Activities of Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 124

Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applirticle 124 deleted Based ton the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applyrformance review The Commission shall withing the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).wo Where the target values referred to Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Karin KADENBACH, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 124

Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. Where the target values referred to in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).rticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Karin KADENBACH, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, ~~15,~~ 23, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50,78, 81, 104 and 141 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR ~~5 45~~7 900 000 000 in current prices.

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part

(a) EUR ~~3 5~~5 200 000 000 for the field Environment, of which

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 1

(1) EUR ~~2 15~~3 200 000 000 for the sub- programme Nature and Biodiversity and

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2

(2) EUR ~~1 35~~2 000 000 000 for the sub- programme Circular Economy and Quality of Life;

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part

(b) EUR ~~1 95~~2 700 000 000 for the field Climate Action, of which

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 1

(1) EUR 951 700 000 000 for the sub- programme Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

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

5a. At least 61 % of the budgetary resources allocated to projects supported by way of action grants under the sub- programme for Environment shall be dedicated to projects supporting the conservation of nature and biodiversity.

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt multiannual work programmes for the LIFE Programme. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21a.

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0209(COD)

Susanne MELIOR, Eric ANDRIEU, Karin KADENBACH, Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Marc TARABELLA, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Paul BRANNEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)

Article 21a Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for the LIFE Programme for the Environment and Climate Action. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. Where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)

(25 a) It is considered necessary to support integrated territorial development also on rural and peri-urban areas of the Union in order to more effectively tackle the economic, environmental, climate, demographic and social challenges within these areas. The principles for selecting such areas where integrated actions for sustainable development are to be implemented, and the indicative amounts for those actions, should be set out in the programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal with a minimum target of 10 % of the ERDF resources allocated at national level for that purpose.

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) developing smart energy systems, grids and storage at local level, as well as supporting the development of energy cooperatives;

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) enhancing digital connectivity with particular attention to connectivity in rural areas;

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)

(iv a) promoting rural mobility;

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)

(ii a) supporting Smart Villages strategies in order to reduce the development gap between urban and rural areas;

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Tibor SZANYI

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

~~(i) investment in broadband infrastructure in areas in which there are at least two broadband networks of equivalent category;~~deleted

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The ERDF ~~may~~shall support integrated territorial development within programmes under both goals referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] in accordance with Chapter II of Title III of that Regulation[new CPR].

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0197(COD)

Article 10 a Sustainable development of rural areas 1. The ERDF shall support integrated territorial development based on territorial strategies in accordance with Article [23] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] focused on rural areas and within programmes under both goals referred to in Article 4(2) of that Regulation. 2. At least 10% of the ERDF resources at national level under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to sustainable development of rural areas in the form of community-led local development, integrated territorial investments or another territorial tool under PO5. 3. The percentage allocated to sustainable development of rural areas under paragraph 2 shall be complied with throughout the entire programming period when ERDF allocations are transferred between priorities of a programme or between programmes, including at the mid-term review in accordance with Article [14] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR]. 4. Where the ERDF allocation is reduced following a decommitment under Article [99] of Regulation (EU) No [new CPR], or due to financial corrections by the Commission in accordance with Article [98] of that Regulation, compliance with paragraph 2 shall not be re-assessed. 5. At least 50 % of the amount from paragraph 2 shall be allocated to Smart Villages Strategies in the form of community led local development, integrated territorial investment or another territorial tool under PO5.

2018/11/06
Committee: REGI

2018/0196(COD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. stresses that young women should be encouraged to take on the responsibility of management in agriculture and should be given adequate support in terms of access to land, credit and further knowledge of rules and regulations;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

18. Considers that developing modern agricultural practices will make agriculture more attractive to young farmers; stresses the need to support innovative digital farming technology and smart solutions and urges the Commission to ensure that any future CAP reflects this;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Momchil NEKOV, Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Highlights that CAP needs smart approaches, as these new solutions make rural life and villages attractive to young people;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2084(INI)

Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Jo LEINEN, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that regulatory quality and public sector integrity are two dimensions of public governance that are critically important for investment in clean energy innovation and infrastructure; supports a more intensive implementation of different financial instruments for up- taking of clean-energy innovative solutions, both by public and private organizations;

2017/07/14
Committee: ENVI

2017/2084(INI)

Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Jo LEINEN, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the importance of ensuring that, in the future, a European low- carbon transition ~~is not~~will be geared ~~solely~~ to the interests of ~~large corporations but is~~all, focuseding primarily on the need for provision of public services; encourages public procurement of innovative low-carbon solutions;

2017/07/14
Committee: ENVI

2017/2084(INI)

Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Jo LEINEN, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recommends increasing the efforts for investing in research and innovation, in technological and health related education of pupils and students and in the cooperation inside the knowledge triangle – education, science and business, including on renewable energy sources and energy efficiency and their impact on the environment and on the citizens' health;

2017/07/14
Committee: ENVI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI

2017/2043(BUD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Ismail ERTUG, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Lucy ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Insists on the need to provide funds to compensate for the economic losses suffered by farmers due to market crises and sanitary or phytosanitary crises such as Xylella fastidiosa, and reiterates the need to use the available margins under Heading 2 in cooperation with Heading 3 to this effect; insists that compensation for eradication should also cover rehabilitation of agroecosystems including the soil, as well as establishing robust biological diversity, especially ensuring genetic diversity of the planting stock that ideally includes resistance to or tolerance of the disease or pest; indeed, considers that one of the aims of any aid granted should be to ensure balanced, biologically diverse agro-ecosystems and landscapes that are less susceptible to future attacks;

2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI

Karin KADENBACH, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Ethylene dichloride (1,2- dichloroethane, EDC) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. ~~It is possible, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for ethylene dichloride.~~ The Committee identified for ethylene dichloride the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for ethylene dichloride in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.

2017/06/27
Committee: AGRI

2017/0004(COD)

Karin KADENBACH, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Marc TARABELLA

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

Directive 2004/37/EC
Article I – point 5 a

Work involving exposure to oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine., more precisely used motor oils or used crankcase oils consist of blends of hydrocarbons including paraffins, naphthenics, and complex/alkylated polyaromatics and lubricating additives *. Work involving exposure to Diesel engine exhaust fumes. Work involving exposure to rubber dust and fumes. __________________ * as advised in SCOEL/OPIN/2016-405 Mineral Oils as Used Engine Oils Opinion from the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits

2017/06/27
Committee: AGRI

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)

Article 1a Review of limit values The limit values established in this Directive will be kept under review in the light of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC58 and of the opinions of the ECHA Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and Socio-economic Analysis Committee (SEAC), in particular to take account of the interaction between limit values established in Directive 2004/37/EC and dose-response relations, actual exposure information, and, where available, DNELs (Derived No Effect Levels) derived for hazardous chemicals in accordance with that Regulation.

2017/06/27
Committee: AGRI

Paragraph 22

22. BCalls for the establishment of a fee structure to ensure proper and independent financing of type approval, market surveillance and activities of technical services; believes that type- approval authorities should be made responsible for checking the ~~financial~~commercial and economic relations existing between car manufacturers and ~~technical services~~suppliers on the one hand and technical services on the other hand in order to prevent conflicts of interest between the two;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Paragraph 36 e (new)

36e. Calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to follow a more integrated approach in their policies to improve the environmental performance of cars, in order to ensure progress on both the decarbonisation and air quality objectives, such as by fostering the electrification or transition to alternative motorisations of the car fleet;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 36 f (new)

36 f. Calls on the Commission, to that end, to review the Clean Power for Transport Directive and to come forward with a Draft Regulation on CO2 standards for the car fleets coming onto the market from 2025 onwards, with the inclusion of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) and Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV) mandates that impose a stepwise increasing share of zero and ultra-low emission vehicles in the total fleet with the aim to phase out new CO2-emitting cars by 2035;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Seb DANCE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Carlos ZORRINHO, Lucy ANDERSON, Ismail ERTUG, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Martina WERNER

Paragraph 36 g (new)

36g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to foster green public procurement policies, purchasing ZEVs and ULEVs by public authorities for their own fleets or for (semi-)public car sharing programs;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 36 h (new)

36 h. Calls on the Commission to review the emissions limits set out in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 with a view to improving air quality in the Union and to achieving the Union ambient air quality limits as well as the WHO recommended levels, and come forward by 2025 at the latest with proposals, as appropriate, for new technology-neutral Euro 7 emission limits applicable for all M1 and N1 vehicles placed on the Union market;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 36 i (new)

36i. Asks the Commission to consider the review of the Environmental Liability Directive (2004/35/EC) to include environmental damage caused by air pollution by car manufactures that are violating the EU's car emissions legislation; believes that if car manufactures could be held financially liable for remedying the environmental damage they caused, an increased level of prevention and precaution might be expected;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses the importance of bringing together farmers in cooperatives or professional associations in order to reduce food losses by strengthening their knowledge of markets, allowing more efficient programming, economies of scale and improving their capacity to market their production;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Biljana BORZAN, Nessa CHILDERS, Marc TARABELLA, Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Susanne MELIOR, Elena GENTILE, Tibor SZANYI, Jo LEINEN, Karin KADENBACH, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is no common consistent definition of ‘food waste’ nor a common methodology for measuring food waste at Union level yet, which makes it difficult to compare different datasets and to measure progress in reducing food waste; whereas in the FUSIONS project, food waste was defined as ‘any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be recovered or disposed (including composted, crops ploughed in/not harvested, anaerobic digestion, bio-energy production, co- generation, incineration, disposal to sewer, landfill or discarded to sea)’11 ; whereas for the purpose of this report, 'food waste' means food intended for human consumption, either in edible or inedible status, removed from the production or supply chain to be discarded including at primary production, processing, manufacturing, transportation, storage, retail and consumer levels; _________________ 11 FUSIONS Definitional Framework for Food Waste, 3 July 2014.

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that food waste is a problem at every stage of the chain, whether it is production, processing, marketing, transport or consumption; insists therefore on the need to improve communication between all actors in the food supply chain, in particular between suppliers and distributors, in order to match supply and demand, the discrepancies of which are one of the main causes of food waste;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Biljana BORZAN, Nessa CHILDERS, Marc TARABELLA, Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Susanne MELIOR, Elena GENTILE, Tibor SZANYI, Jo LEINEN, Simona BONAFÈ, Karin KADENBACH, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)

Nb. whereas local and regional authorities have a key role to play in reducing food waste in the area of their competence; whereas actions to reduce food waste should be taken at the appropriate level;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that farmer-led initiatives can offer viable economic solutions and provide value for products which might otherwise go to waste, by developing markets for products that would normally be excluded from the food chain, and highlights the potential of farmer-led social innovation projects such as gleaning and donation of excess foodstuffs to food banks;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Notes that the food industry has already taken initiatives to reduce food waste by strengthening cooperation with food banks throughout Europe; notes, however, that there are still barriers to donations, mainly of legal nature; calls on the Commission to clarify the interpretation of the legal provisions discouraging donations;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Stresses that, in the context of food aid, VAT on food donations is due, but Member States may consider that the value used for the calculation of VAT is low or close to zero if the donation is made close to the recommended date of consumption or if the foodstuffs are unsaleable; notes that in practice VAT on food aid is treated differently from one Member State to another; calls, therefore, on the Commission to clarify the rules on the application of the VAT Directive in the case of food aid;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Ismail ERTUG, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Lucy ANDERSON, Martina WERNER, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO

5 a. At the same time, the development of a new, more realistic, laboratory test procedure, the so called Worldwide Harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), that is due to replace the obsolete NEDC, took an extremely long time, and the test will be mandatory as part of the type approval process of all new vehicle types from 1 September 2017 onwards and for all new vehicles one year later. The WLTP has been chosen by the Commission and Member States as the test procedure for CO2 emissions, other pollutant emissions and fuel consumption measurements for the purpose of type approval.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Ismail ERTUG, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Lucy ANDERSON, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. From the evidence gathered and from internal exchanges of emails in the Commission, it is clear that vehicle manufacturers strongly resisted the introduction of PEMS at any stage of type approval and delayed the work of the RDE-LDV working group, insisting on the application of the random laboratory cycle as an "easier procedure" for emission compliance, leaving the door open for possible cycle-beating.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. The excessive length of the process leading to the introduction of regulatory RDE tests cannot be ~~explained only in part~~sufficiently explained by the complexity of the development of a new test procedure, the time needed for the technological development of PEMS, and the length of the decision-making and administrative processes at the EU level. The delays were also due to choices of political priorities, ~~such as~~and constant pressure from the industry, that put the focus of the Commission and the Member States on avoiding burdens on industry in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. It is debatable, as confirmed by several experts, whether there is a need to include any conformity factor in the RDE procedure, given that they remain in clear contradiction with the results of several independent tests carried out on Euro 6 cars, which showed NOx conformity factors below the value of 1.5 or even much lower than 1 are already achievable. Moreover, conformity factors are not justifiable from a technical perspective and do not reflect an obvious need to develop new technology, but rather allow the ongoing use of technology with less efficiency, while efficient technology is present on the market but has low penetration levels for economic reasons today.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. The introduction and application of conformity factors at the agreed levels could be considered a de facto blanket derogation from the applicable emissions limits for a considerable amount of time and thus run counter to the aims and objectives of the basic Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 given that the established conformity factors did not only reflect the measurement uncertainty of PEMS, but have been adapted further to the demands for more leniency by Member States and car manufacturers, without technical justification.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. The analysis of the minutes of the RDE-LDV working group and of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) shows that some Member States~~, including in particular France, Italy and Spain,~~ acted on several occasions to delay the adoption process of the RDE tests and to favour less stringent testing methods. In addition, several Member States (Italy, Spain, France, Slovak Republic, Romania, and Hungary), prevented the formation of a qualified majority in the TCMV, resulting in a postponement of the vote on the first RDE package, and therefore a delay of the whole RDE process, that is still not completed today, but was initially foreseen to be applicable for compliance purposes as of the date of introduction of the Euro 6 emission limits (2014 for new type-approvals and 2015 for all new vehicles). As a result of lobbying from certain Member States for a higher value of conformity factor, new car models will have to respect the NTE Euro 6 emission standards, already agreed by the co-legislators in 2007, not before 2020. This is six years later than originally planned and three years later than the already once delayed timing the European Commission proposed in its CARS 2020 Communication of 8/11/2012 (COM(2012) 636).

