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Activities of Martina ANDERSON

Plenary speeches (9)

Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (B9-0031/2020)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2020/2505(RSP)
Interference from other countries in our democracies and elections (topical debate)
2016/11/22
Situation in Israel and Palestine, including the settlements (debate) GA
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 12 and 13 December 2019 (debate)
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019 (debate)
2016/11/22
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019 (debate)
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2817(RSP)
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Finnish Presidency of the Council (debate)
2016/11/22

Institutional motions (1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child PDF (205 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2876(RSP)
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Oral questions (1)

Water crisis in Bulgaria PDF (51 KB) DOC (10 KB)
2016/11/22
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Written explanations (70)

Ongoing hearings under article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (B9-0032/2020)

. – I voted in favour of the resolution on Poland and HungaryThe resolution aimed at sending a strong signal to the Council who has currently two parallel Article 7(1) Procedures on Poland and Hungary, two countries that have seen in the past years a grave deterioration of the rule of law situation.The highlighted the deterioration of the situation in both countries since article 7(1) was triggered and calls on the Council to address these new developments and risks of breaches in the ongoing procedures and insisted on a formal invitation of the European Parliament to a formal Council Meeting (as the Institution that triggered the Article 7(1) regarding Hungary) and called on the Council to keep the Parliament informed at all stages of the procedure;
2016/11/22
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (A9-0032/2019 - Peter Jahr)

. – I voted in favour of the report on the Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018.The mandate of the European Ombudsman is described in Article 228 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, allowing the office to receive complaints concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of the Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, with the exception of the Court of Justice of the European Union acting in its judicial role.Maladministration is defined as ‘poor or failed administration, which occurs if an institution fails to act in accordance with the law, fails to respect the principles of good administration, or violates human rights’.The report notes with great concern that inquiries relating to transparency and accountability, including on access to information and documents, continued to account for the greatest proportion of cases handled by the Ombudsman.
2016/11/22
EU-China Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A9-0041/2019 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba)

. – I voted in favour of this report to consent on a technical agreement between EU and China regarding certain aspects of air services. The objectives of agreements on certain aspects of air services are to bring bilateral air services agreements between Member States and third countries in line with Union law.
2016/11/22
The European Green Deal (RC-B9-0040/2020, B9-0040/2020, B9-0041/2020, B9-0042/2020, B9-0043/2020, B9-0044/2020, B9-0045/2020, B9-0046/2020)

. – I voted in favour of the European Green Deal, as it is essential that the EU provides funding for a green deal to fight climate change. The report highlights the importance of a just transition, and introduces measures on circular economy, mobility, marine areas, air quality, and legislation to tackle pharmaceuticals in the environment. However while I support this report, I was disappointed that it did not go further and could have been more ambitious in its aims. The EU cannot rely on market solutions and is too focused on its growth strategy and safeguarding the interests of big business. The EU needs to take further action to prevent the climate catastrophe.
2016/11/22
Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy (A9-0054/2019 - David McAllister)

. – I voted against this file because the report calls for the EU to become a more assertive international actor to reflect the new commission’s claim to be the geopolitical Commission. Furthermore, I oppose its calls for closer cooperation with NATO. Calls for greater spending on military by Member States and the EU itself.
2016/11/22
Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (A9-0052/2019 - Arnaud Danjean)

. – I voted against this file because it calls for more investment in defence and defence research and advocates for NATO. Furthermore, it calls for more autonomous European defence policy and advocates a deep cooperation with NATO. From budgetary point of view the report welcomes dedicated budgetary appropriations for military spending in the next MFF proposal, which I oppose.
2016/11/22
European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (B9-0036/2020, B9-0037/2020, B9-0038/2020)

. – I abstained on this resolution.While it goes some way towards seeking to involve citizens in discussions about the future of the EU, it still puts too much emphasis on a process driven by EU institutions. It doesn't recognise the democratic deficit in the EU, and in particular the way in which the Lisbon Treaty was brought in despite its rejection in referenda is various member states.However, I am opposed to the sorts of Treaty change which are being discussed now, which would be likely to further centralise decision-making and increase the militarisation of the EU. I supported amendments which would strengthen the involvement of citizens and national parliaments in any discussion on the future of the EU, as well as to consider the transfer of powers back to member states.
2016/11/22
Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (A9-0045/2019 - Luisa Regimenti)

. – I voted to abstain on this file because it is a structural adjustment programme not humanitarian support. Despite, my groups attempts to amend the agreement, the 500 million EUR is entirely in the form of loans not grants. In order to receive these loans the Jordanian government had to agree to adhere to IMF structural reforms that have damaged so many economies since they began being imposed on the global south since the 1980s. I abstained because I disagree with the terms on which the money is being made available to Jordan. I support supporting Jordan, particularly as a country that hosts 1.3 million refugees but completely oppose the use of crises to imposes structural adjustment programmes on third countries.
2016/11/22
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0043/2019 - Roberta Metsola)

. – I abstained on this report. On the island of Ireland, cross-border cooperation is vitally important, particularly in terms of encouraging cross-border cooperation between the Gardaí and PSNI. Significantly however, this report relates directly to the so-called ‘Prum’ decision, and is a marker of particular concern for Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin does not support the ‘Prum’ decision as the unilateral collection of data is a disproportional mechanism and disregards a person’s right to protection of personal data and privacy. I therefore opted to abstain.
2016/11/22
EU-Liechtenstein Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0044/2019 - Roberta Metsola)

. – I abstained on this report. On the island of Ireland, cross-border cooperation is vitally important, particularly in terms of encouraging cross-border cooperation between the Gardaí and PSNI. Significantly however, this report relates directly to the so-called ‘Prum’ decision, and is a marker of particular concern for Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin does not support the ‘Prum’ decision as the unilateral collection of data is a disproportional mechanism and disregards a person’s right to protection of personal data and privacy. I therefore opted to abstain.
2016/11/22
Protocol to EU-Switzerland Agreement concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (A9-0025/2019 - Jadwiga Wiśniewska)

. – I voted against this report. Sinn Féin was opposed to the recast of the Eurodac Regulation in 2013 due to our significant concerns that law enforcement agencies would have unparalleled access to the Eurodac database and would be able to utilise this data to combat so-called ‘irregular asylum’. This regulation is another facet of the cruel Fortress Europe approach to prevent vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers from seeking sanctuary in the EU. It is for this reason that I voted against.
2016/11/22
Accession of Solomon Islands to the EU-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement (A9-0050/2019 - Bernd Lange)

. – I voted against the Solomon joining The interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in June 2018.The Solomon Island will soon cease to be Least Developed Country meaning they lose their preferential non-reciprocal tariff and quota free market access to the EU. In order to maintain its free market access, Solomon Island have to join the regional Interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Pacific states (Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa). However, since the EPAs are essentially free trade agreements, Solomon Island will be required to gradually liberalise its trade with the EU in return for its market access to the EU. Not only will the EPA pit local fledgling industries in direct competition with the EU export economy, the liberalisation of financial tariffs on imports (EU goods) and exports (raw materials for European companies) will result in revenue. For these reasons I voted against.
2016/11/22
Requirements for payment service providers (A9-0048/2019 - Lídia Pereira)

. – I voted in favour of this report. It relates to the mandatory transmission of information between Member States’ tax authorities in order to combat VAT fraud in the area of e-commerce. This proposal relates to the intermediaries (banks, PayPal, etc.) used to purchase goods online from another member state, and sets down rules for the standardised collection of information. This parliament report endorse the Commission proposals and adds more background information, emphasises the role of organised crime in VAT fraud, including carousel fraud, and aims to strengthen some of the measures (e.g. inserting additional requirements for information to be included in annual reports of the authorities), as well as stating that the Data Supervisor must be consulted on the future regulations stemming from this legislation.
2016/11/22
Measures to strengthen administrative cooperation in order to combat VAT fraud (A9-0047/2019 - Lídia Pereira)

. – I voted in favour of this report. It relates to the mandatory transmission of information between member states' tax authorities in order to combat VAT fraud in the area of e-commerce. This report sets down rules on the collection, transmission and retention of information on e-commerce by VAT authorities in the member states. This parliament report endorse the Commission proposals and adds more background information, emphasises the role of organised crime in VAT fraud, including carousel fraud, and aims to strengthen some of the measures (eg, inserting additional requirements for information to be included in annual reports of the authorities), as well as stating that the Data Supervisor must be consulted on the future regulations stemming from this legislation.
2016/11/22
Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision') (A9-0033/2019 - Tomas Tobé)

. – I voted in favour of this is a technical decision, already foreseen by the association agreement with the Overseas Territories.The objective of the proposal is to amend a Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) with the European Union - the Overseas Association Decision (OAD). The amendment is required for the application of the registered exporters (REX) system for origin certification. The OCTs were not ready as of 1 January 2017 to apply the REX system as provided for in Annex VI of the OAD. Therefore, all OCTs requested a derogation of three years. On 29 November 2016, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2093 postponing the date to establish the REX system for the OCTs to 1 January 2020.
2016/11/22
EU/USA Agreement on the allocation of a share in the tariff rate quota for imports of high-quality beef (recommendation) (A9-0038/2019 - Bernd Lange)

. – I abstained on this agreement and resolution because I believe it must be renegotiated. The present agreement has not had the desired effect of reducing tensions, evidenced by the existing airbus dispute. It also fails to include any ban on the importation of beef produced using antibiotics as a growth promoter.I do not have an issue with the USA receiving the designated portion of the tariff for hormone free beef, as this will not lead to any increase of beef imported into the EU but the aforementioned failures of the agreement must be addressed to make the agreement fit for purpose. As AMR prevalence increases, it is not appropriate to wait until 2022 to being to insert such bans into new legislation.
2016/11/22
EU/USA Agreement on the allocation of a share in the tariff rate quota for imports of high-quality beef (resolution) (A9-0037/2019 - Bernd Lange)

. – I abstained on this agreement and resolution because I believe it must be renegotiated. The present agreement has not had the desired effect of reducing tensions, evidenced by the existing airbus dispute. It also fails to include any ban on the importation of beef produced using antibiotics as a growth promoter.I do not have an issue with the USA receiving the designated portion of the tariff for hormone free beef, as this will not lead to any increase of beef imported into the EU but the aforementioned failures of the agreement must be addressed to make the agreement fit for purpose. As AMR prevalence increases, it is not appropriate to wait until 2022 to being to insert such bans into new legislation.
2016/11/22
Situation in Bolivia (RC-B9-0187/2019, B9-0187/2019, B9-0188/2019, B9-0189/2019, B9-0190/2019, B9-0191/2019, B9-0192/2019)

. – This resolution is an inaccurate misrepresentation of the political situation in Bolivia, where a racist, fascistic military coup toppled the government of president Evo Morales, shortly after he won re-election on October 20. The official tally showed that Morales obtained 47.08%, and his main opponent, Carlos Mesa, 36.51%, but the right-wing opposition refused to accept these results. Morales called fresh elections to defuse the violence, but the military and police forced him from power in a US-backed coup d’etat.Since then, security forces have attacked pro-democracy protests, killing dozens.The resolution repeats the arguments of the coup-mongers, providing cover for an attack on democratic norms in Bolivia, and the violent repression and murders of pro-Morales, indigenous and pro-democracy demonstrators.It also repeats unproven claims of electoral fraud; insinuates blame on pro-Morales protesters for the social turmoil and deaths; ignores the role of the military and police in carrying out a violent coup; recognises the unconstitutionally self-declared far-right “president” Añez; and welcomes new elections that would exclude Morales from running.I therefore voted against.
2016/11/22
Climate and environmental emergency (RC-B9-0209/2019, B9-0209/2019, B9-0211/2019, B9-0212/2019, B9-0215/2019, B9-0216/2019, B9-0218/2019, B9-0220/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution as it is obvious that we are facing a climate and environmental emergency.This is corroborated by verifiable scientific evidence, such as the recent findings by the World Meteorological Organization which has predicated a temperature increase of up to 5 degrees Celsius within the next 80 years. As long as the signatories to the Paris Agreement who pledged to implement measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions continue with empty promises and pledges, then this will become a reality.Global emissions have shown no signs of slowing, which is demonstrated by record—breaking temperatures year after year, at great human and ecological cost. For these reasons I supported this resolution.
2016/11/22
2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (B9-0174/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution as it essential to create a just transition to tackle climate change. I also believe that combatting climate change along with social inequality and poverty all need to be at the forefront of the UN’s agenda.It is important that people are not left behind in the fight against climate change, and in establishing an economy that no longer relies on fossil fuels. Ordinary people must not bear the brunt of the fight to tackle climate change, when multinational corporations and the fossil fuel industry are ultimately responsible for the destruction of our planet. I note that this resolution encourages the use of nuclear power as an alternative fuel, however I strongly oppose the advancement of nuclear energy.Not enough is being done by the Irish government, or internationally by the signatories of the Paris Agreement, which is why I supported this resolution calling for further action.
2016/11/22
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (B9-0224/2019, B9-0225/2019, B9-0226/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution as it called on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and calls on the seven Member States that have signed up to the convention, but have not yet ratified it, to do so without delay. The resolution highlights that the convention remains the key international tool to eradicate gender-based violence.
2016/11/22
Recent actions by the Russian Federation against Lithuanian judges, prosecutors and investigators involved in investigating the tragic events on 13 January 1991 in Vilnius (RC-B9-0182/2019, B9-0182/2019, B9-0183/2019, B9-0184/2019, B9-0185/2019, B9-0186/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution.The issue in this resolution dates back to 13 January 1991, where a confrontation between independence demonstrators and Soviet troops took place at Vilnius’s television tower, during which 14 civilians were killed and 702 were injured.In March 2019, the Vilnius Regional Court qualified the events of January 1991 as an act of aggression by the Soviet Union against Lithuania and found Dmitry Yazov, former Soviet defence minister, as well as more than 60 other former Soviet officers guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their involvement on 13 January 1991.In 2018, the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the Lithuanian prosecutors who investigated the 13th January case. This year, a criminal case has been brought against the Lithuanian judges who conducted the trial of this case. I believe the Soviet authorities behind the events in 1991 should be condemned and that any attempt to interfere in an ongoing judicial procedure should be denounced, and therefore I voted in favour of this resolution.
2016/11/22
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (RC-B9-0197/2019, B9-0197/2019, B9-0198/2019, B9-0201/2019, B9-0203/2019, B9-0204/2019, B9-0206/2019, B9-0208/2019)

. – I voted against this joint motion for resolution. The resolution fails to address that this type of dispute is the core problem with an export—driven agriculture policy. As long as this policy is continued, farmers will pay the price for world trade disagreements, even when they are not related to agricultural products.This resolution sees free trade and open markets as a panacea and that this type of issue can be avoided by pouring more money into promotion in other countries. This resolution should have been about the need to boost farm incomes for trade within the EU, giving priority to short supply chains and helping farmers diversify. I am very disappointed this resolution was orientated in such a way that the difficulties created by a dispute of this nature will likely continue for European farmers.
2016/11/22
Crisis of the WTO Appellate Body (B9-0181/2019)

. – We voted to abstain on this file on the WTO appellate body because it presented the undemocratic and opaque appellate body, and the WTO in general, in an uncritical manner. The file calls for ending the issue of vacancies on the appellate body of the WTO. In December, terms of two of the three remaining members of the seven-member tribunal will end, causing the Appellate Body to go dormant due to lack of a quorum. We oppose the US approach to the WTO. However, we could not vote in favour of a text that presents the WTO and its dispute settlement body as some kind of guarantee for democratic multilateralism, economic inclusion, and sound rules-based global governance.
2016/11/22
On-going negotiations for a new EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (B9-0175/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution that deals with the ongoing cooperation between the EU and its former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific covering development aid, trade and economic inclusion and political cooperation. I supported the resolution because it contained a number of positive aspects particularly from a development perspective.
2016/11/22
Election of the Commission

. – The proposed Commission represents continuity with the same failed policies of the Juncker Commission. It is clearly unwilling and unable to address the fundamental reforms that the EU needs. For this reason, I voted against the proposed Commission.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece (A9-0040/2019 - Eva Kaili)

. – I voted in favour of releasing funding under the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece because the natural disaster in Greece clearly meets all of the criteria for mobilising the Solidarity Fund.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats (A9-0039/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier)

. – We voted to abstain on the proposal to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to supplement the financing in the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2020 above the ceiling of heading 3 by the amount of EUR 778 074 489 to finance measures migration, refugee inflows and security threats. The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) will receive the majority of the funding.While the AMIF is in need of substantial reform it does fund many positive initiatives, including in Ireland. We would support increased funding for such programmes through the AMIF. However, we abstained because we oppose the ISF. Furthermore, we also oppose the ongoing practice of conflating migration and security which is evident here.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2020 (A9-0036/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier)

. – I voted in favour of mobilising the EU Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2020 because this will allow the Fund an amount of up to a maximum of EUR 50 million in both commitment and payment appropriations to be included in the budget for the payment of advances.
2016/11/22
2020 budgetary procedure: joint text (A9-0035/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial)

. – I voted against the agreement reach between the European Parliament and the Council on Monday 18th November in Brussels on the EU budget for 2020. The agreement represents an increase of 1.5% compared to the 2019 budget. I oppose the agreement because of how the money is being spent. Of particular concern, is that for the second year the EU budget has allocated 250 million EUR to the European Defence Industrial Defence Programme (EDIDP).The Frontex budget increased by 115 million (compared to 2019) and Frontex staff increased by 191 posts with respect to 2019. Furthermore, the Internal Security Fund will receive 501 million. For these reasons I voted against the agreement.
2016/11/22
EU-Ukraine Agreement amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (C9-0105/2019)

. – I voted against this agreement. This agreement increased by 50 000 tonnes the allowance of chicken breast Ukraine can import to the EU. It has come about after a dispute between the EU and Ukraine. Ukraine imported more chicken breast than the EU envisaged in the previous agreement by creating a new type of cut, which included breast and which would not fall under the quota limit awarded. I do not believe Ukraine should be rewarded for acting in bad faith by inventing methods to get around quota limits. This is a bad deal for EU chicken farmers and it does nothing to address the animal welfare concerns EU consumers have with Ukrainian poultry meat production.
2016/11/22
Amending VAT and excise duty rules as regards defence effort within the Union framework (A9-0034/2019 - Paul Tang)

. – I voted against this report. The proposal aims to align the defence spending of the EU with the rules on collecting VAT, and the excise duties rules applied to NATO spending. The report aims to increase military mobility within the EU by removing VAT for several military goods (e.g. food supplies) when armed forces are training or active in other EU states. The VAT exemption in the EU would also be applied for NATO-countries. This is essentially an indirect subsidy for military forces across the EU. As it is promoting further militarisation, I voted against.
2016/11/22
Children rights in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (B9-0178/2019, B9-0179/2019, B9-0180/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution. It focused on reinforcing the commitment to zero child labour, ensuring that children with disabilities have access to quality education and training, assisting children caught up in armed conflicts and being aware of the needs of children in detention. On the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child, I very much welcome that EU politicians have accepted that more needs to be done to implement the convention.
2016/11/22
Financial assistance to Member States to cover serious financial burden inflicted on them following a UK's withdrawal from the EU without an agreement (A9-0020/2019 - Younous Omarjee)

. – We voted in favour of this proposal in order to extend the scope of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit. This will allow Member States to use the impact of Brexit on public finances as reason to draw down funding from the EUSF. It is vital that all possible preparations for a hard Brexit are in place.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: partially granting an authorisation for a use of chromium trioxide (Cromomed S.A. and others) (B9-0151/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection. Chromium trioxide is mainly used in chrome plating. It is considered a carcinogenic 1A, without a safe threshold, and mutagenic 1B.The Commission’s draft change to the REACH Regulation gives a very broad authorisation for use of chromium trioxide. The current REACH Regulation states that only authorisations can be given for use of this substance if there are no safer alternatives – which the applicants need to demonstrate for each of the uses they are applying for. This was not demonstrated, nonetheless, the Commission granted the authorisation, stating: ‘it’s impossible for a single alternative to comply with all of the requirements’.The objections calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft implementing decision and to submit a new draft rejecting the application for authorisation, and to carefully assess whether any authorisations can be granted in full compliance with the REACH Regulation for the specific uses covered by the application submitted by the Applicants. We believe that we must be cognisant of the precautionary principle in such circumstances.
2016/11/22
Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group (RC-B9-0118/2019, B9-0118/2019, B9-0119/2019, B9-0120/2019, B9-0121/2019, B9-0122/2019, B9-0124/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution, which highlights the negative implications that the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook has had on its workers and customers. The cessation of the operations of Thomas Cook, which employed 22 000 people and served 19 million people a year, has required an enormous repatriation operation for more than 600 000 holidaymakers from different locations around the world to their places of origin.I support the proposals made in the report, as it highlights the importance of sustained social dialogue at all levels.
2016/11/22
State of play of the disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches - public country-by-country reporting (B9-0117/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution, which was co-signed by my group, GUE/NGL. The resolution calls on EU Member States to stop blocking a crucial proposal for corporate tax transparency in the Council.Public country-by-country reporting (CBCR) will require the largest multinationals to publish their profits and taxes paid in each EU member state as well as aggregated data for the rest of the world. Sinn Féin has strongly supported public CBCR, and the Irish Government is one of several blocking the proposal from proceeding in Council. The legal basis of the proposal is the right of the EU to legislate on accounting standards (as opposed to it being a taxation matter, which some Member States are claiming).The European Parliament adopted its mandate on for entering inter-institutional negotiations on this proposal in 2017; however, the Council has failed to adopt a common position so trilogues have not yet begun.The resolution notes the legal basis of the proposal and calls on Member States to break the deadlock in Council and enter trilogues. It calls on the Finnish Presidency of the Council to prioritise the file and progress it to COREPER level in the Council.
2016/11/22
The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences (RC-B9-0123/2019, B9-0123/2019, B9-0125/2019, B9-0126/2019, B9-0127/2019, B9-0128/2019, B9-0129/2019, B9-0133/2019)

. – Turkey’s invasion of north-east Syria is illegal under international law, and represents a dangerous escalation of conflict in the region. This Resolution, supported by all the major Groups in the European Parliament, is a strong rebuke to Turkey. It condemns the invasion, demands an immediate withdrawal and end to arms sales to Turkey by EU Member States, and calls for international dialogue in the framework of the UN.Some of the language in the Resolution is unfortunate, calling for the Commission and High Commissioner to act on behalf of the EU in the matter, but foreign affairs remains a national competence. It also refers approvingly to the military ‚Global Coalition‘ in the region. I voted for amendments to change these references.Another paragraph also advocates ‘targeted sanctions’ against Syrian and Turkish government officials. Sinn Féin is generally opposed to sanctions, particularly economic sanctions, as they frequently have a negative impact on the civilian population and can be counterproductive. I voted to remove this sentence.Despite these serious problems with the text, however, I voted in favour of the final resolution, as I felt the seriousness of the situation necessitated sending Turkey the strongest message possible.
2016/11/22
Search and rescue in the Mediterranean (B9-0130/2019, B9-0131/2019, B9-0132/2019, B9-0154/2019)

. – I supported this joint motion for resolution on search and rescue operations (SAR) for the following reasons. It calls on Member States to maintain their ports open to NGO vessels. It calls for proactive SAR operations along routes where they can make an effective contribution to the preservation of lives and calls for political and financial support of the Commission to such operations. It reiterates our demand adopted in the former resolution to exempt humanitarian assistance from criminalisation, and calls for a relocation mechanism for persons arriving by sea.More than 1 000 women, men and children have drowned or gone missing in the Mediterranean this year alone, according to Oxfam. Failure to take immediate action, such as called for in this resolution, condemns thousands more to death in the Mediterranean Sea.
2016/11/22
Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania (B9-0155/2019, RC-B9-0156/2019, B9-0156/2019, B9-0157/2019, B9-0158/2019, B9-0159/2019, B9-0160/2019, B9-0161/2019)

. – Firstly, Sinn Féin is not opposed to the accession process with North Macedonia and Albania. We do not believe it is our role to block these countries joining if it is the will of its population. It must be remembered that when Ireland joined its economy was a fraction of its current size.However, we abstained on the joint resolution due to its wording. The text contains many demands we disagree with. Many of the economic conditions are reforms that push neoliberal economics that will not benefit the people of North Macedonia. Of course, countries need to meet standards of democracy and governance but it should not be used to force a certain economic view on any country. We must ensure the highest standards on issues such as judicial independence and tackling corruption without telling people they have no longer have economic choice.We believe the reform package the EU demands of assent countries should be reformed as soon as possible.
2016/11/22
Draft general budget of the European Union for 2020 - all sections

. – We voted against the 2020 budget because it continues to prioritise corporate interests and militarisation at the expense of socially beneficial programmes.Of particular concern is that for the second year, the EU budget has allocated EUR 250 million to the European Defence Industrial Defence Programme (EDIDP). This programme is a subsidy to the arms industry and contradicts EU treaties as it is prohibited to charge any spending with ‘military or defence implications’ to the EU budget (Article 41 TEU). Furthermore, the EDIDP is a precursor to the EUR 13 billion European Defence Fund planned for 2021.
2016/11/22
General budget of the European Union for 2020 - all sections (A9-0017/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial)

. – We voted against the 2020 budget because it continues to prioritise corporate interests and militarisation at the expense of socially beneficial programmes.Of particular concern is that for the second year, the EU budget has allocated EUR 250 million to the European Defence Industrial Defence Programme (EDIDP). This programme is a subsidy to the arms industry and contradicts EU treaties as it is prohibited to charge any spending with ‘military or defence implications’ to the EU budget (Article 41 TEU). Furthermore, the EDIDP is a precursor to the EUR 13 billion European Defence Fund planned for 2021.
2016/11/22
Discharge 2017: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (A9-0011/2019 - Petri Sarvamaa)

. – I voted in favour of refusing to grant this discharge due to irregularities discovered by OLAF regarding breach of procurement procedures, misappropriation of EU funds, mismanagement, abuse of position in human resources issues, and breaches of data protection rules. I welcome that since then, corrective measures have been put in place to improve the governance, restore transparency and rebuild trust. However, as this discharge concerns the 2017 budget, I voted to refuse the discharge
2016/11/22
Discharge 2017: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A9-0010/2019 - Isabel García Muñoz)

. – I voted in favour of refusing to grant this discharge because the European Council continues to refuse to engage with Parliament in the discharge procedure. This procedure is essential in order to maintain transparency and democratic accountability.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees (B9-0149/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this objection because I believe the approach proposed by the Commission does not represent best practice. In its Draft Regulation, the Commission chooses to retain the sole criterion of acute oral and contact toxicity to assess pesticides’ impact on bees, thereby refusing to base its criteria on the latest scientific knowledge and evidence.The Commission excludes from the current Draft Regulation all important criteria from the Bee Guidance document, including chronic oral toxicity and larval toxicity, which were included in a previous draft of the contested measure. I believe the Commission should redraft the regulation to broaden texting requirements.
2016/11/22
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) (A9-0015/2019 - Vilija Blinkevičiūtė)

. – This file deals with an emergency Brexit contingency amendment to Regulation which sets the current rules for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The proposed change would include a ‘no deal’ Brexit as a basis for Member States to apply for EGF funding.The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a ‘solidarity fund’, financing measures to help workers affected by unexpected and significant dismissals provoked by globalisation or by global economic and financial crisis. It is an emergency fund, and is only mobilised on an ad hoc basis.Sinn Féin’s general approach to the EGF has been critical yet supportive of the EGF. The funds is mostly a ‘sticking plaster’ for the impacts of globalisation and EU market policies. Nevertheless, since this fund advances worker’s interests, their reskilling and their capacity to find new jobs, we have generally supported EGF applications.The impacts of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit are hard to predict, and could affect workers at a range of levels, leading to possibly considerable job losses. A flexible application of the EGF in the case of a ‘no deal’ Brexit could help to shield vulnerable workers from the worst of the potential fall-out. We therefore voted in favour.
2016/11/22
Fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in United Kingdom waters and fishing operations of United Kingdom fishing vessels in Union waters (A9-0014/2019 - Chris Davies)

. – I voted in favour of this file to continue authorisation of fishing vessels in the case of a no-deal scenario.In the absence of a withdrawal agreement, fishing activities by Member State vessels in waters under British jurisdiction and by British registered vessels in EU waters would no longer be governed by the Common Fisheries Policy Basic Regulation when the British government withdraws from the EU.In case of a no-deal Brexit, EU and British registered vessels risk suddenly not having the possibility to utilise fully the fishing opportunities as established for 2019 or access, which would be catastrophic, especially for the sector in Ireland.It is important to keep open the possibility of arrangements for continued reciprocal fishing access by fishing vessels from the island of Ireland who rely on access to all our waters and beyond after the withdrawal date.
2016/11/22
Implementation and financing of the EU general budget in 2020 in relation to the UK's withdrawal from the EU (A9-0018/2019 - Johan Van Overtveldt)

. – I voted in favour to ensure that in the event of Britain leaving the EU without an agreement, the budgetary relations between the EU and the North of Ireland and Britain would not be left without an agreed legal arrangement. Such a scenario would create considerable uncertainty and difficulties for the implementation of the Union’s budgets for 2019 and 2020. The purpose of this proposal is to extend to 2020 the contingency framework approved by Parliament on 17 April 2019. This will allow for beneficiaries of the EU budget in the North of Ireland and Britain to continue to receive funding. Without this, farmers, universities, Erasmus students, etc., would be cut off from EU funds in the event of a no-deal Brexit, an outcome that it is in everyone’s interest to avoid.
2016/11/22
Periods of application of Regulation (EU) 2019/501 and Regulation (EU) 2019/502 (Committee on Transport and Tourism)

. – I voted in favour of this legislation to extend the period for Brexit contingency measures in the area of road transport, and air connectivity.In a no-deal scenario, road and air transport will be negatively affected and I therefore fully support extending the validity of these contingency measures for a further seven months.
2016/11/22
Periods of application of Regulation (EU) 2019/501 and Regulation (EU) 2019/502 ( - Karima Delli)

. – I voted in favour of this urgent procedure, to put to a vote extending the period for Brexit contingency measures in the area of road transport, and air connectivity.In a No Deal scenario, road and air transport will be negatively affected and I therefore fully support extending the validity of these contingency measures for a further seven months.
2016/11/22
Eurojust and Serbia Cooperation Agreement (A9-0009/2019 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

. – This Report concerns cooperation and exchange of personal data between Eurojust and Serbia for criminal matters on a case by case basis. Such co-operation agreements can be adopted via 1) the pre-Lisbon procedure whereby the Council approves them through implementing measures, after consulting the European Parliament, or 2) the new Eurojust Regulation procedure (already adopted, but not operational until December). Under this second procedure, the EP will have a stronger role via a veto.Despite the fact that the Lisbon Treaty provided a stronger role of the European Parliament over such agreements, previous agreements have been adopted pursuant to the pre-Lisbon consultation procedure, where the Parliament’s opinion is not binding. This is possible as the pre-Lisbon instrument hasn’t yet been amended.I have abstained on previously such files on the basis that we support a stronger role for the European Parliament than provided for in the procedure used, in order to strengthen transparency and accountability. It should be noted that such personal data can be already be exchanged with Serbia directly through national prosecutors, and the transfer of personal data with this country does not depend on the approval of this tool. I therefore abstained on this file.
2016/11/22
Draft amending budget No 4/2019: reduction of commitment and payment appropriations in line with updated needs of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources) (A9-0012/2019 - John Howarth)

. – We voted in favour of the file on draft amending budget (DAB) No 4/2019 because we agree with the rapporteur’s assessment and oppose the cuts proposed by the Commission and Council. The goal of this DAB n°4 is to update both the expenditure and the revenue sides of the budget to take account of the postponement of the withdrawal of UK to 31 October. The Commission proposes an extra EUR 15 million for the European Parliament to take into account the fact that Britain remained in the EU until now. However, the Commission, together with the Council, seized this opportunity to also make cuts, amounting to EUR 100 million. The vast majority of these cuts come out of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the Solidarity Fund, ESMA and EBA.
2016/11/22
Adjustments to the amounts mobilised from the Flexibility Instrument for 2019 to be used for migration, refugee inflows and security threats (A9-0013/2019 - John Howarth)

. – I voted against, because I oppose the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 1164 million as it is related to and conditional on the adoption of cuts in DAB4, which I also oppose. Furthermore, a lot of the funding will go to the EU’s failing approach to migration, with very little going to integration of refugees and asylum seekers.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Active substances, including flumioxazine (B9-0103/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection because we do not agree this chemical should be automatically renewed for another year. This initial period of approval for this chemical expired a number of years ago, but its use licence was extended while the full renewal process was ongoing. Since its initial approval, concerns have been raised as to its safety. It has been identified as a probable endocrine disruptor. Considering this, I believe we must await the results of more comprehensive testing, which forms part of the full approval process. Until this process is complete and the results indicate the chemical is safe for usage, no further approvals should be permitted. The European Food Safety Agency should work to shorten approval-processing times, without compromising on safety, to ensure farmers have access to the chemicals they need to produce the food we eat.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Active substances, including chlorotoluron (B9-0104/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection because we do not agree this chemical should be automatically renewed for another year. This initial period of approval for this chemical expired a number of years ago, but its use licence was extended while the full renewal process was ongoing. Since its initial approval, concerns have been raised as to its safety. It has been identified and classified as toxic for reproduction category 1B and as a probable endocrine disruptor. Considering this, we believe we must await the results of more comprehensive testing, which forms part of the full approval process. Until this process is complete and the results indicate the chemical is safe for usage, no further approvals should be permitted. The European Food Safety Agency should work to shorten approval-processing times, without compromising on safety, to ensure farmers have access to the chemicals they need to produce the food we eat.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified maize MZHG0JG (SYN-ØØØJG-2) (B9-0107/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection because we believe a positive opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health should be mandatory before use is authorised in the EU. The European Commission should withdraw proposals for authorisations, which have no accompanying positive opinion from the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.We also believe that GMO soybean designed to withstand pesticides, which are banned in Europe, should not be permitted to enter the EU. This soybean is clearly modified to an extent that is unnecessary and undesirable. The utmost consideration must be given to human and animal health and the environment in cases such as this.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified soybean A2704-12 (ACS-GMØØ5-3) (B9-0105/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection because we believe a positive opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health should be mandatory before use is authorised in the EU. The European Commission should withdraw proposals for authorisations, which have no accompanying positive opinion from the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.We also believe that GMO soybean designed to withstand pesticides, which are banned in Europe, should not be permitted to enter the EU. This soybean is clearly modified to an extent that is unnecessary and undesirable. The utmost consideration must be given to human and animal health and the environment in cases such as this.
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 × DAS-40278-9 and genetically modified maize combining two, three or four of the single events MON 89034, 1507, MON 88017, 59122 and DAS-40278-9 (B9-0106/2019)

. – We voted in favour of this objection because we believe a positive opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health should be mandatory before use is authorised in the EU. The European Commission should withdraw proposals for authorisations, which have no accompanying positive opinion from the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.We also believe that GMO soybean designed to withstand pesticides, which are banned in Europe, should not be permitted to enter the EU. This soybean is clearly modified to an extent that is unnecessary and undesirable. The upmost consideration must be given to human and animal health and the environment in cases such as this.
2016/11/22
Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (B9-0108/2019, B9-0111/2019)

. – This contentious resolution seeks to accuse various third parties – particularly Russia – of interfering in elections in the EU, and to use this to ‘explain’ the rise of far-right populism in the EU.While outside interference is a genuine issue – just look at the Cambridge Analytica scandal surrounding the Brexit vote – this resolution goes too far and is unbalanced, only referring to online media and only looking outside the EU for sources of interference.It creates a slippery slope around ‘disinformation’ and ‘fake news’ that could harm freedom of political expression, and indeed restrict journalism and the right to inform. The resolution talks openly about supporting and fostering ‘responsible journalism’, which sounds dangerously Orwellian, and calls for legislative action to allow the EU to intervene in social media.Even more problematically, it calls for an upgrade of the EU’s propaganda arm, the EU East StratCom Task Force, into a permanent structure within the European External Action Service, and considers NATO an important tool in combatting ‘disinformation’.I supported several amendments to improve the overall text, but ultimately was unable to support the resolution for the reasons above. I therefore voted against.
2016/11/22
Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and own resources: time to meet citizens' expectations (B9-0110/2019, B9-0112/2019, B9-0113/2019)

. – I voted against this motion for resolution as I do not agree with its overarching vision for the EU. I particularly oppose increasing the EU budget by 30 percent as well as the creation of EU taxes such as: a common consolidated corporate tax base, digital services taxation, a financial transaction tax, income from the emissions trading scheme, a plastics contribution and a carbon border adjustment mechanism. For these reasons I voted against the Motion for resolution.
2016/11/22
Employment and social policies of the euro area (A9-0016/2019 - Yana Toom)

. – This report represents a fairly typical response from the European Parliament to the issues of employment and social policies of the euro area and sets out the European Parliament’s position on these matters ahead of the next cycle. However, it is presented entirely within the framework of the European Semester – a regressive and failed economic paradigm that erodes sovereignty and reduces economic independence while failing to acknowledge or address the underlying structural and economic problems in the euro area.The draft report had some good points, in particular concerns about persistently high levels of youth unemployment, in-work poverty, the need to ensure quality job creation, reintegrate the unemployed into the labour force, and tackling inequalities, including the gender inequalities. While the final report is nonetheless an improvement, I could not support it, as it is entirely premised on the European Semester, to which I am opposed, and which would actually help prevent the action necessary to resolve these very issues.
2016/11/22
Patentability of plants and essential biological processes (B9-0040/2019, B9-0040/2019, B9-0041/2019, B9-0042/2019, B9-0043/2019, B9-0044/2019, B9-0047/2019)

. – I supported this joint motion for a resolution because it challenges what I believe was an incorrect judgement by the European Patent Office (EPO). The decision made by the EPO effectively meant that plants could be patented by companies. This directly conflicts with European law: a plant species developed through a purely biological process is not patentable. Any derogation to this law would unfairly allow companies to take ownership of plant species. Sinn Féin is committed to protecting the rights of farmers to engage freely in biological breeding and is determined to fight big business’s attempt at monopolising the industry.
2016/11/22
State of implementation of anti-money laundering legislation (B9-0045/2019, B9-0046/2019)

. – I voted in favour of this resolution on combating money laundering. The European Banking Authority opened an investigation earlier this year into a possible breach of EU law by the Estonian and Danish financial regulators with regard to revelations of money laundering in the Estonian branch of Dankse Bank. This involved EUR 200 billion worth of suspicious transactions, the largest money—laundering case ever to be exposed in the EU. In April, the EBA chair recommended that the EBA make a finding of ‘breach of Union law’. The Board of Supervisors of the EBA, composed of representatives from the Member States, rejected this proposal.The resolution expresses concerns about the EBA’s and the Commission’s response to MEPs at an ECON hearing on 5 September. It notes the circumstances of the dropping of the EBA’s investigation into Danske Bank, and calls on the Commission to continue investigating the case and to initiate infringement procedures if appropriate. It also calls on the Commission to initiate infringement procedures against those Member States that have failed to implement the Anti—Money Laundering Directive.
2016/11/22
Draft amending budget No 1/2019: surplus from 2018 (A9-0005/2019 - John Howarth)

. – We voted against what should have been a procedural proposal because the rapporteur used it as an opportunity to call for a significant change to the budgetary practice involved. The proposal is for all revenue resulting from fines or linked to late payments to be transferred without a corresponding decrease in the contributions based on gross national income (GNI). Currently, these surpluses are transferred forward to the next calendar year and there is a corresponding deduction from national contributions. Changing this practice would increase the budget and national contributions, which is something Sinn Féin opposes.
2016/11/22
Draft amending budget No 2/2019: reinforcement of key programmes for EU competitiveness: Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ (A9-0004/2019 - John Howarth)

. – We voted in favour of the proposal to allow for a reinforcement of EUR 100 million of commitment appropriations to Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+. We support the ring-fencing of the EUR 80 million for Horizon 2020 for environmental research and the allocation of EUR 20 million for core mobility activities in the field of higher education and vocational education and training.However, one issue of concern is the fact that the Commission intends to use some of the additional money to boost funding for pilot initiatives on European Universities and Centres of Vocational Excellence. Both initiatives are proposed for the next generation of the Erasmus+ programme from 2021 to 2027. They have nevertheless received funding through the 2019 work programme: ‘European Universities’ had received EUR 30 million already before the top-up via the draft amending budget. Supplementary policy choices like this are only supposed to be adopted via delegated acts, with oversight powers for both legislators.We will be following the issue closely.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and Austria (A9-0002/2019 - Siegfried Mureşan)

. – I voted in favour of releasing funds from the European Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Italy and Romania as they have each suffered from extreme weather conditions that have caused substantial destruction. All three countries applied for support due to extreme weather events, and all three meet the criteria for support.
2016/11/22
Draft amending budget No 3/2019: proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and Austria (A9-0006/2019 - John Howarth)

. – I voted in favour of releasing funds from the European Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Italy and Romania as they have each suffered from extreme weather conditions that have caused substantial destruction. All three countries applied for support due to extreme weather events, and all three meet the criteria for support.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - EGF/2019/000 TA 2019 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (A9-0001/2019 - Bogdan Rzońca)

. – The file requests the mobilisation of EUR 610 000 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for technical assistance to the Commission in promoting the EGF.The EGF was established to support workers made redundant in EU Member States as a result of the adverse effects of globalisation.The funds requested cover technical assistance including: monitoring and data—gathering for EGF websites; improving ease of access; standardising and simplifying procedures; and awareness-raising about the EGF.This request is larger than last year, due to an important final evaluation of the EGF for the period 2014-2020.While we support this technical assistance and the EGF, it is important also to remain vigilant about the fund’s use. The EGF should not be used as an ‘opt-out’ clause for companies to get away with undermining workers’ rights, compensate for austerity cuts, or facilitate companies moving to countries with cheaper labour.The report itself also highlights the importance of ‘liaising between all those involved in EGF applications, including, in particular, the social partners and stakeholders at regional and local level’, which is welcome. We therefore voted in favour.
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (B9-0038/2019, B9-0039/2019)

. – This is a positive resolution. It reaffirms the positions that the European Parliament has already taken and goes further than previous resolutions in relation to the EU rights of Irish citizens in the north, and on the right of people in the north to decide their own citizenship as outlined in the Good Friday Agreement.For these reasons, we voted in favour.
2016/11/22
Launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Ireland (A9-0003/2019 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

. – I voted against this report as it endorses the automatic flow of data, which includes the automatic exchange of DNA, fingerprint and vehicle registration databases. This automatic data sharing needs to be evaluated in terms of its necessity and proportionality in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. In the case of this report, I have immense concerns over data protection, certainly with regard to the vast amount of data that will be collected on individuals without due cause. I therefore voted against.
2016/11/22

Written questions (6)

The illegal detention in Ireland of US veterans Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff PDF (44 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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EU nationals working cross-border in Ireland PDF (38 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Oil reserves and EU rules PDF (41 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Trade in food and food products in Ireland PDF (39 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Rule of law infringement in Britain PDF (44 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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EU must protect African elephants PDF (51 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Amendments (1304)

Amendment 40 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the digital age requires electoral laws to be adapted to this new digital reality and suggests Member States introduce an obligatory system of introduce an obligatory system of digital imprints for electronic campaigning and advertising. Any form of political advertising should include easily accessible and understandable information on the publishing organisation, why the ad is displayed and who is legally responsible for spending so that it is clear who sponsored campaigns, similar to existing requirements for printed campaign materials currently in place in various Mmember Sstates;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 9
9. Believes that profiling for political and electoral purposes, as, pursuant to EU data protection law, it refers to political or philosophical opinions, should be prohibited and is of the opinion that social media platforms should monitor and actively inform authorities if such behaviour occurs; Calls on political parties and other actors involved in elections to refrain from using profiling for political and electoral purposes; calls on political parties to be transparent as to their use of online platforms and data;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 10
10. Urges social media platforms,Recalls that the processing of personal data by political parties andin the advertising industry to work closely with the European Commission to develop sector-wide Codes of Conduct that include at least guidelines for ethical campaigning in the digital age and cooperation methods with authorities in charge of verifying electoral processes in Member StateEU is subject to the General Data Protection Regulations and that the breach of principles, rights and obligations encompasses under this law would result in additional fines and sanctions;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 11
11. Considers election interference to be a great challenge for democracy which requires a joint effort involving service providers, regulators and political actors and parties; welcomes the intention of the Commission to provide recommendations in this regard;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of the privacy improvements that Facebook has undertaken after the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal, but recalls that Facebook promised to hold a full internal audit of which the European Parliament has not yet been informed and recommendurges that Facebook make substantial modifications to its platform to ensure its compliance with EU data protection law, that would also affect the core business model and the structure of its platform;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the European Parliament to encourage the British Government to legislate as soon as possible to review the new rules under ‘The Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018’ applying to the North of Ireland, recognising that the new rules do not apply to retroactive donations, and still incur legislative loopholes as per the work undertaken via campaigning journalism by OpenDemocracy;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Recognises the work of legal representatives within the non-profit organisation ‘Good Law Project’ in their successful Court case against the Electoral Commission and VoteLeave, which challenged the adequacy of the Electoral Commission’s investigation into spending by VoteLeave alongside their reading of the law around donations;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Recognises that the non-profit ‘Good Law Project’ are continuing their efforts to uphold transparent, open and accountable politics, fundraising for a continued legal challenge, that the same logic must apply to the Constitutional Research Council, the body that gave the £435,000 donation to the Democratic Unionist Party;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 33
33. Is of the opinion Eurojust should urgently initiate, in cooperation with Member States authorities a specialthat Member States should urgently conduct, with the support of Eurojust, if necessary, investigations into the alleged misuse of the online political space by foreign forces; calls on the Commission to swiftly come up with the necessary proposals to enlarge the competences of EPPO to include prosecution of crimes against electoral infrastructure;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas EU citizenship is gained through nationality of a Member State, and clearly supplements national citizenship in accordance with Article 9 of the TEU; whereas European citizenship does not, and cannot, supersede national citizenship; whereas northern Ireland is a special case whereby citizens are entitled to dual- citizenship, under the Good Friday Agreement, an internationally recognised Treaty lodged in the United Nations, and the Irish constitution recognises everyone born in the island of Ireland to be part of the Irish Nation, therefore Irish citizens in northern Ireland as per the EU/UK December Joint Agreement, should enjoy, access and exercise their European rights where they reside;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas European citizens are directly represented in the European Parliament and have a democratic right to stand and vote in European elections, even when residing in another territory; whereas EU rights holders must, in association with Article 22 TFEU and Article 10 TEU, have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU has a duty to protect minorities and to guarantee their rights; notes that Article 2 of the TEU frames the protection of minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EU; further notes that Articles 21 (on non- discrimination) and 22 (on cultural, religious and linguistic diversity) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights acquired legally binding form in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); Notes that all current rights available under the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), alongside the oversight and protections provided by the CJEU are fundamental to citizens in northern Ireland for the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the diversity of views in the Parliament and mitigates the accountability of the European institutions to European citizens; Member States must ensure that their nationals receive the protection of all economic, social, political, environmental and democratic rights associated with EU citizenship;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes with concern that Golden Visas are afforded to non-EU citizens. These Golden Visas can be purchased from Member States, like Ireland, where it costs €1 million for each applicant, and only a requirement to stay in Ireland one day. EU Citizenship should not be reduced to a commodity;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the UKBritish and Irish Governments to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UKBritain and northern Ireland are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties.
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, shows that violence against women needs to be tackled in all EU Member States, including those which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), given the extent of the problem, the severe consequences of violence and the impact it has on women’s lives as well as on society as a whole; whereas the UNSCR 1325 stresses the importance of women’s equal representation, participation and involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls in the EU experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, gender- based violence and misogynistic hate speech – which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society; whereas in 2017, the #MeToo movement raised awareness of the scale and intensity of the sexual harassment and sexual and gender- based violence women face; whereas in recent years reports have pointed out a growing backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in the EU;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. Recognises that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union will no longer apply to Britain post-Brexit; notes that the Charter acts as a “ceiling” for rights whereas the ECHR acts as a “floor” to the situation of rights in the European Union; notes that there will be 1.8million possible European citizens in the north of Ireland whose rights will no longer be guaranteed by the Charter as a result of Brexit;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EU; encourages Member States to ensure the equal representation of women in the maintenance and promotion of Peace and Security as per UNSCR 1325, recognising that from 1990 to 2000, only 11% of peace agreements (17 of a total of 664) included at least one reference to women (UN Women, 2018), and that only 27% signed since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 included reference to women (UN Women, 2018);
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; regrets that in some Member States, discussions around the ratification of the Istanbul Convention have been accompanied by campaigns against perceived gender ideology; points out that campaigns against perceived gender ideology go against principles of universal human rights and are harmful to society at large; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women againstagainst gender-based violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EU;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Fundamental rights of LGBTI people
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the fact that LGBTI people keep experiencing bullying, harassment and violence, and suffer multiple discrimination indifferent aspects of their lives;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 133 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Condemns firmly the promotion and the practice of LGBTI conversion therapies and pathologisation of trans and intersex identities; urges all Member States to adopt similar measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity, gender expression, physical integrity and self-determination;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Regrets that non-consented sex normalising treatments on intersex people, especially children, are only prohibited in two EU countries to this date; calls on all Member States to adopt legislation prohibiting intersex genital mutilations as soon as possible;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls upon the Commission to hold Member States accountable over national legal gender recognition provisions that pose barriers for trans people’s EU citizenship rights and freedoms, such as freedom of movement, equal access to goods and services and the labour market, notably accessing legal gender recognition, such as the obligation to divorce, forced sterilisation, a mental health diagnosis and other degrading requirements;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Reiterates the importance of making accessible, quality healthcare a reality for trans people and calls upon Member States to end gender identity related discrimination in accessing healthcare services and insurance coverage; to this end, calls upon the Commission to study discriminatory practices by insurance providers and support Member States in their efforts develop and implement quality trans- specific healthcare that is based on informed consent and accessible without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, ethnicity, HIV status or economic means; calls upon Member States to ensure HIV prevention, education, testing and treatment measures recognise trans women and trans men respectively as particularly vulnerable target groups;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Is concerned over the continuous experiences of gender-based stigma, violence and discrimination by LGBTI people and the lack of knowledge and interventions by law enforcement authorities particularly towards trans people and marginalised LGBTI people; reminds that combating violence related to the gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or sexual orientation of a person falls in the EU gender-based violence remit; calls upon the Commission to mainstream gender identity perspective in it; calls upon Member States to combat impunity in anti-trans crimes as a threat to the rule of law on the one hand, and develop together with civil society effective measures protecting trans people effectively against stigma, discrimination and violence;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Welcomes the implementation of some actions contained in the list of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI equality (2014-2019); calls on the European Commission to renew an ambitious multi-annual list for the period 2019-2024 in close cooperation with civil society organisations working in this field;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Rule of law and Charter of Fundamental Rights
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 278 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that the joint committee established under the peace accord to consider human rights issues on the island of Ireland, made up of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, has insisted that the Withdrawal Agreement provides for the continuing North-South equivalence of rights, post-Brexit, as established under the 1998 Agreement; Notes that the joint committee has also called on the EU to seek a legal commitment to retain the Charter of Fundamental Rights in Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU; Calls therefore, on the European Parliament and the Irish Government to consider the 1.8million possible European citizens in the north of Ireland whose rights will no longer be guaranteed by the Charter as a result of Brexit;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 336 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children; notes with concern that fast-track procedures, safe-country-lists, but also deportation to other unsafe Member States in Dublin procedures put LGBTI asylum seekers at a heightened risk to be deported before being able to substantiate their claim for asylum to foreign or other Member States, where they fear prosecution on grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 365 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purposes; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right to education to every child, including migrant and refugee children, both unaccompanied and accompanied and avoiding separated schooling and segregation; stresses that Member States should ensure that migrant and refugee children are effectively supported through linguistic, social and psychological support based on individual assessment of their needs; is concerned over the specific needs and vulnerabilities of asylum seekers from marginalised groups, such as LGBTI asylum seekers; calls upon Member States to ensure that the specific needs for safety, healthcare, legal recognition of trans asylum seekers are met;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesNotes with alarmed concern the creation of the EII, the establishment of PESCO and the reinforcement of the EDF as importantdangerous steps towards streconsolidating thening the Union’s security and defence, in close militarisation of the European Union, and that any cooperation and full complementarity with NATO at a Union level should be a matter for individual Member States;
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. NoteRegrets that several Member States have recently called for an EU Security Council, an EU Battle Group and a European intelligence unit acting as a database; meanwhile, endorses the inauguration of a permanent operational headquarter and the increase of the EDA’s budget;
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends theCondemns any move towards establishment ofing a permanent Council of Defence Ministers, chaired by the VP/HR; underlines the need to strengthen the EP’s role in this field, namely through a fully-fledged Committee on Security and Defence, complemented by joint inter- parliamentary meetings between representatives from national parliaments and MEP;
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that any future Convention or Intergovernmental Conference should consider establishing a European force with the capability of intervening in conflicts and peacekeeping missions;deleted
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 24 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of the EBCG, and reminds its request for the creation of a genuine EU Civil Protection Body, while pointing out that it would favour the ongoing development of a single defence market;deleted
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 29 #

