Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) address the social, economic ~~and~~, environmental and psychological consequences of the war, thereby contributing to the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the country;

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

A. whereas, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure1 , the final budget of the European Asylum Support Office (the ‘Office’) for the financial year 2021 was EUR 152 743 528, representing an increase of 8,5% compared to 2020; whereas the budget of the Office derives mainly from the Union budget; reminds that EASO’s growing role is highlighted in the European Commission’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was published in September 2020; takes note that agency’s operational footprint has increased in past years. _________________ 1 OJ C 141, 29.3.2022, p. 172.

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point s

s. strongly encourage Member States that seek to amend their RRPs to include cross-border projects in their investments and to put more emphasis on such truly European projects in general; approve only REPowerEU chapters of Member States which allocate at least 30% of financing to projects having a cross-border or multi- country dimension or effect, as agreed in the REPowerEU negotiations;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas most recent data gathered under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive indicates that ~~only 49~~20 % of forests habitats ~~have a good conservation status~~are not in good conditions and need to be improved; whereas focusing solely on aggregated data might be insufficient to identify and address key information on the most urgent issues and it is therefore necessary to consult more specific indicators on trends in condition and pressures; whereas these indicators do not support an overall negative assessment of the state of the EU’s forests, but show both positive and negative trends that require nuanced responses;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on [Agriculture and Rural Development] calls on the Committee on [the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety], as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the [The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115].

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Benoît LUTGEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41noted that the Union must act ~~without delay~~to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42. However, the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system avoided setting a numerical Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament also called on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide binding target, ensure a level playing field, as well as how it will clarify the baselines for these reduction targets, taking into account the different starting points, efforts undertaken and characteristics of each Member State. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) The Council of the European Union on 19 December 2022 adopted a Council decision56arequesting the European Commission to provide a complementary study to its existing impact assessment on the sustainable use of plant protection products. Member states welcomed the objectives of the proposal to reduce by 2030 the use and risks of plant protection products (PPPs) by 50% at EU level, as well as the use of more hazardous pesticides, however since the impact assessment provided by the Commission has been based on data collected and analysed before the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine, member states expressed their concerns that the impact assesment does not take into account the long-term impact on food security and the competitiveness of the EU agricultural sector. _________________ 56a Council Decision requesting the Commission to submit a study complementing the impact assessment of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, and to propose follow-up actions, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study, 2022/0196(COD)

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 2030 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming. When justified by shortage of available alternatives to chemical plan protection products and to ensure food security, Member States are allowed to decrease their national reduction targets.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)

(20a) In order not to burden small farms with additional sustainability requirements already set in the National CAP Strategic Plans, integrated pest management shall be mandatory only for professional users, whose size of agricultural holdings is above the average size of the agricultural holding in the Member State. Member States should also be allowed to put additional minimum thresholds for the mandatory application of integrated pest management with setting the minimum thresholds of hectares of arable land and land under permanent crops per crop type.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on nature restoration and development (Text with EEA relevance)

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) It is necessary to lay down rules at Union level on the restoration of ecosystems to ensure the recovery and development to biodiverse and resilient nature across the Union territory. Restoring ecosystems also contributes to the Union climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation objectives.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In its resolution of 9 June 202149 , the European Parliament strongly welcomed the commitment to draw up a legislative proposal with binding nature restoration targets, and furthermore considered that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-, habitat- and species-specific restoration targets should be included, covering forests, grasslands, wetlands, peatlands, pollinators, free- flowing rivers, coastal areas and marine ecosystems. Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has triggered energy and food supply challenges, exacerbating existing food systems vulnerabilities, already weakened under the effect of climate change and the COVID 19 pandemic. Therefore, all objectives must be reviewed in relation to these events, with a special role for the guarantee of food safety. (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktan k/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)733667) _________________ 49 European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) DAppropriate deadlines should therefore be established for putting in place restoration measures within ~~and beyond~~ Natura 2000 sites, in order to gradually improve the condition of protected habitat types across the Union ~~as well as to re-establish them until the favourable reference area needed to achieve favourable conservation status of those habitat types in the Union is reached~~. In order to give the necessary flexibility to Member States to put in place large scale restoration efforts, it is appropriate to group habitat types according to the ecosystem to which they belong and set the time-bound and quantified area-based targets for groups of habitat types. This will allow Member States to choose which habitats to restore first within the group.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) In a two-way process, climate change is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, but destruction of ecosystems undermines nature’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and protects against extreme weather, thus accelerating climate change and increasing vulnerability to it. This explains why the two crises must be tackled together with holistic policies that address both issues simultaneously and not in silos.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets out a commitment to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the land, including inland waters, and 30 % of the sea in the Union, ~~of which at least one third should be under strict protection,~~ including all remaining primary and old- growth forests. The criteria and guidance for the designation of additional protected areas by Member States51 (the ‘Criteria and guidance’), developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders, highlight that if the restored areas comply or are expected to comply, once restoration produces its full effect, with the criteria for protected areas, those restored areas should also contribute towards the Union targets on protected areas. The Criteria and guidance also highlight that protected areas can provide an important contribution to the restoration targets in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, by creating the conditions for restoration efforts to be successful. This is particularly the case for areas which can recover naturally by stopping or limiting some of the pressures from human activities. Placing such areas, including in the marine environment, under strict protection, will, in some cases, be sufficient to lead to the recovery of the natural values they host. Moreover, it is emphasised in the Criteria and guidance that all Member States are expected to contribute towards reaching the Union targets on protected areas set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, to an extent that is proportionate to the natural values they host and to the potential they have for nature restoration. _________________ 51 Commission Staff Working Document Criteria and guidance for protected areas designations (SWD(2022) 23 final).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets out a commitment to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the land, including inland waters, and 30 % of the sea in the Union, of which ~~at least one third~~4 % should be under strict protection, including all remaining primary and old- growth forests. The criteria and guidance for the designation of additional protected areas by Member States51 (the ‘Criteria and guidance’), developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders, highlight that if the restored areas comply or are expected to comply, once restoration produces its full effect, with the criteria for protected areas, those restored areas should also contribute towards the Union targets on protected areas. The Criteria and guidance also highlight that protected areas can provide an important contribution to the restoration targets in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, by creating the conditions for restoration efforts to be successful. This is particularly the case for areas which can recover naturally by stopping or limiting some of the pressures from human activities. Placing such areas, including in the marine environment, under strict protection, will, in some cases, be sufficient to lead to the recovery of the natural values they host. Moreover, it is emphasised in the Criteria and guidance that all Member States are expected to contribute towards reaching the Union targets on protected areas set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, to an extent that is proportionate to the natural values they host and to the potential they have for nature restoration. _________________ 51 Commission Staff Working Document Criteria and guidance for protected areas designations (SWD(2022) 23 final).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) At the COP 15 the nations supported the 23 targets for 2030 in the landmark biodiversity agreement and to ensure that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably, in particular through the sustainable use of biodiversity, including through a substantial increase of the application of biodiversity friendly practices, such as sustainable intensification, agroecological and other innovative approaches contributing to the resilience and long- term efficiency and productivity of these production systems and to food security, conserving and restoring biodiversity and maintaining nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services . https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/ip_22_7834 https://prod.drupal.www.infra.cbd.int/sites /default/files/2022-12/221219-CBD- PressRelease-COP15-Final_0.pdf

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

(31a) Successful habitat restoration requires understanding species life cycles and interactions, and the food, water, nutrients, space, and shelter that is necessary to sustain species populations. In some areas, restoration may not succeed in re-establishing the full assemblage of native species or the full extent of the original ecosystem’s structure and function due to environmental conditions such as climate change. In these cases, new ecosystems and habitats need to be developed.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) It is important that the areas covered by habitat types falling within the scope of this Regulation do not deteriorate as compared to the current situation, considering the current restoration needs and the necessity not to further increase the restoration needs in the future. It is, however, appropriate to consider the possibility of force majeure, which may result in the deterioration of areas covered by those habitat types, as well as unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, or as a result of a plan or project of overriding public interest, for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis, or of a plan or project authorised in accordance with Article 6(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC and on measures which are introduced to guarantee food security. Member States should provide scientific evidence for these exceptions.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42