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. The CARS 2020 proposal, explicitly delayed necessary emissions regulations in order to protect the car industry from 'regulatory burden' in the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. Ensuring compliance with existing EU emissions standards was superseded by the economic concerns of an industrial sector.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Some emission control strategies applied by car manufacturers point towards the possible use of prohibited defeat devices. For instance, some manufacturers decrease the effectiveness of ECTs outside specific “"thermal windows”" close to the temperature range prescribed by the NEDC test, but which are not justifiable byaccording to the technical limitations of the ECTs. Others modulate ECTs to decrease their efficiency after a certain time from the start of the engine, close to the duration of the test, has elapsed. Moreover, in many cases, emissions measured on a test cycle after a certain period following engine start are unjustifiably higher, given the technical functionality of ECTs, than on the same cycle with measurements done immediately after engine start.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Following the Volkswagen scandal, some car manufacturers have adjusted their thermal windows to allow their existing emissions control technologies to operate within a much broader temperature range.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Ismail ERTUG, Seb DANCE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Lucy ANDERSON, Miriam DALLI, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. The evidence gathered confirmed that car manufacturers - who are responsible for ensuring that no prohibited defeat device is used in their vehicles - interpret the rules established in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 in such a way that they are optimising their vehicles in order to simply pass the test cycle and comply with the letter of the law, but not necessarily the spirit. At the same time, the car manufacturers clearly disregarded the provisions set in Article 5(1) of the above- mentioned Regulation, obliging them to equip their vehicles so that the components likely to affect emissions are designed, constructed and assembled so as to enable the vehicle, in normal use, to comply with the Regulation and its implementing measures.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Between 2005 and 2015, the EIB granted loans to the Volkswagen Group in the order of EUR 4.3 billion. Of these about EUR 3.1billion concerned loans for RDI investments for emissions reduction of (passenger and commercial vehicle) engines. It is still unclear, pending ongoing investigations by OLAF and EIB, whether there is a link between the loans received by Volkswagen and the illegal software installed.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. The Member States’ failure to organise an efficient market surveillance system constitutes a contravention of EU law. The verification of the conformity of production and in-service conformity of light-duty vehicles is often based only on laboratory tests performed on the car manufacturers’ premises, even if current legislation does not prevent the use of different or additional tests.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Bas EICKHOUT, Lucy ANDERSON, Miriam DALLI, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Eleonora EVI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38 a. One of the structural weaknesses of the current type-approval framework in Europe is that it is only the type-approval authority that granted a type-approval to a given vehicle that can effectively withdraw the certificate of conformity that was given to the vehicle concerned.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Ismail ERTUG, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Flavio ZANONATO, Lucy ANDERSON, Miriam DALLI, Massimo PAOLUCCI

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Delays in the delivery of requested documentation represented a major obstacle in the work of the committee. The documents were of varying quality, some of them were very hard to read and, therefore, to use. The lengthy internal procedure in the Commission, which requires the College’'s approval to react to requests from the committee, together with gaps in its archiving system, delayed the collection of evidence during the time available. Furthermore, the transmission of the information requested was not structured in a user-friendly way, which made it more complicated to retrieve the information.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Lucy ANDERSON, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. The procedure followed to grant access to the minutes of the regulatory committee (based on explicit consent by the 28 Member States) was unnecessarily cumbersome, lengthy and based on a very narrow interpretation of the law. The access to those documents was too limited, which led to possible mistakes or important information not being taken into account. It should not be followed again in the future.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, Ismail ERTUG, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Theresa GRIFFIN, Nicola DANTI, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Miriam DALLI, Martina WERNER, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)

61 a. In order to facilitate the work of the European Parliament's committees of inquiry, given they work under considerable time pressure to scrutinise a huge amount of documents, it is essential that the rules governing the treatment of confidential information by the European Parliament, and in particular the access rights of members' accredited parliamentary assistants (APAs) to "other confidential information" (OCI), are reviewed.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2188(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the minutes of meetings of the Board of Supervisors, which are publicly available, should provide better insight into the discussions held, members’ positions and voting behaviour; believes that outreach to ~~the general public~~EU citizens could also be enhanced by web streaming events.

2017/01/17
Committee: ECON

2016/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the minutes of meetings of the Board of Supervisors, which are publicly available, should provide better insight into the discussions held, members’ positions and voting behaviour; ~~believ~~stresses that outreach to ~~the general public~~EU citizens could also be enhanced by web streaming events.

2017/01/17
Committee: ECON

2016/2186(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the minutes of meetings of the Board of Supervisors, which are publicly available, should provide better insight into the discussions held, members’ positions and voting behaviour; believes that outreach to ~~the general public~~EU citizens could also be enhanced by web streaming events.

2017/01/17
Committee: ECON

2016/2151(DEC)

Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that the simplification of the CAP should not put viable food production at risk and calls for measures to shift towards a low carbon economy in the agri-food and forestry sectors;

2016/12/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its role for the purpose of exchanging and disseminating best practice among Member States and regions regarding the use of the EAFRD;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to simplify the rules applying to ESI Funds, and the EAFRD in particular, in order to make the Funds more accessible, especially to small farms;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Urges the Commission to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens and red tape, make procedures clear and transparent, and help recipients put financing and ESI Funds to use more rapidly;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends that the Member States give ~~farmers~~ priority to real farmers, with increased attention to young farmers, in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots; further recommends that the right of first refusal in purchasing land should stay with the governments;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s focus in its 2016 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) on the three main priorities to further strengthen economic growth: supporting investment, pursuing structural reforms and preserving responsible public finances; stresses at the same time the need to consider social aspects when implementing these priorities;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Fully supports the efforts made to ensure greater ~~national~~Member State ownership in the formulation and implementation of CSRs as an ongoing reform process;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that Europe’s long economic crisis has shown that there is a strong need to focus equally on public and private investment, in order to enhance the EU’s competitiveness; underlines the need for increased bank lending in connection with private investment by SMEs;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that the still-too-high unemployment rates show that the capacity to create jobs in most Member States is still limited; emphasises that further action is needed, in consultation with social partners and in accordance with ~~national~~Member States' practices, to make labour markets more inclusive overall; also stresses that job creation must in the first instance mean the creation of high-quality jobs;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the Commission’s recommendation for three Member States to exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP); agrees with the Commission that large and consistent current account surpluses reflect a clear need to stimulate demand and investment in order to cope with the challenges of the future regarding transport and communications, the digital economy, education and research, climate change, energy, environmental protection and the ageing population; ~~calls on~~asks the Commission to continue to support budgetary policies that underpin growth and recovery in all Member States and support sustainable structural reforms which also consider social aspects;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that further measures are needed to reduce non-performing loans (NPL) in ~~the euro area~~all the Member States and to increase the ability of banks to lend to the real economy, notably to SMEs;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the need to improve the EU’s overall capacity to create and sustain jobs and thus to tackle high levels of unemployment, while considering that migration, if properly handled, could play an important role in compensating for the negative effects of the ageing population; emphasises, however, that this alone cannot be the main response to address structural demographic, labour market or fiscal challenges but that it should be complemented with efficient public expenditure, especially in high-quality social and environmentally sustainable investments;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2101(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of better addressing the high tax wedge on labour given that high taxation diminishes incentives for the inactive, the unemployed, second earners and low-wage earners to return to employment, by promoting a growth-friendly tax shift towards ~~consumption and~~other taxes such as environmental ~~tax~~ones;

2016/08/30
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Articles 39, 42 and 101 to 109 thereof,

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

– having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17.06.2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU,

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)

– having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20.1.2004 on the control of company amalgamations,

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)

– having regard to the White Paper 'Towards more effective EU merger control' of 9.7.2014,

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)

– having regard to the European Commission's E-000344/2016, E- 002666/2016 and E-002112/2016 answers to written parliamentary questions,

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Believes that the unique nature of the olive oil sector calls for measures to strengthen the bargaining power of producers so as it results in a fairer distribution of the added value along the supply chain.

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Underlines the opportunities deriving from the provisions of the CMO Regulation concerning the contractual negotiations in the olive oil sector;

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to identify new means aimed at increasing the dimension of producer organisations and encouraging the creation of APOs in the olive oil sector, as preconditions to strengthen their bargaining power;

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Believes that the market of olive oil for consumers should be considered as a single market, and that a relevant- market categorisation based on the geographical origin, commercial use and type of the product, does not suit the current situation of the sector.

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Believes that, given the variations in the olive oil production due mostly to weather conditions, and in order to guarantee the objectives of the PO or APO's members, cases where POs are forced to purchase olive oil from non- members should be taken into consideration, while guaranteeing the ancillary nature of this activity to the marketing of the products of their own members.