2018/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that close cooperation between the Union and its closest allies, such as the UK and the USA, remains of the utmost importance.deleted
2018/09/07
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 3 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Ombudswoman has contributed greatly to highlight issues of transparency in the life of the Union through inquiries and cases brought before her;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 4 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Ombudswoman opined that the lack of transparency regarding EU Member States’ positions during negotiations amount to maladministration and a violation of Article 41 of the Charter;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 5 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the treaties (Article 15(3) of TFEU) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Article 42) have attributed constitutional value to the principle of transparency;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 8 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Charter introduces third general rights, as is the one to transparent administration and access to documents (Article 42).
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 9 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the CJEU has decided that increased openness enabled citizens to participate more closely in the decision- making process and guarantees that the administration enjoys greater legitimacy and is more effective1a; __________________ 1a CJEU, Joined Cases C-39/05 P and C- 52 P, Kingdom of Sweden and Maurizio Turco v. Council of the European Union, European Court Reports 2008 I-04723.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 10 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Union function lies on a dual structure of legitimacy as provided in Article 10(2) of the TEU. The Union is founded on representative democracy as stipulated in Article 10(1) and should operate on principles and mechanisms of participatory democracy as per Article 11, paragraphs 1-3 TEU. Transparency is a sine-qua-non component of this dual legitimacy as it is only when citizens know who, why and how decisions have been made they participate in the electoral process and in other forms of political participation beyond elections in an informed and enlightened manner;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 12 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the principle of transparency firstly was elucidated in 1995 by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in a case against the Council 1a, the institution almost three decades later has not ensured a high level of adherence to the principle; __________________ 1a Judgement of the Court of First Instance of 19 October 1995, John Carvel and Guardian Newspapers Ltd. v. Council of the European Union, Case T-194/94.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 13 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas following the inquiry, the Ombudsman found that the Council’s current practices with regard to transparency of its decision-making process, in specific regards to preparatory discussions that take place at Coreper and National Working group level, constitute maladministration;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 16 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the Council did not reply to the recommendations contained in the Ombudsman’s report within the legally prescribed timeline of three months, and, because of the importance of the issue of legislative transparency, the Ombudsman decided not to grant the Council any extensions beyond this deadline, and submitted the report to the European Parliament;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 17 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the European Parliament has regularly requested more transparency from the Council, for example in its resolutions of 18 April 20181a and 28 April 20161b on the discharge of the Council as well as in its resolution on 14 September 2017 on Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions1c; __________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2018 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section II - European Council and Council (2017/2138(DEC)),P8_TA(2018)0125 1b European Parliament decision of 28 April 2016 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 Section II – European Council and Council (2015/2156(DEC)). 1c European Parliament resolution of 14 September 2017 on transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions (2015/2041(INI)), P8_TA(2017)0358.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 18 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the Ombudswoman also ruled in Complaint 1271/2017/ANA that the Council was not justified in holding back access to an opinion of its Legal Service concerning an inter-institutional agreement;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 19 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union adopted during its Plenary Meeting in Sofia on 17/19 June 2018 its resolution in which it urges the Council to reflect on the proposals made by 26 national parliaments of Member States to enhance the openness of legislative deliberations at EU-level 1a; __________________ 1a Contribution of the LIX COSAC, articles 2.6 and 2.7
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 21 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply convinced that democratic and transparent decision-making at the European level is indispensable to increase citizens’ trust in the European project and the EU institutions, especially in the run-up to the European elections in May 2019, and is therefore determined to defend and enhance European democracyenhance the democratic accountability of all EU institutions;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 26 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that there is currently a distinct gap between formal transparency, i.e. the legal recognition and insertion of transparency in the EU legal foundations as a self-standing principle closely linked to the rule of law, and of substantial transparency, i.e. steps to effectively materialise in a corresponding level;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 27 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reiterates that the Inter- institutional Agreement on a mandatory Transparency which is being negotiated, is a first good step; notes that the current text only covers high ranking officials of the Council;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 28 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Deeply regrets the fact that the Council has blocked the revision of the Regulation 1049/2001 and urges the Council to re-open its discussions based on the position adopted by Parliament in second reading as laid down in resolution of 12 June 2013 1a. __________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 12 June 2013 on the deadlock on the revision of Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 (2013/2637(RSP))
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 29 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Shares the viewpoint of the Ombudswoman’s strategic inquiry; deplores the fact that the Council did not reply within the deadline in the findings. Regrettably this is a recurring topic and is constantly showcased also from complaints submitted to the Ombudswoman. This matter should be considered of high importance in the democratic life of the Union and the effective participation of citizens across the continent hindering the fulfilment of the constitutional treaties and the Charter;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 33 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that transparency has four distinct aspects that are intertwined, namely (a) openness of the legislative process (b) right to access to documents (c) transparency of the legal norm as concomitant to legal certainty (d) offering wide reasoning and sufficient explanation of the motives of a legislative text;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 37 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly believes transparency is an essential ingredient of the rule of law, while ensuring that it is observed throughout the legislative process affects the effective materialization of the right to vote and the right to stand in elections and a handful of rights, i.e. right of expressions and its particular aspect the freedom of speech and the right to receive information. Considers also that forging an active European citizenship necessitates margin for public scrutiny, review and evaluation of the process and the prospect to challenge the outcome. Underlines that this would contribute to the gradual familiarization with basic concepts of the legislative process and foster the participatory elements of the democratic life of the Union.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 38 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reminds that the principles of publicity, openness and transparency are inherent to the EU Legislative process, in order to allow citizens to find out the considerations underpinning legislative actions and therefore ensures effective exercise of their democratic rights 1a. __________________ 1a Joined Cases C-39/05 and C-52/05 P, Kingdom of Sweden and Maurizio Turco v. Council of the European Union, European Court Reports 2008 I-04723
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 41 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the European Parliament represents the interests of European citizens in a fully open and transparent manner, and welcomes the substantial progress made by the Commission in improving its transparency standards, inter alia in the conduct of international negotiations and its interactions with interest representatives whereas ‘revolving-door’ still remains an alarming issue; notes that the Council does not yet follow comparable transparency standards;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 42 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call on the Council, including its preparatory bodies, to join the Transparency Register as soon as possible; calls on all Member States to introduce binding rules advancing the transparency of interest representation; calls on the Member States to introduce rules for their representatives including but not limited to, at COREPER and Working Group Levels;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 43 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the work of the preparatory bodies of the Council, i.e. the Committees of Permanent Representatives (Coreper I + II) and more than 150 working groups, is an integral part of the Council’s decision-making procedure; argues that these structures must proactively improve the transparency of decision-making procedures at working group and Coreper levels, as to improve the overall transparency of the legislative process in the European Council;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 45 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the Committees of Permanent Representatives (COREPER I- II) meeting documents should be made publicly available as well as the general position of each member state before the beginning of negotiations.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 46 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers it regrettable that the Council and the European Council have still not adopted a code of conduct for their members; recalls its call to the Council to introduce a specific code of ethics, including sanctions, which addresses the risks specific to national delegates; insists that the Council must be just as accountable and transparent as the other institutions;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 47 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Strongly believes that informal formations, subsidiary organs or other affiliated informal organs related to the European Council (i.e., the Euro Group, the Euro Summit, and the EU-27) should be properly formalized and engulfed properly in the constitutional structure of the Union. Transparency obligations should be applicable indiscriminately to their activities and publicity of documents should include analytical agendas and working documents (non-papers) that are circulated prior to meetings.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 48 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the fact that, unlike committee meetings in the European Parliament, meetings of the preparatory bodies of the Council as well as the majority of debates in the Council are held in camera; proposes that citizens, media and stakeholders should have access by appropriate means to the meetings of the Council and its preparatory bodies, includ via livestreaming viaand web-streaming, as well as making the minutes of these meeting publically available in order to make all stages of the legislative process in both components of the European legislature fully transparent;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 52 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Opines that denying the access to documents to Members of the European Parliament, has the potential to threaten the principle institutional balance and to negate the essential practice of the mutual sincere cooperation. Notes that it is an excessive burden for the effective function of parliamentary duties, having to pursue an ex post check on an ad hoc basis after every refusal of a request to access documents.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 54 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Council does not proactively publish most documents related to legislative files, and that available information is presented in a register which is incomplete and not user-friendly; calls on the Council to act on the Ombudsman’s proposals to list all the documents available on its registrar, irrespective of their format and whether or not they are partially or accessible at all; welcomes in this regard the progress made by the Commission, Parliament and the Council in the creation of a joint database for legislative files;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 56 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that all documents (legislative, intergovernmental conferences and meeting documents) from the period before 1999 should be de- classified and uploaded to the Document Archive of the Council being available publicly;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 58 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. ConsiderDeplores the Council’s endemic practice of systematically classifying all documents distributed in its preparatory bodies relating to legislative files as ‘LIMITE’ to be a violation of CJEU case law1 and of the legal requirement that there should be the widest possible public access to legislative documents; observes that in 2015, 84% of requests for public access to documents marked as “LIMITE”, and related to on-going legislative procedures in 2015 were granted; __________________ 1 For the principle of the widest possible public access, see: Joint Cases C-39/05 P and C-52/05 P Sweden and Turco v. Council [2008] ECLI:EU:C:2008:374, para 34; Case C-280/11 P Council v. Access Info Europe [2013] ECLI:EU:C:2013:671, para 27; and Case T-540/15 De Capitani v. Parliament [2018] ECLI:EU:T:2018:167, para 80.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 60 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Exceptions of Article 4 of the Regulation No 1049/2001 pending its revision should not be applied by default and whereas jurisprudence does not require justification for limiting access to a document, institutions shall strive to offer the fullest reasoning possible for taking such a decision that is a restriction of Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and as such should adhere by the principle of proportionality. Further supports that a decision to restrict access should be accompanied by an argumentation why, in a specific and actual manner relating to the document at hand;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 63 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deems it unacceptable that the positions taken in the preparatory bodies of the Council by individual Member States are neither published nor systematically recorded, making it impossible for citizens, media and stakeholders to effectively scrutinise the behaviour of their elected governments; calls for a systematic record of Member State governments to be kept and made publically available, where appropriate, when they express positions in council preparatory bodies;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 66 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that this lack of information also hampers the ability of national parliaments to control the actions of national governments in the Council, and enables members of national governments to distance themselves in the national sphere from decisions made at the European level which they shaped and took themselves; considers it irresponsible on the part of members of national governments to undermine trust in the European Union by ‘blaming Brussels’ for decisions they themselves were involved in; demands an immediate endargues that a systematic record of the positions of Member States in Preparatory Bodies would act as a positive disincentive to this practice;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 69 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the traceability of the legislative process is also an inherent aspect of transparency which is essential to ensure that citizens not simply receive documents in abstracto but can competently follow the legislative procedure. Highlights the Legislative train schedule1a and the European Parliament legislative observatory1b as good practices of the European Parliament that suggests to be integrated in the website of the Council in order to allow citizens to follow the legislative procedure from its inception until its completion. __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative- train/ 1b http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/ home.do
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 74 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it incompatible with democratic principles that, in interinstitutional negotiations between the co-legislators, the lack of transparency in the Council leads to an imbalance with regard to available information and thus to a structural advantage of the Council over the European Parliament; reiterates its call for the improvement of the exchange of documents and information between Parliament and the Council and for access to be grantedpublically available, as well as to representatives of Parliament, as observers to meetings of the Council and its bodies, in particular in the case of legislation;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 76 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reminds that the institutions have agreed in the inter-institutional agreement of 13 April 2016 1a to promote the utmost transparency of the legislative process and that according to the constitutional setting of the Union, the European Parliament and the Council exercise as the co-legislators their powers on an equal footing. That being said equality of the two institutions should also extend unequivocally to the obligations prescribed by the primary European law. __________________ 1a Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making, OJ L 123, 12.05.2016, par. 1.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 78 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the practices of the European Parliament, has been identified by the Ombudsman as having high standards of transparency; Demands that the Council, as one of the two components of the European legislature, aligns its working methods with the standards of a parliamentary democracy, rather than acting like a diplomatic forum; transparency that exist in the European Parliament;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 83 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates that following the strategic inquire concerning the transparency of the trilateral negotiations1a, some progress was made but there are still recommendations that have not taken up largely due to the reluctance of the Council. Taking into account the fact that trilogues have diminished significantly the need to have a second and third reading, overtaking the majority of legislative files to be the default decision-making process. Opines that this has led to expedited procedure, which accelerate legislation making on the one hand but have significantly hampered transparency and integrity of the institutions. The recommendations of the Ombudswoman included publication of the ‘‘trilogue calendar’’, publication of the four-column documents and list of attendees. __________________ 1a Decision of the European Ombudsman setting out proposals following her strategic inquiry OI/8/2015/JAS concerning the transparency of Trilogues, 12 July 2016.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 84 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers that in order to achieve transparency in the trilogues all three institutions should contribute because as per the settled case law trilogues form part of the legislative process, there is no general presumption against non- disclosure based on article 13 TEU and article 294 TFEU 1a and finally trilogues cannot represent a space for European organs to think. __________________ 1a Judgement of the General Court of 22 March 2018, Emilio De Capitani v. European Parliament, Case T-540/15, Digital Reports (unpublished).
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 85 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call to transform the Council into a true legislative chamber thus creating a genuinely bicameral legislative system;Deleted
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 86 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers voting in public to be a fundamental characteristic of democratic decision - making; urges the Council to make use of the possibility of qualified majority voting (QMV), and to refrain, where possible, from the practice of taking decisions by consensus and thus without a formal vote in publicvote publicly and record voting positions;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 89 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point b
b) to develop clear andimmediately develop a systematic and clear criteria, which is publically available criteria for how it, and detail how the Council designates documents as LIMITE’,” and that is in line with relevant EU law;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 90 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that the principles of transparency and openness should apply to all democratic processes in Member States; notes that the British EU Referendum in 2016 was not a fully transparent process due to allegations of the leave campaign breaking electoral law; as an effect of this, notes that 1.8 million citizens in the north of Ireland may be disenfranchised from their democratic rights as citizens which limits European participative democracy; considers that forging a participative citizenship necessitates full transparency and participation in the democratic process for all European citizens;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 101 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of the statement made by the Austrian Presidency to the joint committee on Constitutional Affairs and on Petitions on keeping the European Parliament informed on the progress of the Council’s ongoing reflections on how to improve its rules and procedures as regards legislative transparency, and expressing readiness to engage with Parliament at the appropriate level in a joint reflection on those topics that require interinstitutional coordination; and regrets that no input has been so far submitted to the European Parliament.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 102 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Further recommends that the Council: (a) enlists documents regardless of their status in the Document Register even those that are not available to the public with the relevant indication that corresponds to the level of publicity; (b) provides justification for the level of classification on the basis of the criteria developed; (c) provides in an easily comprehensible manner for all citizens votes, explanation of votes and minutes , materializing the obligation provided in article 8 and 9 of the internal rules of procedure1a; __________________ 1a Council Decision of 22 March 2004 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure, 2004/338/EC, Euratom;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 103 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that, in order to provide the widest possible public access to legislative documents, each document that is not made public in full has to be accompanied by an argumentation why, in a specific and actual manner relating to the document at hand the document would undermine either (a) the institutions’ decision-making process or (b) the protection of institutions interest in seeking legal advice, as well as accompanied by an argumentation why there is no overriding public interest;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 104 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets the Draft Policy Paper on legislative transparency produced by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and addressed to the Permanent Representatives Committee, was classified as ‘LIMITE’1a; considers that the milestone approach presents no added value whatsoever and puts forward a scheme that allows selective publication of documents only after they have been considered by the competent bodies; Considers that certain elements of the new approach are mutually exclusive (i.e. built-in flexibility and greater standardization) and incompatible with the constitutional norms of the Union; Deplores the fact that the Council proclaimed it will strive to strike a balance between the case law and various calls for greater transparency and the need to preserve the necessary flexibility for effective legislative work, which implies not conforming with the jurisprudence of the CJEU as it stands; __________________ 1a General Secretariat of the Council, Draft Polity Paper on Legislative Transparency, 11099/18, Brussels, 13 July 2018.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 105 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes that according to the jurisprudence of the CJEU the “space to think” is to be viewed as an exception and not the norm and consequently as a restriction of the principle of transparency1a; reiterates that giving the public the widest possible right of access entails, that the public must have a right to full disclosure of the requested and thus application of exception should be strict; __________________ 1a Judgement of the General Court of 22 March 2011, Access Info Europe v. Council of the European Union, Case T- 233/09, par. 56.
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 17 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is an example of supranational integco-operation without equal and has brought lawhich has sustainged peace, prosperity and welfare to its peoples; in Europe
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 39 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the referendum in the UK of June 2016 which leading to the UK’s announcement on 29 March 2017 of its intention to leave the European Union has intensified the debate on the future of the Union; whereas this is reflected, besides in Parliament’s own resolutions on the future of Eur, despite the fact that the people of 16 February 2017, in the Bratislava Declaration and Roadmap, the Commission White Paper on the Future of Europe, the Rome Declaration, the Leaders’ Agenda adopted by the European Council in October 2017, and various contributions by individual Member States or groupsNorthern Ireland voted to remain within the EU; has intensified the debate on the future of them Union;
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 54 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU is facing a particularly important period in its construction process, given the nature and dimension of its challenges, and whereas these can only be solved by working together and through greater and better integration;in full respect of the principle of subsidiarity and fundamental rights
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 71 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the Union must tackle the challenges of its future with greater and better political integration, with full respect for fundamental and democratic values, and by working together; agrees with the heads of state and government who addressed Parliament in plenary during the debates on the future of Europe that citizens want a Europe that protects theirpolitical co-operation. Acknowledges that there are problems that can be resolved more effectively through co-operation between Member States, when pursued in compliance and promotion of human rights, and their social model on the basis of shared sovereignty, and that the problems we face in Europe can only be solved togetherin full respect for fundamental freedom, democratic principles and the sovereignty of Member States;
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 83 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its belief that differentiated integration must remain open to all Member States and continue to act as an example of deeper European integco-operation, not as a way to facilitate à la carte solutions;
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 150 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission communication on a European Minister of Economy and Finance; points out that merging the positions of Commission Vice-President for Economic Affairs and Chair of the Eurogroup could improve parliamentary accountability at European level;deleted
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 161 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission proposal on own resources introducing new real own resources, as requested by Parliament; express concern at the Commission proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021- 2027, and regrets the positions taken by some Member States that refuse to provide more resources to the EU, despite unanimous recognition of the need to face new challenges and responsibilities, and therefore the need for more financial resources;deleted
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 176 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Council decision establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) as important steps towards a common defence policy, and notes proposals by certain Member States for an EU Security Council and a European Intervention Initiative; recalls its call for the establishment of a permanent Council of Defence Ministers chaired by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR), and underlines the importance of appropriate democratic accountability of decisions taken in this area and the need for reinforced cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments in this regard;deleted
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 208 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the frequent and widespreadNotes the temptation to attribute unpopular decisions to Brusselthe EU institutions and to free national authorities of their responsibilities and politics, given that this unjust, notes that this can indicate and opportunistic attitude damages Europe, promotes anti-European nationalismwhich can damage and discredits the EU institutions;
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 217 #

2018/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the need to strengthen the European public sphere as a supranational area of European democracy; stresses that the majorre are challenges which Europe is facing must bewhich are more effectively addressed andwhen discussed fromat a European perspective and not from a national perspective; points out that, for this reason, European democracy needs a European identity, a genuinely European demos, more European institutional education and a deliberative, more participatory and less national social framework;level, in co-operation with all national perspectives of Member States, without prejudice to their competencies and their national authorities.
2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

2018/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Takes noteRegrets that to date no appropriate impact assessment has been conducted in order to assess in depth the risks posed by transfers of personal data to the Arab Republic of Egypt as regards individuals’ rights to privacy and data protection, but also for other fundamental rights and freedoms protected by the Charter; askscalls on the Commission to carry out an appropriate impact assessment before beginning negotiations, so as to define the necessary safeguards to be integrated in the agreement;
2018/06/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2018/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that tThe agreement must clearly provide that any further processing should always require prior and written authorisation by Europol; stresses that these authorisations should be documented by Europol and made available to the EDPS at its request; calls for the agreement also to contain a provision obliging the competent authorities of the Arab Republic of Egypt to respect these restrictions and specify how compliance with these restrictions would be enforced;
2018/06/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2018/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the agreement contain a clear and precise provision setting out the data retention period of personal data that have been transferred and requiring the automatic erasure of the personal data transferred at the end of the data retention period; requests that procedural measures be set out in the agreement to ensure compliance; insists that, in exceptional cases, where there are duly justified reasons to store the data for an extended period, past the expiry of the data retention period, these reasons and the accompanying documentation be communicated to Europol and the EDPS;
2018/06/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 42 #

2018/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the transfer of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, genetic data or data concerning a person’s health and sex life is extremely sensitive and gives rise to profound concerns given the different legal framework, societal characteristics and cultural background of the Arab Republic of Egypt compared with the European Union; highlights the fact that criminal acts are defined differently in the Union from in the Arab Republic of Egypt; is of the opinion that such a transfer of data should therefore only take place in very exceptional cases and with clear safeguards for the data subject and persons linked to the data subject; Considers it necessary to impose safeguards on the Arab Republic of Egypt as regards respect for freedom of expression, freedom of religion, human dignity and so forth;not take place
2018/06/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 14 March 2018 on the framework of the future EU-UK relationship;2a _________________ 2a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0069
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU and its immediate neighbours in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) count 40 internal EU borders, and these regions represent 40 % of the Union’s territory and close to 30 % of the EU’s population;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas as a result of the British exit from the EU, the Irish border region faces the possibility of no longer being an internal EU border region; whereas the north of Ireland in particular is a region that has benefitted greatly from the EU's cohesion policy, contributing decisively to the Irish peace process and to cross- community reconciliation;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the problems faced by the border regions are common to some extent, but also vary from region to region and depend on the individualparticular characteristics of a given region, which makes an individualoriginal and community- led approach in tackling these obstacles a necessity;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special situation of cross-border workers, who are most seriously affected by the challenges present in the border regions, including, in particular, the recognition of diplomas and other qualifications, healthcare, transport and access to information on job vacancies, social security and taxation systems; calls, in this context, on the Member States to step up their efforts to overcome these obstacles and allow for greater powers and flexibility for local and regional authorities in border regions to improve the quality of life of cross-border workers;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Regrets that as a result of the British exit from the EU, the Irish border region faces the prospect of no longer being an internal EU border; believes it is desirable that the entire border region in Ireland should continue to be able to benefit from EU general cohesion policy and EU-supported cross-border schemes and co-operation, in order to protect existing progress, and to prevent a hardening of the border; fears that an end to these programmes in the north of Ireland would endanger border communities, cross-community relations, and therefore the peace process;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 136 #

2018/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Awaits the prospective proposal for a regulation from the Commission on a cross-border cooperation management tool, in order to assess its usefulness for the EU regions in question;
2018/05/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. J. whereas the rise of xenophobic violence and hate speech in the European Union, often promoted by far-right forces, affects and specifically targets people belonging to minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 82 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Hc. K. whereas a gender perspective is fundamental to develop and implement any policy relating to the rights of minorities as acknowledged in the mandate of the UN Special rapporteur on minority issues;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Recalls that while protection of minorities is a part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States, there is no guarantee that candidate states stick to the commitments undertaken under the Copenhagen criteria once they became Member States; recalls that there is no standard for minority rights in Union policy nor a common understanding of who can be considered a member of a minority; notes that there is no definition of minorities in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, nor in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM); recommends that, with respect to the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and non-discrimination, such a definition should be based on the definition, laid down in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1201(1993) for an additional protocol on the rights of minorities to the European Convention on Human Rights, of a ‘national minority’ as a group of persons in a state who
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. 10. Calls on the Commission create a European framework and on Member States to draw up specific national plans to tackle xenophobic violence and hate speech against people belonging to minorities or perceived as such; calls for this form of violence to be included in other campaigns and legislation created to fight discrimination and hate crimes in their different forms;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 177 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. 11. Recalls that self-government is a democratic right of all peoples and therefore calls on full recognition of the right to self-determination;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 217 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the media can operate independently and free from discrimination in minority languages, to take into account national minorities when licensing or privatising media services, including assigning TV and radio broadcasters, to provide appropriate funds for self- governance to organisations representing minorities, with a view to fostering their sense of belonging to, and identification with, their respective minority groups, and to bring their identities, languages, histories and cultures to the attention of the majority; recalls the fundamental role of the public media in promoting these contents, particularly under democratic scrutiny of local or regional authorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. 17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure by appropriate means that audiovisual media services do not contain any incitement to violence or hatred directed against people belonging to minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to refrain from political and legal acts and policies that aim to prescribe restrictive measures, such as subtitling and/or translation obligations and mandatory quotas for programmes in official languages; calls on the Members States and the Commission to allow and promote the presence of regional or, minority or lesser- used-language media, also on online interfaces; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure appropriate funding or grants for organisations and media representing national minorities, in view of their regional specificities and needs;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 227 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. 18. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support the establishment of public media in regional, minority or lesser-used languages, as well as promoting the inclusion of content in minority languages within public media;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that persons belonging to national minorities have rights and adequate opportunities to receive education in a minority language and for instruction in their mother tongue in both public and privatepublic educational institutions; calls on the Member States to formulate appropriate education policies, bearing in mind the right for education in a minority language and the needs of national minorities; calls on the Members States and the Commission to incorporate the best practices in teaching foreign languages into the methodology of teaching official languages when it comes to curricula for schools which provide education in a minority language; notes that the Member States should ensure that both the regional or minority language and the official language are taught using appropriate methods;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls the fundamental role of public education in guaranteeing equal opportunities to all, including people belonging to minorities; recalls that the privatization of education will particularly affect the most vulnerable parts of society, including people belonging to minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recalls that education in a minority language or belonging to any particular minority cannot be used as an excuse to segregate children based on ethnic, national, religious, or any other criteria;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 283 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Calls on Member States to ensure that non-discrimination, as well as the history and rights of people belonging to minorities, are mainstreamed as contents of the national education system; recalls that the promoting the knowledge of minority languages by people who are not members of the minority is a way to foster mutual understanding and recognition;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2018/0390(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) It is important to acknowledge the unique and special circumstance of citizens in the north of Ireland, who, by virtue of the Good Friday Agreement, can identify as Irish. As a result of that fact, citizens in the north of Ireland should remain entitled to all associated Union citizenship rights where they reside in the north of Ireland, and they should not be treated as nationals of a third country. Visa-free travel should apply in line with current standards for citizens in the north of Ireland.
2019/01/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2018/0390(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) There are 15 references to the Union in the Good Friday Agreement and the people of the north of Ireland voted to remain within the Union. It is therefore important that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union does not disrupt the areas of north-south cooperation set out in the Good Friday Agreement and in subsequent agreements or impede the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in all of its parts.
2019/01/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 9 #

2018/0390(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) Citizens in the north of Ireland, who remain Union citizens by virtue of the Good Friday Agreement, should maintain their full panoply of Union rights as Union citizens, where they reside in the north of Ireland, including access to the European Health Insurance Card, European student fees and political representation within the European Parliament.
2019/01/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
– having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2017 on freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa5 , condemning the sentencing of Nguyen Van Hoa5 to seven years in prison because of his "legitimate use of freedom of expression", expressing Europe’s "concern about the rise in the number of detentions" - which have risen even more rapidly since 2017 -, "calling on the Vietnamese authorities to release all citizens detained for peacefully exercising their freedom of expression", "expressing serious concerns about the extensive application of the national security provisions in Vietnam’s Penal Code" and "urging the Government of Vietnam to amend it deeply", denouncing "Vietnam’s use of death penalty", recalling "the importance of Human Rights Dialogue between EU and Vietnam as a key instrument to be used to encourage Vietnam in the implementation of the necessary reforms" ; _________________ 5 OJ C 369, 11.10.2018, p. 73.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
– having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2018 on Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners6 , deploring that "Vietnamese authorities continue to imprison, detain, harass and intimidate human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, human rights lawyers and civil society activists in the country", reiterating its previous year’s "call on the Vietnamese authorities to end all restrictions and acts of harassments against human rights defenders", and once again "calling on the authorities of Vietnam to repeal, review or amend all repressive laws and releasing all political prisoners", all of this without any tangible results other than silence and continued repression ; _________________ 6 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0459.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas this is the second bilateral trade agreement concluded between the EU and an ASEAN member state and is an important stepping stone towards a region-to-region FTA; whereas the agreement, along with Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Singapore to which Parliament gave its consent on 13 February 2019, will alsrisks to serve as a benchmark for the agreements the EU is currently negotiating with the other main ASEAN economies;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, however, the impact assessment on this FTA forecasts that EU deficit with Vietnam, currently around 30 billion euros per year, will increase by 2035 as a result of suppression of tariffs and non-tariffs barriers;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas Vietnam has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1982 ; whereas its implementation is still largely insufficient, as reported by many international organizations and NGO's
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas a new cybersecurity law entered into force on 1st January 2019, potentially restricting the room for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression as well as posing considerable challenges for internet and social media operators in the country;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas the European External Action Service has repeatedly highlighted a negative trend in Vietnam's human rights record, including most recently during the 8th EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue in March 2019 and in statements in May 2019 and June 2019;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) is the most comprehensive and ambitious agreement ever concluded between the EU and a developing country and serves as a reference point for the EU’s engagement with developing countries;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that negotiations began in June 2012 and were concluded in December 2015 after 14 negotiating rounds, and regrets subsequent delays in bringing forward the agreement for signature and ratificationbut wishes that INTA committee members and the European Parliament as a whole, which are not responsible for these delays, take all time necessary to study carefully this Agreement;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the economic and strategic importance of this agreement,a partnership as the EU and Vietnam share a common agenda and common values – to stimulate growth and employment, boost competitiveness, fight against poverty and make progress towards achievinge the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that the agreement willa partnership can make further strides towards setting high standards and rules in the ASEAN region, helping to pave the way for a future region-to-region trade and investment agreement;but stresses that theis agreement also sends a strong signal in favour of open and free trade at times of protectionist tendencies and the questioning of multilateral rules-based tradeunlimited trade of goods in the current non-sustainable and harmful globalization;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the agreement will eliminate over 99 % of tariffs9 ; concludes that EU companies will use this as an incentive to outsource plants and jobs from our territory to Vietnam, destructing more jobs in our own manufacturing sector, notes that Vietnam will liberalise 65 % of import duties on EU exports to Vietnam upon entry into force, with the remainder of the duties being gradually eliminated over a 10-year period; notes also that the EU will liberalise 71 % of its imports upon entry into force and 99 % will be duty free after a 7-year period; points out that the agreement will also contain specific provisions to address non- tariff barriers for EU exports; _________________ 9 EU exports to Viet Nam: 65 % of duties to disappear as soon as the FTA enters into force, and the remainder to be phased out gradually over a period of up to 10 years (for example, in order to protect the Vietnamese motor sector from European competition, duties on cars will remain for the full 10 years); Vietnamese exports to the EU: 71 % of duties to disappear on entry into force, the remainder to be phased out over a period of up to seven years.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 99 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses theat improved access under this agreement to Vietnamese public procurement in line with the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as Vietnam is not yet a member of the GPAwill be limited for many years to the biggest projects, since financial thresholds will remain very high; underlines that the government procurement chapter of the EVFTA achieves a degree of transparency and procedural fairness comparable to other FTAs that the EU has signed with developed and more advanced developing countries, but stresses the fact that Vietnamese administration going on, in spite of recent reforms and significant efforts, to suffer many problems regarding corruption (as highlighted by last Transparency Watch Index), it will be very difficult for EU companies, especially SMEs, to get the same level playing field as Vietnamese local and/or State Owned Enterprises;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 108 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its deep concern about the provisions in the Agreement on the rules of origins, which can lead to the legalization of smuggling of certain goods to Europe, for instance steel or aluminium, through Vietnam from neighbouring China; calls for a special EP-DG Trade working group to study carefully all these provisions and to amend them in a more strict redaction if necessary;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that, in terms of services, Vietnam goes beyond its WTO commitments, provides for substantially better access in a number of business subsectors and offers new market access to sectors such as packaging services, trade fair and exhibition services or rental/leasing; underlines that Vietnam has opened up cross-border higher education services for the first time; takes note that the Vietnamese financial sector will also be liberalized, giving EU banks new opportunities to speculate and inflate the global financial bubble;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 132 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EVFTA, contrary to official communications issued by the EU Commission, does not includes a ny “robust, comprehensive and binding chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) dealing with labour and environmental matters; stresses that the TSD chapter is mostly designed for both parties to stick to vague commitments, deprived of any legal force, to contribute to broader EU policy objectives, notably on inclusive growth, the fight against climate change and more generally in upholding EU values; emphasises that it is also an instrument wishful thinking for development and social progress in Vietnam to support Vietnam in its efforts to improve labour rights and to enhance protection at work and protection of the environment;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the concrete steps taken by the Vietnamese Government so far, including amending labour legislation and the legal framework on the minimum age at work, aimed at abolishing child labour and making commitments on non- discrimination and gender equality at work, but insists that all these improvements must entry into force before any step forward to the ratification of the Agreement by Parliament;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 156 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses, however, that despite this progress, important challenges remain; welcomes in this regard the ratification of fundamental ILO Convention 98 (collective bargaining) on 14 June 2019 and thbut cannot take for granted a simple commitment by the Vietnamese Government to ratify two remaining fundamental Conventions, namely 105 (abolition of forced labour) in 2020 and 87 (freedom of association) in 2023, following the imminent adoption of the new Labour Codeand insists for these measures to be taken before any step forward to the ratification of the Agreement by Parliament;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 165 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

