10 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2021/2106(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies which are under its remit, which carry out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies’ budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale of current and upcoming challenges, sufficient and stable funding must be guaranteed for the agencies and the Commission Directorates-General (‘DG’) working in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the Court’s findings in Special Report 18/2020: “The EU’s Emissions Trading System: free allocation of allowances needed better targeting” that free allowances are not well targeted, tended to slow decarbonisation and that the Commission needs to update its procedure for targeting free allowances to reflect the Paris Agreement; welcomes, in this context, the draft amendment to the EU ETS directive submitted within the framework of the Fit for 55 package, which, inter alia, also revises the method of allocating free allowances;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the efforts that DG Environment has made in connection with the preparation and adoption of the second Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which brings 35 legislative and non-legislative initiatives, and new EU strategies for industry, while it perceives both initiatives as essential in the implementation of the objectives of the European legal framework for climate;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the adoption of the new 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, welcomes the effort to include third countries in this effort, and draws attention, in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, to the link between the degradation of ecosystems and zoonoses;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Welcomes the draft 8th Environment Action Programme submitted by the Commission in October 2020 and has hope for its early acceptance in connection with the conclusion of a preliminary agreement between Council and Parliament representatives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Refers to the efforts made by DG Environment, together with the European External Action Service and the relevant DG, in connection with ‘climate diplomacy’, while it perceives this effort in relation to third countries as essential for averting and mitigating the consequences of ongoing climate change;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Welcomes the submission of a draft regulation on batteries and waste batteries, which revises existing measures and, at the same time, represents the first legal instrument that deals with the effects of these products during their entire life cycle;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Welcomes the submission of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, which aims to better protect Union citizens and the environment against the impacts of hazardous substances and promote innovation and the development of safer and sustainable chemicals;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the adoption of a pharmaceutical strategy for Europe, which includes 55 measures aimed, inter alia, at ensuring access to affordable medicines, focusing on innovations in treatment, promoting innovation, competitiveness and sustainability in the Union’s pharmaceutical industry, improving crisis preparedness and response mechanisms and addressing the lack of drugs;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Supports the activities of DG Health and Food Safety in connection with the preparation of a legislative framework for sustainable food systems and sustainable labelling, which aims, inter alia, to revise the rules for the sustainable use of pesticides, feed additives, food labellings and materials intended for contact with food;