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Pervenche BERÈS, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that since the Lux Leaks scandal, the EU has acknowledged that it is necessary to put an end to irresponsible tax competition by Member States, which places an intolerable tax burden on honest taxpayers and prevents the development of SMEs. The Commission and the EP have made serious efforts to combat tax evasion and tax fraud. Stresses the need to investigate thoroughly all the cases where suspected that the aim is tax optimisation by multinationals, like for example in the legislation on tax credits for growth in Hungary;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasises that corruption in public procurement has serious market distorting effects on European competitiveness; reiterates that public procurement is one of the government activities most vulnerable to corruption; highlights that in certain Member States, EU funded procurement carries higher corruption risks than nationally funded procurement; reminds that tailor-made tender invitations are widely used to limit market competition; calls on the Commission to continue its effort to prevent the misuse of EU funds and stimulate accountability in public procurement; urges the establishment of the European Public Prosecutors' Office with the necessary rights in order to better investigate alleged crimes against EU money;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recognises the actions of the Commission against international companies distorting fair competition on the European Single Market; reminds that unfair competition is still one of the main challenges identified by European SMEs; highlights that illegal tax benefits granted by Member State governments to multinational companies generate a highly anti-competitive environment and further degrade the capacity of SMEs for job creation; calls on the Member States to forthwith cease such activities and asks the Commission to actively support the improvement of SMEs' access to markets, the reduction of administrative burdens on SMEs and the promotion of entrepreneurship and skills within the EU;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Pervenche BERÈS, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to prioritise the strengthening of the post-Brexit Single Market by ensuring full compliance with European competition laws and by further increasing cooperation between Member States on tax issues;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Stresses the need for single market rules to be enforced also at the Member States level and for infringements to be dealt to tackle fragmentation of the single market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Calls for improving the one-stop shop based on the current experience of the Mini One Stop Shops for digital products; notes that even with the Mini One Stop Shop, small and micro- businesses can face a significant administrative burden;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Insists on the need to fight against fiscal dumping, abusive tax planning and tax evasion to ensure fair competition across the single market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment towards a European digital single market and its proposal on geo- blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality and place of residence; notes that the proposal only covers online purchases of goods and services therefore calls on the Commission to also address the geo-blocking of audiovisual services;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Sorin MOISĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps towards establishing an EU-wide VAT system for cross-border transactions;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Sorin MOISĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Considers that enhancing the participation of SMEs should play an essential role in the efforts to promote an unified digital single market and stresses the need to assess the potential impact of every initiative, notably those aiming to promote e-commerce and clarify the permanent establishment status for digital sector, on the ability of SMEs to benefit from the digital single market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines that collaborative economy platforms have brought into play the idea of challenging existing incumbent, dominant players to create a more competitive environment for consumers and businesses alike;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Highlights, the increasing presence of new digitally enabled businesses, in particular internet and mobile phone applications, alongside existing operators has opened up new channels for consumers to find, compare, and select goods and services across the single market. This results in an empowered consumer who seeks to make informed choices based on their personal needs and goals;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Sorin MOISĂ, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to use its policy and financial instruments and promote exchanges of best practices between Member States to foster investments in various traditional sectors and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are lagging behind the digital industrial revolution;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Pervenche BERÈS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Underlines that the European Union should encourage all businesses (like ones with dominant market share and also start-ups) to innovate;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines that the Commission should also ensure that Member States have permissive and supportive regulatory frameworks on collaborative economy that do not lead to competitive distortions;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. There is clearly a need for further deregulation of the taxi and private hire vehicle market in Europe. The present rigid regulation of the number of taxis and private hire vehicles results in poor competition, detrimental to consumers and businesses alike. Therefore the present system should be reformed as quickly as possible across Europe;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. For decades, national authorities have conferred special rights to taxi operators by granting them exclusive rights, resulting in artificial and unnecessary barriers to competition in the provision of services. Conversely, Member State measures have prevented other sector participants, such as Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) drivers, from operating under equivalent conditions as taxi operators. They have created a dramatic imbalance between supply and demand as evidenced by the difficulties that consumers often face when trying to find an available taxi or PHV. These entry barriers have a negative economical and societal impacts as consumers are facing reduced choice and availability of taxis and PHVs, higher prices, lower quality of service, and longer waiting periods;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that any consideration on the level of investments should nevertheless be made with a strong focus on affordability as investments per se do not benefit the consumers;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Underlines that effective competition in the telecommunication sector delivered by ex-ante regulation, therefore, ex-post rules should not be a substitute to ex-ante regulation but rather a complement to them; while ex-post rules are very important elements and safeguards, still considers that the best way to prevent abuse is through ex-ante regulation as big companies always try to undermine access regulation based on ex- ante assessments in exchange of promises they make on related topics;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the Commission's investigation into airline distribution, in particular around 'redistribution restrictions,' and calls on the Commission to tackle anti-competitive practices that may undermine European consumers' ability to use a variety of online channels, including metasearch comparison services and online travel agents, for the purposes of finding and comparing available flight ticket options;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the decision of the European Commission to endorse a negative decision with recovery on the Apple state aid case; calls on the Commission to sanction any infringement with the view of ensuring fair competition across the single market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Calls on the Commission to show the same firmness in the conduct and result of the on-going inquiry against McDonald's;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the overhaul of the state aid rules; reminds the Member States, nonetheless, that the aim was to better target aid measures towards economic growth, quality job creation and social cohesion; reminds the Member States that they have increased responsibility to grant aid without prior notification to the Commission; also reminds the Commission of the need to prevent certain governments from acting in bad faith as they do when misspending EU funds;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Pervenche BERÈS, Louis-Joseph MANSCOUR, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes the Commission Notice on the notion of State aid as part of the State Aid Modernization Initiative; acknowledges the benefits of the simplified rules that provides certainty to public authorities and companies as well; calls on the Commission at the same time to closer scrutinize prohibited state aids having great negative impact on the Single Market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Asks the Commission, during the on-going revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation, to take fully account of the European Outermost Regions' (ORs) specificities as laid down in Article 349 TFUE, given that it is vital for local SMEs in the ORs and also the least likely to affect competition in the internal market;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the renationalization of public utilities in EU Member States and prevent illegal state aid granted in form of public service compensation;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. In order to grant a properly functioning Energy Union and to avoid not respecting state aid rules and also to avoid misuse of EU funds, stresses to be strictly monitored and investigated in depth all state aid cases and public procurement irregularities connected to energy and environmental investments, such as the controversial enlargement project of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that – as the Commission has stated for the sixth time in its annual competition report – the temporary state aid granted in the financial sector was necessary for the stabilisation of the global financial system, but must quickly be reduced, or totally removed and scrutinised, once the Banking Union is completed; stresses the importance of a restrictive approach to State aid;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Shares the European Commission's concerns over the current negotiations regarding the merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto Company Inc.; stresses that this merger would result in a monopoly situation in the seeds and pesticides markets which are important for the agricultural sector; asks therefore the Commission to deliver an ex-ante impact assessment of this merger on this sector;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Expresses its deep concerns over the merger project between of Deutsche Börse AG and the London Stock Exchange Group to merge; underlines that the consolidated group would be the biggest systemic exchange operator in Europe and the largest margin pool in the world; welcomes the in-depth investigation launched by the European Commission to assess whether such a deal is compatible with EU merger regulation; considers that this case should be dealt with in the perspective of the 'Brexit' to avoid any loophole in the application of EU financial regulation;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the different antitrust investigations, in particular those into against Gazprom and Bulgargaz, aimed at ensuring market integration in the Energy Union; regrets, however, the practice on the part of certain Member States of buying gas through offshore companies, as being a typical example of tax avoidance and an act that is contrary to a properly functioning Energy Union; also stresses the importance to prevent the creation of market structures which could impede effective competition on the energy sector;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Highlights that European competition policy has a great potential to promote higher environmental and social standards; notes with regret that the Hungarian government distorts competition in the renewable energy sector by imposing high taxes and preventing the deployment of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies; calls on the Commission to continue to support the use of renewable energies in Europe in order to achieve the environmental goals set in the European Union's ten-year, Europe 2020 growth strategy; asks the Commission to continue to support the integration of environmental, social and labour requirements into public procurement procedures;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Notes that existing government monopolies, such as gambling monopolies, can lead to unfair and anticompetitive practices; Draws attention to the risk that by providing licences without, or through untransparent, questionable concession tenders, Member State governments have the possibility to favour certain companies over others, thus can create an highly anticompetitive environment; Calls on the Commission to strictly monitor existing government monopolies and the lawfulness of concession tenders in order to prevent any excessive distortion of competition;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Emphasizes that Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) accords a special status to the agricultural sector with regard to the application of competition law;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, James NICHOLSON, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Recalls that the most recent reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) sought to strengthen the position of farmers in the food supply chain through a series of derogations and exemptions from the provisions of Article 101 TFEU;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Calls on the Commission to propose changes in the Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 to ensure the same protection for air travellers on flights from third country, regardless the fact that the carrier is EU or non-EU carrier;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, James NICHOLSON, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming worsens the already weak position of farmers in the food supply chain and calls for fresh initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, James NICHOLSON, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)

20f. Considers that the collective activities of producer organisations and their associations, such as production planning and sales negotiation, are necessary for achieving the aims of the CAP and that they should benefit from a presumption of compatibility with Articles 39 and 101 TFEU;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Bas BELDER, James NICHOLSON, José BOVÉ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 h (new)

20h. Calls on the Commission and the national competition authorities to address the concerns raised by the cumulative impact – particularly at the upper end of the food supply chain – of, on the one hand, national-level concentration in the retail sector and, on the other, the development of European- level alliances of major distributors;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Asks the Commission to investigate the alleged cases of VAT fraud in the pork industry; regrets that the Commission has not yet launched an inquiry on this issue, despite the complaints it received from farmers associations;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Welcomes that the Commission is committed to an open and constructive exchange on competition issues globally; Welcomes the progress was made on competition provisions in some of the FTAs, but also stresses the Commission to continue its work on including competition and State aid provisions in the negotiations on all Free Trade Agreements (FTAs);

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the fact that the strengthening of EU competitiveness depends among other things on an increase in public and private investment, especially in innovation and digitalisation , and in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the growing involvement of the EIB with climate change, which was related to 50 % of the projects approved in 2015; climate finance totalled EUR 20.6 billion, the largest ever annual amount invested in it by the EIB; reiterates the importance of moving away from fossil fuels and moving towards renewable energy sources in all financed projects;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Asks the EIB to continue its action to tackle the refugee crisis by financing emergency projects in countries of transit and destination and making long-term investments in the refugees’ countries of origin;

2016/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas in organic production systems rabbits are kept in group pens with access to a small area of pasture at the base of the pen, which allows the rabbits more space, increased social interaction and more opportunities for natural behaviour such as gnawing on wooden blocks, eating hay, hiding in tubes and under platforms, standing on their hind legs, lying stretched out, hopping and jumping; notes that health problems may also occur in group pens, such as increase of diseases, mainly transmitted by oro-fecal route and higher mortality rates, while negative social interactions (aggressiveness, fighting, cannibalism) are also possible;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Encourages the research on the use of pen systems for groups, which ~~are the most~~might be a suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; points out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits ~~and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst them~~but might lead to more aggression and greater risk of injury;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes with concern that there ismight be a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species, therefore more research would be necessary on this field;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses its concern that rabbits reared and fattened for meat production in the EU are typically caged in groups, and are provided with a space per rabbit that is less than the area of two ordinary A4 sheets of paper;deleted

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement,; s~~ocial interaction and play, and that platforms i~~tresses that more research on pen systems ~~allow rabbits~~is needed to avoid aggress~~ors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter~~ion, injuries and the rapid development of diseases;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that transport is an extremely stressful experience for rabbits; underlines that rabbits should be fed before long-distance transport and be provided with adequate food, water and space in transit, and that transport times should be as limited as possible, owing to the sensitivity of the species; emphasises that there are a huge variety of stress factors that affect animal welfare and that these differ between regions or even farms;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Points out that rabbits are frequently kept in battery cages, with no concessions being made to their natural environment, and kept alive through heavy recourse to products based on antibiotics; stresses the need to ban systematic recourse to pharmaceuticals to offset the shortcomings of intensive battery farming in terms of environment and health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage other types of rabbit farming such as the 'park' (indoor open pen) system, ‘improved’ barn rearing and organic rearing; stresses that these alternatives to intensive battery farming would make it possible to have less recourse to antibiotics, thereby curbing the spread of antimicrobial resistance;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Invites the Commission to ~~consider pen systems as the guiding principle when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production~~provide additional support for research in rabbit and other minor species' farming;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Points out that a European transparent labelling has not yet been introduced for rabbit meat, thus leaving national distribution channels open to non-identified external elements that do not always comply with animal health and animal welfare legislation; urges therefore the inclusion in European legislation of mandatory origin labelling for rabbit meat, in addition to provisions governing rabbit breeding and slaughter, so as to ensure greater market transparency, uphold quality standards and protect consumer health;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that structural reforms in the economy and the labour market, whilst also considering social aspects, should ~~also~~ fully take into account the demographic trends in Europe, in order to create incentives for a more balanced demographic structure that would make it easier to maintain an inflation target of around 2 %;

2016/07/27
Committee: ECON

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission’s Aviation Strategy proposal highlights the aviation sector’s significant contribution to the EU economy; stresses that fEur~~ther ambitious steps ar~~ope should be a leading player in international aviation and a global model for sustainable aviation; points, therefore, to the needed ~~and that these should~~for further ambitious steps, takeing into account environmental, climate, health and employment aspects;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Nikos ANDROULAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that sustainable development of the sector is needed in order to avoid the aggravation of environmental impacts, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution and noise; welcomes the forthcoming adoption of an international noise standard to be applied to new types of large aircraft from 2017;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that sustainable development of the sector is needed in order to avoid the aggravation of environmental impacts, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution and noise; notes that aircrafts sold on the global market need global environmental standards;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that sustainable development of the sector is ~~needed~~essential in order to avoid the aggravation of environmental impacts, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution and noise;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the establishment later this year of a fair and robust Global Market- Based Measure (GMBM) to be implemented at international level from 2020 onwards and reviewed at fixed intervals in order to optimise its efficiency;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the EU to speed up the SESAR project, which, once completed, will help to save fuel and to secure a potential reduction amounting to 50 million tonnes of CO2 emissions;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes the potential reduction up to 50 million tons of CO2 emissions from the Single European Sky ATM Research project;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Underlines the potential reducing of emissions and air traffic noise from the better environmental performance of the air traffic management system "gate-to- gate";

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Nicola CAPUTO, Nikos ANDROULAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. UNotes that smart techniques in agriculture – such as the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) –, can provide countless and diverse services and can contribute to enhanced resource efficiency, productivity and profitability as well as greater sustainability for the environment; acknowledges its potential beneficial effects on environment, soil compaction and mitigation climate change; urges that an EU framework be set up in relation to electric, remotely piloted aircraft systems and for drone operation;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Nicola CAPUTO, Nikos ANDROULAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for aviation law requirement for RPAS, provided that the requirements regarding safety and privacy of each citizen and the properties are respected; notes that in order to unleash the full potential of RPAS technology beyond- visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operation in rural areas is needed; calls for no weigh limitations to be set, whereas RPAS can replace larger vehicles on the transport carry greater payloads for longer distances on less power;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Nikos ANDROULAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the collection and dissemination of the best emission- reducing practices of the sector; bearing in mind that high environmental standards have to be preserved and enhanced over time in order to ensure that aviation develops sustainably, urges that further incentives for job creation related to energy efficiency and innovation be established;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Notes that the success of sustainable aviation is intrinsically linked to continued support for strong research programs such as CleanSky and SESAR; further notes that only significant investments in new and innovative technologies (including in aircraft design, alternative fuels and digital technologies), will ensure sustainability of the aviation industry; calls the Commission to ensure that research, education and training remain high on the political agenda;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2062(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Nikos ANDROULAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Stresses the importance of continued efforts to reduce the fragmentation of European airspace, as increasing the efficiency of flight routes can significantly reduce aviation's environmental footprint while improving safety;

2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls for an analysis of the taxation practices on renewable energy sources and district heating; Calls on the Commission to make steps to eliminate burdens of the environmentally friendly energy sources in view of an effective Energy Union.