14. WelcomesTakes note of the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and to act in favour of the conservation and sustainable management of wildlife, biodiversity and forestry but doesn’t read the effectiveness of this implementation in the provisions in the Agreement; recalls that the Agreement provides for specific measures to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) and to promote a sustainable and responsible fishery sector, including aquaculture, which must be implemented by a decrease of Vietnamese fishing fleet prior to the ratification of the Agreement ;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 181 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges Vietnam’s engagement to address illegal logging and deforestation through the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT) with the EU; notes that this agreement has been in force since 1 June 2019 and introduces mandatory due diligence obligations for its importers; welcomes the open and constructive participation of all relevant stakeholders in Vietnam in this process but keeps being concerned by NGO’s observations about the continuation of illegal trade of precious wood, transiting to Vietnam from Laos and Cambodia and aggravating deforestation;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 184 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the crucial importance of implementing all provisions and chapters of the agreement, ranging from market access to sustainable development and enforcement of all commitments; highlights in this context the new post of Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, who will work directly under the guidance of the Trade Commissionerdemands that EU Commission and Council make a political declaration, assorted of strict rules of procedures, about the suspension of the Agreement especially in case of new human rights violations by the Vietnamese Government;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 197 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, but is forced to admit that Vietnamese civil society does not enjoy any autonomy, free will or independence from Vietnamese’s State, and calls for the swift establishment of really free and autonomous domestic advisory groups followingprior to the entry into force of the agreement and for the balanced representation of civil society therein;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 203 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the institutional and legal link between the FTA and the PCA, which theoretically ensures that human rights are placed at the core of the EU- Vietnam relationship; regrets that the Commission has always refused to define the grounds of which human rights could be invoked in order to stick effectively to the PCA and its linkage to art. 21.1 TEU: “The Union's action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. The Union shall seek to develop relations and build partnerships with third countries, and international, regional or global organisations which share the principles referred to in the first subparagraph”
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 211 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Demands the immediate release of all political prisoners, members of civil society such as bloggers or independent labour unionists, currently detained or convicted, notably those listed in EP 14.12.2017 and 15.11.2018 resolutions;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 214 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Demands a comprehensive reform of the Vietnamese Criminal Code aimed to meet basic international standards on fair trial, defence’s rights and abolition of death penalty;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) This proposal will take into account the unique and special status of Northern Ireland and the difficulties the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union will pose on the border in the island of Ireland.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) In the event that no deal is reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union and in respect of the unique and special status of Northern Ireland, takes note of the areas of cooperation listed in the Good Friday Agreement/Belfast Agreement of 1998, particularly with regards to cross-border cooperation transport and infrastructure development. The European Union should take reasonable steps and in full respect to subsidiarity to ensure that there is no hardening of the border in the island of Ireland and that cross-border cooperation continues.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) A European Union funding instrument, the Connecting Europe Facility, was established by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 . The aim of the Connecting Europe Facility is to enable projects of cross border and common interest to be prepared and implemented within the framework of the trans- European networks policy in the sectors of transport, telecommunications and energy.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The United Kingdom is part of the North Sea – Mediterranean Core Network Corridor, which includes links between Belfast, Dublin and Cork/Shannon Foynes on the island of Ireland, and links in Great Britain from Glasgow and Edinburgh in the north to Folkestone and Dover in the south. The United Kingdom’s sections and nodes are included in the table of ‘pre-identified sections including projects’ of the core network corridors included in Part I of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013. In the context of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, Ireland's Western Arc stretching from Derry, Sligo and Galway will be included in the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In order to avoid the North Sea – Mediterranean Core Network Corridor being separated into two distinct and unconnected parts and to ensure connectivity of Ireland with mainland Europe, the North Sea – Mediterranean Core Network Corridor should include maritime links between the Irish core ports and core ports of Belgium and the NetherlandsFrance, such as Calais and Roscoff.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2018/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Ensuring the connection between Ireland, Northern Ireland (in accordance to the Good Friday Agreement 1998) and the other Member States on the North Sea – Mediterranean Core Network Corridor is crucial for ongoing and future infrastructure investments and for providing legal clarity and certainty for infrastructure planning.
2018/11/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 157 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Asylum, Migration and MiIntegration Fund
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2) and, Article 79(2) and (4) and Article 80 thereof,
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 165 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the evolving migratory challenges characterised by the need to support strong reception, asylum, integration and migration systems of Member States, prevent and adequately handle situations of pressureincreased arrivals of migrants and repladuce irregular and unsafe arrivals witthrough legal and safe pathways, investing in efficient and coordinated migration managementan asylum and migration system based on fundamental rights in the Union is key to realising the Union’s objective of constituting an area of freedom, security and justice pursuant to Article 67(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 169 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In its conclusions of 19 October 2017, the European Council reaffirmed the need to pursue a comprehensive, pragmatic and resolute approach to migration management that aims to restore control of external borders and reduce irregular arrivals and the number of deaths at sea, and should be based on a flexible and coordinated use of all available Union and Member State instruments. The European Council further called to ensure significantly enhanced returns through actions at both EU and Member States level, such as effective readmission agreements and arrangements.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) In order to support efforts to ensure a comprehensive approach to management of migration grounded on mutual trustfundamental rights, solidarity and responsibility sharing among Member States and Union institutions, with the objective of ensuring a common sustainable Union policy on asylum and immigration, Member States should be supported by adequate financial resources in the form of the Asylum, Migration and MiIntegration Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Fund’).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 176 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) TActions funded under the Fund should be implemented in full compliance with the rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and with the Union’s international obligations as regards fundamental rights, Union data protection laws, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the principle of fair treatment of third country nationals, the right to international protection, the principle of non refoulement and the Union’s and Member States international obligations as regards fundamental rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the Protocol of 31 January 1967.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 177 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The fund should not support any action that violates fundamental rights, nor contribute to any form of segregation, discrimination or social exclusion.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 178 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Fund should build on the results and investments achieved with the support of its predecessors: the European Refugee Fund established by the Decision 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals established by the Council Decision 2007/435/EC, the European Return Fund established by the Decision 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and the Council for the period 2007-2013 and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund for the period 2014-2020, as established by Regulation (EU) 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. It should at the same time take into account all relevant new developmentthe challenges faced in the implementation of these funds.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Fund should support the efficient management of migration flows, inter alia by promoting common measures in the area of asylum, includdevelopment of a human-rights based asylum, migration and integration policy, inter alia by promoting Member States’ efforts in receiving persons in need of international protection through resettlement and other forms of ad-hoc humanitarian admission, transferring of applicants for or beneficiaries of international protection between Member States, supporting integration strategies and a more effective legal migration policy, so as to ensure the Union’s long-term competitiveness and the future of its social model and reduce incentives for irregular migration through a sustainable return and readmissreception and integration strategies and developing a legal migration policy. The Fund should support the strengthening of cooperation with third countries to reinforce management of flowsbetween Member States to reinforce the protection of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protection, and to develop avenues on legal migration and to counter irregular migration and ensure sustainability of return and effective readmission to third countries.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) As an instrument of Internal Union policy and the only funding instrument for asylum and migration at Union level, the Fund should solely support actions on asylum and migration within the European Union. Support to resettlement and other ad-hoc forms of humanitarian admission, as well as the establishment of legal migration avenues to the European Union are considered to be within the remit of this fund.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The migration crisis highlighted the need to reform the Common European Asylum System to ensure that efficient asylum procedures to prevent secondary movements, to provide uniform and appropriate reception conditions for applicants for international protection, uniform standards for the granting of international protection and appropriate rights and benefits for beneficiaries of international protection. At the same time, the reform was needed to put in place a fairer and more effectivehumanitarian crisis faced by persons in need of international protection who arrived to the European Union in 2015 as well as the rising number of deaths in the Mediterranean over the past years highlighted the need to develop safe and legal pathways to the European Union, including a Union Resettlement Framework, and to put in place a new system of determining Member States’ responsibility for applicants for international protection bas well as a Union framework for Member States’ resettlement efforts. Therefored on solidarity. At the same time, it is appropriate for the Fund to provide increased support to Member States’ efforts to fully and properly implement the reformed Common European Asylum System provided that such efforts are not in violation of fundamental rights.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The Fund should also complement and reinforce the activities undertaken by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) established by Regulation (EU)../.. [EUAA Regulation]14 with a view to facilitating and improving the functioning of the common European asylum system, by coordinating and strengthening practical cooperation and information exchange on good practices in the area of asylum between Member States, promoting Union and International law and operational standards on asylum in order to ensure a high degree of uniformity based on high protection standards as regards procedures for international protection, reception conditions and the assessment of protection needs across the Union, enabling a sustainable and fair distribution of applications for international protection, facilitate convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection across the Union based on solidarity, support the resettlement efforts of the Member States and provideing operational and technical assistance to Member States for the management of their asylum and reception systems, in particular those whose systems are subject to disproportionate pressure. _________________ 14 Regulation (EU) No ../.. of the European Parliament and of the Council of [EUAA Regulation] (OJ L …, [date], p. ..).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 192 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Fund should support the efforts by the Union and the Member States relating to the enhancement of the Member States’ capacity to develop, monitor and evaluate their asylum policies in the light of their obligations under existing Union lawin the implementation of the existing Union law, ensuring full respect of fundamental rights.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Partnerships and cooperation with third countries are an essential component of Union asylum policy to ensure the adequate management of flows of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protection. With the aim of replacing the unsafe and irregular arrivals with legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States ofThe development of safe and legal pathways to the European Union is an essential component of Union asylum policy. The Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework is a legal pathway which should offer the most vulnerable third- country nationals or stateless persons in need of international protection, expressing solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection have been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those access to a durable solution, which should be complemented by other legal pathways. This Framework should contribute to increasing the Union's countries, helping achieve the Union’s migration policy objectives by increasing the Union’s leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and of effectively contributing to gbution to international resettlement and humanitarian admission initiatives with a view to contributing significantly to meeting the Global rResettlement initiatives by speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries, the Fund should provide financial incentives to the implementation ofNeeds, including emergency cases. To that end, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund should provide targeted assistance in the form of financial incentives for each person admitted in accordance with the Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Framework as well as for actions to establish appropriate infrastructure and services for the implementation of the Framework.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Considering the high levels of migration flows to the Union in the last years and the importance of ensuring the cohesion of our societiesincreasing numbers of international migrants and of people forcibly displaced globally, it is crucial to support Member States’ policies for early integration of legally stayingof reception and integration of third- country nationals, including in the priority areas identified in the Action Plan on Integration of third-country nationals adopted by the Commission in 2016.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 201 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to increase efficiency, achieve the greatest Union added value and to ensure the consistency of the Union’s response to foster the integration of third- country nationals, actions financed under the Fund should be specific and complementary to actions financed under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Measures financed under this Fund should support integration measures tailor-made to the needs of third-country nationals that are generally implemented in the early stage of integration, and horizontal actions supporting Member States’ capacities in the field of integration, whereas interventions forcomplemented by interventions to promote the social inclusion of third- country nationals with a longer-term impact should be financed under the ERDF and ESF+.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) In order to ensure a proper articulation between the proposed AMIF and ESF+, the European Commission will provide additional guidance to ensure the establishment of cross-Fund national Integration Monitoring Committees. These bodies would assume an advisory and oversight role in relation to migrant integration in the AMIF and ESF+, by: - Reviewing planned Calls for Proposals for both Funds, with a particular focus on ensuring the efficient implementation of EU funds (including through joint AMIF/ESF+ actions, where appropriate). - Identifying unmet migrant integration needs that could be addressed via AMIF and/or ESF+ National Programmes. - Providing advisory recommendations on project selection, where migrant integration is an objective of a Call for Proposal. - Providing input into performance reviews, reporting and evaluations of the AMIF and ESF+. The Integration Monitoring Committee would be represented in the membership of the AMIF and ESF+ Monitoring Committees, and carry out the above role in collaboration with Fund-specific national Managing Authorities.As provided for Fund-specific Monitoring Committees, all data and information provided to Integration Monitoring Committees would be made public. Monitoring of the performance and impact of the AMIF and ESF+ funds with regards to social inclusion of third country nationals should be achieved through the use of common performance indicators.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) It is appropriate to allow those Member States that so wish to providMember States should ensure in their programmes that integration actions may include immediate relatives of third- country nationals, to the extent that this is necessary for the effective implementation of such actions. The term ‘immediate relative’ should be understood as meaning spouses, partners and any person having direct family links in descending or ascending line with the third-country national targeted by the integration action, and who would otherwise not be covered by the scope of the Fund.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 211 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Considering the crucial role played by local and regional authorities and civil society organisationstheir representative associations, as well as by civil society organisations, including refugees and migrants organisations, in the field of integration and to facilitate the access of these entities to funding at Union level, the Fund should facilitate the implementation of actions in the field of integration by local and regional authorities or civil society organisations, including refugees and migrants organisations, including through the use of the thematic facility and through a higher co-financing rate for these actions and the use of a dedicated component of the thematic facility where those local and regional authorities have the competence to carry out measures.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 217 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Considering the long-term economic and demographic challenges faced by the Unionexploitation in the European Union of undocumented migrant workers, it is crucial to establish well-functioning legal migration channels to the Union to maintain the Union as an attractive destination for migrants andprotect migrant workers from exploitation while ensureing the sustainability of welfare systems and growth of the Union economy. Regularisation of persons already present on EU territory with existing ties to a Member State should be encouraged.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The Fund should support Member States in setting up strategies organising and expanding legal migration pathways, enhancing their capacity to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate in general all immigration and integration strategies, policies and measures for legally staying third-country nationals, including particular Union legal instruments for legal migration. The Fund should also support the exchange of information, best practices and cooperation between different departments of administration and levels of governance, and between Member States.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) An efficient return policy is an integral part of the comprehensive migration approach the Union and its Member States pursue. The Fund should support and encourage efforts by the Member States with a view to the effective implementation and further development of common standards on return, in particular as set out in Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , and of an integrated and coordinated approach to return management. For sustainable return policies, the Fund should equally support related measures in third countries, such as the reintegration of returnees. _________________ 15 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98).deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Member States should give preference to voluntary return. In order to promote voluntary return, Member States should envisage incentives such as preferential treatment in the form of enhanced return assistance should be envisaged for the voluntary return of persons. This kind of voluntary return is in the interests of both returnees and the authorities in terms of its cost- effectivenesnot be entitled to carry out any forced return. Persons who would wish to return voluntarily should be provided with long- term reintegration support and should not be forced into voluntary return. Regularisation of persons with existing ties to a Member State should always be the preferred option of Member States.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 228 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Voluntary and enforced returns are nevertheless interlinked, with mutually reinforcing effect, and Member States should therefore be encouraged to reinforce the complementarities between these two forms of return. The possibility of removals is an important element contributing to the integrity of the asylum and legal migration systems. The Fund should therefore support actions of Member States to facilitate and carry out removals in accordance with the standards laid down in Union law, where applicable, and with full respect for the fundamental rights and dignity of returnees.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 230 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) Member States should never resort to detention on the basis of the legal status of a person. Persons found in an irregular situation should be effectively provided with the opportunity to regularise their situations on the basis of existing ties to the country they live in.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Specific support measures for returnees in the Member States and in the countries of return can improve conditions of return and enhance their reintegration.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 233 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Readmission agreements and other arrangements are an integral component of the Union return policy and a central tool for the efficient management of migration flows, as they facilitate the swift return of irregular migrants. Those agreements and arrangements are an important element in the framework of the dialogue and cooperation with third countries of origin and transit of irregular migrants and their implementation in third countries should be supported in the interests of effective return policies at national and Union level.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 238 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In addition to supporting the return of persons as provided for in this Regulation, the Fund should also support other measures to counter irregular migration, address incentives for illegal migration or the circumventing of existing legal migration rules, thereby safeguarding the integrity of Member States’ immigration systems.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 242 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) The employment of irregular migrants creates a pull factor for illegal migration and undermines the development of a labour mobility policy built on legal migration schemes. The Fund should therefore support Member States, either directly or indirectly, in their implementation of Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council16 which prohibits the employment of illegally staying third-country nationals, provides for a complaints and wage recuperation mechanism for exploited workers and provides for sanctions against employers who infringe that prohibition. _________________ 16 Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 24).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 245 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The Fund should support Member States, either directly or indirectly, in their implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council17 which sets forth provisions on assistance, support and protection of victims of trafficking in human beings. These measures should take into account the gender-specific nature of trafficking in human beings. _________________ 17 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The Fund should complement and reinforce the activities undertaken in the field of return by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency established by Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 , therefore contributing to effective European Integrated Border Management, as defined in Article 4 of that Regulation. _________________ 18 Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (OJ L 251, 16.9.2016, p. 1).deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the Fund should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union’s external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy in respect of the country or region in question and the Union international commitments. In relation to the external dimension, the Fund should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of migration management in areas of interest to the Union's migration policy.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 259 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) A Member State may be deemed not to be compliant with the relevant Union acquis, including as regards the use of operating support under this Fund, if it has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Treaties in the area of asylum and return, if there is a clear risk of a serious breach by the Member State of the Union’s values wrespect fundamental rights in then implementing the acquis on asylum and return or if an evaluation report under the Schengen or the European Union Agency for Asylum evaluation and monitoring mechanism has identified deficiencies in the relevation of its policies on migration, integration antd areasylum.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 262 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) The Fund should reflect the need for increased transparency, flexibility and simplification while respecting requirements in terms of predictability, and ensuring a fair and transparent distribution of resources to meet the policy and specific objectives laid down in this Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 263 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) This Regulation should establish the initial amounts to Member States consisting of a fixed amount and an amount calculated on the basis of criteriaindicators laid down in Annex I, which reflect the needs and pressure experienced byof different Member States in the areas of asylum, mintegration and returintegration.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) These initial amounts should form a basis for Member States’ long-term investments. To take account of changes in migration flows and to address needs in the management of asylum and reception systems and integration of legally staying third-country nationals, and counter irregular migration through efficient and sustainable return policydevelop legal migration to the European Union, an additional amount should be allocated to the Member States at mid-term taking into account the absorption rates. This amount should be based on the latest available statistical data as set out in Annex I to reflect the changes in the baseline situation of Member States.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) As challenges in the area of migration are constantly evolving, there is a need to adapt the allocation of funding to the changes in migration flows. To respond to pressing needs and changes in policy and Union prioritie. To respond to pressing needs, and to steer funding towards actions with a high level of Union added value, part of the funding will be periodically allocated to specific actions, Union actions, emergency assistance, resettlement, support of vulnerable groups including children and to provide additional support for Member States contributing to solidarity and responsibility efforts via a thematic facility.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 272 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) The Fund should contribute to supporting operating costs related to asylum and returgularisation of status of third country nationals who are in an irregular situation and enable Member States to maintain capabilities which are crucial for that service for the Union as a whole. Such support consists of full reimbursement of specific costs related to the objectives under the Fund and should form an integral part of the Member States’ programmes.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) To complement the implementation of the policy objective of this Fund at national level through Member States’ programmes, the Fund should also provide support for actions at Union level. Such actions should serve overall strategic purposes within the scope of intervention of the Fund relating to policy analysis and innovation, transnational mutual learning and partnerships and the testing of new initiatives and actions across the Union. These actions should always aim at ensuring the protection of fundamental rights of people concerned.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In order to strengthen the Union’s capacity to immediately address unforeseen or disproportionate heavy migratory pressurearrivals in one or more Member States characterised by a large or disproportionate inflow of third-country nationals, which places significant and urgent demands on their reception and detention facilities, asylum and migration management systems and procedures, heavy migratory pressures in third countries due to political developments or conflicts, it should be possible to provide emergency assistance in accordance with the framework set out in this Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 277 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) The policy objective of this Fund will be also addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the policy windows of the InvestEU. Financial support should be used to address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and actions should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the Internal market. Actions should have a clear European added value.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Regulation (EU) …/2021 [Common Provisions Regulation] establishes the framework for action for ERDF, ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), the Asylum, Migration and MiIntegration Fund (AMIF), the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) as a part of the Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF), and lays down, in particular, the rules concerning programming, monitoring and evaluation, management and control for Union funds implemented under shared management. It is therefore necessary to specify the objectives of AMIF, and to lay down specific provisions concerning the type of activities that may be financed by AMIF.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 289 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) In order to supplement and amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of actions eligible for higher co-financing as listed in Annex IV, operating support and in order to develop further the common monitoring and evaluation framework. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and with civil society organisations, including migrants and refugees organisations, and that these consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law Making of 13 April 2016.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 295 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Asylum, Migration and MiIntegration Fund (‘the Fund’).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 'blending operation' means actions supported by the Union budget, including within blending facilities as defined in point (6) of Article 2 of the Financial Regulation, combining non-repayable forms of support or financial instruments from the Union budget with repayable forms of support from development or other public finance institutions, as well as from commercial finance institutions and investors;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 298 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) 'removal' means 'removal' as defined in point (5) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 299 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) 'return' means 'return' as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The policy objective of the Fund shall be to contribute to an efficient managethe implementation, strengthening and development of mhigration flows ih standards of international protection line with the relevant Union acquis and the EU, integration of third country nationals as well as legal migration to the European Union in compliance with the Union's commitmentsand Member States obligations under international law, the European Convention on Human Rights and the rights and principles enshrined in the Charter onf fundamental rights of the European Union.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 305 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to strengthen and develop all aspects of the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimensthe need for Resettlement and other legal pathways for people in need of international protection to the European Union;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to support legal migration to the Member States including to contribute to the integration of third-country nationals;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 317 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness of return and readmissand to promote the effective integration and social inclusion of third country-nationals, including through regularisation inof theird countries status if needed.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 322 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) to ensure solidarity and fair- sharing of responsibility between the Member States;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 329 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Within the objectives referred to in Article 3, and in line with the implementation measures listed in Annex II, the Fund shall in particular support the actions listed in Annex III.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 330 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. To achieve the objectives of this Regulation, the Fund may support the actions in line with the Union priorities as referred to in Annex III in relation to and in third countries, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 5 and 6.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 334 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Partnership For the purposes of the Fund, each Member State shall ensure, as foreseen in Article 6 of Regulation (EU)...(Common Provisions Regulation), a partnership with : (a) local and regional authorities; (b) social partners; (c) civil society organisations, including refugees and migrants organisations; (d) equality bodies (e) national human rights organisations Those partners will be involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes supported by AMIF with regards to all the objectives of the fund enlisted in Article 3. Particular attention should be given to the participation of refugee and migrant-led organisations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 336 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Third countries associated to the Fund The Fund shall be open to third countries in accordance with the conditions laid down in a specific agreement covering the participation of the third country to the Asylum and Migration Fund, provided that the agreement: — ensures a fair balance as regards the contributions and benefits of the third country participating in the Fund; — lays down the conditions of participation in the Fund, including the calculation of financial contributions to the Fund and their administrative costs. These contributions shall constitute assigned revenues in accordance with Article [21(5)] of the Financial Regulation; — does not confer to the third country a decisional power on the Fund; — guarantees the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to protect its financial interests.Article 5 deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 343 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) legal entities established in any of the following countries: Member State or an overseas country or territory linked to it;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 344 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) a Member State or an overseas country or territory linked to it;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 345 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
(2) third country associated to the Fund;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 346 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
(3) third country listed in the work programme under the conditions specified therein;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 350 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Legal entities established in a third country are exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 355 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Legal entities participating in consortia of at least two independent entities, established in different Member States or overseas countries or territories linked to those states or in third countries are eligible.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 358 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that the support provided under this Regulation and by the Member States is consistent with the relevant activities, policies and priorities of the Union and is complementary to and coordinated with other Union instruments and measures funded in particular under the ERDF and ESF+ Regulations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 364 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 6 249 000 00070 % shall be allocated to the programmes implemented under shared management;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 367 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR 4 166 000 00030% shall be allocated to the thematic facility.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 370 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
e) support to Member States contributing to solidarity and responsibilat central, regional or local level and to international and Non-governmental organisations, including migrants organisations, which contribute to solidarity efforts; and
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 374 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
f a) adequate support to specialised civil society organisations for delivering qualified psycho-social and rehabilitation services to victims of violence and torture and other vulnerable groups and utilise their professional knowledge and experience.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Funding from the thematic facility shall address priorities with a high added value to the Union or be used to respond to urgent needs in line with agreed Union priorities as outlined in Annex II. The thematic facilities work programme should be made publicly available and be presented to the European Parliament.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 382 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall establish the overall amount made available for the thematic facility under the annual appropriations of the Union budget. The Commission shall adopt financing decisions as referred to in Article [110] of the Financial Regulation for the thematic facility identifying objectives and actions to be supported and specifying the amounts for each of its components as referred to in paragraph 1. Financing decisions shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 386 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The thematic facility shall in particular, support actions falling under the implementation measure 2(b) of AnnexAnnex II that are implemented by the local and regional authorities or civil society organisations. IIn that are implemented by theregard, a minimum of 20% of the financial envelope of the thematic facility shall be granted under direct or indirect management to local and regional authorities or civil society organisations implementing integration and reception actions.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. These financing decisionwork programmes may be annual or multiannual and may cover one or more components of the thematic facility.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 390 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The European Commission shall ensure regular engagement with civil society organisations, including migrants and refugee organisations, to discuss planning and implementation of activities under the Thematic facility.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 395 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The contribution from the Union budget shall not exceed 7580 % of the total eligible expenditure of a project. Member States are encouraged to provide matching funds for activities supported by the Fund.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 398 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure that the priorities addressed in its programme are consistent with, and respond to, the Union priorities and challenges in the area of migration management and are fully in line with the relevant Union acquis and agreed Union priorities. In defining the priorities of their programmes Member States shall ensurneeds of persons in need of international protection and other third country nationals and are fully in line with their obligations under International law, the European Convention on Human rights and the tChat the implementation measures set out in Annex II are adequately addressedrter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 402 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Each Member States shall ensure that the best interest of the child is respected in all the measures implemented under this Fund and that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is fully respected.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 403 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. A minimum of 30% of funding should be allocated to civil society organisations, including migrant and refugee-led organisations, and local authorities.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure that the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency areis associated to the process of developing the programmes at an early stage, as regards the areas of their competence. The Commission shall consult the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Union Agency for Asylum on the draft programmes to ensure consistency and complementarity of the actions of the agencies and those of the Member States.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 407 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may associate the European Union Agency for Asylum and European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and the UNHCR in monitoring and evaluation tasks as referred to in Section 5 where appropriate in particular in view of ensuring that the actions implemented with the support of the Fund are compliant with the relevant Union acquis and agreed Union prioritiefundamental rights.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 408 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Further to a monitoring exercise as carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) [ ../..] [EUAA Regulation] or the adoption of recommendations in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 which are within the scope of this Regulation, the Member State concerned shall examine, together with the Commission, and where relevant with the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, how to address the findings, including any shortcomings or issues of capacity and preparedness, and shall implement the recommendations through its programme.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 410 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Where necessary, the programme in question shall be amended to take into account the recommendations referred to in paragraph 4. Depending on the impact of the adjustment, the revised programme may be approved by the Commission.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. In cooperation and consultation with the Commission and the relevant agencies in accordance with their competence, as applicable, resources under the programme may be reallocated with the aim of addressing recommendations, as referred to in paragraph 4 that have financial implications.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 413 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall in particular pursue the actions eligible for higher co- financing as listed in Annex IV. In the event of unforeseen or new circumstances or in order to ensure the effective implementation of funding, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of actions eligible for higher co-financing as listed in Annex IV.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 414 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. National programmes shall allow for the inclusion in the actions in paragraph 3a new of Annex III of immediate relatives of persons covered by the target group referred to in that paragraph.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 416 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Whenever a Member State decidess shall not be able to implement projects with or in a third country with the support of theis Fund, the Member State concerned shall consult the Commission prior to the start of the project.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 420 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Each Member State shall publish its programme on a dedicated website. This website shall specify the actions supported in the implementation of the programme and list the beneficiaries. It shall be updated regularly.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 421 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. In 2024, the Commission shall allocate to the programmes of Member States concerned the additional amount referred to in Article 11(1)(b) in accordance with the criteriaindicators referred to in paragraphs 1(b) to 5 of Annex I. Funding shall be effective for the period as of the calendar year 2025.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 423 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. If at least 130 % of the initial allocation of a programme referred to in Article 11(1)(a) has not been covered by payment applications submitted in accordance with Article [85] of Regulation (EU) …/2021 [Common Provisions Regulation], the Member State concerned shall not be eligible to receive the additional allocation for the programme referred to in paragraph 1.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 427 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall receive, iIn addition to their allocation calculated in accordance with point (a) of Article 115(1)(a), a contribution of EUR 10 of the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission framework, Member States shall receive for each person admitted in accordance with Article 2 (a) and (b) of the [Resettlement Regulation] a lump sum of EUR 10,000 and a lump sum of EUR 6,000 for each resettled person in accordance with the targeted Unnational resettlement scheme. That contribution shall take the form of financing not linked to costs in accordance with Article [125] of the Financials if that person was granted international protection or a humanitarian status under national law as defined in Article 2(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Resettlement Regulation].
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 428 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the Member States through the amendment of their programme provided that the person in respect of whom the contribution is allocated was effectively resettled in accordance with the Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Frameworkor admitted to the territory of the Member State.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 429 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The funding shall not be used for other actions in the programme except in duly justified circumstances and as approved by the Commission through the amendment of the programme.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 430 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall keep the information necessary to allow the proper identification of the resettled personsose persons resettled under a national resettlement scheme or admitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Resettlement Regulation], and of the date of their resettlement or admission.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 443 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall justify in the programme and in the annual performance report as referred to in Article 30 the use of operating support to achieve the objectives of this Regulation. Before the approval of the programme, the Commission shall, with the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Border and Coast GuardFundamental Rights Agency in line with Article 13, assess the baseline situation in the Member States which have indicated their intention to use operating support. The Commission shall take into account the information provided by those Member States and, where relevant, the information available in the light of the monitoring exercises, as carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) ../.. [EUAA Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013, which are within the scope of this Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 445 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. To address unforeseen or new circumstances or to ensure the effective implementation of funding, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of specific tasks and services in Annex VII.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 447 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Grants implemented under direct and indirect management shall be awarded and managed in accordance with [Title VIII] of the Financial Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Commission shall ensure a fair and transparent distribution of resources among the objectives referred to in Article 3(2).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 451 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Blending operations decided under this Fund shall be implemented in accordance with the [InvestEu regulation] and Title X of the Financial RegulArticle 22 deleted Blending operation.s
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 454 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
Information, communication and 1. The recipients of Union funding shall acknowledge the origin and ensure the visibility of the Union funding, in particular when promoting the actions and their results, by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public. 2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the Fund and its actions and results. Financial resources allocated to the Fund shall also contribute to the corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation.Article 25 deleted publicity
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 459 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) heavy migratory pressure in one or more Member States characterised by a large or disproportionate inflow of third- country nationals in one or more Member States, which places significant and urgent demands on their reception and detention facilitiesfacilities, child protection, asylum and migration management systems and procedures;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) heavy migratory pressure in third countries, including where persons in need of protection may be stranded due to political developments or conflicts, notably where it might have an impact on migration flows towards the EU.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 464 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Emergency assistance may take the form of grants awarded directly to the decentralised agenciesEuropean Union Agency for Asylum or UNHCR.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 465 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Emergency assistance may be allocated to Member States’ programmes in addition to their allocation calculated in accordance with Article 11(1) and Annex I, provided that it is earmarked as such in the programme. This funding shall not be used for other actions in the programme except in duly justified circumstances and as approved by the Commission and the Parliament through the amendment of the programme.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 469 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. In compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to Article [43(3)(h)(i)(iii)] of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council annually information on performanceachievements in accordance with Annex V.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 471 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. TBy 30 September 2024, the Commission shall carry out a mid-term and a retrospective evaluation of this Regulation, including the actions implemented under the Fundreview of the progress towards the achievements of the objectives of this Regulation. By the same date, the Commission shall submit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 473 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By 31 January 2028, the Commission shall carry out a retrospective evaluation and submit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council. The mid-term and retrospective evaluations shall include a monitoring of the compliance with international law and fundamental rights of all the actions implemented under this Fund. They shall be conducted with meaningful participation of social partners, civil society organisations, including migrants and refugees organisations, equality bodies, national human rights institutions and other relevant organisation in accordance with the partnership principle of article 4a. Both evaluations shall be made public and presented to the European Parliament.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 476 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. By 15 February 2023 and by the same date of each subsequent year up to and including 2031, Member States shall submit to the Commission the annual performance report as referred to in Article 36(6) of Regulation (EU)…/2021 [Common Provisions Regulation]. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the implementation of the programme in the period to 30 June 2022. Member States shall publish these reports on the dedicated website of the Managing Authority as stipulated in Article 44 of the Common Provision Regulation. The European Commission shall make annual performance reports available on a dedicated webpage.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 479 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the complementarity between the actions supported by the Fund and support provided by other Union funds, in particular those in or in relation to third countriese ESF+;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 483 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the implementation of communication and visibility actions;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 484 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the number of persons resettled or admitted with the help of the Fund in line with the amounts referred to in Article 16(1);
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 487 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) the number of vulnerable persons assisted through the programme, including children;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 490 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. Monitoring and reporting in accordance with Title IV of Regulation (EU) …/… [Common Provisions Regulation] shall be based on the types of intervention set out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Annex VI. To address unforeseen or new circumstances or to ensure the effective implementation of the funding, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to amend the types of intervention in accordance with Article 32.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 495 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point a
(a) Each Member State shall receive a fixed amount of EUR 510 000 000 from the Fund at the start of the programming period only;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 496 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 1
350 % for asylumthe objective on asylum specified in article 3(2)(a) and the objective on solidarity specified in article 3(2) (ca) new ;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 499 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 2
350 % for legal migration and integrationthe objective on legal migration specified in article (3)(2) (b) and the objective on integration specified in article (3) (2) (c);
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 2 a (new)
- To achieve these objectives, 30% of the funding shall be reserved by Member States for actions implemented by local or regional authorities and civil society organisations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 505 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 3
– 40% for countering irregular migration including returns.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 508 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – introductory part
2. The following criteriaindicators in the area of asylum and solidarity will be taken into account and shall be weighted as follows:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 510 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point a – indent 1
AnyNumber of third-country nationals or stateless person having been granted the status defined by the Geneva Convention with the meaning of Directive 2011/95/EU;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point a – indent 2
AnyNumber of third-country national or stateless person enjoying a form of subsidiary protection with the meaning of recast Directive 2011/95/EU46 ; _________________ 46 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9–26).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 512 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point a – indent 3
AnyNumber of third-country national or stateless person enjoying temporary protection within the meaning of Directive 2001/55/EC47 _________________ 47 Data to be taken into account only in case of the activation of the Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12–23).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 513 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point a – indent 3 a (new)
- Number of Third Country Nationals or stateless persons enjoying some form of humanitarian protection/protection status under national legislation;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 519 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point b
(b) 60 % in proportion to the nNumber of third-country nationals or stateless persons who have applied for international protection.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 520 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) Number of applicants for international protection or beneficaries of international protection who have been relocated from one Member State to another;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 522 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point c
(c) 10 % in proportion to the nNumber of third-country nationals or stateless persons who are being or have been resettled in a Member State.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 523 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) Number of third country nationals who have been admitted in a Member State under an ad-hoc humanitarian admission programme or other pathways for people in need of international protection;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 525 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
3. The following criteriaindicators in the area of legal migration and integration will be taken into account and shall be weighted as follows:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 526 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) 40% in proportion to the total nNumber of legally residing third- country nationals in a Member State.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 528 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) Number of regularised third- country nationals in a Member State;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 529 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b
(b) 60% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who have obtained a first residence permit.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 531 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) number of applicants for family reunification who have been effectively reunited with their family;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 532 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point c
(c) However, for the purpose of the calculation referred to in paragraph 3(b), the following categories of persons shall not be included: – Third country nationals being issued a work-related first residence permits valid for less than 12 months; – Third-country nationals admitted for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service in accordance with Council Directive 2004/114/EC48 or when applicable the Directive (EU) 2016/80149 ; – Third-country nationals admitted for purposes of scientific research in accordance with Council Directive 2005/71/EC50 or when applicable the Directive (EU) 2016/801. _________________ 48 Council Directive 2004/114/EC of 13 December 2004 on the conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 12–18). 49 European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21–57). 50 Council Directive 2005/71/EC of 12 October 2005 on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research (OJ L 289, 3.11.2005, p. 15–22).deleted Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 533 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4
4. The following criteria in the area of countering irregular migration including returns will be taken into account and shall be weighted as follows: (a) 50% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who do not or no longer fulfil the conditions for entry and stay in the territory of the Member State and who are subject to a return decision under national and / or Community law, i.e. an administrative or judicial decision or act, stating or declaring the illegality of stay and imposing an obligation to return; (b) 50% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who have actually left the territory of the Member State following an administrative or judicial order to leave, whether undertaken voluntarily or under coercion.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 540 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall contribute to the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) by focusing on the following implementation measures:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 541 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point a
(a) ensuring a uniformthe application of the Union acquis and of the priorities related to the Common European Asylum Systemon asylum and International law;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 542 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point b
(b) supporting the capacity of Member States’ asylum systems as regards infrastructures and services where necessarywell as local and regional authorities, including adequate and dignified reception conditions and services;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 547 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point c
(c) enhancing solidarity and responsibility-sharing between the Member States, in particular towards those most affected by migratory flows, as well as providing support to Member States and local and regional authorities contributing to solidarity efforts;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 551 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point d
(d) enhancing solidarity and cooperation with third countries affected by migratory flows, including through resettlement and other legal avenues to protection in the Union as well as partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing migrationsupporting resettlement and other complementary legal avenues to protection in the Union with a view to increasing the overall number of available resettlement admission places .
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 555 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point a
(a) supporting the development and implementation of policies promotdeveloping legal migration possibilities, facilitating family reunification, and the implementation of the Union legal migration acquis;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 556 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) promoting and developing structural and supporting measures facilitation regular entry and residence in the Union, including regularisation of status;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 559 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point b
(b) promoting early integration measures for the social and economic inclusion of third-country nationals, preparing their active participation in and their acceptance by the receiving society, in particular with the involvement of local or regional authorities and civil society organisations, including refugees and migrants organisations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 561 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3
3. The Fund shall contribute to the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(c), by focusing on the following implementation measures: (a) ensuring a uniform application of the Union acquis and policy priorities regarding infrastructure, procedures and services; (b) supporting an integrated and coordinated approach to return management at the Union and Member States’ level, to the development of capacities for effective and sustainable return and reducing incentives for irregular migration; (c) supporting assisted voluntary return and reintegration; (d) strengthening cooperation with third countries and their capacities to implement readmission agreements and other arrangements, and enable sustainable return.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 568 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 a (new)
3 a. The Fund shall contribute to the specific objective set out in Article 3(2) (ca) by focusing on the following implementation measures: (a) Supporting relocation of applicants for international protection and beneficiaries of international protection from one Member State to another; (b) Providing Support to Member States at central, regional and local level, International and Non-governmental organisations in their solidarity efforts;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 574 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point a
(a) the establishment and development of national, regional and local strategies in asylum, legal migration, integration, return and irregular mi and integration;.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 578 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point c
(c) the development, monitoring and evaluation of policies and procedures including on collection and exchange of information and data, development and application of common statistical tools, methods and indicators for measuring progress as well as compliance with fundamental rights and assessing policy developments;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 579 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point e
(e) assistance and support services consistent with the status and the needs of the person concerned, in particular the vulnerable groupspersons and gender-sensitive, including a timely assignment of guardians to all unaccompanied children;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 583 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point f
(f) actions aimed at enhancing awareness of asylum, integration, legal migration and return policiespolicies with specific attention to vulnerable groups, including children, among stakeholders and the general public;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 584 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point a
(a) providing material aid, including assistance at the border, child-friendly and gender-sensitive facilities, emergency services provided by local authorities, education, training, support services, legal aid, health and psychological care;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 588 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point c
(c) identifying applicants with special procedural or reception needs, including victims of torture, gender-based violence, victims of trafficking, children and other vulnerable persons and providing specialised support to them;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 592 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point d
(d) supporting housing in small units, including appartments and the establishingment or improvingement of open reception accommodation infrastructure, including the possible joint use of suchsmall-scale infrastructure addressing the needs of facmilities by more than one Member Statewith minors and unaccompanied minors;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 598 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point f
(f) actions related to the conducting of procedures for the implementation of the Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Framework or national resettlement schemes that are compatible with the Union Resettlement Framework;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 599 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point h
(h) enhancing capacities of third countries to improve the protection of persons in need of protection;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 603 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i
(i) establishing, developing and improving effective alternatives to detention, in particular in relation to unaccompanied minors and families.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 607 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i a (new)
(i a) early identification of victims of violence and torture and other vulnerable groups upon arrival to a Member State and referral to specialised services;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 608 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i b (new)
(i b) delivery of qualified psycho-social and rehabilitation services to the victims of violence and torture, including gender- based violence.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 610 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i c (new)
(i c) ensuring the appointment of a guardian for unaccompanied minors;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 611 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – introductory part
3. Within the specific objective referred to in Article 3(2)(b) and Article 3(2)(c), the Fund shall in particular support the following:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 613 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point b
(b) development of mobility schemes to the Union, such asincluding but not limited to circular or temporary migration schemes, including vocational training and training to enhance employability;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 617 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point d
(d) the assessmentrecognition of skills and qualifications acquired in a third country, as well as their transparency and compatibility with those of a Member State;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 621 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point f
(f) assistance in relation to a change of status for third-country nationals already legally residing in a Member State, in particular in relation to the acquisition of a legal residence status defined at Union level;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 624 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point g
(g) early integration measures such as tailored support in accordance with the needs of third-country nationals and integration programmes focusing on educationinclusive and non segregated quality education and care, language and other training such as civic orientation courses and professional guidance;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 626 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point g a (new)
(g a) building capacity of integration services provided by local authorities, including first accomodation, counselling, housing, education and vocational trainings.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 629 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point h
(h) actions promoting equality in the access and provision of public and private services to third-country nationals, including adapting them to the needs of the target groupccess to education, healthcare and psycho-social support, adapting them to the needs of the target group, with a specific attention to gender and specific vulnerabilities of persons due to their exposure to discrimination taking place on the basis of the interaction of other personal characteristics or identities;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 638 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4
[...]deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 663 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – indent 1
Integration mMeasures implemented by local and regional authorities and civil- society organisations, including refugee and migrant organisations;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 665 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – indent 2
– Actions to develop and implement effective alternatives to detention;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 667 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – indent 2 a (new)
- Actions aimed at regularising the status of third country nationals with existing ties to a Member State;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 668 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – indent 3
– Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration programmes and rdelaeted- activities;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 673 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. Number of persons admitted though humanitarian admission or other legal pathways for people in need of international protection;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 674 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 1 – point 3
3. Convergence of protection recognition rates for asylum seekers from the same country.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 675 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 2
Specific objective 2: To support legal migration to the Member States including to contribute to the integration of third- country nationals: 1. participated in pre-departure measures supported by the Fund. 2. participated in integration measures supported by the Fund reporting that the measures were beneficial for their early integration as compared to the total number of persons who participated in the integration measures supported by the Fund.deleted Number of persons who Number of persons who
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 677 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 2 a (new)
Specific objective 2a (new): To support legal migration to the Member States 1. Number of Blue cards issued with the support of the Fund; 2. Number of intra-corporate transferees granted that status with the support of the Fund; 3. Number of applicants for family reunification effectively reunited with their family with the support of the Fund; 4. Number of third-country nationals granted for the first time a residence permit with the support of this Fund
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 678 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 2 b (new)
Specific objective 2b (new): To contribute to the integration of third country nationals 1. Number of persons who participated in pre-departure measures supported by the Fund; 2. Number of persons who participated in integration measures supported by the Fund; 3. Number of persons who were staying irregularly and had their status regularised through initiatives supported by the Fund; 4. Number of persons who participated in integration measures and who had their qualification recognised or obtained a diploma in an EU member State; 5. Number of persons who participated in Integration measures supported by the Fund and subsequently got an employment.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 679 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 3
Specific objective 3: To contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness of return and readmission in third countries: 1. Number of returns following an order to leave compared to the number of third-country nationals ordered to leave. 2. received pre or post-return reintegration assistance co-financed by the Fund, as compared to the total number of returns supported by the Fund.deleted Number of returnees who have
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 682 #

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 3 a (new)
Specific objective 3a: Ensuring solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility 1. Number of relocations carried out of applicants for international protection and beneficiaries of international protection from one Member State to another; 2. Number of staff seconded or financial support provided to Member States who expressed a need for solidarity due to increased number of arrivals.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Following the Joint Communication on improving military mobility in the European Union of November 201724 , the Action Plan on Military Mobility adopted on 28 March 2018 by the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy25 highlighted that transport infrastructure policy offers a clear opportunity to increase synergies between defence needs and TEN-T. The Action Plan indicates that by mid-2018, the Council is invited to consider and validate the military requirements in relation to transport infrastructure and that, by 2019 the Commission services will identify the parts of the trans-European transport network suitable for military transport, including necessary upgrades of existing infrastructure. Union funding for the implementation of the dual-use projects should be implemented through the Programme on the basis of specific work programmes specifying the applicable requirements as defined in the context of the Action Plan. _________________ 24 2deleted JOIN(2017) 41 JOIN(2018) 5
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Ten-T, Connecting Europe Facility under no circumstance shall be used for militaristic motives.
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 73 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) Given the nature of the future relations between Britain and the EU is not yet agreed, the Programme shall prepare mitigation measures to ensure the connectivity of the EU 27.
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 79 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to efficient and interconnected networks and infrastructure for smart, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure mobilityaccessible to persons with disabilities, safe and secure mobility, and which satisfy public acceptance criteria, including stakeholder mappings and feasibility studies;
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) to adapt theprevent the use of TEN-T networks tofor military mobility needsistic motives, and ensure that EU transport funding benefits citizens directly;
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 152 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) The assessment of proposals against the award criteria shall ensure that no proposal is accepted that creates or maintains infrastructure which is not accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities.
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) innovation, safety, interoperability and accessibility aspects particularly for persons with disabilities;
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 154 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Proposals in consideration for award shall have a proven record of public acceptance, such as stakeholder mapping and feasibility studies carried out in its region.
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 187 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 a (new)
The award of grants shall ensure that peripheral regions are not disproportionately discriminated within Member States. Criteria will follow the procedure of subsidiarity by ensuring that regional authorities are consulted when defining core and comprehensive networks, and defining where EU transport funding is most required.
2018/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-drivenfocused on viable income for farmer, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries.
2018/12/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States may, on request, decide to grant more than one recognition to a producer organisation operating in several sectors, provided the producer organisations fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 154 of this regulation.
2018/12/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 16
In Article 16, the following paragraph is added: 3a. Member States shall publish information on the identify of companies that have used public intervention as well as buyers of public intervention stock;
2018/12/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the EU and all its Member States are parties,
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed, family carers and the inactive, supported employment and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities as well as through promoting self–employment, entrepreneurship and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women’s participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcare and other care services or support. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work and reintegration to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, notably digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts at all levels to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities and homelessness. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, persons with disabilities, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. Projects that promote active inclusion and integration based on the three pillars of access to services, income support and inclusive labour markets, should be encouraged. Synergies between ESF+ funded measures and income support, in the form of minimum income and social benefits, which are of national competence and therefore not eligible expenditure under the ESF+, should be fostered to amplify their impact on the final beneficiaries. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Good governance and partnership between managing authorities and the partners require the effective and efficient use of capacity building for stakeholders, to whom Member Stes should allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources. As investment in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administration and public services at the national, regional and local levels with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance, is no longer included an operational objective of the ESF+ under shared management, but has been included in the Structural Support Reform Programme, it is necessary that the Commission and the Member States ensure effective coordination between the two instruments.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard inter alia to education, work, employment and universal accessibility. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Transnational cooperation has significant added value. It should therefore be supported by all Member States with the exception of duly justified cases taking into account the principle of proportionality. It is also necessary to reinforce the Commission’s role in facilitating exchanges of experience and coordinating implementation of relevant initiatives.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to decent jobs for quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth and long-term unemployedfor disadvantaged groups such as youth, long-term unemployed, migrants and persons with disabilities, and of inactive people,rsons promoting self- employment, entrepreneurship and self employment initiatives, and the social economy;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 319 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions across the life-cycle and mobility;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 331 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, a better work/life balance including access to childcare and life-cycle care, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 341 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups and family carers, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all and accessibility for persons with disabilities;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 372 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point x
(x) promoting social integration of people at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion, including the most deprived, persons with disabilities and children;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 418 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions to promote the principles referred to in paragraph 1 within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including improving universal accessibility for persons with disabilities and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 436 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the Social Scoreboard under the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 501 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management. The participation shall be inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 567 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the purchase of furniture, equipment and vehicles except where the purchase is necessary for achieving the objective of the operation, or these items are fully depreciated, or the purchase of these items is the most economic option, or if needed to ensure reasonable accommodation to ensure universal accessibility for persons with disabilities.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 647 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child care and education and training, health care and long term care) including accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to support the harmonious development of the Union's territory at different levelsfoster cooperative development between Member States of the European Union, the ERDF should support cross-border cooperation, transnational cooperation, maritime cooperation, outermost regions’ cooperation and interregional cooperation under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The cross-border cooperation component should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions, and to exploit the untapped growth potential in border areas as evidenced in the Communication of the Commission 'Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions’23 ('Border Regions Communication'). ConsequentlyTherefore, the cross- border component should be limited tosupport cooperation obetween land borders and cross- border cooperation on maritime borders should be integrated into the transnational componentand maritime borders. _________________ 23 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament 'Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions' - COM(2017) 534 final, 20.9.2017.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The cross-border cooperation component should also involve cooperation between one or more Member States and one or more countries or other territories outside the European Union. Covering internal and external cross-border cooperation under this Regulation should result in a major simplification and streamlining of applicable provisions for the programme authorities in the Member States and for the partner authorities and beneficiaries outside the European Union compared to the programming period 2014-2020.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation component should aim to strengthen cooperation by means of actions conducive to integrated territorial development linked to the Union's cohesion policy priorities, and should also include maritime cross-border cooperation. Transnational cooperation should cover larger territories on the mainland of the UnionEuropean Union, in full respect of subsidiarity, whereas maritime cooperation should cover territories around sea-basins and integrate cross-border cooperation on maritime borders during the programming period 2014-2020. Maximum flexibility should be given to continue implementing previous maritime cross-border cooperation within a larger maritime cooperation framework, in particular by defining the territory covered, the specific objectives for such cooperation, the requirements for a project partnership and the setting-up of sub-programmes and specific steering committees.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The transnational cooperation Any cross-border cooperation, whether it be land or maritime cooperation componentborders, should aim to strengthen cooperation by means of actions conducive to integrated territorial development linked to the European Union's cohesion policy priorities, and should also include maritime cross-border cooperation. Transnational cooperation should cover larger territories on the mainland of the European Union, whereas maritime cooperation should cover territories around sea-basins and integrate cross-border cooperation on maritime borders during the programming period 2014-2020. Maximum flexibility should be given to continue implementing previous maritime cross-border cooperation within a larger maritime cooperation framework, in particular by defining the territory covered, the specific objectives for such cooperation, the requirements for a project partnership and the setting-up of sub-programmes and specific steering committees.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Based on the experience with the interregional cooperation programmes under Interreg and the lack of such cooperation within programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal during the programming period 2014-2020, the interregional cooperation component should focus more specifically on boosting the effectiveness of cohesion policy. That component should therefore be limited to two programmes, one to enable all kind of experience, innovative approaches and capacity building for programmes under both goals and to promote European groupings of territorial cooperation ('EGTCs') set up or to be set up pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and one to improve the analysis of development trends. Project-based cooperation throughout the European Union should be integrated into the new component on interregional innovation investments and closely linked to the implementation of the Communication from the Commission 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth'25 , in particular to support thematic smart specialisation platforms on fields such as energy, industrial modernisation or agrifood. Finally, integrated territorial development focusing on functional urban areas or urban areas should be concentrated within programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal and in one accompanying instrument, the ‘European Urban Initiative”. The two programmes under the interregional cooperation component should cover the whole European Union and should also be open for the participation of third countries. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19). 25 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth' - COM(2017) 376 final, 18.7.2017.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 111 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Objective criteria for designating eligible regions and areas should be established. To that end, the identification of eligible regions and areas at European Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 . _________________ 26 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) It is necessary to continue supporting or, as appropriate, to establish cooperation in all its dimensions with the Union's neighbouring third countries, as such cooperation is an important regional development policy tool and should benefit the regions of the Member States which border third countries. To that effect, the ERDF and the external financing instruments of the European Union, IPA27 , NDICI28 and OCTP29 , should support programmes under cross-border cooperation, transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation, outermost regions’ cooperation and interregional cooperation. The support from the ERDF and from the external financing instruments of the European Union should be based on reciprocity and proportionality. However, for IPA III CBC and NDICI CBC, the ERDF support should be complemented by at least equivalent amounts under IPA III CBC and NDICI CBC, subject to a maximum amount set out in the respective legal act, that is to say, up to 3 % of the financial envelope under IPA III and up to 4 % of the financial envelope of the Neighbourhood geographic programme under Article 4(2)(a) of the NDICI. _________________ 27 Regulation (EU) XXX establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (OJ L xx, p. y). 28 Regulation (EU) XXX establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (OJ L xx, p. y). 29 Council Decision (EU) XXX on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Inion including relations between the European Union on the one hand and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (OJ L xx, p. y).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) With regard to NDICI assistance, the European Union should develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries, aiming to establish an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the Union and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on with respect to the principles of subsidiarity, international solidarity and co-operation. This Regulation and the NDICI should therefore support the internal and external aspects of relevant macro-regional strategies. Those initiatives are strategically important and offer meaningful political frameworks for deepening relations with and among partner countries, based on the principles of mutual accountability, shared ownership and responsibility.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 128 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In view of the specific situation of outmost regions of the European Union, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the conditions under which those regions may have access to structural funds. Consequently, certain provisions of this Regulation should be adapted to the specificities of the outermost regions in order to simplify and foster cooperation with their neighbors, while taking into account the Communication from the Commission 'A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU's outermost regions'31 . _________________ 31 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank 'A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU's outermost regions', - COM(2017) 623 final, 24.10.2017.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 139 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The European Parliament addressed the issue of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in its resolutions: of 5 April 2017 on negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union, of 3 October 2017 on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom, of 13 December 2017 on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom and of 14 March 2018 on the framework of the future EU-UK relationships.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 142 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should add two Interreg-specific objectives, one to support an Interreg-specific objective strengthening institutional capacity, enhancing legal and administrative cooperation, in particular where linked to implementation of the Border Regions Communication, intensify cooperation between citizens and institutions and the development and coordination of macro- regional and sea- basin strategies, and one to address specific external cooperation issues such as safety, security, border crossing management and migration.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) It is necessary to clarify the rules governing small project funds which have been implemented since Interreg has existed, but have never been covered by specific provisions. As also set out in the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions ‘People-to-people and small-scale projects in cross-border cooperation programmes’32 , such small project funds play an important role in building up trust between citizens and European institutions, offer great European added value and contribute considerably to the overall objective of cross-border cooperation programmes by overcoming border and cross border obstacles and integrating border areas and their citizens. In order to simplify the management of the financing of small projects by the final recipients, who are often not used to applying for Union funds, the use of simplified cost options and of lump sums should be made obligatory below a certain threshold. _________________ 32 Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions ‘People-to-people and small- scale projects in cross-border cooperation programmes’ of 12 July 2017 (OJ C 342, 12.10.2017, p. 38).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 168 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) In order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend the Annex on the template for Interreg programmes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 176 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. With regard to support from the ERDF and the external financing instruments of the European Union (jointly referred to as ‘the Interreg funds’) to Interreg programmes, this Regulation defines the Interreg-specific objectives as well as the organisation, the criteria for Member States, third countries, partner countries and OCTs and their regions to be eligible, the financial resources, and the criteria for their allocation.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 178 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'partner country' means an IPA beneficiary or a country or territory covered by the 'Neighbourhood geographic area’ listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) [NDICI] and the Russian Federation, and which receives support from the external financing instruments of the European Union;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 181 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this Regulation, where provisions of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] refer to 'the Funds' as listed in [point (a) of Article 1(1)] of that Regulation or to the 'ERDF', this shall be construed as also covering the respective external financing instrument of the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 182 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg), the ERDF and, where applicable, external financing instruments of the European Union shall support the following components:
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 219 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) interregional innovation investments through the commercialisation and scaling up of interregional innovation projects having the potential to encourage the development of European value chains ('component 5').
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 230 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported by the ERDF shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the European Union along all internal and external land borders with third countries or partner countries.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 251 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. For transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation, the regions to be supported by the ERDF shall be the NUTS level 2 regions of the European Union covering contiguous functional areas, taking into account, where applicable, macro-regional strategies or sea basin strategies.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 256 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) regions in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, until a final Brexit deal has been reached and as well as Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 259 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Given the unique and special status of Northern Ireland, specific funding streams shall be retained after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 266 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. For any component 4 Interreg programme or for interregional innovation investments under component 5, the entire territory of theeach Member State of the European Union shall be supported by the ERDF.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 268 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Component 4 Interreg programmes may cover the whole or part of the third countries, partner countries, other territories or OCTs referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6, whether or not they are supported by the external financing instruments of the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 273 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The implementing act referred to in paragraph 1 shall also contain a list specifying those NUTS level 3 regions of the European Union taken into account for the ERDF allocation for cross-border cooperation at all internal borders and those external borders covered by the external financing instruments of the European Union as well as a list specifying those NUTS level 3 regions taken into account for allocation purposes under component 2B referred to in point (a) of Article 9(3).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 274 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Regions of third or partner countries or territories outside the European Union which do not receive supported from the ERDF or an external financing instrument of the European Union shall also be mentioned in the list referred to in paragraph 1.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 350 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission has included a specific financial allocation to assist partner countries or regions under Regulation (EU) [NDICI] and OCTs under Council Decision [OCT Decision] or both in strengthening their cooperation with neighbouring European Union outermost regions in accordance with Article [33(2)] of Regulation (EU) [NDICI] or Article[ 87] of the [OCTP Decision] or both, the ERDF may also contribute in accordance with this Regulation, where appropriate and on the basis of reciprocity and proportionality as regards the level of funding from the NDICI or the OCTP or both, to actions implemented by a partner country or region or any other entity under Regulation (EU) [NDICI], by a country, territory or any other entity under the [OCT Decision] or by a European Union outermost region under, in particular, one or more joint component 2, 3 or 4 Interreg programmes or under cooperation measures referred to in Article 60 established and implemented pursuant to this Regulation.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 352 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. That implementing act shall also contain a list of the amounts transferred pursuant to Article 9(5) broken down by Member State and by external financing instrument of the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 375 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, within its scope as set out in Article [4] of Regulation (EU) [new ERDF], and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the European Union shall contribute to the policy objectives set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] through joint actions under Interreg programmes.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 377 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In addition to the specific objectives for the ERDF as set out in Article [2] of Regulation (EU) [new ERDF], the ERDF and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the European Union may also contribute to the specific objectives under PO 4 as follows:
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 379 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Under components 1, 2, and 3, the ERDF and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the European Union may also support the Interreg- specific objective 'a better Interreg governance', in particular by the following actions:
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 384 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point a – point i
(i) enhance the institutional capacity of all local public authorities, in particular those mandated to manage a specific territoryarea, and of stakeholders;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 390 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) under component 1, 2 and 3 Interreg programmes: enhance institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement macro-regional strategies and sea-basin strategies; with respect to the subsidiarity of Member States.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 393 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Under external cross-border and component 2 and 3 Interreg programmes the ERDF and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the European Union shall also contribute to the external Interreg-specific objective 'a safer and more secure Europe', in particular by actions in the fields of border crossing management and mobility and migration management, including the protection of migranof achieving a more social and inclusive Europe by supporting cross-border and mobility and the protection of migrants in full compliance to the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 401 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. At least 60% of the ERDF and, where applicable, of the external financing instruments of the European Union allocated under priorities other than for technical assistance to each Interreg programme under components 1, 2 and 3, shall be allocated on a maximum of three of the policy objectives set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR].
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 405 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. An additional 15% of the ERDF and, where applicable, of the external financing instruments of the European Union allocations under priorities other than for technical assistance to each Interreg programme under components 1, 2 and 3, shall be allocated on the Interreg- specific objective of 'a better Interreg governance' or on the external Interreg- specific objective of 'a saferocial and more securinclusive Europe'.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 409 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where a component 2A Interreg programme supports a macro-regional strategy, the total ERDF and, where applicable, the total external financing instruments of the European Union allocations under priorities other than for technical assistance shall be programmed on the objectives of that strategy.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 414 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Where a component 2B Interreg programme supports a macro-regional strategy or sea-basin strategy, at least 70% of the total ERDF and, where applicable, of the external financing instruments of the European Union allocations under priorities other than for technical assistance shall be allocated on the objectives of that strategy.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 415 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. For component 4 Interreg programmes, the total ERDF and, where applicable, of the external financing instruments of the European Union allocations under priorities other than for technical assistance shall be allocated on the Interreg-specific objective 'a better Interreg governance'.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 430 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
However, an Interreg programme covering support from an external financing instrument of the European Union shall be submitted by the Member State hosting the prospective managing authority no later than six months after the adoption by the Commission of the relevant strategic programming document under Article 10(1) or where required under the respective basic act of one or more of an external financing instrument of the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 450 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point g – point i
(i) a table specifying the total financial allocation for the ERDF and, where relevant, for each external financing instrument of the European Union for the whole programming period and by year;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 451 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point g – point ii
(ii) a table specifying the total financial allocation for each priority by the ERDF and, where relevant, by each external financing instrument of the European Union by priority and the national co- financing and whether the national co- financing is made up of public and private co-financing;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 453 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point a – introductory part
(a) with regard to the tables referred to in point (g) and as concerns the support from external financing instruments of the European Union, those funds shall be set out as follows:
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 457 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess with full transparency each Interreg programme and its compliance with Regulation (EU) [new CPR], Regulation (EU) [new ERDF] and this Regulation and, in the case of support from an external financing instrument of the European Union and where relevant, its consistency with the multi-annual strategy document under Article 10(1) or the relevant strategic programming framework under the respective basic act of one or more of those instruments.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 483 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the selection of operations, the monitoring committee or, where applicable, the steering committee shall establish and apply criteria and procedures which are non-discriminatory and transparent, ensure gender equality and take account of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention of Human Rights and the principle of sustainable development and of the European Union policy on the environment in accordance with Article 11 and Article 191(1) of the TFEU.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 484 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The criteria and procedures shall ensure the prioritisation of operations to be selected with a view to maximise the contribution of European Union funding to the achievement of the objectives of the Interreg programme and to implementing the cooperation dimension of operations under Interreg programmes, as set out in Article 23(1) and (4).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 490 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The managing authority shall consult the Commission and may take its comments into account prior to the initial submission of the selection criteria to the monitoring committee or, where applicable, the steering committee. The same shall apply for any subsequent changes to those criteria.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 492 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) ensure that selected operations do not conflict with the corresponding strategies established under Article 10(1) or established for one or more of the external financing instruments of the European Union;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 518 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The contribution from the ERDF or, where applicable, an external financing instrument of the European Union, to a small project fund within an Interreg programme shall not exceed EUR 20 000 000 or 15% of the total allocation of the Interreg programme, whichever is lower.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 519 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The final recipients within a small project fund shall receive support from the ERDF or, where applicable the external financing instruments of the European Union through the beneficiary and implement the small projects within that small project fund (‘small project’).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 532 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Where the public contribution to a small project does not exceed EUR 100 000, the contribution from the ERDF or, where applicable, an external financing instrument of the European Union shall take the form of unit costs or lump sums or include flat rates, except for projects for which the support constitutes State aid.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 536 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. If not otherwise specified in the arrangements laid down pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 1 the lead partner shall ensure that the other partners receive the total amount of the contribution from the respective European Union fund as quickly as possible and in full. No amount shall be deducted or withheld and no specific charge or other charge with equivalent effect shall be levied that would reduce that amount for the other partners.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 549 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for component 2, 3 and 4 Interreg programmes, both for the ERDF and, where applicable, for the external financing instruments of the European Union: 7%.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 581 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The review maywill be carried out in full transparency and in writing.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 598 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The managing authority shall carry out evaluations of each Interreg programme. Each evaluation shall assess the programme’s effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and coherence and EU added value with the aim to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the respective Interreg programme.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 602 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) providing on the partner's professional website, where such a website exists, a short description of the Interreg operation, proportionate to the level of support provided by an Interreg fund, including its aims and results, and highlighting the financial support from the European Union;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 607 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The term 'Interreg' shall be used next to the emblem of the European Union in accordance with Article [42] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR].
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 612 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. All or part of an Interreg operation may be implemented outside of a Member State, including outside the European Union, provided that the Interreg operation contributes to the objectives of the respective Interreg programme.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 623 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(l a) (m) Or if any adjustments needs to be made to adapt the premises, or purchase any equipment for those with both visible or invisible disabilities.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 625 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(n) or any other cost that is proven to be required in order to ensure the effective running of the project.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 733 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Component 2 and 4 Interreg programmes combining contributions from the ERDF and from one or more external financing instrument of the European Union shall be implemented under shared management both in the Member States and in any participating third country or partner country or, with regard to component 3, in any OCT, whether or not that OCT receives support under one or more external financing instruments of the European Union.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 737 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) under shared management only in the Member States and in any participating third country or OCT with regard to ERDF expenditure outside the European Union for one or more operations, whereas the contributions from one or more external financing instruments of the European Union are managed under indirect management;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 744 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from Article [57(2)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution from external financing instruments of the European Union if it has been incurred by a partner or the private partner of PPP operations in the preparation and implementation of Interreg operations from 1 January 2021 and paid after the date when the financing agreement with the respective third country, partner country or OCT was concluded.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 745 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where an Interreg programme selects operations based on calls for proposals, such calls may include applications for a contribution from external financing instruments of the European Union, even when launched before the relevant financing agreement was signed, and operations may already be selected before such dates.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 750 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where the beneficiary is a contracting authority or a contracting entity within the meaning of the European Union law applicable to public procurement procedures, it shall apply national laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in connection with European Union laws;
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 751 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
The Commission decisions approving Interreg programmes also supported by an external financing instrument of the European Union shall meet the requirements necessary to constitute financing decisions in terms of Article [110(2)] of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [FR- Omnibus].
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 752 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
1. In order to implement an Interreg programme in a third country, partner country or OCT, in accordance with Article [112(4)] of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [FR- Omnibus], a financing agreement shall be concluded between the Commission representing the European Union and each participating third country, partner country or OCT represented in accordance with its national legal framework.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 754 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) when the third or partner country or OCT has completed the procedure required for ratification under its national legal framework and informed the Commission with full transparency.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 758 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Member State hosting the managing authority of the Interreg programme decides to sign the financing agreement pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 4, that financing agreement shall be considered a tool to implement the European Union budget in accordance with the Financial Regulation and not an international agreement as referred to in Articles 216 to 219 of the TFEU.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 759 #

