging waste
Vote
Pedestrian protection: Commitment by the European automobile industry
Enlargement of the Union
Allocation of slots at Community airports
Civil aviation security
European tourism
Moldova
European Aviation Safety Agency
Monitoring, control and information system for maritime traffic
Management of regional policy and the Structural Funds
Economic and social cohesion
Road Transport
Maritime safety
European Research Area (Multiannual Framework Programme 2002-2006)
Passenger transport by rail, road and inland waterway
Security of energy supply
Loading and unloading of bulk carriers
Reporting formalities for ships
Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)
Future of cohesion policy
Radio spectrum policy
Working time in mobile road-transport activities
Maritime traffic
Occurrence reporting in civil aviation (continuation)
European Union's oil supply
Maritime safety
Common strategy on Ukraine
Maritime safety and prevention of pollution from ships
Interoperability of the trans-European rail system
Rail transport
Competitiveness of EU forest-based and related industries
Intermodality and intermodal freight transport
Charging for the use of transport infrastructure
Guidelines for innovative ERDF measures
World shipbuilding
2001 budget
Summer time
Safety at sea
Waste incineration
Promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources
2001 budget procedure
Outermost regions of the EU
Seaports and inland ports
Air transport and the environment
Single European sky
Short sea shipping
2001 budget (conciliation procedure)
European research area
Interoperability of the trans-European rail systems
Trans-European networks (1998 Annual Report)
Financial assistance to Moldova
Food additives other than colours and sweeteners
Additionality
Incineration of waste
Technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles
Sustainable urban development – rural development – EQUAL initiative
ALTENER
Structural Funds – Cohesion Fund coordination
Social and economic situation and development of the regions of the Union
NIS and Mongolia: economic reform and recovery (TACIS)
WTO Millennium Round (continuation)
Environment and Community energy policy
Question Time (Commission)
EC-Russia scientific and technological cooperation agreement
ALTENER multiannual programme (1998-2002)
ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund: provisions relating to financial management - New types of costs eligible for a contribution from the ESF - Investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy for housing (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on ERDF) (debate)
Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP - European Security Strategy and ESDP - The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (debate)
The placing on the market and use of feed for animals (debate)
Animal transport (debate)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate)
State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (debate)
Demographic tendencies - Economic and social impacts (debate)
Erasmus Mundus programme (2009-2013) (debate)
Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (debate)
Sustainable agriculture and biogas: review of EU legislation (debate)
4th report on economic and social cohesion - Territorial Agenda and the Leipzig Charter (debate)
An EU Strategy for Central Asia (debate)
A more effective EU policy for the South Caucasus - A Black Sea Regional Policy Approach (debate)
Commission measures in 2008-2013 to make use of CAP remote-sensing applications (debate)
Airport charges (debate)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
The European Interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation (debate)
Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy - Situation in Georgia (debate)
EU-Serbia relations (debate)
2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (debate)
Reports (2)
Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air - Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism PDF (117 KB) DOC (44 KB)
Report on the management of regional policy and structural funds - Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism PDF (144 KB) DOC (70 KB)
Opinions (2)
OPINION Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
OPINION Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries (Erasmus Mundus) (2009-2013)
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (29)
Amendment 1 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. emphasises that Structural Funds, in particular the Cohesion Fund, could contribute to TEN-T objectives more efficiently if regional development and transport policy were dovetailed to more useful effect and if priorities were more focused and funding concentrated on bottlenecks and cross-border sections of projects as well as on new challenges affecting transport, namely climate change and energy supply;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. also points out that better interconnection of TEN-T and third country transport networks will improve the position of border areas in particular and bring added value to interregional cooperation and the EU as a whole;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. emphasises that peripheral regions are strongly penalised by their limited access to TEN-T corridors; recommends that Member States improve local interconnections in order to minimise the costs associated with a peripheral situation and that they ensure that the TEN-T networks cover the whole of EU territory;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. is of the opinion that a real bottom-up approach fully involving regional and local authorities, business, stakeholders of civil society and local populations in the decision- making and planning process, is a prerequisite to ensuring fast implementation of TEN-T projects and their durability in the long term;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Notes with concern the slow start made to the new programming period in many Member States, which jeopardises the effective use of the funding;
Amendment 160 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that indicators other than GDP can already be employed in regions eligible under the regional competitiveness and employment objective and stresses that these should include the designation of areas as mountainous, island, remote or sparsely populated;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the best results, adding to the fund of knowledge and improving competition, are often achieved in projects by means of cooperation between the public sector, businesses, the education sector and local stakeholders,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C − indents 3 and 3 a (new)
Recital C − indents 3 and 3 a (new)
- lack of transparency on co-financing schemes and slowness of decision-making and payments - Member States' slow and cumbersome centrally managed administration and the application of rules in a way which adds to bureaucracy, as well as poor information provision
Amendment 33 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 − indents 4 a and 4 b (new)
Paragraph 1 − indents 4 a and 4 b (new)
- to lighten the administrative burden created by projects and keep it in proportion to the size of a project - to simplify, clarify and accelerate project practices and make them more result-oriented;
Amendment 62 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 − indent 4
Paragraph 8 − indent 4
- development and/or innovation in respect of forward-looking technologies and/or practical applications for them;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 − indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 12 − indent 4 a (new)
- increasing the interaction between towns and rural areas;
Amendment 69 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Many timber products undergo numerous processes before and after they are placurchased on the market for the first time. In order to avoid imposing any unnecessary administrative burden only those operators that placurchase timber and timber products on the market for the first time, rather than all operators involved in the distribution chain, should be subject to the requirements laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 73 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The overall objective of achieving sustainability through the promotion of sustainability criteria remains a priority for the Community. In light of this objective and in order to reduce the burden on operators who placurchase on the market timber and timber products which are subject to mandatory sustainability criteria established by Directive (EC) No XX/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, this Regulation should not apply to such products .