2016/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2016/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to promote R&D driven by public health and patients’ needs, while fostering social responsibility in the pharmaceutical sector, by setting up an EU public platform for R&D funded by contributions from profits made by the pharmaceutical industry through sales to public health systems; calls for transparency on the costs of R&D;

2016/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2016/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that the enforcement of EU and national financial and consumer legislation needs to be strengthened and that these need to be brought into line with each other where possible; stresses that the European Supervisory Authorities should step up their activities on consumer issues and that the agencies responsible in a number of Member States should start to work more actively and competently in this field;

2016/06/29
Committee: ECON

2016/2056(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission to investigate further the confusing and sometimes misleading practices with which consumers are faced when making card payments involving currency conversion, and to present a coherent solution that would make it possible, including in practice, for the consumer to understand and control the situation fully, including for payments relating to the digital market;

2016/06/29
Committee: ECON

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the farmers’ support package announced in July 2016 and considers it a step toward better management of production; regrets, nevertheless, that the portion allocated to Union-level measures, compared with the amount allocated to national envelopes, is too small when production management must be Union-wide in order to avoid the risk of re-nationalisation and maintain a level playing field; considers that structural measures should be anticipated and integrated into the budgets of future years;

2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas renewable energy of agricultural origin make it possible to reduce the energy dependence of the EU which imports more than 50% of its energy needs, at a cost of about EUR 400 billion, making it the world's leading importer of energy;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Momchil NEKOV, Nicola CAPUTO

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas 90% of energy production from biomass is concentrated in the countries of the old Europe of fifteen Member States and whereas it is necessary to overcome a two-speed Europe in the field of bioenergy by promoting the harmonious development of bioenergy throughout the EU;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that the end of the sugar quota regime scheduled for 30 September 2017 requires the restructuring of the European sugar sector; stresses that, in order to address the challenge of the abolition of sugar quotas, the production of biomass of agricultural origin is a major opportunity for conversion for the sugar beet industry;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Emphasises that the production of biofuels should not interfere with food production or compromise food safety;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages Member States and the Commission to remove barriers to the development of the intelligent electricity distribution system, the so-called 'smart grids', which would allow the full potential of renewable energies of agricultural origin to be exploited;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasises the importance of developing a European network able to help overcome the fragmentation of research facilities on bioenergy from agriculture by providing the opportunity for researchers to access high quality experimental facilities and services across Europe;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2041(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage the creation of 'local agro-energy districts' constituting territorial reference units that bring together all the relevant skills to reduce the intermediate stages between the production of renewable energy from agriculture and the marketing thereof, thereby decreasing prices for European consumers and reducing distribution difficulties, while at the same time increasing the bioenergy market of agricultural origin and the number of employed in the sector;

2016/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls for the creation of a new Union Tax Policy Coherence and Coordination Centre to guarantee the proper and coherent functioning of the single market and the implementation of international standards; believes that this new body should be in charge of monitoring Member States’ tax policies at Union level, of ensuring that no new harmful tax measures are implemented by Member States, of monitoring compliance of Member States with the common Union list of uncooperative jurisdictions, of ensuring and fostering cooperation between national tax administrations (e.g. training and exchange of best practices), and of initiating academic programmes in the field; believes that by doing so this Centre could help prevent new tax loopholes emerging thanks to uncoordinated policy initiatives between Member States, and counteract tax practices and standards that would upset, obstruct or interfere in the proper functioning and rationale of the single market; believes that this body could also serve as a point of contact for whistleblowers, in case Member States and national tax administrations do not act upon the revelation of tax evasion and avoidance or do not carry out appropriate investigation on the matter; considers that the Centre could benefit from the pooling of expertise at Union and national level, so as to reduce the burden on the taxpayer;

2016/06/02
Committee: TAX2

2016/2038(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Calls on all Member States to implement rigorous controlled foreign company regimes in order to prevent profit shifting to no or low tax countries;

2016/06/02
Committee: TAX2

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas agriculture and food remain at the centre of various heterogeneous technological, social, economic, environmental and political forces which are currently in danger of becoming unstable;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas we are facing a double paradox: on the one hand we have a global agriculture with sufficient reserves to feed a world with 9 billion people but which is unable to eradicate hunger, and on the other hand an increasingly unstable market situation marked by prices which are lower than the predictions which formed the basis of the 2014 reform of the CAP;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas greater market transparency ~~may~~is a necessary adjunct to public decision-making but is insufficient for limiting price volatility;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that ~~volatility must be accepted as a given and that those operators who are most exposed must be supported in order to lessen its negative effects~~more incisive action and targeted instruments are required at EU level to tackle the problem of agricultural price volatility;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the current CAP is open to criticism because of the issues of incomes, agricultural employment and excessive price volatility;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the Union’s competitors make considerable sums of public money available for protecting their farmers from the effects of price volatility; points out that public support for agriculture provided by the United States, Brazil and China increased by 40%, 20% and 92% respectively between 2008 and 2012 while European public support in 2012 was 17% down on 2008;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that the European Union is the only agricultural power to base its agricultural policy on support decoupled from production, along with environmental constraints, whereas the major global powers such as the United States, Brazil and China all have mechanisms to support and regulate agricultural production and incomes;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the most recent reform of the CAP fails to address the strategic issues within agriculture in terms of both responsibility in connection with global food security and European Union autonomy;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the reduction in CAP resources devoted to common market organisation (CMO) measures, opening up the prospect of CAP renationalisation, which runs counter to the European Union project;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that unregulated liberalisation of agricultural markets has helped heighten price volatility;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the objectives of the CAP include ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets and guaranteeing viable food production, with an emphasis on fair~~mers’~~ incomes for farmers and price stability;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that food autonomy and security, on the basis of food production within Europe, must be long-term aims for ~~the~~ future CAP reforms and that, to achieve them, price volatility must be combated;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that viable food production cannot be ~~achieved without securing~~guaranteed when farmers are exposed to price volatility, since price volatility threatens the continued existence of European farms ~~and that doing~~, which must be a long-term aim for the future CAP;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Recommends~~Stresses the importance of strengthening the organisational capability of the weakest links in the various agricultural sectors and strengthening contractual systems, which must go hand in hand with boosting farmers' negotiating power in the food chain through the right to negotiate their contracts collectively;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recommends that action should be taken to make contractual systems more effective by extending their use throughout the agri-food chain, so as to include large-scale retailers in particular, and to strike a proper balance between all stakeholders;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Believes that, with a view to increasing farmers' bargaining power, it should be made compulsory for contracts to be signed between producers and buyers; stresses that those contracts should be of adequate length and should lay down the prices, payment periods and other terms for the supply of agricultural products;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Believes that cooperatives and producer organisations should be more closely involved in the process of ensuring insurance cover and setting up mutual funds;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Recommends that the tools for risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and mutual funds, be develop~~deleted;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to study new tools to prevent and manage the risks associated with price volatility and thus to lay the foundations for discussion of the future reforms of the CAP towards 2050;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty over agricultural prices, the EU must take more incisive action on the markets, involving the establishment of safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems based on countercyclical aid, in order to secure remunerative prices for farmers;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Draws attention to the European Investment Bank's key role in developing and implementing innovative financial instruments to curb volatility for the benefit of farmers;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Considers that the decoupled aids which constitute the bulk of the first pillar of the CAP are no longer adapted to the vagaries of the market to which farmers are subject; calls on the Commission, therefore, to embark on a transition process leading to the switching of some or all of the decoupled aid payments to the risk management schemes;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)

19e. Calls on the Commission to provide for greater flexibility in the annual budgets, within the bounds of the multiannual financial envelope, in order to take account of the countercyclical aid and the insurance instruments, whilst improving the added value of European expenditure;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to develop mechanisms to combat price volatility on two main principles, countercyclical aid and insurance-based instruments;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Considers that countercyclical aid should help meet the economic risks due to the instability of global markets, excessive third-country competition and the disappearance of regulatory tools at European level, in order to ensure a basis for stability of farmers' incomes and thus prevent European food security (in terms of both quality and quantity) from being undermined by an inappropriate CAP;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Considers that the insurance- based instruments are intended to cope with natural hazards and to complement the countercyclical measures through mutual funds or specific insurance policies in order to enable farmers and the European and national public authorities to implement support for agricultural activities according to strategic objectives by sector and/or by region;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Momchil NEKOV, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that ~~mutual funds, e~~an income stabilished at the initiative of working farmers, and through which farmers’ incomes can be stabilised to some extent as the profit margins on their produce fluctuate, may offer an effective way to limit the effects of price volatilityation tool, in the form of a mutual fund administered by the Member States, should be set up in order to compensate farmers for serious loss of income and should take account of all factors that can have an impact on farm incomes, including market-related risks; believes that that tool should be introduced alongside, and not take the place of, the current system of direct payments and market management measures;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that mutual funds, established at the initiative of working farmers, and through which farmers’ incomes can be stabilised to some extent as the profit margins on their produce fluctuate, may offer an effective way to limit the effects of price volatility, in addition to the countercyclical aid;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to present European regulatory tools to prevent and effectively manage crises in the agricultural sector, notably by facilitating the organisation of production in terms of supply management and by developing insurance or other solutions adapted to the reality of farming today, ensuring balanced agriculture at territorial level and intervening at a certain price threshold, to be determined in such a way as to enable farms to remain viable;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that, as farmers cannot control the factors that determine their turnover and gross margins, they should be encouraged to develop tools for coping with market volatility, especially mutual funds, such tools being better suited to that purpose than direct payments;deleted

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Recommends that European agricultural price observatories be established for the various sectors of the industry, to provide ongoing, segment-by- segment analysis of agricultural markets, with the involvement of economic stakeholders, and to make relevant data and forecasts available at regular intervals, but emphasises at the same time the need for early warning and crisis prevention mechanisms; stresses that agricultural price observatories must quickly provide up-to-date data on agricultural production costs and average profit margins in the Member States;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Believes that the remit of the European agricultural price observatory should be broadened to include the fruit and vegetables and olive oil sectors;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Believes that the operation of the European agricultural price observatory should be improved and the necessary resources should be provided in order for it become a fully-fledged management tool rather than being used simply to compile statistics;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

29c. Points out that, if the European observatory is to include an efficient early warning system, it must supply more detailed data on the Member States on a monthly basis, so that proper account may be taken of the specific situations in the various parts of the EU;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

22d. Believes that the Commission should send early warnings to the Member States and to stakeholders and should take all necessary measures without delay;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the VAT-rates for food products are very different (the lowest is 0 % whilst the highest is 27 %) in the Member States;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas VAT is a tax on consumption that should only be levied on the final consumer so as to achieve a significant reduction in administrative and financial costs along the supply chain and reduce the possibility of fraud;deleted

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas no majority can be achieved in favour of the country of origin principle regarding a definitive VAT system, since this would require a higher degree of tax-rate harmonisation to prevent massive distortions of competition; whereas the country of origin principle on VAT collection offers the to-date most efficient method to fight VAT fraud;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes the view that cooperation between the Member State tax authorities has been inadequate in the past and the activities of Eurofisc have to date failed achieve any satisfactory results; looks forward to the upcoming Commission proposal to enhance the functioning of Eurofisc;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the aim of the action plan to establish a single European VAT area to buttress a deeper and more equitable single market and in order to help promote employment, growth, investment and competitiveness while also limiting the possibility of VAT fraud;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls in this regard for services to be incorporated fully into the new system as soon as possible, in particular, calls for financial services to be subject to VAT;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for technical developments in the digital world to be incorporated in the existing tax models when the VAT system decided upon is introduced, so that the system will be fit for the 21st century; highlights that given the speed at which e- commerce develops, regular reviews in this area should be foreseen; draws the Commission attention also to preparing guidelines on the sharing economy in order to avoid conflict between innovation and possible tax fraud;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the current plethora of VAT rates causes great uncertainty for companies - and especially SMEs - involved in cross-border trading;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses that social aspects should be taken into consideration, particularly involving food products where the VAT- rates should be limited at the maximum of 5%; calls on the Commission more to encourage Member States to not ignore socially justified reasons when specifying VAT-rates;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Takes the view that the complete abolition of minimum tax rates as an alternative, as advocated by the Commission, might cause considerable distortions of competition and problems in the single market ~~and can only be sanctioned if the reverse charge procedure is introduced for all levels and types of VAT and not only for individual sectors which are particularly susceptible to fraud~~;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls instead for a single list of reduced goods and services to be compiled which would allow ~~far fewer exemptions~~a more structured system than is currently the case;

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Notes that the application of a general reverse charge procedure might enable cross-border carousel fraud to be largely eradicated and would significantly reduce the administrative costs for SMEs;~~deleted

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to conduct pilot projects to test out a general reverse charge procedure in terms of cost, implementation problems and long-term advantages, as some Member States have offered to carry out or have called for;deleted

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2033(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Takes the view that national tax administrations must take greater responsibility for ensuring tax compliance and reducing opportunities for evasion in the reverse charge procedure and in the general implementation of the country-of- destination principle;deleted