2018/0199(COD)

1. Where a third country, partner country or OCT transfers to the Managing Authority a financial contribution to the Interreg programme other than its co- financing of the European Union support to the Interreg programme, the rules concerning that financial contribution shall be contained in the following document:
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 760 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 2
For the purposes of point (b)(i) of the first subparagraph, sections of the implementing agreement may, where applicable, cover both the transferred financial contribution and the European Union support to the Interreg programme.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 762 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
With regard to the PEACE PLUS programme, the financial contribution to European Union activities from the United Kingdom in the form of external assigned revenue as referred to in [point (e) of Article 21(2)] of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [FR-Omnibus] shall make part of the budget appropriations for Heading 2 'Cohesion and Values', sub-ceiling 'Economic, social and territorial cohesion'.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 763 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
It shall be signed before the beginning of the implementation of the programme thus allowing the Special EU Programmes Body to apply all the European Union legislation necessary for the implementation of the programme.
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas 2014-2020 is marked by increased ESIF and CEF budgets and, despite the delayed implementation of the programming period, there is no major impact on transport investments; whereas EU transport infrastructure investments are one of the policies that provide the highessignificant EU added value due to the spill-over effects within the single market, which effectively make all Member States net beneficiaries of the investment;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas TEN-T and transport infrastructure such as road, high-speed railways, waterways and air are EU priorities, and if European investment were to lag behind, increased FDI could fill the gap while relocating profits, taxes and job opportunities outside of the EU, perhaps increasing the dependence and macroeconomic instability of the regions; whereas such a process would undermine the Union’s regional presence and policies in the long term and would lead to fragmentation and divergence;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy and digital networks are a necessary condition forkey factor in the completion and smooth operation of the European single market and for linking Europe with the world market; whereas these are genuine arteries for European economic growth andeconomy and in the well-being of itEurope's citizens;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the Cohesion Fund (CF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) should remain the core EU sources for transport infrastructure investments under the thematic objective of ‘promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures’; proposes that, due to the high European added value and the extensive spill-over effects generated, these funding sources should remain available for all eligible EU regions, without detracting from the need to award priority to the less developed regions and regions clearly lagging behind in terms of transport infrastructure;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that infrastructure and transport policy must be based on a social and economic model that reduces demand for goods haulage and passenger transport without impacting on the economic welfare and needs of the public; therefore sees a need, on the one hand, for a more decentralised and balanced economic system that avoids massive transfers of goods and workers, and which enables endogenous regional development, and, on the other hand, a new approach and praxis in regional planning which narrows the gap between cities and rural areas and segmentation between over-populated areas and depopulated ones; also sees a need to promote measures such as prioritising the use of public and community transport, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, the consumption of local and seasonal products, and sustainable local for tourism and leisure models, etc. Considers this to be the only way to achieve genuinely sustainable development that is environment-friendly, economically viable and delivers territorial and social cohesion;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to present, within six months, a detailed and up-to-date country-by-country and project-by-project report on financing in the periods 2007-2014 and 2014-2020 under the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, with a breakdown for each of the tangible objectives under Article 5(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and Article 4(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1300/2013 on the Cohesion Fund; that report should cover the cost of the projects, the EU financing involved and the effective use of the infrastructure completed, and include an analysis of their economic and social benefits;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the role of additional sources such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) needs to be defined in view of their complementarity to the ERDF and CF and their additionality to EIB lending operations; notes in thistresses that doubts linger as to the need for the EFSI and its effectiveness and finds it regrettable that public guarantees aregard that EFSI should serve as a platform for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in matching provided for private sector operations when it is the private sector operator who reaps the rewards of successful projects; stresses that in any event the EFSI must prioritise sustainable transport and essential transport infrastructure projects that offer high social, economic and environmental added value, and focus on those projects that foster quality job creation, long-term growth, innovation and territorial cohesion, including sustainable urban transport and railway projects, meaning that it must maintain a territorial balance in investments; notes in this regard that EFSI should serve to match financial instruments to private investment and to national/regional financing at project level; notes that the support available through the EU guarantee should be provided to bankable infrastructure projects which would not otherwise be supported through the ERDF, CF or CEF;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that, in all circumstances, grants should be the key tool for funding sustainable public transport infrastructure, and especially railways;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that infrastructure requires objective quantification of demand prior to setting the budget and the delivery methods; believes that one priority should be to upgrade existing infrastructure by increasing its capacity, quality and safety; underlines that it should be possible for the ERDF and CF eligibility criteria to consider existing demand at NUTS 3 level;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that all transport infrastructure should be subject to broad public debate, in-depth investigation into its actual necessity and economic and social benefit, and to an exhaustive environmental impact study; considers that only infrastructure on which there is public consensus, which is necessary and socially beneficial and which does not occasion major and/or irreparable environmental damage should be implemented and financed through EU instruments;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for a pivotal decision-making role to be played by the local and regional authorities, and by civil society and local community representatives, in the adoption, planning and financing of transport infrastructure, including in European cross-border coordination and cooperation;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 71 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes that EU transport infrastructure funding should be geared primarily to sustainable means of transport such as conventional railways, waterways and short-sea shipping; stresses that projects in receipt of co-financing should reflect the need for infrastructure which benefits the EU from a perspective of social, economic and territorial cohesion, which minimises the impact on the environment, which is resistant to the potential impact of climate change and which protects health and ensures user safety; emphasises that EU funding for such means of transport through cohesion policy and the Connecting Europe Facility should be increased, since it is these types of transport which best ensure that the stated aims of transport policy and cohesion policy are achieved;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Emphasises in particular regarding railways that special attention should be paid to revitalising and maintaining branch lines that connect with national main lines and European corridors, provide cross-border connections between Member States and relieve bottlenecks; that local, regional and nations railway connections that have been abandoned despite their economic and public worth, and especially cross- border connections, should be rejuvenated as a matter of urgency; and that initiatives to find new uses for disused lines, such as goods transport or new tourism services, should be promoted. Calls on the Commission also to ensure that the use of railways for goods transport is stepped up with a view to greater network efficiency and more sustainable and safe transport;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for tha study to be conducted on the possible creation of an EU transport infrastructure index as an additional eligibility criterion in order to accurately reflect regional and local demand; proposes that the index help determine the overall envelope of investments as well as the co- financing rates; suggests that the EU transport scoreboard could be the basis for the proposed index with complementary elements such as road safety, regional specifics and environmental impact, which could contribute to the accuracy of the assessments; calls on the Commission to present to Parliament, within six months, a communication on this transport infrastructure index;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges that an integrated approach to the objective of sustainable transport be adopted under the cohesion policy, which is to say that it should prioritise interoperability, interconnectivity and intermodality, ensuring an optimum use of all means of transport and fostering the compatibility of interconnections between different means of transport; also favours an intermodal TEN-T approach based on means of transport which are more environmentally friendly, less fuel- expensive and safer, ensuring an optimum use of all means of transport and fostering the compatibility of interconnections between different means of transport;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recommends that national administrations and regional authorities upgrade intermediate stations and local connections as well was linkages with the TEN-Ts, in order to minimise the costs associated with the existence of peripheral areas; calls on the Commission to promote necessary projects of this type;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the need to integrate climate protection into cohesion policy as regards the sustainable transport objective and hence pursue the Community's objectives for reducing CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to require the Member States to integrate Community environmental legislation into the process of adopting and planning projects eligible for funding, and especially Natura2000, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, air quality, the Water Framework Directive, the Habitats and Birds Directives, and the European Environmental Agency's Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM);
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that increased energy efficiency should be one of the key priorities of European transport policy and, therefore, of cohesion policy in that field; emphasises the importance of promoting electro-mobility and electric public transport systems, alongside the introduction of renewable electrical energy sources, awarding priority to continuing electrification of the railway network;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for athe common European transport policy, whose overriding objectives should be environmental sustainability and territorial and social cohesion, to be based on a funding framework that is integrated and coordinated with the EU transport instruments; considers that thematic concentration should be preserved in order to permit synergies between different funding sources at project level; proposes the creation of a single set of rules for all financing sources related to the thematic objective of ‘promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures’; considers it necessary to streamline and accelerate procurement and state aid compliance procedures through standardised public procurement;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2017/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Demands that the utmost attention be paid, in all the transport infrastructure projects financed by the European Union, to quality of employment and dignified working conditions for workers, with a specific focus on compliance with occupational safety standards;
2018/02/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas balanced social and economic development throughout Europe is crucial to maintain and promote social peace and an innovative, sustainable and inclusive European integration process that is based on broad public support;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas one of the key pieces of new information provided by the 7th Cohesion Report concerns the identification of certain areas described as being caught in the ‘middle-income trap’, which risk being left behindstagnation or even falling back again behind the already reached level of development;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that cohesion policy investments provide European added value by contributing to European public goods and to the Treaty objective of reducing disparities towards the upward adaptation of living standards;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that cities, towns and urban areas combine opportunities and challenges, because of the concentration of people facing serious economicserious social, economic, environmental difficulties and the existence of pockets of poverty, including in relatively prosperous cities;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that efforts to consolidate the territorial dimension of cohesion policy require greater attention to be paid to peri-urban, cross border and rural problems, with a particular focus on to medium-sized towns;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 126 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that a major challenge for future cohesion policy will be to provide appropriatesufficient support to these regions to keep up their positive development paths, and that cohesion policy must both reduce disparities and prevent vulnerable regions from falling behind, by taking account of the different trends and dynamics and possibly expanding the scope of and support for the transition region category;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 143 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that social and fiscal convergence help to foster cohesion while improving the functioning of the single market; takes the view that divergent practices in this area may run counter to the objective of cohesion and are liable to cause further problems for territories which are lagging behind or are the most vulnerable to globalisation; considers that cohesion policy could contribute to the promotion of social and fiscal convergence by providing incentives, but reiterates its position that cohesion policy must not be subject to any conditionalities at European level that cannot be influenced by local and regional authorities and other beneficiaries; calls on the Commission to take better account of this aspect in the European Semester;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 156 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Supports a strong thematic concentration on a limited number of priorities linked to major European political objectives, leaving managing authorities the task of drawing up their territorial strategies on the basis of their needs; stresses that employment,social integration and culture, decent employment and education, combating poverty and discrimination, civil research and innovation, support for SMEs, climate changeaction and the circular economy should constitute priority areas for cohesion policy in future;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 224 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises that financial instruments can be an effective lever and that they should be promoted if they generate added value; stresses, however, that their effectiveness hinges on many factors (nature of the project, of the territory or of the risk) and thatReiterates that grants must remain the basis of the financing of cohesion policy and points out that financial instruments can play a complementary role, but stresses, that their effectiveness hinges on many factors (nature of the project, of the territory or of the risk) and that they should be used with caution, based on an appropriate ex-ante assessment; grants should be complemented only where such financial instruments demonstrate an added value, and all regions, regardless of their level of development, must be free to determine the most appropriate method of financing; opposes any binding targets for the use of financial instruments;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 295 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for a genuine single set of rules to be introduced for the various funds; supports consistent treatment of European funds under direct management and cohesion funds where State aid is concerned and, more generally, harmonised rules for European instruments aimed at the same beneficiaries; stresses the importance of greater complementarity between cohesion policy and the future EU research programme, in order to cover the full cycle from basic research to commercial applications; general exemption from state aid rules should be considered for support measures in the framework of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC);
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 304 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for requirements in respect of the programming, implementation and monitoring of ESI Funds in future to be based on the principle of differentiation, based on transparent and fair criteria, in accordance with the amounts allocated to programmes, the risk profile, the quality of administration and the level of financing by recipients;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 310 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Regards it as essential that the relationship between the Commission and managing authorities should evolve towards a ‘contract of confidence’; calls on the Commission to build on the work already done in the area of sound public finance management, introducing the principle of a new label"trust bonus" to reward managing authorities which have demonstrated their ability to comply with the rules; in relation to monitoring, calls for greater reliance on national and regional rules where their effectiveness has been verified and validated;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 321 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. IsIs extremely concerned atby the Commission’s 36. recent statements concerning the massive cuts to the cohesion policy budget that might be made under the next MFF and which would exclude certain or even most regions from the scope of cohesion policy; wishes to see a budget commensurate with the challenges facing the regions, and calls for cohesion policy not to be made an adjustment variable; points out that the coverage of all EU regions is a ‘red line’ for the European Parliament; stresses that the theory of ‘economic development clubs’ confirms the importance of differentiated support for all European regions, including regions with a very high income, which must remain competitive with their global competitors;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 336 #

2017/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. WelcomNotes the positivereliminary results of the Juncker investment plan; stresses that cohesion policy and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) are based on different concepts and objectives which in certain cases can be complementary, but that one cannot be a substitute for the other, irrespective of the level of development of the regions; calls for maintaining clear delimitations between the EFSI and cohesion policy, together with the provision of opportunities for their combination and facilitated use where appropriate without mixing them;
2018/02/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, in addition to the more general cohesion policy funds, Northern Ireland has benefited in particular from special cross-border and intercross-community programmes, including the Northern Ireland Peace Programme;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas EU cohesion policy, particularly through the Peace Programme, has decisively contributed to the peace process in Northern Ireland and supports the reconciliation of the two communitiescross-community reconciliation;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the success of EU cohesion funding partly derives from the fact that it is seen as ‘neutral money’, i.e. not directly linked to the interests of eiany particular part of ther community;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the special EU programmes for Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Peace Programme, are of key importance for the continuing peace process, as they foster intercross-community and cross-border contacts; notes that cross-community and cross-border social hubs and shared services are particularly important in this regard;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Sees that cross-community trust- building measures, such as shared spaces and support networks, have played a key role in the peace process, as shared spaces allow the two communitiesy in Northern Ireland to come together for joint activities, thereby helping to heal the divide;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Believes it desirable that, post- 2020, Northern Ireland should be able to continue to participate in the EU’s general cohesion funds if possible, as that would benefit economic and social development, particularly in disadvantaged and rural, rural and border areas;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, post-2020, EU- supported cross-border and intercross- community schemes should be continued; stresses that the continuance of the special EU cohesion programmes for Northern Ireland, namely the Northern Ireland Peace Programme and the Interreg programmes, are particularly important for the stability of the region, especially after the British exit from the EU; fears that an end to these programmes would endanger cross-border and intercross-community trust-building activities and, as a consequence, the peace process;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that it is important that the EU should continue to reach out to bothe communitiesy in Northern Ireland post-2020 by playing an active role in the administration of cohesion and cross- community funding in Northern Ireland, thereby helping them to overcome theirsocial divisions; believes that funding should be maintained at its current level after the British exit from the EU;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2017/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to promote the Northern Irish experience with cohesion funding as an example of how the EU wants to address inter-community divisions caused by conflicts;
2018/05/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that EU cohesion policy is the best tool for contributing to both competitiveness and solidarity throughout the EU regions, and it is therefore essential to continue it far beyond 2020, in order to combat the disparities that have increased following the crisis; stresses the importance of cohesion policy also to efforts to combat the disparities that have increased during the crisis, particularly between regions; stresses, however, that, although cohesion policy has alleviated the impact of the latest economic and financial crisis in the EU, as well as that of austerity policy, it cannot fully counteract the impact of austerity policies but that there is a need, inter alia, for policies to boost demand in countries with surpluses, debt restructuring in the Member States hardest hit by the crisis, and an investment policy geared to redistribution;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that the urban dimension of cohesion policy can play an important role in supporting growth, jobs, inclusion, integration and innovation, not only in major urban areas, but also in all regions with special geographical characteristics;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the EU needs to address new, serious challenges, and that cohesion policy could be a very important source of financial support for various issues, such as the integration of migrants, education, employment, housing and combating discriminationwhich can be tackled partly by means of cohesion policy, which is indeed to some extent already addressing them; stresses, however, that cohesion policy is already tackling an enormous range of challenges in connection with the objectives laid down in the Treaties and cannot be expected to overcome all the challenges which will face the EU after 2020 using funding of the current level or even lower;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that different sources of financing must be coordinated by strengthening and creating new synergies for a better use of money throughout all existing instruments, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments and Horizon 2020; synergies and communication between different sources of financing can be increased; observes, however, that the EFSI and other financial instruments should not undermine the strategic coherence, territorial concentration and long-term perspective of cohesion policy programming and should not replace or crowd out the grants nor aim to replace or reduce the ESIF budget for grants; calls for a clear demarcation between the EFSI and cohesion policy and for opportunities to be provided for a combination of the two and easier access to them without mixing them together;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Observes that the annual procedure of adopting country-specific recommendations to the Member States under the European Semester is not compatible with the medium- and long- term programme planning approach required for the ESIF and that in many cases the recommendations are contrary to social, economic and territorial cohesion objectives; rejects, therefore, any attempt to make access to EU funding instruments conditional on compliance with the country-specific recommendations;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Rejects the concept of macroeconomic conditionality, as this type of linkage between the ESIF and economic-policy guidance 'penalises' regional and local authorities for the failures of the national government, over whose performance the local and regional level, as well as other beneficiaries, have no influence of any kind;
2017/07/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2017/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the vital role that regions and cities play in the implementation of energy policies, and specifically in developing renewables and promoting sustainable patterns of consumption, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to involve cities and regions, as well as civil society, in discussions on the energy transition, above all in the context of state-level integrated energy and climate plans; takes the view, furthermore, that they should be given an active role in drawing up and implementing specific measures;
2017/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that support for regions and cities from ESI Funds must be stepped up in the area of the energy transition; points out, specifically, that economic support and resources should be increased for the implementation of local energy renovation programmes, for local communities that produce clean energy, for the renovation of buildings and homes with the aim of increasing energy efficiency, and in order to combat energy poverty; points out, in that regard, that more effort will need to be put into technical assistance, which is vital in this area; takes the view, on the other hand, that direct and indirect support for the use of fossil fuels should be stopped;
2017/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2017/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3a. Calls for investment in both research and innovative projects to pay particular attention to renewable energy cooperatives, to renewable energy decentralisation and self-generation initiatives, and to innovative action on the part of SMEs; points out, in addition, how important it is to maintain territorial balance in the EU, and to provide more extensive support for regions and cities that are less developed in this regard;
2017/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2017/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the smart specialisation approach (resulting in over 120 research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation), as set up by the reformed cohesion policy for 2014-2020, should be further developed; also encourages also, in this context, the setting -up of interregional partnerships, including on energy, with particular attention being paid to cross-border cooperation projects;
2017/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2017/2054(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Good Friday Agreement of 10 April 1998;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 13 #

2017/2054(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the United Kingdom submitted its withdrawal notification under Article 50 TEU on 29 March 2017 and therefore the Treaties and all acquis shall cease to apply to it on the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement, or failing that, two years after the date of submission of its notification, meaning at the latest on 29 March 2019, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that period; whereas, under the Good Friday Agreement, the people of Northern Ireland have an inherent right to hold British citizenship, Irish citizenship, or both, and by virtue of the right to Irish citizenship, to citizenship of the Union as well;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 95 #

2017/2054(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the new distribution proposed would allow for a reduction in the size of Parliament to 699702 members plus the President, thereby leaving sufficient room for manoeuvre to accommodate potential future enlargements of the EU and members elected in a joint constituency, as well as protecting the rights of citizens in Northern Ireland by ensuring their representation in the European Parliament is maintained after the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 144 #

2017/2054(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table – row 7
Ireland 136
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 7 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas regional cohesion policy is one of the EU’s core policies, bringing Europe together, improving its economic, social and territorial cohesion and strengthening its economy, and it is therefore key that sufficient funding for cohesion policy - at least equivalent to that of the current period - is provided for in the MFF;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas measures should be taken to ensure that the budgetary challenge deriving from the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU does not disrupt regional policy and does not reduce the budget for cohesion in the next MFF, including by shifting to new own resources for funding;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas cohesion policy has contributed significantly to economic, social and territorial cohesion, to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and to achieving its goals for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; whereas the strategy should be reviewed for the post-2020 period, giving a major role to cohesion policy;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls, therefore, for the MFF to provide for sufficient fundsfunds that are at least equivalent to those of the current programming period for cohesion policy post-2020, striking a good balance between investments in citizens and investments for citizens and ensuring that the EU’s political goals can be reached;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that regional funding should be protected and should continue to predominantly take the form of grants rather than financial instruments, which do, however, have an important role to play in certain cases; stresses that in the event of a reduction in the EU’s budgets, greater focus on the EU’s core goals is requirunder no circumstances should the EU have its budgets reduced;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of regional policy to protect the most vulnerable regions, such as the least developed and outermost regions;stresses that under no circumstances should those regions be harmed by any reduction in the MFF;
2017/09/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 173 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65 a. Recalls the 2013 Fox-Häfner report, which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be between EUR 156 million and EUR 204 million and equivalent to 10 % of the Parliament's budget; notes the finding that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11,000 to 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines;
2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 32 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
rejects the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the aim of making it possible for all the main socio-economic drivers such as schools, public service providers and digitally intensive businesses to be linked to high- performance telecommunications infrastructure by 2025 and considers that almost universal availability of high- performance internet access services at gigabit level is essential in order to prevent a growing digital divide between urban and rural areas and to promote social, economic and territorial cohesion in its digital dimension;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that basic broadband access as a universal service, and access to functioning internet services at affordable prices, which facilitate unlimited participation in the digital society and economy, should be regarded as a fundamental right of EU citizens, and considers guaranteeing basic broadband access to be an objective of general interest;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), and recognises itslooks forward to the potential benefits for cohesion policy, among other areas; considers, however, that in case of a possible prolongation of the programme, resources should not be taken away from ESI Funds technical assistance; calls on the Commission to ensure maximum coordination between the actions financed by the SRSP and the technical assistance provided under the ESI Funds;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that, since technical assistance was first used in the area of cohesion policy, no global analysis has been carried out to establish the actual contribution it makes; points out that it is therefore difficult to make a detailed assessment of how important it is and of the contribution it makes in terms of administrative capacity-building and institutional strengthening with a view to ensuring that ESI Funds are managed in an effective way; calls, therefore, for an increase in information and transparency with regard to technical assistance activities, for Parliament to play a more significant role in monitoring and follow- up, and for a thoroughgoing, comprehensive study to be carried out on its contribution to the area of Cohesion Policy;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned that in certain Member States technical assistance does not reach the local and regional authorities in an effective way; highlights that it is crucial, therefore, to make more effort to ensure that technical assistance actually reaches those local and regional authorities, significantly boosting their capacities, and to establish sound communication channels between the different levels of governance in order to successfully implement the ESI Funds, but also to restore trust in the effective functioning of the EU and its policies;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that technical assistance must contribute to the sustainability of projects, i.e. the amount of time they last, focusing on key areas of cohesion policy and favouring long-term outcomes, for example projects that create lasting employment;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 86 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Points out that technical assistance must be seen as a simple, flexible instrument that can be adjusted to suit changing circumstances, and therefore as being really useful in the process of managing ESI Funds, the allocation of which also requires the flexibility necessary to respond to new and unusual situations and to emergencies;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2016/2303(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for increased use of technical assistance in the area of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and related programmes, whichand especially in the field of cross-border cooperation, as those areas have their own specificities and require support in all phases of implementation, with a view to enhancing that cooperation and increasing the stability of the programmes concerned;
2017/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2016/2302(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgNotes that both the volume and the qualityypes of financial instruments (in the form of microcredit, loans, guarantees, equity and venture capital) under Cohesion Policy’s shared management increased; highlights the two main reasons for this trend – the 2007-2013 period provided valuable experience and lessons regarding ESI Funds implementation through grants and financial instruments, while the 2014- 2020 MFF reflects the post-crisis need for more financial instruments owing to fiscal limitationsfiscal limitations and massive cutbacks in public funding for cohesion policy grants owing to austerity policy ;
2017/02/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2016/2302(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that grants have some strengths as compared to financial instruments: supporting projects that do not necessarily generate revenue, providing funding to projects that for various reasons cannot attract private or public funding, targeting specific beneficiaries, issues and regional priorities, and lower complexity of use owing to existing experience and capacity; acknowledges that in some cases grants are bound to limitations: difficulties in achieving project quality and sustainability, risk of substituting public funding in the long-run and a crowding- out effect for potential private investment even when projects may have a revolving naturerisk of substituting national or regional public funding, complexity of implementation, deadweight effects in the private sector;
2017/02/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #

2016/2302(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the partly positive experience of using financial instruments in the 2007- 2013 programming period whas accompanied byto be seen in contrast to a number of performance issues: late start of operations, inaccurate market assessment, diverging regional uptake to the advantage of more developed regions, overall low disbursement rates, low leverage effect, problematicunsuccessful revolving, high management costs and fees that were high in relation to the support provided and significantly higher than for private-sector funds and inadequately large endowments;
2017/02/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 159 #

2016/2302(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that financial instruments perform better in well- developed regions and metropolitan areas, while grants address regional structural issues; notes that increasing the sharunderlines that the subsidy system plays an important role in fostering territorial development in particular in areas where the market has failed and where territorial cohesion challenges are a real issue and points at the complementary nature of subsidies and financial instruments; emphasizes that an increasing volume of financial instruments should not influencenegatively affect the grant appropriations as this would hinder the balanceor lead to a crowding out effect on the EU's budget allocated to cohesion policy as this could further territorial disparities; emphasiszes that in a number of public policies grants have to dominate, while financial instruments can play complementary roles;
2017/02/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 178 #

2016/2302(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that financial instruments must be accessible for possible users on more advantageous terms compared to standard commercial loans;
2017/02/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The analysis of minutes of the TCMV meetings shows that many Member States (Italy, Spain, France, Slovak Republic, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, United Kingdom and Austria), strongly opposed the more ambitious Commission proposal for conformity factors for NOx limits, and instead settled for higher conformity factor values corresponding to weaker environmental objectives. Some Member States presented a different position to the public and to the participants of the TCMV.
2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS
Amendment 5 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that excellence and competitiveness should remain the underlying principles of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, while the ESI Funds should target regional growth and cohesion; is therefore opposed to any criteria or quotas in the new Framework Programme which aim to influence geographic distribution or cohesionexpresses, however, its concern about the difference in HORIZON’s investments in the different European regions. Therefore, considers that the 9th Framework Programme should propose a territorial approach;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the fact that the creation of the EFSI has had a direct impact on Horizon 2020 as the programme’s budget has been reduced by EUR 2.2 billion to contribute to EFSI funding;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the divergences in aims and focus between the Framework Programme and the ESI Funds; takes the view, however, that efforts must be made to maximise synergies at programme level; therefore, calls on the Commission to simplify the regulatory framework because promoting synergies between the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) and Horizon 2020 is one of the priorities for the 2014-2020 period but this process is however being hampered by its regulatory complexity;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that RIS3 is a suitable vehicle for the reform of regional innovation ecosystems and that ESI Funds must be used for capacity building; points out that, based on the priorities identified in the RIS3, interregional cooperation should be developed as this will enable value chains to be creating throughout the EU; considers therefore that the current regulatory framework is totally inadequate and rather than fostering, in fact constrains interregional cooperation.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that effective investments in R&I from the ESI Funds can only take place if Member States have their framework conditions in order; calls, therefore, for a closer linkage between country-specific recommendations for structural reforms and investments in R&I;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that there is a need to include stronger incentives to use ESI funds for R&I investments where there are country-specific recommendations to that effect; therefore proposes the establishment of a performance reserve for Member States if they invest a substantial proportion of their revenue from the Structural Funds in R&I;deleted
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to increase the participation of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the 9th Framework programme, with a larger dedicated budget for the SME Instrument.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 71 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to use the 9th Framework programme for the purpose of social inclusion, so research and innovation projects should invest in social innovation to address social exclusion challenges; reaffirms that the 9th Framework programme should promote gender equality, especially in research and innovation; points out that it should be a better appropriate balance between small and large projects;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that the 9th Framework programme should help to achieve EU climate and energy goals. More specific environmental goals that are directly tied to overall goals should be considered.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 949 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Intergroups shall be required to publish information on support that they receive, whether financial or in-kind. Intergroups and all unofficial groupings shall be required to keep a list of their members (Members of the European Parliament and third parties). Such lists shall be published on the European Parliament website and updated at least twice a year. In order to operate in the European Parliament, all intergroups and unofficial groupings which involve non- parliamentary third parties shall also be required to register on the Union Transparency Register.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1030 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 115 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Members shall only meet interest representatives (lobbyists) who have registered in the Transparency Register, with the exception of local citizens from their constituencies.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1205 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Members are banned from having remunerated positions with companies or other organisations involved in influencing the Parliament.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1210 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Any regular income Members receive in respect of each item declared in accordance with the first subparagraph shall be placed in one of the following categories:Members shall specify the exact amount that they earn as a result of outside financial interests rather than declaring approximate amounts expressed in the form of simple bandwidths.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1233 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Parliament shall introduce a two year cooling-off period for Members taking any paid work involving EU lobbying, or any other paid work which involved a possible conflict of interests with their former work as a Member of the European Parliament .
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 2 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the greater coherence of the new mainstreamed European Semester, which allows for more opportunities to engage and communicate with Member States and stakeholders at all levelsIs highly concerned about the increasing subordination of the EU cohesion policy under the new mainstreamed European Semester;
2016/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that ensuring the transparency and effectiveness of public expenditure is essential for creating a growth-friendly environment; welcomes the factn environment that encourages more and enhanced use of EU funding and that is beneficial to social and economic regional development; notes that several Member States have been able to address those CSRs in their operational programmes (OPs) by means ofthat targeted public investments or reforms undertaken in the context of those ex-ante conditionalities that help enhance participation and proper implementation of cohesion policy; appreciates the fact that the ESI Fund investments already contribute to the implementation of structural reforms and improve overall economic performance in Member Statimproving overall economic performance in regions and Member States in many cases while in some Member States and regions they remain a large or even the main source of public investment and at least help mitigating the impacts of unresolved crises;
2016/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 951 #

2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45 a. Notes that some directives (or minimum rules) have been adopted in recent years regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Stresses, however, that there are European rules in the field of justice and home affairs that must be implemented in order to guarantee the fundamental rights of individuals subject to criminal proceedings. Calls, therefore, on the European Commission to safeguard the uniform application in all Member States of rules such as Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008, Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA of 24 July 2008 and Council Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA of 30 November 2009. Considers it important to maintain the social roots of prisoners and calls for the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU to every person in prison.
2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Support of this kind should encourage entities with a public mission such as public authorities and providers of public services to offer free local wireless connectivity as an ancillary service to their public mission so asand thus help to ensure that local communities in the centres of public life are guaranteed access to information and involvement in (digital) public life, can improve their digital skills and can experience the benefits of very high-speed broadband in the centres of public life. Such entities could include municipalities and other local public authorities, libraries, schools, community centres, sports facilities, bus and tram stops and hospitals.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Due to the limited reach of any single local wireless access point and the small value of individual projects covered, access points benefitting from financial assistance under this Regulation are not expected to challenge commercial offers. In order to further ensure that such financial assistance does not unduly distort competition, crowd out private investments or create disincentives for private operators to invest, the intervention should be limited to projects that do not duplicate already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics in the same areaavailable free of charge under similar terms in the same area served by existing public WLAN routers. This should not exclude additional support to deployments under this initiative from public or private sources of funding. Municipalities which already offer access at lower speeds should continue to be eligible for support with a view to promoting the blanket availability of fast internet access.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Giving local SMEs priority in the context of the procurement and installation of equipment with a view to the provision of WLAN in accordance with this Regulation would safeguard the potential for innovation and job creation in municipalities.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) To ensure that connectivity in accordance with this Regulation is provided quickly, local authorities should be informed promptly and in an appropriate manner about the availability of this support, and where necessary helped to apply for it, and financial assistance should be implemented using to the fullest extent possible on-line tools that allow for the swift submission and handling of applications and support the implementation, monitoring and auditing of the local wireless access points installed.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1234/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 4
Projects duplicating already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics, including quality, in the same area shall not be coveredavailable free of charge under the same terms in the same area served by existing public WLAN routers shall not be covered. Municipalities which already offer access at lower speeds may continue to be receive support with a view to promoting the blanket availability of fast internet access, however.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1234/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5
The available budget shall be allocated in a geographically balanced manner to projects meeting the above conditions in view of the proposals received and, in principle, on a 'first come, first served' basis, and in keeping with the objectives of bringing about economic, social and territorial cohesion and offsetting regional differences in the provision of fast internet access across the Union, to projects meeting the above conditions on the basis of the proposals received.
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) That positive momentum should be maintained and efforts need to be continued to bring investment back to its long-term sustainable trend. The mechanisms of the Investment Plan work and should beshould be readjusted and reinforced to continue the mobilisation of public-led and private investments in sectors important to Europe’s future and where market failures or sub-optimal investment situations remain.
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The EFSI was established for an initial period of three years and with the aim of mobilising at least EUR 315 billion in investments. Given its success, the Commission is committhe fact that most of the investments reached the richest regions and countries enhanced efforts are needed to focus mainly on the less developed and transition regions and countries which are most affected toby the doubling of the EFSI, both in terms of duratinvestment gap and to better align the instrument with the Union’s core objectives of cohesion and financial capacitytegration. The legal extension covers the period of the current Multiannual Financial Framework and should provide a total of at least half a trillion euro investments by 2020. In order to enhance the firepower of the EFSI even further and reach the aim of doubling the investment target, Member States should also contribute as a matter of priority.
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The extended EFSI should address remaining market failures and sub-optimal investment situations and continue to mobilise private sector financing in investments crucial for Europe’s future job creation – including for the youth –, growth and competitiveness with support strategic investments with strengthened additionality and with high social, environmental, territorial and economic added value, contributing to achieving Union policy objectives, prioritizing the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion; particular attention shall be paid to the outermost, less developed and transition regions, urban and rural areas facing particular social, economic and financial constraints, areas affected by industrial transition, high unemployment rates, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic impairments, such as, the northernmost rengthened additionalitygions with very low population density and islands, cross border and mountain regions. They include investments in the areas of energy, environment and climate action, social and human capital and related infrastructure, healthcare, research and innovation, cross- border and sustainable transport, as well as the digital transformation. In particular, tThe contribution of operations supported by the EFSI to achieving the Union’s ambitious targets set at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) should be reinforced. Energy interconnection priority projects and energy efficiency projects should also be increasingly targeted. In addition, EFSI support to motorways should be avoided, unless it is needed to support private investment in transport in cohesion countries or insustainable cross-border transport projects involving at least one cohesion country. For reasons of clarity, although they are already eligible, it should be explicitly laid down that projects in the fields of agriculture, fishery and aquaculture come within the general objectives eligible for EFSI support.
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to partly finance the contribution from the general budget of the Union to the EU guarantee fund for the additional investments to be made, a transfer should be made from the available envelope of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 . Moreover, EUR 1 145 797 000 of appropriations should be transferred from the CEF financial instruments to the grant part of the CEF with a view to facilitating blending with the EFSI or to other relevant instruments, in particular those dedicated to energy efficiency. _________________ 4Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010, OJ L 348, 12.2013, p. 129.deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The EIB and the EIF should ensure that the final beneficiaries, including SMEs, are informed of the existence of EFSI support, so as to enhance the visibility of the EU guarantee granted under Regulation (EU) 2015/1017the various EU support instruments that may be used alone or in combination with EFSI and provide assistance for choosing the most appropriate instrument or combination of instruments, so as to enhance the visibility of the EU support schemes.
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f - point v (new)
(ba) in point (f), the following point (v) is added: ‘(v) detailed information regarding tax payments resulting from its investment and lending operations under the EFSI; detailed reporting requirements regarding accessibility and costs to SMEs; detailed reporting requirements regarding the impact of investments in regard to social, economic and territorial cohesion;
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 - paragraph 10 - subparagraph 2
Decisions approving the use of the EU guarantee shall be public and accessible, and include the rationale for the decision, with particular focus on compliance with the additionality criterion. The publication shall not contain commercially sensitive information and the relevance of the project with regard to public interest. The publication is to be made directly after the approval of the operation by the EIB Board of Directors. Exceptions with regard to commercially sensitive information may not prevent the disclosure of the overall amount of EFSI financing or of the total investment related to EFSI. In reaching its decision, the Investment Committee shall be supported by the documentation provided by the EIB.;
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 18 - paragraph 6
6. By 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2020, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an independent evaluation of the application of this Regulation.;, which includes an assessment (a) whether the EFSI is achieving its objectives in particular concerning the additionality of projects and its impact on social, economic and territorial cohesion, sustainable and inclusive economic development and quality job creation and employment; (b) whether maintaining the scheme for supporting investment is still warranted or if a smooth termination of the EFSI, while preserving the EU guarantee for the operations already approved under this Regulation, is to be ensured.’
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 136 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 19 - paragraph 1 a (new)
The EIB and EIF shall inform or shall oblige financial intermediaries to inform the final beneficiaries, including SMEs, of the existence of EFSI supportthe various EU support instruments that may be used alone or in combination with EFSI and provide assistance for choosing the most appropriate instrument or combination of instruments.;
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 141 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
Article 5 - paragraph 1
(1) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 992 259 000 in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 895 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 091 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 005 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). ________________ (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884)..’deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 144 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Annex II - section 2 - point b
EFSI support to motorways shall be avoided, unless it is needed to support private investment in transport in cohesion countries or insustainable cross-border transport projects involving at least one cohesion country.;
2017/01/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 190 #