(42) To support the restoration and non- deterioration of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats, Member States ~~have~~should ensure, as far as possible, the continued, long-term and sustainable impact of the restoration and development measures, including, where appropriate, the possibility to designate additional areas as ‘protected areas’ or ‘strictly protected areas’, to implement other effective area- based conservation measures, and to promote private land conservation measures.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)

(43a) With artificial light increasing, light pollution has become a pertinent issue. Its sources include building exterior and interior lighting, advertising, commercial properties, offices, factories, streetlights, and illuminated sporting venues. Light pollution is a driver of insect declines. Many insects are drawn to light, but artificial lights can create a fatal attraction. Declining insect populations negatively impact all species that rely on insects for food or pollination. Some predators exploit this attraction to their advantage, affecting food webs in unanticipated ways.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76

(76) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to specify the method for monitoring pollinators, to specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV to this Regulation ~~and the indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI to this Regulation,~~ to develop a framework for setting the satisfactory levels of pollinators, of indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV to this ~~Regulation and of indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI to this~~ Regulation, to set out a uniform format for the national restoration plans, to set out the format, structure and detailed arrangements for reporting data and information electronically to the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council108. _________________ 108 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 b (new)

(43b) The sealing off of surfaces in cities has significant effects on factors such as biodiversity, water retention and heat stress. Gardens should be given special attention in this respect as depaving gardens can have large effects on water retention and urban heat stress at local level.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)

(45a) Member States should ensure that Union environmental law is applied to the deployment of energy from renewable sources, the related transmission and distribution network elements as well as storage facilities based on the principle that the species protection refers to the entire population and not to the individual specimens.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) In the Union, pollinators have dramatically declined in recent decades, with one in three bee species and butterfly species in decline, and one in ten such species on the verge of extinction. Pollinators are essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, human wellbeing and food security, by pollinating wild and cultivated plants. Almost EUR 5 000 000 000 of the EU’s annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators70 . _________________ 70 Vysna, V., Maes, J., Petersen, J.E., La Notte, A., Vallecillo, S., Aizpurua, N., Ivits, E., Teller, A., Accounting for ecosystems and their services in the European Union (INCA). Final report from phase II of the INCA project aiming to develop a pilot for an integrated system of ecosystem accounts for the EU. Statistical report. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)

(57a) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets the target of planting at least three billion climate-adapted additional trees by 2030 in all habitats, while respecting ecological principles. This objective should be fully incorporated into this Regulation. This initiative counteracts the continuing trend of net decline in forest land and the loss of trees in urban areas in the Union, contributes to some of the restoration objectives set out in this Regulation and strengthens the production of wood and other by-products such as fruit and honey. Over time, it will also contribute to increasing the forest area as well as the trees in urban areas and other landscape components in the Union, thus increasing the CO2 sink and CO2 storage in the soil. The new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 sets out a roadmap for the implementation of this objective, based on the general principle of planting and maintaining the right tree in the right place and for the right purpose.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)

(13 a) ‘urban centres’ and ‘urban clusters’ means territorial units classified in cities and towns and suburbs using the grid-based typology established in accordance with Article 4b.2 of Regulation (EV) No 1059/2003;

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59

(59) To ensure synergies between the different measures that have been, and are to be put in place to protect, conserve and restore nature in the Union, Member States should take into account, when preparing their national restoration plans: the conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC; measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC; marine strategies for achieving good environmental status for all Union marine regions prepared in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC; national air pollution control programmes prepared under Directive (EU) 2016/2284; national biodiversity strategies and action plans developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as conservation measures adopted in accordance with Regulation 1380/2013 and technical measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council83 The conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC should be reviewed in light of the objectives of this regulation and adjusted if necessary. _________________ 83 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, and is designed as a Natura site or other equivalent protected area according to national legislation, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050. When justified by a Member State, the restoration target set for a habitat group by 2030 can be achieved by restoring respective share within another habitats group.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60

(60) In order to ensure coherence between the objectives of this Regulation and Directive (EU) 2018/200184 , Regulation (EU) 2018/199985 and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources86 , in particular, during the preparation of national restoration plans, Member States should ~~take account of~~introduce measures which do not hinder the potential for renewable energy projects to make contributions towards meeting nature restoration objectives. _________________ 84 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 85 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1). 86 Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61

(61) Considering the importance of addressing consistently the dual challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change, the restoration of biodiversity and the guarantee of food security should take into account the deployment of renewable energy and vice versa. The Communication on REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy87 states that Member States should swiftly map, assess and ensure suitable land and sea areas that are available for renewable energy projects, commensurate with their national energy and climate plans, the contributions towards the revised 2030 renewable energy target and other factors such as the availability of resources, grid infrastructure and the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency88 and the Commission recommendation on accelerating permitting for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements89 , both adopted on 18 May 2022, also provide for the identification of renewables go-to areas. Those are specific locations, whether on land or sea, particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, other than biomass combustion plants, where the deployment of a specific type of renewable energy is not expected to have significant environmental impacts, in view of the particularities of the selected territory. Member States should give priority to artificial and built surfaces, such as rooftops, transport infrastructure areas, parking areas, waste sites, industrial sites, mines, artificial inland water bodies, lakes or reservoirs, and, where appropriate, urban waste water treatment sites, as well as degraded land not usable for agriculture. In the designation of renewables go-to areas, Member States should avoid protected areas and consider their national nature restoration plans. Member States should coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go-to areas. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States should ensure ~~synergies with~~priority to the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001, remain unchanged and not be in conflict with a certain form of renewables. _________________ 87 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (COM/2022/108 final). 88 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, COM/2022/222 final. 89 Commission recommendation on speeding up permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements, C(2022) 3219 final.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70

(70) The achievement of the objectives and obligations set out in this Regulation requires significant human and financial resources. Resources are needed not only for the designation, assessment and verification of habitat types, but also sufficient financial resources to compensate to the extent necessary the management restrictions or additional expenditure associated with the implementation, in particular on land used for agriculture and forestry. To ensure the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation, it is therefore of utmost importance that adequate private and public investments are made in restoration, Member States should integrate expenditure for biodiversity objectives, including in relation to opportunity and transition costs resulting from the implementation of the national restoration plans, in their national budgets and reflect how Union funding is used. Regarding the Union funding, expenditure under the Union budget and Union financing programmes, such as the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)96 , the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)97 , the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)98 , the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund99 and the Just Transition Fund100 , as well as the Union framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe101 , contributes to biodiversity objectives with the ambition to dedicate 7,5 % in 2024, and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of annual spending under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework102 to biodiversity objectives. For the farmer, the demand for more extensive farming of agricultural land with higher requirements and standards will lead to lower yields, an increased effort and higher costs. The result is possible competitive disadvantages in a globalised market. At the same time, as part of the Green Deal, the requirements for farmers will continue to rise not only in the area of biodiversity protection, but also in the field of environmental, climate protection and animal welfare. The resources of the Common Agricultural Policy through the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) must therefore be deposited with corresponding additional appropriations. In addition to increased environmental, climate and animal welfare objectives and the increasing need to finance adaptation measures to climate change, the Common Agricultural Policy must continue to ensure the supply of high-quality and healthy food to the population at reasonable prices, to a sufficient extent to ensure income for family farms and to strengthen rural areas. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)103 is a further source of funding for the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. With reference to the LIFE Programme, special attention should be given to the appropriate use of the Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs) as a specific tool that could support the implementation of this Regulation, by way of mainstreaming available financial resources in an effective and efficient way. _________________ 96 Regulation (EU) 2021/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 53). 97 Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 (OJ L 247, 13.7.2021, p. 1). 98 Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and the distribution of such support in respect of the years 2021 and 2022 (OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 1). 99 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 100 Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund (OJ L 231 30.06.2021, p. 1). 101 Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013(OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1). 102 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 11). 103 Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance including their typical species, as referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. ~~Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.~~