2016/06/02
Committee: ECON

2016/2032(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Draws attention to the fact that in many Member States taxation of SMEs and of some multinational undertakings varies widely, which adversely affects the competitiveness of SMEs and significantly reduces the effectiveness of financing of SMEs from various sources;

2016/04/06
Committee: ECON

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017; insists, given its importance, that the ~~agriculture budge~~long-term stability of the agriculture budget is ensured and that it remains at least at its current level;

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment, and calls therefore for sufficient resources to be allocated in the 2017 budget to ~~preserve this~~ensure the long-term stability of the biodiversity, mainly in rural areas;

2016/06/01
Committee: ENVI

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Urges the Member States to make steps against the slow rate of direct payment, therefore asks the national authorities to cooperate with the European Commission to speed up payments under pillar one in the Member States concerned, as cash flow is a major problem for the farmers hit by the agricultural crisis.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights that the private storage scheme is a useful tool on short term, therefore stresses that longer term solutions should be find.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights that trying to reduce administrative costs, particularly where it involves severe cuts in administrative staff numbers can lead to inability to ensure timely payments and maintain adequate levels of effective control.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Tibor SZANYI, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Urges the Commission to take steps to tax harmonization on the field of food articles, which has a clear budgetary effect and would help the primary producers and the consumers.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that Council presidencies should provide more detailed information to Parliament on the negotiations in Council in order for Parliament to better understand which Member States have a problem and what its exact nature is; suggests that the attendance of Parliament representatives at Council working group meetings would ~~facilita~~significantly promote mutual understanding, in the same way as attendance at expert group meetings ~~does~~facilitates it;

2017/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to respect the deadlines set for delegated acts and implementing acts, and, as a minimum, to officially inform the co-legislators well in advance if it, on an exceptional basis, i~~ntends not~~s unable to respect them, as well as stating its reasons;

2017/10/24
Committee: ECON

2016/2007(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that government agencies explore the use of real-time DLT based supervision and reporting tools as part of a RegTech agenda in the financial sector and beyond, including in order to eliminate, or at least reduce, the sizeable VAT gap in the Union; __________________ 26 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 15-5592_en.htm

2016/03/30
Committee: ECON

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The measures applicable to spirit drinks should contribute to attaining a high level of consumer protection, preventing deceptive practices and attaining market transparency and fair competition. They should safeguard the reputation which the Union’s spirit drinks have achieved in the Union and on the world market by continuing to take into account the traditional practices used in the production of spirit drinks as well as increased demand for consumer protection and information. Technological innovation should also be taken into account in respect of spirit drinks, where such innovation serves to improve quality, without affecting the traditional character of the spirit drinks concerned. The production of spirit drinks is strongly linked to the agricultural sector, and is subject to the general rules for foodstuffs set down in Regulations 178/2006 on general food law principles, 1169/2011 on food information to consumers and 2017/625 on official controls. Besides representing a major outlet for the agriculture of the Union, this link is determinant for the quality and reputation of the spirit drinks produced in the Union. This strong link to the agricultural sector should therefore be emphasised by the regulatory framework.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) Furthermore, the protection of geographical indications should be extended to goods brought, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation, where such goods, including their packaging, originate in third countries.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Procedures for the registration, modification and possible cancellation of Union or third country geographical indications in accordance with the TRIPS Agreement should be laid down whilst automatically recognising the status of existing ~~protect~~registered geographical indications of the Union. In view of making procedural rules on geographical indications consistent through all the sectors concerned, such procedures for spirit drinks should be modelled on the more exhaustive and well tested procedures for agricultural products and foodstuffs laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 while taking into account specificities of spirit drinks. In order to simplify the registration procedures and to ensure that information for food business operators and consumers is electronically available an transparent and exhaustive electronic register of geographical indications ~~should be established.~~ with the same legal value as Annex III of Regulation 110/2008 should be established. Geographical indications registered under Regulation 110/2008 should automatically be registered by the Commission. The Commission should complete the verification of geographical indications contained in Annex III of Regulation 110/2008, in accordance with Art. 20 of that Regulation, before the entry into force of this Regulation.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)

(19a) In order to ensure full compliance with the provisions concerning the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, consideration should be given to the adoption of rules preventing the fraudulent use of geographical indications to designate products in transit through Union territory, even where they are not intended for free circulation on the Union market.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to take into account evolving consumer demands, technological progress, developments in the relevant international standards and the need to improve the economic conditions of production and marketing, the traditional ageing processes and, in exceptional cases, the law of the importing third countries, and in order to ensure the protection of geographical indications, while taking into account the importance of respecting traditional practices, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the amendment of or derogations from the technical definitions and requirements of the categories of spirit drinks and the specific rules concerning some of them referred to under Chapter I of this Regulation, the labelling and presentation referred to under Chapter II of this Regulation, the geographical indications referred to under Chapter III of this Regulation and the checks and exchange of information referred under Chapter IV of this Regulation.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – point i – introductory part

(i) either directly by using any of the following methods, individually or in combination:

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Maria NOICHL, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – point i – indent 2

- the maceration or similar processing of plant materials in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, distillates of agricultural origin or spirit drinks or a ~~mixture~~combination thereof within the meaning of this Regulation,

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part

(3) ‘mixture’ means a spirit drink listed in Part I of Annex II or corresponding to a geographical indication mixed with ~~any~~one or more of the following:

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7

(7) ‘product specification’ means a file attached to the application for the protection of a geographical indication setting out the specifications which the spirit drink must comply with and corresponding to the "technical file" referred in Regulation 110/2008;

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) ‘presentation’ means the terms used on the labelling and on the packaging, ~~including~~as well as in advertising and sales promotion, in images or such like, as well as on the container, including the bottle and the closure;

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The alcohol used in the production of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks shall be ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The alcohol used in the production of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages shall be ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. Distillates used in the production of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks shall exclusively be of agricultural origin.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. Distillates used in the production of ~~alcoholic beverage~~spirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages shall exclusively be of agricultural origin.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO

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

(e) solely be sweetened in accordance with point (3) of Annex I and in order to round off the final taste of the product. The Member States' own legislation shall be taken into account.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. Where a spirit drink meets the requirements of more than one of the categories of spirit drinks ~~15 to 47~~ of Part I of Annex II, it may be sold under one or more of the relevant sales denominations provided for under those categories.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

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

(a) the alcohol used in the production of the foodstuffs originates exclusively from the spirit drinks referred to in the compound term or in the allusion(s), except for ethyl alcohol ~~that may be present in~~of agricultural origin that may be used as a carrier for flavourings used for the production of that foodstuff; and

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Maria NOICHL, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Where the origin of a spirit drink is indicated, it shall correspond to the country or territory of origin in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . _________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament anplace or region where the relevant stage in the production process of the finished product took place which conferred ofn the ~~Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)~~spirit drink its character and essential definitive qualities.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

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

Without prejudice to paragraph 1, in the case of spirit drinks produced in the Union and intended for export, the geographical indications and the terms in italics in Annex II may be repeated in a language other than an official language of the Union when this is a legal requirement of the importing country.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title

Use of a Union symbol for ~~protected~~ registered geographical indications

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. In order to take into account evolving consumer demands, technological progress, developments in the relevant international standards and the need to improve the economic conditions of production and marketing, while ensuring consumer protection and taking into account traditional practices, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts supplementing this regulation in accordance with Article 43 concerning:

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. In exceptional cases where the law of the importing third country so requires, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning derogations from the provisions on presentation and labelling contained in this Chapter.deleted

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. ~~Protect~~Registered geographical indications may be used by any operator marketing a spirit drink produced in conformity with the corresponding product specification.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. ~~Protect~~Registered geographical indications and the spirit drinks using those protected names in conformity with the product specification shall be protected against:

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The protection of geographical indications referred to in paragraph 2 shall be extended to goods brought, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation, where such goods, including their packaging, originate in third countries.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3

3. ~~Protect~~Registered geographical indications shall not become generic in the Union within the meaning of Article 32(1) .

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall take the steps necessary to stop the unlawful use of ~~protect~~registered geographical indications as referred to in paragraph 2.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the name to be ~~protect~~registered as a geographical indication, as it is used, whether in trade or in common language, and only in the languages which are or were historically used to describe the specific product in the defined geographical area;

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) details establishing the link ~~between a given quality, reputation or other~~and characteristics of the spirit drink and the geographical area referred to in point (d);

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5

5. Where the application relates to a geographical area in a third country the application shall be lodged with the Commission~~, either directly or~~ via the authorities of the third country concerned.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Acts to cancel the registration of geographical indications shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), establishing and maintaining a publicly accessible updated electronic register of geographical indications of spirit drinks recognised under this scheme (‘the Register’)., replacing and having the same legal value as Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Eric ANDRIEU, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title

Implementing powers with respect to existing ~~protect~~registered geographical indications

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. ~~For a period of up to two years following~~Up to the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the ~~protec~~registration of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5

5. The competent authorities or bodies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 verifying compliance of the ~~protect~~registered geographical indication with the product specification shall be objective and impartial. They shall have at their disposal the qualified staff and resources necessary to carry out their tasks.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria NOICHL, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall be responsible for checks on spirit drinks, in accordance with Regulation 2017/625. They shall take the measures necessary to ensure compliance with this Regulation and designate the competent authorities responsible on compliance with this Regulation.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a~~n indeterminate~~ five-year period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation. This delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for a period of identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such an extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a~~n indeterminate~~ period of ~~time~~five years from the entry into force of this Regulation.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Paolo DE CASTRO, Eric ANDRIEU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point f

(f) any other natural carbohydrate substances or agricultural raw materials having a similar effect to the products referred to in points (a) to (e).

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point f

(f) any other ~~natural carbohydrate substances~~substances of agricultural origin having a similar effect to the products referred to in points (a) to (e).

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1

(1) Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council has been substantially amended several times, including by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels. Since further amendments are to be made, that Directive should be recast in the interests of clarity.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Greenhouse gas emissions reductions are of critical importance for the future of our planet; however they should not compete with other environment protection goals nor with improving air quality in general.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) In particular, increasing technological improvements, incentives for the use and expansion of public transport, including green taxation and application of polluter-payer principle, the use of energy efficiency technologies and the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources in the electricity, heating and cooling sectors as well as in the transport and logistics sector are very effective tools, together with energy efficiency measures, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Union and the Union's dependence on imported gas and oil.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The European Parliament adopted on 4 April 2017 its resolution on Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests (2016/2222 (INI)).

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2735% share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2735% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Gabriele PREUSS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) It is necessary to set comprehensive, transparent and unambiguous rules for calculating the share of energy from renewable sources and for defining those sources.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Momchil NEKOV, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is one of the goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes an important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 . It also has an important part to play in promoting the security of energy supply, technological development and innovation and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural ~~and isolated areas or regions with low population density .~~ , remote, isolated, geographically problematic areas or regions with low population density. Greenhouse gas emissions reductions are of critical importance but shouldn't compete with other environment protection goals.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17 , the Union sustainability criteria, the Common Agricultural Policy framework, and the need to ensure that the Annex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when regularly evaluating the Annex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues. __________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31

(31) The coherence between the objectives of this Directive and the Union's ~~other~~legislation, especially environmental ~~legislation~~, should be ensured. In particular, during the assessment, planning or licensing procedures for renewable energy installations, Member States should take account of all Union legislation, including environmental ~~legislation~~, and the contribution made by renewable energy sources towards meeting environmental and climate change objectives, in particular when compared to non-renewable energy installations.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45

(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those guarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for renewable electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Maria NOICHL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2735% share of renewable energy, to be accompanied by national binding targets. Member States should define their ~~contribution to~~policies for the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61 a (new)

(61a) The transport sector accounts for 32% of EU's total energy consumption, is responsible for 22% of total EU greenhouse gas emissions and its energy demand relies for 94% on oil, leading to energy dependency and vulnerability to price fluctuation. While the share of renewable energy in transport is gradually increasing, progress has been slow, partly due to policy uncertainty and low competitiveness of alternative fuels.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Maria NOICHL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) The establishment of a Union and national binding renewable energy targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A target defined at the Union level would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energyIt is necessary to translate the Union's 35% target for 2030 into targets for each member state.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Isabella DE MONTE, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62

(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that fstrong incentives need to be provided to innovate in energies needed for the long-term decarbonisation of transport, such as electro-mobility, advanced biofuels and other alternative renewable fuels. It is also important to keep in mind that all fuels have their benefits and disadvantages, and therefore a diverse mix is necessary. Food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17 , the Union sustainability criteria, , the Common Agricultural Policy framework, and the need to ensure that the Annex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when regularly evaluating the Annex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues. _________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) The Commission should facilitate the exchange of best practices between the competent national or regional and local authorities or bodies, for instance through regular meetings to find a common approach to promote a higher uptake of cost-efficient renewable energy projects, encourage investments in new, flexible and clean technologies, and set out an adequate strategy to manage the retirement of technologies which do not contribute to the reduction of emissions or deliver sufficient flexibility, based on transparent criteria and reliable market price signals.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Francisco ASSIS, Gabriele PREUSS, Lucy ANDERSON, Edouard MARTIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. Member States' respective ~~contribution~~binding targets to this overall 2030 target shall be set and notified to the Commission as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and Articles 9 to 11 of Regulation [Governance].