2016/0224(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission’s proposal and refers the text back to the Commission; urges the Commission to present a new proposal consistent with international legislation and the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees;
2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall inform applicants, as soon as possible and at the latest when they are lodging their application for international protection, of any established benefits and of the obligations with which they must comply relating to reception conditions. They shall point out in the information provided that the applicant is not entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 of this Directive as stated in Article 17a of the same Directive in any Member State other than where he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation].
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 is in writing using a standard template which shall be developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum and in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. Where necessary, this information shall also be supplied orally and adapted to the needs of minorthe person concerned, taking account of their individual circumstances.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 174 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This travel document shall allow for unlimited re-entry to the territory of the issuing Member State.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants may move freely within the territory of the host Member State or within an area assigned to them by that Member State. The assigned area shall not affect the unalienable sphere of private life and shall allow sufficient scope for guaranteeing access to all benefits under this Directive.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Member States shall where necessarmay decide on the residence of an applicant in a specific place for any of the following reasons:
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) for the swift processing and effective monitoring of his or her procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation];deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding, in particular:deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 191 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 1
- for applicants who have not complied with the obligation to make an application in the first Member State of entry as set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and have travelled to another Member State without adequate justification and made an application there; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 195 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 2
- where applicants are required to be present in another Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 3
- for applicants who have been sent back to the Member State where they are required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] after having absconded to another Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In those cases, the provision of material reception conditions shall be subject to the actual residence by the applicant in that specific place.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 207 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where there are reasons for considering that there is a risk that an applicant may abscond, Member States shallmay, where necessary and proportionate and on the basis of a decision of a judicial authority, require the applicant to report to the competent authorities, or to appear before them in person, either without delay or at a specified time as frequently as necessary, but no more than once every working day, to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 210 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for the possibility of granting applicants temporary permission to leave their place of residence or assigned area. Decisions shall be taken objectively and impartially on the merits of the individual case and reasons shall be given if they are negative.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 218 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall require applicants to inform the competent authorities of their current place of residence or address or, where applicable, a telephone number where they may be reached and notify any change of telephone number or address to such authorities as soon as possible.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall state reasons in fact and, where relevant, in law in any decision taken in accordance with this Article. Applicants shall be immediately informed in writing, in a language which they understand or are reasonably supposed tothe official language of the Member State as well as in a language the applicant understands, of the adoption of such a decision, of the procedures for challenging the decision in accordance with Article 25 and of the consequences of non-compliance with the obligations imposed by the decision.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Applicants shall not be detained before the evaluation of their special reception needs, pursuant to Article 21, is carried out.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in order to ensure compliance with legal obligations imposed on the applicant through an individual decision in accordance with Article 7(2) in cases where the applicant has not complied with such obligations and there is a risk of absconding of the applicant.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) in order to decide, in the context of a border procedure in accordance with Article [41] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation], on the applicant’s right to enter the territory;deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where applicants with special reception needs are detained, Member States shall ensure regular monitoring and adequate support taking into account their particular situation, including their physical and mental health.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 292 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Access to the education system shall not be postponed for more than threone months from the date on which themoment that the minor made an application for international protection was lodged by or on behalf of the minor.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that applicants have access to the labour market no later than 6 months from the date when the application for international protection was lodged if an administrative decision by the competent authority has not been taken and the delay cannot be attributed to the applicant.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the Member State has accelerated the examination on the merits of an application for international protection in accordance with points [(a) to (f)] of Article [40(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation], access to the labour market shall not be granted automatically.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 308 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For reasons of labour market policies, Member States may verify whether a vacancy could be filled by nationals of the Member State concerned or by other Union citizens, or by third-country nationals lawfully residing in that Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 322 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) education and vocational training, except study and maintenance grants and loans or other grants and loans related to education and vocational training;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point ii
(ii) pursuant to point (c) of this paragraph, to education and vocational training which is directly linked to a specific employment activity;deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 334 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point iii
(iii) pursuant to point (e) of this paragraph by excluding family benefits and unemployment benefits, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that material reception conditions are available to applicants from the moment they make their application for international protection in accordance with Article [25] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation]arrive on the territory of a Member State.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 394 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
When resorting to those exceptional measures, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum without delay. It shall also inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum as soon as the reasons for applying these exceptional measures have ceased to exist.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 397 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17a – Title
Reception conditions in a Member State other than the one in which the applicant 1. to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]. 2. dignified standard of living for all applicants. 3. Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] of a minor to the Member State responsibArticle 17a deleted is required to be present An applicant shall not be entitle,d Member States shall provide him or her with access to suitable educational activities.ensure a Pending the transfer under
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide necessary medical or other assistance to applicants who have special reception needs, including appropriate mental health care where needed and rehabilitation services to victims of gender-based harm, torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 418 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) replace accommodation, food, clothing and other essential non-food items provided in the form of financial allowances and vouchers, with material reception conditions provided in kind; or
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 419 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reduce or, in exceptional and duly justified cases, withdraw the daily allowances, while still guaranteeing a dignified standard of living.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 424 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) has seriously breached the rules of the accommodation centre or behaved in a seriously violent way; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 429 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) intentionally fails to attend compulsory integration measures; or
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 431 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) has not complied with the obligation set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and has travelled to another Member State without adequate justification and made an application there; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 434 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) has been sent back after having absconded to another Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 451 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to better ensure their physical and psychological integrity, applicants with special reception needs shall not be detained.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 452 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to effectively implement Article 20, Member States shall systematically assess whether the applicant is an applicant with special reception needs. Member States shall also indicate the nature of such needs, with the assistance of a qualified interpreter where needed. Member States shall also indicate the nature of such needs, measures to be taken to respond to them and the authorities responsible for such a response.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 455 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
That assessment shall be initiated as early as possible after an application for international protection is made and may be integrated into existing national procedures or into the assessment referred to in Article [19] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation]. Member States shall ensure that those special reception needs are also addressed, in accordance with this Directive, if they become apparent at a later stage in the asylum procedure, or if the applicant expresses a reasoned request to have his or her special reception needs reassessed.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 464 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) refer applicants to a doctor or a psychologist trained in carrying out such an assessment, for further assessment of their psychological and physical state with the support of a qualified interpreter where there are indications that applicants may have been victim of gender-based harm, torture, rape or of another serious form of psychological, physical or sexual, bias- motivated or sexual and gender-based violence and that this could affect the reception needs of the applicant; and
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 469 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the minor's well-being and social development, taking into particular consideration the minor’s background's background, such as the ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background and further having regard to the need for stability and continuity in care and access to health and education services;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 470 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor being a victim of any form of violence and exploitation, and human trafficking;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 478 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Consistent with the principle of family unity, parents or legal or customary primary caregivers shall not be detained. Minors and families with minor children shall be accommodated together in non- custodial, community-based placements while their immigration status is being resolved.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 482 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall as soon as possible and no later than five working days from the moment when an unaccompanied minor makes an application for international protectionarrives in a Member State take measures to ensure that a guardian represents and assists the unaccompanied minor to enable him or her to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive. The guardian appointed in accordance with Article [22] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] may perform those tasks. The unaccompanied minor shall be informed immediately of the appointment of the guardian. Where an organisation is appointed as guardian, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out the duties of guardian in respect of the unaccompanied minor, in accordance with this Directive. The guardian shall perform his or her duties in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, as prescribed in Article 22 (2), shall have the necessary expertisequalifications and expertise and receive continuous and appropriate training to that end, and shall not have a verified record ofcriminal record, with particular regard to any child- related crimes or offences. After his or her appointment, the guardian's criminal record shall be regularly reviewed by the competent authorities to identify potential incompatibilities with his or her role. In order to ensure the minor’s well-being and social development referred to in Article 22 (2)(b), the person acting as guardian shall be changed only when necessary. Organisations or individuals whose interests conflict or could potentially conflict with those of the unaccompanied minor shall not be appointed as guardians.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 490 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that a guardian is not placed in charge of a disproportionate number of unaccompanied minors at the same time that would render him or her unable to perform his or her tasks effectively. Member States shall appoint entities or persons responsible for monitoring at regular intervals that guardians perform their tasks in a satisfactory manner. Those entities or persons shall also have the competence to review complaints lodged by unaccompanied minors against their guardian. To this end, unaccompanied minors shall be given information, in a child-friendly manner and in a language they understand, about who these entities or persons are and how to file complaints against their guardians in confidence and safety.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 496 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that persons who have been subjected to sexual and gender-based harmviolence, other forms of bias-motivated violence, torture, rape or other serious acts of psychological, physical or sexual violence areceive the necessary treatment provided with holistic rehabilitation services for the damage caused by such acts, in particular access to appropriate medical and psychological treatment or care as well as qualified counselling, with the support of a qualified interpreter where needed. Access to that support shall be as early as possible after a victim has been identified.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 501 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Those working with victims of gender-based harm, torture, rape or other serious acts of violencepsychological, physical or sexual violence, including health professionals in charge of implementing paragraph 1, shall have had and shall continue to receive appropriate training concerning their needs, and appropriate rehabilitation methods, and shall be bound by the confidentiality rules provided for in national law, in relation to any information they obtain in the course of their work.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The European Union Agency for Asylum should provide adequate support in the implementation of this Regulation, in particular by establishing the reference key for the distribution of asylum seekers under the corrective allocation mechanism, and by adapting the figures underlying the reference key annually, as well as the reference key based on Eurostat data. The Agency should also develop information material, in close cooperation with the relevant authorities of the Member States. The Agency should be responsible for the transfer of applicants for, or beneficiaries of, international protection, under this Regulation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the results of the evaluation undertaken of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 604/2013 , it is appropriatenecessary, at this stage, to confirm the principles underlying Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, while making the necessary improvements, in the light of experience, to the effectiveness of the Dublin system and the protection granted to applicants under that system. Based on this evaluation and on consultation with Member States, the European Parliament and other stakeholders, it is also considered appropriate to establish in the Regulation measures required for adesign a new system in full respect of Article 78(1) TFEU based on a genuine link approach and fair share of responsibility and solidarity between Member States for applications for international protection, in particular to ensure that a disproportionate burden is not placed upon some Member States.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In accordance with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the best interests of the child should be athe primary consideration of Member States when applying this Regulation. In assessing the best interests of the child, Member States should, in particular, take due account of the minor’s well-being and social development, safety and security considerations and the views of the minor in accordance with his or her age and maturity, including his or her background. In addition, specific procedural guarantees for unaccompanied minors should be laid down on account of their particular vulnerability.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to prevent that applicants with inadmissible claims or who are likely not to be in need of international protection, or who represent a security risk are transferred among the Member States, it is necessary to ensure that the Member where an application is first lodged verifies the admissibility of the claim in relation to the first country of asylum and safe third country, examines in accelerated procedures applications made by applicants coming from a safe country of origin designated on the EU list, as well as applicants presenting security concerns.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The processing together of the applications for international protection of the members of one family by a single Member State makes it possible to ensure that the applications are examined thoroughly, the decisions taken in respect of them are consistent and the members of one family are not separated. The processing together of the applications of a family is without prejudice to the right of an applicant to lodge an application individually.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 158 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure full respect for the principle of family unity and for the best interests of the child, the existence of a relationship of dependency between an applicant and his or her child, sibling or parent on account of the applicant's pregnancy or maternity, state of health or old age, should become a binding responsibility criterion. When the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, the presence of a family member or relative on the territory of another Member State who can take care of him or her should also become a binding responsibility criterion. In order to discourage secondary movements of unaccompanied minors, which are not in their best interests, in the absence of a family member or a relative, the Member State responsible should be that where the unaccompanied minor first has lodged his or heran application for international protection, unless it is demonstrat and is present, provided that this would not be in the best interests of the child. Before transferring an unaccompanied minor to another Member State, the transferring Member State should make sure thatobtain individualised guarantees from that Member State that it will take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the adequate protection of the child, and in particular the prompt appointment of a representative or representativesguardian tasked with safeguarding respect for all the rights to which they are entitled. Any decision to transfer an unaccompanied minor should be preceded by an assessment of his/her best interests by staff with the necessary qualifications and expertise. Any decision on responsibility in accordance with this Regulation concerning an unaccompanied minor should be preceded by a multidisciplinary assessment of his or her best interests which shall involve, at a minimum, his or her guardian and legal advisor or counsellor.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 166 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Assuming responsibility by a Member State for examining an application lodged with it in cases when such examination is not its responsibility under the criteria laid down in this Regulation may undermine the effectiveness and sustainability of the system and should be exceptional. Therefore, a Member State should be able to derogate from the responsibility criteria only on humanitarian grounds, in particular for family reasons, before a Member State responsible has been determined Member State should be able to derogate from the responsibility criteria in particular on humanitarian grounds, and examine an application for international protection lodged with it or with another Member State, even if such examination is not its responsibility under the binding criteria laid down in this Regulation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 169 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the aims of this Regulation are achieved and obstacles to its application are prevented, in particular in order to avoid absconding and secondary movements between Member States, it is necessary to establish clear obligations to be complied with by the applicant in the context of the procedure, of which he or she should be duly informed in a timely manner. Violation of those legal obligations should lead to appropriate and proportionate procedural consequences for the applicant and to appropriate and proportionate consequences in terms of his or her reception conditions. In line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Member State where such an applicant is present should in any case ensure that the immediate material needs of that person are covered.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 181 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Different categories of applicants have differing information needs and information will therefore have to be provided in different ways and be adapted to those needs. It is particularly important to ensure that minors have access to child-friendly information that is specific to their needs and situation. Providing accurate, high-quality information to both accompanied and unaccompanied minors in a child-friendly environment can play an essential part both in providing a good environment for the minor but also in order to identify cases of any form of exploitation or violence, including trafficking in human beings.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) A personal interview with the applicant should be organised in order to facilitate the determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection unless the applicant has absconded or the information provided by the applicant is sufficient for determining the Member State responsible. As soon as the application for international protection is lodged, the applicant should be informed in particular of the application of this Regulation, of the lack of choice as to which Member State will examinemay be competent of his or her asylum application; of his or her rights and obligations under this Regulation and of the consequences of not complying with them. The applicant should be fully informed about his or her right to legal assistance and an effective remedy. The information to the applicant should be provided in a language that he or she understands, in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 190 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) In order to guarantee effective protection of the rights of the persons concerned, legal safeguards and the right to an effective remedy in respect of decisions regarding transfers to the Member State responsible should be established, in accordance, in particular, with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. An effective remedy should also be provided in situations when no transfer decision is taken but the applicant claims that another Member State is responsible on the basis that he has a family member or, for unaccompanied minors, a relative in another Member State. In order to ensure that international law is respected, an effective remedy against such decisions should cover both the examination of the application of this Regulation and of the legal and factual situation in the Member State to which the applicant is transferred. The scope of the effective remedy should be limited to an assessment of whether applicants' fundamental rights to respect of family life, the rights of the child, or the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment risk to be infringed upon.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 193 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Member State which is determined as responsible under this Regulation should remain responsible for examination of each and every application of that applicant, including any subsequent application, in accordance with Article 40, 41 and 42 of Directive 2013/32/EU, irrespective of whether the applicant has left or was removed from the territories of the Member States. Provisions in Regulation (EU) 604/2013 which had provided for the cessation of responsibility in certain circumstances, including when deadlines for the carrying out of transfers had elapsed for a certain period of time, had created an incentive for absconding, and should therefore be removed.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should not be held in detention for the sole reason that he or she is seeking international protection. Detention should be for as short a period as possible and subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality. In particular, the detention of applicants must be in accordance with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. The procedures provided for under this Regulation in respect of a detained person should be applied as a matter of priority, within the shortest possible deadlines. As regards the general guarantees governing detention, as well as detention conditions, where appropriate, Member States should apply the provisions of Directive 2013/33/EU also to persons detainedA person should not be held in detention on the basis of this Regulation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) Proper registration of all asylum applications in the EU under a unique application number should help detect multiple applications and prevent irregular secondary movements and asylum shopping. An automated system should be established for the purpose of facilitating the application of this Regulation. It should enable registration of asylum applications lodged in the EU, effective monitoring of the share of applications of each Member State and a correct application of the corrective allocation mechanism.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 214 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) In accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty, Union acts should, whenever necessary, contain appropriate measures to give effect to the principle of solidarity. An allocation mechanism based on genuine links complemented by a corrective allocation mechanism should be established in order to ensure a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Regulation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 217 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Member States should ensure that procedures are efficient and allow applicants for international protection to be promptly relocated to other Member States. Applicants in vulnerable situations should have their applications and transfer prioritised.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 225 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) A key based on the size of the population and of the economy of the Member States should be applied as a point of reference in the operation of the corrective allocation mechanism in conjunction with a thresholdmechanism, so as to enable the mechanism to function as a means of assisting Member States under disproportionate pressure. The application of the corrective allocation for the benefit of a Member State should be triggered automatically where the number of applications for international protection for which asolidarity. The application of the corrective mechanism should be triggered where the Member State is responsible exceeds 150% of the figurcould not be identified in the reference keytermined under Chapter III of this Regulation. In order to comprehensively reflect the efforts of each Member State, the number of persons effectively resettled to that Member State should be added to the number of applications for international protection for the purposes of this calculation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) When the allocationcorrective mechanism applies, the applicants who lodged their applications in the benefitting Member State should be allocated togiven the choice between the different Member States which are below their share of applications on the basis of the reference key as applied to those Member States. Appropriate rules should be provided for in cases where an applicant may for serious reasons be considered a danger to national security or public order, especially rules as regards the exchange of information between competent asylum authorities of Member States. After the transfer, the Member State of allocation should determine the Member State responsible, and should become responsible for examining the application, unless the overriding responsible criteria, related in particular to the presence of family members, listed under Chapter III determine that a different Member State should behave been responsible.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Under the allocation mechanism, tThe costs of transfer of an applicant to another Member State of allocation should be reimbursed from the EU budget.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) A Member State of allocation may decide not to accept the allocated applicants during a twelve months-period, in which case it should enter this information in the automated system and notify the other Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. Thereafter the applicants that would have been allocated to that Member State should be allocated to the other Member States instead. The Member State which temporarily does not take part in the corrective allocation should make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per applicant not accepted to the Member State that was determined as responsible for examining those applications. The Commission should lay down the practical modalities for the implementation of the solidarity contribution mechanism in an implementing act. The European Union Agency for Asylum will monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the financial solidarity mechanism.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 259 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/200322 , transfers to the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection may be carried out on a voluntary basis, by supervised departure or under escort. Member States should promote voluntary transfers by providing adequate information to the applicant and should ensure that supervised or escorted transfers are undertaken in a humane manner, in full compliance with fundamental rights and respect for human dignity, as well as the best interests of the child and taking utmost account of developments in the relevant case law, in particular as regards transfers on humanitarian grounds. _________________ 22deleted OJ L 222, 5.9.2003, p. 3.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) The progressive creation of an area without internal frontiers in which free movement of persons is guaranteed in accordance with the TFEU and the establishment of Union policies regarding the conditions of entry and stay of third- country nationals, including common efforts towards the management of external borders, makes it necessary to strike a balance between responsibility criteria in a spirit of solidarity.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 266 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) The application of this Regulation can be facilitated, and its effectiveness increased, by the support of the European Agency for Asylum as well as bilateral arrangements between Member States for improving communication between competent departments, reducing time limits for procedures or simplifying the processing of requests to take charge or take back, or establishing procedures for the performance of transfers.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 267 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Continuity between the system for determining the Member State responsible established by Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 and the system established by this Regulation should be ensured. Similarly, consistency should be ensured between this Regulation and Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council] .deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of a common leaflet on Dublin/Eurodac, as well as a specific leaflet for unaccompanied minors; of a standard form for the exchange of relevant information on unaccompanied minors; of uniform conditions for the consultation and exchange of information on minors and dependent persons; of uniform conditions on the preparation and submission of take charge requests and take back notifications ; of two lists of relevant elements of proof and circumstantial evidence, and the periodical revision thereof; of a laissez passer; of uniform conditions for the consultation and exchange of information regarding transfers; of a standard form for the exchange of data before a transfer; of a common health certificate; of uniform conditions and practical arrangements for the exchange of information on a person’s health data before a transfer, and of secure electronic transmission channels for the transmission of requests.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to provide for supplementary rules, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the periodicity and modalities for providing information to applicants on the progress in the procedures under this Regulation concerning them, the identification of family members or relatives or any other family relations of an unaccompanied minor; the criteria for establishing the existence of proven family links; the criteria for assessing the capacity of a relative to take care of an unaccompanied minor, including where family members, siblings or relatives of the unaccompanied minor stay in more than one Member State; the elements for assessing a dependency link; the criteria for assessing the capacity of a person to take care of a dependent person; standard operating protocols for transnational cooperation regarding the best interests of the child assessment and best interests determination and the elements to be taken into account in order to assess the inability to travel for a significant period of time. In exercising its powers to adopt delegated acts, the Commission shall not exceed the scope of the best interests of the child as provided for under Article 8 of this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 . In particular, tTo ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. .
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 276 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) In order to provide for supplementary rules, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the identification of family members or relatives of applicants as well as in respect of the definition of eligibility criteria for sponsors.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 277 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) In the application of this Regulation, including the preparation of delegated acts, the Commission should consult experts from, among others, all relevant national authorities and NGOs.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) In order to assess whether the corrective allocation mechanism in this Regulation is meeting the objective of ensuring a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and of relieving disproportionate pressure on certain Member States, the Commission should review the functioning of the corrective allocation mechanism and in particular verify that the threshold for the triggering and cessation of the corrective allocation effectively ensures a fair sharing of responsibility between the Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Reguladetermination of the Member State responsible per this Regulation and in particular verify a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 288 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU, including stateless persons pursuant to Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and who is not national of a State which participates in this Regulation by virtue of an agreement with the Union;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 291 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘applicant’ means a third-country national or a stateless person pursuant to Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, who has made an application for international protection in respect of which a final decision has not yet been taken;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 294 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘beneficiary of international protection’ means a third-country national or a stateless person pursuant to Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, who has been granted international protection as defined in Article 2(a) of Directive 2011/95/EU;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) ‘family members’ means, insofar as the family already existed before the applicant arrived on the territory of the Member States , the following members of the applicant’s family who are present on the territory of the Member States:
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 1
- the spouse of the applicant or his or her unmarried partner in a stable relationship, where the law or practice of the Member State concerned treats unmarried couples in a way comparable to married couples under its law relating to third-country nationals,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 303 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 2
- the minor children of couples referred to in the first indent or of the applicant, on condition that they are unmarried and regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 310 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 3
- when the applicant is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for the applicant, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 316 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 4
- when the beneficiary of international protection is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for him or herthe beneficiary of international protection whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the beneficiary is present,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 329 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘relative’ means the applicant’s adult aunt or uncle or grandparent or cousin or nephew or niece who is present in the territory of a Member State, regardless of whether the applicant was born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘minor’ means a third-country national or a stateless person pursuant to Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, below the age of 18 years;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 334 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) 'sponsor' means a national of a Member State, or a third country national authorized by a Member State to stay in its territory as holder of any residence permit issued under EU law or national law of that Member State for a period of one year or longer, or an entity registered according to the delegated act referred to in Article 14(4).
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 335 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘residence document’ means any authorisation issued by the authorities of a Member State authorising a third-country national or a stateless person pursuant to Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, to stay on its territory, including the documents substantiating the authorisation to remain on the territory under temporary protection arrangements or until the circumstances preventing a removal order from being carried out no longer apply, with the exception of visas and residence authorisations issued during the period required to determine the Member State responsible as established in this Regulation or during the examination of an application for international protection or an application for a residence permit;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 345 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q – introductory part
(q) 'resettled person' means a person subject to thea process of resettlement whereby, on a request based on a person's need for international protection and coming from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ('UNHCR’) based on a person’s need for international protection'), third-country nationals are transferred from a third country and established in a Member State where they are permitted to reside with one of the following statuses:
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 365 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where it is impossible to transfer an applicant to the Member State primarily designated as responsible because the applicant is affected by a serious disease or inability and the transfer would expose him/her to a risk of inhuman or degrading treatment within the meaning of Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the determining State shall assume the competence to examine the application.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 369 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Before applying the criteria for determining a Member State responsible in accordance with Chapters III and IV, the first Member State in which the application for international protection was lodged shall: (a) examine whether the application for international protection is inadmissible pursuant to Article 33(2) letters b) and c) of Directive 2013/32/EU when a country which is not a Member State is considered as a first country of asylum or as a safe third country for the applicant; and (b) examine the application in accelerated procedure pursuant to Article 31(8) of Directive 2013/32/EU when the following grounds apply: (i) the applicant has the nationality of a third country, or he or she is a stateless person and was formerly habitually resident in that country, designated as a safe country of origin in the EU common list of safe countries of origin established under Regulation [Proposal COM (2015) 452 of 9 September 2015]; or (ii) the applicant may, for serious reasons, be considered a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State, or the applicant has been forcibly expelled for serious reasons of public security or public order under national law.deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 379 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Where the Member State considers an application inadmissible or examines an application in accelerated procedure pursuant to paragraph 3, that Member State shall be considered the Member State responsible.deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 383 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. The Member State which has examined an application for international protection, including in the cases referred to in paragraph 3, shall be responsible for examining any further representations or a subsequent application of that applicant in accordance with Article 40, 41 and 42 of Directive 2013/32/EU, irrespective of whether the applicant has left or was removed from the territories of the Member States.deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 398 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The applicant shall submit as soon as possible and at the latest during the interview pursuant to Article 7, all the elements and information relevant for determining the Member State responsible and cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States. ll the available elements and information relevant for determining the Member State responsible and cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States. The competent authorities shall take into account the elements and information relevant for determining the Member State responsible only insofar as they have been submitted before the final decision determining the Member State responsible. In the period between the final decision and the actual transfer to a designated Member State, Member States shall take into consideration other elements provided by the applicant if the delay in submitting them is due to force majeure.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Consequences of non-compliance 1. If an applicant does not comply with the obligation set out in Article 4(1), the Member State responsible in accordance with this Regulation shall examine the application in an accelerated procedure, in accordance with Article 31(8) of Directive 2013/32/EU. 2. The Member State in which the applicant is obliged to be present shall continue the procedures for determining the Member State responsible even when the applicant leaves the territory of that Member State without authorisation or is otherwise not available for the competent authorities of that Member State. 3. The applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 19 of Directive 2013/33/EU, with the exception of emergency health care, during the procedures under this Regulation in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present. 4. The competent authorities shall take into account elements and information relevant for determining the Member State responsible only insofar as these were submitted within the deadline set out in Article 4(2).Article 5 deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 426 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. As soon as an application for international protection is lodgedmade within the meaning of Article 21(2) in a Member State, its competent authorities shall inform the applicant of the application of this Regulation and of the obligations set out in Article 4 as well as the consequences of non-compliance set out in Article 5 , and in particular :
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 431 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) that the right to apply for international protection does not encompass any choice of the applicant which Member State shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, except when provided under the terms of Article 36;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) of the right to provide information on any meaningful links with a Member State for the purpose of determining that Member State as responsible for examining the application for international protection;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 436 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) of the objectives of this Regulation and the consequences of making another application in a different Member State as well as the consequences of leaving the Member State where he or she is obliged to be present during the phases in which the Member State responsible under this Regulation is being determined and the application for international protection is being examined , in particular that the applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 19 of Directive 2013/33/EU in any Member State other than the one where he or she is required to be present, with the exception of emergency health care ;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) of the possibility to challenge a transfer decision within 7 days after notification and of the fact that this challenge shall be limited to an assessment of whether Articles 3(2) in relation to the existence of a risk of inhuman or degrading treatment or Articles 10 to 13 and 18 are infringed upon and the right to have an effective remedy before a court or tribunal in accordance with Article 28, including in a situation where no transfer decision is taken;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 457 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) of the right to request free legal assistance and representation at all stages of the procedure.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in writing in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand, in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language. With regard to minors and, in particular, to unaccompanied minors, the information shall be provided in a child-friendly manner by appropriately trained staff. Member States shall use the common leafletinformation material drawn up pursuant to paragraph 3 for that purpose.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 463 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The information shall be provided as soon as the application is made. The information shall be provided both in written and oral form, where appropriate with the support of multimedia equipment. It may be given either in individual or group sessions and applicants shall have the possibility to ask questions about the procedural steps they are expected to follow with regard to the process of determining a responsible Member State in accordance with this Regulation. In the case of minors, information shall be provided in a child- friendly manner by appropriately trained staff and with the involvement of the guardian.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 464 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where necessary for the proper understanding of the applicant, the information shall also be supplied orally, for example in connection with the personal interview as referred to in Article 7. This information shall be adapted to the individual circumstances of the applicant.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 465 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The competent authorities of the Member States shall keep the applicants informed on the progress of the procedures carried out under this Regulation with regard to their application. Such information shall be provided in writing at regular intervals. In the case of minors, the competent authorities shall inform both the minor and the guardian with the same modalities. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish the modalities for the provision of such information. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 476 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the process of determining the Member State responsible, the determining Member State shall conduct a personal interview with the applicant, unless the applicant has absconded or the information provided by the applicant pursuant to Article 4(2) is sufficient for determining the Member State responsible. The interview shall also allow the proper understanding of the information supplied to the applicant in accordance with Article 6.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 483 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The personal interview shall be conducted in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand and in which he or she is and in which he or she is able to communicate. Interviews with minors shall be conducted in a child-friendly manner in the presence of the guardian and, where applicable, to communicatehe legal advisor or counsellor. Where necessary, Member States shall have recourse to an qualified interpreter who is able to ensure appropriate communication between the applicant and the person conducting the personal interview, and to an intercultural mediator.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 488 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The personal interview shall take place under conditions which ensure appropriate confidentiality. It shall be conducted by a qualified person under national law. Applicants who are identified as being in need of special procedural guarantees should be provided with adequate support, including sufficient time, in order to create the conditions necessary for effectively presenting all elements that would allow for the determination of the Member State responsible.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 494 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The Member State conducting the personal interview shall make a written summary thereof which shall contain at least the main information supplied by the applicant at the interview. The information in the summary shall be verified with the applicant and, where relevant, the guardian and/or legal advisor or counsellor, during the interview. This summary may either take the form of a report or a standard form. The Member State shall ensure that the applicant and/or the legal advisor or other counsellor who is representing the applicant have timely access to the summary.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State where an unaccompanied minor is obliged to be present shall ensure that a representativeguardian represents and/or assists the unaccompanied minor with respect to the relevantall procedures provided for in this Regulation. The representativeguardian shall have the qualifications and, expertise and independence to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into consideration during the procedures carried out under this Regulation. Such representativea guardian shall have access to the content of the relevant documents in the applicant’s file including the specific leafletinformation material for unaccompanied minors. The guardian shall be appointed as soon as possible but at the latest within 5 days from the date of arrival.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 506 #

2016/0133(COD)

The guardian shall be involved in the process of establishing Member State responsibility under this Regulation to the greatest extent possible. To that end, the guardian shall support the minor to provide information relevant to the assessment of their best interests in accordance with paragraph 3, including exercising their right to be heard, and shall support the minor's engagement with other actors, such as family tracing organisations, where appropriate for this purpose, and with due regard to confidentiality obligations to the child.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 507 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the minor’s well-being and social development, taking into particular consideration his or her ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background and the need for stability and continuity in the minor's care and custodial arrangements and access to health and education services;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor being a victim of human traffickingany form of violence and exploitation, including trafficking in human beings;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 513 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) the guarantee of a handover to a designated guardian in the receiving Member State;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 514 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(cb) the information provided by the guardian in the Member State where the minor is present.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
(cc) situations of vulnerability, including abuse, trauma, specific health needs and disability.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 519 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Before transferring an unaccompanied minor to the Member State responsible or, where applicable, to the Member State of allocationAny decision on the Member State responsible or, where applicable, on the Member State of allocation concerning an unaccompanied minor shall be preceded by a multidisciplinary assessment of his/her best interests. The assessment shall be based on the factors listed in paragraph 3 and the conclusions of the assessment on each of the factors shall be clearly stated in the decision on responsibility. The multidisciplinary assessment shall involve competent staff with expertise in child rights, psychology and development and shall involve, at a minimum, the minor's guardian and legal advisor or counsellor. Before any transfer of an unaccompanied minor takes place, the transferring Member State shall make sureobtain individual guarantees that the Member State responsible or the Member State of allocation takes the measures referred to in Articles 14 and 24 of Directive 2013/33/EU and Article 25 of Directive 2013/32/EU without delay. Any decision to transfer an unaccompanied minor to another Member State shall be preceded by an assessment of his/ or her best interests. The assessment shall be based on the factors listed in paragraph 3. The assessment shall be done swiftly by staff with the qualifications and expertise to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into consideration, carried out by the competent judicial or administrative authority according to the national law of the Member State.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 537 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The criteria for determining the Member State responsible shall be applied only once, in the order in which they are set out in this Chapter.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 544 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. In view of the application of the criteria referred to in Articles 10a to 14a and 18, Member States shall take into consideration any available evidence regarding the presence, on the territory of a Member State, of family members, relatives or any other family relations of the applicant, on condition that such evidence is produced before another Member State accepts the request to take charge or take back the person concerned, pursuant to Articles 22 and 25 respectively, and that the previous applications for international protection of the applicant have not yet been the subject of a first decision regarding the substance.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 546 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
1. Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, only the criteria set out in this article shall apply, in the order in which they are set out in paragraphs 2 to 5. 2. The Member State responsible shall be that where a family member of the unaccompanied minor is legally present, provided that it is in the best interests of the minor. Where the applicant is a married minor whose spouse is not legally present on the territory of the Member States, the Member State responsible shall be the Member State where the father, mother or other adult responsible for the minor, whether by law or by the practice of that Member State, or sibling is legally present. 3. Where the applicant has a relative who is legally present in another Member State and where it is established, based on an individual examination, that the relative can take care of him or her, that Member State shall unite the minor with his or her relative and shall be the Member State responsible, provided that it is in the best interests of the minor. 4. Where family members or relatives as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, stay in more than one Member State, the Member State responsible shall be decided on the basis of what is in the best interests of the unaccompanied minor. 5. In the absence of a family member or a relative as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Member State responsible shall be that where the unaccompanied minor first has lodged his or her application for international protection, unless it is demonstrated that this is not in the best interests of the minor. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 57 concerning the identification of family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor; the criteria for establishing the existence of proven family links; the criteria for assessing the capacity of a relative to take care of the unaccompanied minor, including where family members, siblings or relatives of the unaccompanied minor stay in more than one Member State. In exercising its powers to adopt delegated acts, the Commission shall not exceed the scope of the best interests of the child as provided for under Article 8(3). 7. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish uniform conditions for the consultation and the exchange of information between Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 10 deleted Minors
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 563 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Family members 1. If a family member of the applicant, irrespective of the fact that the family already existed in the country of origin, is a national of a Member State, or is a third country national authorized by a Member State to stay in its territory as an asylum seeker, or as holder of any residence permit issued under EU law or national law of that Member State for a period of one year or longer, such Member shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. The persons concerned must express their consent in writing. 2. Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, the determining Member State shall always conduct a previous assessment of the best interests of the minor. 3. Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minor and family members as referred to in paragraph 1 stay in more than one Member State, the Member State responsible shall be decided on the basis of what is in the best interests of the unaccompanied minor, after having heard his or her opinion. 4. The identification of family members and the criteria for establishing the existence of proven family links are established according to the procedure described in Article 24.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 565 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Family members who are beneficiaries of Where the applicant has a family member, regardless of whether the family was previously formed in the country of origin, who has been allowed to reside as a beneficiary of international protection in a Member State, that Member State shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, provided that the persons concerned expressed their desire in writing.Article 11 deleted international protection
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 568 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Relatives 1. If a relative of the applicant is a national of a Member State, or is a third country national authorized by a Member State to stay in its territory as an asylum seeker, or as holder of any residence permit issued under EU law or national law of that Member State for a period of one year or longer, such Member shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, subject to the following conditions: - the persons concerned must express their consent in writing; - it is established, based on an individual examination, that the relative can take care of the applicant until the final decision on his or her claim for international protection [under Article 4 (d) of proposal for a new Procedures Regulation, 2016/0224 (COD)].
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 569 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Family members who are applicants for If the applicant has a family member in a Member State whose application for international protection in that Member State has not yet been the subject of a first decision regarding the substance, that Member State shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, provided that the persons concerned expressed their desire in writing.Article 12 deleted international protection
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 573 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Issue of residence documents or visas 1. Where the applicant is in possession of a valid residence document or a residence document which has expired less than two years before lodging the first application , the Member State which issued the document shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. 2. Where the applicant is in possession of a valid visa or a visa expired less than six months before lodging the first application , the Member State which issued the visa shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, unless the visa was issued on behalf of another Member State under a representation arrangement as provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 . In such a case, the represented Member State shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. 3. Where the applicant is in possession of more than one valid residence document or visa issued by different Member States, the responsibility for examining the application for international protection shall be assumed by the Member States in the following order: (a) the Member State which issued the residence document conferring the right to the longest period of residency or, where the periods of validity are identical, the Member State which issued the residence document having the latest expiry date; (b) the Member State which issued the visa having the latest expiry date where the various visas are of the same type; (c) where visas are of different kinds, the Member State which issued the visa having the longest period of validity or, where the periods of validity are identical, the Member State which issued the visa having the latest expiry date. 4. The fact that the residence document or visa was issued on the basis of a false or assumed identity or on submission of forged, counterfeit or invalid documents shall not prevent responsibility being allocated to the Member State which issued it. However, the Member State issuing the residence document or visa shall not be responsible if it can establish that a fraud was committed after the document or visa had been issued. _________________ 25Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 July 2009, establishing a Community Code on Visas (OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1).Article 14 deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 582 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Meaningful links with a Member State 1. An applicant shall be allocated to a Member State other than the one where he or she first has lodged his or her application for international protection, where the former State is determined according to one of the following situations: a) a sponsor expresses the intention and holds the capacity to take care of the applicant until the final decision on his or her claim for international protection [under Article 4 (d) of proposal for a new Procedures Regulation, 2016/0224 (COD)] and can cover the travel costs to the country of nationality in the case that the claim is not accepted with a final decision and a return decision is adopted; b) the Member State has released to the applicant a valid residence document, or the applicant held in the past a residence document for a stay not inferior to one year in that country for work, study or research purposes. This does not apply if the residence document was revoked or not renewed for reasons of public security or public order; c) the applicant holds academic or professional diplomas or qualifications released by the authorities of one Member State, or by a third State in the framework of programs of international cooperation in the field of education or training managed, promoted or financed by a Member State, including but not limited to bilateral agreements of mutual recognition of diplomas or qualifications. d) the applicant holds a satisfactory knowledge of one of the official languages of a Member State, to be ascertained through certificates or a linguistic test. 2. The assessment of the recurrence of the requisites spelled in paragraph 1 is conducted according to the procedure described in Article 24. 3. A delegated act adopted according to the procedure described in Article 57(2) shall determine: - the formalities and the eligibility requisites to be satisfied by a sponsor under paragraph 1(a), and the other necessary implementing measures; - the implementing measures for the situations under paragraph 1(b), 1(c), 1(d).
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 585 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Where it is established, on the basis of proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists mentioned in Article 25(4) of this Regulation, including the data referred to in Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) No 603/2013], that an applicant has irregularly crossed the border into a Member State by land, sea or air having come from a third country, the Member State thus entered shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection.Article 15 deleted Entry
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 597 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Fallback criterion 1. If the conditions laid down in Articles 10a to 14a are not met, the determining State shall consult the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) in order to identify the Member States with the lowest number of applicants in proportion to their share of the fair distribution. 2. Applicants shall choose the Member State responsible among the 5 Member States with the lowest number of applicants in proportion to their share of the fair distribution at the moment when the determining State consulted the automated system.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 598 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
If a third-country national or a stateless person enters into the territory of a Member State in which the need for him or her to have a vArticle 16 deleted Visa is waived, that Member State shall be responsible for examining his or her application for international protection. entry
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 600 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Application in an international transit Where the application for international protection is made in the international transit area of an airport of a Member State by a third-country national or a stateless person, that Member State shall be responsible for examining the application.rticle 17 deleted area of an airport
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 646 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The process of determining the Member State responsible shall start as soon as an application for international protection is first lodged with a Member State , provided that the Member State of first application is not already the Member State responsible pursuant to Article 3(4) or (5) .
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 653 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
That obligation shall cease where the Member State responsible can establish that the applicant has in the meantime left the territory of the Member State for a period of three months or has obtained a residence document from another Member State. An application lodged after the period of absence referred to in the first subparagraph shall be regarded as a new application giving rise to a new procedure for determining the Member State responsible.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 668 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall indicate in real time:
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 677 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where a Member State with which an application for international protection has been lodged considers that another Member State is responsible for examining the application, it shall , as quickly as possible and in any event within one month of the date on which the application was lodged within the meaning of Article 21(2), request that other Member State to take charge of the applicant.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 680 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Member State with which an application for international protection has been lodged shall conduct a procedure to ascertain the occurrence of prima facie indications to determine the Member State responsible in accordance with Article 10a, 11a, 12a or 14a.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 682 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, in the case of a Eurodac hit with data recorded pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) No 603/2013] or of a VIS hit with data recorded pursuant to Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 767/2008 , the request shall be sent within two weeks of receiving that hit .deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 685 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where the request to take charge of an applicant is not made within the periods laid down in the first and second subparagraphs, responsibility for examining the application for international protection shall lie with the Member State in which the application was lodged.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 687 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 , the request that charge be taken by another Member State shall be made using a standard form and including proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists mentioned in Article 25(4) and/or relevant elements from the applicant’s statement, enabling the authorities of the requested Member State to check whether it is responsible on the basis of the criteria laid down in this Regulation.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 688 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt uniform conditions on the preparation and submission of take charge requests. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 689 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. In establishing whether there are sufficient indications that the applicant has the relevant connections in the Member State he or she claims the determining Member State shall ensure that the applicant has understood the applicable definition of family members, of relatives and of the other meaningful links as spelled out in Article 14a. The determining State shall also ensure that the applicant is certain that the alleged family members and/or relatives are not present in another Member State.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 690 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. The determining Member State shall ensure that the applicant understands that he or she will not be allowed to stay in the Member State where he or she claims to have family members, relatives or other meaningful links under Article 14a, unless such a claim can be verified by that Member State. If the information provided by the applicant does not give manifest reasons to doubt the presence of family members, of relatives or of other meaningful links under Article 14a in the Member State indicated by the applicant it shall be concluded that, prima facie, there are sufficient indications that such Member State is the competent one.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 691 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. If it is determined pursuant to paragraph 1 and 2 that a Member State is, prima facie, responsible in accordance with Article 10a, 11a, 12a or 14a, the determining Member State shall notify the Member State responsible thereof and the applicant shall be transferred to that Member State.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 692 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. The Member State receiving an applicant in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3 shall make the determination of whether the conditions for establishing its responsibility in accordance with Article 10a, 11a, 12a or 14a are met. If it is determined that such conditions reunification are not met the receiving Member State shall ensure that the applicant is relocated to another Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24a.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 693 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. The authorities responsible of the Member State where the applicant claims to have family members, relatives or other meaningful links, shall assist the competent authorities of the determining Member State in confirming the links to the Member State.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 694 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. A delegated act adopted under Article 57 shall establish a list of prima facie indications on which the presumption according to Article 24(2d) shall be based. In doing so, the delegated act shall make it clear that the absence of official documents released by the State of origin cannot be per se the sole reason for declaring not satisfied a certain requirement and that other evidence should be admitted, including statements coming from international organizations.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 732 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph new4
new4. The scope of the effective remedy laid down in paragraph 1 shall be limited to an assessment of whether Articles 3(2) in relation to the existence of a risk of inhuman or degrading treatment or Articles 10 to 13 and 18 are infringed upon.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 735 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Where no transfer decision referred to in paragraph 1 is taken, Member States shall provide for an effective remedy before a court or tribunal, where the applicant claims that a family member or, in the case of unaccompanied minors, a relativnother Member State is responsible for examining the application. The person concerned may exercise his legally present in a Member State other than the one which is examining his or her right to such an effective remedy as of the day after the deadline for notifying the transfer decision in accordance with Article 27(1) and within a period of 15 days therefrom. For ther application for international protection, and considers therefore that other Member State as Member State responsible for examining the application purpose of exercising the right to an effective remedy in accordance with this paragraph, Member States shall notify the applicant in writing that a transfer decision has not been taken within the deadline for the notification of the transfer decision in accordance with Article 27(1).
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 737 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph new6
new6. Without prejudice to the applicant's right to choose his or her own legal advisor or other counselor at his or her own cost, Member States shall ensure that the person concerned has access to legal assistance and representation and, where necessary, to linguistic assistance and intercultural mediation, at all stages of the procedure provided for in this Regulation.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 742 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that legal assistance is granted on request free of charge where the person concerned cannot afford the costs involved. Member States may provide that, as regards fees and other costs, the treatment of applicants shall not be more favourable than the treatment generally accorded to their nationals in matters pertaining to legal assistance.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 748 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
1. Member States shall not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that he or she is subject to the procedure established by this Regulation. 2. When there is a significant risk of absconding, Member States may detain the person concerned in order to secure transfer procedures in accordance with this Regulation, on the basis of an individual assessment and only in so far as detention is proportional and other less coercive alternative measures cannot be applied effectively. 3. Detention shall be for as short a period as possible and shall be for no longer than the time reasonably necessary to fulfil the required administrative procedures with due diligence until the transfer under this Regulation is carried out. Where a person is detained pursuant to this Article, the period for submitting a take charge request or a take back notification shall not exceed two weeks from the lodging of the application. The Member State carrying out the procedure in accordance with this Regulation shall ask for an urgent reply on a take charge request . Such reply shall be given within one week of receipt of the take charge request. Failure to reply within the one- week period shall be tantamount to accepting the take charge request and shall entail the obligation to take the person in charge , including the obligation to provide for proper arrangements for arrival. Where a person is detained pursuant to this Article, the transfer of that person from the requesting Member State to the Member State responsible shall be carried out as soon as practically possible, and at the latest within four weeks from the final transfer decision . When the requesting Member State fails to comply with the deadlines for submitting a take charge request or take back notification or where the transfer does not take place within the period of four weeks referred to in the third subparagraph, the person shall no longer be detained. Articles 24, 26 and 30 shall continue to apply accordingly. 4. As regards the detention conditions and the guarantees applicable to persons detained, in order to secure the transfer procedures to the Member State responsible, Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Directive 2013/33/EU shall apply.Article 29 deleted Detention
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 772 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 7 – title
Corrective allocation mechanism
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 781 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The allocationcorrective mechanism referred to in this Chapter shall be applied for the benefit of a Member State, where that Member State is confronted with a disproportionateresponsible for a number of applications for international protection founder wthich it is the Member State responsible under this Regulations Regulation that is higher than the reference number for that Member State.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 786 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. During the application of the mechanism in accordance with paragraph 1, the benefitting Member State shall be relieved of its obligations under Article 20. The determining Member State shall continue to examine the criteria set out in Chapter III in order to establish whether another Member State can be designated as responsible.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 791 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 applies where the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) indicates that the number of applications for international protection for which a Member State is responsible under the criteria in Chapter III, Articles 3(2) or (3), 18 and 19, in addition to the number of persons effectively resettled, is higher than 15075% of the reference number for that Member State as determined by the key referred to in Article 35.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 810 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 6
6. Upon the notification referred to in paragraph 5, the allocationcorrective mechanism shall apply.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 853 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Where the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall apply the reference key referred to in Article 35 to those Member States with a number of applications for which they arttribution of competences under Articles 10a and 14a shall be adjusted in the following terms: - if more Member States would be responsible under Article 10a or 14a, applicants shall be able to choose the Member States responsible below their share pursuant to Article 35(1) and notify the Member States thereof. - if there is not another Member State that could be responsible under Article 10a or 14a, the responsible Member State shall be awarded a financial contribution under Article 37.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 855 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Applicants who lodged their application in the benefitting Member State after notification of allocation referred to inWhere the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the attribution of competence under Article 34(5)11a shall be allocated to the Member States referred to in paragraph 1, and these Member States shall determine the Member State responsible;djusted in the following terms: - if more Member States would be responsible under Article 11a, the one which is under its share shall become the competent State; - if there is not another Member State that could be responsible under Article 11a, the responsible Member State shall be awarded a financial contribution under Article 37.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 858 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the attribution of competence under Article 12a shall be adjusted in the following terms: - if the minor expressed the desire to be allocated to another Member State which is under its share and this is not against his/her best interest, this State becomes the competent State; - if the minor does not express any preference, the State competent under Article 12a shall be awarded a financial contribution under Article 37.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 860 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Where the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the attribution of competence under Article 14a shall be adjusted in the following terms: - if more Member States would be responsible under Article 14a, applicants shall be able to choose the Member State responsible among Member States who are under their share; - if there is not another competent State under Article 14, the designed one shall receive a financial contribution under Article 37. Nevertheless, the responsible Member State may refuse to assume competence if the number of applications for international protection for which such Member State is responsible under the criteria laid down in Articles 10, 11 and 13 exceeds or has already exceeded 50% of the assigned share.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 861 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Where according to 36(2b) the benefiting State refuses to assume competence, and no other Member State could be responsible or accepts responsibility under Article 19 (2a), Article 16 shall apply.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 863 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
3. Applications declared inadmissible or examined in accelerated procedure in accordance with Article 3(3) shall not be subject to allocation.deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 865 #

2016/0133(COD)

4. On the basis of the application of the reference key pursuant to paragraph 1, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall indicate the Member State of allocation and communicate this information not later than 72 hours after the registration referred to in Article 22(1) to the benefitting Member State and to the Member State of allocation, and add the Member State of allocation in the electronic file referred to in Article 23(2).deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 886 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may, at the end of the three-month period after the entry into force of this Regulation and at the end of each twelve-month period thereafter, enter in the automated system that it will temporarily not take part which under Article 35 is obliged to retain competence or voluntarily assumes it, notwithstanding the corrective allocation mechanism set out in Chapter VII of this Regulation as a Member State of allocation and notify this to the Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylumfulfilment of its share, shall receive a lump sum of 10.000 euros by the general budget of the Union for any applicant exceeding its share.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 893 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall in that case apply the reference key during this twelve- month periodcosts to transfer an applicant to those Member States with a number of applications for which they are the Member States responsible below their shar under the corrective mechanism by the pEursuant to Article 35(1), with the exception of the Member State which entered the informatopean Union Agency for Asylum shall be met by the general budget of the Union, as well as the benefitting Member State. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall count each application which would have otherwise been allocated to the Member State which entered the information pursuant to Article 36(4) for the share of that Member Statend be refunded by a lump sum of EUR 300 for each person transferred pursuant to Article 38(c).
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 899 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. At the end of the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph 2, the automated system shall communicate to the Member State not taking part in the corrective allocation mechanism the number of applicants for whom it would have otherwise been the Member State of allocation. That Member State shall thereafter make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per each applicant who would have otherwise been allocated to that Member State during the respective twelve-month period. The solidarity contribution shall be paid to the Member State determined as responsible for examining the respective applications.deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 979 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43 a Relationship with Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 Any measures taken in accordance with Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 shall be without prejudice to the application of the present Regulation.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 997 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties, including administrative and/or criminal penalties in accordance with national law, applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.Article 52 deleted Penalties
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1012 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 is repealed for the Member States bound by this Regulation as concerns their obligations in their relations between themselves.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 408 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The agency shall consult, in the development of guidelines related to the implementation of instruments of Union law on asylum, with relevant judicial associations and members of courts of tribunals in order to ensure full respect for the independence of the judiciary.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 411 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
MReporting mechanism for monitoring and assessing the asylum and reception systems
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Agency, in close cooperation with the Commission, shall establish a mechanism to: shall, at the request of the Commission, provide it with all relevant information and statistical data for monitoring purposes, in consultation with the Consultative Forum and in a bi- annual report. This report shall include all relevant information and statistical data for the purposes of:
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 419 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) monitoring the implementation and assessing all aspects of the CEAS in Member States, in particular the Dublin system, reception conditions, asylum procedures, the application of criteria determining protection needs and the nature and quality of protection afforded to persons in need of international protection by Member States, including as regards the respect of fundamental rights, child protection safeguards and the needs of vulnerable persons;
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 421 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) monitoring compliance by Member States with operational standards, indicators guidelines and best practices on asylum;
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 424 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) verifying the asylum and reception systems, capabilities, infrastructure, equipment, staff available, including for translation and interpretation in Member States, financial resources and the capacity of Member States' asylum authorities, including the judicial system, to handle and manage asylum cases efficiently and correctlywith full respect for Union and international law.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 433 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Agency may, in particular, base its assessmenreport on information provided by Member States, information analysis on the situation of asylum developed by the Agency, on-site visits and case sampling.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall assess the readiness of Member States to meet challenges from possible disproportionate pressure on their asylum and reception systems. The Agency may request Member States to provide it with their contingency planning for measures to be taken to deal with such possible disproportionate pressure with a view to safeguarding the right to asylum and fundamental rights and shall assist Member States to prepare and review their contingency planning, where necessary.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 446 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title
Procedure for monitreporting and assessment by the Agency
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall, in consultation with the Commission, set the programme for monitreporting and assessing on the asylum and reception systems in each Member State, or of all Member States on the basis of thematic or specific aspects of the asylum systems. That programme shall form part of the multi-annual and annual programming referred to in Article 41.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 451 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The multi-annual programming shall list the Member States whose asylum and reception systems shall be monitreported on each year, ensuring that each Member State shall be monitoredthe subject of report at least once in every fivetwo-year period.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 454 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The annual work programme shall list the Member States to be monitoredsubject of a report the following year in accordance with the multi-annual programming and the thematic assessments. It shall include an indication of what the monitoringreport shall consist of and a schedule for any on-site visits. Unannounced on-site visits may also be conducted.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 459 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The Agency may initiate a monitorreporting exercise for the assessment of the asylum or reception systems of a Member State on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission whenever there are serious concerns regarding the functioning of any aspect of that Member State's asylum or reception systems.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall set up teams of experts for each monitorreporting exercise, including for the on-site visits as necessary. The teams of experts shall be composed of experts from the Agency's own staff and Commission representatives. The team of experts shall be responsible for drawing up a report based on the findings of on-site visits and information provided by Member States as well as other relevant stakeholders, such as the UNHCR and non-governmental organisations.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 471 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Executive Director shall transmit the draft report of the team of experts to the Member State concerned, which shall provide its comments on that draft report. The Executive Director shall then submit the draft report, taking into account the comments of the Member State concerned, to the Management Board. The Management Board shall adopt the monitoring report and transmit it to the Commission and the European Parliament.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Director, after consultation with the Commission, shall submit draft recommendations to the Member State concerned outlining the necessary measures to address shortcomings identified in the monitoring report. The Member State concerned shall be given one month to comment on the draft recommendations. After giving consideration to those comments, the Management BoardCommission shall adopt the recommendations and it shall invite the Member State concerned to draw up an action plan outlining the measures to remedy any shortcomings.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 478 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Member State concerned shall provide the AgencyCommission with an action plan within one month from adoption of the recommendations referred to in paragraph 4. The Agency shall be invited to provide the Commission with an opinion on the Member State action plan within one month in consultation with UNHCR and relevant stakeholders. That Member State shall report to the AgencyCommission on the implementation of the action plan within three months from the adoption of the recommendations and shall thereafter continue to report every month for a maximum of six months. That Member State report shall be communicated to the Agency in order for this information to be taken into account in its reports.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 481 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall inform the Commission on a regular basis of the implementation of the action plan.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 488 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Where, after the period referred to in Article 14(5), the Member State concerned has not fully implemented the action plan and the shortcomings in the asylum and reception systems are so serious that they jeopardize the functioning of the CEASrepresent a clear breach of the right to asylum and fundamental rights, the Commission shall, based on its own assessment of the implementation of the action plan and the seriousness of the shortcomings, adopt recommendations addressed to that Member State outlining the measures needed to remedy the serious shortcomings, and where necessary setting out the measures to be taken by the Agency to support that Member State.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 489 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, taking into account the seriousness of the shortcomings identified, organise announced and unannounced on-site visits to the Member State concerned to verify the implementation of the action plan.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 491 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State concerned shall report to the Commission on the implementation of the recommendations referred to in paragraph 1 within the time- limit set in those recommendations. If after that time-limit, the Commission is not satisfied that the Member State has fully complied with those recommendations, it may take further action in accordance with Article 22(3).
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 503 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) assist Member States in ensuring that all the necessary fundamental rights safeguards, including child rights and child protection safeguards, are in place;
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 505 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point j
(j) form part of the migration management support teams at hotspot areas referred to in Regulation No XXX/XXX.23 _________________ 23 OJ L […]deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. The Executive Director shall evaluate the result of the operational and technical measures and shall transmit detailed evaluation reports to the Management Board, the European Commission and the European Parliament within 60 days from the end of those measures. The Agency shall make a comprehensive comparative analysis of those results which shall be included in the annual activity report referred to in Article 65.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 513 #

2016/0131(COD)

3. On a proposal by tThe Executive Director, the Management Board shall decide by an absolute majority of its members with a right to vote on the profiles and the overall number of experts to be made available for the asylum support teams. The same procedure shall apply to any subsequent changes in the profiles and the overall number of experts shall be responsible for ensuring that the overall number and the composition of experts to be made available for the asylum support teams is in accordance with the request, depending on the needs on the ground, of the host Member State.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 514 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. As part of the asylum support teams, the Agency shall set up a list ofbe able to provide interpreters. Member States shall assist the Agency in identifyproviding interpreters for the list of interpreters. Member States may choose either to deploy the interpreters or to make them available by video- conferencing. If sufficient interpreters are not provided, the Agency shall issue a call for proposals.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the experts that they contribute match the profiles and numbers decided upon by the Management Boarrequested by the Member State in need. The duration of deployment shall be determined by the home Member State but it shall not be less than 360 days.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 521 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall, on a proposal of the Executive Director, decide by a three-fourths majority of members with a right to vote on the profiles of experts and on the share that each Member State shall contribute to constitute the asylum intervention pool. The same procedure shall apply to any subsequent changes in the profiles and the overall number of experts.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 525 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall contribute to the asylum intervention pool through a national expert pool on the basis of the various defined profiles and by nominating experts corresponding to the required profiles. The duration of deployment shall be determined by the home Member State but it shall not be less than 360 days.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 536 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) modalities of cooperation with third countries, other Union agencies, bodies, offices or international organisations;
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 544 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. As soon as the operational plan is agreed, the Executive Director shall request the Member States to deploy the experts within no more than seven working days. The Executive Director shall indicate the number and profiles required from the Member States. That information shall be provided, in writing, to the national contact points and shall specify the scheduled date of deployment. A copy of the operational plan shall also be sent to the national contact points, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 545 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall, after informing the host Member State, suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, the deployment of the asylum support teams if the conditions to carry out the operational and technical measures are no longer fulfilled or if the operational plan is not respected by the host Member State or if he or she considers that there are violations of fundamental rights or international obligations that are of a serious nature and are likely to persist.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 548 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21
Migration management support teams 1. Where a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation No XXX/XXX or where migration management support teams are deployed at hotspot areas as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation No XXX/XXX, the Executive Director shall ensure coordination of the Agency's activities in the migration management support teams with the Commission and with other relevant Union agencies, in particular, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States. 2. The Executive Director shall, as appropriate, launch the procedure for deployment of asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool in accordance with Articles 17 and 18. The operational and technical reinforcement provided by the asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool in the framework of the migration management support teams may include: (a) the screening of third-country nationals, including their identification, registration, and where requested by Member States, their fingerprinting; (b) the registration of applications for international protection and, where requested by Member States, the examination of such applications; (c) the provision of information on asylum procedures, including relocation and specific assistance to applicants or potential applicants that could be subject to relocation.Article 21 deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 568 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Where in the event of disproportionate pressure on the asylum or reception systems a Member State does not request the Agency for operational and technical assistance or does not accept an offer by the Agency for such assistance or does not take sufficient action to address that pressure, or where it does not comply with the Commission's recommendations referred to in Article 15(3), thereby rendering the asylum or reception systems ineffective to the extent of jeopardising the functioning of the CEASbreaching the right to asylum and fundamental rights, the Commission may adopt a decision by means of an implementing act, identifying one or more of the measures set out in Article 16(3) to be taken by the Agency to support the Member State concerned. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 575 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the obligation of Member States to supply the necessary facilities and equipment for the Agency to be able to provide the required operational and technical assistance, the Agency may deploy its own equipment to Member States to the extent that this may be needed by the asylum support teams, including at the request orf the experts from the asylum intervention pool andMember State in need, insofar as this may complement equipment already made available by the Member States or other Union agencies.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 580 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Where experts of an asylum support team or from the asylum intervention pool are operating in a host Member State, thate agency or the home Member State shall be liable in accordance with its national law for any damage caused by them during their operations.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 584 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) when carrying out case sampling for the purposes of the monitoring exercise referred to in Article 13; restricts the processing of personal data for that purpose strictly to nationality, age and gender;
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 588 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) facilitating the exchange of information with Member States, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States, Europol or Eurojust in accordance with Article 36 and in the framework of information obtained when performing the tasks listed in Article 21(2);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 590 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) analysing information on the situation of asylum in accordance with Article 4;deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 598 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Member State which has transmitted personal data in accordance with paragraph 1 shall inform the applicant of such transmission and his or her right to, in accordance with the laws, regulations and procedures of that Member State, bring an action or, if appropriate, a complaint before the competent authorities or courts of the Member State, against wrongful use or processing of such data.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 600 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. In matters related to its activities and, to the extent required for the fulfilment of its tasks, the Agency shall facilitate and encourage operational cooperation between Member States and third countries, within the framework of the Union's external relations policy, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights, and in cooperation with the European External Action Service. The Agency and the Member States shall promote and comply with norms and standards equivalent to those set by Union legislation, including when carrying out activities on the territory of those third countries.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 603 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may cooperate with the authorities of third countries competent in matters covered by this Regulation with the support of and in coordination with Union delegations, in particular with a view to promoting Union standards on asylum and assisting third countries as regards expertise and capacity building for their own asylum and reception systems as well as implementing regional development and protection programmes and other actions. The Agency may carry out such cooperation within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those authorities in accordance with Union law and policy. The Agency shall seek the prior approval of the Commission for such working arrangements and it shall inform the European Parliament.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 609 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may, with the agreement of the host Member State, invite officials from third countries to observe the operational and technical measures outlined in Article 16(3), where their presence does not jeopardise the achievement of objectives of those measures, and where it may contribute to improving cooperation and the exchange of best practices.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 610 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency shall coordinatesupport actions on resettlement taken by Member States or by the Union, in cluding the exchange of information, so as to meet the international protection needs of refugees in third countries and show solidarity with their host countries. The Ageose cooperation with the UNHCR and relevant Non-Governmental Organisations. The Agency shall gather information in full compliance with the standards and guidancye shall gather informationet by the UNHCR, monitor resettlement to Member States and, support Member States with capacity building on resettlement. The Agency may also, subject to the agreement of the third country and in agreement with the Commission, coordinate any such exchange of information or other action between Member States and a third country, in the territ, and provide any additional resettlement support in line with the responsibilities conferred to it in the Regulation for a Union frameworyk of that third countryn resettlement.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 613 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency shall participate in the implementation of international agreements concluded by the Union with third countries, within the framework of the external relations policy of the Union, and regarding matters covered by this Regulation.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 615 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency may benefit from Union funding in accordance with the provisions of the relevant instruments supporting the external relations policy of the Union. It may launch and finance technical assistance projects in third countries regarding matters covered by this RegulationRegulation for a Union framework on resettlement.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 618 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall cooperate with agencies, bodies and offices of the Union having activities relating to its field of activity, in particular the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States and which are competent in matters covered by this Regulation.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 625 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State and, two representatives of the Commission, two representatives of the European Parliament and the UNHCR which shall have the right to vote.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 632 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) endorse the common analysis concerning country of origin information and any review of that common analysis in accordance with Article 10(2) and (3);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 633 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) set the programme for monitoring and assessingreporting on the asylum and reception systems in accordance with Article 14(1);
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 634 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point w
(w) adopt the draft report of the team of experts carrying out the monitoring exercise in accordance with Article 14(3);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 635 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point x
(x) adopt the recommendations following a monitoring exercise in accordance with Article 14(4);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 636 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point y
(y) set up and decide on the profiles and overall numbers of experts to be made available for the asylum support teams in accordance with Article 17(3);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 637 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point z
(z) set up and decide on the profiles and overall numbers of experts to be made available for the asylum intervention pool in accordance with Article 18(2);deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 638 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) adopt a strategy for relations with third countries or international organisations concerning matters for which the Agency is competent, as well as a working arrangement with the Commission for its implementation;deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 643 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure. The Executive Director shall be appointed on the ground of merit and documented high-level administrative and management skills as well as senior professional experience in the field of migration and asylum.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 656 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
2. The Consultative Forum shall constitute a mechanism for theconsultation, exchange of information and sharing of knowledge. It shall ensure a close dialogue between the Agency and relevant organisations or bodies as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall assist the Executive Director and the Management Board in matters covered by this Regulation.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 658 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall invite the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States, UNHCR and other relevant organisations or bodies as referred to in paragraph 1.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 659 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
On a proposal by the Executive Director, the Management Board shall decide on the composition and working methods of the Consultative Forum, including thematic or geographic-focused consultation groups, and the modalities of transmission of information to the Consultative Forumon the basis of knowledge and expertise and relevance to the Agency's activities as well as on the modalities of transmission of information to the Consultative Forum. The consultative forum should decide on its working methods, including thematic or geographic-focused working groups as deemed necessary and useful.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 662 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4
4. The Consultative Forum shall assdviste the Executive Director and the Management Board in matters related to asylum, in accordance with specific needs in areas identified as a priority for the Agency's work.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 664 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(b a) provide advice to the Agency on Country of Origin Information through the setting up of an independent Expert Panel on Country of origin Information referred to in Articles 8 and 10.
2016/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the difficulties faced by businesses, and in particular SMEs and , start-ups, and social economy enterprises in securing funding; calls on the Commission, while continuing the valuable support provided to those companies through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and programmes such as Horizon 2020 and COSME, to explore ways of further facilitating access to them, especially for micro-enterprises, for instance by reducing calls for applications to six-month periods and further simplifying the relevant procedures;
2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 2 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for thea full and meaningful involvement of the European Parliament in the interinstitutional debate on the role, structure, goals, priorities and results of the multiannual financial framework (MFF);
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that all expenditure and revenue resulting from decisions taken by, or in the name of, the EU institutions, including borrowing, lending and loan guarantee operations, must be summarised in a document annexed every year to the Draft Budget, providing an overall view of the financial and budgetary consequences of European Union activities; expects that this will ensure full information for citizens and adequate parliamentary control;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it necessary to reform the system of financing of the MFF, particularly through the creation of new and genuine o; however, considers it imperative that the revision of the forecast of Traditional Own rResources; urges the Council to commit to reflecting on this issue, without prejudice to the final report from the High-Level Group on Own Resources; also urges the Council to reflect on the establishment of a fiscal capacity within the eurozone in order to assist and the budgeting of GNI balances and VAT remains free from political interference, and based solely on the latest economic data, thereby providing a greater degree of certainty for both Member States inand the implementation of agreed structural reforms; underlines that any new instrument should be placed within the EU budget, but above the ceilCommission alike in the forward plannings of the MFF, and financed from real own resourceboth National and European Union budgets;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 26 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the activation of the available ‘passerelle’ clauses regarding the decision-making procedures for both the MFF and the own resources decision, as provided for in the Treaties;deleted
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 29 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the regulations implementing the MFF and respective funds could be further streamlined and simplified, in line with the objectives set out in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making; however, notes with concern that the Better Law-Making Agreement will make it more difficult to propose new laws, thereby resulting in less regulation as opposed to more streamlined and simplified legislation.
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2015/2320(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on Member States to focus on facilitating an adequate EU funding mix for SMEs – grants, loans, guarantees, equity, microfinance – especially in regions that have been affected by an increased youth unemployment; in view of the ever- increasing role of financial instruments and synergies between instruments funded by the EU budget through the ERDF and through direct management programmes such as Horizon 2020, the PSCI, COSME and LIFE;
2016/04/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2015/2320(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to focus efforts on regions with low take-up of financial instruments, including scale-up financing for the transition from start-ups to SMEs, in view of the important role of financial products in operational programmes, the EFSI and the EIB Group operations; Calls the Commission and the Member States to provide incentives to SMEs in regions that face recession, long- term unemployment, refugees crisis;
2016/04/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the loss of jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns and the economic and financial crisis is being worsened by the austerity policies promoted by the EU’s economic governance and will become even more serious if the TTIP and TiSA free-trade agreements come into force; considers, therefore, that real recovery in employment in the EU requires a change of economic policies and a new model of world trade;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the ESI Funds have been contributing significantlymaking a limited contribution to reversing the economic and social effects of the crisis and promoting the long-term objectives of sustainable employment and growth; emphasises that priority should be given to a change in the model of economic governance and a shift in the economic policies of the EU and the Member States that would put an end to austerity policies; notes the importance of integrated approaches based on multi-fund programming should be preferred in order to tackle redundancies and unemployment in a sustainable manner, through an efficient allocation of resources and closer coordination and synergies, in particular between the ESF and the ERDF;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the scant effectiveness of the EGF in mitigating unemployment in the EU caused by globalisation and the crisis, given that in 2013 and 2014 only 30 applications were recorded, covering 28 390 workers, and 28 funding decisions were taken covering 27 610 redundant workers in 13 Member States, representing a very low proportion of the people and sectors affected;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to increase the use made of this fund by promoting demand from the Member States, which will require a substantial increase in its funding and a rise in the rate of EU co- financing; likewise urges the Member States to give the regions a greater role in the process of applying for funding;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses concern at the very scant rate of budget implementation of the cases wound up in 2013 and 2014, which stood at 49.80 %, with wide variations ranging from zero to full budget absorption, as a result of which 50.20 % was reimbursed to the Commission; urges the Commission, consequently, to take the relevant measures to improve budget forecasting and the implementation of expenditure;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that, according to the final reports received in 2013 and 2014, the proportion of workers reintegrated into the labour market at the end of the intervention period stood at 44.90 %; urges the Commission to study the reasons behind this percentage, which varies widely from case to case, and to take the necessary measures to achieve greater effectiveness;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Urges the Commission to provide information in its next report on the type and quality of jobs found by people who have been reintegrated into the labour market and on the medium and long-term trend as regards the rate of reintegration achieved through EGF interventions;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in line with the Europe 2020 targets, ETC has been reshaped with a view to achieving a greater impact through focusing on thematic concentration and results orientation; considers, however, that thematic concentration should not stand in the way of achieving other crucial objectives in the regions, basically within the framework of cross-border cooperation;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a Recognises that the full added value of territorial cooperation programmes cannot be assessed using quantitative indicators alone and urges the Commission to reflect on qualitative indicators to better reflect the results of territorial cooperation;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the managing authorities to set up appropriately structured monitoring systems and evaluation plans in order to better evaluate the achievements of the results in terms of the Europe 2020 goalsgoals of regional cohesion in the European Union;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets that Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) are not widely implemented in the ETC programmes for 2014-2020, and encourages Member States to make greater use of them, which will require boosting the participation of the regions and local bodies;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 79 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that better coordination, synergy and complementarity should be sought between cross-border and transnational strands with a view to improving cooperation and integration over wider strategic territories; calls for better coordination between managing authorities and macro-regional strategies’ actors; urges the Commission to enhance coordination between regional, inter- regional and cooperation programmes at the development stage, with a view to boosting complementarity and preventing overlap;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges that the synergies among Horizon 2020, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) alsond other EU funds be used to maximise the quantity, quality and impact of research and innovation investment;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 103 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that financial instruments need tocan be an integral part of ETC programmes through complementing grants, while never replacing or reducing them, with a view to supporting SMEs, research and innovation;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of carrying out, by the end of 2016, an analysis of the barriers to cross-border cooperation that will look at solutions and examples of good practices; awaits with interest the results of the Commission’s EU-wide public consultation on the remaining obstacles to cross-border cooperation, launched on 21 September 2015; requests that the Commission’s analysis take account of the recommendations made by the European Parliament and the results of this consultation;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that ETC programmes mayshould, in complementarity with other appropriate funding, support responses to migration- related challenges within the framework of their existing intervention logic; in matters of migration and asylum, helping to address the issues of reception, respect for human rights and defence of the right to asylum from a humanitarian perspective;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Encourages broader use ofConsiders financial instruments (FIs) asto be flexible mechanisms to be used alongside grants; urg, although never replacing or reducing them; notes, therefore, the involvement of financial institutions, and in particular the EIB, so as to provideing specific expertise and know- how;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 127 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines that during the programming period 2007-2013 the possible complementarities between the ETC programmes and other EU-funded programmes were not sufficiently assessed; calls for the setting-up of appropriate coordination mechanisms to ensure effective coordination, complementarity and synergy between the ESI Funds and other Community and nationalstate funding instruments, as well as with the EFSI and EIB;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the opportunities provided by the ETC programmes to facilitate cross-border labour mobility, by adjusting, if necessary, the administrative and social regulatory framework and increasing dialogue between the different levels of governance;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses that arrangements for involving private stakeholders must be broaconsidenred and simplified; recommends the establishment of public-private partnerships, without prejudice to the public nature of the interventions and resulting public control and responsibility, and calls on the Commission to provide timely, consistent and clear guidance on the application of financial instruments in ETC programmes;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that ETC has proved its effectiveness, and regrets that its potential has not been fully deployed owing to insufficient resources; highlights its potential beyond regional policy, in areas such as the single market, the digital agenda, employment, mobility, energy, research, education, culture, health and the environment, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to preservomote ETC as an important instrument, allocating it a more distinct role within cohesion policy post-2020 and significantly increasing its budget;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Encourages the joint determination of strategies for border areas in order to boost integrated and sustainable territorial development, including implementation and dissemination of integrated approaches and harmonisation of administrative procedures and legal provisions; notes the importance of also promoting territorial balance within regions to prevent them organising themselves around a strong urban centre, leaving the rest of the territory depressed and cut off from the main axes of development;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls for particular attention to be paid to small cross-border cooperation projects between the closest border areas while funding for them is encouraged, which requires additional effort in terms of simplification and flexibility;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 165 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39.b Takes the view that greater attention should be paid to promoting cross-border cooperation between mountainous border areas, with rural areas prioritised;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 166 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39c. Stresses that cultural cooperation should be one of the objectives of European territorial cooperation; considers, therefore, that greater encouragement should be given to cultural and educational cooperation between cross-border areas that share a single cultural and linguistic heritage;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)
39d. Calls for regional and local bodies to play a greater, more significant role in proposing, managing and evaluating ETC, especially as regards cross-border cooperation, taking into account that some regions already have these powers;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 170 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Commission to strengthen and further developconsider the role of financial instruments to complement grants, while never replacing or reducing them, working more closely with the EIB;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 174 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate in 2016 a structured multi-stakeholder debate at EU level on the future of ETC post-2020, with a view to preparing the post-2020 cohesion policy; urges the Commission to work alongside the Committee of the Regions and the Association of European Border Regions;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 177 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Deplores the low public awareness and insufficient visibility of ETC programmes, and calls for more effective communication of their objectives, the possibilities they offer and the channels through which projects can be undertaken and, a posteriori, the achievements of completed projects; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the managing authorities to establish mechanisms and broad institutionalised platforms for cooperation in order to ensure better visibility and awareness-raising;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 180 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Recognises the important role played by actors on the ground and support for project preparation, and encourages managing authorities to reinforce existing promotional instruments, such as regional contact points;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. Whereas women and girls with disabilities are exposed to several dimensions of discrimination in their everyday lives; it can take a variety of forms—physical, emotional, sexual, economic—and includes intimate partner violence, violence at the hands of caregivers, sexual violence and institutional violence.
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the fact that roughly 80 million European citizens are believed to possess a disability and that these citizens should have unequivocal access to all services and rights offered by the European Union;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with disabilities still face today; calls on the Commission to maximise synergies between the EU disability strategy 2010 - 2020 and the provision of the CEDAW and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in order to ensure that recognised rights re substantially enjoyed and effectively exercised, including by harmonising and implementing the legislative framework and through cultural and political action;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that three Member States of the European Union, Finland, The Netherlands and Ireland, have still not ratified the Convention. Calls on those Member States to ratify as soon as possible;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Shares the concerns of the UNCRPD in relation to the European Union's lack of clear strategy for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU Member States and institutions to ensure that opportunities to participate in consultation processes are clearly and widely publicised using accessible communications, that input can be provided in other formats such as Braille or 'Easy-To-Read', and that public hearing and meetings discussing proposed laws and policies arshould be made fully accessible to persons with disabilities;.
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to review the EU Disability Strategy by developing a real, ambitious plan to implement fully the UN CRPD and fulfil the recommendations the EU has received;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the European institutions, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, should move to ensure existing and future legislation is human rights proofed and adheres fully to the Convention;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to closely engage people with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in decision- making processes in their respective fields of competence, in line with Article 4(3) of the CRPD;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to develop a structured dialogue with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, to consult and cooperate with them in the review and implementation process, including formulating an answer to the list of issues to the CRPD Committee and in the development, implementation and monitoring of all EU policies;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges all European Institutions to make sure that all external and internal communication of EU institutions, including documents, videos and websites have an appropriate level of accessibility and is provided in alternative formats and means of communication, such as Braille, 'Easy-To-Read' and sign language;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the EU institutions to take effective measures to strengthen the lives of women with disabilities in accordance with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the review of the European Union's implementation of CRPD;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for the establishment of an inter- institutional coordination mechanism for implementation and monitoring of the Convention, ensuring the participation of persons with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in the adoption process;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers full and complete access to the political system for persons with disabilities to be a priority; recognises that this access must be more than mere physical access to cast a vote, and that it should include a wide range of initiatives to open the democratic process to all citizens; c, this should include; signed, braille and 'Easy-To-Read' election material, complete provision of necessary assistance to people with disabilities during voting procedures, promotion of postal and proxy voting when possible and the removal of barriers to those disabled citizens wishing to stand for election. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the provisions of Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and of Directives 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings and 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings, and in particular Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty, are properly and fully implemented, especially in the case of persons with disabilities;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to harmonise data collection on disability through EU social surveys in line with Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of PRPD, in order to accurately inform and identify developments in the sector; emphasises that such data collections should use methodologies that are inclusive of all persons with Ddisabilities (CRPD), in order to accurately inform about and identify developments in the sector, including those with more severe impairments and those living in institutions; all data collected should be subjected to the rigors of human rights and data protection initiatives including, but not limited to provisions set out in the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Data Protection Directive;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU global socio-economic agenda, in particular the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester; recommends the adoption of a Disability Pact to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities be mainstreamed across EU initiatives;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that the European institutions should consider opening future and existing funding streams to organisations actively representing persons with disabilities;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes the European Council should adopt the Equal Treatment Directive and extend its remit beyond the field of employment;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Suggests all people employed by the EU in the management of its external borders and asylum reception centres should undergo specific training relevant to the needs of disabled persons to ensure their needs are met;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Deplores the fact that persons with disabilities still encounter obstacles to their access to goods and services; considers that these obstacles are of a nature to limit their participation in society and constitute a breach of their rights as citizens. Welcomes the support given by the European Parliament to the Accessibility Act in November 2015 but acknowledges, however, that an Accessibility Act is not a panacea; Calls for its adoption and full implementation as soon as possible;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Acknowledges the awareness raising capabilities of the European Institutions and calls on the same to raise awareness of the protection and provision of the rights of persons with disabilities;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Underlines the rights to sexual and reproductive health and rights; stresses that sex education must be designed and implemented also for people with disabilities, based on a holistic approach and provided in a safe, taboo-free atmosphere;
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses concern at the stated aim of the British Government to repeal the 1998 Human Rights Act, the parliamentary act which gives effect to the European Convention on Human Rights, given the volume of cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights with specific focus on the violation of the rights of persons with disabilities.
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 61 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for enhanced political cooperation within the Framework, including the financial and human resources to ensure it can fulfil its obligations and implement the recommendations of the UN CRPD.
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Parliament, the European Council and European Commission to fully implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to ensure the Convention is honoured in all future legislation.
2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 1
1. Expresses the view that the Member States of the European Union should move towards a shared culture of the meaningprinciples of Human Dignity, Equality before the Law and the prohibition of Discrimination on any grounds are Foundations of the rRule of lLaw in the 28 Member States to be applied by all concerned even-handedlyand thus are universal values; calls on Member States to adopt a national legislative framework to address all forms of discrimination and guarantee the effective implementation of the existing EU legal framework;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 10 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses the view that respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and is of particular importance within the EU since it is also a prerequisite for upholding all rights and obligations deriving from the Treaties and from international law;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 16 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 2
2. Considers that the procedure under Article 7 TEU is virtually unusable; notes that the Union has no legally binding mechanism in place to monitor regularly the compliance of the Member States and EU institutionsCommission, which is the Guardian of the Treaties, has failed on a number of occasions to denounce promptly, violations of the principles of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights within Member States despite the existing instruments and mechanisms being in existence and thus consolidating the current failings of the EU institutions as regards compliance with their binding obligations concerning democracy, the rule of law and human rights as laid down in Article 2 TEU; whereas, in addition, a graduated corrective mechanism needs to be introduced so as bridge the gap between political dialogue and the 'nuclear option' of Article 7 TEU and to address the 'Copenhagen dilemma' within the EU's fundamental valucurrent Treaties;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 33 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 4
4. Considers it important to work towards a new consensus between the EU and its Member States with the aim of promoting democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, proceeding from the basis that unmutual respect for and promotion of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the values and principless extreme care is taken, there will always be a danger of politicising legalitynshrined in EU treaties and international human rights instruments (UDHR, ECHR, ICCPR, ICESCR, etc.);
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 38 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Separation of Powers Doctrine is the most important component of any modern democratic politic systems, since such an adherence to this crucial doctrine prevents abuses of power and furthermore it safeguards fundamental freedom for all;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 44 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 1 – paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the key role that the European Parliament and the national parliaments should play in measuring the progress of, and monitoring the compliance with, the shared values of the European Union, as enshrined in Article 2 TEU; considers that the implementation of these values and principles must also be based on effective monitoring of respect for the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter, for example when legislative proposals are being drafted;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 66 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 2 – paragraph 7
7. Calls for a coordination of the initiatives from the different EU institutions and is of the opinion that on the Commission, the Council and Parliament to ensure the greater transparency of informal trilogues, by should be regularly organised in order to ensure a coherent EU approach and to establish a fully consensual working definition of human rights, the rule of law and democracying the meetings in public, publishing documentation including calendars, agendas, minutes, documents examined, amendments, decisions taken, information on Member State delegations and their positions and minutes, in a standardised and easy accessible online environment, by default and without prejudice to the exemptions listed in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #

2015/2254(INL)

Draft opinion
Indent 2 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recommends that there needs to be a concerted focus on moving towards new sustainable development objectives under which human rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable;
2016/04/05
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 66 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. InvitesCalls on the Member States to provide additional support and guidance to smaller and less developed localities which often have limited resources and capacity and for which the administrative burden and complexity related to the implementation of these tools may be overwhelming;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to increase the use of CLLD and ITI and to allow more flexible rules in areas referred to in Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, such as islands, mountainous and rural, rural and cross- border regions;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that CLLDs can be organised to ensure delegation of responsibility to the LAGs from either Managing Authorities or Regional or Local Delivery Bodies in a manner proportionate to a LAG's capacity, with its decisions being inclusive, transparent and accountable;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 130 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the fundamental importance of a non-discriminatory and transparent approach and of minimising potential conflicts of interest; welcomes, furthermore, the participation of a wide range of partners in LAGs; emphasises, however, that the provision whereby public authorities cannot hold more than 49% of voting rights in LAGs, as provided for in the current legislative framework, may in certain situations impede the implementation of CLLD since the other interest groups involved might lack the adequate expertise and resources; asks the Commission to closely monitor and assess the implementation of this provision in order to detect regions where these requirements can pose particular problems, and possibly provide future recommendations, including the circumstances in which exceptions may be beneficial;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 139 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that ITIs concern any geographical area: urban neighbourhoods, urban areas, metropolitan areas, urban-rural, sub- regional or inter-regional, cross-border and territories with specific geographic features; stresses that urban ITIs should not be privileged nor take priority over other types of ITI at EU State level as ITIs are tools for all geographical areas;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the early involvement of local governments in the territorial development strategy, leading from the bottom up, is key for the future ownership, participation and success of the integrated territorial strategy that will be implemented at the local level; asks for a greater delegation of management of ITIs that empowers sub-regional actors (local/urban stakeholders) by ensuring their involvement and ownership of programme preparation and implementation;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks the Commission and Member States to make greater use of ITIs in the field of cross-border cooperation;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 155 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks the Commission to take into account the results of the Committee of the Regions' survey, 2015, making more efficient use of IT tools and creating less paperwork, introducing more flexible rules for countries/regions with very low allocations, improving the co-financing mechanisms in the Member States and providing more training to those responsible for the management and absorption of funds, including elected politicians;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2015/2224(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. RecommeDemands that the bottom-up approach in the context of ITI is formalised in the next generation of cohesion policy;
2015/12/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that 2014 was the first year of the new programming period and that the relevant regulatory framework and implementing guidelines were adopted with a substantial delay; emphasises that the Member States and the regions have accordingly been subject to time constraints when launching new projects, which may potentially have resulted in misapplication of the revised rules;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the authorities in the Member States have sufficient information at their disposal to prevent or detect a substantial portion of quantifiable errors in transactions and to correct these errors before applying for reimbursement from the Commission; calls, therefore, on the Managing Authorities and the Intermediate Bodies in the Member States to step up their efforts to eliminate any shortcomings in connection with 'primary controls';
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the regional authorities to ensure that beneficiaries are provided with consistent information about funding conditions, particularly concerning the eligibility of expenditure and the relevant ceilings for reimbursement;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation of Cohesion Policy in Member States involves substantial national procedures and rules, which constitute an additional layer and in turn lead to irregularities; calls on the Commission to contribute to simplification of implementation at the level of Member States and to take account of the proposals set out in the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 26 November 2015, 'Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy 2014-2020’;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that administrative capacity is essential for regular and efficient use of European Structural and Investment Funds and calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce the exchange of knowledge and good practices, in particular for potential beneficiaries with fewer administrative and financial capacities;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the Court's views that there is a weak focus on results and that the Europe 2020 Strategy goals are not systematically translated into operational targets in the partnership agreements, and calls on the Commission to provide details on these issues in the context of the reporting on the outcome of the negotiations, due at the end of 2015; recalls that the main goal of the Cohesion Policy, which accounts for the bulk of EU expenditure, is economic, social and territorial cohesion, and that this goal cannot be quantified solely on the basis of short-term economic indicators;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates its concern at the payment backlog and its repercussions on the ability of a number of Member States to mobilise and utilise EU funds; invites the Commission to propose concrete and effective measures aimed in particular at helping Member States which are currently in a difficult economic and financial situation to overcome capacity constraints in respect of funding uptake, for example by increasing the Commission's budget for start-up financing;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reiterates its concern at the payment backlog, which amounts to EUR 17 billion of outstanding commitments; calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the payment plan adopted on 18 November 2015, and at the same time to avoid any delays in respect of approvals and payments for projects in the current programming period;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets the delays in implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative in 2014 and the lack of any commitment appropriations for this programme beyond December 2015; reiterates that reducing youth unemployment remains a key political priority for all parties, and reaffirms its commitment to making the best possible use of the budgetary resources available, especially in view of the high take-up rate for the YEI; recalls the joint declaration of 18 November 2015 by Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the Youth Employment Initiative; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the relevant lessons are learned from the YEI evaluation and, within the framework of the mid-term review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, to commit to the prompt examination of specific proposals aimed at guaranteeing continuation of the initiative through to 2020;
2015/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges the positive advances in Drone technology, particularly in the field of search and rescue, and maintains this is the direction the European Union should be going in relation to advancing drone technology.
2016/10/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. All developments in this field must abide by the strictest of ethical and human rights standards in relation to privacy and protection of data. This technology should only be applied in a constructive, progressive and social capacity. EU research and innovation funds should never be used to advance the development of unmanned military appliances. Likewise, funds should not be awarded to any project that may possess dual civil and military use.
2016/10/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that migrants should not only be considered a humanitarian phenomenon but also an opportunity for the EU to enhance economic and social development; asks the Member States, along with regional and local authorities, to promote a sustainable set of measures, such as access to all public services, including in the areas of education, training and seeking employment, to the labour market and to housing;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that migrants tend to arrive and often – despite the efforts of the authorities to promote even distribution – tend to settle in urban areas; recognises the important role of cities in the short, medium and long term with regard to the reception, accommodation and integration of migrants; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the fight against urban poverty one of its priorities;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to develop an approach to migration similar to that of the macro-regional strategy; emphasises that such an integrated and comprehensive approach should be based on INTERREG and include specific targets, and should also make use of instruments such as Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD); recalls that the objective of territorial cooperation in the context of cohesion policy allows the various actors to find common solutions, including with third countries, and that it should be used in order to respond to the challenges of accommodating and integrating migrants;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the investment clause to be revised so that national and regional investments aimed at accommodating and integrating migrants and co-financed by ESI funds are excluded from the calculation of national deficits under the European Semester.
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 176 #

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to publishropose guidelines on measures to be implemented in Europe's prisons aimed at preventing Europeans from becoming radicalised; recommends that the Member States segregate radicalised inmates withguaranteeing full respect of human rights and preventing their prisons in order to prevent radicalism from being imposed through intimidation on o spread of violent extremism, also by addressing situations such as isolation and labelling of ther inmates and to contain radicalisation in those institutions;which could make it easier to be vulnerable to recruitment tactics.
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas imprisonment is a particularly inappropriate situation in which to place certain vulnerable individuals, such as minors and people suffering from mental and psychiatric disturbancesserious illness or incapacity, and in general is not conducive to people’s mental and physical health;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas alternative sanctions should be prioritised in the case of prisoners who do not present a ser, when prison is being considered as an option, priority should be given to alternative sanctiouns danger to society, thus keeping themd formulas which keep people in an open environment and givinge them better access to social services, care and reintegration;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, according to Council of Europe figures for 2014, on average 20% of prisoners in European prisons are foreigners and whereas they are most often remanded in custody because of the greatersupposed risk of absconding associated with them;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas continuous training of prison staff and an increase in staffing levels among them areis essential to ensure good detention conditions in prisons;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas violence in prisons is often associated with overcrowding and deplorable detention conditions, the often unjustified and arbitrary tightening up of repressive measures, deplorable detention conditions and a lack of training and qualified staff;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the suicide rate and the rates of illness, deaths in unclear circumstances and cases of drug addiction in prisons in the European Union isare particularly alarming;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the abolition of solitary confinement and the closed or isolation system in prisons; calls for all possible mechanisms to be put in place to prevent cases of ill treatment of prisoners and to put an end to the abuses seen in detention procedures;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its concern about and urges the immediate cessation of the measures involved in the application in Spain of the FIES prison-monitoring system (Ficheros de Internos de Especial Seguimiento), which was declared illegal in 2009 by Spain’s own Supreme Court for infringing the rights of prisoners but is still in operation today;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that all prisoners have a right to serve their sentences in prisons as close as possible to their places of residence; condemns the prison dispersal policy applied by a number of states because it represents an added punishment for prisoners’ families, who are forced to travel much further than would have been necessary in order to visit prisoners; urges that measures be put in place to allow all prisoners being detained far from their homes to be moved closer;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 121 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that overcrowding of prisons, which is very common in Europe’s prisons, particularly in Spain, Greece, France, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia and Romania, in many cases has a serious impact on the safety of prison staff and prisoners, but also with regard to the activities made available, medical care and monitoring of prisoners;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that increasing prisons’ capacity is not the sole solution to overcrowdingan appropriate solution, as the prison population tends to rise at the same rate as prison capacity; calls nonetheless on Member States to allocate appropriate resources to refurbishment and modernisation of prisons in order to protect the rights of prisoners; recalls that the Commission recently mentioned the possibility of drawing on the Structural Funds of the European Union;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the provision of healthcare to all prisoners, delivered by qualified staff, to be guaranteed; expresses its concern about the difficulties experienced by prisoners in a number of states in accessing a doctor whom they can trust, being transferred to a high- quality medical centre or accessing an open regime despite suffering from serious illnesses;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that appropriate attention should be paid to the gender- specific needs of female prisoners, with regard to both healthcare and any other aspects; expresses its concern about the requisite attention not being paid to female prisoners, frequently on the pretext that women are a minority group in prisons;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 217 #

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the guaranteeing of full rights to prisoners who are members of the LGBTIQ group;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Title
on the European Structural and Investment Funds and soundin the context of economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the study for the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament entitled 'The impact of the crisis on fundamental rights across Member States of the EU'.
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there are evidences that CSRs are a total failure in the achievement of growth and jobs and imply measures against the objectives of the cohesion policy;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Linking eEffectiveness of the ESI Funds to soundin the context of economic governance
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of cohesion policy instruments and resources in maintaining the level of European added- value investment and boosting demand, growth, jobs and social inclusion in Member States and regions;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that an increased emphasis on economic governance mechanisms cannot jeopardise the achievement of the ESI Funds' policy objectives and goalsIs strongly opposed to the principle of applying macroeconomic conditionality to the implementation of cohesion policy, and more specifically, to any links between the ESIF and economic governance;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the investment clause to be reviewed so as to enable regional and national investments co-financed through ESI Funds to be excluded from the calculation of national deficits in the framework of the European Semester;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that macroeconomic conditionality must only be used to contribute to a more focused and result- driven implementation of the ESI Funds;deleted
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that any decision regarding reprogramming or suspension under Article 23 CPR must be exceptional, well- weighed, thoroughly justifwould unfairly penalise local, regional and national authoritieds and implemented in a swift way, in order to ensure transparency and allow for verification and reviewall beneficiaries; believes that such reprogramming or suspension are likely to happen to less developed regions and to Member States already suffering the most from the economic and social crisis and would thus exacerbate the effects of the crisis;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the partnership agreements and programmes adopted in the current programming period have taken account of the relevant CSRs and the relevantCSRs and Council recommendations, thus making any reprogramming unnecessary in the medium term;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the view that reprogramming should be avoided to the greatest extent possible in order not to disrupt fund management or undermine the stability and predictability of the multiannual investment strategy; welcomes the cautious approach of the Commission in this regard and its intention to keep any reprogramming requests to a minimum; believes that reprogramming or suspensions could have serious consequences on absorption of ESI funds;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 101 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to apply Article 23 CPR in line with the principle of proportionality, by properly takinge into account the real situation of those Member States and regions which are facing socio- economic difficulties and where ESI Funds represent a significant share of investment;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that suspension of payments is a matter decided by the Council on the basis of a proposal that the Commission may adopt in the event that the Member State concerned fails to take effective action;deleted
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Expresses its disapproval for the institutionalisation of the principle of macroeconomic conditionality and the link between cohesion policy and Structural Funds on the one hand and Stability and Growth Pact, package of economic governance and any economic agreement of Member States, on the other; the assumptions underlying them are undeniably different and their objectives diametrically opposed; emphasises that the purpose of cohesion policy should not be to impose stringent macroeconomic and financial conditions necessitating austerity measures or to penalise Member States and regions; stresses that cohesion policy is designed to ensure balanced growth and eliminate inequalities with a view to achieving genuine convergence; indicates that funding for European regions cannot be suspended for non-compliance by Member States with macroeconomic conditions and suspending funding for Member States in difficulties will make the situation worse;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises the penalising nature of any suspension of payments, and asks the Commission to use its discretionary power to propose the suspension of payments with utmost caution and strictly in line with Article 23(6) CPR, after due consideration of all relevant information and elements arising from and opinions expressed through the structured dialogue;
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Parliament to submit a proposal concerning the review of the implementation of Article 23 CPR as defined in paragraph 17 of this Article
2015/05/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In light of the very sharp increase that has been experienced since 2014 in the number of applications for international protection made in the Union and the resulting unprecedented pressure on Member States’ asylum systems the Union acknowledged the need to strengthen the application of the safe country of origin provisions of Directive 2013/32/EU, as an essential tool to support the swift processing of applications that are likely to be unfounded. In particular, in its conclusions of 25 and 26 June 2015, the European Council referred, in relation to the need to accelerate the treatment of asylum applications, to the intention of the Commission as set out in its Communication on a European Agenda on Migration8 to strengthen these provisions, including the possible establishment of an EU common list of safe countries of origin. Moreover, the Justice and Home Affairs Council in its conclusions on safe countries of origin of 20 July 2015 welcomed the intention of the Commission to strengthen the safe countries of origin provisions in Directive 2013/32/EU, including the possible establishment of an EU common list of safe countries of origin. __________________ 8 COM (2015) 240 final, 13.5.2015.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The premise of safe countries of origin should only be applied after an asylum application has been individually examined and the applicant has been afforded an adequate personal interview, has the right to legal assistance and translation upheld, has full access to all resources and services offered by the relevant asylum process and has the right to an appeal respected.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The application of the concept of a safe country of origin should only be applied in the context of full adherence to the principle of non-refoulement. Applicants for asylum should have full access to the normal asylum procedure and if unsuccessful will continue to have the right to an appeal, irrespective of their nationality, whilst availing of the full range of services and resources available to any asylum applicant.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The provisions of Directive 2013/32/EU related to the application of the safe country of origin concept should be applicable in relation to third countries that are on the EU common list established by this Regulation. This means, in particular, that the circumstance that a third country is on theRegulation creating an EU common list of safe countries of origin cannot establish an absolute guarantee of safety for nationals of thata third country and does not dispense therefore with the needin no circumstances absolves Member States from their obligations to conduct an appropriate individual examination of the application for international protection. In addition, it should be recalled that, where an applicant shows that there are serious reasons to consider the country not to be safe in his or her particular circumstances, the designation of the country as safe can no longer be considered relevant for him or her. in accordance with the procedural safeguards laid down in Directive 2013/32/EU during which applicants will be able to access the full range of services and resources available to all in the asylum procedure, including but not limited to, legal assistance, translation, safe accommodation and access to an appeal process. All applications should be considered on the applicants circumstances in the third country and where an applicant shows that there are serious reasons on grounds of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, to consider the country not to be safe in his or her particular circumstances, the designation of the country as safe can no longer be considered relevant for him or her. Due care must also be given to applicants from minority groups where burden of proof can violate their dignity or put them increased risk of danger and that all applicants should have the right to an effective remedy in the case of a negative decision as well as lawfully remain on the territory pending such an appeal. In addition, procedures for returning applicants who do not meet the criteria must not violate the principle of non-refoulement.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The EU common list of safe countries of origin does not have the aim of reducing the number of asylum seekers from countries which combine a large number of applications with a low recognition rate. Inclusion on this list should be based solely on an assessment of whether a country's situation conforms to the definition in Directive 2013/32/EU.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Commission should regular, in direct consultation with the Parliament, the Council, Member States and relevant organisations, should continually review the situation in third countries that are on the EU common list of safe countries of origin. In case of sudden change for the worse in the situation of a third country on the EU common list, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of suspending the presence of this third country from the EU common list for a period of one year where it considers, on the basis of a substantiated assessment, that the conditions set by Directive 2013/32/EU for regarding a third country as safe country of origin are no longer met. For the purpose of this substantiated assessment, the Commission should take into consideration a range of sources of information at its disposal including in particular, its Annual Progress Reports for third countries designated as candidate countries by the European Council, regular reports from the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the information from Member States, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Council of Europe and other relevant international organisations. The Commission should be able to extend the suspension of the presence of a third country from the EU common list for a period of maximum one year, where it has proposed an amendment to this Regulation in order to remove this third country from the EU common list of safe countries of origin. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to meet the need to consult a wide range of sources of information and to access expert advice, an advisory body on safe countries of origin should be established and assist the Commission in its task of monitoring the EU common list of safe countries of origin.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The advisory body on safe countries shall also assist Member States by monitoring and recommending States that, following Articles [xx], [xx] and ANNEX [...] of Directive 2013/32/EU should be considered unsafe countries of origin by Member States.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Temporary suspension of the Regulation 1. In case of sudden changes in the situation of a Member State where there are substantial grounds for believing that there are systemic flaws in the asylum procedure and reception conditions for asylum applicants, resulting in inhumane or degrading treatment, within the meaning of Article 4 of the European Charter of fundamental rights, the Commission, basing itself on a range of sources of information, including information from Member States, EASO, UNHCR, the Council of Europe and other relevant international organisations, and national or international non- governmental organisations, shall recommend as soon as possible a temporary suspension of the application of this regulation to that Member State. 2. The Parliament and the Council can request the temporary suspension of the application of this regulation to a specific Member State respectively through parliamentary resolutions or Council conclusions. If the Commission decides not to bring forward their request, it shall provide a substantiated explanation in this regard, which shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
(-1) In Article 25 paragraph 6 point a point i is amended as follows: (i) the applicant comes from a country which satisfies the criteria to be considered a safe country of origin within the meaning of this Directive; or, except where Article 36(3) applies
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Article 25 – paragraph 6 – point a – point ii
(ii) the applicant has introduced a subsequent application for international protection that is not inadmissible in accordance with Article 40(5); or-1a) in Article 25 paragraph 6, point a, point ii is amended as follows: (ii) the applicant comes from a country which satisfies the criteria to be considered a safe country of origin within the meaning of this Directive, except where Article 36(3) applies
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)
(-1b) in Article 31, paragraph 8, point b is amended as follows: (b) the applicant is from a safe country of origin within the meaning of this Directive; or, except where Article 36(3) applies
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 106 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. A third country designated as a safe country of origin in accordance with this Directive by national law or that is on the EU common list of safe countries of origin established by Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2015 of the European Parliament and of the Council* [this Regulation] may, after an individual examination of the application, including a personal interview within the meaning of Article 14 and without derogating from Article 22, be considered as a safe country of origin for a particular applicant only if:
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 114 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Article 37 a (new)
(2a) New Article 37a is added: "Article 37a The concept of unsafe country of origin 1. A third country designated as an unsafe country of origin in accordance with this Directive may be considered as an unsafe country of origin for a particular applicant if: (a) he or she has the nationality of that country; or (b) he or she is a stateless person and was formerly habitually resident in that country, 2. Member States shall lay down in national legislation further rules and modalities for the application of the unsafe country of origin concept. 3. Applications from nationals coming from an unsafe country of origin shall be recognized as likely to be well- founded and prioritized following Article 31 (7)(a)"
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
(2b) New Article 37b is added: "Article 37b National designation of third countries as unsafe countries of origin 1. Member States may retain or introduce legislation that allows for the national designation of unsafe countries of origin for the purposes of examining applications for international protection. 2. Member States shall regularly review the situation in third countries designated as unsafe countries of origin in accordance with this Article. 3. The assessment of whether a country is an unsafe country of origin in accordance with this Article shall be based on a range of sources of information, including in particular information from other Member States, EASO, UNHCR, the Council of Europe and other relevant international organisations, and national or international non-governmental organisations. 4. Member States shall notify to the Commission the countries that are designated as unsafe countries of origin in accordance with this Article."
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Article 39
(2b) Article 39 should be replaced with: If a Member State has listed a third country as a 'safe country of origin' pursuant to Article 37 and Annex I, or a 'safe third country' pursuant to Article 38, but an organisation concerned with the protection of human rights submits evidence to the Commission that the designation is not compliant with the relevant criteria, the Commission shall examine the issue. It may also examine such an issue on its own initiative. The Commission shall inform the relevant Member State, and ask it for its observations. Within one month of the start of the assessment, the Commission shall decide on the compatibility of the Member State's decision with the criteria in this Directive. If the Commission's view is negative, the Member State shall withdraw the relevant measure.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Article 46 – paragraph 6 – point a
(2c) Article 46, paragraph 6, point a is replaced by the following: (a) considering an application to be manifestly unfounded in accordance with Article 32(2) or unfounded after examination in accordance with Article 31(8), except for cases where these decisions are based on the circumstances referred to in Article 31(8)(b) and (h);
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Annex I – paragraph 1
(1a) in Annex I, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: A country is considered as a safe country of origin where, on the basis of the legal situation, the application of the law within a democratic system and the general political circumstances, it can be shown that there is generally and consistently, in respect of the population as a whole as well as specific groups of persons within the country, no persecution as defined in Article 9 of Directive 2011/95/EU, no torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and no threat by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 121 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Annex I a (new)
(3b) A new Annex Ia is added: "Annex Ia Designation of unsafe countries of origin for the purposes of Article 37(c) A country is considered as an unsafe country of origin where: (a) there is a serious and individual threat to a civilian's life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict. (b) a considerable number of individuals are persecuted, in law or in practice, for reasons of gender, race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group;"
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Directive 2013/32/EU
Annex I b (new)
(3c) A new Annex Ib is added: "Annex Ib Actors of persecution or serious harm Actors of persecution or serious harm as provided by ANNEX I (b) include: (a) the State; (b) parties or organisations controlling de facto the State or a substantial part of the territory of the State; (c) non-State actors, if it can be demonstrated that the actors mentioned in points (a) and (b), including international organisations, are unable or unwilling to provide protection against persecution or serious harm as defined in Article 7.
2016/05/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 20 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The economic and financial crisis has led to a lowering of the level of investments within the Union and to a reversing of a long trend of converging GDP and unemployment rates within the Union. Investment has fallen by approximately 15% since its peak in 2007. The Union suffers in particular from a lack of investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment and fiscal constraints slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects and competitiveness.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with aA renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high social, environmental, territorial and economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives, in particular the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion. A particular attention shall be paid to outermost regions, urban and rural areas facing particular difficulties, areas affected by industrial transition, high unemployment rates, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) The implementation of the EFSI and the decisions of investment made by the Investment Committee and the Steering Board shall not weaken the cohesion policy and the convergence of the GDP and of employment rates within the EU. Strategic investments shall fully respect the principles defined in the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) and shall not be concentrated in the richest regions or in the regions already attractive for private and foreign investments.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) To ensure accountability to European citizens, the EIB should regularly report to the European Parliament and the Council, the Council, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee on the progress and impact of the EFSI.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Projects covering Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) are eligible to EFSI.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and of public investment experience. They shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 120 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, with Articles 174 and 309 TFEU and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres and in remote regions; public interest investments; energy, in particular energy interconnections and renewable energy; and digital infrastructure;
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 125 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and trainingprioritising public-led investments in education and training, social inclusion, fight against poverty, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation; , cultural industry, innovation, and maritime economy;
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 140 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled and that the principle of additionality of EFSI is guaranteed while prioritising public interest, Member States may use European Structural and Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects in which the EIB is investing with the support of the EU guarantee.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 158 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an assessment of EIB financing and investment operations at operation, sector, country and regional levels and their compliance with this Regulation and with Articles 175 and 309 TFEU, together with an assessment of the allocation of EIB financing and investment operations between the objectives in Article 5(2);
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) helps significantly to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of EU citizens and Member States; takes note of Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which the Court concluded that the draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the ECHR was not compatible with EU law; calls on the Commission and the Council to address the concerns raised by the Court as quickly as possible in order to meet fully the obligation enshrined in Article 6(2) of the EU Treaty without weakening the ECHR;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 12 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including Article 52 (1); emphasises a role for the Parliament as the only directly elected institution in scrutinising legislative proposals and policy to ensure it complies with the Charter; calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, keeping in mind the austerity policies effect on the most vulnerable groups in society, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the external dimension of the Union's policies should comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights as well as the ECHR, including association agreements, international trade agreements such as TTIP, the neighbourhood policy, the CSDP and CFSP;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 28 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State; highlights that Article 7 shall be applied uniformly to all Member States to ensure equality of treatment;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 33 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; recall Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities and marginalised people, including cross- border communities, rural communities, migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers, cultural and linguistic minorities, minority languages, religious communities, unemployed and underemployed people, homeless people, economically disadvantaged areas, LGBTI, people with disabilities, older people;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency, democratic accountability and openness in the EU and urges the EU and the Member States to:
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 49 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
– bring forward a revision of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) in order to improve its functioning and stop certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or living abroad, from being prevented from exercising their right to support citizens' initiatives, as such exclusion limits equality among citizens; further believes that non- EU residents residing in a Member State should be allowed to support citizens' initiatives and that the obligation of the Commission to provide a reasoned response to a citizens' initiative, which is rejected, should be reinforced; believes that the failure of the current citizens' initiative to be an effective tool for participatory and direct democracy is widening the gap between the EU institutions and the citizens which the European Citizens' Initiative was created to address;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 56 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – Indent 3 a (new)
- initiate the Union's accession to the Charter of Social Rights;
2015/04/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas progress towards a Union that can really deliver on and achieve its goals are impaired by a failure of governance owing to a continuous and systematic search for unanimn inability inof the Council (which is still based on the so- called Luxembourg Compromise) and the lack of a credible single executive authority enjoying full democratic legitimacy and compeEU and its institutions to listence to take effective action across a wide spectrum of policies; whereas recent examples such as the uncontrolled migration flow, the slow clean-upNation States and their citizens about the type of oEur banks after the outbreak of the financial crisis and the lack of an immediate common response to the intope they want and instead presses forward with a neo-libernal and externalgenda threat of terrorism have aptly demonstrated the Union’s incapacity to respond effectively and quicklyit received no mandate to implement;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 53 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas this problem, coupled with a lack of a common vision on the part of our Member States as regards the future of our continent, has given rise to unprecedented levels of ‘eurosceptthe de-industrialisation of the European economy, high unemployment, an inability to tackle in an equitable manner the financial crisis, and the punitive measures; taken by the Union in relation to indebted countries has an inability or unwillingness on behalf of the EU address social and economic ism’ that risksues which a return to nationalism and causing ‘euroscepticism’ risk the disintegration of the Union;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 76 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, instead of fostering the Union, the system whereby Member States make progress at different speeds in accordance with their different capacities and circumstances, further reinforced in the Lisbon Treaty, which introduced new formal methods of enhanced cooperation, has increased the complexity of the Union and accentuated its ‘variable geometry’is acceptable in a Union that respects the autonomy and sovereignty of Member States; whereas more and more Member States aresometimes declininge to agree on the goals and prefer ‘à la carte’ solutions, some of them even unilaterallycertain issues when it is not in their interest of the interest of their citizens, as is their right as sovereign nations to agree on;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 93 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, as regards Schengen, the free movement of people and the resulting abolition of internal border controls, all formally integrated into the Treaties, ‘opt- outs’ were given to the UK and Ireland; whereas four other Member States are also not taking part, but have the obligation to do so, while ‘opt-ins’ were accorded to three countries outside the European Union; whereas this fragmentation not only prevents the total abolition of some remaining internal borders, but also hinders the establishment of a true internal market and of a fully integrated area of freedom, security and justice;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 108 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, last but not least, this ‘variable geometry’ endangersthis situation is an expression of the uUniform application of EU law, leads to excessive complexity in terms of governance, jeopardises the cohesion of the Union and undermines solidarity among its citizenon’s respect of the sovereignty of Member States and shows compassion and understanding to the wishes of the citizens in those Member States;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 118 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, since the Treaty of Lisbon, furtherwhich accelerated by the financial and migration crises, the European Council has widened its role to include day-to-day management through the adoption of intergovernmental instruments outside the framework of the EU such as the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (TSCG or the ‘Fiscal Compact’) and the deal with Turkey on migrationpolicy to de- industrialise the European economy, harmful free trade agreements, a movement away from a social and compassionate union, and also the financial and migration crises, Europe has been cast into the grips of a crisis which has been further extenuated by Britain’s decision to leave the EU;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 122 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas, while Article 16 of the TSCG provides that within five years of the date of entry into force (before 1 January 2018) the necessary steps must have been taken to incorporate the Fiscal Compact into the legal framework of the Union, it is clear that the resilience of the euro area, including the completion of the banking union, cannot be achieved without further fiscal deepening steps together with the establishment of a more reliable, effective and democratic form of governance; whereas this will complete the current Stability and Growth Pact, which, ever since it came into existence, even after its reform by the so-called six- pack and two-pack, has never been applied for any obvious political reasons;deleted
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 140 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas this new system of governance implies a genuine government equipped to formulate and implement the common monetary, fiscal and macro- economic policies that the euro area desperately needs and must be endowed with a treasury and budget commensurate with the scale of the tasks at hand; whereas this requires, in addition to measures within the existing primary law, a reform of the Lisbon Treatye means to implement the policies that are needed to address economic issues in the EU are there but the pursuit of profit, the agenda of austerity, and a lack of political will has hindered this;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 148 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas this is also the case for the necessary reform and modernisation of the financial resources of the whole European Union; whereas the agreement on the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) was only reached after long and strenuous negotiations and was accompanied by the decision to establish a high-level group to review the Union’s revenue system of ‘own resources’, due to report in 2016; whereas the current MFF severely limits the financial autonomy of the Union, as most of the revenue consists of national contributions by the Member States and a large part of the expenditure is already preordained by means of returns to these same Member States;deleted
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 162 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the European Union is a constitutional system based on the rule of law; whereas the Treaties must be changed to give the European Court of Justice (ECJ) jurisdiction over all aspects of EU law, in particular common; whereas, foreign and security policy (Article 24(1) TEU) and monetary and economic policy (Article 126(10) TFEU)as well as economic and taxation policy must remain a competence of each member state and the wishes of Member States must be respected in this regard;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 176 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas this review is also needed to rebalanceassess the functioning of the Union, with the aim of less bureaucratic regulation and more effective policymaking; whereas this exercise also concerns the competences conferreanalysing regulation, bureaucracy, policymaking and on the Union that impair the ability to make progress towards some of its stated objectives such as the energy union, common migration management and security policyr areas of the EU;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 186 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas over the past decade the security situation in Europe has deteriorated markedly, especially in our neighbourhood: no longer can a singlecertain Member States; it has also become more difficult for Member States to guarantee itstheir internal and external security alonesecurity without information sharing from their counterparts in other Member States;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 196 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas, the decline of Europe’s defence capabilities has limited its ability to project stability beyond our immediate borders; whereas this goes hand in hand with the reluctance of our US allies to intervene if Europe is not ready to take its fair share of resstabilisation of the Middle East, which has occurred not least because of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan by British, American, and other forces; resultantly, this has created a situation where Europe finds itself in a vulnerable ponsibilitytion; whereas this leads inevitably to the need for more intenseefficient cooperation among the Member States and an integration of some of their defence capacities into a European defence community, both in line with a new European security strategy;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 205 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas these changes in the Union’s primary law have become unavoidable, as regrettably none of the ‘passerelle clauses’ provided for in the Lisbon Treaty with a view to facilitating the reform of the Union’s governance have been deployed, and are unlikely to be so in the present circumstances; whereas this is in sharp contrast with the attitude of the European Council in the matter of the envisaged reduction in the number of members of the European Commission, where the ‘let-out’ clause was used instantly;deleted
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 225 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas, finally, the urgency for R. reform of the Union has been dramatically increased by the United Kingdom’s decision, through a referendum, to leave the European Union; whereas it is crystal clear that the negotiations to set out the arrangements for the UK’s withdrawal also need to take account of the framework for its future relationship with the Union; whereas this agreement must be negotiated in accordance with Article 218(3) TFEU and be concluded on behalf of the Union by the Council, acting by a qualified majorunanimity, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament; whereas, due to its constitutional circumstances, special attention should be paid to Ireland during negotiations, furthermore, the unique position of Scotland and the north of Ireland must also be respected throughout negotiations;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 248 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of theis symptomatic of a deeper malaise within the European Union; whereas it offers at least the opportunity to clarify what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future for the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphery (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 272 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the time of crisis management by means of ad hoc and incremental decisions has passed, as it only leads to measures that are too little, too lateat EU level has left a lot to be desired since the start of the crisis; is convinced that it is now time to address the shortcomings of the governance of the European Union by undertaking a comprehensive, in-depth reformview of the functioning of the Union over the past decade since the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 278 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the direction of the Union's reform should lead towards its modernisation by establishing new effbe decided by Member States and debated at European level; condemns any attempts by either individual politicians or Member States to dictate what directiveon European capacities and instruments, rather than its renationalisation by means of greater intergovernmentalism should go in before a big conversation is had on the issue and agreement reached; also notes that the sovereignty of Member States is paramount and reform of the Union should not be an attack on this sovereignty;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 293 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that recent Eurobarometer polling demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, EU citizens are still fully aware of the importance of, and in support of, genuine European solutions19 ; notes the disconnect between the EU and the people it governs has increased significantly over the past number of years and was accentuated by the economic crisis and austerity; notes that many European citizens believe that their voice does not count; also notes that the rise in ‘euroscepticism’ has occurred in part due to the perceived ‘democratic deficit’ of EU institutions; __________________ 19 Standard Eurobarometer 84 - Autumn 2015 & Special Eurobarometer EP - June 2016.
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 303 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with great concern the proliferation of subsets of Member States undermining the unity of the Union by causing a lack of transparency, as well as diminishing the trust of the people; also observes with great concern the proliferation of EU bodies and institutions undermining the unity of the European Union through operation in a closeted and opaque manner, as well as diminishing the trust of the people;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 325 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a comprehensive democratic reflection on the reform of the Treaties can and must only be achieved through a Convention and referendums, which guarantees inclusiveness through its composition of representatives of national parliaments, governments of all the Member States, the Commission and the European Parliament, and also provides the proper platform for such reflection and engagement with European citizens;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 342 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the fracturing process of ‘variable geometry’ has found its way intois sometimes present during the European decision-making process every time, often when the European Council decides to apply intergovernmental methods and to bypass the ‘Union method’ as defined in the Treaties; this not only leads to less effective policy-making but also contributes to a growing lack of transparency, democratic accountability and control;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 350 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘Union method’ is the only method for legislating which ensures that all interests, especially the common Europeanfor legislating serves European interests, also notes that the process of ‘variable geometry’ serves the common Member States interests, are taken into accountnd that both are important in the decision making process of the EU; understands by ‘Union method’ that the Commission as the executive initiates legislation, Parliament and the Council representing respectively the citizens and the states decide by majority voting, and the Court of Justice oversees and provides ultimate judicial control; understands ‘variable geometry’ is the practice where different parts of the European Union integrate at different levels and pace depending on the political situation of each individual country; further understands this to be necessary as the Union is not a homogeneous state, but a Union of sovereign nations that share a common European identity, culture, and history, but are also are united in their diversity;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 367 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it essential in these circumstances to reaffirm the mission of an ‘ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe’ (Article 1 TEU)Reaffirms the mission of a union among the peoples of Europe that celebrates and respects similarities as well as unique individualities, one that respects Member States and the wishes of their citizens, one that pursues a social and caring Europe, only through this can we work more harmoniously in order to mitigate any tendency towards disintegration and to clarify once more the moral, political and historical purpose, as well as the constitutional nature, of the European Union;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 384 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Proposes that the next revision of the Treaties should rationalise the current disorderly ‘variable geometry’, i.e. ‘l’Europe à la carte’, by endingassess if these treaties are still fit for purpose in these testing times and if there are short fallings that dialogue needs to be started on those disruptive practice of opt-outs, opt-ins and exceptionssues and how we, as a Union of equals, can address them;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 398 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that, instead of these multiple derogations, a type of ‘associate status’ could be proposed to those states in the periphery that only want to participate on the sideline, i.e. in some specific Union policies; this status should be accompanied by obligations corresponding to the associated rights;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 417 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that this new type of ‘associate status’ could also be one of the possible outcomes to respect the will of the majority of the citizens of the United Kingdom to leave the EU; stresses that this wish must be respected, given that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, as one of the larger Member States, and as the largest non-euro-area member, affects the strength and the institutional balance of the Union – a new situation that adds to the need for revision of the Treatiese vote of the United Kingdom to leave the EU does not represent all regions who voted; the majority decision to leave the EU must be respected, as must the wishes of the people in certain regions who voted to remain in the EU, stresses that the vote of the people in the north of Ireland and Scotland must be respected under the principle of consent;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 429 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the fact that, until the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom, it will continue to participate in all decision-making of the Union throughout its institutions, with the exception of the negotiations and the agreement concerning its own withdrawal; considers that intermediate arrangements will need to be made concerning the UK’s participation in European decision- making, as it will be politically difficult to allow a Member State in the process of leaving to influence decisions affecting the Union of which it will soon cease to be a member;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 446 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recognises the unique circumstances of the island of Ireland in the Brexit process and the potential threats to the Irish Peace Process; the EU must work with the Irish Government and the Northern Executive to avoid these threats by any means possible;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 455 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is greatly concerned by the lack of economic reform and convergence inoss of competitiveness of the economies of many of its Member States; acknowledges that a loss of competiveness of the Eeconomic and Monetary Union (EMU) as well as thees of many of its Member States is a direct result of the austerity agenda that has emanated directly from Brussels; further acknowledges that poorly thought out trade agreements and a policy of deindustrialisation are also responsible for a loss of competitiveness of the economies of many of itssome Member States;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 478 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that neither the Stability and Growth Pact nor the ‘no bail-out’ clause (Article 125 TFEU) provide the intended solutions, and that they have furthermore lost credibility in their current form, as the pact has been infringed by were administered in a draconian manner which only serveral Member States without political or legal consequences, while Greece has been bailed out on a large scaled the interests of the economies of some of the larger Member States and not the Member States who needed assistance; considers it shameful that some member States conspired to foist 42% of the total cost onf three occasionse European banking crisis upon Ireland;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 501 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the improvements brought by the European Semester, the six-pack and the two-pack aimed at addrEuropean Semester has put many Member Statess ing these issues, but concludes that they have not a fiscal ‘straight jacket’, and instead of solveding the problems; believes, moreover, that they hav it has in fact damaged the econtributed to making the system overly complex, are not binding with regard to country-specific recommendations and do not cover spill-over effects between one Member State and another, or to the euro area or the EU as a wholeomies of many Member States and hindered their ability to leverage through debt in a manner which is necessary to thereafter achieve growth;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 514 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is acutely aware of the need to review the efficacy of the many recent crisis-management measures taken by the EU, and to codify in primary law certain decision-making procedures – such as ‘reverse qualified majority voting’ – as well as the need to entrench the legal bases of the new regulatory framework for the financial sector; agrees with the Five Presidents’ Report that the ‘open method of coordination’ as the basis for Europe’s economic strategy does not function and needs to be elevated into binding legal acts;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 539 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes therefore merging the deficit and debt procedures, the macroeconomic imbalance procedure and the country-specific recommendations into a single ‘convergence code’ of a legally binding nature, setting minimum and maximum standards, where onlyThe coordination of economic policies should never have become a ‘shared competence’ between the Union and the Member States, it should have remained the compliaetence with this code would allow access to EU funds for investment projects or participation in new instruments that combine economic reform with fiscal incentivof democratically elected government in Member States; taxation rates, including income and corporate tax rates, such as a fiscal capacity for the euro area or a common debt instrument; the coordination of economic policies as providehould always remain the competence of democratically elected governments in Member States; the Union and Member States should fwor in Article 5 TFEU would therefore become a ‘shak together to ensured competence’ between the Union and the Member Statesbating against tax avoidance and tax evasion;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 571 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses, however, that conditionality in this new debt instrument will only be credible if complemented by an insolvency procedure for sovereigns, which will not only provide predictability to the markets in the event of an insolvent state, but also safeguard market discipline for both Member States and private creditors;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 580 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the integration of the Fiscal Compact into the EU legal framework as well as the incorporation of the ESM and the Single Resolution Fund into EU law, with corresponding democratic oversight by Parliament;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 605 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that, in order to increase financial stability, mitigate cross- border asymmetric shocks and reduce the effects of recession, the euro area needs a fiscal capacity based on genuine own resources and a proper treasury facility equipped with a capacity to borrow; this treasury must be based in the Commission and be subject to democratic scrutiny and accountability through Parliament and the Council;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 623 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, because compliance with the new code is crucial to the functioningstronger governmental institutions are not currently required or requested by a majority of Member States ofr the Economic and Monetary Union, stronger governmental institutions are required than those currently provided by the Commission and/or the Eurogroupir citizens, however, a broader dialogue is needed around the European Union institutions and the type of institutions that European citizens and member States wish to see;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 634 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls, therefore, for the executive authority to be concentrated in the Commission in the role of an EU Finance Minister, by endowing the Commission with the capacity to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy combining macro-economic, fiscal and monetary instruments, backed up by a euro-area budget; the Finance Minister should be responsible for the operation of the ESM and other mutualised funds, and be the single external representative of the euro area in international organisations, especially in the financial sector;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 654 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Considers it necessary to endow the Finance Minister with proportionate powers to intervene in the setting of national economic and fiscal policies in cases where the convergence code is not respected, and the power to use the fiscal capacity or the common bond instrument for those Member States that are compliant with the convergence code;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 685 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the suppression of Article 126(10) TFEU in order that the European Court of Justice gain full jurisdiction over the operation of the EMU, as is appropriate in a democratic system of economic governance based on the rule of law and the principle of equality among Member States;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 693 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls, finally, for the banking union to be completed as soon as possible on the basis of a fast-track timetable;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 740 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Treaties provide ample means to set up a humane, well- functioning migration management system includBelieves in the parliamentary scrutiny of migration, asylum and refugee systems to ensure that they are humane and comply with all human rights laws and existing a European Border and Coast Guard; believes, however, that the Treaties, particularly Article 79(5) TFEU, are too restrictive regarding other aspects of migration, especially on the establishment of a genuine European legal migration system; insists that democratic scrutiny by Parliament is needed on the implementation of border control, asylum and migration policies, and that the safeguarding of national security cannot be used as a pretext to circumvent European actionlaw; believes that this humanitarian crisis can only be resolved with humanitarian solutions, including, but not limited to, safe passage for refugees, the proliferation of humanitarian visas, family and vulnerable persons relocation initiatives and collective European responsibility; notes that certain Member States which have seen a rise in far right political parties, xenophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment are often the very states that have destabilised the countries which these refugees are coming from, either through military action or through the supply of arms and munitions to conflict areas;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 758 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it necessary, in view of the intensity of the terrorist threat, to upgrade the EU’s capacities in the fight against terrorism and international organised crime; stresses that, beyond strengthening coordination between the competent authorities and agencies in the Member States, Europol and Eurojust must receive genuine investigation and prosecution competences and capabilitiesdefence to be a national, not an EU responsibility; Member States must retain the authority to decide whether they wish to involve themselves in a particular EU security initiative; the wishes of Member States, particularly those in neutral countries must be respected;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 772 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Regrets, as stated in its resolution of XXXXX on the improvement of the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treathat some Member States and MEPs as well as those in the Commission cannot accept that the Member States should retain the authority, that the EU has not made more progress in developing its capacity to agree and to implement a common foreign and security policy (CFSP); notes that its efforts in initiating a common security and defence policy have not been particularly successfulo decide whether they wish to involve themselves in particular EU security initiatives, and are instead engaged in a profoundly anti-European project of pressure, coercion, and fear mongering on the issue;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 777 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Is of the opinion, while reiterating that more progress could and should be made under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, including as regards use of the provisions to act by qualified majority voting, that the Vice-President / High Representative should be named EU Foreign Minister and be supported in her efforts to become the main external representative of the European Union in international fora, not least at the level of the UN; considers it essential that, owing to the broad and heavy workload, the Foreign Minister should be able to appoint political deputies; proposes a review of the functionality of the current European External Action Service;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 797 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that for the UnionMember States to strengthen the defence of the EUir territory, as a pillar within NATO, which remains the cornerstone of the European security architecture, and to enable the Union to act autonomously in operations abroad, mainly with a view to stabilising its neighbourhood, the Treaties should provide for the possibility of establishing a European defence unionthere should be encouragement for cooperation and information sharing on criminals and criminality between Member States providing that data protection laws and the rights of individuals are respected;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 816 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Believes, finally, that it is essential that the restrictions in Article 24(1) TEU on the authorie best way to guarantee safety of the European Court of Justice in the field of CFSP be removed; calls, in the same spirit, for Parliament to gain greater powers of scrutiny and accountability over CFSP, including full co-decision powers over the budgetcitizens is for cooperation between member states police forces around information sharing on criminals and criminality, providing that data protection laws and the rights of individuals are respected;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 846 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Proposes transforming the Commission into the principle executive authority or government of the Union with the aim of strengthening the ‘Union method’, increasing transparency and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of action taken at the level of the European UnBelieves that the Commission suffers from a lack of democratic accountability in the eyes of European citizens; is further concerned that in the fallout the UK referendum, that in an attempt to ameliorate the situation in the remaining 27 Member States, an unwanted ‘vision’ for a federal Europe will be pushed by the EU institutions;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 859 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates its call for the size of the renewed Commission to be reduced substantially and for its vice-presidents to be reduced to two: the Finance Minister and the Foreign Minister; suggests that the same reduction be applied to the Court of Auditors;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 873 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Welcomes the successful new procedure whereby European political parties promote their top candidates for the President of the European executive, but believes that they should be able to stand during the next elections as official candidates in all Member States; proposes, therefore, following its legislative proposal on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union, empowering the electorate by giving them two votes, one for the national or regional lists and a second one for the European party lists; these European lists will be headed by the parties’ nominees to become President of the European executive or government and will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the Member States;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 918 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that this Council and its specialised configurations, as the second chamber of the EU legislature, should, in the interest of specialism, professionalism and continuity, replace the practice of the rotating six-month presidency with a system of permanent chairs chosen from their midst; suggests that the idea of creating a special Law Council should be favourably reconsidered;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 932 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses that, following the creation of the role of EU Finance Minister, the Eurogroup should be considered as a specialised configuration of the Council with legislative and control functions but no executive tasks;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 968 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Recognises the significant role played by national parliaments in the constitutional order of the European Union, and in particular their role in transposing EU legislation into national law and the role they would play in both ex-ante and ex-post control of legislative decisions and policy choices made by their members of the new Council of States, including its specialised configurations; suggests therefore complementing and; suggests enhancing the powers of national parliaments by introducing a ‘green card’ procedure whereby national parliaments could submit legislative proposals to the Council for its consideration;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 993 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Recalls its conviction that the financing of the EU budget should respect the letter and the spirit of the Treaty and return to a system of genuine, clear, simple and fair own resources; stresses that the reintroduction of such resources would put an end to the share of GNI- based contributions and thus lessen the burden on national treasuries; awaits with interest the proposals from the high-level group on own resources in this respect;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1000 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Proposes in this regard that the decision-making procedures for both own resources and the MFF should be shifted from unanimity to qualified majority voting, thereby inducing real co-decision between the Council and Parliament on all budgetary matters; repeats its call, furthermore, to make the MFF coterminous with the mandates of Parliament and the European executive, and insists that the finances of all Union agencies should become an integral part of the EU budget;deleted
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1020 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
52. Believes, finally, that the current Treaty ratification procedure is too rigid to befit such a supranational polity as the European Unwhile rigid, is the best way for Treaty ratification; proposes allowing amendments to the Treaties to come into force if not by an EU-wide referendum then after being ratified by a qualified majority of four-fifths of thes; believes that if Member States, having obtained the consent of Parliament; correspondingly, once this threshold has been met, Member States which still decline to ratify the amended Treaty should decide, in accordance with their own constitutional requithrough the democratic will of its people choose not to ratify a Treaty, then that decision must be respected as that Treaty will have failed in one of its main responsibilities, to repremsents, whether to start the process of secession or to opt for an associate status the views of the citizens of Europe;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1033 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Is of the opinion that the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome would be an appropriate moment to modernise the European Union and to start a Convention with the purpose of making the European Union ready for the decades aheadfit for purpose, currently and for the decades ahead; also sees this as an incredibly important time for the EU to address the many short fallings and irresponsible decisions which have created a never before seen disunity, mistrust, and bullying within the Union sees this as an opportunity to a social and caring Europe; hopes that this will also lead to a rejection of neoliberalism which has insidiously crept into the whole European project as well as EU institutions; further hopes that this ‘modernisation’ of the European Union will lead to an end to austerity and the repression of European citizens and democratically elected governments in the Member States;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Convention of 5 January 2011 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is aimed at enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion, including the reduction and eradication of poverty and exclusion, the access to education and employment, which calls for the prevention of segregation and for the promotion of equal access and opportunities for all citizens, in particular for the most marginalised communities;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the sixth report of the Commission on economic social and territorial cohesion has shown that the economic crisis has increased poverty and social exclusion;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas persons with a disability must be regarded as forming a marginalised community;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesRecalls to the Union's awareness of the urgent need to tackle the issue of marginalised communities; underlines the important role of cohesion policy in supporting their economic, social, cultural and territorial inclusion;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that any reduction or suspension of commitments and payments of the ESI funds would primarily affect the most vulnerable populations such as marginalised communities;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that marginalised communities, in particular migrants or people with disabilities often face multiple forms of discrimination and that their situations should be particularly addressed by Operational Programmes.
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 124 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the partnership principle must lead to involvement at all levels and needs to be applied by Member States on an obligatory basis; stresses the importance of the implementation of the code of conduct on partnership to ensure equal participation and representation of marginalised communities; is concerned about the poor compliance with the obligatory involvement of partners in accordance with Article 5 of the CPR; calls on the Commission not to authorise payments for programmes that disregard the involvement ofto ensure that all programmes involve the partners, including those most concerned;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 151 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that marginalised communities often live in less favourable parts of cities; emphasises the importance of urban regeneration programmes for deprived neighbourhoods, which tackle both economic and social challenges and improve the urban environment; also notes that people in cross-border, rural and isolated areas are often subject to marginalisation due to their geographical situation and should be better taken into consideration by the Cohesion Policy, notably under European territorial cooperation goal.
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 174 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that housing exclusion, homelessness, education exclusion and unemployment are often key elements of marginalisation; therefore emphasises the importance of integrated housing, educational and employment interventions, in favour of marginalised communities.
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas migrant women are especially exposed to violence, sexual abuse and other human rights violation during their travel and at the borders;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 22 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas no single Frontex operation has been suspended, in whole or in part, by Frontex Executive Director, despite various reports made to the Fundamental Rights Officer of human rights violations which have allegedly occurred during Frontex operations;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 31 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas in light of the increase of competences of Frontex since its establishment Frontex should be held accountable as a primary stakeholder in the border management process, including when allegations of fundamental rights are involved;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 41 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas individual complaints mechanisms already exist at European level within the structures of the European Investment Bank, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Network of Ombudsmen; whereas these mechanisms aim at addressing maladministration and do not deal with breaches of fundamental rights;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 42 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas an independent complaint mechanism outside of Frontex should be explored;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 46 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas the development of a complaint mechanism must not be used as a justification for expanding Frontex mandate and activities;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 58 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Expresses grave concerns at the legal vacuum that surrounds the deployment of third country officers during joint return operations as pointed out by the European Ombudsman's report and the lack of accountability which would thus prevail in the case of human rights violations involving third country officers;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 64 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that in view of the ever- growing humanitarian and legal challenges at the EU’s external borders, Frontex is in need of an independent mechanism that is capable of processing individual complaints about alleged breaches of fundamental rights occurring in the course of its operations, thus becoming a first- instance body for complaintsincluding the risk of refoulement and the risks involved in the processing of personal data;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 67 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the setting-up of a mechanism for individual complaints would provide individuals with an opportunity to exercise their right to an effective remedy; suggests that the introduction of such a complaints mechanism would increase transparency, since Frontex and the EU institutions would be more aware of possible violations ofrespect for fundamental rights thatas violations would otherwise remain undetected, unreported and unresolved;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 90 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need for an official central structure within Frontexthe establishment of an independent body for the processing of individual complaints; recommends that the office of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer should play a crucial role in handlreceiving complaints; considers that, in particular, the office should check the admissibility of complaints, filter them, pass them on to the authoritiesindependent body responsible, and follow up on them thoroughly;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 98 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that any complaint mechanism should cover the entire scope of Frontex activity including joint operations, pilot operations but also information exchange and cooperation with third countries;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 104 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that both persons who feel harmed by border guards wearing the Frontex emblem and third parties acting in the interest of such persons should have the right to submit a complaint; urges Frontex fundamental rights officer and the independent complaint body to guarantee full confidentiality and not to disclose the identity of the complainant to third parties without his or her agreement;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 105 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Emphasises that third parties, including NGOs and international organisations should have the right to submit a complaint on behalf of an individual and to represent him or her during the whole procedure allowing the complainant to remain anonymous; emphasises the need to ensure the safety of the complainant;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 109 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges that safeguards are needed to prevent misuse of the complaints mechanism; recommends, therefore, that anonymous complaints should not be accepted; suggests further that only complaints of concrete fundamental rights violations should be admitted; considers that this should not prevent Frontex from takingconsiders that Frontex should take into account of other information sources on alleged fundamental rights violations, including general reports, beyond the complaints procedure; emphasises the need for clear criteria for the admissibility of complaintsy NGOs, international organisations and other relevant stakeholders, beyond the complaints procedure; recommends the provision of a standardised form for complaints requiring detailed information such as date and place of the incident, since this would facilitate decisions on admissibility;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 121 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls for regular reporting by Frontex on complaints received and their follow-up with due consideration to data protection concerns of the complainants;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 136 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends that the office of the Fundamental Rights Officer transfers a complaint against a guest officer via a well-defined referral system to the competent national authority; recommends that this system includes an appeal mechanism in case the complaint is deemed inadmissible or rejected; considers it crucial to involve national ombudsmen or any other relevant bodies competent for fundamental rights that have the responsibility to investigate national authorities and officials, whereas the Fundamental Rights Officer does not have the right to do so;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 138 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recommends gender-based training to be mandatory to both Frontex staff and guest officers before joining a Frontex operation, notably to raise awareness on gender-based violence and the vulnerability of migrant women;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 163 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. considers that the European Parliament should be regularly informed of the number of incidents reported through the incident referral mechanism; therefore calls on Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer to inform every six months the European Parliament of the number of incidents reported and the measures and decisions taken as a result;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 172 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the individual complaint mechanism to ensure that the procedures comply with the UNHCR guidelines on gender-related persecutions;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 176 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note that an individual complaints mechanism should be bothindependent, efficient and cost-effective; calls on Frontex to provide the necessary resources to the Fundamental Rights Office for handling the complaints received;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 186 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that Frontex and the European Ombudsman establish close cooperation in order to improve the protection of individuals from possible acts of maladministration regarding the activities of Frontex; recommends that the EU Special Representative on Human Rights is informed of the human rights aspects of Frontex external cooperation;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 198 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends the inclusion of provisions on thefor an independent individual complaints mechanism in the forthcoming review of the Frontex Regulation;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 1 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that 321 irregularities reported as fraudulent and 4 672 reported as non- fraudulent were cohesion-policy related; recalls how important it is to differentiate non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities; points out that in both categories the number of reports increased by 15 % as compared to 2012 while the related amounts decreased; observes that, as in previous years, the largest share of amounts that involved irregularities in 2013 (63 %) is nonetheless still related to cohesion policy; notes also that for the first time cohesion policy was not the area of budgetary expenditure with the highest number of irregularities reported as fraudulent;
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that in order to effectively tackle irregularities, whether fraudulent or non- fraudulent, adequate resources need to be available particularly in relation to the administrative capacity thematic objective;
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls its deep concern regarding the unpaid bills of the EU; believes that this issue must be addressed when fighting irregularities;
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes the large amounts of funding that are wasted and lost from EU Programmes due to non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities and that this is particularly deplorable given the current economic difficulties in EU Member States, cuts to the EU budget in 2014- 2020 period and the climate of austerity.
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 23 October 2013 on the Climate Change conference in Warsaw, Poland (COP19),
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 85 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas Eurostatpean Environment Agency figures1 show that the EU has reduced its CO2GHG emissions by 16.978 % between 1990 and 2011 and is on track to achieve its 2020 target in this regard;2; 1 Trends and projections in Europe 2013, EEA Report nr 10/2013
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 90 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the verified EU emissions from 2005 to 2012 within the ETS fell by 16 % and within the non-ETS sectors by 10 %, indicating that the 2020 reduction targets of -21 % and -10 %, respectively, are likely to be achieved several years ahead of that year;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 100 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the IEA estimates that the EU is responsible for only 11 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the proportion is set to decrease in the future so that, even if it has limited capacity in lowering global emissions by means of unilateral action, it has a significant role to play in particular; as regards the achievement of a binding agreement in Paris in 2015 whereas the EU therefore has to define a clear position;deleted
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 106 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the IEA estimates that the EU is responsible for only 11 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the proportion is set to decrease in the future so that, even if it has limited capacity in lowering global emissions by means of unilateral action, it has a significant role to play in particular; as regards the achievement ofhas a significant role to play in achieving a binding agreement in Paris in 2015 whereas the EU therefore has to; therefore the EU must define a clear position in this regard;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 121 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas investors and industries need a clear and long-term framework for EU climate and energy policy with greater levels of certainty in order to encourage long-term public and private investment and to reduce the risk associated with this; and benefit from opportunities of global energy efficiency
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 184 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas studies indicate that energy efficiency reaps multiple economic, environmental and societal benefits, as supported by the IEA’s Energy Efficiency Market Report 2013 which has highlighted that energy efficiency has moved from a ‘hidden fuel’ to the world's ‘first fuel’;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 195 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the European Council Conclusions of May 2012 recognise the role of energy efficiency in helping to reverse recent rises in energy prices and costs which are mainly affecting the most vulnerable in society;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 201 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the European Parliament and the European Council have declared their ambition to secure an 80-95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared with 1990 levels and ; whereas 80% is on the low end of the 80-95% range which the IPCC considers necessary for industrialised countries to achieve compared to 1990 levels;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 218 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the internationally agreed climate goal is to keep global mean warming under 2 degrees Celsius from increasing above preindustrial levels; urges the Commission and Member States to target an increase of maximum 1.5 degree Celsius above preindustrial levels, taking into account impacts of climate change on the least developed countries.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 224 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g.including GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency);
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 239 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to define a union-wide emission reduction target for 2030 adjusted so that the European Parliament and the European Council ambition to reduce the EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with 80-95 % compared to 1990 levels can be reached;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 241 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Equality between women and men is one of the European Union's founding values; the existing climate policy of EU has been largely gender-blind, reducing the effectiveness and efficiency of low- carbon, climate resilience; stress the importance and need for gender analysis and inclusion of gender perspective in all actions regarding energy efficiency, reduction of GHG: s and renewables.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 258 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and set ambitious but realistic objectives for the 2030 EU policies that take account of the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, stable, long-term and cost-effective framework for industries and investors; that enables EU to comply with the European Parliament and Council commitment to reduce the EU greenhouse gas emission by 2050 with 80- 95 % compared to the 1990 level in a cost- efficient way;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 356 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that some RES should now be considered mature energy sources and their subsidies should therefore be phased out on time order to be able to reallocate these to research and development (R&D) programmes and RES that are not yet cost-effective; asks the Commission to study the impact of RES priority dispatch on general energy costs;deleted
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 379 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Energy efficiency must be treated as one of the cornerstones of the EU's climate and energy framework due to its undisputed potential to reduce burdensome energy imports, increase Europe's economic and social development, lower energy costs and create local and stable jobs, while making it easier and less costly to achieve greater GHG emissions reductions;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 413 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increased energy efficiency and energy savings will play an essential role in the decarbonisation of the energy sector; therefore asks the Commission to consider a binding energy savings target to ensure coherent and mutually supporting policies within the 2030 framework;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 428 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Asks the Commission to improve energy projections in light of the specific non-economic drivers for energy efficiency improvements and benefits of energy savings
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 463 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil its main function, the reduction of GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to economic downturns and upturns; rRecalls that the main objective of the EU ETS is to reduce GHG emissions and notbut also to provide investors with sufficient incentives to invest domestically in low- carbon technologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intended;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 486 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Highlights that climate change policies cannot solely rely upon market- based mechanisms and recalls that it is essential that the EU ETS, being one of the current mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, undergoes a long-term structural reform in order to meet the requirements of the 2050 CO2 reduction target; points out that the current linear reduction factor currently sets the EU on a path to a reduction in the ETS cap of just 70% which is inconsistent with the long-term objective of 80-95% reduction compared with 1990 levels;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 500 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Asks the Commission to consider a further decarbonisation target for transport fuels as part of its policy framework for 2030
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 542 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that with a view to long- term green investment, it is essential that industry is given regulatory certainty for the medium-long term and calls in this regard for ambitious and binding targets for; greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 575 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that the European Union needs to fulfil its commitment to reduce GHG emissions through policies that prevent the development of highly greenhouse-gas-intensive unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 583 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to submit an analysis of how renewable energy sources can be developed sustainably, taking into account environmental impact, aspects related to dependency on raw materials and life cycle and, above all, how to support stable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, sustainable biomass or geothermal power;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 593 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines the importance of the inclusion of ILUC criteria when assessing the carbon intensity of biomass-based fuels; stresses that EU biofuels legislation must not adversely affect food production and biodiversity
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 607 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to assess the evolution of energy savings in the EU; and allow for the increase of EU GHG commitments in accordance of new findings to avoid a single GHG emissions reduction target for 2030 which would lead to the EU missing out on all the substantial economic, social and environmental benefits that ambitious action on energy efficiency would create;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 625 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on boosting energy security and economic and industrial competitiveness in the EUdevelopment in the EU, resilience to global energy shocks, job creation, social aspects and environmental sustainability by means of measures such as the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources and by increasing the deployment of RES; and implementation of the EU's energy saving potential
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 646 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that, when bringing about security of supply, Member States must be able to take advantage of all of their indigenous energy resources in accordance with policies that ensure the safe and sustainable exploration, extraction and use of these resources; taking into account the harmful consequences of hydraulic fracturing on both public health and the environment
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 654 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a . Notes that in taking advantage of any indigenous energy resources in the case of cross border regions adequate consideration and safeguards must be given to the potential negative impacts which could occur in a neighbouring state's territory.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 658 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for the Commission, when coming forward with legislation regarding hydraulic fracturing, to include a mandatory EIA for both exploration and extraction of shale gas; moreover, stresses that there is an insufficient amount of data on the chemicals used during the hydraulic fracturing process; calls therefore on the Commission when coming forward with such legislation to ensure the transparency of data on these chemicals in order to ensure the highest level of public health and environmental protection
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 675 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the lack of full implementation of internal energy market legislation remains one of the main obstacles to completion of the single market; highlights the importance of eliminating remaining infrastructure bottlenecks and instances of market failure and of ensuring that no new barriers to electricity and gas market integration are creadeleted;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 691 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that energy end consumers – individuals, SMEs and industry alike – are at the very core of the internal energy market and that they should benefit from lower energy prices,in particular the most vulnerable in society, SMEs and industry alike should be duly protected, and accurately informed by ensuring easy access to information and that their exposure to rising and increasingly volatile energy prices should be managed; for this purpose, calls on the Commission and Members States to achieve, as a matter of urgency, the completion of the internal market, security of supply and the interconnection of networks as requested in Article 194 TFEU;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 704 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough flexible capacity to meet demand in peak periods and in periods of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity or backup or demand management must therefore be ensured and maintained; points out the need for storage and more grid flexibility as a response to the intermittence of some sources of RES;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 730 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that some Member States, being energy islands, are still totally isolated from the European gas and electricity networks and continue to pay higher prices for energy, which adversely affects their ecompetitivenessnomic and social development; points out that without substantial infrastructure investment, the commitment of the European Council that no Member State should remain isolated from the EU networks by 2015 cannot be fulfilled for those Member States will be broken; favours in this regard the swift completion of the internal energy market;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 775 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stress that setting binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewables and energy efficiency will stimulate early investments in low-carbon technologies thereby creating jobs and growth whilst providing European industry with an international competitive advantage
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 825 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to develop a way of measuring competitiveness between the EU and its main competitors which could, for example, be based on fiscal policies, R&D, innovation, industrial energy prices and regulatory burdens;deleted
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 836 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Strongly underlines that any future EU policy must address the comparative strengths and weaknesses of its economy, particularly with regard tobefore the EU signs any free trade agreement the EU signs up to, especially in light of the planned free trade agreement (TTIP) currently under discussion with the US where energy prices have been decreasing significantly while efforts to reduce GHG emissions are not on par with the progress already achieved in the EU;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 16 #

2013/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that regional quality branding, based on a territorial bottom-up approach, promotes synergies between various local economic actors and socio- professional organisations, thanks to which they improve their products and services and introduce more environmentally- friendly processes; insists that respect for workers' rights and consideration of environmental impacts are particularly important aspects for the quality criterion;
2013/09/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2013/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that in order to be successful, regional brands need a necessary critical mass of professionals and funding, and that they should, therefore, be better supported by the European Structural and Investment Funds; invites the Member States and other relevant bodies to provide for their support in their programming documents for the next programming period 2014-2020; particularly in the context of cross-border cooperation programmes, considering some territories may be situated in cross border areas.
2013/09/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU regulatory framework in place for food safety and the food chain has provided the highest level of food safety for EU consumers until now; however, the current legislation is still fragile and not always reliable and therefore there is a need for improvements on the ground;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas problems also lie in the implementation of the current legislation and there is a need to have more effective official controls on food from animal production at each stage of the food chain;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 13 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas transparency is a key component of the Commission and Member States’ approach towards food safety controls;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 21 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas recent fraud cases include the marketing of horsemeat as beef, ordinary flour as organic flour, of battery cage eggs as organic eggs, of road salt as food salt and of horsemeat as beef, and the use of methanol- contaminated alcohol in spirits;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the massive-scale fraud of horse meat meals throughout Europe is the symptom of an uncontrollable globalised supply system, cut-price agri- food productivism and an incomplete labelling system;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 34 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the FVO and Member States should include unannounced official controls for the detection of potential food fraud in their national control plans;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas Member States are invited to set and enforce serious penalties for commercial operators that commit fraud and cheat with regard to food. Those penalties should be at least as large as the revenue gains from fraud or cheating;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses that consumer confidence in the food chain is continuously shaken by scandals relating to food safety and that measures must be taken to fight against food fraud in order to strengthen the EU provisions and restore consumer confidence;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 49 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need to gain more insight into the scale, incidence and elements of food fraud cases in the EU; in particular, this involves mapping existing tools and mechanisms to fight food fraud, with a view to developing synergies and contacts among the competent authorities, to raising awareness among relevant actors through a network of food fraud contact points in the Members States and the organisation of trainings and conferences; calls on the Commission and the Member States systematically to collect data on fraud cases and to exchange best practices for identifying and combating food fraud;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that foods which are often subject to fraudulent activities include olive oil, fish, meat, organic products, grains, honey, coffee, tea, spices, wine, certain fruit juices and milk;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the complexity and cross- border character of the food chain, in combination with the predominantly national character of controls, sanctions and enforcement, a situation which is believed to increase the risk of food fraud; believes that a better traceability of ingredients and products within the whole food chain would help combat fraud;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the need to pay great attention to controls on imported goods from third countries and their compliance with European Union standards on food and feed safety;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that food business operators currently do not always know where the ingredients they use are sourced from;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to enlarge the focus of FVO audits to include food fraud; considers that the FVO should make use of unannounced inspectionand Member States should make use of regular, independent and mandatory unannounced inspections at identifying intentional violations to ensure that the highest standards of food safety are effectively implemented; in order to restore and maintain consumer confidence, it is important to have a transparent approach to how official controls and inspections are carried out and to make public the reports/outcomes of controls and inspections regarding food operators;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that official controls should focus not only on food safety issues, but also on preventing fraud and the risk of consumers being misled; welcomes the fact that the Commission's proposal for a review of official controls incorporates extra controls in respect of food fraud where competent authorities have reason to suspect fraudulent behaviour by an operator;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the development of a mechanism, similar to the RASFF, capable of managing the specificities inherent to food fraud is a necessary step to ensure proper information flows and the timely detection of fraud;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Rejects any plans to delegate inspection tasks from public authorities to economic operators, as food business operators often focus on profits and lowering costs rather than on food safety and consumer protection;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the importance of clear and transparent business-to-business and business-to-consumer labelling and calls on the Commission to review EU food law in this area where necessary, to reduce the risk of food fraud;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 97 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that food business operators should be able to tell where the food or ingredients used are sourced from, meaning that each food business operator within the production chain bears their share of the responsibility for the end product;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that Regulation 1169/2011 stipulates that the Commission will adopt, by December 2013, implementing acts regarding the mandatory labelling of the country of origin labelling for meat from swine, sheep, goats and poultry as well as on voluntary labelling; believes that labelling the places of birth, rearing and slaughter will help ensure better traceability along the food supply chain, more stable relationships between meat suppliers and processors and increased diligence when food business operators choose their suppliers and products;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks the Commission to come up with legislation on the mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for meat as an ingredient in processed products;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Asks the Commission to establish a centralised European register for horse passports in order to prevent the fraudulent issuing of a duplicate passports;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 102 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Underlines that any future mandatory country of origin labelling legislation should include provisions for regions within Member States to allow for flexible and regional origin labelling;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that Parliament has previously called on the Commission to undertake impact assessmenfor origin labelling for all meat and meat in processed foods, and that the Commission is working on reports on origin labelling for fresh meat and products containing meat; urges the Commission to rapidly to present its impact assessments and report on this issuereports and follow up with legislative proposals; urges the Commission to rely on independent sources of information; stresses that whilst origin labelling is cannot a tool forentirely combating food fraud, although it may indirectlyit will lead to a better-informed and more transparent supply chain and help restore consumer confidence;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2013/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the unique position of the North of Ireland within the EU and stresses that in line with the principles of the Good Friday Agreement, those in the North should remain free to label their produce as Irish if they so wish;
2013/11/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the persistent economic crisis has a severe impact on the lives of young people in terms of their wellbeing and social inclusion, employment, access to housing, health, education and training, cultural activities, leisure and sports, and is leading to an unprecedented lack of opportunities for young people in the European Union; whereas this alarming situation requires urgent measures, policies and action;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, in response to the economic crisis, several Member States have implemented severe austerity measures, including serious cuts in spending on education, training and lifelong learning programmes; whereas those cuts ameasures having a huge impact on Europe's young people and are jeopardising achievement of the ‘Europe 2020’ targetse a detrimental effect notably on youth employment in certain Member States, in particular those in southern Europe, leading in most cases to a significant brain drain from those regions and thus accentuating inequalities within the EU;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the number of young people who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEETs) has risen dangerously across the EU; whereas the youth unemployment rate is unacceptably high in several Member States, and becomes even more alarming taking into consideration precarious employment conditions or unreported employment;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 102 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Asks the Member States to target young people who are not in education, training or employment, in order to offer them quality learning and training, so that they can gain the skills and experience they need to enter employment, including, for some of them, by facilitating their re-entry into the educational system;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 159 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing access for all young people to cultures, leisure activities and sports, which are of outermost importance for their personal development as well as for fostering openness to different ideas and experiences, intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 167 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises the importance of eliminating all forms of discrimination and bullying among young people;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 168 #

2013/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that the fight against gender inequalities and stereotypes should be an integral part of an effective youth policy in order to prevent and eliminate in particular violence against women;
2013/05/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. -whereas access to healthcare system in many cases is restricted either due to financial or regional constraints (There are many cases where access to healthcare system is either limited or not recommended. Without creating any kind of discrimination, it seems imperative for the MS to explore the potential of e-health applications in order to provide the most appropriate and adequate healthcare protection to all citizens)
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 21 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas ICT has developed to such a point that it can be applied in eHealth systems and this has met with success in various EU Member States; and countries around the world; (There are very interesting examples of e- health applications around the world with a big influence in the daily life of people specially in countries in Latin America and Africa. It would be interesting that those examples are studied when developing e- health in Europe)
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas, patients' health data is of an extremely sensitive nature, legal and data protection considerations should constitute a priority;
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas it is necessary to standardisguarantee the system technology used in the various Member States, in order to guarantee its effectivenes's effectiveness, each Member State should be encouraged to use the most appropriate one based on the national needs and constraints and taking into due account the interoperability of the different systems;
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas healthcare professionals should be provided with on-going training in the use of the ICT applied in healthcare systems and a simplified and patient- friendly technology should be considered imperative;
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Lb. -whereas it is estimated that between 8 % and 12 % of patients admitted to hospitals in the EU suffer from adverse events including healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), (There are many cases where access to healthcare system is either limited or not recommended. Without creating any kind of discrimination, it seems imperative for the MS to explore the potential of e-health applications in order to provide the most appropriate and adequate healthcare protection to all citizens)
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. - stresses the need for patients, as the intended beneficiaries of any eHealth program, to play a central role in the development of such technologies
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 76 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Encourages the Commission to recognise that eHealth solutions may not significantly improve health outcomes and patients' wellbeing, if they replace human interaction rather than being integrated with a face-to-face approach between patients and (health)care providers; hence, calls on the Commission to make sure that eHealth technologies will not become a substitute for the trusting relationship between patients and their (health)care professionals;
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. - Underlines that it is essential for patients to be able to access their own personal health data; patients should always be informed in a clear and transparent manner how this data is being processed after having given prior consent to the use of such data
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #

2013/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that, with regard to any potential misapplication of eHealth services and prescriptions, and for the benefits and mutual trust between patients and healthcare professionals, Member States should either have or create legal frameworks at national level to establish clear rules for liability and subsequent redress
2013/10/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the UNESCO Convention of 20 October 2005 on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions,
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, opened for signature on 5 November 1992,
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 September 2008 on community media in Europe,
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the 2005 UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity allows parties to take appropriate measures to protect cultural activities, goods, and services, including measures concerning the languages used for such activities, goods, and services, in order to foster diversity in terms of cultural expressions, both within the territory of parties to the Convention and under international agreements;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which has been ratified by 16 Union Member States, provides both a frame of reference for the protection of languages in danger of dying out and a means of protecting minorities, two points mentioned in the Copenhagen criteria, which countries must satisfy if they are to join the EU;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas non-profit-making community media broadcasting in minority languages are essential in order to protect and disseminate those languages, especially when they are endangered, and to respect and foster linguistic diversity and pluralism within society, since they enable speakers of the languages concerned to occupy a place within the public domain;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas protection and transmission of a language depend very often on informal and non-formal education and whereas it is important to recognise the role played in that context by voluntary organisations, the arts, and artists;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 65 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas, over the last two multiannual financial framework periods (2000-2007 and 2007-2013), European funding for these languages has been cut drastically, and whereas this has added to their problems; whereas this situation must not be allowed to continue into the next multiannual financial framework (2014-2020);
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas all processes of integration put pressure on diversity. Part of the current pressure on endangered language communities is due to the process of European integration. That gives the European Union a special responsibility to actually do something, proactively, to protect endangered languages;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 72 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to pay more attention to the extreme danger that many European languages are in, and to commit wholeheartedly to a policy of protection and promotion that is up to the job of preserving the diversity of the Union’s linguistic and cultural heritage by supporting ambitious protection policies withinfor the language communities concerned;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to honour the commitments that they have entered into by acceding to the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, be it on their own territory or in connection with international agreements;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the European Union should support a language policy that enables children to acquire two mother tongues from the very earliest age; points out that such a programme would, as all linguists maintain, help children learn additional languages later on, and that it would offer speakers of traditionalendangered languages practical support in revitalising intergenerational language transmission in areas in which it is dwindling;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 114 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission’s multilingualism programmes; takes the view that promoters of projects connected with minority languages must be able to take advantage of the opportunities they offer, and, given that language communitiegroups fighting for the survival of endangered languages often consist of small groups of people, urges the Commission not to deem programmes involving these communitiegroups ineligible for funding on the grounds of low levels of financial commitment;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission's multilingualism programmes; takes the view that promoters of projects connected with minority and endangered languages must be able to take advantage of the opportunities they offer, and, given that language communities fighting for the survival of endangered languages often consist of small groups of people, urges the Commission not to deem programmes involving these communities ineligible for funding on the grounds of low levels of financial commitment;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 130 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to work in conjunction with international organisations which have set up programmes and initiatives to protect and promote endangered languages, including for example UNESCO and the Council of Europe;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to provide constant support, via its various programmes, for transnational networks such as the European Language Equality Network (ELEN) and European-level initiatives and activities that are designed to promote endangered languages, and emphasises that active participation is needed in order to ensure that UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger remains a permanent fixture;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 160 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the usefulEurolang and ‘adum.info’ websites that provides information on EU programmes under which funding is available for projects that promote minority and endangered languages, and calls on the Commission to issue another call to update these website to include the new programmes for the period between 2014 and 2020, and to provide more information on this subject, especially for the attention of the language communities concerned;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 162 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the useful ‘adum.info’ website that provides information on EU programmes under which funding is available for projects that promote minority and endangered languages, and calls on the Commission to issue another call for a project to update the website to include the new programmes for the period between 2014 and 2020, and to provide more information on this subject, especially for the attention of the language communitiegroups concerned;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 166 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to start the process to establish an EU Directive for the protection of endangered languages;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 168 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to give more active support to non-profit-making community media, especially those broadcasting in endangered languages, bearing in mind that they are having to contend with a number of difficulties, including inadequate or non-existent national regulation and a shortage of financing;
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 169 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to establish an endangered language observatory that monitors and collects data on: their sociolinguistic situation; existing educational provision; their extent of usage; and reports on any hindrances they face in terms of usage.
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 163 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The Member State or competent public authorities designated in a Member Statey should have the choice to decide to provide port services with public service obligations themselves or to entrust directly the provision of such services directly to an internal operator. In the case that a Member State or competent public authority decides to provide the service itself, this may cover the provision of services through agents employed by the competent public authority or commissioned by the competent public authority. When such limitation is applied in all the TEN-T ports in the territory of a Member State, the Commission should be informed. In the cases where the competent authorities in a Member State prevail on such a choicesuch cases, the provision of port services by the internal operators should be confined only to the port or ports for which those internal operators were designated. Moreover, in such cases, and the port service charges applied by such an operator should be subject to supervision by the independent supervisory body.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 236 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
(aa) a framework for the protection and recognition of safety, environmental and labour standards and Social Dialogue in the port services industry;
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 342 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the event that the managing body of the port does not require minimum requirements, the Member State or competent authority may impose such requirements on the managing body of the port.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 348 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) social requirements, including but not limited to health and safety obligations, fair terms of employment, decent living and working conditions including social protection and professional training, and the respect of collective bargaining agreements.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 363 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The implementation of this Regulation shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for a reduction in the level of minimum requirements for the provision of port services already afforded by Member States or competent authorities.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 449 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member StatesIn cases where Member States or competent authorities classify port services as being of general interest, they may decide to impose public service obligations related to portthose services on providers in order to ensure the following:, in accordance with principles and requirements of EU law.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 100 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
(62) In order to pursue the objectives of this Regulation and contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market, ensuring consumer confidence in it, non- compliances with Union food chain legislation requiring enforcement action in more than one Member State should be pursued efficiently and consistently. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) established by Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 already enables competent authorities to rapidly exchange and disseminate information on serious direct or indirect risks to human health in relation to food or feed, or serious risks to human or animal health or to the environment in relation to feed, or in the case of food fraud, for the purpose of enabling rapid measures to be taken to counter those risks. However, that instrument, while allowing for timely action across all Member States concerned to counter certain serious risks along the food chain, cannot serve the purpose of enabling effective cross border assistance and cooperation between competent authorities to ensure that non-compliances with Union agri-food chain legislation which have a cross-border dimension are effectively pursued not only in the Member State where the non-compliance is first detected but also in the Member State where the non-compliance originated. In particular, administrative assistance and cooperation should enable competent authorities to share information, detect, investigate and take effective and proportionate action to pursue cross-border violations of agri-food chain rules.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) Each Member State should be required to set up and regularly update asector specific multi-annual national control plans (MANCP) covering all thfor every single areas governed by Union agri-food chain legislation and containing information on the structure and organisation of its system of official controls. Such MANCPs are the instrument through which each Member State should ensure that official controls are performed in a risk based and efficient manner across their territory and across the entire agri- food chain, and in compliance with this Regulation.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
(73) It is important for the performance of effective official controls and other official activities that the competent authorities in the Member States, the Commission and, where relevant, operators be able to exchange data and information related to official controls or results therefrom rapidly and efficiently. Several information systems are established by Union legislation and managed by the Commission to allow such data and information to be handled and managed through Union wide computerised and internet-based tools. A system dedicated to recording and tracing official control results is the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES system), established by Commission Decision 2003/24/EC of 30 December 2002 concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system and currently used for the management of data and information on animals and products of animal origin and official controls thereon21. That system should be upgraded and adapted so as to allow its use for all goods for which Union agri-food chain legislation establishes specific requirements or official control modalities. Dedicated computerised systems also exist for the rapid exchange of information between Member States and with the Commission on risks which might arise in the food chain or for animal and plant health. Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 establishes the RASFF, Article 20 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number, date, title and, in a footnote, the OJ reference for the Regulation on animal health] a system for the notification and reporting on the measures on listed diseases and on food fraud, and Article 97 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number, date, title and, in a footnote, the OJ reference for the Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants] a system for the notification and reporting of the presence of pests and the notification of non- compliances. All such systems should work in a harmonious, consistent manner that makes use of synergies between the different systems, avoids duplications, simplifies their operation and makes them more efficient. __________________ 21 OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 44.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 111 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 81
(81) In order to amend the references to European standards, and Annexes II and III to this Regulation to take into account of legislative and technical and scientific developments, and to supplement this Regulation with specific rules governing official controls and other official activities in the areas it covers, including, inter alia, rules on the qualification and training of staff, on additional responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, on the cases where the accreditation of laboratories is not required, on certain exemptions from official controls at the borders, on the criteria to be used to determine the frequency of identity and physical checks, on the establishment of conditions to be met by certain animals or goods entering the Union from third countries, on additional requirements and tasks of European Union reference laboratories and centres, on additional requirements for national reference laboratories, on criteria for risk categorisation and for performance indicators for the MANCPs, and on the contingency plans for food and feed provided for in Article 55(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 113 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
(83) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, including, inter alia, rules and modalities in respect of audits, the format of certificates and other documents, the establishment of computerised information management systems, the cooperation between operators and competent authorities and amongst competent authorities, customs authorities and other authorities, the methods of sampling and of laboratory analysis, test and diagnosis as well as their validation and interpretation, traceability, the listing of products or goods subject to controls as well the listing of countries or regions that can export certain animals and goods to the Union, prior notification of consignments, exchanges of information, border control posts, isolation and quarantine, approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries, measures to contain a risk or put an end to a widespread serious non- compliance relating to certain animals or goods originating from a third country or a region thereof, the recognition of third countries or regions that offer equivalent guarantees to those applied in the Union and its repeal, training activities and exchange programmes of staff amongst Member States, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with 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 Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers44. __________________ 44 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13. OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 122 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) governing feed and feed safety, at all stages of production, processing and distribution of feed and the use of feed, including rules aimed at guaranteeing fair practices in trade and protecting consumer health, interests and information;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 249 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of ensuring that the staff of the competent authorities referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 2 have the necessary qualifications, skills and knowledge, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 139 concerning rules for the specific qualification and training requirements of such staff, having regard to the scientific and technical knowledge necessary to perform official controls and other official activities in each of the areas referred to in Article 1(2) taking into account that these delegated acts should be consistent with the specificities of each Member State.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 329 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Competent authorities shall perform official controls with a high level of transparency and make available to the public relevant information concerning the organisation and the performance of official controls as well as relevant information which have an impact on public health.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 428 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) uniform specificgeneral requirements for the performance of official controls and uniform minimum frequency of such official controls, having regard, in addition to the criteria referred to in Article 8(1), to the specific hazards and risks which exist in relation to each product of animal origin and the different processes it undergoes;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 439 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) criteria to determine when, on the basis of a risk analysis, the official veterinarian is not required to be present in slaughterhouses and game handling establishments during the official controls referred to in paragraph 1.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 447 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) uniform specific requirements for the performance of official controls and uniform minimum frequency of such official controls, having regard, in addition to the criteria referred to in Article 8(1), and the specific requirements having regard to the specific hazards and risks related to non-authorised substances and to the non- authorised use of authorised substances;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 473 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the specific responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, in addition to those provided for in Articles 4, 8, 9, 10(1), 11, 12, 13, 34(1) and (2), and 36;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 478 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the specific responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, in addition to those provided for in Articles 4, 8, 9, 10(1), 11, 12, 13, 34(1) and (2), and 36;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 483 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the specific responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, in addition to those provided for in Articles 4, 8, 9, 10(1), 11, 12, 13, 34(1) and (2) and 36;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 492 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the specific responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, in addition to those provided for in Articles 4, 8, 9, 10(1), 11, 12, 13, 34(1) and (2), and 36;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 510 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the specific responsibilities and tasks of the competent authorities, in addition to those provided for in Articles 4, 8, 9, 10(1), 11, 12, 13, 34(1) and (2), and 36;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 606 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of ensuring the uniform implementation of the rules laid down in Articles 47, 48 and 49, the Commission shall by means of implementing acts, lay down the detailgeneral guidelines of the operations to be carried out during and after the documentary, identity and physical checks referred to in those rules to ensure the efficient performance of those official controls. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(2).
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 613 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) the criteria and the procedures for determining and modifying the minimum frequency rates of physical checks to be performed on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 45(1) and to adjust them to the level of risk associated with those categories, having regard to:
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 614 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the procedures for ensuring that the minimum frequency rates of physical checks established in accordance with point (a) are applied in a timely and uniform manner.
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 615 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the minimum frequency of physical checks for the categories of goods referred to in point (d) of Article 45(1);
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 616 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the minimum frequency of physical checks for the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (e) and (f) of Article 45(1) as long as this is not already provided for in the acts referred to therein.
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 630 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
3. Within three months of receiving the notification referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State: (a) whether the designation of the proposed border control post is dependent upon the favourable outcome of a control performed by Commission experts in accordance with Article 115 in order to verify compliance with the minimum requirements laid down in Article 62; (b) of the date of such a control.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 631 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) whether the designation of the proposed border control post is dependent upon the favourable outcome of a control performed by Commission experts in accordance with Article 115 in order to verify compliance with the minimum requirements laid down in Article 62;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 632 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) of the date of such a control.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 633 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State shall delay designating the border control post until the favourable outcome of the control has been communicated to it by the Commission.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 637 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 139 concerning the cases where, and the procedures by which, border control posts whose designation has only been partially withdrawn in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 1 may be re- designated by derogation from the provisions of Article 57.
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 643 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, detail the requirements laid down in paragraph 3 to take into account specific features and logistic needs related to the performance of official controls and to the application of the measures taken in accordance with Article 64(3) and (5) and Article 65 in relation to the different categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 45(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(2).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 648 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities shall notify the Commission and the Member States through the TRACES and the RASFF system of their decision to perform intensified official controls, as provided for in paragraph 4, indicating the purported fraudulent behaviour or serious or repeated infringement.
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 657 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
That notification shall be performed via the computerised information managementTRACES and RASFF systems referred to in Article 130(1).
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 676 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68
Article 68 Consistency of application of Articles 64 and 65 The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules to ensure consistency across all border control posts referred to in Article 57(1) and control points referred to in in point (a) of Article 51(1) of decisions and measures taken and orders issued by the competent authorities pursuant to Articles 64 and 65, in the form of instructions to be followed by the competent authorities when responding to common or recurring situations of non-compliance or risk. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(2).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 679 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 139 concerning the requirements and the conditions in accordance with which the special treatment provided for in paragraph 1 shall take place. In the absence of rules adopted by delegated act, such special treatment shall take place in accordance with national rules.
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 682 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71
Article 71 Approval of pre-export controls performed by third countries 1. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, approve specific pre- export controls that a third country carries out on consignments of animals and goods prior to export to the Union with a view to verifying that the exported consignments satisfy the requirements of the rules referred to in Article 1(2). The approval shall only apply to consignments originating in the third country concerned and may be granted for one or more categories of animals or goods. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(2). 2. The approval provided for in paragraph 1 shall specify: (a) the maximum frequency of official controls to be performed by the competent authorities of Member States at the entry of the consignments into the Union, where there is no reason to suspect non- compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2) or fraudulent behaviour; (b) the official certificates that must accompany consignments entering the Union; (c) a model for such certificates; (d) the competent authorities of the third country under the responsibility of which pre-export controls must be performed; (e) where appropriate, any delegated body to which those competent authorities may delegate certain tasks. Such delegation may only be approved if it meets the criteria of Articles 25 to 32 or equivalent conditions. 3. The approval provided for in paragraph 1 may only be granted to a third country if the evidence available and, where appropriate, a Commission control performed in accordance with Article 119, demonstrate that the system of official controls in that third country can ensure that: (a) the consignments of the animals or goods exported to the Union meet the requirements of the rules referred to in Article 1(2), or equivalent requirements; (b) the controls performed in the third country prior to dispatch to the Union are sufficiently effective to replace or reduce the frequency of the documentary, identity and physical checks laid down in the rules referred to in Article 1(2). 4. The competent authorities or a delegated body specified in the approval shall: (a) be responsible for contacts with the Union; (b) ensure that the official certificates referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2 accompany each consignment controlled. 5. The Commission shall by means of implementing acts establish detailed rules and criteria for approving pre-export controls performed by third countries in accordance with paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(2).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 856 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the temporary suspension of the certifying officer from its duties;
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 857 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) be drawn up in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union; or in any of the official languages of a Member State
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 880 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The European Union reference centres designated in accordance with Article 93(1) shall be responsible, in accordance with annual or multiannual work programmes approved by the Commission for the following tasks:
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 884 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The European Union reference centres designated in accordance with Article 95(1) shall be responsible, in accordance with annual or multiannual work programmes approved by the Commission for the following tasks:
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 925 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that official controls governed by this Regulation are performed by the competent authorities on the basis of a multi-annual national control plans, the preparation and implementation of which are coordinated across their territory.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 927 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the coordination of the preparation of these plans referred to in paragraph 1 across all competent authorities responsible for the official controls;
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 928 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ensuring that such plan iss are coherent and consistently implemented.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 931 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the strategic objectives of the multi- annual national control plans and on how the prioritisation of official controls and allocation of resources reflect these objectives;
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 932 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the multi-annual national control plans provided for in Article 107(1) is made available to the public, with the exception of those parts of the plan the disclosure of which could undermine the effectiveness of official controls.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 934 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The multi-annual national control plans shall be updated every time it is necessary to adjust ithem to changes to the rules referred to in Article 1(2), and shall be reviewed on a regular basis to take account at least of the following factors:
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 937 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall provide the Commission with an up-to-date version of their multi-annual national control plans on request.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 945 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any amendments made to itstheir multi- annual national control plans to take account of the factors referred to in Article 109(2);
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 946 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the results of official controls performed in the previous year under itstheir multi-annual national control plans;
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 948 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) measures taken to ensure the effective operation of itstheir multi-annual national control plans, including enforcement action and the results of such measures.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1036 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 139 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 4(3), 15(2) point a, c and d, 16, 17, 18(3), 19, 20, 21, 22, 23(1), 24(1) point b,c and d, 20 point b, c and d, 21 point b, c and d, 22 point b, c and d, 23(1), 24(1) point b, c and d, 25(3), 26(2), 40, 43(4), 45(3), 46, 49, 51(1), 52(1) and (2), 56(2), 60(3), 62(2), 69(3), 75(1) and (2), 97(2), 98(6), 99(2), 101(3), 106(3), 110, 111, 114(4) and 125(1), the third subparagraph of Article 132(1), Articles 133, 138(1) and (2), 143(2), 144(3), 151(3), 153(3) and 159(3) shall be conferred for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2012/2309(INI)

– the minimum and maximum numbers set by the Treaty shall be fully utilised to ensure that the allocation of seats in the European Parliament reflects as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States;deleted
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #

2012/2309(INI)

Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 13 Germany 965 Estonia 6 Ireland 112 Greece 21 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 11 Italy 732 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 198 Poland 510 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 19 United Kingdom 73
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the scarcity of natural reserves worldwide, the increasing pressure on renewable raw materials and unsustainable patterns of consumption and the global effects of climate change require us to use resources efficientlyquitably and efficiently; whereas priority must also be given to understanding the systemic stress and loss of biodiversity that results from agro-industrial monoculture systems;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas an innovative and efficient approach will ensuremay contribute to not only greater sustainability but also support for rural development, a potential reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, greater sustainability of the production cycle in addition to the spread of industrial innovation along the entire value chain; a further contribution will also be made by enabling consumption patterns, and a relocalisation and relinking of production and consumption patterns in ways that reduce external dependence on resources;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the transition to a sustainable economy willmay strengthen the competitiveness of European industry, increase economic growth and thus promote a significant increase in European employment levels; whereas emphasis on the bio-economy, on bio-technology based on genetic modification (GM) and biomass commodity production might lead to a reindustrialisation and centralisation of the agri-food production, which is more beneficial to large-scale companies, forcing small-scale producers in marginal and traditional biotechnologies out of business;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 17 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Acknowledges societal concerns, including those associated with; - biotechnologies and a lack of sustainability criteria, - the safety and sustainability of food produced outside Europe but sold in Europe, - the focus on more efficient ways to produce and convert biomass into various industrial products and the potential undermining of prospects for sustainable agriculture due to the rebound effect, encouraging more intensive practices of land use and GHG emissions in response to an expanding global market;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Shares the view that the transition to a bioeconomy should be based not only on the production of resources with a low environmental impact, but also on a sustainable use of those resources from an environmental, economic and social point of view, while acknowledging that resource efficiencies alone cannot prevent a massively increased demand for biomass, including a steep increase in demand for industrial purposes, and that this increase will have severe impacts on, inter alia, global emissions of nitrous oxide and methane due to a growing demand for meat and biomass for industrial and energy purposes;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Acknowledges concerns that the transition to a bioeconomy poses risks to food sovereignty, the protection of the world's forests and biodiversity, respect for local knowledge systems and traditional property rights;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission proposal to create a task force and roadmap on bioindustries, in which to highlight the contribution made by renewable resources and biotechnology to sustainable development, with a focus on job creation and the participation of European Trade Union representative bodies and other champions of green jobs;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 31 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the transition to a bioeconomy will enable Europe to take some major steps forward in terms of innovation and competitiveness and will enhance its role on the international scene, including its commitment to international human rights principles and norms;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 34 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers it necessary to further study the effects of biotechnology based on genetic modification before food production based on such technology is permitted;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 41 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of a system based on a continuous exchange of knowledge between research institutes, cooperative exchanges and Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), companies, institutions and universities and the development of a legal framework to facilitate research and its applications;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral information and training programmes need to be established so that the findings of that research can become permanent and be put into practice and so that European consumers become more aware/active citizens become more active in critically engaging with the bioeconomy agenda, its implications for sustainable consumption patterns and potential impact on communities beyond the EU;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 56 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it necessary to ensure that an integrated and interdisciplinary approach is taken to the bioeconomy and calls for the harmonisation of the different EU policies and relevant principles, notably the precautionary principle, given the risks associated with biotechnologies (land- based and marine), involved in its various sectors (Horizon 2020, cohesion policy, common agricultural policy, Renewable Energy Directive, Waste Framework Directive, Packaging Directive, specific measures on biowaste) and the establishment of a uniform and stable regulatory environment both at EU level and nationally;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2012/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Agrees with the need for a multi-level approach and calls for increasing attention to be paid to the international, regional and local dimension of the bioeconomy and to the impacts of the bioeconomy on rural communities and their CSOs outside the EU (including indigenous and environmental organisations), including potential undermining of food security, over-exploitation of natural resources, decreasing biodiversity and increased deforestation due to food and non-food production; welcomes the establishment, at the regional, national and EU levels, of bioeconomy platforms that are able to measure the progress made in the sector and enable an exchange of know-how and best practices to take place, with a view to ensuring that the bioeconomy develops evenly throughout the EU; calls on the Commission also to involve experts in the sector and in all the subject areas concerned, in addition to representatives of consumers and citizens; and to establish accountability pathways for stakeholders outside the EU, to assist social movements, indigenous and environmental organisations in their efforts to secure community access, control and rights over their resources including fisheries, forests and land;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2012/2080(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 182 – paragraph -1 (new)
The proceedings of Parliament shall be broadcast in real time on its website with the multilingual soundtrack in which all speeches appear in their original language as well as a soundtrack from all active interpretation booths.
2012/07/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 12 #

2012/2080(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 182 – paragraph 1
Immediately after the sitting, an indexed audiovisual record of the proceedings, including the multilingual original language soundtrack as well as the soundtrack from all active interpretation booths, shall be produced and made available on the internetParliament's website during the current and the next parliamentary term, after which it shall be preserved in the records of Parliament. That audiovisual record shall be linked to the verbatim reports of the proceedings as soon as they are available.
2012/07/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 60 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products lays down rules at Union level concerning tobacco products. Due to scientific, market and international developments, including the improved availability on the market of e-cigarettes, substantial changes are to be made to that Directive. For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to repeal Directive 2001/37/EC and to replace it by a new Directive.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) In other areas there are still substantial differences between the Member States' laws, regulations and administrative provisions on the manufacture, presentation, and sale of tobacco and related products which impede the functioning of the internal market. In the light of scientific, market and international developments these discrepancies are expected to increase. This applies in particular to nicotine containing products, herbal products for smoking, ingredients and emissions, certain aspects of labelling and packaging and the, cross-border distance saleand internet sales of tobacco products and point-of- sale displays of tobacco products.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The size of the internal market in tobacco and related products, the increasing tendency of manufacturers of tobacco products to concentrate production for the whole of the Union in only a small number of production plants within the Member States and the resulting significant cross-border trade, including internet sales, of tobacco and related products calls for legislative action at Union rather than national level to achieve the smooth operation of the internal market. and to harmonize a Union common safeguard of human health
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In accordance with Article 114(3) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter: ‘Treaty’), a high level of health protection should be taken as a basis, regard being had, in particular, to any new developments based on scientific facts. Tobacco products are not ordinary commodities and in view of the particularly harmful effects of tobacco, health protection should be given high importance, in particular to reduce smoking prevalence among young people. and to avoid any harmful consequence both to vulnerable groups and to all citizens by eliminating passive smoking where possible.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) The lack of a harmonised approach on ingredients regulation affects the functioning of the internal market and impacts on the free movement of goods across the EU and impedes an effective harmonised investigation at EU level on the health effects and attractiveness of tobacco products. Some Member States have adopted legislation or entered into binding agreements with the industry allowing or prohibiting certain ingredients or their combination. As a result, some ingredients are regulated in some Member States, but not in others. Member States are also taking different approaches as regards additives integrated in the filter of cigarettes as well as additives colouring the tobacco smoke. Without harmonisation, the obstacles on both the safeguard of citizens' health and the internal market are expected to increase in the coming years taking into account the implementation of the FCTC and its guidelines and considering experience gained in other jurisdictions outside the Union. The guidelines on Articles 9 and 10 FCTC call in particular for the removal of ingredients that increase palatability, create the impression that the tobacco products have health benefits, are associated with energy and vitality or have colouring properties.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 93 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) The lack of a harmonised approach on ingredients regulation affects the functioning of the internal market and impacts on the free movement of goods across the EU. Some Member States have adopted legislation or entered into binding agreements with the industry allowing or prohibiting certain ingredients. As a result, some ingredients are regulated in some Member States, but not in others. Member States are also taking different approaches as regards additives integrated in the filter of cigarettes as well as additives colouring the tobacco smoke. Without harmonisation, the obstacles on the internal market are expected to increase in the coming years taking into account the implementation of the FCTC and its guidelines and considering experience gained in other jurisdictions outside the Union. It is thus appropriate to introduce a positive list of additives that may be used in tobacco products. The guidelines on Articles 9 and 10 FCTC call in particular for the removal of ingredients that increase palatability, create the impression that the tobacco products have health benefits, are associated with energy and vitality or have colouring properties.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
(14 b) It is important not only to consider the properties of additives as such, but also of their combustion products. Additives as well as their combustion products should not meet the criteria for classification as hazardous in accordance with Regulation EC (No) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures1. _____________ 1 OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessary for manufacturing of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour.. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision makingflavour and are not linked to attractiveness. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Certain additives are used to create the impression that tobacco products have health benefits, present reduced health hazards or increase mental alertness and physical performance. Other additives such as sugar are used to mitigate or to improve the flavour and taste of tobacco products in order to enable easier consumption. These additives should be prohibited in order to ensure uniform rules and a high level of health protection.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 120 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Considering the Directive's focus on young people, tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain ingredients requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people.deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 121 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Considering the Directive's focus on young people, tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain ingredients requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people.deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) The labelling provisions also need to be adapted to new scientific evidence. For example the indication of the yields for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide on cigarette packets have proven to be misleading as it makes consumers believe that certain cigarettes are less harmful than others. Evidence also suggests that large combined health warnings with both clear pictorial and text warnings are more effective than text-only warnings. In this light combined health warnings should become mandatory throughout the Union and cover significant and visible parts of the packet surface. A minimum size should be set for all health warnings to ensure their visibility and effectiveness.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 b (new)
(23 b) Studies have shown that standardising the presentation of the name of the trade mark and of the pack colour (plain packaging) makes packaging less attractive and enhances the effectiveness of health warnings, thereby decreasing smoking uptake and tobacco consumption. The guidelines on Articles 11 and 13 FCTC call on Parties to consider adopting plain packaging requirements.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 157 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) The labelling of tobacco products for smoking, other than cigarettes and roll- your-own tobacco products, which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain labelling requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people. The labelling of these other tobacco products should follow specific rules. The visibility of the health warnings on smokeless tobacco products needs to be ensured. Warnings should therefore be placed on the two main surfaces of smokeless tobacco product packaging.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 167 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure independence and transparency, manufacturers of tobacco productMember States should conclude data storage contracts with independent third parties, under the auspices of an external auditor, who should be appointed by the Commission. The data related to the tracking and tracing system should be kept separate from other company related data and be under the control of and accessible at all times by the competent authorities from Member States and the Commission. Member States should ensure full transparency and accessibility of the data storage facilities for the competent authorities of the Member States, the Commission and the independent third party on a permanent basis.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 175 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Cross-border distance sales of tobacco facilitate access to tobacco products of young people and risk to undermine compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. Common rules on a notification system are necessary to ensure that this Directive achieves its full potential. The provision on notification of cross-border distance sales of tobacco in this Directive should apply notwithstanding the notification procedure set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services . Business to consumer distance sale of tobacco products is further regulated by Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts, which will be replaced by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, as of 13 June 2014and internet sales should be prohibited.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 c (new)
(30 c) Member States apply different rules in allowing retailers and locally authorised sellers to advertise and display tobacco products within their premises: The provisions adopted in certain Members States which ban point of sale displays should be extended and considered as helpful in reducing tobacco consumption amongst young people.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 184 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 d (new)
(30 d) Free distribution of tobacco products as promotional advertising, still used via online retail or tolerated in some public places in some Member States, should be prohibited.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 251 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the prohibition of cross-border distance sales and internet sales of tobacco products;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 256 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the placing on the market and the labelling of certain products, which are related to tobacco products, namely nicotine-containing products such as e- cigarettes and herbal products for smoking;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 283 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘characterising flavour’ means a distinguishable aroma or taste other than tobacco, resulting from an additive or combination of additives, including but not limited to fruit, spice, herb, alcohol, candy, menthol or vanilla observable before or upon intended use of the tobacco product;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 291 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are electrical consumer products, where the smoker inhales a vaporised liquid solution containing nicotine, propylene glycol and glycerol among other substances which enable the user to simulate the act of smoking
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 296 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) Comprehensive information should be provided by e-cigarette manufacturers concerning the different ingredients of their products, the effects of nicotine vaporization as well as any other impacts on human health due to the inhalation of potentially carcinogenic substances.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 323 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
(24a) ‘outside transport packaging’ means any packaging, consisting of an aggregation of unit packets, in which tobacco products are transported from the manufacturer to the subsequent economic operators before being placed on the market, such as cartons, master cases and pallets;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 414 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify the Commission of the methods of measurement that they use for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes as well as vapours inhaled from e-cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt methods of measurement.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 520 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(a a) sugar or similar additives which mitigate or alter the original tobacco flavour or taste in order to improve its palatability or attractiveness, or
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 566 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 620 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm. For roll-your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed. For tobacco for smoking other than cigarettes and roll- your-own tobacco, the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover at least 50% of the surface on which they are printed.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 641 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of tobacco for smoking shall carry combined picture and text health warnings. The combined health warnings shall:
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 678 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 75 80% of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 719 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not less than 648 mm;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 761 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Tobacco products for smoking other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the obligations to carry the information message laid down in Article 8(2) and the combined health warnings in Article 9. In addition to the general warning specified in Article 8(1), each unit packet and any outside packaging of these products shall carry a text warning listed in Annex I. The general warning specified in Article 8(1) shall include a reference to the cessation services in accordance with Article 9(1)(b).
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 766 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The general warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 3at least 50 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 352 % for Member States with two official languages and 355 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 771 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 460 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 465 % for Member States with two official languages and 580 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 974 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco products from the manufacturer to the last economic operator before the first retail outlet, record the entry of all unit packets and outside transport packaging into their possession, as well as all intermediate movements and the final exit from their possession. This obligation can be fulfilled by recording in aggregated form, e.g. of outside packaging, provided that tracking and tracing of unit packets remains possible.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1035 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where theprohibit retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending to engageir own territory from trading or being involved in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authoritiand internet sales:.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1048 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1056 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1064 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1073 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1083 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1093 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1101 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1109 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a Point-of-sale displays of tobacco 1. Member States shall prohibit point-of- sale displays of tobacco in their territory. 2. Tobacco products shall be completely concealed from the customer except during the purchase or sale of tobacco products, or stocktaking, restocking, staff training or maintenance of the storage unit. 3. Display of tobacco products for those reasons listed in paragraph 2 may only last as long as is necessary to complete those tasks. 4. Prices of tobacco products shall be listed in a standardised format. No package deals or special discounts shall be displayed.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1316 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. However, a Member State may maintain more stringent national provisions, applicable to all products alike, in areas covered by the Directive, on grounds of overriding needs relating to the protection of public health. Provisions recommending retailers of tobacco products to not display them at the point of sale are considered suitable measures to safeguard public health. A Member State may also introduce more stringent provisions, on grounds relating to the specific situation of this Member State and provided the provisions are justified by the need to protect public health. Such national provisions shall be notified to the Commission together with the grounds for maintaining or introducing them. The Commission shall, within six months from the date of receiving the notification, approve or reject the provisions after having verified, taking into account the high level of health protection achieved through this Directive, whether or not they are justified, necessary and proportionate to their aim and whether or not they are a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Member States. In the absence of a decision by the Commission within this period the national provisions shall be deemed to be approved.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2012/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) nº 1100/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4
(3a) In Article 5, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. A Member State which has submitted an Eel Management Plan to the Commission for approval not later than 31 December 2008, which cannot be approved by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 or which does not adhere to the reporting and evaluation conditions set out in Article 9, shall either reduce fishing effort by at least 50 % relative to the average effort deployed from 2004 to 2006 or reduce fishing effort to ensure a reduction in eel catches by at least 50 % relative to the average catch from 2004 to 2006, either by shortening the fishing season for eel or by other means. This reduction shall be implemented within three months of the decision not to approve the plan or within three months of failure to meet a reporting deadline."
2013/04/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2012/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) nº 1100/2007
Article 7 – paragraphs 6 and 7
6. In the event of a significant decline of average market prices for eels used for restocking, as compared to those of eels used for other purposes, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission. The Commission, by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 12a and in order to address the situation, may temporarily reduce the percentages of eels used for restocking as referred to in paragraph 2 where the Eel Management Plan is in compliance with Article 2(4). 7. The Commission shall, not later than 31 December 2012, report to the European Parliament and the Council and evaluate the measures concerning restocking including the evolution of market priceocess. The Commission shall, not later than 31 October 2013, report to the European Parliament and the Council and evaluate the measures concerning restocking, taking into account the latest scientific advice on the conditions under which restocking is likely to contribute to the increase of the spawning stock biomass.
2013/04/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #

2012/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4a (new)
Regulation (EC) nº 1100/2007
Article 7 – paragraph 8
(4a) In Article 7, paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: "Restocking shall be deemed to be a conservation measure for the purposes of Article 38(2) of (insert new EMFF Regulation), provided that: - it is part of an Eel Management Plan established in accordance with Article 2, - it concerns eels less than 20 cm in length, and - it contributes to the achievement of the 40 % target level of escapement as referred to in Article 2(4)."
2013/04/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 63 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The achievement of the objectives of the CFP would also be undermined if Union financial assistance under EMFF is paid to Member States who do not comply with their obligations under the CFP rules related to the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources, such as collecting data, efforts to balance the capacity of the fishing fleet in relation to fishing opportunities, and implementing the control obligations. Moreover, without complying with those obligations there is a risk that inadmissible beneficiaries or ineligible operations are not detected by the Member States.
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) As a result of the establishment of systems of transferable fishIn order to support Member States in the implementation of new systems in allocating aconcessions envisaged in Article 27 of the [CFP Regulation] and in order to support Member States in the implementation of these new system to fishing resources so as to provide preferential access to the most sustainable operations, the EMFF should grant support in terms of capacity building and exchange of best practices.
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) The introduction of the transferable fishing concessions systems should make the sector more competitive. Consequently, there may be a need for new professional opportunities outside the fishing activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the diversification and job creation in fishing communities in particular by supporting business start-ups, micro businesses and the reassignment of vessels for maritime activities outsideespecially fishing activities of small scale coastal fishing vessels. This last operation seems to be appropriate as the small scale coastal fishing vessels are not covered by the transferable fishing concessions systems.
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 86 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. The removal of overcapacity through public aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concerned.
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) With overcapacity being one of the key drivers of overfishing, measures need to be taken to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available; in this context, the EMFF should support the establishment, modification and management of the systems of transferable fishing concessions introduced by the CFP as management tools for reducing overcapacity.deleted
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
(77) The EMFF should support the promotion of integrated maritime governance at all levels especially through exchanges of best practices and the further development and implementation of sea basin strategies. These strategies aim at setting up an integrated framework to address common challenges in European sea basins and strengthened co-operation between stakeholders to maximise the use of Union financial instruments and funds and contribute to the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union and the environmental sustainability.
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 157 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 2 – point b
(b) enhancement of the competitiveness and viability of fisheries, in particular of small scale coastal fleet, and improvement of safety orand working conditions;
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 182 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – point b a (new)
(ba) investments on board or in individual equipments for fleets operating at overcapacity;
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 227 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Support to systems of transferable fishing concessions of the CFPthat allocate fishing opportunities
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 230 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design and development of technical and administrative means necessary for the creation orand functioning of a transferable fishing concessionsinnovative systems to allocate preferential access to fishing resources to the most syustemainable operations;
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stakeholder participation in designing and developing transferable fishing concessions systemssystems referred to in paragraph 1(a);
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 248 #

2011/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are registered as active vessels and which have carried a fishing activity of at least 6120 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application;
2012/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 - section 1 - part 8 - insert new line 2 in title
Sligo - Derry - Belfast
2012/09/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 40 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 - section 1 - part 8 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Pre-identified sections Mode Description/dates Dublin - Belfast Rail Upgrading; Dublin Interconectors (DART) Sligo - Derry - Belfast Rail studies "Western Arc" rail network, extending from Belfast through Derry, Sligo, Knock, Galway to Limerick/Foynes and Cork Glasgow - Edinburgh Rail upgrading High Speed 2 Rail studies Cardiff - Bristol - London Rail upgrading Dublin, Cork, Southampton, Le Havre Ports hinterland connections Le Havre - Paris IWW upgrading Le Havre - Paris Rail studies Calais - Paris Rail preliminary studies
2012/09/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 362 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) actions implementing the comprehensive network according to Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines] when such actions contribute to facilitating cross-border traffic flows or removing bottlenecks and when these actions also contribute to the development of the core network, up to a ceiling of 5% of the financial envelope for transport as specified in Article 5 of this Regulation;
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 417 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) rail and inland waterways: and for road networks in the case of Member States with no railway network established in their territory or in the case of a Member State with an isolated network as defined in Article 3(qq) of Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [TEN-T guidelines] without long distance rail freight transport, the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased up to 30% for actions addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate may be increased up to 40 % for actions concerning cross-border sections and enhancing rail interoperability actions;
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 440 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
(ii a) for actions to support cross-border road sections, 10% of the eligible cost;
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 553 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The projects detailed in Part I of the Annex are not binding on the Member States for their programming decisions. The decision to implement these projects is a competence of Member States and will depend on public financing capacities, and on their socio-economic viability in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines].
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 667 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 8 – introductory part
Belfast – Dublin – Holyhead – Birmingham Sligo – Derry – Belfast Glasgow/Edinburgh – Birmingham Birmingham – London – Lille – Brussel/Bruxelles Dublin/Cork/Southampton – Le Havre – Paris London – Dover – Calais – Paris
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 668 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 8 - row 2 a (new)
Sligo - Derry - Belfast Rail studies ("Western Arc" rail network, extending from Belfast through Derry, Sligo, Knock, Galway to Limerick/Foynes and Cork)
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 669 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 8 – row 2 a (new)
Larne - Belfast Ports, Roads upgrading
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 185 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The guidelines provide for measures for the implementation of the trans-European network. The implementation of projects of common interest depends on their degree of maturity, the compliance with national and EU legal procedures and the availability of financial resources, without prejudging the financial commitment of a Member State or the Union.
2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 193 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘p'Project of common interest' means any piece of planned transport infrastructure, of existing transport infrastructure or any modification of existing transport infrastructure that complies with the provisions of Chapter II and any measures providing the efficient management and use of such infrastructureroject carried out pursuant to the requirements of this Regulation;
2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 220 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) 'isolated network' means the rail network of a Member State, or a part thereof, with a track gauge which is different to that of the European standard nominal track gauge (1435mm), for which certain major infrastructure investments cannot be justified in economic cost-benefit terms by virtue of the specificities of that network arising from its geographic detachment or peripheral location;
2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 282 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) have been subject to a socio-economic cost benefit analysis resulting in a positive net present valuebe economically viable on the basis of the socio-economic costs and benefits;
2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 301 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Member States shall ensure thatEfforts shall be made to complete the comprehensive network is completed and fullyand compliesy with the relevant provisions of this Chapter by 31 December 2050 at the latest.
2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 462 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. High-quality roads shall be specially designed and built for motor traffic, and shall be either: motorways or, express roads or conventional strategic roads.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 465 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point a – point ii
(ii) does not cross at levelgrade with any road, railway or tramway track, bicycle path or footpath; and
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 468 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
(b) An express road is a road rdeservigned for motor traffic accessible primarily from interchanges or controlled junctions only and which:
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 471 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
(ii) does not cross at levelgrade with any railway or tramway track, or footpath.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 473 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) A conventional strategic road is a road which is not a motorway or express road, but which is still a high quality road as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 596 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The infrastructure of the core network shall meet all the requirements set out in Chapter II without exception. In addition, the following requirements shall also be met by the infrastructure of the core network, without prejudice to paragraph 3:
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 631 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 1
– the development of rest areas approximately every 5100 kilometres on motorways in order inter alia to provide sufficientappropriate parking space for commercial road users with an appropriate level of safety and security;
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 637 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Without prejudice to Directive 2008/57/EC, at the request of a Member State, as regards railway transport infrastructure, exemptions may be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases as regards the train length, ERTMS, axle load, electrification and line speed. At the request of a Member State, as regards road transport infrastructure, exemptions from the provisions of Article 20(3)(a) or (b) may be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases as long as an appropriate level of safety is ensured. The duly justified cases referred to in this paragraph shall include cases where infrastructure investments cannot be justified in economic cost-benefit terms.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 655 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Maritime ports indicatedset out in Part 2 of Annex II shall be connected with the railway and road transport infrastructure of the trans-European transport network by 31 December 2030 at the latest, except in duly justified casesand, where possible, with the inland waterway infrastructure by 31 December 2030, except where physical constraints prevent it.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 658 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. The main airports indicated in Part 1b of Annex II shall be connected with the railway and road transport infrastructure of the trans-European transport network by 31 December 2050 a, except twhe latesre physical constraints prevent it. Taking into account potential traffic demand, such airports shall be integrated into the high speed rail network wherever possible.
2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 786 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 07/33
To add Londonderry and its connecting route to Belfast to the core network, comprising the roads M2 - A6 as well as the railway line Belfast - Coleraine - Londonderry
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 244 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) 'young farmer': farmer who is less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding;.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 631 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The approval referred to in paragraph 1 shall be issued by the Commission within two months from the receipt of the request.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 919 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers;a farmer who possesses adequate occupational skills and competences and who has set up as head of holding for the first time and fulfils additional criteria as may be defined by Member States
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1416 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may grant payments under this measure between 2014 and 2017 to farmers in areas which were eligible under Article 36(a)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 during the 2007-2013 programming period but are no longer eligible following the new delimitation referred to in Article 3346(3). These payments shall be degressive starting in 2014 at 80% of the payment received in 2013 and ending in 2017 at 20%.nd ending by 31 December 2017 at the latest. The sum total of the degressive payments paid to any farmer shall not exceed 200% of the payment received by that farmer in 2013."
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2073 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 18(3)
18(3) Investment in physical Agricultural sector assets 50% Of the amount of eligible 75% investment in less developed regions 65% Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions 40% Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by 20%, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90%, for: - Young farmers setting up - Collective investments and integrated projects 50% - Areas facing natural constraints as referred to in Article 33. 75% - Operations supported in the framework of the EIP 65% Processing and marketing of Annex I products 40% Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by 20%, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90%, for operations supported in the framework of the EIP Text amended 18(3) Investment in physical Agricultural sector assets 50% Of the amount of eligible 75% investment in less developed regions 65% Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions 40% Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by 20%, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90%, for: - Young farmers - Collective investments and integrated projects 50% - Areas facing natural constraints as referred to in Article 33. 75% - Operations supported in the framework of the EIP 65% Processing and marketing of Annex I products 40% Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by 20%, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90%, for operations supported in the framework of the EIP
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The CSF Funds shall provide support, through multi-annual programmes, which complements national, regional and local intervention, to deliver the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, taking account of the Integrated Guidelines, the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4)objectives laid down in Article 174 of the Treaty.
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 463 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) promoting sustainable transport, developing clean or low-carbon public transport facilities and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures;
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 464 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) promoting employment and training and supporting labour mobility in employment catchment areas or sectors in which this is necessary;
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 465 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, investing in the social economy, working to eradicate poverty and facilitating universal access to health care;
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 470 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needsobjectives laid down in Article 174 of the Treaty.
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 503 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – title
2. Coherence and Consistency with the Union's Economic GovernanceStrategy, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Social Policies
2013/06/26
Committee: REGI