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77

(77) The Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, that evaluation should be based on the criteria of efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and EU value added and should provide the basis for impact assessments of possible further measures. In addition, the Commission should assess the need to establish additional restoration targets, based on common methods for assessing the condition of ecosystems not covered by Articles 4 and 5, taking into account the most recent scientific evidence.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)

Article 4 a Restoration of productive and social functions of terrestrial, coastal and freshwater ecosystems 1. Member states shall, in accordance with the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, restore areas that, due to the loss of their natural conditions, have lost their production capacity, ability to produce important ecosystem services or ability to capture and store carbon dioxide. 2. Member states shall, in accordance with the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, restore areas that, due to the loss of their natural conditions, risk significantly worsening the effects of natural disasters such as floods, storms, fires and natural pests.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

(3a) 'development' means to create ecosystems in areas where lost species cannot be brought back due to a change of the environment and climate;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)

(7a) 'sustainable forest management' means the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfil, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

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

2. Member States shall ensure that there is an increase in the total national area of urban green space in ~~cities and in towns and suburb~~urban centres and urban clusters of at least 3 % of the total area of ~~cities and of towns and suburb~~the urban centres and urban clusters in 20215, by 2040, and at least 5 % by 2050, where urban green space falls below 50%. In addition Member States shall ~~ensure~~aim to:

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)

(7 b) 'sustainable agricultural activity' is an agricultural activity in a Member State of the European Union if it is carried out in accordance with the provisions set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 laying down rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common Agricultural Policy and to be financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (CAP Strategic Plans);

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) ‘urban green space’ means all green urban areas; broad-leaved forests; coniferous forests; mixed forests; natural grasslands; moors and heathlands; transitional woodland-shrubs and sparsely vegetated areas -; green roofs, green walls and private gardens as found within cities or towns and suburbs calculated on the basis of data provided by the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service as established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council110 ;and based on existing land-use plans of local authorities or other local instruments of spatial function assignment. _________________ 110 Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Paolo DE CASTRO, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall remove the barriers tor use other methods that have the same impact on longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the ~~plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f)~~Directive 2000/60/EC. When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Petri SARVAMAA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Álvaro AMARO, Herbert DORFMANN, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Petri SARVAMAA, Álvaro AMARO, Herbert DORFMANN

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

(c) share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features, inclucing hedgerows, dry-stone or earth wall features, planted areas, permanent grazing, individual monumental trees, trees in line or in group, ditches, terraces, ponds, field margins or contiguous organic farmland.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures for the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of the species listed in Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 92/43/EEC and of the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of wild birds covered by Directive 2009/147/EC that are necessary to improve the quality and quantity of those habitats, ~~including by re-establishing them,~~ and to enhance connectivity, until sufficient quality and quantity of those habitats is achieved respecting production-integrated commitments.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures for the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of the species listed in Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 92/43/EEC and of the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of wild birds covered by Directive 2009/147/EC that are necessary to improve the quality and quantity of those habitats~~, including by re-establishing them,~~ and to enhance connectivity, until sufficient quality and quantity of those habitats is achieved.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. The restoration and development measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consider the need for improved connectivity between the habitat types listed in Annex I and take into account the ecological requirements of the species referred to in paragraph 3 that occur in those habitat types and the food security.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 show a continuous improvement in the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I until good condition is reached, and a continuous improvement of the quality of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3, until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached. Member States shall ensure that areas in which good condition has been reached, and in which the sufficient quality of the habitats of the species has been reached, do not deteriorate.deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) 320 % of such areas by 2030~~, of which at least a quarter shall be rewetted~~;

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least half shall be rewet~~deleted;

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7

7. Member States shall ensure that areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I occur do not deteriorate irreversibly by human or non-human actions.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

~~(c) 70 % of such areas by 2050, of which at least half shall be rewet~~deleted.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) 740 % of such areas by 2050~~, of which at least half shall be rewetted~~.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Petri SARVAMAA, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Álvaro AMARO, Herbert DORFMANN, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall take measure to prevent cover-up and shrub encroachment, forestation and depletion of extensively managed agricultural land, in particular extensive grassland in border yield and mountain areas.

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

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

7a. (7a) where, due to the different requirements of the habitat types listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex I and of the species referred to in paragraph 3, the obligations referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 are not complied with, it shall be weighed for the benefit of which habitat types or species restoration measures are taken. Non-compliance with the obligations relating to the other habitat types or species is justified by this.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

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

7b. If Member States, due to the regional specificities, cannot meet the obligations referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 and Article 9(4), exceptions are justified.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8

8. Outside Natura 2000 sites, the non-fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 is justified if it is caused by: (a) force majeure; (b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change; or (c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis.deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures necessary to enhance biodiversity of forest ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures pursuant to Article 4(1), (2) and (3).deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b

(b) ~~unavoidable~~ habitat transformations or other circumstances, which are ~~directly~~ caused by climate change; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a

~~(a) standing deadwood;~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) lying deadwood;~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f

~~(f) stock of organic carbon.~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point a a (new)

(aa) to guarantee food security;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Daniel BUDA

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

~~(ii) the habitat area not in good condition;~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

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

(a) an increase of habitat area in good condition for habitat types listed in Annex I until ~~at least 90 % is in good condition and until~~ the favourable reference area for each habitat type in each biogeographic region of their territory is reached;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

(aa) to guarantee food security;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Petri SARVAMAA, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Álvaro AMARO, Herbert DORFMANN, Daniel BUDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point n

(n) a summary of the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan, including information on public participation and ofn how the needs of local communities and stakeholders - including farmers and foresters - and property rights have been considered;

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall ~~primarily~~ address obsolete barriers, which are those ~~that are no longer needed~~without actual or potential use for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, flood protection, water supply or other uses.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall opt to complement the removal of the barriers referred to in paragraph 2 by the measures necessary to improve the natural functions of the related floodplains.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Álvaro AMARO, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Christine SCHNEIDER, Marion WALSMANN, Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ, Niclas HERBST, Alexander BERNHUBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Herbert DORFMANN, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Axel VOSS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Markus PIEPER, Stefan BERGER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Christian DOLESCHAL, Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) share of forests with uneven-aged structure;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) share of forests with uneven-aged structure;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d

~~(d) forest connectivity;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d

~~(d) forest connectivity;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e

~~(e) common forest bird index;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall set, by 2030 at the latest, satisfactory levels for each of the indicators referred to in Articles 8(1), 9(2) and 10(2), through an open and effective process and assessment, based on the latest scientific evidence and, if available, the framework referred to in Article 17(9) and taking into account the funding provided.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall identify and map the agricultural and forest areas in need of restoration, in particular the areas that, due to intensification or other management factors, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversity.deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall identify and map ~~the agricultural and forest~~ areas in need of restoration, in particular the areas that, due to in~~tensification or other management factors, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversity~~frastructure measures and settlement activities, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversity. The type of restoration and development measures recommended in these areas and how restrictions of use and property disadvantages are compensated shall be determined in agreement with the landowner of the area concerned. To this end, the competent authority designated by the Member State shall seek contractual arrangements with landowners or other beneficial owners in order to safeguard the implementation, restriction or omission of the management and use of land under private law.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Member States shall ensure that Union environmental law is applied to the deployment of energy from renewable sources, the related transmission and distribution network elements as well as storage facilities on the basis of the principle that the species protection refers to the entire population and not to the individual specimens.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point c

(c) measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC without prejudice to the exemptions set out in articles 4(3), 4(4), 4(5) and 4(7) thereof;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) the quantification of the areas to be restored to reach the restoration targets set out in Articles 4 ~~to10~~and 5 based on the preparatory work undertaken in accordance with Article 11 ~~and geographically referenced maps of those areas~~;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