2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN

2016/0382(COD)

Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Momchil NEKOV, Jo LEINEN, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Maria NOICHL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union to count towards Member States’ renewable ~~energy shares~~targets. In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. _________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18. OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

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

(nn) 'biowaste' means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, and comparable waste from the food processing industry, as defined in Directive 2008/98/EC. It excludes those by-products of food production that never become waste;

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0382(COD)

Jean-Paul DENANOT, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Jo LEINEN, Marc TARABELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)

(12b) The Union's building stock will need to become ‘nearly zero energy buildings’ by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Present building renovation rates are insufficient and those buildings occupied by low- income citizens at risk of energy poverty are the hardest to reach. Therefore, the measures laid down in Articles 7, 7a and 7b are of particular importance.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) In order to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU, a requirement for a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council by 28 February 2024 should be introducedEnergy and climate law is complementary and should be mutually reinforcing. Thus, as part of the obligations under the Paris Agreement, within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023 the Commission should undertake a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council should be introduced assessing the general effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy according to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Such a review should be undertaken in subsequent global stocktakes thereafter.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

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

Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 40 % binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates, in line with the EU's long-term decarbonisation goals and the UNFCC Paris Agreement of December 2015. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets ~~and contributions for 2020 and~~for 2020 and binding national energy efficiency targets for 2030.;

2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 92 a (new)

Article 92a Intra-Union calls 1. Providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services shall not apply tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State which are higher from tariffs for services terminating in the same Member State, unless it is justified by the difference in mobile termination rates. 2. Where providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services apply different tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State than to services terminating in the same Member State, the surcharge shall not be higher than the difference between mobile termination rate of the Member State where the call is terminating and mobile termination rate of the Member State where call is originating.

2017/05/12
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

(b a) In Article 33 (3), the following point is inserted: ia) actions aimed to diversification and consolidation of export markets in third countries, including for instance export credit insurance, costs related to the negotiation and management of phytosanitary protocols, market studies and evaluations, brand promotion or advertisement activities on the media, participation at fairs or exhibitions, information campaigns with advertising or promotional material

2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2016/0282(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Nessa CHILDERS, Tibor SZANYI, Elena GENTILE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b

(b) actions related to coaching of other producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers from Member States referred to in Article 35(1), as well as actions related to activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating export markets in third countries referred to in article 33 (1) point f.

2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2016/0275(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)

Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 3a (new)

(a a) After paragraph 3, the following paragraph is added: 3a. Addressing the root causes of migration shall be an underlying objective for EIB financing operations within areas covered by the general objectives set out in paragraph 1. EIB financing operations supporting that objective shall back investment projects that contribute to long term economic resilience and safeguard sustainable development in beneficiary countries.

2017/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0275(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Nessa CHILDERS, Tibor SZANYI, Elena GENTILE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c

Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3

Over the period covered by this decision, the EIB should endeavour to sustain ~~the current~~a high level of climate-relevant operations, ~~while the minimum volume of those operations~~the volume of which shall represent at least 25 % of the total EIB financing operations outside the Union, gradually increasing this target to at least 35 % by 2020.

2017/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0275(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Biljana BORZAN, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Nessa CHILDERS, Tibor SZANYI, Elena GENTILE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. This ~~implementing~~delegated act shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(2), the quantities that may be taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States' quantities were to exceed the collective total of 100 million, the quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded.

2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall ensure the accurate accounting under this Regulation through the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013~~, including~~. The Commission shall, for that purpose, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 12 to supplement this Regulation, concerning in particular annual emission allocations, flexibilities exercised under Article 4 to 7, compliance under Article 9 and changes in coverage under Article 10 of this Regulation. The Central Administrator shall conduct an automated check on each transaction under this Regulation and, where necessary, block transactions to ensure there are no irregularities. This information shall be accessible to the public.

2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/0231(COD)

Miriam DALLI, Seb DANCE, Biljana BORZAN, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Susanne MELIOR, Paul BRANNEN, Tibor SZANYI, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Climate Change Committee established by Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.Article 13 deleted Committee procedure

2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 20243 and every ~~fiv~~three years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and ~~may~~shall make ~~proposals if appropriate~~legislative proposals.

2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI

2016/0230(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions into and enhance removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the changes in the harvested wood products pool when they take place, to provide incentives for enhanced use of harvested wood products with long life cycles, thus reducing the use of other, non-biodegradable materials, such as plastic. The Commission should provide guidance on methodological issues related to the accounting for harvested wood products.

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilis~~ing~~ers and improving nutrition efficiency products (INEP) and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 (Text with EEA relevance) ("fertiliser" should be removed throughout the text for those products intended to improve nutrition efficiency of plants.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Products ~~with~~placed on the market which have an intended use for one or more functions, at least one of which is covered by the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, ~~shoul~~are plant protection products and remain under the control tailored for such products and provided for by that Regulation. Where such products also have the function of a fertilising product, it would be misleading to provide for their CE marking under this Regulation, since the making available on the market of a plant protection product is contingent on a product authorisation valid in the Member State in question. Therefore, such products should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

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

This Regulation shall apply to CE marked fFertilis~~ing products~~ers and Improving Nutrition Efficiency Products (INEP).

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

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

(1) ‘fertilising product’ means a substance, or a mixture, micro-organism or any other material, applied or intended to be applied, either on its own or mixed with another material, on plants or their rhizosphere for the purpose of providing plants with nutrient or improving their nutrition efficiency of substances intended to provide nutrients to the plants;

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

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

(1a) "Improving Nutrition Efficiency Product (INEP)" means a substance or a mixture of substances, micro-organism or any other material to be applied on plants or their rhizosphere for the purpose of improving their nutrition efficiency;

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Contaminants in CE marked fertilising products, such as cadmium, ~~can potentially~~ pose a risk to human and animal health and the environment as they accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain. Their content should therefore be limited in such products. Furthermore, impurities in CE marked fertilising products derived from bio-waste, in particular polymers but also metal and glass, should be either prevented or limited to the extent technically feasible by detection of such impurities in separately collected bio-waste before processing.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. For the purposes of CMC 10 in Annex II, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to define the requirements for the standard for the biodegradability criteria and the development of an appropriate testing method for biodegradation. These requirements and testing method shall be evaluated towards latest scientific evidence and shall be set out as of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring five years after the date of application of this Regulation].

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – introductory part

C. ~~Inorganic fertiliser~~Mineral fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – introductory part

I. ~~Inorganic~~Mineral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – introductory part

a) Solid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point i – introductory part

i) Straight solid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point i – point A

A) Straight solid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point ii – introductory part

ii) Compound solid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point ii – point A

A) Compound solid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point b – introductory part

b) Liquid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point b – point i

i) Straight liquid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point b – point ii

ii) Compound liquid min~~organic~~eral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – introductory part

II. ~~Inorganic~~Mineral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – point a

a) Straight min~~organic~~eral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – point b

b) Compound min~~organic~~eral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 7

7. ~~Fertilising product blend~~Mixture of product function categories

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B)(I) – point 2 – indent 2

- 2 % by mass ~~of total p~~Phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water, or

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B)(II) – point 2 – indent 2

- 2 % by mass of ~~total~~ phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water, or

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – subheading 8 – PFC 1(C)

PFC 1(C): ~~Inorganic~~Mineral fertiliser

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C) - paragraph 1

A~~n inorganic~~ mineral fertiliser shall be a fertiliser ~~other than~~ containing nutrients in a mineral form, or processed into a mineral form, from animal or plant or~~ganic or organo-mineral fertiliser.~~ igin. Calcium cyanamide, urea and its condensation and association products shall be considered as containing nutrients in a mineral form. Organic carbon (Corg) in the CE marked fertilising product shall not exceed 1% by mass. That excludes, by convention, carbon which comes from coatings and technical agents. .

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C) - paragraph 1 a (new)

Phosphorus fertilisers have to fulfil at least one of the following minimum solubility levels to be plant-available, otherwise they cannot be declared as phosphorus fertiliser: – Water solubility: minimum level 40% of total P, or – Solubility in neutral ammonium citrate: minimum level 75% of total P, or – Solubility in formic acid (only for soft rock phosphate): minimum level 55% of total P.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Susanne MELIOR, Elena GENTILE, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annex I, Part I and Annexes II to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(i) – point 2 – indent 2

- 12% by mass of ~~total~~ phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(ii) – point 2 – indent 2

- 3% by mass of ~~total~~ phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(b)(i) – point 2 – indent 2

- 5% by mass of ~~total~~ phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(b)(ii) – point 2 – indent 2

- 1,5% by mass of ~~total~~ phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annex I, Part I and Annexes II to IV in the light of new scientific evidence. The Commission shall use this empowerment where, based on a risk assessment, an amendment proves necessary to ensure that any CE marked fertilising product complying with the requirements of this Regulation does not, under normal conditions of use, present an unacceptable risk to human, animal, or plant health, to safety or to the environment.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 2 – point 1

1. A liming material shall be a CE marked ~~fertilising~~ product aimed at correcting soil acidity, and containing oxides, hydroxides, carbonates or silicates of the nutrients calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg).

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3 – paragraph 1

A soil improver shall be a CE marked ~~fertilising~~ product aimed at being added to the soil for the purpose of maintaining, improving or protecting the physical or chemical properties, the structure or the biological activity of soil.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall review Annex I Part II ten years after the entry into force of this Regulation or in case there is any new relevant scientific information available as regards the toxicity and carcinogenicity of relevant contaminants or any new technological progress and innovation in the field of production and use of fertilising products.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(A) – point 2 – introductory part

2. Contaminants must not be present in the CE marked ~~fertilising product~~organic soil improver by more than the following quantities:

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(B) – point 1 a (new)

1a. A biodegradable mulch film shall be a biodegradable polymer film complying with the requirements of points 2a and 3 of CMC 10 in Annex II and intended to be placed on the soil in situ to protect its structure, suppress weed growth, reduce soil moisture loss, or prevent erosion.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – point 2 – introductory part

2. Contaminants must not be present 2. in the CE marked ~~ferti~~lisming product by more than the following quantities:

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6(B)(II) – point 2 – introductory part

2. Contaminants must not be present in the CE marked ~~ferti~~lisming product by more than the following quantities:

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 1 – point b a (new)

or (ba) improving the soil as a biodegradable mulch film, complying with the requirements of points 2a and 3 of CMC10.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – introductory part

2. As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation], the following criterion shall be complied with: The polymer shall be capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water. It shall have at least 90 % of the organic carbon converted into CO2 in maximum 24 months, in a biodegradability test as specified points (a)-(c) below.requirements shall be introduced:

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring ~~twelve~~eight years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point a

(a) ~~The test shall be conducted at 25°C ± 2°C.~~A standard for the biodegradability by setting a timeframe in which at least 90% of the organic carbon is converted into CO2, after the claimed release time of the polymer has been fulfilled, and

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point b

(b) ~~The~~A biodegradability test stha~~ll be conducted in accordance with a method for determining the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials in soils by measuring oxygen demand or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved~~t complies with the following criterion: the polymer is capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water.

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point c

~~(c) A micro-crystalline cellulose powder with the same dimension as the test material shall be used as a reference material in the test.~~deleted

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point d

~~(d) Prior to the test, the test material shall not be subject to conditions or procedures designed to accelerate the degradation of the film, such as exposure to heat or light.~~deleted

2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring ~~twelve~~eight years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Fertilising products that contains less than 5ppm of Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead, Chromium VI and Mercury, respectively, shall be eligible to use a visible “Green Label” in their packaging and label. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to adopt the technical standards of such label

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) ~~and Article 207~~ thereof,

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) As Union legislation already transposes many of the obligations of the Convention, this Regulation should ~~only~~ lay down provisions that complement the Union acquis and that are needed to ensure its full alignment with the Convention and, accordingly, to enable the Union and its Member States to ratify and implement it.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The mercury export ban set out in Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 should be complemented by ~~restrictions~~a ban on the import of mercury ~~depending on the source, the intended use and the place of origin of mercury~~for uses other than disposal as waste. The national authorities designated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 should perform the administrative functions linked to the implementation of such ~~restriction~~measures. __________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the banning of exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury (OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 75). 40 Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals (OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 60).