Amendment 75 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Operators placurchasing timber and timber products for the first time on the Community market should exercise due diligence through a system of measures and procedures (due diligence system) to minimise the risk of placing illegally harvested timber and timber products.
Amendment 76 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The due diligence system should provide access to the sources and suppliers of the timber and timber products being placurchased on the Community market and to information as regards compliance with the applicable legislation.
Amendment 96 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation lays down the obligations of operators who placurchase timber and timber products on the market.
Amendment 99 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
a) ‘timber and timber products’ means the timber and timber products set out in the Annex with the exception of timber and timber products which are subject to mandatory sustainability criteria established by Directive (EC) No XX/XX;
Amendment 101 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
b) ‘placing on the marketurchase’ means any supplypurchase of timber and timber products for the first time on the Community market for distribution or usewith the purpose of selling, processing or using on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity whether in return for payment or free of charge;
Amendment 103 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point c
Article 2 – point c
(c) ‘operator’ means any natural or legal person that placurchases timber or timber products on the market;
Amendment 114 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point h
Article 2 – point h
(h) ‘monitoring organisation’ means a legal entity or a membership-based association or a federation that has the legal capacity and appropriate expertise to monitor and ensure the application of due diligence systems by the operators certified as making use of such systems.
Amendment 120 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Operators shall exercise due diligence to minimise the risk of placurchasing illegally harvested timber and timber products on the market. To that effect, they shall use a framework of procedures and measures, hereinafter referred to as a ‘due diligence system’
Amendment 127 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part and subpoint i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part and subpoint i
(a) provide access to the following information on timber and timber products placurchased on the market by the operator: (i) description; name of the species
Amendment 133 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission shall adopt measures for the implementation of this Article. The Commission shall, in particular, establish criteriacriteria the operator shall use for assessing whether there is a risk of illegally harvested timber and timber products being placed on the market are defined in Annex XX.
Amendment 141 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The following systems shall be considered as conforming in practice to the requirements of Article 4(1): - felling permit or similar systems granted by the authorities - authorised forest management plans - certificates from recognised certification schemes - legal licences established in the framework of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No2173/2005 - certificates in accordance with EMS (ISO, EMAS and equivalent) - CITES permit - verified or certified tracking systems Where timber or timber products originate from high risk areas as defined in Article 4(2), the systems identified in this paragraph shall not be sufficient and due diligence, as described in Article 4(1) must be exercised.
Amendment 150 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) it has appropriate expertise;
Amendment 161 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) documentation to demonstrate its appropriate expertise;
Amendment 190 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Advisory Group 1. An Advisory Group is to be established, consisting of representatives of interested stakeholders including, inter alia, forest- based industry representatives, forest owners, NGOs and consumer groups and chaired by a representative of the Commission. 2. Representatives of Member States may participate in the meetings either on their own initiative or upon invitation by the Advisory Group. 3. The Advisory Group shall set its rules of procedure which shall be made public on the Commission’s website. 4. The Commission shall provide the technical and logistic support necessary for the Advisory Group and provide the Secretariat for its meetings. 5. The Advisory Group shall examine and issue opinions on matters relating to the application of this Regulation raised by the chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of the members of the Advisory Group or the Committee. 6. The Commission shall convey the opinions of the Advisory Group to the Committee.
Amendment 6 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive − amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) All Member States will need to make substantial investments to reduce the carbon intensity of their economies by 2020 and those Member States where income per capita is still significantly below the Community average and whose economies are in the process of catching up with the richer Member States will need to make a significant effort to improve energy efficiency. The objectives of eliminating distortions to intra-Community competition and of ensuring the highest degree of economic efficiency in the transformation of the EU economy towards a low carbon economy make it inappropriate to treat economic sectors differently under the Community scheme in individual Member States. It is therefore necessary to develop other mechanisms to support the efforts of those Member States with relatively lower income per capita and higher growth prospects. 90% of the total quantity of allowances to be auctioned should be distributed amongst Member States according to their relative share of 2005 emissions in the Community scheme. 10% of this quantity should be distributed to the benefit of those Member States for the purpose of solidarity and growth in the Community, to be used to reduce emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change. This distribution of this 10% should take into account levels of income per capita in the year 2005 and the growth prospects of Member States, and be higher for Member States with low income levels per head and high growth prospects. The Member States’ regional differences should also be taken into account in the distribution of allowances. Member States with an average level of income per capita that is more than 20% higher than the average in the Community should contribute to this distribution, except where the direct costs of the overall package estimated in SEC(2008) 85 exceed 0.7% of GDP.
Amendment 15 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive − amending act
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) [As regards the approach to allocation, aviation should be treated as other industries which receive transitional free allocation rather than as electricity generators. This means that 80% of allowances should be allocated for free in 2013, and thereafter the free allocation to aviation should decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020. The Community and its Member States should continue to seek to reach an agreement on global measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and review the situation of this sector as part of the next review of the Community scheme. The Commission should adopt all the necessary measures to alleviate possible negative economic and social effects on the European Union’s remotest regions and islands (including small island Member States) and thinly-populated Northern areas to which the provisions of this directive apply.]