(b) a description of the restoration measures planned, or put in place before the entry into force of this Regulation, for achieving the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10 and a specification regarding which of those restoration measures are planned, or put in place, within the Natura 2000 network established in accordance with Directive 92/43/EEC;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) the inventory of barriers and the barriers identified for removal in accordance with Article 7(1), the plan for their removal in accordance with Article 7(2) and an estimate of the length of free- flowing rivers to be achieved by the removal of those barriers by 2030 and by 2050, and any other measures to re- establish the natural functions of floodplains in accordance with Article 7(3); without restricting the use of hydroelectric power;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) the monitoring of the areas subject to restoration or development in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, the process for assessing the effectiveness of the restoration or development measures put in place in accordance with Articles 4 to 10 and for revising those measures where needed to ensure that the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10 are met or revised;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall take ~~due account of~~into consideration any observations from the Commission in its final national restoration plan.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall finalise, publish and submit to the Commission the national restoration plan within ~~six~~nine months from the date of receipt of observations from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. When it becomes apparent that the measures set out in the national restoration or development plan will not be sufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, based on the monitoring in accordance with Article 17, Member States shall revise the national restoration ~~plan~~or development plan, revise the measures and targets and include supplementary measures.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. Based on the information referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) and the assessment referred to in Article 18(4) and (5), if the Commission considers that the progress made by a Member State is insufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, the Commission may request the Member State concerned to submit an updated draft national restoration plan with supplementary measures provide additional measures, including a description of the funding required for this purpose . That updated national restoration plan with supplementary measures shall be published and submitted within six months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5

5. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, concerning the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features, and (e) concerning the standing deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, the coverage of climate-adopted trees, the forest connectivity and the stock of organic carbon, shall be carried out at least every three years, and, where possible, every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, point (c) concerning the grassland butterfly index, that paragraph, ~~points (d) and (e) concerning the common forest bird index,~~ and that paragraph, point (f) concerning pollinator species shall be carried out every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, points (g) and (h), shall be carried out at least every six years and shall be coordinated with the reporting cycle under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~(b) specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Petri SARVAMAA, Alexander BERNHUBER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6

~~6. The Commission is empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex VI in order to adapt the description, unit and methodology of indicators for forest ecosystems in accordance with the latest scientific evidence.~~

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7

~~7. The Commission is empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex VII in order to adapt the list of examples of restoration measures.~~

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 concerning the development of a uniform and scientifically sound survey and evaluation methodology to ensure a Union-wide standard for the establishment of a database as referred to in Article 4. Based on this, Union-wide recovery targets will be set.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to develop a uniform and scientifically based collection and analysis methodology in order to ensure a Union-wide standard for the establishment of a data base as referred to in Article 4. Building on this, Union-wide recovery objectives will be set.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Notes that the Court bases its annual management and performance report on the information retrieved from several reports by the Commission; notes that the Court supplements this information with recent findings from its own audit and review work; notes that the Court reviews the Commission’s performance information for plausibility and consistency with their findings, but not for its reliability;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

Monika HOHLMEIER, Markus PIEPER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Michal WIEZIK, Jeroen LENAERS, Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes that all Member States are being scrutinised along the same indicators and in accordance with the same methodology; appreciates that the Commission includes observations and findings about all Member States; regrets, however, that the current presentation of the report neither differentiates between the severity of the identified rule of law issues nor whether these are of systemic nature or individual, disconnected breaches; is of the opinion that there is a serious difference between systemic and individual, disconnected breaches of the rule of law; emphasises that this equal presentation of breaches of different nature carries the risk of trivialising the most serious rule of law breaches; urges the Commission to differentiate its reporting by distinguishing between systemic and individual, disconnected breaches of rule of law; calls on the Commission to update its methodology accordingly and keep Parliament informed without undue delay;

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

Elsi KATAINEN, Alviina ALAMETSÄ, Eero HEINÄLUOMA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Laura HUHTASAARI, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Nils TORVALDS, Petri SARVAMAA, Teuvo HAKKARAINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section FI

Node name: Oulu / Uleåborg Maritime port: Co~~mprehensiv~~re (Oulu)

2023/01/25
Committee: TRAN

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

~~No later than one year after [the entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall adopt a~~ delegated act in accordance with Article 35 on how to apply the cascading principle for biomass, in particular on how to minimise the use of quality roundwood for energy production, with a focus on support schemes and with due regard to national specificities.

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Andrey NOVAKOV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Petri SARVAMAA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)

(25a) To ensure that there is a level playing field for ships that navigate in ice conditions and other ships, a specific method should be applied to take into account additional emissions related to navigation in ice conditions and additional emissions of ice-classed ships when sailing in open water, while ensuring that emissions trading through the ETS continues to drive down emissions in the maritime sector. To that end, relevant provisions on the transfer, surrender and cancellation of allowances under Directive 2003/87/EC should be modified accordingly.

2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point k a new

(6a). In Article 10, the following point (ka) is inserted: "(ka) Companies may monitor information relating to the ship's ice class and to navigation through ice, where applicable. For shipping companies aiming to surrender fewer emission allowances on the basis of ships’ ice class or navigation in ice or both under Directive 2003/87/EC the monitoring shall include aggregated CO2 emissions from all voyages that involved navigating in ice conditions and total distance travelled during voyages that involved navigating in ice conditions."

2022/02/08
Committee: TRAN

2021/0201(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sector. However, to grow plants and trees successfully into carbon sinks and to protect European local food production, the stable supply of necessary materials like sustainably sourced natural resources produced in the Union should be secured. This includes the Union´s production of vital growing media constituents. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. _________________ 30 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The land sector has the potential to ~~become rapidly~~transition towards climate- neutrality by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A co~~llective commitment~~mmitment at Member State level aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that ~~the Union-wide~~each Member State's greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. _________________ 34 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest ~~manag~~owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and in their forests~~. New~~ and in carbon storage products. Forest owners need to be encouraged to implement sustainable and active forest management practices. New voluntary business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products and through substitution of fossil-base draw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of all carbon storage products ~~should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business model~~, including innovative products also made from by- products and residues, should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products taking also into account the substitution potential of renewable products. The sustainable use of biomass and the increased demand for renewable products makes sustainable and active forest management indispensable. The emerging business models, further development of bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technologies, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) commitments of Member States to take the necessary measures aiming towards the ~~collective~~ achievement of climate- neutrality ~~in the Union~~at Member State level by 2035 in the land use, land use change and forestry sector including emissions by the non-CO2 agriculture.’;

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out ~~for each Member State~~at Union level in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of ~~310~~225 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals ~~for the Union as a whole in 2030~~and should take into account the most recent developments as well as the principles of sustainable forest management. The target for 2030 should promote and strengthen sustainable forest management which allows for the adaptation of forests to climate change in the long term, promotion of high substitution effects through the bioeconomy, an increase in sinks and the creation of carbon storage in short and long-life products. In addition to the Union targets, indicative targets should be set at Member State level. The methodology used to establish the indicative national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. Progress made towards the 2030 target should be reviewed and, if necessary, the target should be adapted in 2025 and 2027. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Angelika WINZIG, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

3. The ~~Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual~~Member States shall agree on indicative targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These indicative national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the ~~310~~225 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the indicative targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in ~~these~~an implementing acts. For the purpose of th~~ose~~at implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0116(BUD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas the Helsinki Airport is a major air travel hub and Finnair a major carrier between Europe and Asia, and in January 2020 passenger volumes to China increased by 58 % compared to January 2019; whereas in February 2020 passenger volumes decreased sharply by 73 % due to the epidemic situation;

2021/05/20
Committee: BUDG

2020/2273(INI)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Christophe HANSEN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Edina TÓTH, Dolors MONTSERRAT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

- having regard to its report on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication of 11 October 2018 on a sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment (COM/2018/673);

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features as well as extensive farmland in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features as well as extensive farmland with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; points out that extensively managed farmland such as alpine meadows and pastures, extensive traditional pastures, litter meadows, meadow orchards, grassland with up to two cuts as well as catch crops need to be taken into account as high- diversity landscape as those unique habitats can only be preserved if they are cultivated by farmers;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Edina TÓTH, Dolors MONTSERRAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recognises the efforts made until now by the EU Member States and by different sectors and stakeholders, especially in agriculture and forestry; highlights the fact that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, particularly in relation to the negative impact of climate change; acknowledges that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; points out that the EU goal on organic production needs to be accompanied by a broad variety of promotion measures, and therefore become a production as well as a consumption target, otherwise European organic farmers are expected to suffer from market pressure;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, clean water, water holding capacities, healthy soil and wood and non-wood raw materials;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for the environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably and managed applying a long-term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Elsi KATAINEN, Mazaly AGUILAR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that the promotion of sustainable forest management in the EU has had a positive impact on forests and forest conditions and on livelihoods in rural areas, as well as on the biodiversity of forests in the EU;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Elsi KATAINEN, Mazaly AGUILAR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio- economy and the promotion of biodiversity;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Elsi KATAINEN, Mazaly AGUILAR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soil and wood and non- wood raw materials;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Elsi KATAINEN, Mazaly AGUILAR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed applying a long- term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Elsi KATAINEN, Mazaly AGUILAR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Petri SARVAMAA, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a ~~substantial~~further reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides accompanied by development of alternative sustainable protection technologies is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied ~~and~~, its implementation is assessed systematically and products deriving from this integrated production system are paid sufficiently; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio- economy and the promotion of biodiversity;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated intoa stand-alone, holistic and a coherence enabler for forest-related policies, including the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; urges the Commission to address the forest-specific measures of the European Green Deal in the Standing Forestry Committee with a strong mandate from the EU Forest Strategy; reiterates that Member States continue to decide, as highlighted in the views of the Council and the Parliament on the EU Forest Strategy, on policies on forestry and forests;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on ~~proforestation~~, the multifunctionality of forests, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out ~~only~~ in a manner compatible with and conducive to the ~~biodiversity objective~~economic, social and ecological, including climate change and the biodiversity objectives related to Europe's forests;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Edina TÓTH, Dolors MONTSERRAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers that sustainably managed forests and resulting wood- based products are essential in achieving the UN SDGs and European Green Deal targets and in tackling climate change by strengthening carbon stocks in forests and wood-products and by facilitating material substitution; Emphasises that to ensure consistency, these benefits should be horizontally recognised in EU's forest- related policies, including those on biodiversity;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Petri SARVAMAA, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Agnès EVREN, Edina TÓTH, Dolors MONTSERRAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bioeconomy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Norbert LINS, Petri SARVAMAA, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bio-economy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas farmers, other operators in the food chain and agri-cooperatives who have already transformed their practises into sustainable activities, should be rewarded in the framework of the Farm to Fork Strategy;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy has to take into account the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainability; only this way the role of agriculture and rural areas can be recognised in food and feed production, reforestation, biofuels and textiles; highlights that forestry and agriculture can deliver solutions in the long-term;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas we need to guarantee consistency between the Farm to Fork Strategy and the CAP and the Fisheries policies, the EU Trade policy, the EU Biodiversity Strategy, the EU Forest Strategy as well as other related EU policies and strategies;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights that the Commission should thoroughly evaluate existing legislation and the efficiency of its implementation in Member States before making new legislative proposals; points out, that all new legislative proposals should be based on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments and the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should be considered;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; ~~reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and~~ calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets; calls on the Commission to make sure that these are EU targets to which all Member States must contribute through national level actions; therefore, urges that Member States´ different starting points and already existing achievements should be taken into account;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide~~, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors~~; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; stresses that agriculture and forestry in the EU play a crucial role in boosting economies sustainably, in climate change adaptation and mitigation and in carbon sequestration as well as have a great potential in reducing emissions; points out in this regard that when addressing emissions stemming from agriculture, it must be recognised that they result from natural processes;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2170(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Regrets the absence in the 2019- 2023 strategic plan of any pro-active measures and resourcing for speeding up, improving and quantifying reductions in the number of animal tests and their replacement by new approach methodologies;

2021/03/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2170(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Notes the recommendation made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 6 July 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability1a that there should be a team established within the Agency exclusively dedicated to animal protection and the promotion of non-animal methods; this should be regarded as complimentary to and supportive of the embedding of the promotion of non-animal methods within the practices of client-facing agency staff; _________________ 1aNot yet published in the Official Journal.

2021/03/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year ~~2019/Postpones its decision on granting its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year~~ 2019;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recalls that Rule 11 of the Rules of Procedure has introduced an obligation for rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and committee chairs to publish information on meetings held with interest representatives in the context of their reports; notes with satisfaction that, since the start of the new legislature, the necessary infrastructure has been available on Parliament’s website to allow Members to publish scheduled meetings with interested representatives in order to ~~improve transparency~~make Parliament more open, transparent, and accountable to citizens; encourages efforts that would improve easy access and usability of this tool;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Angelika WINZIG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Recalls Article 4 of the Code of Conduct with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest, that the Members' declarations of financial interests shall be provided in a precise manner; notes that in cases where there is reason to believe that the information provided is out of date, the President may, where appropriate, request the Member to correct the declaration within 10 days;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

David LEGA, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Notes the severely limited possibility for Members to take parental leave; calls for the introduction of measures to facilitate the possibility for substitutes to replace Members - women and men alike - while on parental leave;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Angelika WINZIG, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Notes that, at its meeting of 11 February 2019, the Bureau confirmed the continuation of Parliament’s office in London; notes that on 5 October 2020, the Bureau acknowledged the closure of the Edinburgh antenna office at the end of 2020; acknowledges that the liaison office in the United Kingdom will continue to play a crucial role for Parliament in providing services to Members on delegations to the United Kingdom and in order to further engage with citizens, civil society, government, the parliamentary environment and media in that country; calls in this regard to coordinate the work of the liaison office in the United Kingdom with the European Union External Action Service to avoid duplication of work;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Angelika WINZIG, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Notes the Bureau's decision of 25 November 2019 to set up a Europa Experience visitors’ facilities in all Member States by the end of the current legislature (2024) and the current implementation of this decision; calls on the Secretary General to regularly inform the Parliament’s Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control on the state of implementation;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Draws attention to the 6% staff reduction target, that in 2019 required Parliament to eliminate 59 posts from its administration establishment plan; acknowledges the simultaneous increase in the number of contractual agents; is concerned by the negative effects of this significant reduction on Parliament’s performance, both in the short and long term; notes that the work and responsibility of certain Parliament's Committees have increased due to the EU Recovery Plan Next Generation EU of EUR 750 billion, which amounts together with the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF) to EUR 1.8 trillion; is concerned of the missing administrative staff capacities in the relevant secretariats; calls for the reassessment of the staffing situation;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83

83. Supports the launch of an awareness raising campaign in 2019 to promote a zero-tolerance policy on harassment in the workplace; recognises Parliament’s zero tolerance policy towards harassment at any and all levels including Members, staff and APAs; notes that following the 2019 elections, all Members were required to sign a declaration confirming their commitment to complying with the code of appropriate behaviour incorporated in Parliament's Rules of Procedure in January 2019; however, regrets that 10 new harassment cases were opened in 2019 out of which 4 cases concerned sexual harassment; welcomes that the parliament provides voluntary trainings on dignity and respect at work for Members in order to lead by example

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)

85 a. Calls on Parliament to fully adapt its own internal rules in the Staff Regulations to the recently adopted Directive (EU) 2019/19371a, including by setting up secure channels for reporting; further notes that whistleblowers deserve proper protection, similar to that of victims of harassment; requests the parliament to raise awareness, where possible, among parliamentary staff on their whistleblower protections; _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17).

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 a (new)

86 a. Recalls that according to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), particularly the Protocol (No 6) on the location of the seats of the Institutions of the European Union, the European Parliament shall have its seat in Strasbourg, where the 12 periods of monthly plenary sessions, including the budget session, shall be held; highlights that exceptional circumstances, which affect the functioning of Parliament, are temporary in nature; underlines the will of Parliament to resume back to the normal functioning based on the Treaties as soon as the situation allows; notes that permanent changes would require a Treaty change for which unanimity is needed;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Lara WOLTERS, Petri SARVAMAA, Daniel FREUND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87 a (new)

87 a. Recalls paragraph 118 of the 2017 Parliament discharge Resolution which called to investigate the legal foundations of the Voluntary Pension Fund and in particular, whether Parliament as has a legal obligation to guarantee that future entitlements shall be maintained in full and to fill the potential deficits of the fund or put fresh money in to the fund, given that the Voluntary Pension Fund is a SICAV investment fund under Luxembourg law rather than a regular pension fund, which would imply that there is in principle no such obligation; regrets that the Secretary-General has not yet come forward with any findings in response to the investigation called for;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88

88. Further notes that at the end of 2019, the amount of net assets to be taken into account and the actuarial commitment amount to EUR 111 million and EUR 439,6 million, respectively, leading to an estimated actuarial deficit of EUR 328,6 million; is extremely concerned about the possible exhaustion of the voluntary pension fund; recalls that there is no explicit provision on what would happen if the funds were not sufficient; stresses the current situation of the fund which is such that it cannot meet its future commitments;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Angelika WINZIG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 111

111. ~~Highlights that~~Expresses satisfaction with the 2018 Bureau decision on the general expenditure allowance which stipulates that the Bureau will maintain this decision until the end of 2022 and will evaluate it on the basis of the experience gained during the 9th parliamentary term; stresses that any new ~~voluntary and/or optional~~ measures for greater transparency and financial accountability should not create unnecessary bureaucracy for Members ~~and their offices;~~ , their offices or Parliament's administration and no higher need of staff resources in Parliament's administration; recalls the principle of the independence of the mandate; recalls that the general expenditure allowance is intended to cover costs incurred which are directly related to the exercise of the Member’s parliamentary mandate; underlines that it is the responsibility of elected Members to use the expenditure for parliamentary activities;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Angelika WINZIG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 111 a (new)

111 a. Underlines that good governance is based on sound financial management and proportionality; invites the Bureau to take into account the cost-effectiveness and proportionality of any further investments and the benefits achieved through further expenditure of tax payers money and increased bureaucracy; notes that a comprehensive system of control of the Members’ parliamentary mandate allowance would necessitate 40 to 75 new administrative posts going against sound financial management and proportionality;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Angelika WINZIG, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights, with regard to the implementation of the Union budget, the importance of complying with the principle of sound financial management as enshrined in Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); emphasises that respect for the rule of law is among the most essential preconditions for sound financial management including the efficient and effective allocation and management of European funds; strongly welcomes in that regard the adoption of Regulation 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget; welcomes that the Commission has started its work on guidelines and emphatically reminds that this Regulation is applicable from 1 January 2020; expects the Commission, as the guardian of the Treaties, to ensure that the Regulation is fully applicable from the date agreed by the co-legislators and reminds that annulment of the Regulation or part of it is only possible by the CJEU;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Markus PIEPER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Angelika WINZIG, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Deplores that deficiencies in the validity and comparability of data and reporting technologies with varying degrees of digitalisation in the Member States continue to severely hamper a comprehensive overview over the distribution of EU funds and their efficient control; regrets that the detection of misuse, fraud and embezzlement of EU funds is mostly limited to incidental discoveries by the Commission and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) during their sample-based audits or investigations by OLAF;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Markus PIEPER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Angelika WINZIG, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1 g. Recalls that the discharge report 2018 called on the Commission to provide the discharge authority with a list of the 50 largest individual recipients (natural persons as beneficial owners of a company or of several companies) per Member State as well as a list of the 50 largest recipients (natural persons and legal persons as well as natural persons as owners of companies) of Union-subsidies aggregated across all Member States; acknowledges repeated attempts by the Commission to compile such a list by requesting information from the Member States; deplores that the Commission until the date of this resolution has not been able to provide the list as requested due to a lack of complete, reliable and comparable data provided by the Member States; underlines that this illustrates and emphasises the pressing need for a digital, interoperable reporting and monitoring system for the funds under shared management;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Markus PIEPER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Underlines that the creation of the European Public Prosecutor´s Office (EPPO) marks a fundamental development in the protection of the Union´s financial interests; criticizes the underfinancing and understaffing of the EPPO during its build-up phase and reiterates Parliament´s opposition towards the reductions of staff in OLAF as a result of posts transferred to EPPO leading to a cumulative reduction of 45 posts by 2023 for OLAF; calls on the Commission to increase the capacities by reviewing staffing situation concerning EPPO and OLAF;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Markus PIEPER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that, in view of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021- 2027 and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the financial resources of the European Union should support the increasing priorities and responsibilities of the Union. The protection of the Union financial interest is of utmost importance and that the strongest effort are necessary at all levels in order to prevent, and to fight against, fraud, corruption and misuse of the Union funds; welcomes the new corporate Anti-Fraud Strategy, adopted by the Commission in April 2019, on OLAF’s initiative, with the objective of enhancing the Commission’s knowledge about fraud and its analytical capability to steer anti-fraud action, to ensure cooperation among departments and executive agencies in fighting fraud, and to strengthen the corporate oversight of the fight against fraud;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 – indent -1 (new)

-1 calls on the Commission to further simplify rules and procedures, provide practical and pragmatic guidance and improve its assistance for SMEs, start-ups and other first-time applicants to level the playing field among applicants with varying level of experience and resources;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 c (new)

128 c. Repeats its concern that CAP subsidies continue to incentivise land- grabbing by criminal and oligarchic structures; reiterates its urgent call on the Commission to establish a complaint mechanism for farmers and SMEs faced with land-grabbing, severe misconduct by national authorities, irregular or biased treatment in tenders or the distribution of subsidies, pressure or intimidation from criminal structures, organised crime or oligarchic structures, or another severe infringement oft heir fundamental rights to lodge a complaint directly with the Commission; welcomes that such a complaint mechanism has been proposed for the new CAP regulation;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Arnaud DANJEAN, Niclas HERBST, Petri SARVAMAA, José Manuel FERNANDES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 g (new)

128 g. Calls on the Commission to: - do its utmost in the negotiations on the CAP to ensure that a complaint mechanism for farmers and SMEs will become part of the new CAP regulation; - do its utmost in the negotiations on the CAP to ensure that maximum amounts of payments receivable from the first and second pillar of the CAP are defined per natural person; - keep the discharge authority informed on any new developments regarding the Slovak Agricultural Paying Agency, including specific information on financial corrections; - calls on the Commission to increase efforts to prevent and detect fraud and frequently update its analysis of CAP fraud risks more often and perform an analysis of Member States' prevention measures as a matter of priority;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the EU-wide definition of active farmers in the new CAP is the mandatory instrument, that should lead to greater transparency and does not increase bureaucracy for SMEs; emphasises, however, the lack of progress in the fight against oligarch structures;

2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI

2020/2126(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Emphasizes that the ARACHNE is a key instrument for transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds;

2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI

2020/2126(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the mandatory use of the ARACHNE system by Member States in order to achieve more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds and where such funds end up, as well as the mandatory use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System for CAP funds in an effort to enhance transparency on the use of taxpayers’ money; the Commission should create a new comprehensive real-time monitoring system, including existing instruments such as Arachne, which provides an accurate picture of the distribution and fair allocation of EU funds, and the ability to track and aggregate distributed funds; this system should include information on the links between companies and beneficial owners;

2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Asks the Commission nevertheless to amend Article 167(1)(c) of the Financial Regulation to include a more explicit definition of ‘professional conflict ofing interests’, so as to ensure that EU institutions are able to take mitigating measures in the case of bidders with a financial interest in a policy-related service contract;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to strengthen its fraud prevention and detection capabilities; calls on the Commission to collect information on all subsidies received from the first and second pillars of the CAP and to aggregate the total amount that a natural person receives either directly through direct payments or indirectly as the beneficial owner of legal persons that are beneficiaries of CAP payments (direct payments and rural development payments) for prevent oligarchs from abusing these subsidies;

2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Points out that the study1a on the implementation of the CAP funds revealed that the disbursement of EU agriculture funds is a highly problematic issue in at least five Member States and that there is a clear inequality between fund allocations for big and small farmers, with systemic advantages for the big farms, whose managers sometimes have close ties to the ruling political parties in their countries; _________________ 1a Sabeb et al 2021: WHERE DOES THE EU MONEY GO? AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CAP FUNDS IN BULGARIA, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA AND ROMANIA

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Takes note that in Hungary according to several exposes, surveys and investigative articles Viktor Orbán has been centralising and redistributing wealth to his inner circle trough agriculture subsidies. Underlines that during the period 2015-2019, Hungary had the highest number of OLAF investigations closed with a financial recommendation among Member States;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Regrets the skewed distribution particularly of CAP money where in 2020, 0.5% of all beneficiaries receive more than EUR 100 000, thereby obtaining 16.6% of the total direct payment envelope, while 75% of beneficiaries receive less than EUR 5 000, which accounts for 15% of the total direct payment envelope1a; _________________ 1a Commission Report on Direct payments to agricultural producers - graphs and figures - financial year 2020

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Points out that the management of EU funds in Czechia has been raised as a potential concern in recent years. Recalls that, during years 2016-2018 almost 75 % of agricultural funds in Czechia went to the large corporate farms. Express concern regarding the Commission’s audit, which confirmed that as Prime Minister, Mr Andrej Babiš exercised influence on the allocation of EU subsidies to Agrofert, an agro-chemical conglomerate that he founded himself. Underlines that Mr. Babiš is the beneficial owner of the Agrofert and therefore the conflict of interest is obvious;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Deeply regrets that the current situation where one person can receive unlimited amounts from funds under shared management incentivises the creation of oligarch structures, nepotism and corruption in some Member States; reiterates its opinion that capping the total amount that one person can receive from EU funds under shared management would limit the strengthening of oligarch structures;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the Commission to include in its proposal for the revision of the Financial Regulation an amendment of Art 63 paragraph 8 adding that the Commission shall ensure that payments accruing from the Union budget to a single beneficiary or beneficial owner in a given financial year do not exceed the limits provided for in the applicable sector-specific rules and, in any event, do not exceed an aggregated annual total per natural person; asks the Commission to include specific proposals for this aggregated annual total amount per natural person; is of the opinion that for the CAP annual total amounts per natural person of EUR 500 000 for first pillar payments and EUR 1 000 000 for second pillar payments are adequate;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Points out that according to EU’s anti-fraud office OLAF Romania recorded the highest number of fraud cases of anywhere in the EU in 2018 and 2019. Recognises that small and medium- sized farms in Romania face high levels of bureaucracy regarding access to even essential amounts of funding and subsidies;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Other areas of concern

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Notes with great concern that according to the Single Market Scoreboard the proportion of contracts awarded with merely a single bidder amounted to around 50% in Czechia and Poland in 2018 and 2019, 40% in Hungary and Greece in 2019, and 38% in Portugal; is equally concerned by the proportion of procurement procedures negotiated with a company without any call for bids, which was at 40% in Cyrus in 2016 with a slight improvement to 25% in 2018 and 2019, and 29% for Bulgaria in 2019; is concerned that the proportion of contracts awarded after a call for tender whose name and conditions were not clear was 65% in 2019 in UK, 59% in Lithuania, 44% in Romania and 41% in Portugal;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)

15e. Emphasises that these figures demonstrate that severe shortcomings in public procurement continue to exist in several Member States; is concerned that inadequate tenders can favour opaque structures and nepotistic awarding of contracts;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)

15f. Reiterates its concern that the Commission’s preventive system audits found serious weaknesses concerning the Hungarian authority responsible for controls on public procurement contracts, which resulted in a10% flat rate correction amounting to around EUR 1.2 bn - additionally to EUR 1.5bn of financial corrections imposed in the period 2007 - 2013; emphasises that this reflects severe systemic weaknesses in the functioning of public procurement in Hungary;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)

15g. Reiterates its concern about OLAF investigations and Commission audits exposing serious shortcomings in the Slovak land parcel registry (cadastre) following reports of land grabbing and fraud; highlights that the Slovak authorities only check whether an applicant has the land at their legal disposal in cases of double claims; is of the opinion that such checks should take place in a digital and automated form in all Member States and for all payment claims to deter land grabbing by criminal and oligarchic structures;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)

15h. Emphasises that Malta and Cyprus show significant concentration of funds in the hands of few recipients; is concerned that Commission audits have identified significant shortcomings in the management and control systems of both countries; underlines that weak management and control systems do not provide adequate protection of EU funds against conflicts of interests and abuse by oligarchic structures;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises the importance and added value of the newly established EPPO; appreciates the EPPOʼs endeavours to become operational under very challenging circumstances; ~~calls on the Commission to assist the EPPO in solving the problem of diverging implementation of the PIF Directive by different Member State~~emphasises that a proper transposition of the PIF Directive is necessary to enable the EPPO to conduct effective investigations and prosecutions; recalls that the Commission’s report on the transposition of the PIF Directive concludes that although all Member States have transposed the Directive, further action is needed to address outstanding compliance issues, which mostly concern definitions of criminal offences and the liability and sanctions for legal persons and natural persons; underlines that the outcome of the cooperation between the EPPO and the Member States is also crucial ~~in order to assess the proper functioning of the management and control systems for the purpose of audit arrangement~~for EPPO to reach its maximum effectiveness;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Reiterates the urgent call on the Commission to establish an EU-wide and interoperable, digital reporting and monitoring system, encompassing but not limited to ARACHNE; emphasises that this system needs to include information on the ultimate beneficiaries and beneficial owners and must enable to aggregate all individual amounts concerning the same beneficiary or beneficial owner into a total amount of all subsidies received from funds under shared management;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Is of the view that none of the abovementioned remedies exclude the use of the ‘'rule-of-law conditionality mechanism’,' as defined in the ~~Conditionality Regulation~~Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget, in cases where the Commission considers that other instruments are not sufficiently effective to protect the EU budget; underlines, moreover, that contrary to the scope of the EPPO Regulation, which is not in force in five Member States, the Conditionality Regulation applies directly and equally to all Member States;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Markus PIEPER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Points out that under the RRF Regulation, which forms part of the MFF 2021-2027 package, the Member States have to ensure the effective prevention, detection and correction of conflicts of interest, corruption and fraud, and avoidance of double funding; calls on the Commission, that the budget authorities are informed about all situations when funds from off-budget instruments are not paid out due to allegations of misuse, corruption, fraud or breaches of rule of law and when member states do not have sufficient anti-fraud systems in place; stresses that they are also required to explain the relevant arrangements in their recovery and resilience plans and include a summary of the consultation process at national level as well as a presentation of the controls and audit system put in place to ensure that the financial interests of the EU are protected;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Markus PIEPER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Reminds that the RRF scoreboard will serve as a basis for the recovery and resilience dialogue and that it should be updated by the Commission twice a year; calls in this sense on the Commission to ensure a thorough monitoring of the progress achieved in the implementation of the milestones and targets foreseen, strictly in line with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation, on the basis of the established common indicators and reporting methodology; recalls that the RRF is bound to conditions that guarantee a transparent use of the money and should prevent corruption or fraud, double funding or conflict of interests and believes that controls should be extended also to costs actually incurred by the final beneficiaries; stresses the joint effort of the European Parliament and of the Commission which resulted in Member States being now obliged to provide information about final recipients;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Markus PIEPER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Notes that the RRF is an extraordinary instrument specifically designed to address the effects of the pandemic; is concerned that absorption is closely connected to outstanding commitments that have continued to grow; recalls the increasing gap between commitments and payments which poses a serious challenge for the discharge authority too; calls on the Commission to inform the budget authorities if funds are not used by Member States or if EU-funds seep into national budgets;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Reiterates, following the interinstitutional agreement of 16 December 2020 and as expressed already in several resolutions, its call for the Member States to implement a single, integrated and interoperable reporting and monitoring system developed by the Commission and including but not limited to a single data- mining and risk-scoring tool to access, store, aggregate and analyse data on those ultimately benefiting directly or indirectly from EU funding;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Markus PIEPER, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Considers that for the sake of ~~full~~greatest possible transparency about the spending of EU funds, it is essential that such a database is developed to the greatest extent possible, in line with applicable data protection rules and the relevant jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and that relevant and non-sensitive data is made accessible to the public in a concise, comprehensive and user-friendly way in order to enhance public scrutiny and trust in EU public spending;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2126(INI)

Markus PIEPER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Petri SARVAMAA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Reiterates that a sound financial management of EU-funds is of utmost importance; regrets that databases on beneficiaries of EU funds do not contain information on the ultimate beneficiaries and their beneficial owners; regrets that it is not possible for control authorities to identify the ultimate recipients of funding; deeply deplores that NGOs have been used to disguise financing of terrorist and extremist organisations; underlines that common rules on beneficiary transparency should also apply to umbrella organisations that receive EU funds and pass them on to NGOs in their network to ensure that the Commission and control authorities can audit the project’s aims and final beneficiaries; regrets that the Commission did not propose a harmonized definition of NGOs on the basis of which it could monitor those ultimately benefitting; notes that the Financial Regulation sets out rules for the selection and award of funds to these entities as well as the control mechanisms; calls on the Commission to revise the Financial Regulation also in the sense of defining the term, by introducing clear categories of NGOs and extend the controls also to costs actually incurred by the final beneficiaries;

2021/12/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2085(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes the ~~multifaceted complexity of the central, thorny~~central welfare problem in pig farming, namely tail biting~~; observes that the technical difficulty encountered in the extensive research into and analysis of risk factors throughout the EU has meant that no reliable solutions whatsoever have been found~~, which is still persistent in the majority of the Member States in spite of the substantial efforts of the European Commission and of the European Parliament to disseminate information and best practises on keeping pigs with intact tails; underlines the proven welfare conditions in Finland and Sweden, notably regarding space and feeding related practices as well as providing a solid floor;

2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Points out that forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bio-economy, as they provide jobs and ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Highlights that forests and the forest-based sector significantly contribute to the development of circular bioeconomies in the EU; stresses that in 2015 the bio-economy represented a market estimated to be worth over EUR 2,3 trillion, providing 20 million jobs and accounting for 8.2 % of total employment in the EU;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Stresses that the uptake of the circular bioeconomy must be promoted via strong research and innovation policies; every euro invested in bioeconomy research and innovation under Horizon 2020 will generate about EUR 10 in added value;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls for the promotion of sustainable wood-based products to substitute CO2-intensive substances and to store CO2 in the long term;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Highlights the role of bioenergy derived from forest residues and emerging calamities as a sustainable resource for climate-friendly energy supply and substitute of fossil fuels;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Takes the view that respect for the property rights of agricultural and forestry enterprises and compensation for services rendered in nature conservation should be preserved and increased;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Believes that the promotion of the forest-based sector will strengthen the EU-wide bio- and recycling economy as well as the bio-based industry;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that all supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involve deforestation and ecosystem degradation or conversion, or human rights violations, and that protects indigenous peoples and local communities;deleted

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Elsi KATAINEN, Irène TOLLERET, Petri SARVAMAA, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Ulrike MÜLLER, Jérémy DECERLE, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for the Union to take a leading international role in promoting sustainable forest use and bio-based production; acknowledges that enhanced wood availability is necessary for attracting forest-based investments in the Union and green economic recovery as well as for achieving the targets of the European Green Deal and EU Bioeconomy Strategy, which also ensures halting deforestation;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Herbert DORFMANN

1a. Notes that economic recovery, global sustainable development and a more competitive Union forest sector require the Union to take a strong international role in promoting sustainable forest use and bio-based production;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the need for long-term measures to adapt forests to changing climatic conditions; welcomes the fact that in many countries an increase in the number of resilient native tree species in healthy mixed forests is already recommended and practiced;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Elsi KATAINEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Reminds that forests and woodlands cover over 40 % of the Union´s territory and that, despite the global situation, the area covered by forests in Europe is growing;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Elsi KATAINEN, Petri SARVAMAA, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that forest policy is a national competence and that, on the Union level, the Standing Forestry Committee steers the preparation of forest-related views regarding policy initiatives;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Elsi KATAINEN, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that voluntary measures a~~lone will not stop deforestation~~re a useful instrument in the efforts to stop global deforestation; highlights that afforestation can partly compensate for problems caused by deforestation by supporting biodiversity and the achievement of climate goals;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation outside Europe;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that afforestation projects constitute effective measures against climate change and help mitigate the consequences of forest dieback and climate-damaging developments;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Elsi KATAINEN, Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Calls therefore for a due diligence obligation to be placed on operators, including financiers, that place forest and ecosystem-risk commodities or derivatives on the Union market;~~deleted

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for our knowledge of sustainable forest management in multifunctional forests to be improved and for our experiences to be shared and, to this end, for cooperation to be strengthened worldwide;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Elsi KATAINEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for maintaining a coherent legislative framework ~~that brings together and develops~~based on existing systems, such as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan and the Union timber regulation~~, guaranteeing participation of affected rights holders~~;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EU, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use change;deleted

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Petri SARVAMAA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Elsi KATAINEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States to implement the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), including sustainability criteria for bioenergy;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/0310(COD)

Sara SKYTTEDAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Lukas MANDL, Petri SARVAMAA, Pernille WEISS, David LEGA, Tomas TOBÉ, Arba KOKALARI, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)

(29 a) The general level of protection afforded to workers in Denmark and Sweden is significantly higher than that provided for in this Directive. Average wage levels are among the highest in the Union and minimum wage protection is provided for effectively by collective bargaining models. It would therefore be wholly disproportionate to require Denmark and Sweden to transpose and implement this Directive.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Sara SKYTTEDAL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Lukas MANDL, Petri SARVAMAA, Pernille WEISS, David LEGA, Tomas TOBÉ, Arba KOKALARI, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States except Denmark and Sweden.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditions to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved.

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a sustainable, climate- neutral, resource-efficient, clean and circular economy, where the usage of fossil-fuels is minimized, in a just and inclusive way, and endorses the environmental and climate objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiatives.

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. The 8th EAP has the long-term priority objective for 2050 that citizens live well, within the planetary boundaries in a regenerative circular bio-based economy where nothing is wasted, no net emissions of greenhouse gases are produced and economic growth is decoupled from resource use and environmental degradation notably through sustainable management practices and innovations. A healthy environment underpins the well- being of citizens, biodiversity thrives and natural capital is protected, ~~restor~~preserved, restored, sustainably managed and valued in ways that enhance resilience to climate change and other environmental risks. The Union sets the pace for ensuring the prosperity of present and future generations globally.

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, notably minimizing the use of fossil fuels, and enhancement of removals by natural and other sinks in the Union to attain the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 as laid down in Regulation (EU) …/…32 ; _________________ 32 COM/2020/80 final.

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change through applying sustainable research-based methods and innovations;

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) advancing towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a circular bio- based economy;

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity and enhancing natural capital, notably air, water, soil, and forest, freshwater, wetland and marine ecosystems through research-based methods and sustainable management practices;

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0300(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) ensuring that environmental policies and action are based on the best available scientific knowledge, sustainable management practices and strengthening the environmental knowledge base and its uptake, including by research, innovation, fostering green skills and sustainable management practices, and further building up environmental and ecosystem accounting;

2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2020/0104(COD)

Stefan BERGER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Petri SARVAMAA, Markus PIEPER, Niclas HERBST

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) For the purposes of transparency, the recovery and resilience plans adopted by the Commission should be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council simultaneously and communication activities should be carried out by the Commission as appropriate. The Commission should ensure the visibility of spending under the Facility by clearly indicating that the projects supported should be clearly labelled as “EU Recovery Initiative”. To ensure full transparency, potential beneficiaries, beneficiaries, participants, final recipients of financial instruments must be disclosed. They need to be listed in a digital monitoring system for EU funds to be introduced by the Commission.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/0104(COD)

Stefan BERGER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Petri SARVAMAA, Markus PIEPER, Niclas HERBST

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation, and economic and social resilience of the Member State~~, mitigate~~ in the econ~~omic and social impact of the crisis, and contribute to enhanc~~text of the crisis recovery and mitigate the economic, and social ~~and territorial cohesion~~impact of the crisis;