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The export, import and manufacturing of a range of mercury-added products not complying with the limits established by the applicable Union legislation, and accounting for a significant share of the use of mercury and mercury compounds within the Union and globally, should be prohibited.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) This Regulation should not prevent the export, import and manufacturing of medicinal products providing demonstrable significant health benefits where there are no mercury-free active substances available as alternatives.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) This Regulation should therefore have a twofold legal basis, Articles 192(1) and 207 of the TFEU, as it seeks to protect both the environment and human health and to ensure uniformity in respect of its trade aspects through the export and import prohibition and restrictions affecting mercury, mercury compounds and mercury-added products.deleted

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) In accordance with Article 193 TFEU, this Regulation should not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures, provided that such measures are compatible with the Treaties and the Commission has been notified.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) ~~In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes, operating conditions for the production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate involving the use of mercury~~The production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate which involves the use of mercury should be prohibited. In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes for potassium methylate or ethylate, operating conditions and a phasing-out period for such production should be set.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The manufacturing and placing on the market of new mercury-added products and the establishment of new mercury- based manufacturing processes would increase the use of mercury and of mercury compounds and mercury emissions within the Union. Such new activities should therefore be prohibited unless an assessment of the risks and the benefits demonstrates that these uses would provide significant environmental and health benefits and that no technically ~~and economically~~ feasible mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits are available.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The use of dental amalgam ~~in an encapsulated form and t~~should be prohibited for the treatment of children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the phasing out of its use for the treatment of all patients and in the training of dental practitioners should also be an aim. The implementation of amalgam separators with a minimum retention efficiency should be made mandatory to protect dental practitioners and patients from mercury exposure and to ensure that resulting mercury waste are not released into the environment, but are collected and subjected to sound waste management. Given the size of the undertakings from the dentristry sector concerned by this change, it is appropriate to provide sufficient time to adapt to the new provision.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) Parties to the Minamata Convention have committed to take measures to encourage professional organisations and dental schools to educate and train dental professionals and students on the use of mercury-free dental restoration alternatives and on promoting best management practices; such measures should be taken into account when reviewing Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1aDirective 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)

(17b) Permanent storage of metallic mercury should be avoided in order to ensure its non-availability as a commodity. In order to ensure its long- term safe disposal, metallic mercury should be transformed into a solidified form prior to permanent storage.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 c (new)

(17c) Over 6 000 tonnes of metallic mercury waste will be generated in the Union by 2017, mainly as a result of the mandatory decommissioning of mercury cells in the chlor-alkali industry in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision 2013/732/EU1a. Given the limited available capacity for undertaking the solidification of liquid mercury waste, the temporary storage of liquid mercury waste should still be allowed under this Regulation, for a period of time sufficient to ensure the solidification of all such waste generated, but only in above ground facilities. __________________ 1aCommission Implementing Decision 2013/732/EU of 9 December 2013 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions, for the production of chlor- alkali (OJ L 332, 11.12.2013, p. 34).

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Most of the criteria established in Council Directive 1999/31/EC41 for the temporary storage of mercury waste should apply to the permanent storage of mercury waste in underground storage facilities. The applicability of some of those criteria should depend on the specific characteristics of each underground storage facility, as determined by the competent authorities of the Member States in charge of the implementation of Directive 1999/31/EC. __________________ 41Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182 of 16.7.1999, p. 1).deleted

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to align Union legislation with Decisions of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention supported by the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 ~~of the~~ TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the annexes to this Regulation ~~and supplementing this Regulation with technical requirements for environmentally sound interim storage of mercury and mercury compounds~~. 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 Council.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) ~~In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation with regard to~~The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should also be delegated to the Commission in respect of prohibiting or allowing new ~~mercury using~~ products and processes and reporting obligations, 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 the Council42. __________________ 42 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 powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13)using mercury and in respect of setting technical requirements for environmentally sound interim storage of mercury, mercury compounds and mixtures of mercury.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation establishes measures and conditions concerning the trade, manufacture, use and ~~interim~~ storage of mercury, mercury compounds, mixtures, mercury- added products and the management of mercury waste.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

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

1a. 'mercury compound' means any substance consisting of atoms of mercury and one or more atoms of other chemical elements that can be separated into different components only by chemical reactions;

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, import shall be allowed in any of the following circumstances: - the Convention and the exported mercury is not from primary mercury mining as set out in Article 3(3) and (4), of that Convention; - Party to the Convention has provided certification that the mercury is not from primary mercury mining and not from the chlor-alkali industry, and the importing Member State has granted its written consent to the import.deleted the exporting country is a Party to the exporting country not being a

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Without prejudice to stricter requirements set out in other applicable Union legislation, the export, import and the manufacturing in the Union of the mercury-added products as set out in Annex II shall be prohibited as from ~~1 January 2021~~the dates specified therein.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)

- medicinal products, authorised to be marketed by a national competent authority at the date of entry into force of this Regulation, and providing demonstrable significant health benefits for which there are no technically feasible mercury-free alternatives.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The manufacture and placing on the market of mercury-added products not covered by any ~~known~~approved use prior to 1 January 2018 shall be prohibited.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

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

- an assessment of its environmental and health risks and benefits;

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)

- information on the absence of technically feasible mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits;

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Upon notification by the Member State concerned, the Commission shall verify in particular whether it has been demonstrated that the new mercury-added product or new manufacturing process would provide significant environmental and health benefits and that no technically ~~and economically~~ feasible mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits are available.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. From 1 January 20198 onwards dental amalgam shall only be used in an encapsulated form.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. From 1 January 2018, dental amalgam shall not be used for the treatment of children under 12 years old and of pregnant and breastfeeding women.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. The use of dental amalgam shall be phased-out by 31 December 2021.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1a and 1b, the use of dental amalgam shall continue to be allowed only when deemed necessary by the dental practitioner.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. From 1 January 20198 onwards dental facilities shall be equipped with amalgam separators aimed at retaining and collecting amalgam particles. Those separators shall be maintained as required to ensure a ~~high level of retention~~retention of at least 95 % of the amalgam particles.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

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

-1. Mercury waste shall be permanently stored in solidified form in salt mines that are adapted for the disposal of mercury, or in deep underground hard rock formations providing a level of safety and confinement equivalent to that of such salt mines;

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. By way of derogation from paragraph -1 and from point (a) of Article 5(3) of Directive 1999/31/EC, mercury waste may be ~~stored in one of the following ways:~~ temporarily stored in liquid form for up to five years subject to the specific requirements for the temporary storage of mercury waste, as laid down in Annexes I, II and III to that Directive, in above-ground facilities dedicated to and equipped for the temporary storage of mercury.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

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

(a) temporarily stored for more than one year or permanently stored in salt mines that are adapted for the disposal of mercury, or in deep underground hard rock formations providing a level of safety and confinement equivalent to that of those salt mines;deleted

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

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

~~(b) temporarily stored in above- ground facilities dedicated to and equipped for the temporary storage of mercury.~~deleted

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO, Miriam DALLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

~~2. The specific requirements for the temporary storage of mercury waste, as laid down in~~deleted Annexes I, II and III to Directive 1999/31/EC shall apply to the permanent storage facilities referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article under the following conditions laid down in the following Annexes to that Directive: (a) fifth indents) and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC shall apply; (b) and sixth indents) and Annex III, Section 6, to Directive 1999/31/EC shall only apply where deemed appropriate by the competent authorities of the Member States in charge of implementing that Directive.Section 8 (first, third and Annex I, Section 8 (second, fourth

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)

Article 13a Information from storage and disposal operators of mercury waste 1. Operators of installations undertaking the temporary storage or the solidification of mercury waste shall, as part of the record keeping required under Article 35 of Directive 2008/98/EC, establish a register including the following information: (a) for each shipment of mercury waste received: (i) the origin and amount of mercury waste received; (ii) the name and contact details of the supplier; (b) for each shipment of solidified mercury waste leaving the installation: (i) the amount of solidified mercury waste and its mercury content; (ii) the destination and intended disposal operation of the solidified mercury waste; (iii) the certificate provided by the operator undertaking the permanent storage of the solidified mercury waste as referred to in paragraph2; (c) for each shipment of mercury waste leaving the temporary storage installation: (i) the amount of mercury waste and its mercury content; (ii) the destination and intended disposal operation of the mercury waste; (iii) the certificate provided by the operator undertaking the temporary storage of the mercury waste; (d) the amount of mercury waste stored at the installation at the end of each month. The operator of the installation shall transmit the register to the authority designated by the Member State every year, by 31 January. 2. Operators of installations undertaking the permanent storage of mercury waste shall, as soon as the disposal operation is completed, issue a certificate that the entire shipment of mercury waste has been placed into permanent storage in accordance with Directive 1999/31/EC, including information on the storage location.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) a list of individual stocks of mercury, mercury compounds or mercury waste exceeding 50 metric tonnes, which are located in their territory, a~~nd, where Member States are made aware, a list of sources of mercury supply generating annual stocks of mercury exceeding 10 metric tonnes~~s well as the amount of mercury at each site.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Susanne MELIOR, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) a list of sources of mercury supply generating annual stocks of mercury exceeding 10 metric tonnes.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2

It shall apply from ~~1st January 2018~~the date of its entry into force.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – point a

(a) from 1 January 20198: acetaldehyde production

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – point b

(b) from 1 January 20198: vinyl chloride monomer production

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Jytte GUTELAND, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) from 1 January 2018: sodium methylate and ethylate production

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Elena GENTILE, Simona BONAFÈ, Renata BRIANO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – point b b (new)

(bb) from 1 January 2022: potassium methylate and ethylate production

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/2353(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. acknowledges that the apparently large proportion of the EU budget allocated to agriculture can lead to misconceptions among the public about the policy, when in reality farm subsidies account for a negligible amount in relation to the total GDP of the Member States; points out, however, that 70% of Europeans believe that the CAP is fulfilling its responsibility to supply food in the EU, and that 62% of people asked believe that the PAC benefits not only farmers but all European citizens;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. states clearly that, through numerous policy reforms, CAP spending has been reduced and has become more targeted, market-orientated and geared towards improving the competitiveness of EU agriculture, while at the same time addressing an ever-increasing range of challenges, including environmental issues and climate change, the introduction of ‘greening measures’ and ensuring the economic viability of rural areas; stresses, however, that an in-depth analysis should be performed in an effort to assess the economic sustainability of the agricultural sector by safeguarding incomes, and that price volatility should be combatted by proposing new instruments;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the revision of the MFF should make provision for the fact that food safety will be a challenge in the coming years given the increased pressure on resources ~~– t~~. This provision could be used to tackle different areas, such as malnutrition trends in Member States., consistency among environmental tools in food production and mitigation of the negative environmental impacts of the excessive food taxation practices;

2016/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2015/2353(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Is convinced that a strong CAP for the EU, both in terms of content and financing, is paramount in achieving these objectives, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chains within the internal market, as well as viable rural areas; considers, furthermore, that increasing resilience and improving employment and quality of life in rural areas should be prioritised in order to combat rural depopulation; therefore calls on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation, and calls on the Commission to help them to achieve that objective;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Marc TARABELLA, Tibor SZANYI, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. notes that additional efforts can be made to facilitate the use of innovative financial instruments; to this end, calls on the Commission to work with the European Investment Bank with a view to offering new financing options to Member States, but also offering funding opportunities to young farmers so that they can develop their businesses.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers, against this background, that shortcomings have existed in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) since its inception under the Maastricht Treaty with the attribution of monetary policy to the European level, while budgetary policy remains within the competencies of the Member States and is only framed by provisions on light coordination of national policies; in that context too, draws particular attention to the need to strengthen the European Semester;

2016/06/09
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/2344(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Maria João RODRIGUES, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Andrea COZZOLINO, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Tibor SZANYI, Roberto GUALTIERI, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Considers that three different functions have to be fulfilled; argues, first, that in order to foster economic and social convergence within the euro area and to improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the euro area, Member States’ structural reforms should be incentivised in good economic times, bearing in mind, inter alia, social aspects; argues, secondly, that differences in the business cycles of euro area Member States stemming from structural differences create the need for an instrument to address asymmetric shocks; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed so as to increase the resilience of the euro area as a whole;

2016/06/09
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Considers that the fiscal capacity for the euro area should be funded by own resources of the EMU, including revenues from a financial transaction tax, and new financing instruments as Eurobonds;

2016/06/09
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/2344(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Maria João RODRIGUES, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Andrea COZZOLINO, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Tibor SZANYI, Alfred SANT, Roberto GUALTIERI, Udo BULLMANN, Costas MAVRIDES, Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Considers that structural reforms should be ecologically and socially balanced and aim at strengthening growth potential towards a fully sustainable new growth model, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities;

2016/06/09
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/2344(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Maria João RODRIGUES, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Andrea COZZOLINO, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER, Tibor SZANYI, Roberto GUALTIERI, Udo BULLMANN, Costas MAVRIDES, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1

– investment, notably in research and development;, healthcare and education,

2016/06/09
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Statistical data reported by Member States are essential for the Commission to assess compliance with waste legislation across the Member States. The quality, reliability and comparability of statistics should be improved by introducing a single entry point for all waste data, deleting obsolete reporting requirements, benchmarking national reporting methodologies ~~and~~, introducing a data quality check report and feedback system. Reliable reporting of statistical data concerning waste management is paramount to efficient implementation and to ensuring comparability of data among Member States. Therefore, when preparing the reports on compliance with the targets set out in Directive 19991/31/EC, Member States should be required to use the most recent methodology developed by the Commission and the national statistical offices of the Member States.

2016/07/06
Committee: ENVI

2015/0272(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) To reduce regulatory burden also on small establishments or undertakings, simplification of the permitting and registration requirements for small establishments or undertakings should be introduced.

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) It is important that the EU ETS, despite being the Union's primary tool for achieving the Union’s long-term climate and energy targets, should be complemented by equivalent additional actions taken in other legal acts and instruments dealing with greenhouse gas emissions from sectors not covered by the EU ETS, in order to honour the agreed commitment that all sectors of the economy contribute to the fulfilment of the target of reducing the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

2016/08/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/0148(COD)

Jytte GUTELAND, Matthias GROOTE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Pavel POC, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Renata BRIANO, Elena GENTILE, Nicola CAPUTO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Tibor SZANYI, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) The European Council confirmed that a well-functioning, reformed EU ETS with an instrument to stabilise the market will be the main European instrument to achieve this target, with an annual reduction factor of 2.2% from 2021 onwards, free allocation not expiring but existing measures continuing temporarily after 2020 to prevent the risk of carbon leakage due to climate policy, as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economies, without reducing the share of allowances to be auctioned. The auction share should be expressed as a percentage figure in the legislation, to enhance planning certainty as regards investment decisions, to increase transparency and to render the overall system simpler and more easily understandable. However, in order to reflect the Paris Agreement, it is essential that the Union, as part of the international community, increases its efforts and commitment with a view to limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels as well as to pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and therefore the annual reduction factor in the Phase IV of the EU ETS should increase to at least 2.4% by 2021.

2016/08/04
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) The European Council confirmed that the modalities, including transparency, of the optional free allocation to modernise the energy sector in certain Member States should be improved. Investments with a value of €10 million or more should be selected by the Member State concerned through a competitive bidding process on the basis of clear and transparent rules to ensure that free allocation is used to promote real investments modernising the energy sector in line with the Energy Union objectives. The list of projects, both selected and non-selected projects, should be made available to the public. Investments with a value of less than €10 million should also be eligible for funding from the free allocation. The Member State concerned should select such investments based on clear and transparent criteria. The results of this selection process should be subject to public consultation. The public should be duly kept informed at the stage of the selection of investment projects as well as of their implementation.

2016/08/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/0148(COD)

Jytte GUTELAND, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Jo LEINEN, Pavel POC, Susanne MELIOR, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Simona BONAFÈ, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Renata BRIANO, Elena GENTILE, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Nicola CAPUTO, Bas EICKHOUT, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, José Inácio FARIA, Tibor SZANYI, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) In line with the commitment of the co-legislators expressed in Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b, all sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions, including international maritime shipping and aviation. The aviation sector is contributing to the reductions through its inclusion in the EU ETS. In the absence of an international agreement which includes international maritime emissions in its reduction targets through the International Maritime Organization, the sector should be included under the EU ETS and a fund should be established for ship operators' contributions and collective compliance relating to CO2 emissions already covered by the EU MRV system1c (emissions released in Union ports and during voyages to and from such ports). A share of revenues from the auction of allowances to the maritime sector should be used to improve energy efficiency and support investments in innovative technologies to reduce CO2 emissions in the maritime sector, including short sea shipping and ports. __________________ 1aDirective 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63). 1bDecision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136). 1cRegulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 55).

2016/08/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/0148(COD)

Jytte GUTELAND, Matthias GROOTE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Jo LEINEN, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Seb DANCE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Pavel POC, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Renata BRIANO, Elena GENTILE, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Gilles PARGNEAUX

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 f (new)

Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – points e a and e b (new)

(2f) In Article 6 (2), the following points are added: '(ea) all legal requirements on social responsibility and reporting in order to ensure equal and effective implementation of environmental regulations and ensure that competent authorities and stakeholders, including workers' representatives, representatives of civil society and local communities, have access to all relevant information (as laid down in the Aarhus Convention and implemented in Union and national law, including Directive 2003/87/EC); (e b) an obligation to publish every year comprehensive information in respect of combating climate change and compliance with Union directives in the field of environment, health and safety at work; this information shall be accessible to workers' representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities in the vicinity of the installation.'

2016/07/14
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

~~(9) The restrictions or prohibitions adopted pursuant to this Regulation should refer to the use and not to the free circulation and imports of genetically modified food and feed.~~deleted

2015/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2015/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Member States should therefore be allowed to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use in all or part of their territory of a GMO or a GM food and feed, or group of GMOs or of GM food and feed, once authorised, provided that such measures are reasoned, based on compelling grounds in accordance with Union law, and are in line with the principles of proportionality and non- discrimination between national and non- national products, and Article 34, Article 36 and Article 216(2) of TFEU.

2015/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

~~(9) The restrictions or prohibitions adopted pursuant to this Regulation should refer to the use and not to the free circulation and imports of genetically modified food and feed.~~deleted

2015/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion, particularly in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives. The CAP, being the only fully communitised field of policy, is of territorial application and is therefore very well suited to carry out projects which can complement those supported by the EFSI. Many of the existing instruments of the CAP make targeted investments successfully.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. This is particularly true of businesses in rural areas, where economic growth and the preservation of services and jobs are urgently needed in order to prevent rural depopulation. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing finance to small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies ~~should~~may be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') and the EIB to benefit from its experience in these activities.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, sustainable and economic added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote ~~job~~ creation~~, long- term growth and competitiveness~~ of quality and long-term jobs, long-term growth and competitiveness, especially infrastructure measures (transport and digital, especially fast broadband). The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment and involvement of rural communities in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures, without adding to administrative burden or creating additional payment systems, which would undermine the efficiency of the EFSI objectives, so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in the many disadvantaged areas of Europe which are rural and areas in border regions and extremely peripherial location particularly those suffering depopulation. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, environmental and economic ~~value~~benefits. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term ~~growth~~and sustainable growth, the efficient use of energy and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment and the involvement of local communities in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures without loading additional administrative burdens on the applicants so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.

2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Jean-Paul DENANOT

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

The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB, with particular priority being assigned to businesses and social-cooperative bodies in rural areas and in structurally weak and disadvantaged areas, as well as areas in extremely peripherial locations ('EFSI Agreement').

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

The Investment Committee shall be composed of ~~six~~eight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project ~~finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three yea~~structuring and project financing, as well as macroeconomic expertise. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as agriculture, research, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. When appointing the Committee, the Steering board shall take into account the gender balance of the members.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) development of infrastructure, including local community related infrastructures, in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure with priority to rural areas lagging behind in fast broadband provisions;

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, local community capacity building, information and communications technology and innovation;

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Nicola CAPUTO, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Marc TARABELLA, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, agricultural, natural resources, rural and urban development and social fields;

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, agricultural, natural resources, ~~urban development~~resource efficiency, waste reduction, rural and urban development, sustainable urban mobility and social fields;

2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

The Investment Committee shall be composed of ~~six~~eight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project ~~finance and~~structuring and project finance, Member States’ social policies and macroeconomics. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as research and development, teaching, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years.

2015/03/25
Committee: BUDG ECON

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; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and the establishment of energy security throughout Europe; and digital infrastructure;

2015/03/25
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/0009(COD)

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

(b) an assessment of the added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis, including in terms of job creation, with particular regard to the number of high-quality jobs which will be created and which will ensure that people can make a living;

2015/03/19
Committee: BUDG ECON

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

In accordance with its own transparency policies on access to documents and information, the EIB shall make publicly available on its website, in a user-friendly form, information relating to all EIB financing and investment operations and how they contribute to the general objectives referred to in Article 5(2).

2015/03/19
Committee: BUDG ECON

2014/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to submit a new proposal on access to justice in environmental matters and a proposal on environmental inspections, possibly without increasing red tape and administrative costs;

2015/05/26
Committee: ENVI

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the important role of cohesion policy in mitigating the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States and the regions hit most by the crisis;

2015/03/26
Committee: ECON

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Encourages water companies and/or Member States to reinvest all economic revenues generated from the water management cycle into maintaining and improving water services and protecting water resources;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2238(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to address green employment in the implementation of the Energy Union.

2015/03/19
Committee: ENVI

2014/2238(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to submit a tax harmonisation proposal which would shift the tax burden from labour to ~~consumption~~other areas and take account of the environmental impact of goods and services;

2015/03/19
Committee: ENVI

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the cCommon aAgricultural pPolicy (CAP) has grown significantly in complexity in recent years without ~~any~~, so far, any visible reduction in the existing bureaucracy since the 2013 reform ;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the objectives of the CAP have to be fulfilled, while the mutual understanding and trust between all EU institutions, national and regional bodies have to be ensured for the effective implementation of the CAP;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the cost of controls isand providing advice to stakeholders and farmers may be currently estimated at EUR 4 billion at Member State level~~, and are probably still rising, particularly with the introduction of ‘greening’~~; emphasizes the need to minimize the cost of controls and their bureaucracy burden;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas performance based controls may become a useful methodology, while stability and an enabling approach are needed on the part of administrative bodies in order to build trust with final beneficiaries; recalls however that a one- size-fits-all system cannot be imposed on the diverse types and scale of agricultural holdings in the EU;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the 2013 reform has resulted in significant changes in the data required from farmers to accompany applications and justify claims, with new requirements which risk bringing about a higher error rate in the initial learning and adaptation phase;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the current system has ~~reached~~to deal with an estimated 15 million transactions each year, paid to around 8 million beneficiaries, and includes a million on- the-spot-checks involving millions of reference parcels of land and consequently risks reaching its limits and action is therefore needed;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the burden of controls is often viewed as being in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for complexity to be reduced in order to cut error rates, reduce the cost to the taxpayer and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent and in this regard calls for a new examination of the cost of controls compared to how much additional of funding could be safeguarded by such controls;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a less bureaucratic CAP with a view to reducing the error rate whilst ensuring that farmers are still able to deliver the vital food production which is at the heart of the policy and believes that continuing to tackle complexity and streamlining the operation of the CAP is one of the keys to attracting new entrants to agriculture and retaining them and their skills to ensure a thriving EU agricultural sector in the future;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that development and administration of performance-based controls should, in no way, become a source of increased uncertainty to the EU’s security of food supply;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Supports the Commission~~er Hogan~~’s initiative of simplifying the CAP with immediate examination of measures which can be implemented quickly , as this would benefit farmers, paying agencies, EU institutions and taxpayers; also urges that a~~mendments be made to the basic legislative act~~t the mid-term review, proposals for amendments to the basic legislative act be brought forward for consideration for the reform for the next funding period;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Advocates anreinforcement and stronger implementation of the single annual audit so that farmers are not subjected to excessive or multiple controls by both the Commission and the European Court of Auditors in the same year; also calls for the bundling of the audit tasks of certifying bodies and other Member State bodies, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that levels of control should be proportionate to the size of agricultural holdings, whilst safeguarding the use of EU funds;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Favours an integrated approach to controls, whereby ~~all~~ the controls required on a given farm are carried out at the same time wherever possible , so that the number of testing visits is kept lower and the concomitant financial and time cost for administrations and agriculture may be reduced;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls at the same time, however, for advice on best practice and controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for ~~it to be made possible~~a target to reduce the sample size for on-the-spot checks to 3% for all direct payments, as otherwise potential savings in the cost of controls ~~will be~~risk being lost;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that 100% coverage of rural areas with fast broadband, with significant awareness raising and training in its use, will be an essential tool to enable all farmers to benefit from the newest application and claims systems associated with the CAP;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Nicola CAPUTO, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. FCalls for further efforts to be made to reduce the complexity of application systems and forms for farmers and favours the increased use of e- Government technology by the Member States in order to forestall errors in the application process.

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Tibor SZANYI, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Momchil NEKOV, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on Member States to ensure that the governmental/regional bodies dealing with the new CAP implementation communicate and work together effectively to the benefit of farmers implementing the policy on the ground.

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

7 g. Encourages the Commission to support the work on alternative methods to animal testing and to push for the progressive phase-out of animal tests worldwide and calls on the Commission to encourage closer future cooperation on animal welfare issues

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In order to ensure the safe use of medicated feed, its supply and use should be subject to presentation of a valid veterinary prescription which has been issued after examination of the animals to be treated. ~~However, the possibility to manufacture medicated feed before a prescription is~~The prescription can only be issued by a veterinarian after he/she has examined the animal and made a diagnosis. A written or electronic prescription is always required to be presented to the manufacturer ~~should not be excluded~~or the feed business operator.

2015/04/28
Committee: ENVI

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Taking into account the serious public health risk posed by resistance to antimicrobials, it is appropriate to limit the use of medicated feed containing antimicrobials ~~for food-producing animals~~. Preventive use or use to enhance the performance of ~~food-producing~~ animals should in particular not be allowed.

2015/04/28
Committee: ENVI

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In order to ensure the safe use of medicated feed, its supply and use should be subject to presentation of a valid written or electronic veterinary prescription which has been issued, for a limited period of time, by a veterinarian or another professional person qualified to do so in accordance with applicable national law after examination and diagnosis of the animals to be treated. However, the possibility to manufacture medicated feed before a prescription is presented to the manufacturer should not be excluded.

2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI