1565 Amendments of Merja KYLLÖNEN
Amendment 15 #
2018/2793(RSP)
Recital B
B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presence of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinators will need to be strongly reduced and the negative effects of land-use changes and climate change should be acknowledged;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2793(RSP)
Recital C
C. whereas neonicotinoid use has been linked to adverse ecological effects, including high risks to both domestic and wild bees, responsible for pollinating most crops worldwide; whereas glyphosate use has been shown to damage the bacteria of honeybees contributing to pollinator decline and loss of habitat;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2793(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that pollinators are an essential component of biodiversity and are indispensable for reproduction in many plant species; considers that a decreasing pollinator population affects the quality of agricultural yields which can cause a rise in food prices due to limited supply;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2793(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to include in the objectives of the CAP limits to the objective of increasing productivity and to regulate intensive farming practices, in order to improve the habitat and forage space for beepollinators;
Amendment 94 #
2018/2793(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promoteextend the concepts of buffer strips and, grassy/ flowering waterways with a view to provide both better erosion control as well as perennial flowering areas as foraging opportunity and habitat for pollinatorsand perennial flowering areas as measures encouraging biodiversity in order to protect foraging opportunity and habitat for pollinators, as well as providing better erosion control; calls in this context for a revision of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC);
Amendment 38 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2018 six Member States were referred to the European Court of Justice for failing to comply with EU air quality standards; recalls in addition that there are currently 2830 infringement cases underway for failure to comply with air pollution limits in 230 Member States, and about two thirds of the Member States are currently in non-compliance with PM10 and NO2 limit values and one fifth exceed the PM2.5 target value;
Amendment 43 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to prioritise the implementation of coordinated actions and policies for improving air quality in urban areas, in order to reach the ultimate objectives of halting premature deaths and diseases caused by the exposure to air pollutants and cutting their related social costs across the Union; as well as taking into consideration the impacts of pollutants on climate and ecosystems;
Amendment 62 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that there is a need for a holistic approach to air pollution in European cities taking account of various sources of air pollution; calls on the Commission, therefore to carry out an ambitious update of the Ambient Quality Directive in terms of matching the latest WHO limit and target values (for PM, SO2 and O3) and setting short term value for PM2,5, to put forward effective measures that enable the Member States to comply with the Ambient Air Quality Directive, to prioritise itsthe assessment of the measures adopted by the Member States, and to step up its efforts for checking compliance at Member State level;
Amendment 81 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that cutting air pollution and reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector are twin challenges in urban areas, that zero-emission cars, vans and buses are essential to provide clean, energy-efficient and affordable mobility for all citizens and that accelerating the development of a mass market for these vehicles by scaling up their offer in the Union is crucial for bringing down prices to the benefit of consumers, fleet operators, public procurement authorities and European society as a whole; considers that when applying for EU-funding for projects relating to transportation, the applicants must show how the project in question is contributing to the EU climate targets;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that in 2015 ammonia emissions from the agricultural sector accounted for 94% of total ammonia emissions across the Union; highlights that in urban areas, ammonia emissions account for around 50% of the health impacts of air pollution, as ammonia is a key precursor to particulate matter; calls on the Commission and Member States to use the reform of the EU Common Agriculture Policy as an opportunity to fight air pollution from the agricultural sector;
Amendment 133 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. HighlighRegrets that methane emissions are not regulated under EU air pollution legislation and not specifically regulated under EU climate policy;
Amendment 148 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the complexity and the uncertainties inherent to air pollution science, and therefore promotes the use of different forms of knowledge including citizen science1 in air quality monitoring and policy evaluation; stresses the importance of improving public awareness and information by involving citizens in air quality matters; _________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration /research/newsalert/multimedia/citizen_sci ence_en.htm
Amendment 154 #
2018/2792(RSP)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Highlights the need for funding for initiatives facilitating local and regional low carbon mobility;
Amendment 156 #
Amendment 45 #
2018/2759(RSP)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets that to date, a systematic approach to collecting data on the nutrient loss, namely phosphorous and nitrogen, in the agricultural sector has been missing; demands that indicators for measuring the Circular Economy aspect of nutrients should be set and therefore it is important also to connect agricultural activities to circular economy;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the LIFE programme plays an important role in promoting environmental priorities by financing projects that demonstrate holistic solutions for complex and interlinked problems in variety of land use activities including agriculture and works alongside agri-environmental-climate measures under the CAP on numerous Natura 2000 sites;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that reaching the full potential of these integrated projects depends on the availability of complementary finance, in particular from mainstreaming of environment and climate in the major EU policies such as the CAP and cohesion policy and their financing instruments;
Amendment 67 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for further evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of the projects, especially with regard to costs and savings, as they are expected to provide value for money and therefore calls for a clear and well-defined set of indicators to be established;
Amendment 34 #
2018/2167(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
30. Still strongly regrets that, accordingRegrets that, despite repeated calls from the European Parliament for establishing a single seat, and the fact that citizens of the Union do not understand why the European Parliament should divide its activities over two the Court,seats, so far the European Council did not even commence a discussion on how to meet Parliament´s requests in this respect; recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament amount to EUR 114 million per yearto be EUR 114 million per year; notes, furthermore, the finding from its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1a that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by that dispersion; reiterates its call on the Council to develop a comprehensive strategy in order to agree on a single seat for Parliament; takes note of the additional costs linked to Parliament’s 12 journeys per year to Strasburg, which can be broken down as follows for 2017: _________________ 1a OJ C 436, 24.11.2016, p. 2.
Amendment 37 #
2018/2167(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes that the creation of an institute dedicated to the education of future European diplomats within the EEAS could be an example to repurpose the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to house this diplomatic institute;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the overwhelming majority of road accidents are due to human errorhuman error contributes to a majority of collisions and, as such, there is an imperative need to reduce the possibilities for such errors, while maintaining personal mobility;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas automation and deployment of new technology will increase the safety of transport and transport systems and eliminate some of the human factors; whereas in parallel with automation both the diversity and condition of transport systems in different member states should be taken into account; whereas existing and new transport systems need to be build and equipped to be safe before automation can be done;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the need for Europe to join forces in order to reach and maintain a globally leading position in autonomous transport; therefore calls on the Commission to establish a Joint Undertaking similar to e.g. Clean Sky to create an industry driven strategic initiative on autonomous transport, which should be compelling for the European citizens, make significant commercial sense and be based on wide collaboration of industrial, public and academic world in order to create a globally scalable multi-modal transport system for autonomous transport;
Amendment 74 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that fully autonomous vehicles will be commercially available by 2030 and that appropriate regulatory frameworks, ensuring their safe operation, need to be in place as soon as possible in order to address the resulting changes;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines the importance of adopting an ambitious new General Safety Regulation for motorvehicles, given the short-term life-saving potential of mandated installation of new vehicle safety technologies, which will furthermore also be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles in the future;
Amendment 85 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Underlines the importance of adopting an ambitious new General Safety Regulation for motor vehicles, given the short-term life-saving potential of mandated installation of new vehicle safety technologies, which will furthermore also be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles in the future;
Amendment 87 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Recalls that the development of the connected andautomated vehicles (CAVs) has been mainly driven by the technology push, and therefore urges the need to study and acknowledge the human and societal aspects of the development and ensure that the deployment of CAVs will fully respect the societal, human and environmental values and goals;
Amendment 95 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need for clear legislation obligating the installation of event data recorders in line with the eCall Regulation5 in order to improve accident investigations as well as to clarify and enable the tackling, as soon as possible, of issues of liability; _________________ 5 OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77.
Amendment 116 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Acknowledges that road collisions with autonomous vehicles will still occur, notably in mixed traffic conditions; underlines therefore the importance of stringent passive safety requirements for those vehicles to be maintained in order to ensure the safety of both vehicle occupants as well as other road users, notably vulnerable road users;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Underlines the potential of automation to eliminate part of the human errors and allows the personnel on the bridge more time for optical observation especially in the narrow sea lanes and port areas; however, especially in close proximity with other ships the exchange of information and communication is imperative to safety and therefore bridges need to be kept staffed;
Amendment 139 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission, togetherin consultation and coordination with the industry, to create common protocols and standards enabling autonomous train and light-rail systems;
Amendment 171 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to propose initiatives promoting the skills and education needed to keep the EU at the forefront of the autonomous vehicletransport sector;
Amendment 173 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls the EUR 300 000 000 dedicated under Horizon 2020 to research and innovation programmes on automated vehiclestransport from 2014 to 2020 and recommends that these automation programmes be continued and extended for all modes of transport, taking into account also the cooperation between the transport modes, in the next multiannual financial period for 2021-2027 (Horizon Europe);
Amendment 176 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Stresses on the importance collaborative research can play for a swift advancement on the automation of transport through the involvement of the whole innovation ecosystem; urges the Commission to ensure the continuation of existing collaborative research programmes within the next framework programme Horizon Europe 2021-2027 – such as the Shift2Rail JointUndertaking programme;
Amendment 179 #
2018/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the need for real-life testing sites across the EU in order to thoroughly test and develop new technologies; urges each of the Member States to designate, by 2020, urban and extra-urban areas where autonomous research vehicles can be tested in real-life traffic conditions, whileprovided that the vehicle and/or technology is in the final stages of development and when it has already been proven during track tests that the automated vehicle drives safely, while also safeguarding road safety in those areas;
Amendment 154 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68 a. Recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be EUR 114 million per year; furthermore, notes the finding from its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1a that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines; _________________ 1a OJ C 436, 24.11.2016, p. 2.
Amendment 129 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the return of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and their families poses particular challenges in terms of security and radicalisation; whereas child returnees pose specific problemchallenges as they can be bothneed protection as child victims and can become potential perpetrators at the same time;
Amendment 138 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas some of these returnees have oftenmight have received prolonged ideological indoctrination and military training in the use of weapons and explosives, and might have in some cases established links with other terrorists, possibly former foreign fighters, with whom they form transnational networks;
Amendment 249 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas Daesh’s sophisticated web communication strategy of marketing terrorism by glorifying it also offers alternative social and cultural opportunities to followers and design copied from the global ‘youth culture’ such as online gaming, and thus has a strong appeal to minorschildren and young people;
Amendment 686 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends to the Member States that they start buildingprovide appropriate structures to respond to child returnees, building on existing child protection systems, to respond to child returnees and to children and young people at risk of radicalisation, and in particular the development of expertise, including that of experienced professionals, in the areas of trauma, extremism, child development, education and risk assessment and tailored to the local and national context, as well as clear legal and organisational structures for dealing with this alarming phenomenon and ensure the de-radicalisation and re-integration of child returnees; thus recommends to develop and finance programmes for the disengagement of already radicalised children and young people;
Amendment 868 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Emphasises the importance of teaching non-discrimination, religious tolerance and promoting social inclusion for all children, in accordance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 869 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to consider establishing binding procedures for schools for tackling the challenge of radicalised pupils, and to offeroffering prevention and de-radicalisation programmes and training for teachers with regard to this in order to intervene at a early stage; stresses the need for involvement of law enforcement and justice bodies in the process of addressing radicalisationmost serious cases of radicalisation and for an increased cooperation between them and schools, local authorities and religious communities;
Amendment 1469 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
Paragraph 130
130. Stresses that notification to victim’s families should be delivered by specifically trained professionals in a dignified, humane and appropriate way, ensuring that the media do not reveal their identities without their prior consent, and that particular attention and priority should be given towhen handling minorschildren;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated and successful EU policy, serving as basis for European integration, and should remain a common policy with an ambitiousEU policy, and should remain a common policy with ambitious environmental and climate objectives and budget;
Amendment 43 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas farmland makes up to 47% of the European territory and in the EU there are 22 million farmers and agricultural workers;
Amendment 80 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the strategic planning of the CAP should focus on supporting ethical and sustainable production of high-quality and healthy food in all areas of Europe and promoting bioeconomy and circular economy;
Amendment 88 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas one third of EU budget is spent on agricultural subsidies, while modern agriculture remains a source of significant climate and environmental challenges; whereas greening measures are complex and inefficient;
Amendment 96 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity loss and of degradation of ecosystem services in the EU;
Amendment 97 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the use of pesticides, degradation of biodiversity and changes in the agricultural environment have a negative impact on the amount insects and variety of insect species; whereas degradation of pollinators and pollinator species have a negative impact on natural and agricultural ecosystems;
Amendment 99 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas truly green agriculture is ecologically sustainable and ensures biodiversity, preservation and conservation of ecosystem services and reduces contamination of water resources and waterways and improves their status, while maintaining the growth potential of the soil;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the impact of climate and sanitary hazards on farming activity is growing, and whereas there is a need for the CAP to address this with dedicated tools, while the Member States should have flexibility in choosing the most effective and appropriate means and measures that best fit their circumstances;
Amendment 130 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a CAP that has its top priority the transition of each European farm towards an undertaking combining economic with environmental performance standardproducing sustainable, safe and good quality food with high environmental performance standards; reminds of the importance of sufficient mandatory environmental protection requirements for all farms;
Amendment 146 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for an increase in the share of organic agricultural production;
Amendment 151 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses the importance of short supply chains wherein the transport distance is shorter, traceability better and agricultural products fresher; reminds that local production supports local food culture and local economies;
Amendment 165 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the integrity of the first pillar to be maintained, built as it is on enhanced cross-compliance of support measures calibrated to maximise the results expected for each farmer; stresses, however, the importance of active family farms of all sizes in maintaining diverse agricultural activity, and therefore measures would be better targeted, if the focus is put on family farms;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a first pillar, defined at EU level, that recognises the importance of direct aid providing income stability to farmers and having a role in balancing out effects of market fluctuations, and that includes, as a share of up to 30 % of the pillar budget, a contractual incitement scheme for a transition towards an agriculture combining economic with environmental performance standards; highlights importance of the possibility to transfer funding from Pillar I to Pillar II;
Amendment 189 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issues, and ensures the development of viability and vitality of rural areas and helps to maintain and improve the availability and quality of public services there; reminds that diversification of farms into non- agricultural activities is important for vivid rural areas;
Amendment 205 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for increase of funding allocated to maintaining and improving of ecosystem services;
Amendment 207 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for measures that increase recycling of nutrients; calls for the agricultural structural policy to be aligned with the environmental support scheme e.g. by better combining crop and livestock farming;
Amendment 209 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines the need for payments under Rural Development to farmers located in areas facing natural constraints such as difficult climatic conditions, steep slopes, or soil quality; calls for simplification and better focussing of the ANC scheme for the post 2020 period;
Amendment 230 #
2018/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the CAP must include an ambitious European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant proteinprudent use of natural resources and reducing the use of fossil fuels and instead, a shift to the use of highly sustainable biofuels;
Amendment 999 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need for payments under rural development to farmers in areas with natural constraints, difficult climatic conditions, steep slopes or limitations in terms of soil quality; calls for a simplification and improved targeting of the ANC plan after 2020;
Amendment 1291 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the importance of short local and regional supply chains, which are more environmentally sustainable – since they cause less pollution because they require less transport – and mean products are more easily traceable and fresher;
Amendment 1300 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Points out that producing locally supports the local food culture and local economies;
Amendment 85 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas every year between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic waste enter the ocean;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas practically every type of plastic material and object can be found in the ocean from the Great Pacific garbage patch, containing at least 79.000 tons of plastic floating in an area of 1.6 million square kilometres, to the Earth's remotest areas such as the deep ocean floor and the Arctic;
Amendment 90 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas plastic makes up 85 per cent of beach litter;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas 90 per cent of all seabirds swallow plastic particles;
Amendment 215 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to come forward swiftly with quality standards in order to build trust and incentivise the market for secondary plastics; urges the Commission to develop various grades of recycling which are aligned with the functionality of different products, while safeguarding public health and food safety; notes that chemical recycling can become a new and innovative way of recycling certain types of waste plastics that are not suitable for mechanical recycling;
Amendment 245 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that mandatory rules on recycled content, including chemically recycled content, for specific products may be needed in order to drive the uptake of secondary raw materials;
Amendment 266 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that procurement has the power to boost innovation in business models; calls on the Commission to set up an EU learning network on circular procurement in order to harvest the lessons learnt from pilot projects; believes that voluntary actions could pave the way for binding rules on public circular procurement; notes that public procurement could include requirements on bio-based content as well as both mechanical and chemically recycled content;
Amendment 273 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for an action plan to phase out single-use plastic items within all buildings of the European Institutions;
Amendment 408 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to introduce a ban on micro-plastics which are intentionally added to products, such as cosmetics and cleaning products, and for which viable alternatives are available;
Amendment 420 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes note of the good practice of Operation Clean Sweep and the Port of Antwerp’s ‘zero pellet loss’ initiative; believes there is scope to replicate this initiative at EU and global level, as well as throughout the entire plastic supply chain to prevent pellet loss across the supply chain, to tackle the second largest direct source of microplastic pollution in the EU;
Amendment 430 #
2018/2035(INI)
Research and Innovation
Amendment 447 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Stresses that sufficient funding of research and innovation is key to understand the source, quantification and impact of macro-, micro- and nanoplastics on the marine ecosystems and to develop innovative solutions; and calls therefore for a budget of at least €120 billion for Horizon Europe in the Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020;
Amendment 457 #
2018/2035(INI)
34b. Calls on the Commission to establish in the context of the Framework Programme 9 a 'Mission Plastic Free Ocean' to reduce plastics entering the marine environment and collect plastics present in the ocean. Asks in this context to establish a European Ocean Agency dealing with the challenges of observation, coordination and implementation of European initiatives and the management of national and European funds to tackle marine litter and other marine and maritime challenges such as climate change and acidification;
Amendment 460 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34c. Highlights the innovative potential of start-ups in the context of recycling and upcycling;
Amendment 461 #
Amendment 462 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)
Paragraph 34 d (new)
34d. Calls on the Commission to step up efforts to increase ocean literacy in Europe to empower ocean engaged citizens and by doing so raise awareness about the environmental challenge of plastic pollution and other forms of marine litter;
Amendment 463 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 e (new)
Paragraph 34 e (new)
34e. Calls for an EU policy dialogue on marine litter and plastic pollution, bringing together representatives of civil society, the plastic industry, specific sectors such as the fishing, shipping and tourism, as well as scientists and politicians from the local to European level;
Amendment 464 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 f (new)
Paragraph 34 f (new)
34f. Emphasises the importance of projects such as fishing for litter campaigns and beach clean-ups;
Amendment 465 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 g (new)
Paragraph 34 g (new)
34g. Considering that abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear accounts for at least 10 per cent of marine litter, calls for a better implementation of the compulsory reporting of lost fishing gear and measures to facilitate the collection, recycling and upcycling of fishing gear;
Amendment 483 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Given that a great portion of plastic waste in the ocean originates from countries in Asia and Africa, the issues of plastic pollution and waste management capacities should be a priority in the context of the EU's external policy framework ranging from EU development policy, sustainable fisheries partnership agreements, to ocean partnerships in the framework of an international ocean governance;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas smart, robust electricity grids, the better integration of power and gas grids via power-to-gas, access to the grid for charging service providers and private charging points and the roll-out of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations are key to electromobility; whereas with BEV and FCEV smart and controlled charging can help balance grids, but there is still a lack of regulatory, tax and technical frameworks;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the TEN-T networks constitute the main transport networks in the European Union; whereas focussing on deploying alternative fuels infrastructure and pursuing the goal established in the communication to provide full coverage of all the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) core network corridors with charging points by 2025 should be a key priority; whereas this target should be complemented by also taking into account both a comprehensive TEN-T network and urban and rural areas;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Commission’s evaluation of the National Framework Plans (NFPs) reveals differing levels of effort and ambition between Member States and that the deployment of alternative fuels is falling short; calls therefore on the Commission to replace NFPs with mandatory objectives such as those put forward in the 2013 proposal, while also taking into account the projected and realised uptake of alternative-fuel vehicles and their technological progress, as well as the goal of having a compatible trans- European infrastructure network for all alternative fuels;
Amendment 68 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the progress of deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure and availability of alternatively powered vehicles is too slow, and calls on manufacturers to step up efforts in this regard, taking into account all varieties of alternative fuels, including biogas produced from agricultural and industrial residues.
Amendment 74 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests an annual evaluation of the Member States’ implementation status and broadening of the Directive’s scope to shift it from deployment along the TEN-T network to also covering urban and regional nodes and the infrastructure for public fleets so as to attain the widest possible geographical coverage;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the importance of sustainable public procurement of alternatively powered vehicles as a driver of demand for alternative fuels and alternative fuels infrastructure;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s effort to provide an additional EUR 800 million as start-up financing to support the uptake of alternative fuels infrastructure; doubts, however, that the leverage will be sufficient given the projected need for EUR 5.2 billion up to 2020 and an additional EUR 16-22 billion of overall investment up to 20253; recalls, in this connection, the importance of easy access to refuelling and recharging points; _________________ 3 COM(2017)0652.
Amendment 104 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests setting up a European Clean Mobility Fund to cover the estimated necessary investment of EUR 25 billion up to 2025; calls for the fund to be co- financed, with the European Union contributing 10 % and 90 % coming from industry, notably manufacturers, suppliers, energy and fuel producers and other interested parties; suggests that, by contributing to the fund, companies or consortia should be granted preferential access to grants and loans provided by the CEF, EIB and EC IPE; requests that financial resources from the fund should be awarded according to the criteria of feasibility, climate targets, European added value, the achievement of deployment goals and cohesion policy; asks that the INEA, which already oversees the CEF, become the responsible agency;
Amendment 107 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it important that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) can finance the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that progress regarding the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure and the availability of alternatively powered vehicles is too slow, and calls on manufacturers to step up efforts in this regard, taking into account all the various alternative fuels, such as biogas from agricultural and industrial residues;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines the importance of safeguarding the position of employees in the automotive industry in making the transition to sustainable use of alternative fuels;
Amendment 59 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Implementation of this Directive should be monitored. The results of this monitoring, including a comprehensive evaluation of its impact, inter alia, on the various modes of transport in Europe, should be presented by the Commission in a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report should be based on the information that is made available to the Commission by the Member States in a timely fashion to allow for the report to be presented at the specified time.
Amendment 24 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) With 1.8% of EU GDP, down from 2.2% in 2009, infrastructure investment activities in the Union in 2016 were about 20% below investment rates before the global financial crisis. Thus, while a recovery in investment-to-GDP ratios in the Union can be observed, it remains below what might be expected in a strong recovery period and is insufficient to compensate years of underinvestment. More importantly, the current investment levels and forecasts do not cover the Union’s structural investment needs in the face of technological change and global competitiveness, including for innovation, skills, infrastructure, small and medium- sized enterprises ('SMEs') and the need to address key societal challenges such as sustainability, growing inequality or population ageing. Consequently, continued support is necessary to address market failures and sub-optimal investment situations to reduce the investment gap in targeted sectors to achieve the Union's policy objectives.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the InvestEU Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the InvestEU Programme are expected to contribute 30 % of the overall financial envelope of the InvestEU Programme to climate objectives. Therefore the eligibility criteria for actions under InvestEU Programme shall be that the funding contributes to the climate change targets. Relevant actions will be identified during the InvestEU Programme's preparation and implementation and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 38 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Investment projects receiving substantial Union support, notably in the area of infrastructure, should be subject to sustainability and climate targets´ proofing in accordance with guidance that should be developed by the Commission in cooperation with implementing partners under the InvestEU Programme and, using in an appropriate way the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable and coherently with the guidance developed for other programmes of the Union. Such guidance should include adequate provisions to avoid undue administrative burden.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Low infrastructure investment rates in the Union during the financial crisis undermined the Union's ability to boost sustainable growth, competitiveness and convergence. Sizeable investments in the European infrastructure are fundamental to meet the Union's goals to create a Single European Transport Area, as well as sustainability targets, including the 2030 energy and climate targets. Accordingly, support from the InvestEU Fund should target investments into transport, energy, including energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental, climate action, maritime and digital infrastructure, supporting e.g. development and deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). To maximise the impact and the value added of Union financing support, it is appropriate to promote a streamlined investment process enabling visibility of the project pipeline and enhancing synergies and consistency across relevant Union programmes in the areas of digital, energy and transport. Bearing in mind security threats, investment projects receiving Union support should take into account principles for the protection of citizens in public spaces. This should be complementary to the efforts made by other Union funds such as the European Regional Development Fund providing support for security components of investments in public spaces, transport, energy and other critical infrastructure.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A significant effort is urgently needed to invest in digital transformation, including objective societal and ethical analysis, and to distribute the benefits of it non-discriminatory to all Union citizens and businesses. The strong policy framework of the Digital Single Market Strategy should now be matched by investment of a similar ambition, including in artificial intelligence.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Programme should aim at supporting climate change, environmentally and socially sustainable projects and, where appropriate, climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. In particular, the contribution of the Programme to achieving the goals and objectives of the Paris Agreement as well as the proposed 2030 climate and energy targets and long-term decarbonisation objective should be reinforced. In order to reach Union´s targets and commitments to tackle climate change, the Programme encourages modal shift to sustainable modes of transport.
Amendment 99 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should therefore mainstream climate action and lead to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives18 . Actions under this Programme are expected to contribute 60% of the overall financial envelope of the Programme to climate objectives, while ensuring that the remaining 40% of the overall financial envelope does not contradict to the climate objectives, based inter alia on the following Rio markers: i) 100% for the expenditures relating to railway infrastructure, alternative fuelsrenewable fuels or zero- emission transport, clean urban transport, electricity transmission, electricity storage, smart grids, CO2 transportation and renewable energy; ii) 40% for inland waterways and multimodal transport, and gas infrastructure - if enabling increased use of renewable hydrogen or bio-methane. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. In order to prevent that infrastructure is vulnerable to potential long term climate change impacts and to ensure that the cost of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the project is included in the project's economic evaluation, all projects supported by the Programme should be subject to climate proofing in accordance with guidance that should be developed by the Commission coherently with the guidance developed for other programmes of the Union where relevant. __________________ 18 COM(2018) 321, page 13 COM(2018) 321, page 13
Amendment 155 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to reflect growing transport flows and the evolution of the network, the alignment of the core network corridors and their pre-identified sections and their capacity should be adapted. These adaptations to the core network should not affect its completion by 2030 and should be proportionate in order to preserve the consistency and the efficiency of the corridor development and coordination. For that reason the length of the core network corridors should not increase by more than 15%. Evolutions on the comprehensive network must be monitored and assessed in order to guarantee the relevance of the sections.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to reflect growing transport flows and the evolution of the networko ensure better connectivity of core ports and cross-border projects, the alignment of the core network corridors and their pre-identified sections should be adapted. The adaptations would secure a timely implementation of the TEN-T Core Network and assure that the 9 core network corridors cover the whole of the European Union. In addition, these adaptations should be proportionate in order to preserve the consistency and the efficiency of the corridor development and coordination. For that reason the length of the core network corridors should not increase by more than 15%.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Programme should contribute to promote the territorial accessibility and connectivity of all regions of the Union, including remote, outermost, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions, as well as sparsely populated areas.
Amendment 357 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) cross-border link, in the transport sector, means projects covering a cross- border section between Member States or a Member State and a neighbouring country, or a project carried out in one Member State that demonstrates a high cross- border impact by enhancing cross- border land-based or maritime traffic flows between two Member States or between a Member State and a neighbouring country;
Amendment 429 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to efficient and interconnected networks and infrastructure for smart, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure mobility, to strengthen territorial, social and economic cohesion and to promote the territorial accessibility and connectivity of all regions of the Union;
Amendment 685 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i
(ii) actions implementing land-based or maritime cross-border links of the comprehensive network in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, notably as concerns the land- based links the sections listed in Part III of the Annex to this Regulation;
Amendment 698 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Actions supporting the improvement of territorial connectivity and accessibility in all Regions of the Union, including remote, outermost, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions, as well as sparsely populated areas, including actions relating to the relevant urban node, maritime and inland ports and rail-road terminals;
Amendment 703 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iva) actions supporting new sustainable mega-investments in the immediate vicinity of the TEN-T core network in case of growing peripheral areas with EU added value.
Amendment 729 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv
(iv) actions supporting new technologies and innovation, including automation, enhanced transport services, modal integration and alternative fuels infrastructure, and decarbonisation of the transport sector, in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;
Amendment 840 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The award criteria shall be defined in the work programmes referred to in Article 19 and in the calls for proposals taking into account, to the extent applicable, the following elements:
Amendment 859 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Connectivity and territorial accessibility
Amendment 896 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The assessment of proposals against the award criteria shall take into account, where relevant, the resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change through a climate vulnerability and risk assessment including the relevant adaptation measures.
Amendment 922 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for works relating to the specific objectives referred to in Article 3 (2) (a), the amount of Union financial assistance shall not exceed 30 % of the total eligible cost. The co-financing rates may be increased to a maximum of 50 % for actions relating to cross-border links under the conditions specified in point (c) of this paragraph, for actions supporting the Motorways of the Sea and maritime links, including actions supporting ports of the comprehensive network for actions supporting telematic applications systems, for actions supporting new technologies and innovation, for actions supporting improvements of infrastructure safety in line with relevant Union legislation and for actions located in outermost regions;
Amendment 951 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) as regards actions relating to cross- border links, the increased maximum co- financing rates as provided for in points (a) and (b) may only apply to actions (i) that demonstrate a particularly high degree of integration in the planning and implementation of the action for the purpose of the award criterion referred to in Article 13(1)(c), notablywhere relevant through the establishment of a single project company, a joint governance structure and a bilateral legal framework or implementing act pursuant to Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013. (ii) that demonstrate a particular cross-border impact by facilitating traffic flows that create added value in terms of connectivity, logistics or trade beyond the borders of one Member State.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Commission's Communication on 'A new, modern Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post- 2020'57 outlines among the options for the future financial framework a programme for Europe's digital transformations to deliver 'strong progress towards smart growth in areas such as high quality, high performance and interoperable data infrastructure, connectivity and cybersecurity'. It would seek to secure European leadership in supercomputing, next generation internet, artificial intelligence, robotics and big data. It would reinforce the competitive position of industry and businesses in Europe across the digitised economy and would have a significant impact on filling the skills gap across the Union. _________________ 57 COM(2018) 98 final
Amendment 35 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) As autonomous transport is likely to grow significantly in the near future, and to reflect the expected development of capacity in this field, the Commission should clarify safety and liability rules for fully autonomous transport and safeguard the human and societal interests in order to provide the legal conditions for its fast and effective integration into the market, in the best interest of Union business and consumers.
Amendment 48 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Digitalisation can improve barrier free accessibility for everyone, including older people and persons with reduced mobility, a disability or specific needs, in areas of public interest.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) In order to create a well- functioning digital single market for the whole Europe, some basic preconditions have to exist in all Member States. Lack of digital service infrastructure and capacity still hampers the development of smooth cross-border services. Therefore, in addition to supporting the frontrunners and champions and facilitating the sharing of knowledge and best practises, the Union and its programmes should support and allocate adequate resources for the establishment of the basic preconditions and infrastructure for the digital services. The starting point should be to analyse the missing links, functions and features needed for digital services and their full-scale deployments locally, nationally and European wide, covering all sectors of the European economy.
Amendment 52 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and lead to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives74 . Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Currently, the transport sector accounts for almost a quarter of the Union´s GHG emissions. Recalls the important role to be played by shared, connected and automated vehicles, operated by fleet managers, C-ITS and new mobility technologies and services in tackling climate change. _________________ 74 COM(2018) 321 final, page 1
Amendment 84 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) deploy, operate and maintain trans- European high quality, high performance and interoperable Digital Service Infrastructures (including related services) in complementarity with national and regional actions;
Amendment 21 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Specific Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives, while it should also be ensured that the remaining part of the expenditures will not create negative climate and environmental effects. Actions under this Specific Programme are expected to contribute 35% of the overall financial envelope of the Specific Programme to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Specific Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 28 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the important contribution that research and innovation should make to address challenges in food, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, rural development and the bioeconomy, and to seize the corresponding research and innovation opportunities in close synergy with Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy, relevant actions under the Specific Programme will be supported with EUR 106 billion for the cluster '‘Food and, Natural Resources', Seas and Oceans’ for the period 2021-2027.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster Food and, Natural Resources, Seas and Oceans', as described in Annex I, Pillar II, section 5;
Amendment 110 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Activities under this Cluster contribute in particular to the goals of the Energy Union, as well as to those of the Digital Single Market, the Jobs, Growth and Investment agenda, the strengthening of the EU as a global actor, the new EU Industrial Policy Strategy, the Circular Economy, the Raw Materials Initiative, the Security Union and the Urban Agenda, the Maritime Policy as well as the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU as well as EU legal provisions to reduce noise and air pollution.
Amendment 122 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
These health challenges are complex, interlinked and global in nature and require multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial and transnational collaborations and research. Research and innovation activities will build close linkages between discovery, clinical, epidemiological, environmental and socio- economic research as well as with regulatory sciences. They will harness the combined skills of academia and industry and foster their collaboration with health services, patients, policy-makers and citizens in order to leverage on public funding and ensure the uptake of results in clinical practice as well as in health care and social welfare systems. They will foster strategic collaboration at EU and international level in order to pool the expertise, capacities and resources needed to create economies of scale, scope and speed as well as to share the expected benefits and financial risks involved.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
European research funding will continue to play a major role in future in promoting research of general interest to assist public decision-making.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
5. CLUSTER 'FOOD AND, NATURAL RESOURCES, SEAS AND OCEANS'
Amendment 149 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
They will especially contribute to a mission "Clean and productive seas and oceans" described in detail in the specific Work Programme.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
5.2.4. Seas and Oceans
Amendment 166 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
– Data, information, knowledge and best practice from health systems research, including welfare system aspects, at EU- level and globally.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 5 – introductory part
5. Food and, Natural Resources, Seas and Oceans
Amendment 175 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. Food and, Natural Resources, Seas and Oceans
Amendment 254 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the important contribution that research and innovation should make to address challenges in food, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, rural development and the bioeconomy, and to seize the corresponding research and innovation opportunities in close synergy with Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy, relevant actions under the Specific Programme will be supported with EUR 106 billion for the cluster 'Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea' for the period 2021-2027.
Amendment 389 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea', as described in Annex I, Pillar II, section 5;
Amendment 1324 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Activities under this Cluster contribute in particular to the goals of the Energy Union, as well as to those of the Digital Single Market, the Jobs, Growth and Investment agenda, the strengthening of the EU as a global actor, the new EU Industrial Policy Strategy, the Circular Economy, the Raw Materials Initiative, the Security Union and the Urban Agenda, the Maritime Policy as well as the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU as well as EU legal provisions to reduce noise and air pollution.
Amendment 1512 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
5. CLUSTER 'FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES' FROM LAND AND SEA
Amendment 1538 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
They will especially contribute to a mission "Clean and productive seas and oceans" described in detail in the specific Work Programme.
Amendment 1611 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
5.2.4. Seas and Oceans
Amendment 1733 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 5 – introductory part
5. Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea
Amendment 1979 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea
Amendment 18 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' should be allocated at least 60% of the financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme as defined in Article 9. It should be established through clusters of research and innovation activities, in order to maximise integration across the respective work areas while securing high and sustainable levels of impact in relation to the resources that are expended. It will encourage cross- disciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-policy and cross-border collaboration in pursuit of the UN SDGs and the competitiveness of the Union's industries therein.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster 'Food and, Natural Resources, Seas and Oceans';
Amendment 76 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 106 000 000 000 for cluster '‘Food and, Natural Resources', Seas and Oceans’;
Amendment 701 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster 'Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea';
Amendment 999 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 106 000 000 000 for cluster 'Food and Natural Resources from Land and Sea';
Amendment 316 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The annual ceiling for EAGF expenditure shall be constituted by the maximum amounts set for it under Regulation (EU, Euratom)[COM(2018) 322 final] that sets the limits for the Member States.
Amendment 387 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Until 1 DecNovember of the calendar year in respect of which the adjustment rate applies, the Commission may, on the basis of new information, adopt implementing acts adapting the adjustment rate set in accordance with paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2).
Amendment 469 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The expenditure referred to in Article 5(2) and Article 6 may be financed by the Union only if it has been effected by accredited paying agencies and:
Amendment 470 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 538 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
In the event of an emergency, the Commission may adopt as soon as possible implementing acts to resolve specific problems in relation to the application of this Article. Those implementing acts may derogate from paragraph 2, but only to the extent that, and for such a period, as is strictly necessary.
Amendment 648 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to specific provisions, Member States shall take effective and proportionate measures to avoid provisions of Union law to be circumvented and ensure, in particular, that no advantage provided for under sectoral agricultural legislation shall be granted in favour of a natural or legal person in respect of whom it is established that the conditions required for obtaining such advantages were created artificially, contrary to the objectives of that legislation. Member States may give further and more detailed national legislation about artificial conditions.
Amendment 657 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 63 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) "claimless system" means an prefilled or some other kind of application system for area- or animal- based interventions in which necessary data required by the administration on at least individual areas or animals claimed for aid is available in official computerised databases managed by the Member State.
Amendment 658 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 4 – point f – point i (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 4 – point f – point i (new)
i) Claimless system should enable the administration to make the payments to the farmers concerning all interventions and measures the farmers are eligible for based on the details in the official computerised databases, supplemented with additional information from the farmer, where necessary.
Amendment 785 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The administrative penalties provided for in Section 2 of Chapter 1 of Title III of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] shall be applied by means of reduction from or exclusion of the total amount of the payments listed in that Section of that Regulation granted or to be granted to the beneficiary concerned in respect of aid applications he has submitted or will submit in the course of the calendar year of the findingnon-compliance.
Amendment 834 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Member States may retain 205 % of the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions referred to in Article 86.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas, including businesses located in the rural areas.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges and international commitments, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. WhileIn order to strikinge a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, tMember States should be required to take action to achieve all specific objectives simultaneously. These specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 117 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to the compliance by beneficiaries of basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respect those basic standards. Beneficiaries should also be appropriately compensated to deliver these standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistency of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality should form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitious environmental and climate commitments, and should be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should ensure that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are applied in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].
Amendment 121 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and improving the quality of soil and the protection and quality ofenhancing biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular tche nutrients managementmical input reduction. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national environmentally ambitious standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, degradation of soil quality, water and input management as well as the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrieninput management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient and pesticides management functionalities and need to improve the quality of soil. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. In justified cases, beneficiaries in forestry may also be compensated for the nature values they commit to protect. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 182 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Forestry measures should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. IFor holdings above a certain size, which is to be determined by the Member States, interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy.
Amendment 225 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58a) The existing knowledge base, in terms of the quantity and quality of available information, varies considerably for the purposes of monitoring the specific objectives set out in Article 6 of this proposal. For some specific objectives, in particular for monitoring biodiversity, the knowledge base is currently weak or insufficiently adapted for the purposes of creating robust impact indicators, such as for pollinators and crop biodiversity. Specific objectives and indicators set for the Union as a whole in Article 6 and Annex 1 respectively should be based on a shared or comparable knowledge base and methodologies in all Member States. The Commission should identify areas where knowledge gaps exist or where the knowledge base is insufficiently adapted for the purposes of monitoring the impact of the CAP. It should use the Union budget to provide a common response to knowledge-related and monitoring obstacles related to all Article 6specific objectives and indicators. It should draw up a report on this issue no later than 31 December 2020 and make its findings public.
Amendment 234 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies. A performance-based policy implies annual and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives while taking into account external factors beyond the influence of beneficiaries. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment-related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 280 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, as well as, where Member States so decide, that has not been tilled for five years or more, and that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;
Amendment 300 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Member States may, for example for climate and environmental reasons, apply further restrictions to the eligibility of agricultural land;
Amendment 320 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Support from the EAGF and EAFRD shall aim to further improve the sustainable development of farming, food production and rural areas including businesses and shall contribute to achieving the following general objectives:
Amendment 340 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The achievement ofProgress towards meeting the general objectives shall be pursued through simultaneously achieving the following specific objectives:
Amendment 344 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience, especially ecological, across the Union to enhance food securityshort term and long term food security, avoiding overproduction;
Amendment 352 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness of public goods and high quality food through focusing support on organic and high nature value produce, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 357 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chain, including encouragement of short supply chains;
Amendment 362 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy by significantly reducing GHG emissions from agriculture in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and the EU climate package, enhancing biogenic carbon sequestration and increasing soil organic carbon;
Amendment 370 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficientenvironmental conservation, restoration and sustainable management of natural resources such as water, soil and air; giving priority to farming systems such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming; reaching the good state foreseen in the legislative instruments in this regard, whilst seriously reducing chemical dependency;
Amendment 393 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of reversing the decline in biodiversity including agrobiodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 413 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion and, local and business development in rural areas, including sustainable bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 427 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including organic farming, safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 439 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The specific objectives (d), (e) and (f) are intended to make a tangible contribution to the environmental and climate legislations listed in Annex XI.
Amendment 448 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending Annex I to adapt the common output, result and impact indicators to improve the quality of the monitoring and assessment and to take into account the experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators.
Amendment 451 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
To support the elaboration of new indicators, Members States should be encouraged to provide detailed data from LPIS and IACS and a meaningful part of the technical assistance budget should be allocated to it.
Amendment 462 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 464 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the iInterventions based on the crop- specific payment for cotton provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of this Title shall respect the provisions of Article 6(5) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
Amendment 512 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrientinput reductions referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool. The Commission may support the Member States with the design of that Tool and with data storage and processing services requirements.
Amendment 530 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrientinput reductions.
Amendment 637 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to the compliance by beneficiaries of basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respect those basic standards. Beneficiaries should also be appropriately compensated to deliver these standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistency of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality should form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitious environmental and climate commitments, and should be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should ensure that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are applied in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].
Amendment 728 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices and systems beneficial for the climate and the environment. When drafting their CAP Strategic Plans Member States should prioritise integrated farming systems which deliver multiple benefits in an effective way for the achievement of objectives (d), (e), (f) and (i) of paragraph 1 of Article 6, such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming.
Amendment 750 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f), and the socio-economic objective in point (i) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 760 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Eco-schemes should be tailored to address specific regional needs for the environment and climate that can be identified in the CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 799 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. In justified cases, beneficiaries in forestry may also be compensated for the nature values they commit to protect. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 808 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Forestry measures should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. IFor holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member States, interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy. including one-off investments in silvicurtular measures;
Amendment 856 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) integrated production, promoting, developing and implementing sustainable production methods and practices, sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources while reducing chemical dependency;
Amendment 884 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, pollinator decline and decreased productivity;
Amendment 888 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve the pollination of honeybees and other wild pollinators;
Amendment 898 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) financing of flowering strips and bee pastures.
Amendment 920 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing towhile reducing the environmental impact of the Union wine sector through improvlement of sustainable production systeming methods of production respectful of the environment, environmentally sound cultivation practices and reproduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sectortechniques, restoration and sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources while reducing pesticide dependency; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f), (h) and (hi) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 983 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promoting, developing and implementing methods of production respectful of the environment, of animal welfare standards, pest resilient and environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and production methods, environmentally sound use and management of by-products and waste, restoration and sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (e) and (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 1042 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies. A performance-based policy implies annual and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives while taking into account external factors beyond the influence of beneficiaries. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment-related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 1043 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and, rural business start-up and business development;
Amendment 1148 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) purchase of land with the exception of land purchase for environmental conservation, purchase of land not built on and land built on up to 10 % of the total eligible expenditure for the operation concerned or land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments;
Amendment 1178 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, as well as, where Member States so decide, that has not been tilled for five years or more, and that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;
Amendment 1199 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and business development activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 1200 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the business start-up and business development of non- agricultural activities in rural areas being part of local development strategies.
Amendment 1212 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Member States may, for example for climate and environmental reasons, apply further restrictions to the eligibility of agricultural land;
Amendment 1362 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 1376 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall make CAP Strategic Plans and related annexes public, both at the draft stage and after their approval, in order to allow an informed public debate to take place. Member States shall consult partners on the arrangements for the publication of CAP Strategic Plans and related documentation.
Amendment 1409 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) a summary of the areas where baseline information is missing or is insufficient for the purposes of providing a full description of the current situation as regards the specific objectives laid down in Article 6 of this proposal and for the purposes of monitoring those objectives.
Amendment 1468 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) issues relating to the quality and quantity of data and indicators available for monitoring;
Amendment 1476 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) collection and dissemination of good practice and lessons learned;
Amendment 1522 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 2
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. Data needed for the context and impact indicators shall primarily come from established data sources, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network and Eurostat. Where data for these indicators are not available or not complete, the gaps shall be addressed in the context of the European Statistical Program established under Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , the legal framework governing the Farm Accountancy Data Network or through formal agreements with other data providers such as the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. Where data for certain indicators is not complete, the Commission shall propose alternative indicators based on the result of research and pilot projects while also considering EU wide data collections such as the LUCAS survey. __________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programs of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 1525 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 3
Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Existing administrative registers such as the IACS, LPIS, animal and vineyard registers shall be maintained. The IACS and LPIS shall be further developed to better meet the statistical needs of the CAP. Data from administrative registers shall be used as much as possible for statistical purposes and to monitor compliance, in cooperation with statistical authorities in Member States and with Eurostat.
Amendment 1538 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
R.1 Enhancing performance through knowledge and innovation: Share of farmerbeneficiaries receiving support for advice, training, knowledge exchange, or participation in operational groups to enhance economic, environmental, climate and resource efficiency performance.
Amendment 1548 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9
R.9 Farm modernisation: Share of farmers receiving investment support to restructure and modernise, including to improve resource efficiency
Amendment 1551 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.10
Annex I – Result indicators – R.10
R.10 Better supply chain organisation: Share of farmers and SMEs participating in supported Producer Groups, Producer Organisations, local markets, short supply chain circuits and quality schemes
Amendment 1572 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.23
Annex I – Result indicators – R.23
R.23 Environment-/climate-related performance through investment: Share of farmers with support in investments related to care for the environment or climate
Amendment 1576 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1577 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 6
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 6
Contribute to the protection of reversing the decline in biodiversity, including agrobiodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes
Amendment 1585 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the iInterventions based on the crop- specific payment for cotton provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of this Title shall respect the provisions of Article 6(5) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
Amendment 1592 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
1.20a Pollinators Index
Amendment 1595 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 b (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 b (new)
1.20b Agrobiodiversity Index, measuring varietal diversity within and among crop species
Amendment 1599 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
R.27a Supporting the sustainable use of crop biodiversity: Share of EU utilised agricultural area (UAA) where crop rotation is practiced
Amendment 1614 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.21
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.21
1.21 Attracting young farmers and facilitating business development: Evolution of number of young and new farmers. and SMEs
Amendment 1617 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30
R.30 Generational renewal: Number of young farmers setting up a farm and new business start-ups with support from the CAP
Amendment 1628 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.33
Annex I – Result indicators – R.33
R.33 Digitising the rural economy: RShare of rural population covered by a supported Smart Villages strategy
Amendment 1630 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.35 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.35 a (new)
R.35a Promoting social inclusion: Share of rural population covered by leader strategies
Amendment 1635 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
I.26a: Sustainable use of veterinary products and precautionary use of veterinary medicinal products: sales/use in food producing animals
Amendment 1640 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
I.27 Sustainable use of pesticides: Reduce dependency on risks and impacts of pesticides**
Amendment 1646 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 a (new)
I.27a: New sustainable use of biocides: Reduce dependency on biocides
Amendment 1651 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
R36a sustainable veterinary product use: Share of livestock units concerned by supported actions to limit the use of veterinary products (prevention/reduction) in order to reduce the risks and impacts of these products
Amendment 1661 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I –Result indicators – R.37
Annex I –Result indicators – R.37
R.37 Sustainable pesticide use: Share of agricultural land concerned by supported specific actions which lead to a sustainable use of pesticides in order to reduce risks and impacts of pesticidepesticides dependency reductions
Amendment 1664 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
R37a Sustainable biocide use: Share of agricultural land concerned by supported specific actions which lead to biocide dependency reductions
Amendment 1690 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 2 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 2 – Main objective of the standard
Protection of carbon-rich soils allowing working of peatland with maximum depth of 60cm
Amendment 1702 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Requirements and standards
Establishment of buffer strips along water courses with no pesticide or fertiliser use, and with pollinator-interesting plants, where appropriate including trees1 ______________________ 1 The GAEC buffer strips must respect, both within and outside vulnerable zones designated pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 91/676/EEC, at least the requirements relating to the conditions for land application of fertiliser near water courses, referred to in point A.4 of Annex II to Directive 91/676/EEC to be applied in accordance with the action programmes of Member States established under Article 5(4) of Directive 91/676/EEC
Amendment 1705 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Main objective of the standard
Protection of river courses, pollinators and aquatic species/ecosystems against pollution, toxicity and run-off
Amendment 1709 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 5 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 5 – Requirements and standards
Use of Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients 2 ______________________ 2 The Tool shall provide at least for the following elements and functionalities: a) Elements • Relevant farm information based on LPIS and IACS; • Information from the soil sampling , on an appropriate spatial and temporal scale; • Information on relevant management practices, crop history, and yield goals; • Indications regarding legal limits and requirements relevant to farm nutrients management; and the use of pesticides and veterinary products; • A complete nutrient budget. b) Functionalities • Automatic integration of data from various sources (LPIS and IACS, farmer- generated data, soil analyses etc.) as far as possible, to avoid data input duplication for farmers; • Two-way communication between PA/MAs and farmers allowed; • Modularity and possibility to support further sustainability objectives (e.g. emissions management, water management) • Respect of EU data inter- operability, openness and re-use principles; • Guarantees for data security and privacy in line with best current standards.
Amendment 1712 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 5 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 5 – Main objective of the standard
Sustainable management of nutrients, pesticides and veterinary products
Amendment 1728 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
No bare soil in most sensitive period(s), managed in a way that avoids degradation of biodiversity
Amendment 1732 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Main objective of the standard
Protection of soils in winter Protection of agrobiodiversity
Amendment 1740 #
2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 1743 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 8 – Main objective of the standard
Preserve the soil potential Break pest reproductive cycles Decrease susceptibility to pest attack Increase nitrogen fixing Provide animal fodder
Amendment 1755 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards
Minimum share of 10% of agricultural area devoted to non-productive features or areas where agrochemicals are not to be used Retention of landscape features Ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season As an option, measures for avoiding invasive plant species
Amendment 1762 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Main objective of the standard
Maintenance of non-productive features and area to improve on-farm biodiversity, especially boosting functional biodiversity and beneficial species
Amendment 1778 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 12 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 12 – Requirements and standards
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1): Article 55, first and second sentence Article 67 (1), second, third and fourth sentence It shall also comply with the provisions of Directive 2009/128/EC and, in particular, with general principles of integrated pest management, as referred to in Article 14 and Annex III to that Directive, which shall apply at the latest by January 2014.
Amendment 1782 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 13 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 13 – Requirements and standards
Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71): Article 5(2) and Article 8(1) to (5) Article 12 with regard to restrictions on the use of pesticides in protected areas defined on the basis of the Water Framework Directive and Natura 2000 legislation. Article 13(1) and (3) on handling and storage of pesticides and disposal of remnants. Article 14, uptake of the eight principles of Integrated Pest Management
Amendment 3273 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and, rural business start-up and business development;
Amendment 3619 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3648 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the business start-up of non- agricultural activities in rural areas being part of local development strategies.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The multiannual financial framework set out in Regulation (EU) xx/xx6 provides that the Union budget must continue to support fisheries and maritime policies. The EMFF budget should amount, in current prices, to EUR 6 140 000 000. EMFF resources should be split between shared, direct and indirect management. EUR 5 311219 000 000 should be allocated to support under shared management and EUR 829921 000 000 to support under direct and indirect management. In order to ensure stability in particular with regard to the achievement of the objectives of the CFP, the definition of national allocations under shared management for the 2021- 2027 programming period should be based on the EMFF 2014-2020 shares. Specific amounts should be reserved for the outermost regions, control and enforcement and collection and processing of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, while amounts for permanent cessation and extraordinary cessation of fishing activities should be capped. _________________ 6 OJ C […], […], p. […]. OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 135 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management as specified in Title II shall be EUR 5 311219 000 000 in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex V.
Amendment 145 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management as specified in Title III shall be EUR 829921 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Snow and ice tyres have specific parameters that are not fully comparable to other types of tyres. In regions that experience harsh winter conditions, these parameters, snow and ice grip, are essential tyre safety features. In order to ensure that end-users are able to make considered and informed decisions, the parameters of those tyres should be displayed on the label.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The movement of goods is accompanied by a large amount of information which is still exchanged in paper format, among businesses and between businesses and the public authorities. The use of paper documents represents a significant administrative burden for logistic operators and related industries, e.g. trade and manufacturing.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Some areas of Union transport law require competent authorities to accept digitised information, but this concerns by far not all relevant Union legislation. It should be possible to use electronic means to make regulatory information on freight transport available to the authorities throughout the territory of the Union and in respect of all relevant phases of transport operations conducted within the Union. Furthermore, that possibility should apply to all regulatory information, in all transport modes. Authorities should not only accept digitised information, but also make their own data digitally available provided that access to critical data is protected in the interest of the owner.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) In the foreseeable future, the application of this Regulation to regulatory information requirements set out in Union acts laying down the conditions for the transport of goods on the territory of the Union in accordance with other provisions of the Treaty than Title VI of Part Three, should not be excluded.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Member States should ratify the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) concerning the Electronic Consignment Note.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation applies to regulatory information requirements set out in Union acts laying down the conditions for the transport of goods on the territory of the Union in accordance with Title VI of Part Three of the Treaty, regulatory information requirements for the transport of goods set out in international conventions applicable in the Union or laying down the conditions for the shipments of waste. In respect of the shipment of waste, this Regulation does not apply to controls by customs offices, as provided for in the applicable Union provisionss. The Union acts to which this Regulation applies and the corresponding regulatory information requirements are listed in part A of Annex I.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) incorporate additional provisions establishing regulatory information requirements of those Union Acts listed in Annex I;
Amendment 60 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) incorporate references to other Union legal acts governing the transport of goods in accordance with Title VI of Part Three of the Treaty or other parts of the Treaty, which establish regulatory information requirements;
Amendment 61 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) incorporate references to international conventions applicable in the Union establishing regulatory information requirements directly or indirectly related to the transport of goods.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where economic operators concerned make regulatory information available electronically, they shall do so on the basis of data processed in a certifiedn eFTI platform that fulfils the requirements of Article 8 and, if applicable, by a certifiedn eFTI service provider that fulfils the requirements of Article 9. The regulatory information shall be made available in machine-readable format and, at the request of the competent authority, in human-readable format.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Existing, standardised data models and data sets identified in international conventions that are applicable in the Union shall be used as a reference for defining these common eFTI data, procedures and rules for access.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a unique electronic identifying link can be established between the data processed and the physical shipment of a determined set of goods to which that data is related, from origin to destination, under the termscoverage of a single transport contractnote, irrespective of the quantity or number of containers, swap bodies, pallets, packages, or pieces;
Amendment 85 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) data is stored and accessible for an appropriate period of time while the goods are being transported, in accordance with the relevant regulatory information requirements;
Amendment 91 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. National authorities designated by the Member States may upon request assess whether the eFTI platform fulfils the requirements of Article 8 or whether the eFTI provider fulfils the requirements of Article 9.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall maintain an updated list of the accredited conformity assessment bodies, and of the eFTI platforms and eFTI service providers certified by those bodies or assessed by national authorities according to Article 9. in accordance with Articles 11 and 12. They shall make that list publicly available on an official government Internet website. The list shall be regularly updated, and by the latest by 31 March each year.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Certification shall be performed in an independent manner to avoid distortions of competition. Compliance shall be ensured with existing, standardised platforms identified in international conventions that are applicable in the Union.
Amendment 40 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The front-end interfaces of these National Single Windows, on the side of the declarants, should be harmonised at Union level, in order to facilitate reporting and further reduce administrative burden. ThisHowever, any harmoniszation should be achieved by the application in every National Single Window of a common interface software for system-to-system exchange of information developed at Union level. The Member States should bear the responsibility for integratingfocused on data harmonization and be technologically neutral, as the development of digital technologies is market-driven, currently moving fast and managing this interface module and for updating the software regularly and timely when new versions are provided by the Commission. The Commission should develop the module and provide updates when neededy technological solution could very rapidly be outdated by new developments.
Amendment 49 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Emerging new digital technologies present ever-growing opportunities to increase the efficiency of the maritime transferport sector and to reduce administrative burden. In order for the benefits of such new technologies to accrue as early as possible, the Commissis Regulation should be empowered to amend, by means of implementing acts, the technical specifications, standards and procedures of the harmonised reporting environment. New technologies should also be taken into account when this Regulation is reviewedleave flexibility for market players to develop new digital technologies.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. For the use of NSW reporting purposes declarants may provide the necessary data by giving access through harmonized reporting interface module to the interface of their information systems (open interfaces) in a standard, easy to edit and computer-readable format.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop and updand the Member States shall ensure thate a harmonisedtechnology- neutral reporting interface module for the National Single Windows. This module shall include the possibility to exchange information between the information system used by the declarant and the National Single Window is developed, ensuring that it can process the harmonized data set referred to in Article 4. The Member States shall ensure a governance mechanism is developed providing the National Single Window the competencies required to collect, store and distribute the data to the competent authorities.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 107 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the functional and technical specifications, quality control mechanisms and procedures for deploying, maintaining and employingfor the reporting interface module referred to in paragraph 2;
Amendment 114 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 117 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) harmonised technicthe functional specifications for making available arrival and departure times referred to in paragraph 9;
Amendment 121 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall amend, by means of implementing acts, the technicfunctional specifications, standards and procedures, in order to take into account the availability of new technologies.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the promotion of the EMSWe at Union level and in relevant international organisations, especially by securing the long-term financing for European Maritime Safety Agency.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) installation of the harmoniseduse of the reporting gateway software;
Amendment 147 #
2018/0139(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
By six years after the entry into force of this Regulation the Commission shall review the application of this Regulation and submit to the European Parliament and the Council an assessment report on the functioning of the EMSWe on the basis of the data and statistics collected. The assessment report shall include, where necessary, an evaluation of emerging technologies, which could lead to changes to or replacement of the reporting interface module.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “comprehensive decision” means the decision or set of decisions taken by a Member State authority orcompetent authoritiesy not including courts or tribunals that determines whether or not a project promoter is to be granted authorisationgiven approval to build the transport infrastructure needed to complete a project without prejudice to any decision taken in the context of an administrative appeal procedure;
Amendment 78 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) “single competent authority” means the authority which the Member State designates as responsible for performing the duties arising from this Regulation;
Amendment 84 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each project of common interest on the TEN-T core network shall be subject to an integrated permit granting procedure managed by a single competent authority designated by each Member State in accordance with Articles 5 and 6.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Amendment 97 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In order to meet the time limits set out in Article 6 and reduce the administrative burden related to the completion of projects of common interest, all the administrative procedures resulting from the applicable law, both national and of the Union, shall be integrated and result in only oneresult in comprehensive decision.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of projects of common interest for which the obligation to carry out assessments of the effects on the environment arises simultaneously from Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and other Union law, Member States shall ensure that joint procedures within the meaning of Article 2(3) of Directive 2011/92/EU are provided for. The assessments may be carried out before pre-application phase referred to in Article 6.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
5 Single competent permit grantingCompetent authority
Amendment 106 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By … (OP please insert the date one year of the entry into force of this Regulation), each Member State shall designate one single competent authority which shall be responsible for facilitating the permit granting process including for making the comprehensive decision.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The responsibility of the single competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 and/or the tasks related to it may be delegated to, or carried out by, another authority at the appropriate administrative level, per project of common interest or per particular category of projects of common interest, under the following conditionsshall:
Amendment 113 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 118 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the authority is the solfunctions as the point of contact for the project promoter in the procedure leading to the comprehensive decision for a given project of common interest, and
Amendment 120 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the authority coordinates the submission of all relevant documents and information.
Amendment 121 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The single competent authority may retain the responsibility to establish time limits, without prejudice to the time limits set in accordance with Article 6. If permit granted or opinion given by authority is likely to be delayed that authority shall inform the competent authority and explain reasons for delay. The competent authority shall reassess the time limit within which the decision or opinion shall be issued while respecting the time limits set in Article 6, if possible.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The single competent authority shall issue the comprehensive decision within the time limits specified in Article 6. It shall do so following joint procedures.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The comprehensive decision issued by the single competent authority shall be the sole legally binding decision resulting from the statutory permit granting procedures. Where other authorities are concerned by the project, they may give their opinion as input to the procedureshall exercise their competences, in accordance with national legislation. Thiseir permits, decisions and opinions shall be taken into account by the singlrespected by the competent authority.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The permit granting procedure shall consist of the pre-application phase and the phase of the assessment of the application and the decision-making by the single competent authority.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The pre-application phase, covering the period from the start of the permit granting procedure to the submission of the complete application file to the single competent authority, shall in principle not exceed two years.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In order to launch the permit granting procedure, the project promoter shall notify the single competent authority of the Member States concerned about the project in writing, and shall include a detailed description of the project. No later than two months following the receipt of the above notification, the single competent authority shall either acknowledge it or, if it considers that the project is not mature enough to enter the permit granting procedure, reject the notification in writing. If the single competent authority decides to reject the notification, it shall justify its decision. The date of signature of the acknowledgement of the notification by the competent authority shall serve as the start of the permit granting procedure. If two or more Member States are concerned, the date of the acceptance of the last notification by the competent authority concerned shall serve as the date of the start of the permit granting procedure.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Within three months of the start of the permit granting procedure, the single competent authority, in close cooperation with the project promoter and other authorities concerned and taking into account the information submitted by the project promoter on the basis of the notification referred to in paragraph 3, shall establish and communicate to the project promoter a detailed application outline, containing:
Amendment 149 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i
(i) the permits, decisions and opinions to be obtained;
Amendment 152 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. In order to ensure that the application file is complete and of adequate quality, the project promoter shall seek the single competent authority’s opinion on its application as early as possible during the pre-application procedure. The project promoter shall cooperate fully with the single competent authority to meet deadlines and comply with the detailed application outline as defined in paragraph 4.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The project promoter shall submit the application file based on the detailed application outline within the period of 21 months from the receipt of that detailed application outline. After the expiry of that period, the detailed application outline is no longer considered applicable, unless the single competent authority decides to prolong that period, on the basis of a justified request from the project promoter.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. The single competent authority shall assess the application and adopt a comprehensive decision within the period of one year6 months from the date of submission of the complete application file in accordance with paragraph 7. Member States may set an earlier time-limit, where appropriate.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The safety performance of existing roads should be improved by ensuring for the drivers, especially professional drivers, enough parking and rest areas that provide appropriate parking spaces especially in mountainous and peripheral regions in all weather conditions, and by targeting investment to the road sections with the highest accident concentration and the highest accident reduction potential.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to roads which are part of the trans-European network, toall motorways, and toll primary roads, whether they are at the design stage and all main rural and main urban roads not covered by the primary road network definition, under construction or in operation.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive shall also apply to roads and to road infrastructure projects not covered by paragraph 2 which are situated outside and inside urban areas and are completed using Union funding in whole or in part.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 c
Article 2 – point 2 c
2c. ‘network-wide road assessment’ means an assessment of the safety of the road network within the scope of this Directive in order to benchmark high accident concentration sections, in order to benchmark accident and impact severity risk;
Amendment 106 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
6. ‘safety rating’ means the classification of parts of the existing road network, including parking areas, in categories according to their objectively measured in-built safety;
Amendment 108 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 7
Article 2 – point 7
7. ‘road safety inspection’ means a targeted on-site inspection of an existing road, including parking areas, or section of road to identify hazardous conditions, winter conditions, faults and deficiencies that increase the risk of accidents and injuries;
Amendment 110 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 6 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 (new)
Amendment 118 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a network-wide road assessment is carried out on the entire road network in operation covered by this Directive. Network-wide road assessments shall comprise a visual inspection, an analysis of traffic volumes and historic accident data (ranking of high accident concentration sections) and an assessment of crash and impact severity risk. Member States shall ensure that the first assessment is carried out by 2025 at the latest. Subsequent network-wide road assessments shall be sufficiently frequent in order to ensure adequate safety levels, but in any case shall be carried out at least every five years.
Amendment 121 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2a. The Commission shall draw up technical guidelines concerning the harmonised higher standard management of high risk sites. Systematic road safety assessment and inspection of high risk sections shall be undertaken to support corrective interventions.
Amendment 130 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) In Article 6 the following paragraph 4 is added: 4. The Commission shall set up guidelines with precise technical characteristics for the maintenance of “forgiving roadsides” and “self- explaining and self-enforcing roads”. The Commission shall provide technical and financial assistance to support Member States in implementation of the guidelines.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 b – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Commission shall develop quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop generalminimum performance requirements to facilitate the recognition of road markings and road signs. For this purpose, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 160 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex I – section 2 – point e
Annex I – section 2 – point e
In section 2, the following point (e) is amended as follows; (e) traffic (e.g. traffic volume, traffic categorisation by type), including estimated pedestrian and bicycle flows determined from adjacent land use attributes;
Amendment 162 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n
Annex II – section 1 – point n
(n) provisions for vulnerable road users:(n) separation of pedestrians and cyclists from high speed motor traffic or existence of direct alternative routes on lower class roads, (o) density and location of crossings for pedestrians and cyclists across the new road, (p) provisions for powered two- wheelers (q) provisions for pedestrians and cyclists on affected roads in the area.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
i) provisions for pedestrians,delete
Amendment 168 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
ii) provisions for cyclists,delete
Amendment 169 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
iii) provisions for powered two- wheelers.;delete
Amendment 175 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
(c) self-explaining alignment (i.e. "readability" of the alignment by drivusers);
Amendment 179 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 2 – point g
Annex II a – section 2 – point g
(g) existence of pedestrian and cycling crossings.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 6 – point b
Annex II a – section 6 – point b
(b) roadside hazards and distance from carriageway or cycle path edge;
Amendment 183 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 6 – point fa
Annex II a – section 6 – point fa
(fa) maintenance, especially in winter conditions, of parking areas;
Amendment 186 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 2 – point d
Annex III – section 2 – point d
(d) observed bicycle volumes on both sides, noting “along” or “crossing”;
Amendment 190 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point a
Annex III – section 9 – point a
(a) pedestrian and cycling crossings (surface crossings and grade separation);
Amendment 195 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point d
Annex III – section 9 – point d
(d) bicycle facilities (cycle lanes, cycle paths, other);
Amendment 196 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/96/EC
(f) pedestrian and cycling crossing facilityies on entry arm of minor road joining network.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0129(COD)
(fa) existence of alternative routes for pedestrians and cyclists in case of no separated facilities.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The ability to access and use verifiable data, including personal data, can enable important value creation in the online platform economy. Accordingly, it is important that providers of online intermediation services provide business users with a clear description of the scope, nature and conditions of their access to and use of certain categories of data. The description should be proportionate and might refer to general access conditions, rather than an exhaustive identification of actual data, or categories of data, in order to enable business users to understand whether they can use or verify the data to enhance value creation, including by possibly retaining third-party data services. Processing of personal data should comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.24 _________________ 24 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevant) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 103 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'business user' means any natural or legal person which through online intermediation services offers or promotes goods or services to consumers for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession;
Amendment 106 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) they allow business users to offer or promote goods or services to consumers, with a view to facilitating the initiating of direct transactions between those business users and consumers, irrespective of where those transactions are ultimately concluded;
Amendment 107 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) they are provided to business users on the basis of contractual relationships between, on the one hand, the provider of those services and, on the other hand, both those business users and the consumers to which those business users offer or promote goods or services;
Amendment 112 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) 'corporate website user' means any natural or legal person which uses websites to offer or promote goods or services to consumers for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession;
Amendment 175 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) whether, in addition to point (b), a business user has access to personal data or other verifiable data, or both, including in aggregated form, provided by or generated through the provision of the online intermediation services to all of the business users and consumers thereof, and if so, to which categories of such data and under what conditions.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The overarching objective of the Directive is to prevent discharges of ship waste into the sea. Therefore, waste from repair works and sediments from cleaning or repair of ballast tanks should not fall under the scope of the Directive, as they are always discharged on land when a ship is at berth or on dry dock. Waste from repair works and sediments from cleaning or repair of ballast tanks are regulated by the EU waste legislation and the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention respectively.
Amendment 37 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Directive is also instrumental for the application of the main environmental legislation and principles in the context of ports and the management of waste from ships. In particular, Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council21 , as well as Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council22 , are relevant instruments in this regard. In this context, EU shall provide sufficient financial resources to fight against the climate change where the condition of the seas play a key role. Therefore the eligibility criteria for all EU funding to ports shall be that the funding enhances the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. _________________ 21 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). 22 Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p.19).
Amendment 52 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed in relation to waste management, so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on boarVoluntary application of reduced fees for vessels that demonstrate good waste management practices beyond the required standards, which result in the generation of reduced quantities of waste, should be welcomed.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed in relation to waste management, so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on boarVoluntary application of reduced fees for vessels that demonstrate good waste management practices beyond the required standards which result in the generation of reduced quantities of waste should be rewarded.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to take account of developments at international level, and to promote environmentally sound waste management practices on board, the power to adopt acts in accordance with article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending this Directive to update the references to international instruments and the Annexes and to change references to international instruments, in order to prevent, if necessary, changes to those international instruments from applying for the purposes of this Directive, and to develop common criteria for recognising ‘green ships’ for the purpose of granting a reduced waste fee to those ships. 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 the CouncilCommission should encourage the exchange of good practises on the development of bottom-up schemes which evaluate ’green ships’ for the purpose of granting a reduced waste fee to those ships.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the information provided in accordance with Annexes 2 and 3 shows that there is sufficient dedicated storage capacity for all waste that has been accumulated and will be accumulated during the intended voyage of the ship until the next port of call. Regardless of sufficient dedicated storage capacity, waste as defined in Annex V to the MARPOL Convention not including cargo residues, shall be delivered to port reception facilities before proceeding to the next port of call with the exception of minor amounts of waste.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The fees shallmay be reduced if the ship’s design, equipment and operation are such that it can be demonstrated that the ship produces reduced quantities of waste, and manages its waste in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner. The Commission shall be empowered by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 19, to define the criteria for determining that a ship meets the requirements stated in this paragraph in relation to the ship’s on-board waste management.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the information provided in accordance with Annexes 2 and 3 shows that there is sufficient dedicated storage capacity for all waste that has been accumulated and will be accumulated during the intended voyage of the ship until the next port of call. Regardless of sufficient dedicated storage capacity, waste as defined in MARPOL Annex V not including cargo residues, must be delivered to port reception facilities before proceeding to the next port of call with the exception of minor amounts of waste.
Amendment 40 #
2017/2922(RSP)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to increase funding made available for universities, specialist institutes and small-to-medium-sized enterprises for the research of alternatives for animal testing of repeated-dose toxicity, reproductive toxicity and toxicokinetics, in order to develop new testing methods, infrastructure and technologies;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris climate agreement, ratified by the by the European Parliament and the Council on 4 October 2016 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0363),
Amendment 13 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the EU commitments on the fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda; calls on the Commission to seek means of increasing international cooperation between regional and local-level stakeholders so as to enable good practice and experience to be exchanged with a view to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that when journeys are broken down by mode of travel, it is still the case that the private car is the principal means of transport in terms of the number of journeys made;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas air pollution causes premature death and whereas, in the EU- 28 for example, particulate matter is estimated to cause 399 000 premature deaths a year, the figure for nitrogen oxides being 75 000 and for ozone, 13 600;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers it important that new transport services such as ride-sharing and MaaS (mobility as a service) should be treated, for instance for the purposes of road charging systems, as modes of travel that are at least as good as, if not preferable to, private motoring and that their deployment should not be slowed down by legislative obstacles;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Maintains that the development both of connected and automated transport systems and of interactive intelligent systems is wholly beneficial to transport decarbonisation aims in the same way as to transport and environmental safety;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Points to the importance of guiding mobility; considers it important that people be encouraged to adopt sustainable mobility habits through economic incentives as well as by raising awareness of the environmental impacts of individual modes of transport and by coordinating and developing low-carbon transport services such as public transport;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Considers it important to improve the infrastructure for alternative zero- emission forms of mobility in urban environments; points to the need to fund projects to facilitate local and regional low-carbon mobility, for example city bike schemes;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that for this purpose it will be necessary to increase the use of electro-mobility and alternative fuels, as road transport is responsible for one fifth of EU emissions, and this figure is increasing; underlines the need to reduce the gap between stated decarbonisation targets and real on-road emissions; considers the WLTP emission test procedure to be a step in the right direction regarding the measurement of passenger car fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UExpresses its disquiet at the fact that air pollution causes premature death and that, in the EU-28 for example, particulate matter is estimated to cause 399 000 premature deaths a year, the figure for nitrogen oxides being 75 000 and for ozone, 13 600; underlines that, according to WHO figures, road transport contributes to air and noise pollution, with a negative impact on citizens’ health, especially in urban areas; encourages the implementation of an effective strategy to reduce the level of pollutants such as NOx, NO2 and particulate matter; considers it important, in order to determine actual emissions from transport, to conduct compliance checks while vehicles are in use and to carry out proper market surveillance;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that innovative transport technologies and mobility solutions will be needed to enhance road safety and limit carbon dioxide emissions, air pollution, and congestion, and that a European regulatory framework which stimulates innovation is needed; calls, in this context, for more interlinked research and development regarding connected and automated cars, electrification, alternative fuels, vehicle design and manufacturing, network and traffic management, as well as smart mobility services and infrastructure;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points to the importance of funding in transport infrastructure projects to help achieve climate goals and to the importance of cross-border cooperation among Member States; believes, as regards EU funding for transport, that fitness for the purpose of achieving climate goals should be one of the eligibility criteria for projects;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points to the importance of funding in transport infrastructure projects to help achieve climate goals and to the importance of cross-border cooperation among Member States; believes, as regards EU funding for transport, that fitness for the purpose of achieving climate goals should be one of the eligibility criteria for projects;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the development of connected and automated cars has largely been driven by technology; calls, therefore, for its social impact to be investigated and recognised, and believes that it must be ensured that the introduction of connected and automated cars is fully compatible with social, human, and environmental values and aims;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Maintains that new transport services such as ride-sharing and 'mobility as a service' (Maas ) should be treated, for instance for the purposes of road charging systems, as modes of travel that are at least as good as, if not preferable to, private motoring and that their deployment should not be slowed down by legislative obstacles;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the importance of guiding mobility; considers it important that people be encouraged to adopt sustainable mobility habits through economic incentives as well as by raising awareness of the environmental impacts of individual modes of transport and by coordinating and developing low-carbon transport services such as public transport;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to take sufficient steps to tackle AMR, the One Health principle must play a central role, reflecting the fact that the health of people and animals areis interconnected and that diseases are transmitted from people to animals and vice versa; stresses, therefore, that diseases have to be tackled in both people and animals, while also taking into consideration the environment, which can be another source of resistant microorganisms; points in this connection to the importance of cross-administrative cooperation;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its concern at a practice in many Member States which is conducive to the development of AMR in that farmed animals are fed with antibiotics intended to prevent diseases; applauds the practice in some Member States in which antibiotics are given to farmed animals for the sole purpose of treating them when a veterinarian has found them to be sick;
Amendment 429 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to advocate EU standards and measures for tackling AMR in trade agreements; considers it important in this connection to observe high environmental and quality standards in the production of foodstuffs and the raw materials from which they are made; notes with concern that in countries outside Europe antibiotics are also used in animal feed as growth promoters;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the transition to a circular economy can create new jobs, increase the competitiveness of SMEs, strengthen the development of clean technologies, improve energy and resource efficiency, and reduce Europe’s dependence on imported raw materials and energy;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the role of the circular economy in economic, social, and territorial cohesion; points out that building a circular economy society demands a new kind of know-how and approach, cooperation among stakeholders, the development of an operating environment, and changes to the ways in which companies do business; considers it essential for cohesion policy funding to be channelled more effectively towards measures supporting the circular economy, training activities included;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for greater attention to be focused on climate change mitigation and on coupling the potential of the bioeconomy more effectively to the circular economy, as this could also be a way to bolster living standards and means of livelihood in rural areas; points out that the transition to a sustainable low- carbon circular economy could be speeded up by reassigning support for fossil products to renewable products and production;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to implement the planned circular economy measures, observing good regulatory practice, and stresses the need to monitor the implementing measures;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure full and uniform application of the hazard cut-off criteria, following existing harmonised guidance, and to make sure that substances are assessed for their risk only if there is evidence that they do not present hazardous (cut-off) properties, as required by the Regulation; reminds that any change to the derogation from the cut-off rule will change the scope of the Regulation; Justification: The Commission is not entitled change the derogations of these kinds. This is a matter of policy which falls within the European Union legislation.
Amendment 11 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU needs to increase its production in the aquaculture sector, while taking quality, sustainability and environmental aspects into account and being a role model in this regard; points out that, in Europe, aquaculture (the farming of fish, shellfish and aquatic plants) produces nearly 20% of fish products and directly employs some 85 000 people;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that fish is recommended as a food, and that its use should be increased, as fish contains healthy fatty acids and various vitamins and minerals which benefit human health, and is high in protein;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that worldwide fish consumption has grown by one third in the last 20 years, and that population growth will increase pressure to fish more and more; deplores the fact that, at the moment, nearly a third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that, in order to feed carnivorous fish bred on fish farms, natural fish are needed, so that for example the breeding of salmon has so far consumed more wild fish than can be produced by farming; notes that a large number of the fish destined for animal feed could just as well be used for direct human consumption;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Is concerned about the difficulty of achieving the objectives of the Water Framework Directive;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses the importance of guidance regarding the location of new sites for aquaculture; notes the importance of maritime spatial planning, in which the needs applicable to different uses must be taken into account, such as energy, maritime transport, fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, recreation and the conservation, protection and improvement of nature and the environment, and efforts must be made to reconcile them;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Reiterates that a reduction in nutrient loads is a prerequisite for aquaculture; stresses the importance of cooperation between researchers, the aquaculture industry, feed producers, environmental administrators and environmental organisations;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of the support available from the European Fisheries Fund to ensure the sustainable use of fishery resources and to promote environmental protection and conservation of aquatic resources;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2116(INI)
2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro-climatic and soil conditions across Europe; considers it important to promote the conservation and cultivation of indigenous varieties;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RecallsExpresses concern that the EU relies on massive imports of protein-rich feed materials, for the most part genetically modified soya, which may give rise to serious environmental problems in source countries; recalls that imported soya in particular has negative impacts on land use in the areas in which it is produced;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential; stresses that the next CAP reform should pay more attention to the cultivation of protein crops;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore that they also play an important role in ensuring sustainable and healthy human diets; welcomes the fact that the increase in meat consumption seems to have halted; considers it important to raise citizens’ awareness of the health and environmental benefits of protein crops;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research to solve the pressing agronomic issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation; calls, therefore, for attention to be paid to: protein plant breed improvement; better sustainable crop- growing techniques for enhanced yield; boosting the efficiency of protein crop rotation; and consultancy services for protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that it is crucial for the EU farming sector to support a new generation of environmentally conscious young farmers in moving towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient society and tackling the many challenges ahead, such as climate change, preserving natural resources (soil, water and air), increasing biodiversity and promoting sustainable agricultural production and production of quality products which are also safe;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that farming affects the state of the environment and the functioning of ecosystems at local level and more widely, both negatively and positively. Negative impact on ecosystems is apparent in the form of deterioration in the status of waters, the destruction of habitats and the degradation of species. Positive impact is apparent in the form of habitats which are diverse in terms of species and habitat types, an open agricultural landscape, a cultural environment and pleasant surroundings in which to live;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that arable land has particularly been set aside in less densely populated areas, causing environmental problems, while at the same time, on the other hand, it is impossible for young farmers to gain access to land for agricultural use;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that, in order to achieve sustainable agriculture, young farmers must be able to invest and acquire agricultural land, as well as to obtain new or second-hand machinery, as well as optimise their farming technique;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that current common agricultural policy (CAP) instruments for young farmers should be improved and simplified in the future; notes that these tools must be targeted to young farmers’ specific needs, including their economic and social needs, and promote projects with the highest added value for farmers, in addition to which young farmers should be able to diversify their farming;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SIs concerned about the rise in the average age of farmers; stresses that generational renewal is key to maintaining vibrant rural areas across Europe that foster jobs and sustainable business activity; notes that this requires access to infrastructure and services, including healthcare, social services, education, transport and high- speed broadband;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that young farmers must be trained and skilled to enable them to find the ever-more complex solutions required to face current and future environmental and quality challenges, including the use of the latest technological developments in farming; calls, in this context, for the development and communication of knowledge and for innovation;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly recommends providing aid for ceasing agricultural production per Member State in order to assist generational renewal, so as to provide farmers with an income before they become eligible for a retirement pension, thereby encouraging them to pass their farms on to a younger generation;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that any successful strategy for generational renewal and supporting young farmers should take a holistic approach, facilitating young farmers’ access to land, finance, advisory services and training; stresses that this should make farming, which is vital for humanity, an attractive occupation to young farmers and wider society; stresses that young farmers’ work should be recognised in civil society as being of public benefit, and that young farmers should also receive acknowledgement for it.
Amendment 198 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of disassembling products, especially electronic ones, legally and safely, preferably in the country of origin, as well as of introducing measures for collecting waste, generated in the process of disassembling; is concerned, that currently most of the European electronic waste is illegally taken to Africa where it is dissembled by children in unsafe conditions;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for monitoring of dissembling processes of waste that have been exported to third countries in order to regulate the amount of waste ending up in the oceans and to diminish the amount of waste ending up in the oceans;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the Member States to introduce better requirements for the safety of light quadri-mobiles and if needed, introduce measures to promote speed-limited cars instead of light quadri-mobiles;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the major efforts being made under the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and development programme to support the decarbonisation of transport; calls on the Commission, in future, to focus the available funding more clearly on interconnected strategic priorities, such as electromobility and integrated urban transport, with particular attention to noise reduction and improving road safety;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to share and scale up best practices and smart, sustainable and inclusive urban projects; calls for an integrated and coordinated approach to take account of the urban dimension of EU and national policies and legislation in order to improve the quality of life and the state of the environment in urban areas;
Amendment 122 #
2017/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the urgent need to increase the capacities of developing countries and cooperation between the EU and Africa in the field of security and in combating organised crime and, trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, with particular regards to children, who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises the importance of maximizing budgetary resources and mobilizing new sources of development financing to help African countries meet Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of Agenda 2063;underlines the need to ensure efficient and transparent management of government budgets and strengthen public financial management systems, particularly to adequately invest in social sectors, especially for children and youth;
Amendment 200 #
2017/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses also the importance of high-quality education at all levels, and the need for young people to be connected to global realities and to have skills which meet the needs of the market, by promoting and supporting vocational trainingacquire the necessary skills to match the current and future labour market needs, by strengthening Africa's educational and vocational learning system, including through curricula reforms and access to technology;
Amendment 217 #
2017/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers it important to support African countries in establishing effective health systems; in particular underlines the need to train an additional one million more skilled health professionals than it is set to on current trends to meet the minimum WHO standard by 2030;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance to protect children and women from violence and exploitation, especially as regards child marriage and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, and to enhance access to reproductive health services for women and girls;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the growing importance of life- cycle emissions, including from energy supply, manufacturing and end-of-life, by bringing forward holistic proposals that guide manufacturers towards optimal solutions, in order to ensure that upstream and downstream emissions do not erode the benefits related to the improved operational use of connected and automated vehicles;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges, therefore, the need to ensure that the development and deployment of connected and automated vehicles and C-ITS will fully comply with and support the aims of decarbonisation of the transport system and zero vision in environmental and road safety;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) is closely linked to the Commission’s political priorities, notably its Agenda for Jobs, Growth and Investment, the single European transport area, the digital single market and the Energy Union strategy;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU should encourage and further develop digital technologies to reduce human error and other inefficiencies within the transport system;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the potential of digital technologies and related business models in road transport and recognises the Strategy as an important milestone towards the development of C-ITS and, ultimately, fully connected and automated mobility; notes that cooperative, connected and automated vehicles can boost the competitiveness ofin European industry as well as reduce energy consumption and emissions from transport;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. In order to meet the international climate commitments and the EU internal targets, a comprehensive turn towards low-carbon economy is needed.Therefore, the renewal of the allocation criteria of different EU funds to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures also in C-ITS is needed.It should be guaranteed that EU funding will not be allocated to projects, which are not compliant with CO2 reduction targets and policies;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the need to ensure that the development and deployment connected and automated vehicles and C-ITS will fully comply with and support the aims of decarbonisation of the transport system and zero vision in road safety;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the development of the connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) has been mainly driven by the technology push, and therefore urges the need to study and acknowledge the human and societal aspects of the development and ensure that the deployment of CAVs will fully respect the societal, human and environmental values and goals;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges all Member States to join the C-Roads Platform, as it is intended to play a significant role in implementing the Strategy; and underlines the need to ensure that advanced digital tools are deployed widely and with coordinated manners in Member States covering also public transport;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls therefore on the Commission to remove all barriers, infrastructural as well as competitive, in order to create level playing field between giant private operators that dominate the markets and others, existing and emerging operators, which would be able to close digital and infrastructural loopholes that slow down the shift to true multimodality, and who could potentially have the ability to challenge the way multimodality is seen today;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recommends that the Commission rapidly establish an adequate legal framework to achieve EU-widwithout delay establishes a legal framework to enable technologically neutral development of EU-wide C-ITS. The Commission shall closely monitor the development and, if necessary, take adequate legal measures to ensure the interoperability onf time; callshe system; calls therefore on the Commission to publish a legislative proposal on access to in-vehicle data and resources no later than September 2018; recommends that this proposal should guarantee a level playing field for non- monetised access to in-vehicle data for all third-parties in order to protect consumer rights, promote innovation and ensure fair competition on this market, taking into account the conclusions of the Commission’s study on access to in- vehicle data and resources;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS, being complemented by the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of UNCLOS relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, United Nations Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the European Union Common Fisheries Policy,
Amendment 11 #
2017/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Joint Communication entitled ‘International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans’ and the actions set out therein; reaffirms the importance of international ocean and sea governance and its economic, environmental and social components, which should be based on a cross-sectoral approach with a focus on the integrated maritime policy and the cross- cutting policies it incorporates, in particular Blue Growth, marine knowledge and data, maritime spatial planning, integrated maritime surveillance and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the 1992 Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment in the Baltic Sea Area which entered into force on 17 January 2000, HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan, adopted by all the coastal states and the EU in 2007, and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region,
Amendment 22 #
2017/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to draw up their maritime spatial plans by 31 March 2021 at the latest; calls on the Commission to start work on drafting proposals for international guidelines and to lead an international forum on maritime spatial planning which will produce the best practice that will make it possible to boost international cooperation, improve the management and use of the oceans and seas and increase transparency;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas it is widely agreed that the environmental health of the oceans and seas is under significant threat and at risk of being irreversibly damaged unless targeted and coordinated efforts are undertaken by the world community;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas current pressures on the marine environment include damage to habitats, persistent hazardous substances in sediments and waterbodies, invasive species, pollution and nutrient enrichment, as well as high exploitation rates of marine species and acidification induced by climate change;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is deeply concerned about the ongoing migration crisis in the Mediterranean, in particular the humanitarian aspects but also the impact on maritime transport, including passenger ships, cruise ships and container ships, the safety of the vessels and of their crew and cargo, and general maritime safety;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes, that as a means to decarbonize the shipping sector BioLNG use should be promoted for use in sector;BioLNG produced form wastes through anaerobic digestion have high GHG savings potential.BioLNG, is a drop-in fuel for LNG powered ships, and the guarantee of origin system for biogas should be developed to allow grid injection of biomethane to meet the demand in ports;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the trans-boundary nature of the ocean and sea means that activities and the pressures that they cause necessitate collaborative work between governments across marine regions to ensure the sustainability of shared resources; whereas the multiplicity and complexity of ocean and sea governance measures therefore calls for a broad range of interdisciplinary expertise as well as regional and international cooperation;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, according to the scientific evidence presented in the 2014 International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the warming of the climate system is unequivocal, climate change is occurring and human activities have been the predominant cause of the warming observed since the middle of the 20th century, the widespread and substantial climate change impacts of which have already become evident in natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans and seas;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Improving the international ocean, seas and marine resources governance framework
Amendment 74 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the essential role of oceans and seas for supporting life on earth, sustainable development, employment and innovation; shares the growing concern about the need for better governance and protection of the oceans and seas;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Joint Communication on International ocean governance, which highlights the EU’s commitment to achieving the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources as identified in SDG 14 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; calls for the EU to assume a leading role as global actor to strengthen international ocean and sea governance;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes, furthermore, with regard to international law on air pollution that, under UNCLOS, Member States are not permitted to inspect ships, even in cases of solid evidence of infringement; calls, therefore,that the UNCLOS Convention imposes the obligation to UNCLOS parties to inspect vessels in their capacity as flag, port and coastal State; calls on the UN parties to enhance the legal framework of UNCLOS with the aim of addressing any existing governance gaps and of establishing robust enforcement mechanisms for international environmental law;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for a specific and tangible action plan on the EU’s engagement in the Arctic, in which the aim of preserving the Arctic’s vulnerable ecosystem should be the starting point; notes, however, that in order for the EU action plan to be successful, it requires active dialogue with the Arctic Council;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls its position for an ambitious circular economy package with EU marine litter reduction objectives of 30 % and 50 % in 2025 and 2030 respectively and increased recycling targets for plastic packaging, including promotion of actions for design and production of replacement materials for plastics;
Amendment 234 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reiterates, that BioLNG use should be promoted as a means to decarbonize the shipping sector and the use of biogas in transport should be primarily reserved for the shipping sector, where BioLNG represents an existing advanced renewable fuel. The infrastructure developments set out in Directive 2014/94/EU should accommodate to the use of BioLNG in the maritime sector, where currently limited other renewable options exist;
Amendment 244 #
2017/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Strengthening international ocean and sea research and data
Amendment 1 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in order to boost the transition towards a sustainable, circular and low-carbon economy and deliver on the commonly agreed Energy Union targets, significant additional investments are required in the period 2020-2030; notes that the transition to a sustainable, circular and low-carbon economy may be speeded up by taxing fossil fuels;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that own resources based on an electricity tax or motor fuel levy continue to encounter strong political opposition and, in the case of an electricity tax, would overlap with the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS); considers, therefore, that these options are not the most suitable instruments of reform for the current system of own resources; considers it important that the electricity tax does not cause an excessive financial burden on individual households;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that DG Environment accounts for the second largest volume of fines imposed for non-compliance with EU legislation, amounting to EUR 284 million for the period 2014-2017; calls for revenue stemming directly from EU legislation and its enforcement to be invested in common, socially and environmentally sustainable, EU projects with tangible added value;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a proportion of the ETS auctioning revenue, from Phase 4 (2021) onwards, to be directed towards concrete common EU projects, such as cross-border energy infrastructure (to facilitate the integration of renewables, for example), energy storage and investments in breakthrough innovation in industry, with due regard for technology neutrality;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to structure the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) in a manner that clearly reflects the EU’s priorities for the coming years, particularly with respect to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda and the resources needed to sustain the EU’s leading role in tackling climate change and its internal and external biodiversity commitments and goals;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to review the true impact on the state of the environment of CAP greening and environmental measures under the Rural Development Fund and to finance them on the basis of their genuine outcomes; underlines the separate funding of nature and biodiversity, and the need for separate funding of a transition to sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the next MFF must be compatible with the commitments made by the Union externally, and with its own long-term goals in the field of climate- relevant spending; believes that this can only be achieved by a thorough climate mainstreaming of EU spending and by monitoring the implementation of the expenditure annually; calls on the Commission therefore to develop a transparent and reliable method of calculation that can provide evidence of expected impacts for climate-relevant spending, as well as their weighting for ex post assessment in reporting obligations;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that, in order to attain the objectives of climate policy and improve the state of the environment, various policies must work together; calls for account to be taken of the possible funding of cohesion policy in this context;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the transition to a sustainable economy is the only way to ensure a healthy living environment and the long-term wellbeing of Union citizens and the European economy; considers that the EU should be the global frontrunner in the transition to a low-carbon economy and a sustainable production-consumption system; recalls, in this context, the importance of the necessary development and research funding;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the next MFF should help the Union achieve its 2030 climate and energy framework objectives; underlines that the EU should not finance projects and investments that are contrary to the achievement of these goals; calls for the elimination of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of programmes safeguarding biodiversity and protecting the environment, such as the LIFE Programme, being continued in the next MFF; recalls that the Natura 2000 network still needs cofinancing and calls on the Commission to tailor the financing arrangements better to the Natura 2000 objectives and to ensure funding of the development of the green infrastructure network (TEN-G); underlines the importance of funding the sustainable management of the marine environment;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which covers all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnections, is necessarymakes it possible to implement the EU Mobility Package, and focuses on interconnections, is necessary; and that such a facility must make better provision for the global climate goals, for promoting digital solutions, and for improving social conditions for workers in the transport sector;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the funding of the European Union agencies to correspond to the tasks entrusted to them;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls the importance of preventing and investigating the misuse of funds and the importance of an anti-fraud policy; stresses also the importance of cooperation with third countries with a view to creating an early monitoring system for the most dangerous products of all, which can harm the health and safety of the public and damage our environment.
Amendment 60 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 63 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world; stresses the importance of cooperation to improve the state of the Baltic Sea; calls for neighbourhood programmes to continue throughout the Baltic Sea catchment area and to include in them funding by means of which the state of the environment can be improved throughout the catchment area;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers it deplorable from the point of view of the marine macro-regions that ships can discharge untreated effluent into the sea if they are more than 12 nautical miles (approximately 22 km) from the coast and that treated effluent can even be discharged into the water three nautical miles (approximately 5.5 km) from the coast; calls for funding to be provided to increase the reception capacity for effluent at ports so that all passenger vessels can treat their effluent as required by the revised Annex IV to the MARPOL Convention;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes, from the point of view of the Baltic macro-region, the Sulphur Directive adopted by the EU and the decision by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of 27 October 2016 to designate the Baltic Sea and the North Sea an NOxEmission Control Area (NECA);recalls that the unclean fuels used by vessels are still resulting in the emission of large quantities of nitrogen and sulphur into the air, from where it falls out into the sea;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Considers it important to review the permission for users of open-loop sulphur scrubbers to discharge sulphur- scrubbing water back into the sea; observes that effluent from closed-loop sulphur scrubbers has to be delivered for treatment, but that effluent from open- loop scrubbers is discharged directly back into the sea, creating a greenwash operational model, in which sulphur is removed from the air but ends up in the sea;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Amendment 71 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Recalls that Blue Growth in marine macro-regions is based on sustainable use of the potential of the seas, which means that the environmental aspect must be taken into account in all activities; recalls that, within the framework of the Blue Bioeconomy, it is possible to find new products and services and to develop and cultivate know-how based on them in order to promote employment; stresses that sustainable use of natural resources and favourable status of aquatic and marine environments create a strong foundation for the Blue Bioeconomy;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Stresses the significant shift towards the bioeconomy and the circular economy in economic thinking, modes of action and methods, which can help to tackle the environmental challenges in the Baltic; recalls the opportunities for exploiting renewable energy and improving energy efficiency in the Baltic region;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 h (new)
Paragraph 8 h (new)
8h. Attaches importance to the possibility of connecting the Baltic region to energy networks in order to reduce and eliminate energy poverty and to increase energy security and security of supply;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the 7th EAP has a positive influence on environmental policies at EU and Member State level, with benefits for citizens, nature and economic stakeholders; recalls, in this context, the importance of the Aarhus Convention;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the objectives relating to natural capital are unlikely to be met where protecting, preserving and improving natural capital is concerned;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that specialised knowledge is not always fully used in policy-making or transferred to the parties responsible for implementation; highlights the examples of bioenergy, endocrine disrupters and food production as areas where evidence of risks to human health and the environment has been sidelined; recalls the precautionary principle and the principles that preventive action should be taken and environmental damage should be rectified at source, as well as the ‘polluter pays’ principle;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that coherence with other high-level EU policy instruments is fundamental to achieving the objectives of the 7th EAP; considers it important that the sectoral policies of the Union and Member States are developed and implemented in order to achieve the objectives of the environmental programme;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the improvements in the common fisheries policy (CFP) and cohesion policy, which have increased coherence with the 7th EAP; regrets, however, that despite improvements to the regulatory framework the CFP continues to suffer from poor implementation; recalls the importance of healthy fish stocks;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) presents major challenges to the achievement of the EAP’s objectives, particularly as regards resource- intensive production and biodiversity; deplores the problems relating to soil erosion, nitrogen and phosphorus emissions and the quantity of organic matter in soil;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WConsiders it important that the EU is fully committed, as a pioneer, to attaining the objectives of the 2030 Agenda and sustainable development; welcomes the Commission’s 2016 commitment to mainstream the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into EU policies and initiatives;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the progress on reducing certain atmospheric pollutants, particularly in urban areas, but regrets the persistent problems with air quality, to which emissions from road transport are a significant contributory factor;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU institutions, as well as national and regional governments where appropriate, to make full use of available specialist knowledge about risks to the environment and human health when making and monitoring policies; calls for environmentally harmful direct and indirect subsidies at Union and Member State level to be eliminated without delay;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the full implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to be stepped up without delay, so that the objectives of the strategy can be attained;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on regional and local authorities to adapt city planning and infrastructure forso as to support sustainable transport, including electric vehicles, as soon as possible;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that regions and cities have already shown their commitment to combating climate change as major contributors to the LPAA and NAZCA initiatives; welcomes initiatives such as the EU Covenant of Mayors, including the Initiative on Climate Change Adaptation (the Mayors Adapt initiative) and the Under 2 Degrees Memorandum of Understanding;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds that small-scale renewable energy projects, such as renewable energy communities and renewable self-consumers projects, can contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds that transport causes not only emissions having significant health impacts, but also greenhouse gas emissions; regions and cities have great possibilities to reduce the GHG emissions from transport by taking the GHG emissions better into account in the transport planning; highlights the need for funding for initiatives facilitating local and regional low carbon mobility;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Seasonal locally produced food reduces the GHG emissions caused by transportation and hence reduce the overall carbon footprint of the food; calls on the Commission to enhance local and regional sustainable food production;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Asks the Commission to seek ways to enhance international cooperation between regions and local level actors in order to exchange good practices and lessons learned aiming to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in the context of the collaborative economy, issues related to consumer protection, liability allocation, insurance schemes, social protection of workers (whether they are employed or self-employed) and data protection are the most urgent ones, and expects a regulatory intervention in that regard; emphasises that a regulatory framework should strive to put the customer at the center of the activities and create a level playing field, foster innovations and contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of the EU transport policy goals, such as transport decarbonisation, territorial cohesion, affordability, accessibility and safety;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that the data is the most fundamental tool when reforming the transport sector to comply with the digital era and recognizes the significance of the ownership and access to the data; calls, therefore, on the Commission to publish, without any further delay, a roadmap to the liberation the public-funded transport data and harmonized standards of the transport data and programming standards in order to boost the data- intensive innovations and provisions of new transport services; asks Commission to explore the possibilities of so called data-led regulatory approach where the sharing and platform economy companies could be exempted to apply certain heavy regulation if they provide sufficient data to control for the delivery of public policy objectives.
Amendment 122 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to establish measures to reduce the risk and possibility of the occurrence of grey economy activities and tax avoidance in accordance with collaborative economy services, and invites the Commission to facilitate an exchange of best practises between tax authorities and stakeholders with a view to developing appropriate solutions for payments of taxes in the sharing economy; calls on Member States to clarify what they consider taxable profit and what they consider tax-exempt cost- sharing activities;
Amendment 59 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to all products that are subject to the Union harmonisation legislation set out in the Annex to this Regulation (‘Union harmonisation legislation’).
Amendment 109 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. MBased on common Union-wide rules, market surveillance authorities shall establish appropriate communication and coordination mechanisms with other market surveillance authorities.
Amendment 110 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. MBased on common Union-wide rules, market surveillance authorities shall establish the following procedures in connection with products subject to the Union harmonisation legislation set out in the Annex:
Amendment 112 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) procedures for monitoring any accidents or any harm to the health or safety of end-users which are suspected of having been caused by such products; to ensure consistency, the Commission shall set up a Pan-European harmonised database for the collection of accident and injury data.
Amendment 117 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the effective surveillance of the market within their territory with respect to any products; that are subject to the Union harmonisation legislation set out in the Annexis surveillance entails that at least 20% of products placed on the market in each category is checked;
Amendment 119 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the taking by them of appropriate and proportionate temporary measures and the taking by economic operators of appropriate and proportionate corrective action in relation to compliance with that legislation and this Regulation and based on common Union rules.
Amendment 121 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Market surveillance authorities shall perform controls as part of their activities set out in paragraph 1, on a risk- based approach, taking into account the precautionary principle and, as a minimum, the following factors:
Amendment 125 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the product is liable to compromise the health or safety or security of end- users;
Amendment 141 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) the power to take temporary and final measures, where there are no other effective means available to prevent a serious risk, including in particular temporary measures requiring hosting service providers to remove, disable or restrict access to content or to suspend or restrict access to a website, service or account or requiring domain registries or registrars to put a fully qualified domain name on hold for a specific period of time;
Amendment 149 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Market surveillance authorities shall exercise their powers in accordance with the precautionary principle and the principle of proportionality.
Amendment 158 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) act as a knowledge hub on risks for consumers stemming from harmful chemicals.
Amendment 159 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e b (new)
Amendment 250 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive concerns the quality of water intended for human consumption and the access to such water.
Amendment 255 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of this Directive shall be to protect human health from the adverse effects of any contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean, and at the same time, ensuring universal and affordable access to such water for all in the Union.
Amendment 260 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘water intended for human consumption’ shall mean all water either in its original state or after treatment, intended for drinking, cooking, food preparation or production, or other domestic purposes in both public and private premises , regardless of its origin and whether it is supplied from a distribution network, supplied from a tanker or, for spring waters, put in bottles in bottles, including spring water.
Amendment 513 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall take all necessary measures to improve access for all to water intended for human consumption and promote its use on their territory. This shallmay include all of the following measures:
Amendment 581 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that all personcustomers, such as individual households, housing corporations and property owners supplied receive regularly and at least once a year, and in the most appropriate form (for instance on their invoice or by smart applications) without having to request it, the following information:
Amendment 80 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Better designed car labelling providing consumers with comparable, reliable and user friendly information about the benefits of low emission cars, including information concerning air pollutants and running costs in addition to CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, could support the uptake of the most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly cars across the Union. The Commission should therefore review Directive 1999/94/EC no later than 31st December 2019 and put forward a relevant legislative proposal.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In determining the credits for the zero- and low-emission vehicles, it is appropriate to account for the difference in CO2 emissions between the vehicles. The adjustment mechanism should ensure that a manufacturer exceeding the benchmark level would benefit from a higher specific CO2 target, whereas a manufacturer not achieving the benchmark would have to comply with a stricter CO2 target. In order to ensure a balanced approach, limits should be set to the level of adjustment possible within that mechanism. This will provide for incentives, promoting a timely roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure and yielding high benefits for consumers, competitiveness, and the environment.
Amendment 102 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Recharging and refuelling infrastructure needs to be put in place quickly and different support instruments at both Union and Member State level need to effectively work together mobilising significant public investment.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) A successful transition to zero- emission mobility requires a comprehensive enabling landscape through the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, robust car labelling schemes, strong enforcement of air quality and climate change mitigation standards. Strong support schemes for workers in the automotive industry are needed for a just transition.
Amendment 113 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The aim of this Regulation is to create incentives for the automotive industry to invest in new technologies. This Regulation actively promotes eco- innovation and provides a mechanism that should be able to acknowledge future technological development. Experience shows that eco-innovations have successfully contributed to the cost- effectiveness of Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 and to the reduction of real world CO2 emissions. This modality should therefore be maintained and the scope should be extended to incentivise efficiency improvements in air-conditioning systems and emission reductions in the material production, manufacturing and end of life stages of the vehicle lifecycle.
Amendment 121 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In determining the credits for the zero- and low-emission vehicles, it is appropriate to account for the difference in CO2 emissions between the vehicles. The adjustment mechanism should ensure that a manufacturer exceeding the benchmark level would benefit from a higher specific CO2 target, whereas a manufacturer not achieving the benchmark would have to comply with a stricter CO2 target. In order to ensure a balanced approach, limits should be set to the level of adjustment possible within that mechanism. This will provide for incentives, promoting a timely roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure and yielding high benefits for consumers, competitiveness, and the environment.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) It is of critical importance to consider the inevitable social impacts of the low-carbon transition in the automotive sector and to be proactive in addressing the unavoidable job implications that will be particularly pronounced in certain most affected regions. It is paramount therefore that current measures facilitating the low- carbon transition are also accompanied by targeted programmes for redeployment, re-skilling and up-skilling of workers, as well as education conducted in close dialogue with the social partners. Such efforts should be co-financed by earmarked revenues from the collected excess emissions premiums.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions in reality is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the official test procedure. In accordance with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)23 and the recommendation of the European Parliament, following its inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector24 , a mechanism should be put in place to assess the real world representativeness of vehicle CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data, and, where necessary, develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the data required for performing such assessments. most reliable way to ensure the real world representativeness of type-approval values is by introducing a real-world CO2 emissions test, which the Commission should be empowered to develop. That test should be developed by means of delegated acts and introduced at the latest two years after the date of application of this Regulation. However, in the meantime, and until it becomes applicable, compliance should be ensured by using data from the fuel consumption meters to be reported by manufacturers coupled with a not-to-exceed (NTE) limit of a maximum of 15 % above the type- approval values measured as of 2021 using the WLTP test. _________________ 23 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 "Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing" 24 European Parliament recommendation of 4 April 2017 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (2016/2908(RSP))
Amendment 137 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) The Commission should, by 2024, review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting the trade-offs of a tailpipe only metric with regard to shifting impacts to embedded greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact.
Amendment 142 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes CO2 emissions performance requirements for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal machievement of Union´s climate commitments and tarkgets.
Amendment 180 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions in reality is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the official test procedure. In accordance with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)23 and the recommendation of the European Parliament, following its inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector24 , a mechanism should be put in place to assess the real world representativeness of vehicle CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. The Joint Research Centre should be given the mandate to start working on the feasibility of real- driving emissions testing for CO2, allowing stakeholders to participate, to ensure such testing to be included in the regulatory framework as soon as possible. The real-world emission of vehicles should lie within a not-to-exceed (NTE) limit, set for each manufacturer in 2021 in respect of their 2025 and 2030 emission targets. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data, and from fuel consumption meters, and also, where necessary, develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the data required for performing such assessments. __________________ 23 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 "Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing" 24 European Parliament recommendation of 4 April 2017 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (2016/2908(RSP))
Amendment 186 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In 2024 it is foreseen to review the progress achieved under the [Effort Sharing Regulation and Emissions Trading System Directive]. It is therefore appropriate to assess the effectivenessThis Regulation should be reviewed in 2022 to take into account the rapid changes in technology and increased demand of low- and zero- emission vehicles. A review of thise Regulation in that same year to alshould adapt the share of low- a coordinated and coherent assessment of the measures implemented under all these instrumentsnd zero-emission vehicles needed to trigger the two-way adjustment mechanism.
Amendment 203 #
2017/0293(COD)
8a. From 2025 onwards manufacturers shall report on the lifecycle CO2 emissions of the vehicle types they put on the market after 1 January 2025 based on the harmonized EU methodology. For this purpose, the Commission shall develop, no later than 1 January 2022, by way of delegated acts a harmonized methodology on lifecycle CO2 emissions of all fuel types and vehicle powertrains found on the EU market. Such methodology shall be in line with the relevant ISO standards and account for the global warming potential (GWP) of vehicle’s well-to-wheel, tank-to- wheel and end-of-life emissions.
Amendment 208 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. During the monitoring and reporting phase, Member States shall take into account the amount of sustainable renewable energy consumed in transport and their GHG saving benefit (according to the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources), and communicate these values to the Commission. Those values shall be deducted from the CO2 emissions, and complement information as requested in paragraph 4 of this Article.
Amendment 210 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. These values may be used for the calculation of a Carbon Correction Factor (CCF), using the following formula: CCF = national share of sustainable renewable energy used / 10.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The amounts of the excess emissions premium shall be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union and shall be earmarked for policy measures, conducted in close cooperation with social partners, promoting re-skilling and redeployment in the automotive sector in order to contribute to a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 220 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 1525 % reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 228 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 1525 % reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;
Amendment 246 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 3045 % reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 248 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall in 2024 submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, where appropriate, accompanied by a proposal for amending the Regulation. This report will consider, inter alia, the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles and the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure reported under Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . This report will also bring forward proposals for a mechanism to take lifecycle emissions into account in the regulation, in order to ensure embedded emission do not erode the benefits related to the improved operational energy use of vehicles. _________________ 29 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 255 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall by 2021 establish a framework for calculating lifecycle CO2 emissions in a coherent and robust way and establish mechanism for manufacturers to report such emissions on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 257 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall by 31 December 2019 review Directive 1999/94/EC in order to provide consumers with accurate, robust and comparable information on the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and air pollutant emissions of new passenger cars placed on the market.
Amendment 263 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 3045 % reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 336 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 342 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 348 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. These values may be used for the calculation of a Carbon Correction Factor (CCF), using the following formula: CCF = national share of sustainable renewable energy used/10.
Amendment 378 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Annex II – part A – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) vehicle family lifecycle CO2 emissions, where available.
Amendment 417 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall in 20243 submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, where appropriate, accompanied by a proposal for amending the Regulation. This report will consider, inter alia, the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles and the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure reported under Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . In order to ensure embedded emissions do not erode the benefits related to the improved use phase vehicle emissions, the Commission will also bring forward proposals for a credit mechanism that take lifecycle emissions into account in the Regulation. __________________ 29 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 37 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The procurement of ultra-low emission and energy-efficient vehicles can leverage the development of the infrastructure necessary for the smart charging of electric vehicles. Combining requirements for electro-mobility concerning the pre-equipment of parking spaces and the installation of charging points, as required by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [as amended by COM (2016)0765], with requirements for the procurement of low emission vehicles, is an effective way to promote electric vehicles while allowing further developments at reduced costs in the medium to long-term as well as increasing consumer acceptance.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Vehicles with zero emissions at the tail-pipe can also leave an environmental footprint due to the process of manufacture of the components and the level of recyclability. Therefore, public authorities should be encouraged to consider other aspects than price when procuring vehicles, such as the recyclability of batteries. Research and development of those technologies should also be promoted in other policies of the Union
Amendment 96 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Reporting on public procurement under this amended Directive should provide a clear market overview to enable effective monitoring of the implementation. It should start with an intermediate report in 20232 and continue with a first full report on the implementation of the minimum targets in 20265 and thereafter every three years. To minimise administrative burden on single public bodies and establish an effective market overview, simple reporting should be facilitated. The Commission will ensure full reporting for low- and zero-emission and other alternative-fuel vehicles within the context of the Common Procurement Vocabulary of the Union. Specific codes in the Common Procurement Vocabulary will help the registration and monitoring under the Tender Electronic Daily Database.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point a
Article 4 – point 4 – point a
(a) a vehicle of category M1 or M2 with a maximum tail-pipe emission expressed in CO2g/km and real driving pollutant emissions below a percentage of the applicable emission limits as referred to in Table 2 in the Annex , or, M2, M3, N1, N2 or N3 type-approved for use of electricity, hydrogen, natural gas including biomethane, in gaseous form (compressed natural gas (CNG)) and liquefied form (liquefied natural gas (LNG), synthetic and paraffinic fuels, and sustainable pure and high-blend biofuels;
Amendment 138 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point b
Article 4 – point 4 – point b
Amendment 144 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point c
Article 4 – point 4 – point c
Amendment 157 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 a
Article 4 a
Amendment 160 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 a
Article 4 a
Amendment 170 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that purchase, lease, rent or hire-purchase of road transport vehicles, and public service contracts on public passenger transport by road and rail and public service contracts as referred to in Article 3 of this Directive comply with the minimum procurement targets for light-duty vehicles referred to in table 4 of the Annex and for heavy-duty vehicles referred to in Table 5 in the Annex and include contractual provisions to ensure the actual use of alternative fuels.
Amendment 182 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member State authorities may apply higher minimum mandates than those referred to in the Annex of this Directive. Member State authorities may also apply lower mandates if justified taking into account national or regional circumstances, such as distances and topological and climatic conditions, or ability to achieve same environmental results with other solutions that are proven to have better cost-efficiency.
Amendment 203 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall submit to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Directive by 1 January 20262, and every three years thereafter. Member States shall submit to the Commission an intermediate report by 1 January 20232. That report shall contain information on the steps undertaken to implement this Directive, including on the number and the categories of vehicles procured by authorities and entities, on the dialogue carried out between the different levels of governance, information on Member States' intentions regarding the above reporting activities, as well as any other valuable information. Information’s should follow the categories contained in Regulation No 2195/2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)31 as noted in the Annex. _________________ 31 OJ L 340, 16.12.2002, p. 1, OJ L 340, 16.12.2002, p. 1,
Amendment 226 #
Amendment 227 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that purchase, lease, rent or hire-purchase of road transport vehicles, and public service contracts on public passenger transport by road and rail and public service contracts as referred to in Article 3 of this Directive comply with the minimum procurement targets for light-duty vehicles referred to in table 4 of the Annex and for heavy-duty vehicles referred to in Table 5 in the Annex 1 and include contractual provisions to ensure the actual use of alternative fuels.
Amendment 232 #
Amendment 239 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member State authorities may apply higher minimum mandates than those referred to in the Annex of this Directive. Member State authorities may also apply lower mandates if justified taking into account national or regional circumstances, such as distances and topological and climatic conditions, or ability to achieve same environmental results with other solutions that are also proven to have better cost-efficiency.
Amendment 242 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To reach the procurement targets, contracting entities shall base the award of contracts on the most economically advantageous tender ("MEAT") as described in Article 82 of Directive 2014/25/EU. Tender specifications should be defined not only with focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) but also on other vehicle characteristics, such as accessibility, insertion in urban landscape, noise levels, energy efficiency, recyclability of batteries and vehicle components.
Amendment 243 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
ANNEX 1
ANNEX 1
Directive 2009/33/EC
Annex – Table 4
Annex – Table 4
Amendment 56 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A number of amendments are to be made to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . Iin order to provide improved protection for passengers and encourage increased rail travel, with due regard to Articles 11, 12 and 14 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in particular. In view of these amendments and in the interests of clarity, that Regulation should1371/2007 should therefore be recast. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14).
Amendment 91 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the context of the sale of tickets for the transport of passengers, Member States should take all necessary measures to prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality or residence, regardless whether the passenger concerned is present, permanently or on a temporary basis, in another Member State. Those measures should cover all covert forms of discrimination which, by the application of other criteria, such as residence, physical or digital location, may have the same effect. In light of the development of online platforms selling passenger transport tickets, Member States should pay special attention to ensuring that no discrimination occurs during the process of accessing online interfaces or purchasing tickets. However, transport schemes involving social tariffs should not be automatically precluded, provided that they are proportionate and independent of the nationality of the persons concerned.
Amendment 95 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The increasing popularity of cycling across the Union has implications for overall mobility and tourism. An increase in the use of both railways and cycling in the modal split reduces the environmental impact of transport. Therefore, railway undertakings should facilitate the combination of cycling and train journeys as much as possible, in particular by allowing the carriage of bicycles on board trainand providing adequate capacity for the carriage of bicycles on board all types of trains, including on long-distance services and cross-border journeys.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The increasing popularity of cycling across the Union has implications for overall mobility and tourism. An increase in the use of both railways and cycling in the modal split reduces the environmental impact of transport. Therefore, railway undertakings should facilitate the combination of cycling and train journeys as much as possible, in particular by, in particular by providing adequate capacity for allowing the carriage of bicycles on board trains.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Railway undertakings should facilitate the transfer of rail passengers from one operator to another by the provision of through-tickets. In this respect, wthenever possibley should also cooperate with ticket vendors providing combined journeys.
Amendment 124 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In the event of delay, passengers should be provided with continued or re- routed transport options under comparable transport conditions. The needs of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility should, in particular, be taken into account in such an event.
Amendment 142 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation establishes rules applicable to rail transport to provide for effective protection of passengers and encourage rail travel as regards the following:
Amendment 146 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) passengers’ rights in the event ofand compensation in the event of disruption, such as cancellation or delay;
Amendment 149 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) minimum, accurate, timely and accessible information to be provided to passengers;
Amendment 151 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) non-discrimination against , immediate, spontaneous and mandatory assistance by trained staff for , persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility ;
Amendment 152 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) theproper procedures for handling of complaints;
Amendment 154 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) general rules on enforcement, including through the option for passengers of binding alternative dispute resolution.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall apply to all domestic and, cross-border or international rail passenger journeys and services throughout the Union provided by one or more railway undertakings licensed in accordance with Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . _________________ 29 OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32operating, stopping, travelling, departing or arriving within the territory of the Union.
Amendment 213 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘ person with disabilities ’ and ‘person with reduced mobility’ means any person who has a permanent or temporary physical , mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective use of transport on an equal basis with other passengers or whose mobility when using transport is reduced due to age;
Amendment 221 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Passengers shall be entitled to take bicycles on board the train, where appropriate for a reasonable fee. They shall keep their bicycles under supervision during the journey and ensure that no inconvenience or damage is caused to other passengers, mobility equipment, luggage or rail operations. The carriage of bicycles may be refused or restricted for safety or operational reasons, provided that railway undertakings, ticket vendors, tour operators and, where appropriate, station managers inform passengers of the conditions for such a refusal or restriction in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 454/2011, whether assembled or not, free of charge on board the train, all new or refurbished rolling stock shall include an appropriate designated space for the carriage of assembled bicycles.
Amendment 231 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Passengers shall be entitled to take assembled bicycles on board the train, where appropriate for a reasonable fee. They shall keep their bicycles under supervision during the journey and ensure that no inconvenience or damage is caused to other passengers, mobility equipment, luggage or rail operations. The carriage of bicycles may be refused or restricted for safety or operational reasons, provided that rAll new or refurbished passenger rolling stock shall include a designated space for the carriage of assembled bicycles. The number of bicycle places should equate to at least 1.5% of total passenger capacity with a minimum of 4 spaces. Railway undertakings, ticket vendors, tour operators and, where appropriate, station managers should inform passengers of the conditions for such a refusal or restrictionbicycle carriage on all services in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 454/2011.
Amendment 232 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Obligations towards passengers pursuant to this Regulation may not be limited or waived, notably by a derogation or restrictive clause in the transport contract. Any contractual conditions which purport directly or indirectly to waive, derogate from or restrict the rights resulting from this Regulation shall not be binding on the passenger.
Amendment 234 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Obligation to provide information and consultation concerning discontinuation or substantial reduction of services
Amendment 235 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Railway undertakings or, where appropriate, competent authorities responsible for a public service railway contract shall make public by appropriate means, and without delay including in accessible formats for persons with disabilities in accordance with accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX31 , and in good time before their implementation, decisionproposals to discontinue or substantially reduce services either permanently or temporarily, and shall ensure that those proposals are subject to meaningful and proper consultation before any implementation takes place. _________________ 31 Directive XXX on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services (European Accessibility Act) (OJ L X, X.X.XXXX, p. X).
Amendment 261 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate format including by using up-to-date communication technologies and in writing where possible. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that this information is accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 . The availability of accessible formats shall be clearly advertised.
Amendment 283 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings, tour operators and ticket vendors shall offer tickets and, where available, through-tickets and reservations, through-tickets, reservations and combinations of tickets that provide the most optimal and cost-effective journey or combined journey, including cross- border, in an impartial and non- discriminatory manner. They shall make all possible efforts to offer through-tickets, including for journeys across borders andor involving night trains and journeys with more than one railway undertaking.
Amendment 341 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Reimbursement and re-routing in the event of cancelled or delayed departures
Amendment 342 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where it is reasonably to be expected , either at departure or in the event of a missed connection in the course of a journey with a through-ticket, that that a service is cancelled or arrival at the final destination under the transport contract will be subject to a delay of more than 60 minutes, the passenger shall immediately have the choice between one of the following :
Amendment 392 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Compensation for cancellation or delay shall be calculated in relation to the full price which the passenger actually paid for the cancelled or delayed service. Where the transport contract is for a return journey, compensation for cancellation or delay on either the outward or the return leg shall be calculated in relation to half of the price paid for the ticket. In the same way the price for a cancelled or delayed service under any other form of transport contract allowing travelling several subsequent legs shall be calculated in proportion to the full price.
Amendment 420 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
8. A railway undertaking shall not be obliged to pay compensation if it can prove that the cancellation or delay was caused by severe weather conditions or major natural disasters endangering the safe operation of the service and could not have been foreseen or prevented even if all reasonable measures had been taken.
Amendment 433 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to the waiting time, if they are available on the train or in the station, or can reasonably be supplied taking into account criteria such as the distance from the supplier, the time required for delivery and the cost;
Amendment 438 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) if the train is blocked on the track, accessible transport from the train to the railway station, to the alternative departure point or to the final destination of the service, where and when physically possible.
Amendment 441 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. If the railway service cannot be continued anymore, railway undertakings shall organise as soon as possible alternative accessible transport services for passengers.
Amendment 445 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Railway undertakings shall, at the request of the offer to certify for affected passenger, certifys on their ticket or by any other means that the rail service has suffered a delay, led to a missed connection or that it has been cancelled, as the case might be.
Amendment 451 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. In addition to the obligations on railway undertakings pursuant to Article 13a(3) of Directive 2012/34/EU, the station manager of a railway station handling at least 105 000 passengers per day on average over a year shall ensure that the operations of the station, the railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager are coordinated through a proper contingency plan in order to prepare for the possibility of major disruption and long delays leading to a considerable number of passengers being stranded in the station. The plan shall pay particular attention to the needs of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility and shall ensure that stranded passengers are provided with adequate assistance and information, including in accessible formats in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX. The plan shall also include requirements for the accessibility of alert and information systems. Upon request, the station manager shall make the plan, and any amendments to it, available to the national enforcement body or to any other body designated by a Member State. Station managers of railway stations handling fewer than 105 000 passengers per day on average over a year shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate station users and to assist and inform stranded passengers in such situations.;
Amendment 457 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Without prejudice to this Article or Articles 16 and 17, in the case of a missed connection due to the delay or cancellation of a train on an earlier leg of the journey or combined journey the passenger should be allowed to take the next service enabling them to reach their destination station in the most convenient reasonable manner.
Amendment 460 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and station managers shall, with the active involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, establish, or shall have in place, non- discriminatory access rules for the transport of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility including their personal assistants. The rules shall allow the passenger to be accompanied by an assistance dog service animal in accordance with any relevant national rules, and shall ensure that rail transport for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility is immediate and spontaneous wherever possible.
Amendment 535 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Where railway undertakings and station managers cause loss of, or damage to, wheelchairs, other mobility equipment or assistive devices and assistant dogservice animals used by persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, they shall be liable for and compensate that loss or damage.
Amendment 538 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The compensation for loss or damage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the cost of replacement orpaid within one month of submission of a claim and be equal to the cost of replacement based on the actual value, or on the full costs of repair, of the equipment or devices lost or damawheelchair, equipment, devices lost or damaged or the loss or injury of the service animal. The compensation shall also include the cost of temporary replacement in case of repair, when those costs are borne by the passengedr.
Amendment 548 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that all personnelstaff, including those employed by any other performing party, providing direct assistance to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility,receive disability-related training in order to know how to meet the needs of persons with disabilities and of persons with reduced mobility, including those with mental and intellectual impairments;
Amendment 551 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide training to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities among all personnel working at the station who deal directly with the travelling publicstaff;
Amendment 560 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure that, upon recruitment, all new employeesstaff receive disability-related training, and that personnel attend regular refresher training courses.ttend regular refresher training courses, and that advanced level or more specialised disability-related training is also provided where necessary;
Amendment 563 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) accept upon requestencourage actively the participation, in the training, of employeesstaff with disabilities, as well as passengers with disabilities and with reduced mobility, and/or organisations representing them.;
Amendment 567 #
2017/0237(COD)
(da) involve organisations representing persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility in the design and delivery of disability-related training;
Amendment 568 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Disability-related training courses mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of this Article shall meet the specifications set out in Annex VI.
Amendment 580 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Passengers may submit a complaint to any railway undertaking, ticket vendor, railway stationstation manager or infrastructure manager involved. Complaints shall be submitted within six months of the incident that is the subject of the complaint. Within one month of receivsubmitting the complaint, the addressee shall either give a reasoned reply or, in justified cases, inform the passenger by what date within a period of less than three months from the date of receipt of the complaint a reply can be expected. Railway undertakings, ticket vendors, station managers and infrastructure managers shall keep the incident data necessary to assess the complaint for two years and make them available to national enforcement bodies upon request.
Amendment 588 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The national enforcement bodies shall closely monitor compliance with this Regulation and take the measures necessary to ensure that the rights of passengers are upheld. For this purpose, railway undertakings, station managers and infrastructure managers shall provide the bodies with relevant documents and information at their request without delay and in any event within one month. In carrying out their functions, the bodies shall take account of the information submitted to them by the body designated under Article 33 to handle complaints, if this is a different body. They may also decide on enforcement actions based on individual complaints transmitted by such a bodyMember States shall ensure that national enforcement and complaint handling bodies shall be given sufficient powers and resources for the adequate and effective enforcement of individual complaints from passengers under this Regulation.
Amendment 592 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The national enforcement bodies shall publish statistics on their activityeach year publish reports with statistics on their websites detailing the number and type of complaints that they have received, detailing the outcome of their enforcement actions, including onthe sanctions applied, every year, at the latest at the end of April of the following calendar year. that they have applied. This shall be done for each year by no later than the first day of April of the succeeding year. In addition, these reports shall be made available on the website of the European Union Agency for Railways.
Amendment 594 #
2017/0237(COD)
3a. The national enforcement bodies, in collaboration with organisations representative of persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility, shall conduct regular audits of the assistance services provided in accordance with this Regulation and publish the results in accessible formats.
Amendment 597 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the rights of consumers to seek alternative redress pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council32, after having complained unsuccessfully to the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager pursuant to Article 28, the passenger may complain to an enforcement body. Enforcement bodies shall inform complainants about their right to complain to alternative dispute resolution bodies to seek individual redress. Member States shall ensure that enforcement or complaint-handling bodies are recognised for the purposes of alternative redress schemes pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU, and that where passengers seek alternative redress, the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager concerned is required to participate and the outcome shall be binding on and effectively enforceable against them. _________________ 32 Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14).
Amendment 599 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Any passenger may complain to the national enforcement body, or any other body designated by a Member State for that purpose, about an alleged infringement of this Regulation. Complaints may also be made by organisations representing groups of passengers.
Amendment 600 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The body shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint within two weeks of receiving it. The complaint-handling procedure shall take a maximum of three months. For complex cases, the body may, at its discretion, extend this period to six months. In such a case, it shall inform the passenger or organisation representing passengers of the reasons for the extension and of the expected time needed to conclude the procedure. Only cases that involve legal proceedings may take longer than six months. Where the body is also an alternative dispute resolution body within the meaning of Directive 2013/11/EU, the time limits laid down in that Directive shall prevail and the use of online dispute resolution in accordance with Regulation 524/2013/EU1a may be made available with the agreement of all parties involved. _________________ 1aRegulation 524/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p.1).
Amendment 611 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 2
Annex II – part I – indent 2
- Time schedules and conditions for the fastest trip and best connections
Amendment 614 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 3
Annex II – part I – indent 3
- Time schedules and conditions for the lowest and all available fares
Amendment 615 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 5
Annex II – part I – indent 5
- Access conditionarrangements for bicycles
Amendment 616 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 6
Annex II – part I – indent 6
- Availability of seats in for all applicable fares in non-smoking (and non-, where applicable, smoking), first and second class as well as couchettes and sleeping carriages
Amendment 620 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 8
Annex II – part I – indent 8
- Availability of on-board services, including wifi and toilets
Amendment 621 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – indent 1
Annex II – part II – indent 1
- On-board services, including wifi
Amendment 630 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) provision of useful information throughout the journey, including in relation to wifi and other on-board services;
Amendment 631 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) accessibility of station and station facilities. , including step-free access, escalators, elevators and luggage ramps.
Amendment 632 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 1
In complex cases such as cases involving multiple claims or a number of operators, cross-border travel or accidents on the territory of a Member State other than that which granted the undertaking’s licence, in particular where it is unclear which national enforcement body is competent, or where it would facilitate or accelerate the resolution of the complaint, national enforcement bodies shall cooperate to identify a ‘lead’ body, which shall serve as single point of contact for passengers. All national enforcement bodies involved shall cooperate to facilitate the resolution of the complaint (including by sharing information, assisting with the translation of documents and providing information on the circumstances of incidents). Passengers shall be informed which body is acting as ‘lead’ body. In addition, in all cases, national enforcement bodies shall in any event ensure compliance with Regulation 2017/2394/EU 1a of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, OJ L 345, 27.12.2017.
Amendment 633 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
ANNEX Va DISABILITY-RELATED TRAINING SPECIFICATIONS (a) Disability-awareness training Training of all staff, including those employed by any other performing party, includes: - awareness of and appropriate responses to passengers with physical, sensory (hearing and visual), hidden or learning disabilities, including how to distinguish between the different abilities of persons whose mobility, orientation, or communication may be reduced, - barriers faced by disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, including attitudinal, environmental/physical and organisational barriers, - service animals, including their role and needs, - dealing with unexpected occurrences, - interpersonal skills and methods of communication with deaf people and people with hearing impairments, people with visual impairments, people with speech impairments, and people with a learning disability, - how to handle wheelchairs and other mobility aids carefully so as to avoid damage (if any, for all staff who are responsible for luggage handling); (b) Disability-assistance training Training of all staff, including those employed by any other performing party, directly assisting disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility includes: - how to help wheelchair users make transfers into and out of a wheelchair, - skills for providing assistance to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility travelling with a service animal, including the role and the needs of these animals, - techniques for escorting visually impaired passengers and for the handling and carriage of service animals, - an understanding of the types of equipment which can assist disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility and a knowledge of how to handle such an equipment, - the use of boarding and alighting assistance equipment used and knowledge of the appropriate boarding and alighting assistance procedures that safeguard the safety and dignity of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, - understanding of the need for reliable and professional assistance. Also awareness of the potential of certain disabled passengers to experience feelings of vulnerability during travel because of their dependence on the assistance provided, a knowledge of first aid.
Amendment 32 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
rejects the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
Amendment 146 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(i) point (a) is deleted;replaced by the following; (a) undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles the permissible laden mass of which is lower than 3,5 tonnes that are engaged exclusively in national transport operations or international transport operations not exceeding a radius of 50 kilometres from the border.
Amendment 166 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – first subparagraph
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – first subparagraph
Article 3(1)(b) and (d) and Articles 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 198 and 21 shall not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
Amendment 190 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point a
Article 5 – point a
(a) have premises in which it keeps its core business documents, in particular its commercial contracts, accounting documents, personnel management documents, labour contracts, documents containing data relating to posted workers, driving time and rest and any other document to which the competent authority must have access in order to verify compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation;;
Amendment 361 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
(aa) 'transit' means laden journey by a vehicle through one or more Member States or third countries where the point of departure and the point of arrival is not in those Member States or third countries.
Amendment 373 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2.
Article 8 – paragraph 2.
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member State have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member States. The last unloading in the course of a cabotage operation shall take place within 5 days from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage.; A road haulier who has carried out cabotage operations in accordance with the first subparagraph shall not be allowed, for a period of 8 days from the last unloading in the course of the last cabotage operation, to undertake new cabotage operations with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, in the same host Member State or its contiguous Member States.
Amendment 409 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
National road haulage services carried out in the host Member State by a non-resident haulier shall only be deemed to comply with this Regulation if the haulier can produce clear evidence of the preceding international carriage as well as of each consecutive operation the vehicle or motor vehicle for a period of 15 days preceding that international carriage.;
Amendment 415 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
(ba) in paragraph 3 the following points are added: (d) the address and the date of taking over of the goods and the address and estimated date designated for delivery; (h) (new) the anticipated number, the identities and nationalities of drivers, the countries from which the drivers habitually carry out their work in performance of their employment contract and the employers of drivers, if not the haulier; (i) (new) the law applicable to the employment contract; (j) (new) the anticipated duration, envisaged beginning and end date of the operation.
Amendment 420 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Evidence referred to in paragraph 3 shall be presented or transmitted to the authorised inspecting officer of the host Member State on request and within the duration of the roadside check. It may be presented or transmitted electronically, using a revisable structured format which can be used directly for storage and processing by computers, such as the eCMR or IMI.* During the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may provide the evidence referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 430 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 9 –paragraph 1 – point (f) new
Article 9 –paragraph 1 – point (f) new
(5a) In Article 9 the following point is added: (f) posting of workers
Amendment 57 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) It is desirable and in the interests of clear and effective enforcement that transport undertakings are fully aware of their responsibilities regarding liability under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. Member States should clearly outline and issue guidance to those involved in the industry explaining the chain of responsibility for breaches of the rules on driving time, breaks and rest time, in particular concerning the role of consignors, freight forwarders, tour operators, principal contractors, subcontractors and driver employment agencies under Article 10 (4).
Amendment 58 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) It is in the interests of road safety to encourage transport undertakings to adopt a safety culture which includes: safety policies and procedures issued by senior management, the commitment to implementing safety policy shown by the line management and the willingness to comply with safety rules shown by the workforce. There should be a clear focus on road transport safety issues, including fatigue, liability, journey planning, rostering, performance-based pay and ´just in time´ management.
Amendment 90 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Technological development allows for a differentiated usage of the vehicle without requiring the full attention of the driver for driving.
Amendment 114 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Drivers are often faced with unforeseen circumstances which make it impossible to reach a desired destinationhome or other suitable accommodation of their own choice for the purpose of for taking a weekly rest without violating Union rules. It is desirable to make it easier for drivers to cope with those circumstances and enable them to reach their destination for a weekly rest without breaching the requirements on maximum driving times.
Amendment 118 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Drivers engaged in both national and international transport operations find it often difficult if not impossible to have the necessary breaks, especially in the outermost and/or peripheral regions of the European Union, as there is not enough parking and rest areas that provide appropriate parking spaces, free from snow and ice in the winter time. It is therefore desirable and in the interests of drivers working conditions, as well as road safety and enforcement that Member States should provide them.
Amendment 123 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It is desirable and in the interests of road safety and enforcement that Member States should assess the compliance of transport undertakings and consigners with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as part of their national risk rating systems, as provided for by Article 9 of Directive (EC) No 2006/22.
Amendment 191 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) In Article 4, new point ra is added: "´autonomous driving systems’ is the systems responsible for driving the vehicle according to the task to be performed defined according to UNECE legislation."
Amendment 220 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(3a) In paragraph 6, new paragraph 5 a is added: (5a) A driver may record the period during which an autonomous driving system is activated as ‘other work’, provided that the driver is not involved in the active manoeuvre of the vehicles.
Amendment 225 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(3b) In Article 7, the following point is amended as follows: "After a driving period of four and a half hours a driver shall take an uninterrupted break of not less than 45 minutes, unless he takes a rest period. This break may be replaced by a break of at least 15 minutes followed by a break of at least 30 minutes each distributed over the period in such a way as to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph. or by a break of at least 30 minutes followed by a break of at least 15 minutes. In both options the latter break shall be distributed over the period in such a way as to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:5cf5ebde-d494-40eb-86a7- 2131294ccbd9.0005.02/DOC_1&format=PDF)
Amendment 307 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Any rest period taken as compensation for a reduced weekly rest period shall immediately precede or follow a regular weeklybe attached to another rest period of at least 45nine hours.;
Amendment 376 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(c a) In Article 8, new paragraph is added: 9a. Paragraph 8a of this Article shall not apply when the regular weekly rest periods, reduced weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest are taken in locations self-certified as complying with the requirements of Article 8a, provided that the vehicle is stationary and has suitable sleeping facilities for each driver.
Amendment 378 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(c b) In Article 8, new paragraph 9 a is added: 9a. (a) Member States shall issue an annual report to the European Commission on the availability of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities on their national territory, from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. (b) The European Commission shall, by 31 December 2020 at the latest, present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities. This report shall be updated annually on the basis of information gathered by the European Commission under paragraph (a) and contain a list of proposed measures to increase the number and quality of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities.
Amendment 391 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
(5 a) The following Article is inserted: "Article8a 1. By way of a derogation of Article 8(8a), a driver may take regular weekly rest periods, reduced weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest in any parking areas that have a self-certification based on criteria set out in Annex 1. 2. All parking areas that have at least the facilities and features set out in Annex 1 may indicate at their entrance that they are self-certified. 3. Member States shall ensure that random checks are carried out on a regular basis to verify compliance of parking characteristics with criteria set out in Annex 1. 4. Member States shall disseminate information on parking areas that are no longer deemed to comply with criteria set out in Annex 1 through the national or international point of access referred to in Article 5.3 of Regulation (EU) No 885/2013. 5. All parking areas that use the self- certification are deemed to be suitable for daily rest, weekly rest, compensated rest and reduced weekly rest for the purpose of this Regulation, unless Member States have indicated otherwise in accordance with paragraph 4."
Amendment 414 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 427 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Member States shall ensure that drivers of vehicles referred to in Article 3(a) are governed by national rules which provide adequate protection in terms of permitted driving times and mandatory breaks and rest periods. Member States shall inform the Commission about the relevant national rules applicable to such drivers.;It is in the interests of drivers working conditions, as well as road safety and enforcement that Member States should provide parking and rest areas, free from snow and ice in the winter time, especially in the outermost and/or peripheral regions of the European Union.
Amendment 459 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
a) In Article 8(1), the following fourth intend is added: "- every time the autonomous driving system activates or deactivates"
Amendment 460 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 165/2014
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(1 a) In Article 8, paragraph 1, last subparagraph shall be amended as follows: ""For that purpose, vehicles registerproduced for the first time 36 months after the entry into force of the detailed provisions referred to in Article 11 shall be fitted with a tachograph connected to a positioning service based on a satellite navigation system. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0165&from=EN)"" Or. en
Amendment 461 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(1 b) In Article 9, paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows: "" (1) In order to facilitate targeted roadside checks by the competent control authorities, tachographs installed in vehicles registerproduced for the first time 36 months after the entry into force of the detailed provisions referred to in Article 11 shall be able to communicate to those authorities while the vehicle is in motion. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0165&from=EN)"" Or. en
Amendment 162 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) To effectively monitor the social rules and to tackle unfair practices in the road transport sector, Member States should use the advantage to combine the road side checks and checks at the premises of undertakings of Regulations 561/2006/EU and 165/2014/EU and Directive 2002/15/EC with Directives 96/71/EC and 2014/67/EU respectively.
Amendment 163 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) Rules to safeguard good social conditions across the European road haulage market should be respected by all partners in the supply chain. In order to create an economically and socially sustainable European internal market, a chain of responsibility that covers all actors in the logistical chain should be established and implemented. Enforcing transparency and liability and increasing social and economic equality will increase the attractiveness of the driver as a profession and promote healthy competition.
Amendment 245 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2006/22/EC
Annex I – Part A – point 6
Annex I – Part A – point 6
(6) weekly working times, provided that technology enables effective checks, as set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 2002/15/EC.;
Amendment 269 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 3 days during a period of one calendar month.
Amendment 277 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
(via) Information about the posted drivers would be at least the following: the identity, the country of residence, the country where the employment contract is based, the country of payment of social contributions and the social security number;
Amendment 283 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) an obligation for the driver to keep and make available, where requested at the roadside control, in paper or electronic form, a copy of the posting declaration androad transport operator to provide the posted driver with the following documents for the purpose of roadside control: (i) a copy of the posting declaration in paper or electronic form; (ii) the evidence of the transport operation taking place in the host Member State, such as an as referred in the legal act amending Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council; (iii) the electronic consignment note (e- CMR) or evidence referr(iv) a copy of the employment contract translated into in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.one of the official languages of the host Member State, or into another language accepted by the host Member State; (v) a copy of the payslips for the last two months, in paper or electronic form;
Amendment 299 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 301 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 312 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 320 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) an obligation for the road transport operator to deliver, after the period of posting, in paper or electronic form, copies of documents referred to in points (b), (c) and (e), at the request of the authorities of the host Member State within a reasonable period of timefive days from the request;
Amendment 333 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Evidence referred to in Article 2, paragraph 4 (a), (b) and (c) shall be kept on board the vehicle and presented to the authorised inspecting officers of the Member State hosting the posted driver within the duration of the roadside check.
Amendment 335 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 335 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 399 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Before and during transport operations, by way of derogation from Article 9 of Directive 2014/67/EU, Member States may only impose the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 416 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
(a) an obligation for the road transport operator established in another Member State to send a posting declaration to the national competent authorities at the latest at the commencement of the posting, in electronic form, in an official language of the host Member State or in English, containing only the following information for every transport operation:
Amendment 427 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point i
(i) the identity of the road transport operator and responsible persons;
Amendment 432 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iii
(iii) the anticipated number and the identities of posted drivers, the identities and nationalities of posted drivers, the countries from which the drivers habitually carry out their work in performance of their employment contract and the employers of posted workers, if not the road transport operator;
Amendment 458 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
(via) addresses of loading(s) and unloading(s)
Amendment 561 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. For the purposes of point (e) of paragraph 4, the Commission shall, by ways of implementing acts, establish a common payslip of a driver engaged in international carriage, cabotage or road leg of combined transport. The common payslip shall at least contain following data: - number of working hours divided according to Member States in which a driver worked in a given calendar month and if applicable, according to daily, weekly or any other relevant period for the purpose of calculating rates for overtimes, - salary paid per hour or a day and in total divided according to Member States in which a driver worked in the calendar month concerned, - any increments, extra allowances or bonuses, daily allowances and compensation for costs. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 2 a (2) of this Directive.
Amendment 569 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a 1. The Commission shall establish a European Platform of Trust ( the "Platform") to promote transparent and socially responsible business in the road transport sector. 2. The Platform shall involve all actors in the road transport sector such as consignors, freight forwarders, contractors, subcontractors, consignees and hauliers with the aim to achieve more social environment for the workers and safeguard the application of this Directive and other relevant provisions. 3. For enforcement purposes, the members of the Platform shall, in cooperation with the Commission, collect and exchange information on hauliers' practices related to the application of the relevant legislation.
Amendment 574 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2b Liability Member States shall provide for sanctions, according to Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 and Directive 2014/67/EU, against consignors, freight forwarders, contractors and subcontractors for non- compliance with Article 2 of this Directive, where they knowingly commission transport services which involve infringements of this Regulation.
Amendment 578 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall evaluate the implementation of this Directive, in particular the impact of Article 2(2), by [3... [three years after the date for transpositionof entry into force of this Directive] and report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this DirectivArticle. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 579 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 138 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, as far as possible, examine the accuracy and adequacy of the elements provided in the complaint or at the disposal of the Commission, in order to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of an investigation in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 153 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall decide onproceed with the initiation of an investigation in accordance with paragraph 1 within 6 months of the lodging of the complaint.
Amendment 159 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Subject to paragraph 4, when the Commission shall, when it considers that there is sufficient evidence to justify initiating an investigation, initiate investigation by means of implementing act. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2). After the adoption of the implementing act, the Commission shall take the following steps:
Amendment 168 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Following the initiation of proceedings, and after the dispute settlement procedure foreseen in international agreements has been exhausted and the outcome of the procedure has not been put into effect by the third country or third country entity, the Commission shall begin an investigation.
Amendment 177 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall seek all the information it deems necessary to conduct the investigation and mayshall verify the accuracy of the information it has received or collected with the Union air carrier(s) concerned, or with the third country or third country entity concerned.
Amendment 181 #
2017/0116(COD)
7. Complainants, interested parties, the Member State(s) concerned and the representatives of the third country or third country entity concerned may consult all information made available to the Commission, except for internal documents that are for the use of the Commission and the administrations, provided that such information is not confidential within the meaning of Article 6 and provided that it has addressed a request in writing to the Commission. All information made available to the Commission may be consulted by the Member State(s) concerned.
Amendment 185 #
2017/0116(COD)
1. When the Commission intends to proceed with the initiateion of proceedings in accordance with Article 3 and where the air transport services concerned are regulated by an air transport or air services agreement concluded between one or more Member States and a third country and to which the Union is not a party, the Commission shall inform the Member State(s) concerned.
Amendment 188 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
In cases where access to the necessary information is refused or is otherwise not provided within the appropriate time limits, or where the investigation is significantly impeded, findings shall be made on the basis of the available factsevidence provided in accordance with Article 3. Where the Commission finds that false or misleading information has been submitted, such information shall be disregarded.
Amendment 198 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The proceedings shall be concluded within two years. That period may be prolonged in duly justified casesone year.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. In case of urgency, such as in situations where there is a risk of immediate and irreversible injury to Union air carrier(s), the proceedings may be shortened to one yearsix months.
Amendment 217 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission mayshall suspend the proceedings where the third country or the third country entity concerned has taken decisive steps to eliminate, as the case may be:
Amendment 229 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where the complaint is withdrawn, the Commission mayshall terminate the investigation conducted under Article 4 without adopting redressive measures.
Amendment 250 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission mayshall terminate the investigation without adopting redressive measures where the complaint is withdrawn.
Amendment 277 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) any measure of equivalent or lesser value, except slots and traffic rights.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) All heavy duty vehicles have significant impact on road infrastructure and contribute to air pollution, while light duty vehicles are at the source of the majority of the negative environmental and social impacts from road transport related to emissions and congestion. In the interest of equal treatment and fair competition, it should be ensured that vehicles so far not covered by the framework set out in Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 in respect of tolls and user charges are included into this framework. The scope of that Directive should therefore be extended to heavy duty vehicles other than those intended for the carriage of goods and to light duty vehicles, including passenger cars. In the interest of equal treatment, it should be also ensured that charges are applied in a non-discriminatory manner, on the basis of the category of vehicle and, depending on the vehicle’s impact on infrastructures and the environment and society. It should also be ensured that new mobility services that advance low-emission mobility (such as ridesharing and Mobility as a Service) are treated as favourably as, or more favourably than, the private use of passenger cars. In addition, nothing in this Directive should create additional disincentives to the deployment of those services. _________________ 15 Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 42).
Amendment 103 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to reduce climate effects and environmental pollution from transport sector in general, part of the revenues from road charging should be directed for the purpose of accelerating shift to rail, especially in transporting of goods.
Amendment 246 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) ‘zero-emission operation’ means hybrid vehicles when they operate with no exhaust emissions on the covered road network;
Amendment 283 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to paragraph 9, from 1 January 2018, Member States shall not introduce user charges for heavy duty vehicles. User charges introduced before that dateMember States may continue introducing and collecting user charges for heavy duty vehicles, but they only may be maintained until 31 December 20238.
Amendment 377 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Within one year from the entry into force of the delegated act, Member States shall vary the infrastructure charge taking into account the reference CO2 emission values and the relevant vehicle categorisation. Charges shall be varied in such a way that no infrastructure charge is more than 100% above the same charge for equivalent vehicles having the lowest, but not zero, CO2 emissions. Zero-emission vehicles shall benefit from infrastructure charges reduced by 75% compared to the highest rate. Likewise, zero-emission operation shall benefit from the same reduction, provided that such operation can be proven.
Amendment 407 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g a – paragraph 3
Article 7 g a – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the event of a check, a driver or, if appropriate, the transport operator, is unable to produce the vehicle documents necessary to ascertain the emission levels of the vehicle (Certificate of Conformity) pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) …/…******, Member States may apply tolls or annual user charges up to the highest level chargeable. Subsequent provision of the relevant documents proving the emission levels of the vehicle shall result in the reimbursement of any difference between the tolls or charges applied and the appropriate toll or charge for the vehicle concerned.
Amendment 419 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 7i – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) for passenger cars that have to be used in order to travel to a place of employment, in particular on the areas of dispersed settlements in circumstances where there is no alternative public transport, discounts or reductions may exceptionally be increased to 50%;
Amendment 30 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Greenhouse gas emissions from lorries, buses and coaches, i.e. heavy-duty vehicles, currently represent around a quarter of road transport emissions in the Union and are expected to increase further by 2030, if no additional measures are taken, are expected to account for 30 % of the total road transport CO2 emissions by 2030. Emissions from heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will increase by 10 % between 2010 and 2030, and by 17 % from 2010 to 2050 unless taken action to prevent it. Effective measures to curb emissions from heavy-duty vehicles need to be introduced in order to contribute to the necessary emission reductions in the transport sector.
Amendment 42 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Transport companies are to a large extent small and medium-sized enterprises and operate only a few vehicles. Moreover, they do not have access yet to standardised information to evaluate fuel efficiency technologies or to compare vehicles in order to make the best- informed purchasing decisions and reduce their fuel bills, which can account for more than a quarter of their operating costs.
Amendment 52 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Information on a vehicle’s performance in terms of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption should be made publicly available to enable all vehicle operators to take well-informed purchasing decisions. All vehicle manufacturers will be able to compare their vehicles’ performance with those of other makes. This will increase the incentives for innovation, drive the development towards more energy efficient vehicles and therefore increase competitiveness. That information will also provide policy makers at Union and Member State level with a sound basis for developing policies to promote the uptake of more energy-efficient vehicles. It is therefore appropriate that the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption values determined for each new heavy-duty vehicle pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) […/…]15 [Opoce to include correct reference] are monitored, reported to the Commission and made available to the public. _________________ 15 Commission Regulation (EU) […/…] implementing Regulation (EU) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 (OJ L…,..,..).
Amendment 73 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It is important to ensure that the data monitored and reported is robust and reliable. The Commission should therefore have the means to verify and, where necessary, to correct the final data. Where the verification by the Commission of the correctness and quality of the data reported reveals non-compliance with any of the requirements laid down in this Regulation, the Commission should be able to impose an administrative fine on the manufacturer concerned for infringement of this Regulation. The administrative fine should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Parameters allowing the data to be adequately traced and verified should therefore also be provided for in the monitoring requirements.
Amendment 79 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Based on the experience gained from the monitoring and reporting of data on CO2 emissions pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 for new passenger cars and Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 for new light commercial vehicles, it is appropriate to confer on the European Environment Agency the responsibility for the exchange of the data with the competent authorities of the Member States and manufacturers, as well as for the management of the final database , which should be accessible to transport operators and third parties free of charge and in a digitally researchable format, on behalf of the Commission. It is also appropriate to align as far as possible the monitoring and reporting procedures for heavy-duty vehicles with those already existing for light-duty vehicles. _________________ 16 Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of 23 April 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles, OJ L 140, 5.2.2009, p.1. 17 Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles, OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p.1.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0111(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission is informed of errors in the data or finds, pursuant to its own verification, discrepancies in the dataset, it shall, where appropriate, take the necessary measures to correct the data published in the Central Register referred to in Article 6.
Amendment 17 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A binding target of at least a 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 was set by the European Council of 23-24 October 2014. The Council meeting on 6 March 2015 formally approved this contribution of the Union and its Member States as their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. The European Council conclusions of October 2014 foresaw that the target should be delivered collectively by the Union in the most cost- effective manner possible, with the reductions in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and non-ETS sectors amounting to 43% and 30% by 2030 compared to 2005 respectively. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving these emission reductions and in order to do so, a platform for exchanging best practices and lessons learned in the sector of low-emission mobility among Member States should be provided by the Commission.
Amendment 20 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution and implement the global system is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. If, however, any such scheme is not achieved by the end of 2021, the extra-EEA aviation activities should be included under the EU ETS and a fund should be established for aviation operators´ contributions and collective compliance relating to CO2 emissions already covered by requirements for monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions under Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation. Additionally, a share of revenues from the auction of allowances to the aviation sector should be used to improve energy efficiency and support investments in innovative technologies for the reduction of CO2 emissions in the aviation sector.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A binding target of at least a 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 was set by the European Council of 23-24 October 2014. The Council meeting on 6 March 2015 formally approved this contribution of the Union and its Member States as their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. The European Council conclusions of October 2014 foresaw that the target should be delivered collectively by the Union in the most cost- effective manner possible, with the reductions in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and non-ETS sectors amounting to 43% and 30% by 2030 compared to 2005 respectively. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving these emission reductions and therefore a platform for exchanging best practices and lessons learned in the sector of low-emission mobility among Member States should be provided by the Commission.
Amendment 35 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Given its voluntary nature in the short and medium term, the ICAO scheme alone will be insufficient. Therefore the speedy implementation of the Single European Sky is of key importance, as the current fragmentation of European air space results in increased CO2 emissions.
Amendment 36 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
Amendment 40 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution and implement the global system is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. If, however, any such scheme is not achieved by the end of 2021, the extra-EEA aviation activities should be included under the EU ETS and a fund should be established for aviation operators’ contributions and collective compliance relating to CO2 emissions already covered by requirements for monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions under Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation. Additionally, a share of revenues from the auction of allowances to the aviation sector should be used to improve energy efficiency and support investments in innovative technologies for the reduction of CO2 emissions in the transport sector.
Amendment 47 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph a
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph a
(a) all emissions from flights to and from aerodromes located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in each calendar year from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2021, subject to the review referred to in Article 28b.
Amendment 56 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Given that the voluntary nature of ICAO scheme is insufficient alone, it is important that the Single European Sky is speedily implemented as the current fragmentation of European air space results in increased CO2 emissions.
Amendment 57 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the relevant ICAO standards and recommended practices (SARPs), ICAO Council approved recommendations relevant to the global market-based measure or other legal instruments as well as on domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market- based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, and on other relevant international developments. This reporting shall be done by 1 January 2018, 1 January 2019 and regularly afterwards in accordance with the ICAO´s standard- making procedures.
Amendment 59 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Aviation has an impact on climate also through releases of nitrogen oxides, water vapour and sulphate and particles at high altitudes. It is highly important to take action in order to address the non- CO2 effects in aviation in view of increasing scientific evidence. Therefore, pending scientific progress, all impacts of aviation should be addressed.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
2. The report should consider ways for those ICAO instruments to be implemented in Union law through a revision of this Directive. The report shall also consider the rules applicable in respect of flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) as appropriate. The report shall also examine the ambition and overall environmental integrity of the global measure, including its general ambition in relation to the targets under the Paris Agreement, level of public participation, enforceability, transparency, penalties for non-compliance, processes for public input, quality of offset credits, monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions registries and accountability.
Amendment 67 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 3
Article 28 b – paragraph 3
3. The report may be accompanied byOn 31 December 2021 at the latest and on the basis of the conclusions of the report, the report shall present legislative proposals, as appropriate to the European Parliament and the Council to amend, delete, extend or replace the derogations provided for in Article 28a, consistent with the Union economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment for 2030 with the aim of ensuring full environmental integrity and effectiveness of EU climate action.
Amendment 86 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) all emissions from flights to and from aerodromes located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in each calendar year from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2021, subject to the review referred to in Article 28b.
Amendment 111 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the relevant ICAO standards and recommended practices (SARPs), ICAO Council approved recommendations relevant to the global market-based measure or other legal instruments as well as on domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market- based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, and on other relevant international developments. This reporting shall be done by 1 January 2018, 1 January 2019 and regularly afterwards in accordance with the ICAO´s standard- making procedures.
Amendment 118 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
2. The report should consider ways for those ICAO instruments to be implemented in Union law through a revision of this Directive. The report shall also consider the rules applicable in respect of flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) as appropriate. The report shall also examine the ambition and overall environmental integrity of the global measure, including its general ambition in relation to the targets under the Paris Agreement, level of public participation, enforceability, transparency, penalties for non-compliance, processes for public input, quality of offset credits, monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions registries and accountability.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 3
Article 28 b – paragraph 3
3. The report may be accompanied byBy 31 December 2021 at the latest and on the basis of the conclusions of the report, the report shall present legislative proposals, as appropriate to the European Parliament and the Council to amend, delete, extend or replace the derogations provided for in Article 28a, consistent with the Union economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment for 2030 with the aim of ensuring full environmental integrity and effectiveness of EU climate action.
Amendment 7 #
2017/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Secondary market operations for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), involving repair, replacement of spare parts, refurbishment and reuse, and retrofitting, should be facilitated to promote a circular economy in the Union. A high level of protection of human health and the environment should be ensured, including through the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Unnecessary administrative burden on market operators should be avoided. Directive 2011/65/EU allows EEE that fell outside the scope of the previous Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council6 , but which would not comply with Directive 2011/65/EU, to continue to be made available on the market until 22 July 2019. After that date, however, both the first placing on the market and secondary market operations of non-compliant EEE are prohibited. Such prohibition of secondary market operations is inconsistent with the general principles underlying Union measures for the approximation of laws relating to products and should therefore be removed. _________________ 6 Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19).
Amendment 304 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Regulation 2016/679 explicitly recognises the need to provide additional protection to children. This Regulation shall provide additional protection and safeguards when end-users are children, given that they may be less aware of the risks and consequences associated with the processing of their personal data. This Regulation should also grant special attention to the protection of children’s privacy. When children are required to express their consent, the information provided to express the consent should be given in a clear and age-appropriate language. Profiling and behaviourally targeted advertising techniques for children should be prohibited.
Amendment 494 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Electronic communications data that is generated in the context of an electronic communications service envisioned particularly for children or directly targeted at children shall not be used for profiling or behaviourally targeted advertising purposes.
Amendment 556 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) Terminal equipment that is intended particularly for children’s use shall implement specific measures to prevent access to the equipment’s storage and processing capabilities for the purpose of profiling of its users or tracking their behaviour with commercial intent.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe,
Amendment 24 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to review in 2017 the conformity factor for RDE tests of NOx emissions, as provided for by the 2nd RDE package, and to phase-out the conformity factor, allowing only for the measuring accuracy;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to set more strict limits for NOx emissions since air pollution is the largest environmental health hazard in Europe, resulting in a lower quality of life due to illnesses and an estimate of thousands premature deaths per year;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for a more formal approach and clearer rules about contacts of Commission officials with lobbyists and for the proper implementation of the rules;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls upon Member States to introduce or strengthen the regulation of lobby activities of, in particular, the car manufacturing industries and thus to ensure that public health and other public interests are well represented in their national decision-making procedures;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the Commission in this respect to examine how competition among type approval authorities and among testing services can be eliminated, for example, by restricting the choice of car manufacturers to authorities and testing services to those in the Member State in which the car manufacturers' main offices are located.
Amendment 75 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the new framework for EU type-approval should empower the Commission to verify type approvals by asking Member States to retesting vehicles and to initiate corrective measures where necessarynever Member States do not follow up any such requests;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Draws attention to the US type- approval system – whereby fees collected from manufacturers to cover the cost of certification and compliance programmes are sent to the US Treasury, and the US Congress in turn allocates funds to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement its programmes – as a paradigm that may be useful for improving the independence of the EU system of Member States;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for stricter and more effective enforcement of vehicle emission measurement rules in the EU; considers that only stronger oversight at EU level can ensure that the EU law on emissions is properly enforced; proposes that the governance structure on car emissions be reformed without delay and brought into line with the other transport sectors;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 31
Amendment 144 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Asks the Commission and Member States to take all necessary measures to ensure that consumers will be adequately compensated, including through mechanisms of collective redress;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Considers that it is vital for exercise of democratic control over the executive for the Parliament to be empowered with powers of inquiry that match those of national parliaments of the EU; believes that in order to exercise this role of democratic oversight the Parliament must have the power to summon and compel witnesses to appear and compel the production of documents; believes that in order for these rights to be exercised the Member States must agree to implement sanctions against individuals for failure to appear or produce documents in line with national law governing national parliamentary inquiries; reiterates the Parliament's support for the position outlined in the 2012 report on this issue;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Considers that the limitation on the subject matter of a committee of inquiry set out in the Lisbon Treaty means that special committees must also have the same powers of investigation as a committee of inquiry in order to effectively examine broader public policy questions that may not involve alleged contravention or maladministration of EU law;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 37 c (new)
37c. Considers that in order to closely align with the parliamentary inquiry powers of Member States, the Parliament should establish a permanent subcommittee on investigations;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 37 d (new)
37d. Considers that the 12-month time limit on committees of inquiry is arbitrary and often insufficient; believes the members of the inquiry committee are best placed to determine if an inquiry should be extended and if so, for what period; calls for the only pre-existing binding time limit on an inquiry committee to be linked to the Parliamentary term;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that the powers of Parliament’s committees of inquiry should be better aligned with those of the national parliaments, in particular as regards the summoningto ensure the effective summoning and participation of individuals and the application of sanctions in the event of refusal to cooperate; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the related provisions in Parliament’s current proposal;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Considers that the operating period of any inquiry committee should be synchronised with the legislative processes relating to the subject under investigation;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Notes that in several recent committees of inquiry and special committees, the Commission and Council have in some cases failed to provide the documents requested and in other cases provided the requested documents only after long delays; considers that there must be an accountability mechanism introduced in order to ensure the immediate and guaranteed transfer of documents to the Parliament that the committee of inquiry or special committee requests and is entitled to access;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 45
45. Notes that Rule 198 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure should define more clearly when the 12-month duration of a committee of inquiry should start; suggests to have enough flexibility to ensure that there is enough time for the investigations; calls for the inquiry committee work to start only after the requested documents are received from the EU institutions;
Amendment 172 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 46
Amendment 174 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 47
Amendment 176 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 48
48. Underlines that Parliament’s internal administrative rules are aligned to the established practice of standing committees and as such are often not suited to the ad-hoc and temporary nature of a committee of inquiry, which operates under more unusual circumstances, with a very specific scope and during a limited timeframe; considers, therefore, that the development of a defined set of rules relating to the effective functioning of committees of inquiry in regards to the conducting of hearings and missions, for example, in a way that guarantees fair political representation, would increase efficiency; considers that there is a risk that financial constraints may prevent committees of inquiry from hearing all the experts deemed necessary for the committee to perform its duty; considers that internal authorisation deadlines for hearings and missions should be made more flexible;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Notes that inquiry committees are temporary committees overlapping with the members' standing committee work and therefore requests flexibility of using members outside of the inquiry committee to cover the absence of any member or substitute member;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
48b. Considers that the inquiry committee mandate should be able to be altered according to the findings during the investigation in order to have full picture of the issues under investigation;
Amendment 180 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 50
50. Notes that accredited parliamentary assistants are not allowed to consultthe current rules for accessing classified and other confidential information made available by Council, Commission or Member States to the European Parliament in the context of an inquiry do not provide full legal clarity but are generally interpreted as excluding parliamentary assistants (APAs) from consulting and analysing non- classified ‘other confidential information’ in a secure reading room under the current rules; notes that somea range of Members found that this rule stands in the way of effective and thorough consultation of such documents within the limited time available to committees of inquiry, and that the TAX2 committee, during which access was temporarily and exceptionally granted to APAs, was able to make use of these resources in a more comprehensive and effective manner; calls therefore for the introduction of a clearly worded provision guaranteeing the right of access to documents for APAs on the basis of the 'need to know' principle, in their support role for Members, in a renegotiated Inter- institutional Agreement; urges the relevant bodies to expedite the renegotiation of this point so as not to hamper the effectiveness and efficiency of future and ongoing parliamentary inquiries;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2903(RSP)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the CAP post 2020 reform to have better financial support mechanisms for the farmers under EAFRD to compensate the income lost or additional costs created by ensuring the sustainability of farming including crop protection going beyond the requirements of the legislation;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Right of the Child;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- Having regard to the European Parliament Resolution on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence of 12 September 2017;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings,
Amendment 7 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- Having regard to Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children online and offline and to the European Parliament Resolution on the implementation of the Directive of 14 December 2017;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- Having regard to the study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled ‘Child-friendly justice -Perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine EU Member States’, published in February 2017,
Amendment 13 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
- Having regard to the FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2017, published June 2017
Amendment 36 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is still a systematic underreporting of incidences or perpetrators of domestic violence in the EU, particularly in cases involving minorities, LGBT persons, antisemitic offences, child sexual abuse and gender- based violence;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for all victims to victim support services, particularly in the cases of child victims, LGBT victims and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 2
Paragraph 4 – indent 2
- the fact that clear information is often not provided in more than one language, making it de facto difficult for victims to seek protection abroad in another Member State;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encouragescalls on the Member States to promote access to justice, as this contributes greatly to breaking the silence and increasing the victim’s sense of justice, decreases the possibility of impunity and allows the victim to begin the process of psychological recovery;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that one of the most important objectives of the Victims’ Rights Directive wais to improve the position of victims of crime across the EU and to place the victim at the centre of the criminal justice system;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Member States to step up criminal procedure law measures guaranteeing the protection of child victims throughout the entirety of criminal proceedings and thereafter to ensure that they receive assistance and support, thereby avoiding that child victims are exposed to secondary victimisation;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minorschildren and of child victims of human trafficking, child sexual abuse and exploitation; recalls that child victims shall be always considered to have specific protection needs due to their vulnerability as foreseen in art.22 par 4 of the Directive;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial as they help the victim realise that he or she has certain rights, and the right to make decisions, in the proceedings they are involved in and, if a child, the right to have access to the specific procedural safeguards that would apply to them from the very beginning of the legal proceedings;
Amendment 143 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide training programmes and guidelines for law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judges to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; recalls that particular attention should be given to training professionals dealing with victims of child-related crimes, especially in cases of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- set;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reminds the Member States of the requirement to provide translation and interpretation services free of charge, noting that lack of information in other languages may constitutes an obstacle for the effective protection of the victim and a form of discrimination against the victim;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to engage actively in information campaigns to increase awareness about the rights of victims as established by EU law, including the specific needs of child victims;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on establishing mechanisms to encourage and facilitate for victims to report the crimes they have suffered; Calls on the Member States to step up specific measures to protect more effectively child victims of child sexual abuse by also improving the role of national helplines, given that self- reporting of children is limited;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to counteract the judicial and practical flaws in the implementation of this directive by a proper interplay of the various EU victim- protection instruments, such as Directive 2011/99/EU of 31 December 2011 on the European Protection Order, Directive 2011/36/ EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, Directive 2011/93/EU of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and Directive 2014/42/EU of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime; calls on the Member States to implement these important instruments, including the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, with coherence in order to ensure that victims in Europe fully enjoy their rights;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to put in place measures to ensure that written and oral communications comply with simple language standards taking in consideration vulnerable groups such as children and people with disabilities, so that victims can be kept informed in an adequate and targeted manner before, during and after criminal proceedings;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the seven Member States that have not yet done so to consider stalking a criminal offense on the basis of the relevant provisions in the directive on the right to protection of privacy, the right to protection and, in particular, the right to avoid contact with the offender and as called for under art.34 of the Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and girls;
Amendment 194 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores the fact that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’)underlines the important role of civil society in victims support; considers nevertheless that governments shall not rely only on NGOs to provide key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’) and shall build capacity to develop victims support mechanisms, involving law enforcement authorities, health and social services and civil society;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on all Member States and the EU to ratify and fully enforce the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and girls and protect victims;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the shift towards low- emission mobility offers major opportunities for carvehicle manufacturers, suppliers and for innovative energy and service provider, transport and logistics service providers; recognises that such opportunities need to be met with adequate support to foster innovations and new partnerships between large companies, SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
–1a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the growing importance of life cycle emissions, including from energy supply, manufacturing and end-of-life, by bringing forward holistic proposals that guide manufacturers towards optimal solutions, in order to ensure that upstream and downstream emissions do not erode the benefits related to the improved operational energy use of vehicles;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the new WLTP; underlines the need, however, to develop a more transparent and realistic on-road test procedure to reflect real fuel consumption and CO2 emissions complemented by fuel consumption meters on vehicles; reminds that the inverse correlation between CO2 and NOX emissions, and CO2 and PM emissions can be avoided or at least reduced;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Calls on the Commission to recognise the growing importance of life-cycle emissions, including from energy supply, manufacturing and end-of-life, by bringing forward holistic proposals that guide manufacturers towards optimal solutions, in order to ensure that upstream emissions do not erode the benefits related to the improved operational energy use of vehicles.
Amendment 77 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that even the new WLTP test cycle will have a 20% gap with real world and will remain open to test optimisation and manipulation; therefore urges the Commission to introduce a complementary on-road test (similar to RDE for air pollutants) to deter lab optimisation which allows 110% not-to- exceed value of the WLTP measured results; calls on this RDE value to be used for vehicle labelling to provide accurate consumer information;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to urgently introduce and improve CO2 standards for all road transport as a matter of urgency; points out that cost- effective vehicle standards probably represent the most effective measure for improving energy efficiency in the EU in the period up to 2030. Efficiency gains should be achieved on a level playing field basis for all transport modes in the period up to 2030 and addressing all CO2 reduction potentials besides new vehicle technology, including efficient transport and fuel infrastructure and better use of existing vehicles (e.g. ecodriving, optimised logistics, ITS applications);
Amendment 80 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to review the Clean Power for Transport Directive (2014/94/EU) 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 of phasing out new CO2 -emitting cars by 2035;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to introduce and improve CO2 standards for all road transport as a matter of urgency; points out that cost-effectiveicient vehicle standards probably represent the most effective measure for improving energy efficiency in the EU in the period up to 2030;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to review the EU approach to aviation connectivity; stresses that connectivity should focus on connecting remote and disadvantaged regions of the Union; underscores that this should be combined with investments inpromotion of green alternatives such as cross-border (night) trains;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a transparent pan-EU labelling system, which would provide consumers with comparable data on the fuel consumption and CO2, life cycle CO2 emissions and pollutant emissions of cars placed on the market;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages national and local authorities to create strong incentives in order to promote low-emission taxi and last mile delivery fleets;
Amendment 117 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that clearer price signals to reflect better the polluter-pays, across all sectors emitting CO2, and user- pays principles are essential in ensuring fairness and a level-playing field for different transport modes in Europe;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UrgesNotes that HDVs will be responsible for 40% of total road transport CO2 emissions if no additional measures are taken by 2030; urges therefore the Commission to come up with a proposal on the certification, monitoring and reporting of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) by the end of 2017 and ambitious 2025 CO2 targets by the beginning of 2018;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that emission reduction and air quality targets require actions that will concern also older vehicles and reminds in this regard, that retrofitting is the fastest and the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions and pollutants from older fleet as systematic implementation of advanced diesel exhaust after treatment systems allows older heavy-duty vehicles, such as buses and trucks to operate in an environmentally friendly manner, meeting even the strictest emission requirements and achieving maximum reduction in NOx, NO2 and PM reductions; calls therefore on the Commission to come up with common EU guidelines in order to encourage the Member States to fully deploy the possibilities of retrofitting solutions and also ensure the eligibility for funding in context of EU financial instruments aiming to decarbonisation of transport system;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 145 #
Amendment 154 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Recognises that logistics can play a crucial role in reducing transport´s carbon impact through environmentally- friendly collaborative strategies addressing supply chain integration, multi-modal transport, consolidation of deliveries and reverse logistics; considers that digital technologies are critical to these objectives;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets, in this regard, the adoption of high conformity factors for NOx emissions and urges the Commission to review the conformity factors in 2017 and bring them down to 1 by 2021 at the latest; calls for a swift and ambitious adoption of the last packages of RDE including its extension to cover CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles can be an important asset in improving the efficiency of road, rail, maritime and air transport; insists, however, that autonomous vehicles should be electric/hybrid, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing use;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles can be an important asset in improving the efficiency of transport; insists, however, that autonomous vehicles should be electriclow- or zero-emitting, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing use;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the aviation sector should contribute effectively to achieving the 2030 climate targets and the objectives of the Paris Agreement and hence contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Climate Action;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports initiatives on mobility management for achieving more efficient and environmentally friendly intermodal transport services and smart mobility, which can be key to promoting the shift from car ownership to mobility as a serviceconcepts of mobility as a service and synchronised intermodality (“synchromodality”). To further enhance mobility management and mobility as a service the contribution of Intelligent Transport Management Systems (ITS), development of ICT capabilities, interoperability of systems and sharing services should be adequately considered within future regulation;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the 2020 ICAO agreement inadequate, in particular the provision of carbon-neutral growth targets and its voluntary nature, given its voluntary nature, to be insufficient alone; urges therefore the speedy implementation of the Single European Sky, as the current fragmentation of European air space results in increased CO2 emissions;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes efforts to ensure comprehensive and interoperable infrastructure for electric vehicle chargingalternatively powered vehicles electric vehicle charging and calls on the Commission to take ambitious and coordinated actions supporting the market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles and puts forward guiding recommendations to Members States to fully transpose and implement the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure directive (COM 2014/94);
Amendment 207 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that, in addition to an adequate distribution infrastructure for alternative maritime fuels, such as LNG, it is essential also to encourage the shipping sector to invest in vessels using low-emission energies; stresses that in this respect it is necessary to consider instruments at national and EU level for speeding up investment in green fleet;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Reminds that reducing black carbon emissions of maritime transport, especially in the arctic region, is essential in reducing global warming;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that the energy efficiency should be considered as the best alternative energy and thus all measures to improve the energy efficiency in a cost- effective way and to reduce the energy demand should be prioritised and promoted, and duly integrated into transport policy and European climate action;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for a more ambitious approach for renewables in transport than proposed in the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive in order to achieve long- term decarbonisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to favour biofuels with high GHG-efficiency, while taking into account indirect land use change and the objectives of EU biodiversity strategy and ensuring that existing investments are protected; calls the phase out of the fossil fuel subsidies to facilitate the transition to the low carbon economy;
Amendment 243 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages greater market penetration of those advanced biofuels which comply with the principle of cascading use and waste hierarchy as part of the circular economy and which respect strong environmental and social sustainability criteria in order to avoid the same issues that occurred with first- generation biofuels;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to take immediate measures to phase vegetable oils including palm oil as a component of biofuels, that drive deforestation and increase competition for land for the production of food and feed, put at risk our ecosystems or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as soon as possible but at latest by 2020
Amendment 246 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the contribution of transport fuels from palm oil and its derivatives to the share of renewables in transport to be limited until global peatland conversion is halted.
Amendment 251 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission and the Member States to limit European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Trans- European Transport network (TEN-T), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) financing to initiatives that contribute to climate action; recalls, therefore, the immediate need to renew the criteria of allocation of different EU funds to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures to guarantee that EU funding will not be allocated to projects which are not compliant with CO2 reduction targets and policies; asks the Commission to establish a fostered and transparent methodology for evaluation of the environmental performance of the applications.
Amendment 258 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to phase out the use of vegetable oils, that drive deforestation, including palm oil as a component of biofuels as soon as possible but at latest by 2020 and to take account of all the CO2 emissions generated by the production, processing and transport of palm oil;
Amendment 260 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the role that natural gas, in particular bio-methane and synthetic methane, in short term could play in the transition towards the decarbonisation of the transport sector, especially with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs; reminds that when discussing liquefied natural gas (LNG) it is also necessary to ensure that there is an infrastructure for liquefied biogas (LBG), to promote its adoption and to ensure that its systems are interoperable.
Amendment 265 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the role that natural gas, in particular bio-methane (e.g. CNG, LNG) bio and synthetic methane, could play in the transition towards the decarbonisation of the transport sector, especially with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs.
Amendment 274 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to follow closely the development regarding the hydrogen technology and commit to a feasibility study concerning the role and possibilities of hydrogen in European transport system;
Amendment 276 #
2016/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the importance of exchanging best practices and lessons learned in the sector of low-emission mobility among the Member States and requests the Commission to provide platforms for such activities; stresses also that research and development activities play an essential role in the development of low-emission mobility; calls on the Commission to provide research and vehicle technology development funding for low-emission mobility and urges the Member States to make use of the available funding and ensure that SMEs can also take advantage of research and development funding;
Amendment 295 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for local and regional authorities to take full consideration the continued assurance of commercial transport and delivery services in their planning of urban transport policy;
Amendment 297 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the Commission to strengthen the networks of front-runners among cities and to share success stories in both GHG emission reductions and clean air strategies; stresses the importance of exchanging best practices and lessons learned in the sector of low-emission mobility among the Member States and requests the Commission to provide platforms for such activities; stresses also that research and development activities play an essential role in the development of low-emission mobility;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the Commission to strengthen the networks of front-runners among cities and to share success stories in both GHG emission reductions and clean air strategies and to encourage local, regional and national authorities to fully integrate the needs and procedures of transport, housing and land-use planning in order to better achieve the climate policy goals;
Amendment 311 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages national and local authorities to create strong incentives in order to promote low-emission taxi and last-mile delivery fleets;
Amendment 356 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Expects the Commission to come forward with a proposal for CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) for 2025 without further delay, as well as for CO2 certification to allow for differentiation in road-user charging; calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal how should the energy and emission savings achieved by platooning be taken into account in this differentiation;
Amendment 386 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines that emission reduction and air quality targets require action that will concern also older vehicles and reminds in this regards, that the retrofitting is the fastest and the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions and pollutants from older fleet as systematic implementation of advanced diesel exhaust after treatment allows older heavy-duty vehicles, such as buses and trucks, to operate in an environmentally friendly manner, meeting even the strictest emission requirements and achieving maximum reduction in terms of NOx, NO2 and PM strains; calls therefore the on the Commission to come up with common EU guidelines in order to encourage the Member States to fully deploy the possibilities of retrofitting solutions and also ensure the eligibility for funding in context of EU financial instruments aiming to decarbonisation of transport system.
Amendment 417 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the Commission to improve aviation efficiency, including by means of the proposal on landing fees and CO2 standards beyond those enshrined in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) agreement;especially by enhancing the speedy implementation of the Single European Sky, as the current fragmentation of European air space results in increased CO2 emissions.
Amendment 452 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that, in order to address current market barriers to ship efficiency and lower emissions, transparency and the real transport work data inensure an effective global reduction of GHG emissions from international shipping with the aim of meeting the 2 degrees' target of the COP21 Paris Climate Agreement the EU Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) system should be consistently amended preserved if and whenn case the EU decides to align its system with the International Maritime Organisation’'s (IMO) Data Collection System (DCS);
Amendment 42 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote, facilitate financing for and expedite the deployment of the necessary infrastructure for the market uptake of new technologies supported by European standards (e.g. alternative fuels infrastructure);
Amendment 47 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that differences between national standards, such as in the freight and logistics sector, remain a barrier to the internal market, and therefore calls on the Commission to mandate the drawing up of appropriate standards and, where necessary, to make them legally bindingand European Standardisation Organisations to develop appropriate standards to harmonise, when deemed necessary, conditions at national level with the aim to remove any possible barriers to the internal market; points out, moreover, that standardisation can significantly contribute to reducing the administrative burden and transport costs for all businesses (e.g. e-documents) and can facilitate the proper enforcement of EU legislation (e.g. digital tachographs, electronic toll systems);
Amendment 53 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission and the European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs) to further promote ‘open standards’standards for open ICT systems, developed in a transparent and inclusive standardisation process as a pillar of the Single European Transport Area architecture.
Amendment 56 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Strongly believes that, especially in the transport sector, open data remains an essential element in order to reap the full benefits of the Digital Single Market and stresses therefore that more legal certainty, mainly in terms of ownership and responsibility, is needed; calls therefore on the Commission to publish, without any further delay, a roadmap to harmonised standards for public-funded transport data and programming interfaces in order to boost the data- intensive innovations and provision of new transport services;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point c
Paragraph 3 – point c
(c) reduce transport costs, such as maintenance costs, and increasemprove the efficiency of the use of existing transport infrastructure capacity (e.g. platooning);
Amendment 68 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) diminish the problems related to information asymmetry in the transport market;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to mobilise and attract investments in order to adequately finance the transition towards digital processes and support the development of associated infrastructure; believes that better use could be made of existing EU funds, in particular the European Fund for Strategic Investments, which has so far not delivered sufficiently on projects of a truly innovative nature; underlines also the need to provide adequate financial tools for small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas good accessibility is a prerequisite to enable sustainable and competitive economic development in the northern growth centres to better connect the rural areas with the rest of the European Union, given the increasing attention by investors and stakeholders because of the untapped resources and its role as a focal point of ecological concern;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas balanced combination of the industrial Arctic expertise and specialisation and commitment to the environmentally friendly and sustainable development goals have the potential for ecological innovation, industrial symbioses and effective waste management in the area, maintaining the pristine Arctic environment with a potential for new and emerging business opportunities and job growth in the European Arctic, hence contributing positively also to the youth employment and the ageing of the population;
Amendment 143 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union; encourages the Member States to ratify the Paris Agreement in order to proceed with the ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and measures on both the emission trading and effort- sharing sectors, bearing in mind the target of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C by 2100;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to ban fossil fuel subsidies that lower the cost of fossil fuel energy production, trying thus to discourage the exploitation and the use of fossil fuels; urges the Commission and the Member States to work in the international forums towards a total ban of Arctic oil and gas extraction in the long run to achieve the goal of low carbon economy;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take a stronger role in the effective implementation of international conventions such as the Paris Agreement, the Minimata Convention, the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, the Gothenburg Protocol, the Stockholm Convention and the Convention on Biological Diversity; asks the Commission to pay special attention to the ongoing international process by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to further restrict the use of persistent organic pollutants;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts within the EU legislative framework by agreeing on ambitious reduction targets in the negotiations on the National Emission Ceilings Directive, by reducing local pollution levels through the Clean Air Package, and by negotiating ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and measures on both the emission trading and effort-sharing sectors, bearing in mind the target of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C by 2100;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to affirm their role in the efficient implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and related international agreements; considers important that the strategic plan, agreed upon in Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol, regarding identifying and prioritizing harmful alien species which threaten ecosystems and their expansion routes, the most harmful invasive species are being controlled or wiped out, and measures are targeted on their expansion routes to eliminate the transfer and invasion of harmful alien species, including also Arctic areas;
Amendment 169 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to work on the implementation of the IMO Guidelines for Ships Operating in Polar Waters to be part of the normal Arctic activities; stresses the importance of developing a single EER (Escape, evacuation and rescue) system of offshore personnel that can be uniformly applied for all Arctic platform and vessel conditions;
Amendment 310 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the role of good accessibility of the Arctic region to the TEN-T network, its planned core network corridor extension of the North Sea - Baltic and Scandinavian - Mediterranean corridors as well as second level access routes as the key transport structure to enable sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 312 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses, that accessible, interconnected, safe and sustainable tourism in the rural and scarcely populated areas in the European Arctic has an increasing potential for business activities, which in turn contributes to the number of jobs in the small and medium sized businesses and the overall positive development in the regions; highlights therefore that tourism in the area should be promoted with respect to its related social and environmental impacts infrastructure and research, education and training;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Consumer Goods Forum representing 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers, and other stakeholders across 70 countries has adopted a public resolution to halve food waste from their members´ own operations by 2025, five years ahead of SDG 12.3;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the FUSIONS project concluded that there are very few measurements of waste in agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, fisheries or other primary production activities; whereas this prevents a good assessment of the actual size of food loss and waste in Europe;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas a WRAP study in the UK indicated that at least 60% of the household food waste is avoidable and could have been eaten if it had been managed better1a ; _________________ 1aWRAP, 2015. Household Food Waste in the UK, 2015.
Amendment 59 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Food Loss and Waste Protocol is a multi-stakeholder effort that has developed a global accounting and reporting standard (known as the FLW Standard) for quantifying food and associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain2a; _________________ 2aFood Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, 2016.
Amendment 61 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas a distinction needs to be made between edible food waste and inedible parts of waste in order to avoid misleading conclusions and ineffective measures; whereas the focus of reduction efforts should be on avoiding edible food waste;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 99 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas countries may also adopt national voluntary guidelines for food donations, such as the one prepared by the food safety authorities in Finland, which is aimed at reducing avoidable food waste;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 143 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a binding food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030 and reiterates its call for a binding food waste reduction target of at least 30 % by 2025, with a focus on edible food waste;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to swiftly adopt a common methodology to measure food waste, in line with global existing methodologies such as the Food Loss and Waste Standard;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to include food losses in the agricultural sector in its measurements;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the important role of safe food packaging materials in preventing food waste and recalls that fresh wood fibres produce packages that are strong, clean and safe for direct food contact;
Amendment 190 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that relevant food contact material legislation should enable a maximum level of consumer protection for all packaging material, including imported material from third countries; therefore, calls upon the Commission to present EU harmonised rules for food contact materials and to prioritise the drawing-up of specific EU measures for paper and board in line with Parliament´s Resolution of 6 October 2016 on the implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation (EC) No 1953/2004;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote consumer understanding of food waste, food safety, and good practices in relation to their management and consumption of food;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the role of packaging in food waste prevention and stresses that paper and board, the leading food packaging material, is recyclable, derives from renewable sources and therefore presents various environmental benefits;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out, however, that food donations cannot be seen as a self-evident measure to solve the core problems of poverty; thus unrealistic expectations cannot be set on food donations to mitigate social problems on one hand, and prevent food waste on the other; therefore calls on the Commission to take more determined actions in prevention of poverty;
Amendment 317 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the promotion of bio- based packaging as an environmentally friendly solution that effectively contributes to limiting food waste; thus, calls upon the Commission and Member States to encourage measures to increase the use of bio-based packaging that is appropriate for direct contact with food;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe,1a _________________ 1a OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p.1.
Amendment 14 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. There are large discrepancies between the NOx emissions of most Euro 3-6 diesel cars measured during the type- approval process with the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) laboratory test, which meet the legal emission limit, and their NOx emissions measured in real driving conditions, which substantially exceed the limit. Those discrepancies affect most diesel cars and are not limited to Volkswagen vehicles equipped with prohibited defeat devices.
Amendment 17 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. The existence of the discrepancies, and their significant negative impact on attaining air quality objectivestandards, in particular with regard to urban areas, had been known to the Commission, to the responsible authorities of the Member States and to many other stakeholders since at least 2004-2005 when the Euro 5/6 Regulation was being prepared. The discrepancies have been confirmed by a large number of studies by the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and other researchers since 2010-2011.
Amendment 19 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Before September 2015, the discrepancies were generally attributed to the inadequacy of the NEDC laboratory test, which is not representative of real world emissions, and to the optimisation strategies put in place by car manufacturers to pass the laboratory test, not to the use of prohibited. The discrepancies were not recognised to originate from the use of prohibited defeat devices because there were no authorities looking into the illegal use of defeat devices.
Amendment 27 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. The excessive length of the process leading to the introduction of regulatory RDE tests can be explained only in part 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 the focus ofmainly the result of lobby influence, and of the political priority given by the Commission and the Member States ton avoiding burdens on industry in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
Amendment 30 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The car industry put considerable pressure on the European Commission and Member States and that is why they delayed action on reducing toxic emissions by passenger vehicles.
Amendment 33 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. It is justified to propose a lower NOx emission limit for diesel cars since there are standards in the world that are much more demanding than the current European standards and because the technology already exists to reduce the NOx emissions since EU car manufacturers are placing diesel cars on the US market that have to comply with much lower NOx emission limits.
Amendment 35 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. The Commission in its initial draft for the second RDE package had proposed to the TCMV conformity factors towards the lower end of the 1.6-2.2 range for the first phase and of the 1.2-1.6 range for the second phase. The initial proposal was based on conformity factors identified at the lower end of identified ranges and thus corresponded to the strongest environmental objectives.
Amendment 36 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Notwithstanding the reasons mentioned the Commission lacked the political will and decisiveness to act upon the seriousness of the high NOx emissions and to give priority to the protection of public health of citizens that was at stake;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. The Member States’ failure to take an active part in the “Real Driving Emissions - Light Duty Vehicles” (RDE- LDV) working group constitutes maladministration. With the exception of a few Member States, such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Denmark and Spain, the vast majority did not participate in the RDE-LDV working group, despite voicing criticisms of the Commission’s proposals. Given the lead role played by the Member States in the enforcement of the Regulation, and given the known discrepancies in the NOx emissions of diesel vehicles and their significant negative impact on air quality objectives, Member States should have participated in the group’s proceedings. This would also have helped to achieve a better balance within the other participants in the working groupworking group instead of having a central role played by the overrepresented industry.
Amendment 45 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The Member States contravened their legal obligation to monitor that the manufacturers equip 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 Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures.
Amendment 49 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. The Commission did not use all possiblfailed to use the means at its disposal, at the level of the TCMV and of the RDE-LDV working group, to advance the decision making process and ensure a timely adaptation of the type-approval tests to reflect real world conditions, as required by Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.
Amendment 58 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Better coordinCoordination and cooperation between the different Commission departments involvedservices, including the JRC, was unstructured and neglectful. Better coordination could have been instrumental in accelerating the process of adapting the tests.
Amendment 63 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Over half of the RDE-LDV working group participants consisted of experts from car manufacturers and other automotive industries. This can inter alia be attributed to the lack of sufficient technical expertise in the Commission departments. While the Commission consulted a wide range of stakeholders and ensured open access to the RDE-LDV group, it leading to imbalanced composition of the working group where research institutes, civil society and NGO's were heavily underrepresented. The Commission should have taken further steps to “as far as possible, ensure a balanced representation of relevant stakeholders, taking into account the specific tasks of the expert group and the type of expertise required”, as required by the horizontal rules for Commission expert groups of 10 November 2010.
Amendment 72 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Defeat devices were generally not considered among the possible reasons behind the discrepancies between laboratory and on-road NOx emissions and it was not generally suspected that they could be in actual use in any passenger car produced in the EU before the Volkswagen revelations in September 2015. However, the Commission and the Member States were informed about the possibility of the use of defeat strategies under normal conditions of use ever since the conclusions of the JRC's 2013 report titled "A complementary emissions test for light-duty vehicles" were presented to them.
Amendment 108 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. After the warnings of the JRC in 2013 regarding the possibility of the use of defeat strategies under normal conditions of use, the Commission should have taken additional measures to monitor and ensure that Member States carry out all necessary checks and that there is no infringement of EU legislation.
Amendment 112 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. The Commission had no legal basis to search for defeat devices itself, but had the legal obligation to oversee the Member States’ enforcement of the ban on defeat devices. However, in spite of the awareness of, and communication between the relevant Commission services on, possible illegal practices by manufacturers, the Commission neither undertook any further technical or legal research or investigation on its own nor requested any information or further action from the Member States to verify whether the law may have been infringed. This constitutes maladministration.
Amendment 116 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Even if there was no concrete evidence that indicated cheating in emissions tests, the Commission should have launched an investigation to check if the car manufactures were using defeat devices in contravention with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and should have taken measures to prevent the fraud.
Amendment 117 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. The Commission failed to monitor the development of national policies and the enforcement of the EU legislation by national authorities ensuring that there is no infringement of EU legislation. This constitutes maladministration.
Amendment 118 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22 c. The Commission failed to give a mandate to the JRC to investigate the possible illegal use of defeat devices as a possible explanation for the discrepancies between the laboratory and road emissions.
Amendment 125 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. The Commission should have ensured that the JRC’s research findings and concerns discussed among the Commission services with regard to possible illegal practices by manufacturers reach the level of the hierarchy and lead to actions needed to correct the situation. Altogether, the Commission's lack of action constitutes maladministration.
Amendment 129 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. The level of technical expertise and human and financial resources may vary substantially between type-approval authorities and technical services, and the fact that car manufacturers are free to choose any of the existing type-approval authorities combined with a lack of a harmonised interpretation of the rules can leads to competition among them, especially since the authorities act in this respect as commercial parties and not as bodies serving only the public interest. Car manufacturers are, in principle, free to address the type-approval authority and technical service with the most flexible and least stringent interpretation of the rules, as well as the lowest fees.
Amendment 132 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. There is an evident lack of control after type-approval, which is partly due to the current rules and partly due to uncertainty as to which authority is in charge of market surveillance. Effective conformity of production, in-service and end-of- lifecycle conformity checks to uncover cases where production vehicles and vehicles in use do not conform to the type- approved vehicle are often not in place or verified only through documents instead of physical tests carried out in the presence of the authorities.
Amendment 138 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. The Member States should have ensured that their type-approval authorities have sufficient human and financial resources to either perform in-house testing or purchase reliable testing services. They should have not relied on tests performed in the car manufacturers’ certified laboratories under the supervision of technical services. The potential conflicts of interest arising from the contracting of technical services by car manufacturers for carrying out tests is a direct result of the current system set out in the EU type- approval framework directive and cannot therefore be considered maladministration. The Commission proposal for a new market surveillance and type-approval regulation addresses this weakness by proposing a fee structure for the financing of type-approval tests, although under the system proposed by the Commission it remains possible for car manufacturers to choose the testing service and type approval authority of their preference in any of the Member States. It is regrettable that the Commission did not consider a complete overhaul of the system by eliminating competition among testing services and among type approval authorities by making it obligatory for car manufacturers to use the national testing services and national type approval authorities.
Amendment 142 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. However, wWhere technical services also offer consultancy services to car manufacturers on obtaining type-approval, as is the case in certain Member States, a potential conflict of interest arises due to the existence of an additional financial link between technical services and car manufacturers related to the provision of advice on how to successfully acquire type-approval. Member States should have investigated such potential conflicts of interests. This constitutes maladministration.
Amendment 146 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. The Member States should have ensured that type-approval authorities adequately audit technical services. This constitutes maladministration. TUnfortunately, the choice of the technical service is primarily the choice of the car manufacturer, and the role of the type- approval authority is often just to validate the procedure at the end. The possibility available to type-approval authorities to audit technical services and to challenge the choice of technical service is very rarely used.
Amendment 150 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. The Member States’ failure to organise an efficient and reliable 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.
Amendment 156 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. In particular, the Commission should have examined how competition among type approval authorities and among testing services worked out in practice and should have submitted alternatives for this type of unnecessary and harmful competition.
Amendment 157 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. The Commission failed to make use of the provision of Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, to request Member States type approval authorities for information on the functioning of emission technology at low temperatures.
Amendment 158 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 161 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. The initial test results performed by the national authorities in the framework of the diesel emissions screening campaign give credence to suspicions that Volkswagen case is not the only violation but the emissions scandal is more widespread and prevents the efficient enforcement of EU legislation.
Amendment 167 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. The majority of the Member States did not launch or participate to any investigations. Some Member States were very reluctant to share the results of their investigations and the technical test data with the Commission and this committee of inquiry. or they published only parts of their findings.
Amendment 181 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Furthermore, the Member States have not taken up their role to actively inform and support consumers to claim their rights in respect of the Volkswagen emissions case and possible involvement of other car-brands.
Amendment 183 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Following a strict interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, the Commission considered that it is the sole duty of the Member States, and not part of its responsibility as guardian of the Treaties, to investigate the possible illegal use of defeat devices. On this basis, the Commission did notThe Commission failed to undertake furtherany technical research, did not request additional information from the Member States and did not askor request the responsible national type-approval authorities to undertake further investigative and corrective actions regarding the possible illegal use of the defeat devices.
Amendment 187 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. The Commission should have asked for the emissions tests to be done in real driving conditions as set in the Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 since it was known that there was a difference between the results of the emissions in the laboratory and in the real driving conditions.
Amendment 192 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. The participation of sSome former Commissioners was further complicated byrefused to cooperate and contribute to the research of this committee of inquiry using as an excuse the lack of a clear obligation in the current Code of Conduct for Commissioners that former Commissioners must cooperate with ongoing inquiries and in general remain accountable for actions undertaken during their term in office.
Amendment 202 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
Amendment 204 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Given the temporary nature of committees of inquiry, collecting evidence in an efficient and timely manner is essential. The approach taken by the committee to devote the first months of its mandate to hearing technical experts before moving on the political level proved successful. Ideally, the hearings should start only once the first phase of evidence collection, including receiving all the relevant documents from the parties under inquiry, is concluded.
Amendment 14 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of national general transport plans and their coordination at supranational and EU level for the effective spending of funds;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to use European Structural and Investment Funds in synergy with the Connecting Europe Facility and the European Fund for Strategic Investments to complement the gaps that exist between completed infrastructure projects, particularly in cross-border regions;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the need to provide professional support to Member States during planning and implementation of the most capital-intensive infrastructure projects. observes that knowledge of the EU’s funding instruments and of the associated application procedures in the Member States ought to be improved with the Commission’s assistance in order that funding can be distributed on an equal footing and effectively;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that completion of the core TEN-T network is a European transport policy priority and that structural and investment funds are an important tool in the implementation of this project;olicy priority
Amendment 65 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that funding under the cohesion policy is exceptionally important for the development of transport infrastructure in theall countries of Central and Eastern Europe; calls for the necessary resources to be secured and for the level of financing to be maintained in the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that major administrative barriers to accessing European Structural and Investment Funds exist, particularly for SMEs; stresses that the Structural and Investment Funds are of particularly great importance for the purpose of facilitating small and medium-sized local and regional infrastructure investments which are important for people’s everyday lives;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that major administrative barriers to accessing European Structural and Investment Funds exist, particularly for SMEs; calls for simple and effective implementation tools
Amendment 84 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the broader inclusion of local and regional authorities and active participation of transport unions in the processes of designing national general transport plans and allocating resources for infrastructure projects.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regards to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the General Comment no. 16 of the UN Committee on the Rights of Child,
Amendment 40 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas most human rights violations in the garment sector are labour- rights related and include the denial of workers fundamental right to join or form a union of their choosing and bargain collectively in good faith; whereas this has led to widespread labour rights violations ranging from poverty wages, wage theft, unsafe workplaces, physical and sexual harassment, to precarious work;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas children's rights are an integral part of human rights and ending child labour should remain an imperative; whereas the work of children requires specific regulations with regards to age, working time and types of work;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal on binding due diligence obligations for supply chains in the garment sector aligned with OECD guidelines and internationally agreed standards on human rights and social and environmental standards; this proposal should focus on the core problems garment workers face (occupational health and safety, a living wage, freedom of association, protection from sexual harassment and violence) and should address the following matters: key criteria for sustainable production, transparency and traceability, including collection of data and tools for consumer information, due diligence checks and auditing, access to remedy; gender equality, children's rights, supply-chain due diligence reporting; awareness raising; notes, however, with concern that a lot more needs to be done and urges the Commission to take further actions which have a direct impact on workers’ lives;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the EU and its Member States to promote, through policy dialogue and capacity building, the take-up and effective enforcement of international labour standards and human rights by partner countries based on ILO Conventions, in particular ILO Conventions 138 and 182, and recommendations; stresses in this context that respecting the right to join and form a union and engage in collective bargaining is a key criterion for business accountability;
Amendment 139 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to deliver on its objective to foster improvements in the ready-made garment sector, including through a strong gender and children focus; calls on the Commission to make gender equality and children's rights a central focus of its flagship legislative initiative;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to enhance codes of conduct, labels and fair trade schemes, and of ensuring alignment with international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the Children's Rights and Business Principles developed by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children, and the upcoming OECD due diligence guidance for the garment and footwear sector;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that EU transport legislation is often poorly implemented by Member States; believes that proper implementation of existing EU legislation would bring additional benefits to business and industry and would improve the situation of workers;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the advances in digital technologies in the transport and tourism sectors, which promote competition, create jobs and benefit the consumerStresses that digitalisation will bring significant changes in the operating environment, revenue generation model and market of the transport and tourism sectors, and will create opportunities, particularly for small undertakings, to operate in a wider market; underlines the need to invite new operators in the area to a dialogue;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WBelcomes the Commission’s intention to negotiateieves that the EU’s external aviation agreements with several key countries and regions in the world; believes that these will not only improve market access, but will also provide new business opportunities for a world-beating European aviation sector, creating jobs and benefiting consumers;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes a speedy conclusion to the negotiations on the Fourth Railway Package and believes this should further open up the railway sector to competitionat the implementation of this package will improve the efficiency and attractiveness of European rail transport.
Amendment 28 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EIB to continue to support sustainable, safe, climate-friendly, safe and innovative transport; underlines that it is the European Parliament’s priority to provide sufficient funding for projects with European added value, including the cross- border transport links; stresses the need to reform the principles of funding so that it is possible to target the promotion not only of infrastructure but also of progressive transport services and environment-friendly means of propulsion, which in turn will alleviate the capacity problems of the transport system and reduce damage to the environment;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that an innovative and effective economy needs an advanced transport system and infrastructure and that transport infrastructurhese should be among the priorities, with a special focus on innovative multimodal infrastructuretransport solutions; such as short multimodal tunnels or bridges in sparsely populated areas or local communitresses the need to develop project evaluation procedures so as to ensure that funding targets projects which will improve readiness to meet environmental and climate objectives;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance in combating climate change of the goals set by COP 21 with regard to transport; underlines that the financial means should be available to bring about a modal shift from road to rail and waterborne and inland waterway transport; insists also that attention should be paid to investment in clean power and modern services for transport;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes with concern the Opinion 2/2016 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 1316/2013 and 2015/1017 adopted by the European Court of Auditors on 11 November 20161a, concluding that at this stage there is little evidential base for proposing an extension and increase of EFSI, namely because: (i) the proposal for the extension is launched without a comprehensive impact assessment and too soon for the economic, social and environmental impacts to be measured and to enable a conclusion whether EFSI is achieving its objectives; (ii) it does not respect the better regulation principles; (iii) there is a clear risk of exaggerating the achieved results and impacts; (iv) there is a risk of creating incentives to use unnecessarily complex financing structures or to allocate a risk profile that does not correspond to the real risk of the operation; (v) there is a recognized need to act on geographical imbalances and sectorial concentration; (vi) there is a recognized need for increasing the transparency and clarity both in the EFSI governance and in the selection of EFSI operations; _________________ 1aOpinion pursuant to Article 287(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The full text of the Opinion is available in the European Court of Auditors website: http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=39677
Amendment 2 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Believes that it is a matter of legislative responsibility not to carry forward a Proposal for a Regulation that does not have enough evidential base and has received such an overall negative assessment by the European Court of Auditors;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Considers that the serious risks and weaknesses pointed out by the European Court of Auditors must be taken into account and deeply regrets that, when proposing to extend and increase the EFSI Funds without clear evidence of its pertinence, its achieved results and its potential impacts, the Commission has incurred in an example of bad regulation;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. Calls on the Commission to withdraw the proposal on the extension of the duration of EFSI and properly take into consideration the findings of the European Court of Auditors, including the need of a comprehensive and cross- sectorial assessment of the EFSI economic, social, environmental and geographical impacts before carrying on any new legislative action;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1 d. Asks the Commission to take also into account the remarks made by the European Parliament in the present implementation report when making the assessment and drafting the new legislative proposal;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1 e. Expresses doubts about the final added value of creating unnecessarily complex financing instruments and structures and requiring many financial intermediates that inevitably absorb part of the available funding; calls on the Commission to properly assess this cost, explore alternative policy options and only deliver a new proposal for the extension of EFSI if such an added value can be objectively proved, taking into account the current context of limited financial resources;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the EFSI bodies and the transparent selection procedure for members of their governance structureNotes that there is an urgent and important need for increasing transparency and clarity both in the EFSI governance structure and in the selection of EFSI operations;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Deplores that the current definitions of "additionality" and "risk" are mostly focused on financial aspects and believes that these definitions need to be reviewed for better reflecting the overall goal of supporting investments that are fully consistent with cross-sector Union policy priorities, namely high quality employment, resource efficiency, climate change adaptation, emissions reduction, sustainable infrastructures and research & innovation;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Specifically calls on the Commission to introduce a mandatory climate action compatibility check applying to every operation prior to its approval;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Recalls that the results for the scoreboard assessment of both approved and rejected operations shall be made public on a transparent and accessible way and on a regular basis;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses doubts about the additionality of some of the first transport projects selected as they could most probably have been financed without the EFSI;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that transport sector is not only a major greenhouse gas emitter but also the fastest growing sector in energy consumption since 1990; believes that in order to meet international commitments and Union targets, it is crucial to ensure that transport operations funded under the EFSI are clearly aligned towards shifting to sustainable transport modes, improving the energy-efficiency and reducing the high carbon-dependency of the sector; therefore stresses that the EFSI support to airport and motorways infrastructure must be minimized and always accompanied by the investments necessary to mitigate its negative environmental impact; on the other hand, stresses that attention must be paid to the proper maintenance of the comprehensive transport network and to strategic small investments with a high social and territorial added value;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the promising start toAcknowledges that, in view of the extremely high sector and geographical concentration of investments so far, the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) must improve its overall performance; calls on the EIAH to increase its presence in countries in which the EFSI has had difficulties taking hold and where there is a lack of administrative capacity to submit viable projects, in particular in cohesion countries; calls on the EIAH, furthermore, to provide specific advice in order to help specific transport projects wherever there is high risk aversion or the risk is fragmented among investors (such as cross border/multinational projects, long term/revenue infrastructure projects);
Amendment 41 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the lack of data available on the total amount of the signed operations under ‘SME Window’ of the EFSI and related investments, especially with regard to the transport supply chain, in aeronautics and in the railway sector, and the fact that this makes the verification of projects, results, success stories and benchmarks difficult; Recalls that the SMEs are not a sector, so the fact of supporting SMEs must be treated as a key added value to other concurrent specific sector and Union policy requirements;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the high-level conference "A Social Agenda for Transport" on 4 June 2015 in Brussels,[1] [1] http://ec.europa.eu/transport/media/events /2015-06-04-social-agenda-for- transport_en.htm
Amendment 66 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Communication on an Aviation Strategy for Europe and its effort to identify sources to boost the sector by finding new market opportunities and dismantling barriers, and for its proposals to meet and anticipate new challenges while reinforcing the social agenda and creating high quality jobs in aviation; believes that, in a longer-term perspective, a further holistic and ambitious approach should be embraced;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the European aviation sector can fit into a competitive global environment by further building on and developing its assets; believes that competition from third countries, if fair, should be seen as an opportunity to develop further a European aviation model while ensuring a level playing field and fair competition including respect to universally recognized ILO standards;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that public and private financing in the aviation sector is vital to guarantee territorial cohesion, foster innovation and maintain or regain European leadership of our industry; recalls that all financing must respect EU state aid guidelines and competition law; maintains that when granting public support it has to be ensured that the investment in question will be cost- effective and fit for purpose;
Amendment 225 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that public and private financing in the aviation sector is vital to guarantee territorial cohesion, foster innovation, create quality jobs and maintain or regain European leadership of our industry; recalls that all financing must respect EU state aid guidelines and competition law;
Amendment 257 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note of the CO2 emissions generated by the aviation sector; stresses the wide range of actions already taken to achieve carbon neutral growth from 2020, both by developing alternative fuels and lighter aircraft, and by abiding to international agreements; welcomes the Commission’s intention to review EU measures to reduce CO2 emissions from aviation in light of the outcome of the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO); is of the opinion that, in view also of the Commission’s Circular Economy Package, further initiatives reducing emissions of operational activities from, to and within airports should be encouraged; acknowledges that biofuels use in aviation need further incentives;
Amendment 294 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintaining and enhancing decent working conditions and preventing unfair practices contribute tois a precondition of the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarity on the ‘home base’ criterion, andcalls on the Commission to support the European social dialogue in order to reduce the risk of industrial conflicts and to present concrete proposals in order to bring clarity on the ‘home base’ criterion and the definition of 'principal place of business', as well as ensuring equal treatment of third-country nationals on board of EU-registered airplanes; welcomes the Commission’s decision to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts; insists on the need to fight any forms of social dumping and forum shopping;
Amendment 316 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its analysis of the new business models in aviation and their possible effects on safety, including precarious and atypical employment forms such as two-tier employment contracts, agency work, zero-hour contracts, bogus self- employment, pay-to-fly or public flight cost sharing; (to be a new paragraph 18)
Amendment 3 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s strategy to support the use for a transitional period of LNG as an alternative fuel for transport where it replaces more polluting conventional fuels and does not take the place of renewable energy sources; points out that when discussing liquefied natural gas (LNG) it is also necessary to ensure that there is an infrastructure for liquefied biogas (LBG), to promote its adoption and to ensure that its systems are interoperable;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the European Union and its Member States should first of all focus on their renewable resourcesenergy efficiency and derive maximum benefit from theirin as sustainable a way as possible from renewable energy production capacity; stresses that this should not prevent efforts being made to extract added value from other segments of the energy markets, such as LNG, provided that this is done in a sustainable manner that is fully consistent with the EU’s environmental protection principles;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Lays emphasis on environmentally friendly and socially sustainable LNG production methods;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the use of LNG in heavy-duty vehicles and shipping can reduce emissions of various pollutants (SOx, NOx and particulate matter) and, in the case of shipping, can allow the sector to meet the requirements of environmental legislation by decreasing the sulphur and nitrogen content in marine fuels usedemissions in the shipping sector in the Emission Control Areas; notes that LNG, and in particular CNG, is also a viable solution for public transport which helps to reduce air and noise pollution;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU’s domestic production will continue to decline in the coming decades, and further diversification of the EU’s natural gas supply therefore remains a key objective, while nevertheless underlining its role as a short and medium- -term solution, bearing in mind the European commitment to the objective of decarbonisation set out in the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, within the prescribed time limits, in particular as regards the establishment of LNG refuelling points, at least along the existing TEN-T Core Network, to ensure that LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles can circulate throughout the Union, and at maritime and inland ports to enable LNG inland waterway vessels or sea-going ships to circulate throughout the TEN-T Core Network; recalls that Member States should assess, in their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with their regional authorities, the need to install refuelling points for LNG in ports outside the TEN-T Core Network; urges national and regional operators to cooperate closely in the transport and energy sectors, with the aim of enhancing the multifunctionality and exploitability of the LNG infrastructure.
Amendment 43 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the need to ensure close cooperation at local, regional, national, and EU level in order to couple energy and transport sectors together with a view to enhancing the multifunctionality, exploitability, and efficiency of LNG infrastructure; points out that when dealing with liquefied natural gas (LNG) it is also necessary to consider the distribution infrastructure for liquefied biogas (LBG) with a view to encouraging the adoption of that resource and making its systems interoperable;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that, in the transport sector, in addition to an adequate distribution infrastructure, it is essential also to address measures to encourage the shipping sector to invest in vessels using LNG; stresses that in this respect it is necessary to consider instruments at national and EU level for speeding up investment in vessels;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to set out common technical specifications for LNG refuelling points for sea-going ships, inland waterway vessels and motor vehicles, where simultaneous bunkering and cargo operations are possible, and the need for appropriate and harmonised safety rules and training for LNG storage, bunkering and on-board use.
Amendment 88 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to set out common technical specifications for LNG refuelling points for sea-going ships, inland waterway vessels and motor vehicles, and the need for appropriate and harmonised safety rules and training for LNG storage, bunkering and on-board use, also in respect of harbours.
Amendment 191 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)
Paragraph 60 b (new)
60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to lay down sustainability criteria for each renewable energy source, treating them separately and covering the whole of their life cycle in the context of its circular economy policy;
Amendment 196 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of public consultation and participation in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections; calls to reinforce environmental impact assessments for renewable energy generation and distribution projects;
Amendment 309 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Urges Member States to make better use of geothermal-sourced heat and cooling energy;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that the structural and organisational reforms aimed at achieving greater efficiency, environmental sustainability, and effectiveness should continue through the thorough examination of possible synergies and savings; recalls the substantial savings that could be made by having only one place of work instead of three (Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg); underlines that this process should be lead without endangering Parliament's legislative excellence, its budgetary powers and powers of scrutiny, or the quality of working conditions for Members, assistants, and staff;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the key role that equality bodies play in ensuring the enforcement of citizens’ legal rights, and calls on the Commission to assist in safeguarding the independence and effectiveness of these bodies in all Member States;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that women account only for 22% of the workforce in the EU transport sector, given that the number of women is especially low (less than 10%) in technical and operational jobs; thus urges ambitious and continuous measures to be implemented to improve the attractiveness of the transport sector among female workforce.
Amendment 31 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that promoting the equal access of women to public and private goods and services must be based on the recognition of women's and girls' distinct choices, needs and experiences, and must be guaranteed without undermining their fundamental rights.
Amendment 33 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that, although official statistics show that mobility needs and travel patterns of women and men differ widely, very little attention is paid to this issue both in the European Commission legislative proposals and in most of Member States’ public transport policies; recalls that women are the main users of public transport services all around the EU; calls on local, regional and national authorities to specifically take into account the mobility needs of women when designing and developing their public transport services; calls on the Commission to properly include the gender dimension in its main approach to transport legislation in the EU.
Amendment 51 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to assess airlines’ rules for assistance and admittance of pregnant women to flights, and encourages airline managing bodies to take a harmonised approach in this regard;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses serious concern that many cases of verbal and physical violence against women, including sexual harassment often occur o, are reported in public transport, but are also reportedlso in the context of the sharing economy, and; underlines the need for a proper definition of liability for such acts and calls on the competent authorities to urgently address this major issue; recalls that promoting safe public spaces and safe public transit for everyone is a shared responsibility of all actors at all levels.
Amendment 92 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 107 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work on a harmonised definition of universal service which stipulates a minimum level of service for consumers; calls on the Member States to further harmonise licensing and/or notification procedures in order to reduce unjustified barriers within the internal market;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Commission, in drafting legislative proposals, to take account of digitalisation and the opportunities it brings, the specific characteristics of the Member States and overall trends in the postal and parcel markets.
Amendment 173 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to strengthendevelop market oversight of parcel delivery, specifically by in a risk- and performance-based direction, and to improvinge national regulators' capacity to assess competition and identify anti-competitive practices;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of improving consumer confidence and trust in cross-border delivery; considers that greater transparency as regards delivery options, modalities and quality/performance (speed, geographical coverage, delays and the handling of damaged or lost items), as well as trust labels, and ensuring better protection of consumers' rights when various disruptions occur, could address the lack of confidence;
Amendment 235 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that, if postal undertakings have the opportunity to develop and expand their production innovatively, particularly in peripheral areas, this should also have the effect of promoting employment.
Amendment 6 #
2016/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point a
-1 In Article 13, paragraph 3, point (a) is replaced by the following: “(a) the Community air carrier demonstrates to the satisfaction of the competent authority that all safety, security, competition and environmental standards equivalent to those imposed by Community or national law are met; and (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008R1008&from=EN). In addition, the competent authority shall check and ensure that, for aircrew, the social and legal obligations in force in the third country where the wet leasing aircraft is registered are equivalent to those imposed by Community or national law, taking into consideration a balance between those obligations and the protection of the rights and interests of passengers; and” Or. en
Amendment 8 #
2016/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b
unless otherwise provided for in an international agreement concluded by the Unionwet-lease agreement signed by the Union that includes reciprocal rights and obligations for both parties, and that is based on an existing Air Transport Agreement, which has been signed before 1 January 2008, one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
Amendment 14 #
2016/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
1a. In Article 13, paragraph 3, point b, point (i) is replaced by the following: “(i) the Community air carrier justifies such leasing on the basis of exceptional needs, in which case an approval may be granted for a period of up to seven months that may be renewed once for a further period of up to seven months; An approval may be extended beyond the14-month period after the Community air carrier has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that the leasing is necessary to overcome operational difficulties and it is not possible to lease aircraft registered within the Community. The conditions under which a wet-lease agreement is enforced by the competent authority shall not lead to undue restrictions of mobility for Union citizens.” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex:32008R1008)
Amendment 44 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In particular, increasing technological improvements, incentives for the use and expansion of public transport and by creating a long-term perspective for investment in new and emerging technological innovation in logistics, 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.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 a (new)
Recital 64 a (new)
(64a) As a means to decarbonise the shipping sector BioLNG use should be promoted for use in sector. BioLNG produced form wastes through anaerobic digestion have high GHG savings potential. BioLNG, is a drop-in fuel for LNG powered ships, and the guarantee of origin system for biogas should be developed to allow grid injection of biomethane to meet the demand in ports.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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].
Amendment 114 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 134 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,80% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. The contribution from food and feed crop- based biofuels and bioliquids produced from oil crops, including palm oil, shall be reduced to 0% no later than 2020. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purpose of complying with the target set out in Article 3(1)(a), the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation sector shall be considered to be 2 times the energy content.
Amendment 140 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove them. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels, based on a life cycle assessment of emissions including emissions from the land sector and possible displacement effects, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 170 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 173 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The use of biogas in transport shall be primarily reserved for the shipping sector, where BioLNG represents an existing advanced renewable fuel. The infrastructure developments set out in Directive 2014/94/EU shall accommodate to the use of BioLNG in the maritime sector, where currently limited other renewable options exist.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the transport sector, each Member State shall endeavour to gradually increase the share of renewable energy that fulfils the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria, supplied for transport from at least 10 % in 2020 to at least 15% in 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forestry biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be produced from roundwood greater than 10 centimetres in diameter and stumps, and shall only be made from the biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest- based industries, namely bark, branches, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge and lignin.
Amendment 268 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 284 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2735% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 316 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) ‘waste heat or coldenergy’ means theat or cold which is generated asrmal energy which is not ambient according to (b) and is generated as an unavailable by- product in industrial or power generation installationin buildings and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district or other dedicated heating or cooling recovery system;
Amendment 327 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feare sustainable biofuels made of waste and residues as defined in existing EU legislation.1a __________________ 1a“Waste” as defined in Article 3(1) in the Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) and referreds tocks listed in part A of Annex IX; in Article 2, second paragraph, (p) in the existing Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC and “Residue” as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, (t) in the existing Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC)
Amendment 386 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 2735%.
Amendment 443 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. The contribution from food and feed crop- based biofuels and bioliquids produced from oil crops, including palm oil, shall be reduced to 0% no later than 2021. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
Amendment 462 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purpose of complying with the target set out in Article 3(1), the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation sector shall be considered to be 2 times the energy content.
Amendment 467 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove them. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress and market developments, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading use principle, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversitytaking into account displacement effects of other uses of the feedstocks concerned, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity. If the feedstock concerned is used for higher-value non-energy products, is limited in availability and/or cannot be substituted by other feedstocks, it should not be incentivised for direct energy use.
Amendment 480 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Every 2 years, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, in line with the principles set out in this paragraph. The first evaluation shall be carried out no later than 6 months after [date of entry into force of this Directive]. If appropriate, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove them. Biofuels made from feedstocks that have been removed by the Commission from the Annex IX list and that are used in existing installations prior to [the date of entry into force of this Directive] may be counted to national targets until 2025 provided that their capacity is not increased through new investments after the removal of the feedstock of the Annex IX.
Amendment 589 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX and renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin shall be at least 70% as of 1 January 2021.
Amendment 658 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Member StatesThe Commission shall put in place a database and transfer platform enabling tracing of transport fuels and renewable electricity that are eligible for counting towards the numerator set out in paragraph 1(b), and require the relevanoint (b) of paragraph 1. Member States shall require fuel suppliers to enter in the database the total annual quantities of energy they have supplied to the transport seconomic operatorstor as defined in the denominator in point (a) of paragraph 1. Suppliers of renewable energy in transport as defined in the numerator in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be required to enter information on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the eligible fuels, including their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the fuel supplier that places the fuel on the market. Aggregated data shall be made publicly available from the database showing how each fuel supplier meets the obligation. The database shall include information on the requirement placed on fuel suppliers described in paragraph 1 and how the requirement is fulfilled, including transfers of obligations between fuel suppliers
Amendment 707 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.5 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
Amendment 744 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forestry biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall meet the following requirements to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass production: (a) biomass was harvested has national and/or sub-national laws applicable in the area of harvest as well as monitoringnot be produced from roundwood greater than 10 centimetres in diameter and stumps, and shall only be made from the biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and enforcement systems in place ensuring that: i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundaries; ii) areas takes place; iv) the impacts of forest harvesting on soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and v) long-term production capacity of the forest; (b) first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produest-based industries, namely bark, branches, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge and lignin. the country in which forest forest regeneration of harvested harvesting does not exceed from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that: i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permit; ii) areas takes place; iii) including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected; iv) quality and biodiversity are minimised; v) long-term production capacity of the forest.the when evidence referred to in the forest regeneration of harvested areas of high conservation value, impacts of forest harvesting on soil harvesting does not exceed the
Amendment 745 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall meet the following requirements to minimise and remove the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass production:
Amendment 749 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditionrequirements of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundaries;
Amendment 753 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point ii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point ii
ii) forest regeneration of harvested areas takes place, excluding forest sites on peatlands where the site will be designated to forest restoration for the purposes of biodiversity conservation;
Amendment 773 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvesting on soil and water quality and biodiversity are minimised; and
Amendment 820 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
iv) impacts of forest harvesting on soil and water quality and biodiversity are minimised;
Amendment 858 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if certified according to PEFC or FSC certification requirements.
Amendment 1036 #
Amendment 1052 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point q
Annex IX – Part A – point q
(q) Other ligno-cellulosic material as defined in point (r) of the second paragraph of Article 2 except saw logs and, veneer logs and industrial pulpwood.
Amendment 216 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that in all new non-residential buildings and in all existing non-residential buildings undewith more than ten parking spaces, at least one parking space is equipped with a smart recharging point and all the parking spaces are equipped with adequate pre-cabling or pre-tubing, in order to enable installation of a smart recharging point within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure17 , with the power of at least 7kW on every parking space. Smart recharging points shall be capable of starting and stopping the chargoing major renovation with more than ten parking spaces, at least one of every ten is equipped with ain reaction to price signals and fulfil the technical specifications for recharging points set in Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in Annex II. Member States shall also ensure that in all existing non-residential buildings with more than ten parking spaces undergoing major renovation related to the electrical infrastructure of the building or the parking lot, at least one of every ten is equipped with adequate pre-cabling or pre-tubing, in order to enable installation of a smart recharging point within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure17 , which is capable of starting and stopping ch, with the power of at least 7kW on every pargking in reaction to price signalsspace. This requirement shall apply to all non- residential buildings, with more than ten parking spaces, as of 1 January 20250. _________________ 17 OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1
Amendment 259 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that each owner and tenant of residential and non-residential buildings has the right to install a recharging point and is entitled to reasonably priced electricity for recharging. Furthermore, Member States shall ensure that there are simplified permitting and approval procedures for owners and tenants to enable the deployment of recharging points in existing residential and non-residential buildings.
Amendment 265 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed, replaced or upgraded, the overall energy performance of the complete altered system is assessed, at full and part load conditions, documented it and passed on to the building owner, so that ithe resulting information remains available for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements set pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates. Member States shall ensure that this information is included as a separate entry in the national energy performance certificate database referred to in Article 18(3).
Amendment 296 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) with effective control functionalities to ensure optimum generation, distribution and use of energy, including individual room temperature and dynamic hydraulic balancing functionalities.;
Amendment 298 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(b a) 3 a. The accessible parts of systems used for heating buildings, such as the heat generator, control and ventilation systems, and circulation pump(s) for non- residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250MWh and for residential buildings with a centralised technical building system of a cumulated effective rated output of over 100 kW shall be inspected at least every two years.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Union will best meet its renewable targets through the creation of a market framework that rewards flexibility and innovations. A well- functioning electricity market design is the key enabler for the uptake of renewables.
Amendment 51 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States should maintain a wide discretion to impose public service obligations on electricity undertakings in pursuing objectives of general economic interest. Member States should ensure that household customers and, where Member States deem it appropriate, small enterprises, enjoy the right to be supplied with electricity of a specified quality at clearly comparable, transparent and competitive prices. Nevertheless, public service obligations in the form of supply price regulation constitute a fundamentally distortive measure that often leads to the accumulation of tariff deficits, limitation of consumer choice, poorer incentives for energy saving and energy efficiency investments, lower standards of service, lower levels of consumer engagement and satisfaction, restriction of competition as well as fewer innovative products and services on the marketan contribute to consumer protection in well-defined situations. Consequently, Member States should apply otherdevelop the necessary policy tools, and in particular targeted energy policy and/or social policy measures, to safeguard the affordability of electricity supply to their citizens. Interventions in price setting should only be applied in limited exceptional circumstances. A fully liberalisedA competitive retail electricity market wouldcan stimulate price and non-price competition among existing suppliers and incentivise new market entries therefore improving consumers' choice and satisfaction.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In order to meet the international climate commitments and the EU internal targets, a comprehensive turn towards low-carbon economy is needed. Therefore, the renewal of the allocation criteria of different EU funds to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures in electricity market and other sectors is needed. It should be guaranteed that EU funding will not be allocated to projects, which are not compliant with CO2 reduction targets and policies. By delegated act the Commission shall establish an advanced and transparent methodology for evaluation of the environmental performance of the applications in electricity market.
Amendment 71 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Consumers should be able to consume, store and/or sell self-generated electricity to the market. New technology developments will facilitate these activities in the future. However, legal and commercial barriers exist including for example disproportionate fees for internally consumed electricity, obligations to feed self- generated electricity to the energy system, administrative burdens such as for self- generators who sell electricity to the system to comply with the requirements for suppliers, etc. All these obstacles that prevent consumers from self- generating and from consuming, storing or selling self-generated electricity to the market should be removed while it should be ensured that self-generating consumers contribute adequately to system costsand the technology should be neutral.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Distributed energy technologies and consumer empowerment have made community energy and energy cooperatives an effective and cost-efficient way to meet citizens' needs and expectations regarding energy sources, services and local participation. Community energy offers an inclusive option for all consumers to have a direct stake in producing, consuming or sharing energy between each other within a geographically confined community network that may operate in an isolated mode or be connected to the public distribution network. Community energy initiatives focus primarily on providing affordable energy of a specific kind, such as renewable energy, for their members or shareholders rather than prioritising profit- making like a traditional energy company. By directly engaging with consumers community energy initiatives are demonstrating their potential in facilitating the up-take of new technologies and consumption patterns, including smart distribution grids and demand response, in an integrated manner. Community energy can also advance energy efficiency at household level and help fight energy poverty through reduced consumption and lower supply tariffs. Community energy can also improve the security of the energy supply as the electrical grid is less vulnerable. Community energy also enables certain groups of household consumers to participate in the energy market who otherwise might not have been able to do so. Where they have been successfully operated such initiatives have delivered economic, social and environmental value to the community that goes beyond the mere benefits derived from the provision of energy services. Local energy communities should be allowed to operate on the market on a level-playing field without distorting competition. Local energy communities should have access to the electrical grid as the grids should be technologically neutral. Household consumers should be allowed to voluntarily participate in a community energy initiative as well as to leave it, without losing access to the network operated by the community energy initiative or their rights as consumers. Access to a local energy community's network should be granted on fair and cost- reflective terms.
Amendment 85 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Energy services are fundamental to safeguard the well-being of the Union citizens. Adequate warmth, cooling, lighting and the energy to power appliances are essential services to guarantee a decent standard of living and citizens' health. Furthermore, access to these energy services empowers European citizens to fulfil their potential and it enhances social inclusion. Energy poor households are unable to afford these energy services due to a combination of low income, high energy expenditure and poor energy efficiency of their homes. Member States should provide mechanisms to support the development of more efficient heating and cooling technologies to tackle energy poverty. Member States should collect the right and comparable information to monitor the number of households in energy poverty. Accurate measurement using unified standards should assist Member States to identify those households affected by energy poverty in order to provide targeted support. The Commission should actively support the implementation of the provisions on energy poverty by facilitating the sharing of good practices between Member States.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States which are affected by energy poverty and which have not yet done so should therefore develop national action plans or other appropriate frameworks to tackle this problem, aiming at decreasing the number of people suffering such situation. Low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of homes are relevant factors in designing EU wide indicators for the measurement of energy poverty. In any event, Member States should ensure the necessary energy supply for vulnerable and energy poor customers. In doing so, an integrated approach, such as in the framework of energy and social policy, could be used and measures could include social policies or energy efficiency improvements for housing. At the very least, this Directive should allow national policies in favour of vulnerable and energy poor customers.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Rapid and full implementation of this Directive should be encouraged, and will enable the Union to meet its climate and renewable targets in a timely manner.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7a. 'energy poverty' means a household's inability to afford the necessary domestic energy services so that basic humane standard levels of comfort and health can be guaranteed, as such costs represent a significant proportion of the disposable income; (To be added as new point 8.)
Amendment 113 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39
39. 'regional security coordinator operational centre' means the regional security coordinator operational centre as defined in Article 32 of the [recast of Regulation 714/2009 as proposed by COM(2016)861/2]Systems operations Guideline[SOGL] .
Amendment 116 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that their national legislation does not unduly hamperenacts measures to promote cross-border flows of electricity, consumer participation including through voluntary demand–side response, investments into flexible energy generation, energy storage, the deployment of electro-mobility or new interconnectors, smart grid technology and that electricity prices reflect actual demand and supply. Member States shall ensure consumer participation is enabled by technology neutrality.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that their regulatory framework encouragesallows for the participation of aggregators in the retail market and that it contains at least the following elements:
Amendment 197 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In order to ensure that balancing costs and benefits induced by aggregators are fairly assigned to market participants, Member States may exceptionally allowwill establish rules on compensation payments between aggregators and other balance responsible parties. Such compensation payments must be limited to situations where one market participant induces imbalances to another market participant resulting in a financial cost.
Amendment 207 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that proceed with deployment shall adopt and publish the minimum functional and technical requirements for the smart metering systems to be rolled out in their territories in line with the provisions laid down in Article 20 and Annex III, while taking into account the existing functionalities of already installed smart metering systems. Member States shall ensure the interoperability of these smart metering systems as well as their connectivity with consumer energy management platforms. To this respect, Member States shall have due regard to the use of relevant available standards including those enabling interoperability, best practices and the importance of the development of the internal market in electricity.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Member States shall define a common set of criteria for the purposes of measuring energy poverty. Member States shall introduce measures including funding to decrease and prevent energy poverty. The set of measures shall include advisory services focussed on energy poverty carried out with relevant other services such as social services. Member States shall continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and shall report on the evolution of energy poverty and measures taken to reduce and prevent it to the Commission every two years as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports in accordance with Article 21 of [Governance Regulation as proposed by COM(2016)759]. Member States shall also use the energy poverty measurements figures when reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 7.1 on universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. Furthermore, the Member States shall provide support for the development of more efficient heating and cooling technologies to tackle energy poverty.
Amendment 258 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) adopting a framework for the cooperation and coordination between regional security cooperator operational centres.
Amendment 263 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. In performing the tasks listed in paragraph 1, the transmission system operator shall take into account the services functions performed by the regional security cooperator operational centres and cooperate as necessary with neighbouring transmission system operators.
Amendment 289 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – title
Article 62 – title
Duties and powers of regulatory authorities with respect to regional operational security coordinators centres
Amendment 290 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The regional regulatory authorities of each security-coordinated region, the geographical area where a regional operational centre is established shall, in close coordination with each other:
Amendment 291 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) approve the TSO cooperative decision- making process, proposed by the TSOs of the security-coordinated region for the relevant services performed by regional security coordinators;
Amendment 292 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) monitor the performance of their functions, the system coordination and report annually to the Agency in this respect.
Amendment 293 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to request to TSOs information from regional operational security coordinators centres;
Amendment 294 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to issue joint binding decisions relevant for the improvement of coordination on regional operational centres.
Amendment 58 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Europe's energy system is in the middle of its most profound change in decades and the electricity market is at the heart of that change. The common goal to decarbonise the energy system creates new opportunities and challenges for market participants. At the same time, technological developments allow for new forms of consumer participation and cross- border cooperation. These also help to respond to the lack of access to modern electricity services.
Amendment 63 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the past, electricity customers were purely passive, often buying electricity at regulated prices which had no direct relation to the market. In the future, customers need to be enabled to fully participate in the market on equal footing with other market participants. To integrate growing shares of renewable energy, the future electricity system should make use of all available sources of flexibility, particularly demand response and storage. To achieve effective decarbonisation at lowest cost, it also needs to encourage energy efficiency and thus reduce the energy demand.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Short-term markets will improve liquidity and competition by enabling more resources to participate fully in the market, especially those that are more flexible. Effective scarcity pricing will encourage market participants to be available when the market most needs it and ensures that they can recover their costs in the wholesale market. It is therefore critical to ensure that, as far as possible, administrative and implicit price caps are removed to allow scarcity prices to increase up to the value of lost load. When fully embedded in the market structure, short-term markets and scarcity pricing will contribute to the removal of other measures, such as capacity mechanisms, to ensure security of supply. At the same time, scarcity pricing without price caps on the wholesale market should not jeopardize the possibility for reliable and ststable and affordable prices for final customers, in particular households and SMEs.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
(v) 'strategic reserve' means a capacity mechanism in which resources are held outside the market, remain outside the market, and are only dispatched in case day-ahead andor intraday markets have failed to clear, transmission system operators have exhausted their balancing resources to establish an equilibrium between demand and supply, and imbalances in the market during periods where the reserves were dispatched are settled at the value of lost load;
Amendment 182 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure that when dispatching electricity-generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using variable renewable energy sources in so far as the secure operation of the national electricity system permits and based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Charges applied by network operators for access to networks , including charges for connection to the networks, charges for use of networks, and, where applicable, charges for related network reinforcements, shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and flexibility and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In particular, they shall be applied in a way which does not discriminate between production connected at the distribution level and production connected at the transmission level, either positively or negatively. They shall not discriminate against energy storage and shall not create disincentives for participation in demand response or for self-generation. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, those charges shall not be distance- related.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency and self- generation, promote participation in voluntary demand response, foster market integration and security of supply, and support investments and the related research activities.
Amendment 264 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall publish a timeline for adopting measures to eliminate any identified regulatory distortions. When addressing resource adequacy concerns Member States shall in particular consider removing regulatory distortions, enabling scarcity pricing, developing interconnection, energy storage, demand side measures, self-generation and energy efficiency.
Amendment 265 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall assess whether a capacity mechanism in the form of strategic reserve can address the adequacy concerns. Where this is not the case, Member States may implement a different type of mechanism. Such mechanisms shall not create unnecessary market distortions or inhibit cross-border trade. They shall be open to all generation technologies, storage, energy efficiency and demand-side response. The amount of capacity committed in the mechanism shall not go beyond what is necessary to address the concern. The parameters determining the amount of capacity procured in the capacity mechanism shall be approved by the national regulatory authority.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. Regional operational centres established pursuant to Article 32 shall annuallyWhere capacity mechanisms are applied, TSOs shall assist relevant regulatory authorities in calculateing the maximum entry capacity available for the participation of foreign capacity taking into account the expected availability of interconnection and the likely concurrence of system stress between the system where the mechanism is applied and the system in which the foreign capacity is located. A calculation is required for each bidding zone border.
Amendment 308 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The provisions under paragraph 4 will not apply to strategic reserves which operate for less than 500 hours per year.
Amendment 325 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) adopt a framework for the cooperation and coordination between regional operational centresecurity coordinators;
Amendment 326 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) adopt a proposal defining the system operationecurity-coordinated region covered by each regional operational centresecurity coordinator;
Amendment 327 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) cooperation with relevant DSO organisations for digitalisation of power system and electricity market to ensure, among others, efficient data acquisition by all relevant parties.
Amendment 328 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The ENTSO for Electricity shall report to the Agency on shortcomings identified regarding the establishment and performance of regional operational centressecurity coordination.
Amendment 330 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall complement the role of transmission system operators by performing functionservices of regional relevance. They shall establish operational arrangements in order to ensure the efficient, secure and reliable operation of the interconnected transmission system.
Amendment 331 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP: six months after entry into force of this Regulation] the ENTSO for Electricity shall submit to the Agency a proposal defining system operation regions covered by regional operational centresecurity-coordinated regions for which a cooperative decision- making process as described in article 62 of [Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity as proposed by COM(2016) 864 final] is established, taking into account existing regional security coordinators, on the basis of the following criteria:
Amendment 332 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the synchronous connection of the systemsregion;
Amendment 334 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the size of the region, which shall cover at least one capacity calculation region;
Amendment 335 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the geographical optimization of balancing reserverelationship to the capacity calculation regions.
Amendment 336 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Within three months of receipt, the Agency shall either approve the proposal defining the system operationecurity coordinated regions or propose amendments. In the latter case, the Agency shall consult the ENTSO for Electricity before adopting the amendments. The adopted proposal shall be published on the Agency's website.
Amendment 337 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each regional operational centresecurity coordinator shall perform all the following functionservices in the system operation region where it is establisecurity coordinated region where thedy and regional operational centres shall perform at least the following functions, set out in more detail in Annex Ire established:
Amendment 339 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 341 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 343 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 347 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 350 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) regional week ahead to intraday system adequacy forecasts and preparation of risk reducing actions;
Amendment 352 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 353 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 356 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 358 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 360 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 362 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 364 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 366 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may add other functions to the regional operational centres, not involving decision making power, pursuant to Chapter VII of this RegulationOther services may be assigned to the regional security coordinators, when it is deemed efficient and so agreed by all relevant parties.
Amendment 368 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – title
Article 35 – title
Cooperation within and between security- coordinated regionals operational centres
Amendment 369 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The day-to-day operation ofcoordination within and between security-coordinated regionals operational centres shall be managed through cooperative decision- making. The cooperative-decision making process shall be based on:
Amendment 370 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a procedure for the adoption of TSO decisions and recommendationstaking into accordance with Article 38unt the proposals from regional security coordinators;
Amendment 371 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a procedure for the revision of decisions and recommendations adoptissued by regional operational centresecurity coordinators in accordance with Article 39.
Amendment 373 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38
Amendment 376 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
Article 40 – title
Management board of regional operational centresecurity coordinators
Amendment 377 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In order to adopt measures related to their governance and to monitor their performance, the regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall establish a management board.
Amendment 378 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) drafting and endorsing the statutes and rules of procedure of the regional operational centresecurity coordinators;
Amendment 379 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The competences of the management board shall exclude those that are related to the day-to-day activities of regional operational centresecurity coordinators and the performance of its functionservices.
Amendment 381 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Regional operational centres shall set up andTSOs shall establish the necessary arrangements for regional security coordinators to manage their organisation according to a structure that supports the safety of their functionservices. Their organisational structure shall specify:
Amendment 382 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators may set up regional desks to address local specificities or back-up operational centreregional security coordinators for the efficient and reliable exercise of their functions.
Amendment 384 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall be equipped with all the human, technical, physical and financial resources necessary for fulfilling their obligations under this Regulation and carrying out their functions.
Amendment 385 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall establish a process for the continuous monitoring of at least:
Amendment 386 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the decisions and recommendations issued and the outcome achieved;
Amendment 387 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the effectiveness and efficiency of each of the functionservices for which they are responsible.
Amendment 388 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Amendment 390 #
2016/0379(COD)
3. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall establish their costs in a transparent manner and report them to the Agency and to the regulatory authorities of the system operationecurity- coordinated region.
Amendment 391 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4
Article 43 – paragraph 4
4. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall submit an annual report concerning their performance to ENTSO for Electricity, the Agency, the regulatory authorities of the system operationecurity-coordinated region and the Electricity Coordination Group established pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Decision 2012/C 353/0237 . _________________ 37 Commission Decision of 15 November 2012 setting up the Electricity Coordination Group (OJ C 353, 17.11.2012, p.2).
Amendment 392 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 5
Article 43 – paragraph 5
5. Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall report shortcomings identified in the monitoring process under paragraph 1 to ENTSO for electricity, the regulatory authorities of the system operationecurity-coordinated region, the Agency and the competent authorities of Member States responsible for the prevention and management of crisis situations.
Amendment 393 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Regional operational centresecurity coordinators shall take the necessary steps to cover liability related to the execution of their tasks, in particular, where they adopt decisions binding on transmission system operators. The method employed to provide the cover shall take into account the legal status of the regional operational centresecurity coordinator and the level of commercial insurance cover available.
Amendment 433 #
2016/0379(COD)
9. The ENTSO for Electricity, or where so decided in the priority list pursuant to paragraph 2, the EU DSO entity, shall convene a drafting committee to support it in the network code development process. The drafting committee shall consist of representatives of the ENTSO for Electricity, the Agency, the EU DSO entity, where appropriate of nominated electricity market operators and representatives of a limited number of the main affected stakeholders, such as the consumers. The ENTSO for Electricity or where so decided in the priority list pursuant to paragraph 2 the EU DSO entity, shall elaborate proposals for network codes in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 upon a request addressed to it by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 8.
Amendment 435 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 10
Article 55 – paragraph 10
10. The Agency shall revise the network code and ensure that the network code is in line with the relevant framework guideline and contributes to market integration, non-discrimination, effective competition, and the efficient functioning of the market and , submit the revised network code to the Commission within six months of the day of the receipt of the proposal . In the proposal submitted to the Commission, the Agency shall take into account the views provided by all involved parties, in particular the consumers´ ones, during the drafting of the proposal led by the ENTSO for Electricity or the EU DSO entity and shall formally consult the relevant stakeholders on the version to be submitted to the Commission.
Amendment 574 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant. Member States shall also ensure that the preparation of the national plans will not result in an increase in administrative burden or costs for the concerned stakeholders. Member States shall also ensure that the preparation of the national plans will not result in an increase in administrative burden or costs for the concerned stakeholders.
Amendment 619 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards, based on Member State´s choice;
Amendment 653 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union's bindingcative energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity.
Amendment 659 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contribution in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption andor final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
Amendment 775 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) on the basis of assumed energy consumption projections, the Union’s 2020 energy consumption ishould be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’s 2030 energy consumption ishould be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten- year period;
Amendment 790 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When setting and reviewing their contribution referred to in paragraph 1 Member States may take into account circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption, such as:
Amendment 828 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) interactions between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures within a policy dimension and between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures of different dimensions for the first ten- year period at least until the year 2030.The assessment also includes interactions between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures and European energy and climate policy measures. Projections concerning security of supply, infrastructure and market integration shall be linked to robust energy efficiency scenarios.
Amendment 1235 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
Amendment 1334 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the linear Union trajectory referred to in Article 25(2) is not collectively met, Member States shall ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
Amendment 1696 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex VIII – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the impact of the production and use of biomass on sustainability in the Union and in third countries, including impacts on biodiversity, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC and the biomass cascading principle;
Amendment 12 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 138 a (new)
Recital 138 a (new)
(138a) In order to meet international commitments and Union targets, it is crucial to make a comprehensive move towards a low-carbon economy. There is an immediate need, therefore, to renew the allocation criteria of different Union funds in order to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures in different sectors and guarantee that those funds will not be allocated to projects which do not comply with CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. The Commission should carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. The Commission should present to the European Parliament and the Council a report of the findings of that study which should be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is not compatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. This should include the proposal of a mandatory ex-ante climate compatibility check which applies to every new Union investment from 2020 and the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a Climate impact of Union funding The Commission shall carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. By 1 January 2019 the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the findings of the study. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is incompatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. Such proposals shall include the proposal of a mandatory ex-ante climate compatibility check, applicable to every new Union investment from 1 January 2020, including the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way. (New article 35)
Amendment 83 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
Amendment 281 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 295 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 312 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to defineclarify the sconceptpe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for monthly magazines of general or special ithe normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.
Amendment 326 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 340 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 519 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 731 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 995 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 24 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to Article 18(7), points (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments1a; __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and The Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013;
Amendment 25 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
Having regard to the Opinion 2/2016 concerning the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 1316/2013 and 2015/1017 adopted by the European Court of Auditors on 11 November 2016 1a , concluding that there is little evidential base for the proposal to extend and increase EFSI, namely because: (i) the proposal is launched without a comprehensive impact assessment and too soon for the economic, social and environmental impacts to be measured and to enable a conclusion whether EFSI is achieving its objectives; (ii) it does not respect the better regulation principles; (iii) there is a clear risk of exaggerating the achieved results and impacts; (iv) there is a risk of creating incentives to use unnecessarily complex financing structures or to allocate a risk profile that does not correspond to the real risk of the operation; (v) there is a recognized need to act on geographical imbalances and sectorial concentration; (vi) there is a recognized need for increasing transparency and clarity both in the EFSI governance and in the selection of EFSI operations; _________________ 1aOpinion pursuant to Article 287(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Amendment 68 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Taking into account the explicit mandate on article 18(7) of the EFSI Regulation and the serious risks and weaknesses pointed out by the European Court of Auditors in its Opinion 2/20161a, the Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal. The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Commission to carry a comprehensive and cross-sectorial assessment of the EFSI economic, social, environmental and geographical impacts, to explore alternative policy options and only deliver a new proposal for the extension of EFSI if an added value can be objectively proved, taking into account the current context of limited financial resources. Innovative tools for a more effective investment policy in the EU, such as the introduction of mandatory climate action compatibility check applying to every operation prior to its approval, must also be taken into consideration.1a; _________________ 1aRegulation(EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and The Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013;
Amendment 33 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Transport sector is not only a major greenhouse gas emitter but also the fastest growing sector in energy consumption since 1990. It accounts for 23 % of total emissions in the Union and 25 % of total primary energy consumption, where 94 % is oil-related. About a quarter of these CO2 transport emissions come from urban environments. Therefore further efforts should be made by the Commission and Member States to improve the energy efficiency, foster a swift to sustainable transport modes and reduce the high carbon dependency of the sector.
Amendment 36 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Waste management contributes with 3,3% 1a of the total Union emissions. Further efforts are required to be made by the Commission and Member States to ensure the full implementation of the waste hierarchy priorities laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC. _________________ 1a Eurostat, figures of 2014
Amendment 40 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In order to meet international commitments and Union targets, it is crucial to make a comprehensive move towards a low-carbon economy. There is an immediate need, therefore, to renew the allocation criteria of different Union funds in order to foster the decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures in different sectors and guarantee that those funds will not be allocated to projects which do not comply with CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. The Commission should carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. The Commission should present to the European Parliament and the Council a report of the findings of that study which should be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is not compatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. This should include the proposal of a mandatory ex ante climate compatibility check which applies to every new Union investment from 1st of January 2020 and the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) More than 75% of the Union's greenhouse gas emissions are energy- related. Therefore, all measures to improve the energy efficiency in a cost- effective way and thus reduce the energy demand should be prioritised and promoted, and duly integrated with climate policy actions across sectors;
Amendment 70 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) In view of the aim of achieving a more effective "Climate Union", the Union and its Member States should make sure that their climate, energy and other sectoral policies mutually reinforce each other and are compatible with the long-term aim of achieving a carbon- neutral world. The impact of energy and sectoral policies on the Union and national climate commitments should be assessed with common quantified methods, so that their impacts are transparent and verifiable.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To the extent that a Member State's emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland referred to in Article 2 of Regulation [ ] [LULUCF] may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that:
Amendment 91 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 94 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) As the sectors covered by this Regulation constitute more than half of the Union´s greenhouse gas emissions, the emission reduction policies in these sectors are highly important in order to fulfil the Union's commitments in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Therefore, the monitoring, reporting and follow up procedures under this Regulation should be fully transparent. Member States and the Commission should make the information concerning compliance with this Regulation publicly available and should ensure the proper involvement of the stakeholders and the public in the review process of this Regulation. The Commission is also urged to create an efficient and transparent system to monitor the outcome of the flexibilities introduced.
Amendment 96 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) In order to meet international commitments and Union targets, it is crucial to make a comprehensive move towards a low-carbon economy. There is an immediate need, therefore, to renew the allocation criteria of different Union funds in order to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures in different sectors and guarantee that those funds will not be allocated to projects which do not comply with CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. The Commission should carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. The Commission should present to the European Parliament and the Council a report of the findings of that study which should be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is not compatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. That should include the proposal of a mandatory ex-ante climate compatibility check which applies to every new Union investment from 1 January 2020 and the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) In addition to the efforts to reduce its own emissions, the Union, in line with the aim of increasing its positive impact on the global carbon footprint, should envisage, together with third countries, climate solutions by implementing joint projects with those countries, in the 2030 climate policy context, taking into account that the Paris Agreement refers to a new international cooperation mechanism for combating climate change.
Amendment 104 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation requires Member States to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions referred to in Article 2 by at least 30% in 2030 compared to 2005. It lays down obligations on the minimum contributions of Member States to meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030, rules on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States' progress towards meeting their minimum contributions.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Climate impact of Union funding The Commission shall carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. By 1 January 2019 the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report of the findings of the study which shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is not compatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. This shall include the proposal of a mandatory ex-ante climate compatibility check which applies to every new Union investment from 1 January 2020 and the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In 2027 and 2032, if the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State exceeds its annual emission allocation for any specific year of the period, pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 5 to 7, the following measures shall apply:
Amendment 249 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Climate impact of Union funding The Commission shall carry out a comprehensive, cross-sectorial study of the impact of funding granted from the Union budget or otherwise pursuant to Union law on the mitigation of climate change. By 1 January 2019, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the findings of the study which shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals aimed at discontinuing any Union funding which is not compatible with the CO2 reduction targets or policies of the Union. It shall include the proposal of a mandatory ex-ante climate compatibility check which applies to every new Union investment from 1 January 2020 and the obligation to make the results public in a transparent and accessible way.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels which scientists agree requires the world to enter into a period of negative emissions, where forests, agriculture land and wetlands/peatlands will play a central role in achieving this. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The coherence between this Regulation, Regulation [(EU) ... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change], Directive [(EU)... to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments] and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement should be ensured.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Advanced management practices beneficial to landowners and respecting biodiversity can contribute significantly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the LULUCF sector. Promoting the development of innovative practices and encouraging landowners to make use of advanced management practices, such as precision agriculture, close-to-nature forestry and smart farming are potential means of helping Member States to reach their targets.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) It is the ultimate objective of this Regulation to contribute to the global objective to keep temperatures below 2 degrees, pursuing efforts to limit to warming to 1.5 degrees.
Amendment 63 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Emissions and removals from forest land depend on a number of natural circumstances, age-class structure, as well as past and present management practices that differ between Member States. The use of a base year would not make it possible to reflect those factors and resulting cyclical impacts on emissions and removals or their interannual variation. The relevant accounting rules should instead provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country- specific characteristics. In the absence of the international review under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, a review procedure should be established to ensure transparency and improve the quality of accounting in this category.
Amendment 71 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) When the Commission chooses to be assisted bFor the review of the national forestry accounting plans, an expert review team, consisting of experts on climate change mitigation, Forest Ecology, sustainable forest management and biodiversity ain expert review teamqual numbers should be set up in accordance with Commission Decision (C(2016)3301) in the review of national forestry accounting plans, it. The expert review team should build on the good practice and experience of the expert reviews under the UNFCCC, including as regards participation of national experts and recommendations, and select a sufficient number of experts from the Member States should be selected.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accounting. and should not discourage Member States from investing in and taking preventative measures that reduce the risk of the occurrence of natural disturbances.
Amendment 84 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category. They should also be able to cumulate net removals over the period 2021-2030. Trading among Member States should continue as an additional option to help compliance. Following the practice in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, there should also be a possibility for a Member State to use its overachievement under Regulation [] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change in order to ensure its compliance with its commitment under this Regulation without compromising the overall ambition level of Union greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure efficient, transparent and cost-effective reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and removals and of other information necessary to assess compliance with Member States' commitments, reporting requirements should be included in Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 by this Regulation, and compliance checks under this Regulation should take these reports into account. Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. These provisions may further be streamlined to take into consideration any relevant changes in respect of the integrated governance of the Energy Union for which a proposal is foreseen by the end of 2016 in the Commission’s work programme.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products.
Amendment 157 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Adherence to the Biodiversity Strategy In order for removals to be included in the accounts of a Member State, the Member State concerned shall ensure that its mitigation activities do not negatively impact Union biodiversity objectives, as specified in the EU biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of currentsustainable forest management practice, and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per years defined by the Forest Europe process, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, whereby at minimum maintaining the forest net carbon sink and ensuring stable increase in carbon stocks of forests and harvested wood products, while allowing the forest sector to maintain biodiversity and meet growing needs of the post- petroleum era. These calculations shall include the most recent national forest data and policies up to 2017 for the period 2021-2025, and up to 2022 for the period 2026-2030 and take into account the long timeframes in forestry.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall review the national forestry accounting plans and technical corrections and assess the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1). A review team consisting of Member States experts on climate change mitigation, forest ecology, sustainable forest management and biodiversity in equal number, shall assist the Commission in the review. To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the CommissionMember States may recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019 with a view to the period 2021-2025, and by 31 December 2024 with a view to the period 2026-2030, adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the reviewassessment carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 14 in order to update the categories in the pool of harvested wood products with additional products that have a positive substitution effect. The delegated act shall also update the default half-life values specified in Annex V.
Amendment 259 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. To ensure the compliance with the Union’s commitments in accordance with articles 3, 4 and 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall report, on the basis of an independent report from the European Environmental Agency, to the European Parliament and to the Council the impacts of this regulation on climate change mitigation on one hand and on forests, other wooded land and biodiversity on the other, and on the need to review this regulation or to submit other legislative proposals in order to guarantee the Union´s climate action.
Amendment 267 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall ensure coherence between this Regulation, Regulation [(EU) ... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change], Directive [(EU)... to enhance cost- effective emission reductions and low- carbon investments] and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. To this end, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five 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 long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 29 #
2016/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Taking into account the availability of electronic means of data recording and the fact that personal data should in any event be collected before the ship's departure, the 310 minutes delay currently provided for by Directive 98/41/EC should be considered as a maximum and used in exceptional cases only.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 98/41/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. That information shall be collected before departure and recorded in the single window established pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2010/65/EU upon the passenger ship's departure but in no case later than thirty10 minutes after its departure.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – indent 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – indent 1 a (new)
Directive 98/41/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
- Where a passenger ship departs from a port of a Member State, that Member State may exempt it from the obligation to report the number of persons on board in the single window established pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2010/65/EU, provided that that passenger ship is operating, exclusively in protected sea areas, regular services of less than one hour between port calls.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0151(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the study on "Linear and on-demand audiovisual media services in Europe 2015", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in June 2016,
Amendment 99 #
2016/0151(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the study "Analysis of the implementation of the provisions contained in the AVMSD concerning the protection of minors", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in November 2015,
Amendment 410 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Chapter II – Article –2 (new)
Chapter II – Article –2 (new)
Amendment 416 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 2
Directive 2010/13/EU
Chapter II – Article –2 a (new)
Chapter II – Article –2 a (new)
Amendment 725 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 a (new)
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 a (new)
CMC 6a (new) Pulp and paper industry by-products: 1. A CE marked fertilising product may contain component material consisting of one of the following substances: (a) pulp industry excess lime, i.e. a material from the pulp processing industry only if that substance’s or mixture’s compliance with the requirements of this Regulation for a product in PFC 2 of Annex I has been demonstrated in accordance with the conformity assessment procedure applicable to such an agronomic additive; (b) pulp and paper industry biosolids, i.e. sludges from pulp and paper production processes containing cellulose, hemicelllulose and lignin, as major components, as well as nutrients including N, P, K, Ca and Mg. 2. The substance shall have been registered pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/20061a, in a dossier containing (c) the information provided for by Annex VI, VII and VIII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and (d) a chemical safety report pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 covering the use as fertilising product, unless explicitly covered by one of the registration obligation exemptions provided for by Annex IV to that Regulation or by points 6, 7, 8, or 9 of Annex V to that Regulation. __________________ 1a In the case of a substance recovered in the European Union, this condition is fulfilled if the substance is the same, within the meaning of Article 2(7)(d)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as a substance registered in a dossier containing the information here indicated, and if information is available to the fertilising product manufacturer within the meaning of Article 2(7)(d)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) In order to improve gender balance and in view of the staffing shortage in the inland waterway sector, access to the profession for women should be promoted and gender-based violence and hostility combatted.
Amendment 127 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 43 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) This regulation should ensure a reliable, harmonised and transparent type approval and market surveillance procedures in the Member States.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) This regulation should ensure a reliable, harmonised and transparent type approval and market surveillance procedures in the Member States.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘'market surveillance’' means the activities carried out and measures taken by the market surveillance authorities to ensure that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units as well as parts and equipment made available on the market comply with the requirements set out in the relevant Union legislation and do not endanger health, safety, the environment or any other aspect of public interest protection including consumer rights;
Amendment 103 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘market surveillance’ means the activities carried out and measures taken by the market surveillance authorities to ensure that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units as well as parts and equipment made available on the market comply with the requirements set out in the relevant Union legislation and do not endanger health, safety, the environment or any other aspect of public interest protection including consumer rights;
Amendment 108 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their type-approval activities and the quality and accuracy of the type- approvals issued. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourtwo years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission, the Forum and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the public, in particular the number of type- approvals granted or rejected and the identity of the corresponding manufacturers and vehicle types.
Amendment 114 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their surveillance activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourtwo years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission, the Forum and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the public, in particular the number of those vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that are not in conformity together with the identity of the corresponding manufacturers.
Amendment 120 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish or appoint the approval authorities and the market surveillance authorities both which need to be periodically audited. Member States shall notify the Commission of the establishment and appointment of such authorities.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
That notification shall include the name of those authorities, their address, including their electronic address, and their audited competences. The Commission shall publish on its website a list and details of the approval authorities and the market surveillance authorities.
Amendment 132 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Market surveillance authorities shall require economic operators to make the documentation and information available as they consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out their activities. This shall include access to software, algorithms, engine control units and any other technical specifications necessary.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their type-approval activities and the quality of the type-approvals issued. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourthree years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the general public, in particular the number of type-approval granted or rejected and the identity of the corresponding manufacturers and vehicle types.
Amendment 137 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their surveillance activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourthree years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the general public.
Amendment 140 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Approval authorities shall only approve such vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that comply with the requirements of this Regulation and which they have been audited to approve.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Approval authorities shall carry out their duties independently and impartially. They shall observe confidentiality where necessary in order to protect commercial secrets unless it is in the public interest, subject to the obligation of information laid down in Article 9(3) in order to protect the interests of users in the Union.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their surveillance activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourtwo years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the public, in particular the number and model names of those vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that are not in conformity together with the identity of the corresponding manufacturers.
Amendment 152 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Market surveillance authorities shall perform regular checks to verify compliance of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units with the requirements set out in this Regulation as well as with the correctness of the type approvals. Those checks shall be performed on an adequate scale, by means of documentary checks and real- drive and laboratory tests on the basis of statistically relevant samples that are representative of the number of vehicles in that Member State. When doing so, market surveillance authorities shall take account of established principles of risk assessment, complaints and other information.
Amendment 156 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Market surveillance authorities shall require economic operators to make the documentation and information available as they consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out their activities. This shall include access to software, algorithms, engine control units and any other technical specifications necessary.
Amendment 159 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The cost of the market surveillance activities pursuant to this article shall be borne by the manufacturers of the vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units concerned.
Amendment 163 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Market surveillance authorities shall carry out their duties independently and impartially. They shall observe confidentiality where necessary in order to protect commercial secrets unless it is in the public interest, subject to the obligation of information laid down in Article 9(3) to the fullest extent necessary in order to protect the interests of users in the European Union.
Amendment 164 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their surveillance activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every fourtwo years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States and, the Commission and third parties upon request. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results easily accessible to the general public.
Amendment 201 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When applying for EU type- approval, the manufacturers shall demonstrate that the design of vehicles, systems components and separate technical units does not incorporate strategies that unnecessarily reduce the performance exhibited during relevant test procedures when the vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units are operated under conditions that may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal operation and use.
Amendment 201 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall publish within three months a report of its findings following any compliance verification testing it has carried out.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This Forum shall be composed of members appointed by the Member States, representatives of the Commission and the European Parliament. As observers, it shall include representatives of technical services, third-party testing organisations, safety and environment NGOs and consumer groups.
Amendment 218 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. The EU type-approval for the final stage of completion shall be granted only after the approval authority has verified that the type of vehicle approved at the final stage meets at the time of the approval all applicable technical requirements. Verification shall include a documentary check of all requirements covered by an EU type-approval for an incomplete type of vehicle granted in the course of a multi-stage procedure, even where granted for a different category of vehicle. The authority approving the final stage of the vehicle shall be responsible for ensuring the completed vehicle fulfils all the requirements, and shall, where necessary, repeat original tests to verify that the performance of systems and components that were approved separately is still in conformity with those type approvals when incorporated into a completed vehicle.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) all data, drawings, photographs and other relevant information, including all engine management strategies deployed in different conditions of use;
Amendment 223 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When applying for EU type- approval, the manufacturers shall demonstrate that the design of vehicles, systems components and separate technical units does not incorporate strategies that unnecessarily reduce the performance exhibited during relevant test procedures when the vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units are operated under conditions that may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal operation and use.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) following a reasoned request from an approval authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of production of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, this shall include any technical specifications at type approval and access to software and algorithms as requested;
Amendment 241 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. The EU type-approval for the final stage of completion shall be granted only after the approval authority has verified that the type of vehicle approved at the final stage meets at the time of the approval all applicable technical requirements. Verification shall include a documentary check of all requirements covered by an EU type-approval for an incomplete type of vehicle granted in the course of a multi-stage procedure, even where granted for a different category of vehicle. It shall also include verification that performance of the systems that were granted type approval separately is still in conformity with those type approvals when incorporated into a whole vehicle.
Amendment 242 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) all data, drawings, photographs and other relevant information, including all engine management strategies deployed in different conditions of use;
Amendment 246 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The approval authority and technical services shall have access to the software and algorithms of the vehicle list of the software and algorithms of the vehicle as well access to the software and algorithms. In the case of whole vehicle type- approval, the manufacturer shall provide detailed information, including engineering justification, on any auxiliary engine management strategy used outside of the conditions specified in relevant EU legislative acts and test procedures.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The approval authority and technical services shall have access to list of the software and algorithms of the vehicle as well access to the software and algorithms.
Amendment 268 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The certificate of conformity will contain the specific conformity factor for the vehicle as measured under the Real Driving Emissions test in line with Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/646.
Amendment 269 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 a (new)
Article 36 a (new)
Article 36 a Consumer remedies Where a part, technical unit, system or whole vehicle sold in the Union is found not to be in conformity with the certificate of conformity and type approval requirements, the consumer is entitled have the vehicle put into conformity via replacement or repair, or to complete refund by the manufacturer, or partial refund where the vehicle has been put back into conformity but where the running costs and maintenance of the vehicle is more costly than originally advertised in the contract. Where repair or replacement is chosen by the consumer, the use of a courtesy vehicle free of charge during repairs or until replacement shall be provided for by the manufacturer.
Amendment 273 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In the case of whole vehicle type- approval, the authorities shall ensure that the vehicles selected for testing will not lead to the results that are systematically divergent from the performance when those vehicles are operated under conditions that may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal operation and use.
Amendment 275 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The approval authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall, no later than 1 month following the notification, carry out an evaluation in relation to the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit concerned covering all the requirements laid down in this Regulation. The relevant economic operators shall cooperate fully with the approval and market surveillance authorities.
Amendment 276 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where, in the course of that evaluation, the approval authority that granted the approval finds that the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall require without delay the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate corrective measures to bring the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit into compliance with those requirements, or take restrictive measures, either to immediately withdraw the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit from the market, or to recall it within a reasonable period3 months, depending on the nature of the risk.
Amendment 278 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Member State mayshall refuse to register such vehicles until the economic operator has taken all appropriate corrective measures.
Amendment 280 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
Amendment 283 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall establish a national fee structure to cover the costs for theirnsure that there is no conflict of interest or overlap of functions between national type- approvals and or market surveillance activities as well as for the type-approval testing and conformity of productuthorities, technical services and manufacturers. For this purpose they shall put in place independent and transparent funding provisions testing and inspections carried out by the technical services they have designato ensure there is no commercial link between testing bodies used for type approval and the manufacturers concerned.
Amendment 284 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Where an approval authority or market surveillance authority finds that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units are not in conformity with this Regulation or that the type-approval has been granted on the basis of incorrect data or that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units accompanied by a certificate of conformity or bearing an approval mark do not conform to the approved type, it mayshall take all appropriate restrictive measures in accordance with Article 53(1).
Amendment 285 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may establish a national fee structure to cover the costs for their type-approvals and market surveillance activities as well as for the type-approval testing and conformity of production testing and inspections carried out by the technical services they have designated.
Amendment 292 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may also put in place administrative charges on manufacturers in line with vehicles sold on the EU market each year. These fees shall be earmarked to fund type approval testing by technical services and market surveillance activities in line with Article 8 of this Regulation.
Amendment 295 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6
Article 71 – paragraph 6
6. The type-approval authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel and resources at its disposal for the proper performance of the tasks foreseen by this Regulation
Amendment 315 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) category B: supervision of the tests referred to in this Regulation and in the acts listed in Annex IV, where those tests are performed in the manufacturer’s facilities or in the facilities of a third party; applicable only in the case of components and separate technical units;
Amendment 318 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. A technical service shall be established under the national law of a Member State and have legal personality, except for an accredited in-house technical service of a manufacturer, as referred to in Article 76.
Amendment 330 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where, in the course of that evaluation, the approval authority that granted the approval finds that the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall require without delay the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate corrective measures to bring the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit into compliance with those requirements, or take restrictive measures, either to immediately withdraw the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit from the market, or to recall it within a reasonable period6 months, depending on the nature of the risk.
Amendment 335 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘market surveillance’ means the activities carried out and measures taken by the market surveillance authorities to ensure that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units as well as parts and equipment made available on the market comply with the requirements set out in the relevant Union legislation and do not endanger health, safety, the environment or any other aspect of public interest protection including consumer rights;
Amendment 344 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 a (new)
Article 90 a (new)
Amendment 348 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 349 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 715/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Amendment 351 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Member State mayshall refuse to register such vehicles until the economic operator has taken all appropriate corrective measures.
Amendment 357 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Amendment 360 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Where an approval authority or market surveillance authority finds that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units are not in conformity with this Regulation or that the type-approval has been granted on the basis of incorrect data or that vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units accompanied by a certificate of conformity or bearing an approval mark do not conform to the approved type, it mayshall take all appropriate restrictive measures in accordance with Article 53(1).
Amendment 398 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Approval authorities shall only approve such vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that comply with the requirements of this Regulation. The authority shall ensure that the vehicles and systems, components, or separate technical units tested for approval are equivalent to those that will be placed on the market.
Amendment 409 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
The type-approval authority shall be peer- reviewaudited by two type-approval authorities of other Member States every two years.
Amendment 415 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
The Member States shall draw up the annual plan for the peer-reviewauditing, ensuring an appropriate rotation in respect of reviewing and reviewed type-approval authorities, and submit it to the Commission.
Amendment 417 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 71 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
The peer-review shall includeaudit shall include a verification of the type approval procedures and correct implementation of the requirements of this Regulation, a random sample check of the type approvals issued and an on-site visit to a technical service under the responsibility of the reviewed authority. The Commission may participate in the reviewaudit and decide on its participation on the basis of a risk assessment analysis.
Amendment 424 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 9
Article 71 – paragraph 9
9. The outcome of the peer-reviewaudits shall be communicated to all Member States and to the Commission and a summary of the outcome shall be made publicly available. It shall be discussed by the Forum established in Article 10 on the basis of an assessment of this outcome carried out by the Commission and issue recommendations.
Amendment 429 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 10
Article 71 – paragraph 10
10. The Member States shall provide information to the Commission and the other Member States on how it has addressed the recommendations in the peer-reviewaudit report.
Amendment 433 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. A technical service shall be established under the national law of a Member State and have legal personality, except for an accredited in-house technical service of a manufacturer, as referred to in Article 76.
Amendment 437 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the in-house technical service shall be audited according to the provisions of Article 77;
Amendment 438 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 3
Article 76 – paragraph 3
3. An in-house technical service does not need toshall be notified to the Commission for the purposes of Article 78, but information concerning its accreditation shall be given by the manufacturer of which it forms part or by the national accreditation body to the type-approval authority at the request of that authorityas set in the Article 78.
Amendment 494 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Within two months after finalising this assessment of the technical service, the Member States shall report to the Commission and to the other Member States on those monitoring activities. The reports shall contain a full summary of the assessment which shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 536 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) in Article 5, the following paragraph is added after point 2(c): Manufacturers seeking EU type-approval for a vehicle using a BES, AES or defeat device, as defined in this Regulation or Regulation 2016/646/EU, shall provide the type-approval authority with all information, including technical justification, that may be reasonably required by the type-approval authority to determine whether the BES or AES is a defeat device and whether a derogation to the prohibition on the use of defeat devices under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) 715/2007 is applicable. The approval authority shall not grant EU type-approval until it has completed its assessment and has determined that the type of vehicle is not equipped with a prohibited defeat device in accordance with this Article and Regulation (EC) No 692/2008.
Amendment 537 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 93 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) New Annex "XX" shall be incorporated that details the process for the evaluation of potential defeat devices. This shall specifically include, among other things, guidelines for applying the exceptions to the defeat device prohibition in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) 715/2007. It shall also include a range of temperatures, altitudes and other BES or AES parameters within which the triggering condition of a BES or AES "may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal vehicle operation and use." Any such guidelines shall be based on best available technology.
Amendment 624 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
Obligations of importers concerning their vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that are not in conformity or concerning their vehicles, systems, components, separate technical units, parts or equipment that present a serious risk
Amendment 703 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The required tests shall be performed on those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units that are strictly representative of the type to be approved.
Amendment 931 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6
Article 71 – paragraph 6
6. The type-approval authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel and other resources at its disposal for the proper performance of the tasks foreseen by this Regulation
Amendment 10 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the progress towards the EU target whereby renewables are to account for 20% of gross final energy consumption by 2020, especially in the heating and cooling and electricity generation sectors;
Amendment 16 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Member States to make better use of geothermal-sourced heat and cooling energy;
Amendment 28 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the European Commission to take into account that ETS is failing to put in place the right incentive towards a renewable energy transition;
Amendment 35 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to give priority to renewable energy sources and technologies with the least damaging effects on the environment, and biodiversity and human rights, capitalising on the advantage of a specific geographical and climate situation to secure a beneficial outcome; urges Member States to prioritise the interconnection of the electricity grid with neighbouring countries, and modernize the grid where necessary to guarantee they are fit for renewables;
Amendment 46 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Member States to generate district heat and cooling energy in centralised locations in urban areas and to use available waste heat for district heating;
Amendment 47 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Points to the need for public investment and credit to upgrade electricity grids and adapt them to receive electricity generated using on-site distributed renewable energy resources;
Amendment 61 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concern at the fact that progress has slowed in meeting the EU’s 10% target for renewable energy use in the transport sector (especially shipping and aviation) and draws attention to the importance of reaching that goal from the point of view of lowering greenhouse gas emission levels and reducing EU dependency on imported energy; calls on the Commission to promote a legislative framework offering prospects for advanced biofuels in the period after 2020 and, by providing an appropriate incentive to their use, to help open up ‘green’ jobs while averting adverse effects of indirect land- use change;
Amendment 66 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Maintains that if the proportion of renewable energy used in transport is to reach the 10% target by 2020, it will be necessary to consider raw materials other than those intended for human consumption, one example being surplus material obtained from manufacturing industry production processes; stresses that when such surpluses are assessed, the prime aim must be to ensure that material sorting will be carried out in a coherent way, in order to prevent unfair competition for raw materials among different branches of industry, and raw materials put to resource-efficient and smart uses;
Amendment 67 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to provide research and product development funding for research into renewable energy sources and the related product development: urges the Member States to make use of the available funding and ensure that SMEs can also take advantage of research and product development funding;
Amendment 79 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, given the need for greater consistency in European policies, to lay down sustainability criteria for each renewable energy source under the circular economy policy. to achieve greater synergy and consistency in EU greenhouse gas emission reduction policies in all policy areas;
Amendment 91 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Calls on the Commission to respect the competence of Member States to decide over their own energy mix, while encouraging cooperation between Member States to learn from best- practices;
Amendment 92 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Calls for better legislation on environmental impact assessment to be implemented in connection with renewable energy generation projects with a view to empowering citizens;
Amendment 93 #
2016/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls on the Commission to lay down sustainability criteria for each renewable energy source, treating them separately and covering the whole of their life cycle for the purposes of the circular economy policy.
Amendment 11 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises, in this context, the vital importance of adequate EU funding for the projects identified in the TEN-T Core Network Corridor Work Plans; highlights that this also requires enhanced coverage of transport policy related areas such as multi-modality and efficient logistics, intelligent transport systems and clean fuel equipment for, regarding also the better integration of urban nodes, as well the dedicated measures to reduce CO2 emissions;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to improve the coordination of national transport strategies in order to facilitsubstantiate Commission approval of large infrastructure projects responding to TEN- T and CEF criteria; calls therefore on the Commission for the strong commitment to improve the transparency of the financing schemes in terms of accuracy of the cost estimations, environmental sustainable compliance, involvement of the civil society in decision making and adequate and constant monitoring of the EU co- funding schemes;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that it is necessary to allow the transfer of the unspent money from one year to another year and calls on the Commission to make appropriate proposals in this regard to reallocate the funds to most suitable, mature and economically and environmentally sustainable projects;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to adopt a wider and more comprehensive approach to criteria of eligible projects applying for the EU-funding, providing better access to finance for the projects introducing new transport services and better deployment of data; underlines especially the demand to channel EU-funding for the introduction of digital transport services and intelligent transport systems which are contributing to the swift towards more sustainable transport system and optimizing the use of existing capacity;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2350(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas waterborne passenger transport in the fields of coastal (short sea) shipping, inland and maritime ferries, urban and peripheral mobility, cruises and tourism offers great potential for using available excess capacity in terms of both infrastructure and vessels;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2350(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in its maritime transport policy strategy to 2018 the EU sets out its goal of becoming the world leader in maritime research and innovation, with a view to improving energy efficiency and intelligence in ships, reducing their environmental impact, minimising the risk of accidents and providing better quality of life at sea;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2350(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the potential and desirability of integrating WPT into a multimodal mobility framework for both commuters and tourists; considers, in this connection, that further improvements are needed in order to develop mobility as a service by enabling integrated ticketing schemes, to enhance reliability, comfort, punctuality and frequency and to achieve faster boarding times in order to attract passengers;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication "A European agenda for the collaborative economy" COM(2016) 356
Amendment 4 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to Commission Communication on [decarbonisation of the transport system] ((to be added when published in July)
Amendment 8 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas small transport undertakings play a crucial role in the proper functioning of mobility in Europe, but often encounter difficulties in accessing or maintaining their place within the market due to the structural polarization and presence of natural monopolies in transport market;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas small undertakings have added value particularly in remote and densely-populated areas, thanks to their excellent knowledge of the local market, their proximity to the customer and/or their agility and ability to innovate, have added value both in densely- populated areas as well in remote areas, being capable to provide tailored services reflecting the multiple needs of customers;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, for passengers and goods, varied demand for transport services is growing strongly both in terms of quality and of quantity, quantity and compliance of the environmental targets, and whereas reducing mobility is not an option;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the imperative of sustainable development and the revolution in the field of information and communication technology have created unprecedented opportunities and challenges for firms of all sizes; in order to respond to the increasing demand for sustainable mobility within the constraints of limited infrastructure;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the exponential grow in the penetration of smart mobile devices as well the comprehensive coverage of high- speed wide-band network have brought the new digital tools for both transport service providers and customers, reducing the transaction costs and also diminishing the significance of the physical location of the service providers allowing them to be widely connected in order to provide services, not only regionally but also globally, via digital networks also from the remote areas;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
I. Challenges to small transport undertakingbusinesses
Amendment 28 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 39 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the complex nature of the transport sector, which is characterised by multi-level governance still largely compartmentalised by mode of transport, and is subject to heavy regulation, particularly regarding access to the profession and the use and marketing of transport services, as well subsidization;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the legal uncertainty as to the definition of ‘service providers’ in the transport sector prevents the establishment of fair competition, and regrets, that being so, the difficulties experienced by many small businesses in accessing the market and developing and offering new services;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in a context of growing urbanisation, transport needs to be increasingly integrated and multi-modal in nature, and that urban nodes have an increasingly central role to play in the organisation of sustainable mobility; stresses the growing impact of travel planning apps and the importance for small businesses of being included on the list of available apps;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the development of collaborative business models permits the optimisation of vehicle and infrastructure use, which while it contributes to meeting these objectives is not a sufficient solution in itself; notes that the growing exploitation of user-generated data could eventually cresult in theate an added value created in the transport chain ending in the hands of digital operators, which could have an adverse effect bothin the efficiency onf the fair distribution of profits and on participation in infrastructure investment, which takes place in the real worldtransport system;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Warns of the dangerNotes that intermediation platforms, with their ‘winner takes all’ ethos, will give rise to monopolies and harm the diversity of the economic fabric, but also notes that these platforms have brought into play the idea of challenging the existing operators and have led Member States to review the structure of the have brought into play the idea of challenging the existing operators and have led Member States to review the structure of the market; however, warns of the danger that without appropriate legal framework, the intermediation platforms might be a suitable seedbed for "winner takes it all" monopolies and therefore asks Commission to monitor the development of the market and whereas needed, to propose measure in order to ensure the competitiveness of European companies in European market;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the upheavals which the development of connected and self-driving vehicles are likely to cause for small businesses, and urges, therefore, the Commission to come up with the roadmap on the connected and automated vehicles, including the careful analysis and recommendations regarding the dynamics and development of the market;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for efforts to be pursued with a view to completing the single European transport area; takes the view that any legislation which imposes new requirements on small businesses should be proportionate and accompanied by the necessary incentives, and reflecting, when necessary, the regional and national characteristics in different Member States;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that, in view of the lack of investment in infrastructure, all transport operators should contribute; stresses the importance, in road transport, of internalising negative externalities and then fair competition between transport modes, but recognises that this poses specific problems for small businesses, which must be taken into account;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that, in view of the lack of investment in infrastructure, all transport operators should contribute; stresses the importance, in road transport, of internalising negative externalities, but recognises that this might poses specific problems for small businesses, which must be taken into account;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to do more to combat anti- competitive practices by large integrated groups; underlines the need to include new and potential market entrants into the stakeholders' dialogue and impact assessment procedures;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to publish, without any further delay, a roadmap to liberation the public-funded transport data and harmonized standards of the transport data and programming interfaces in order to boost the data- intensive innovations and provision of new transport services;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view, in view of the development of collaborative business models, that the solution is neither sector- specific regulation nor regulation aimed solely at digital platforms, and that in future the mobility system needs to be addressed as a whole; calls for the establishmentneed of a moderniszed, multi-modal regulatory framework that fosters innovation as well as the protection of consumers and their data, and ensures healthy competitionequal playing field for different actors;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that this objective requires a convergence of models which is based on a clear definition of ‘intermediaries’ and ‘service providers’ and permits the creation of a framework in which small businesses contribute to the social cost of transport in line with the specific features of the mode(s) of transport in which they operate; asks also for the consistent definition and division of legit ride-sharing services and the provision of commercial transporting services in EU terminology;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the Member States’ response to the development of collaborative business models has so far been very fragmented, and considers that a coordinated, overall European level approach is indispensable; noturges the Commission’s reasonable apMember States to harmonize their proach to this ‘new business model’ and eagerly awaits the publication of its guidelines on this topictices as recommended in the Commission Communication on "The European Agenda for Collaborative Economy";
Amendment 215 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WonUrges the need to reconsiders whether the exemption granted by many European regulations to light commercial vehicles is still justified, given their major expansion in the field of goods transport;
Amendment 227 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that SMEs in transport sector often refrain from expansion because of the increased risks involved in cross-border business due to the divergence of legal systems of different (member) states; calls on the Commission, in co-operation of national, regional and local authorities in Member States, to develop co-operation and communication platforms in order to advise and train SMEs on different funding schemes, grants and internationalisation; asks Commission to exploit further the existing support programmes for SMEs and to give them more visibility among the transport sector actors, in the context of synergies between different EU funds;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2348(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that TEN-T should be considered as a crucial instrument to meet the decarbonisation objective of the European transport policy;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2348(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that every single transport project funded with EU money should contribute to the decarbonisation i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, established through a transparent and open methodology;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
EU logistics and the need for additional measures in the TEN-T programme: a logistics coordinator
Amendment 29 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that TEN-T should be considered as a crucial instrument to meet the decarbonisation objective of the European transport policy; urges, therefore, that every single transport project funded with EU money should contribute to the decarbonisation i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, established through a transparent and open methodology;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
- aimed at accelerating uptakedeployment of new technologies that will strengthen the sector’s performance and accelerate the shift towards low-carbon transport system;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that while the comprehensive network is mainly a responsibility of the Member States, both layers are crucial to EU logistics, bringing capillarity to the core network, feeding the corridors with traffic, and performing last- mile distribution; takes the view that secondary networks should not be left outside the European purview, including in terms of financing and regulatory measures, in particular those pertaining to access to the network, slot allocation and charges;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Asks the Commission to report back to the European Parliament regularly on the conclusions and measures taken in the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum in order to further supporting digitalisation of freight transport and logistics.
Amendment 5 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport infrastructure in thesome regions of central and eastern parts of the EU has remained underdeveloped compared with that of other European regions, and whereas citizens expect that Member States, with the support of the EU, will work together on its improvement;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of coordinated project planning by Member States based on national master plans, realistic and future-proven assessment of transport needs, cost-benefit analysis and stakeholder consultation;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers the development of transport hubs to be a key element for interlinking long-distance, regional and urban transport, thus promoting intermodality and regional business development, bearing also in mind the vast opportunities digitalisation can provide to increase the performance of the whole logistic chain, including making data available for all stakeholders (sharing data) for the development of new services and practices;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need to ensureintroduce a fair road charging systems in the EU; points out that certain flexibilities should be kept for Member States, owing to their particular characteristics, when establishing such systems, but safeguarding the technical interoperability at appropriate level;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that the quality of road infrastructure has a direct impact on road safety; is concerned that road fatalities and serious injuries remain relatively high in many central and eastern Member States; underlines that measures to improve road safety should be further promoted at Member State and EU level;
Amendment 176 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the potential for further developing attractive shipping to ports in the Baltic and Black Seas in the context of the ‘Motorways of the Sea’ concept; highlights the importance of expanding capacities in the energy sectorof sustainable fuels for shipping and of ensuring efficient railway connections to port hinterlands;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for the Commission to treat social aspects as a major priority of the road package, including measures to ensure legal clarity and better implementation of rules governing working conditions, social and welfare rights, wages and social responsibility; stresses that supply-chain operators should be held jointly responsible for social protection infringements; stresses the need to limit the use of sub-contracting chains to fight social dumping and ensure adequate enforcement of legislation across sub- contracting chain; underlines the need of using control devices mentioned in point 5 to properly assess in which Member State the real work of a road operator takes place and therefore which national social legislation should apply;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to cooperate across borders in relation to enforcement information, to give monitoring authorities access to data registered in the Member States’ national electronic registers and in the European Register of Road Transport Undertaking (ERRU) and to consolidate the list of infringements leading to the loss of good repute and immediate withdrawal of authorisation to perform road transport activity of road transport operators by including illegal cabotage and non- compliance with Community social and labour legislation;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for a newbetter ground handling regulation, that will provides social protection for workers including by means of binding social provisions on transfer of staff in case of call for tenders or partial loss of activities, in line with Directive 2001/23/EC; calls for an improved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 to ensure binding application of national labour legislation for airlines having European operational bases and to improve the definition of ‘'home base’' for crew members , as well as to ensure that properly-defined "substantial aviation activities" are a requisite for the definition of "principle place of business" and for granting an operating license;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for the Creation of an EU observatory for Civil Aviation on jobs and working condition, to be managed by the Commission and the social partners, to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation and to supervise the social dimension of the EU aviation market, including working conditions and labour issues in aviation;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the negotiations addresswill protect transport sectors in a meaningful way and in a spirit of reciprocity;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(iia) to stress the importance of the protection of workers, consumers and the environment as well as of universal access to public services particularly in the transport and delivery sector in the EU and its partner countries;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii b (new)
(iib) to bear in mind negative liberalisation experiences such as detrimental effects on the quality of services, working conditions and transport safety and security;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii c (new)
(iic) to stress that all service providers - foreign and domestic - have to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements and with minimum wages; to stress that the destination country principle has to apply; however, this is without prejudice to more favourable provisions in legislation or collective agreements in the sending country;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
(iiia) to stress the importance of excluding all sovereign tasks (e.g. maritime pilots) from the agreement; to exclude public services including public transport services comprehensively and unequivocally from the scope of the agreement;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) to seize this opportunity to embed current legislation and practices for maritime transport in a legally-bindingn international text that will prevent future protectionist rules being introduced by the pfoster discussions in the International Marities;me Organisation
Amendment 72 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) to promote increased access to third- country markets for delivery services while not jeopardising the existestress the importance of universal postal services in view of the contribution they make to social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 73 #
2015/2232(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes new innovative and smart solutions for balancing the supply and demand of electricity, for better utilisation of renewable energy and for reducing the peak energy consumption; calls for research and development funding for these new solutions especially for the SME sector;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2232(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the need to improve the energy efficiency of the public sector and calls for better integration of the energy saving initiatives into the public procurements;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2232(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. underlines the immediate need to deploy more comprehensive approach to improve the energy efficiency of the whole transport system, not relying only the technological development of vehicles or propulsion systems; instead, urges the Commission and Member States to ambitiously introduce new measures to enhance modal shift towards the most energy efficient modes and to fully deploy ITS to further improve the efficiency and usage rate of capacity, both of the vehicles and the infrastructure, also in logistics, aviation and maritime transport;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2014 on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 10 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 5 December 2014 on the promotion and protection of children's rights,
Amendment 41 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in 2014 an estimated 230 million children currently living in countries and areas affected by armed conflicts are exposed to extreme violence, trauma, forcibly recruited and deliberately targeted by violent groups;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that 132 human rights country strategies (HRCS) have been endorsed by the Political and Security Committee, following concerted efforts by the EU Delegations, EU institutions and Member States; reiterates its support for the objective of the HRCS, which is to tailor the EU’s action in each country to its specific situation and needs; calls for further improvement in cooperation between EU Delegations, Member States’ embassies and EU institutions in drawing up and implementing the HRCS; notes that 86 EU Delegations have recognised children's rights as a priority and welcomes the inclusion of children rights in the human rights dialogues;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Strongly underlines the importance of systematically assessing the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights, including the implementation of the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, by using well-defined benchmarks; considers that, in order to ensure proper implementation of the Guidelines, further measures aimed at raising awareness of their content among EEAS and EU Delegation staff must be taken;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Deplores the fact that the proper implementation of legal frameworks for the protection of minorities remains a challenge, as stated in the Commission’s Enlargement Strategy for 2014-2015; invites the enlargement countries to step up their efforts to forge a culture of acceptance of minorities through, for example, improved inclusion of minorities in the education system with a special focus on Roma children;
Amendment 272 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Reiterates its full support for the EU’s strong engagement in promoting the advancement of human rights and democratic principles through cooperation with the structures of the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, in line with Articles 21 and 220 TEU; welcomes therefore the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 348 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Recalls that the 2014 Sakharov Prize was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his strong engagement with victims of sexual violence and continuous promotion of women’s rights; strongly condemns all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation, child marriage and other forms of harmful traditional practices;
Amendment 355 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 c (new)
Paragraph 69 c (new)
69c. Strongly condemns the continued use of rape against women and girls as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to health and psychological care for women and girls abused in conflicts; calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, and civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;
Amendment 366 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Welcomes the Council conclusions on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, adopted in December 2014, and calls for the EU to continue supporting partner countries in combatting all forms of violence against children and reinforcing their capacities to protect children’s rights; welcomes the global roll-out in 2014 of the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit reaffirming the EU's commitment to mainstream children's rights in all sectors and policies;
Amendment 374 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy and Action Plan for the next five years, supporting the EU’s efforts to promote children’s rights, namely by contributing to ensuring children’s access to water, sanitation, healthcare and education, as well as by eliminating child labour and assisting children in armed conflicts; commends the "Children No Soldiers" campaign and calls on the EU and Member States to step up their support in order to reach the target of ending the recruitment and use of children in conflicts by government armed forces by 2016.
Amendment 376 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 b (new)
Paragraph 73 b (new)
73 b. Underlines that children are particularly vulnerable in the current refugee and migrant crisis and especially when unaccompanied and that conflicts and instability have uprooted millions of children across several countries around Europe; calls on the Member States to take into account the best interest of the child in all procedures and ensure protection for children and particularly access to safe water, food, health care and education;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the Court of Auditors report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU budget would be about 114 million EUR per year if the European Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates the call on Parliament and the Council to address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of well- defined and transparent passenger rights in transport; urges therefore the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a Charter of Passengers' Rights covering all forms of transport, including a clear and transparent protection of passengers' rights in the multimodal context;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the transport sector will become one of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT).; thus underlines the importance of foresight and ex ante impact assessment in decision-making both for the regulation and infrastructure investments to build an applicable foundation for automatized transport;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. recalls, as written in the report on delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe, the need to ambitiously promote the multi-modal travel information, planning and ticketing services with the vision of seamless door- to-door mobility;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to give priority to achieving the 2020 targets; calls for a multi- stakeholder approach and stresses the vital role of regional and local actors and their full participation in this regard; stresses that greater public awareness of and support for biodiversity are also essential;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to improve the guidelines, which should facilitate the optimal application of the directives, in accordance with existing case-law; calls on the Commission to give higher priority to dialogue with Member States and relevant stakeholders, especially land owners and practical operators, and to encourage exchanges of best practices;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 7, 8, 24, 47, 48 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 6 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on final evaluation of the multi-annual EU programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies (Safer Internet),
Amendment 7 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to FRA report of 27 February 2017 on child-friendly justice: Perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine EU Member States,
Amendment 8 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of children in migration[1], [1] COM (2017) 211.
Amendment 15 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one of the main challenges for investigating child sexual abuse and prosecuting perpetrators is the lack of reporting by victims; notes that the lack of reporting is higher among boys;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the Commission was not able to present its implementation reports within the deadline set out in Article 28 of Directive 2011/93/EU and thereforeat the Reports presented by the Commission documented only the mere transposition into national law by Member States and did not fully assess the compliance of the Directive; therefore, calls on the Commission to present a more comprehensive report focusing on enforcement by Member States; calls on the Member States to ensure that legal transposition is translated into effective implementation so as to ensure the protection of child victims and zero tolerance for child sexual abuse;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the term "child sexual abuse material" is more appropriate than "child pornography" for such crimes against children, since the term "pornography" presupposes consent; Stresses, however, that the new terminology shall not in any way restrict the offenses listed as "child pornography" in Art. 2 (c) and Art. 5 of Directive 2011/92/EU;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on all Member States to allocate adequate financial and human resources to law enforcement authorities to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation, including specific training for police and investigators;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the main challenges faced by the law enforcement and judicial authorities in the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse offences online stem from the dependence on electronic evidence and digital investigative techniques, which are madebecoming less effective by newdue to technologies such as encryption, and also by the discrepancies in data retention rules between the Member Statecal development; Calls on the Member States to apply the provisions of the Directive in a future proof manner, investing in technological and innovative solutions to increase the possibilities to prosecute perpetrators, as well as to dismantle criminal networks online and to protect victims;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to step up their police and judicial cooperation to combat the trafficking and smuggling of migrant children, who are particularly vulnerable to abuse, trafficking and sexual exploitation, especially girls; calls for an enhanced exchange of information among authorities to trace missing children and for the interoperability of data bases; calls on the Member States to adopt an holistic approach involving all actors concerned and to increase cooperation with law enforcement authorities, social services and civil society; recognises the important role of civil society in identifying vulnerable children, given the lack of trust migrant children have shown in law enforcement authorities;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the best practices adopted in some Member States for the protection of children, such as the Barnahuset in Sweden; calls on the Member States to focus on ensuring the provision of legal aid, psychological support and assistance and to avoid the secondary victimisation of children;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. AcknowledgWelcomes that the Member States have put in place legislation and administrative measures to remove webpages containing child pornographysexual abuse material hosted on their territory; regrets the fact that only half of the Member States have incorporated provisions into their legislation making it possible to block access to such webpages for users within their territory; calls on the Member States to fully implement Article 25, including blocking child sexual abuse material where possible, and and give priority to the swift removal-at-source of child sexual abuse material to permanently delete it from the Internet and, when the removal is not possible, to proceed to the blocking of websites containing child sexual abuse material with the relevant safeguards in place;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends that blacklists of websites containing child pornographysexual abuse material be updated regularly by the relevant authorities and communicated to internet service providers to avoid, for instance, over-blocking and to ensure proportionality; recommends the sharing of such blacklists of websites among the Member States, with Europol and its European Cybercrime Centre, and with Interpol; considers, in this regard, that newly developed hashing technology, such as PhotoDNA, sh among others, could be applied;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure proactively to law enforcement authorities, as well as to national hotlines; calls on the Commission to continue its funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) so as to provide the hotlines with the adequate resources to fulfil their mandate to tackle illegal content online;
Amendment 153 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the active and supportive role in combating child sexual abuse material on the Internet played by civil society organisations, as is the case withsuch as the INHOPE Network of Hotlines, including the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK; urges the Member States which have not yet done so to set up such hotlines and takes the view that they should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse material online proactively;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to continue keeping Parliament regularly informed on the state of play in relation to compliance with the Directive by the Member States, with disaggregated and comparable data on the Member States’ performance in preventing and combating child sexual abuse and exploitation offline and online; instructs its relevant committee to hold a hearing on the state of play in relation to implementation and possibly consider adopting an additional report on the follow up given to the implementation of the Directive;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States concerned and the Commission to ensure the correct and complete transposition of the Directive as soon as possible; requests the Commission to provide sufficient guiding to the Member States to ensure the correct and complete transposition;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission, therefore, to adopt sector-specific guidelines on inspections in the extractive waste industries as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to ensure the possibility of unscheduled on the spot inspections by the relevant competent Member States authorities;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for reform of the current reporting mechanism (including the questionnaire) as a matter of priority, taking into account the upcoming deadlines for the third reporting period (2014-2017); requests the Commission to include into the reporting mechanism a demand to provide all the relevant environmental impact data;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’'s plans to issue general guidance on the implementation of the provisions set out in the Directive, which would allow for improvements in both compliance with and enforcement of the Directive, including the whole life cycle of a mining waste facility from permitting to rehabilitation and post-closure monitoring;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is especially concerned about the incompleteness of the process regarding the due classification and permitting of Category A facilities, which involve higher risks, and warns that external emergency plans are missing for around 25 % of the Category A facilities located on EU territory; calls, therefore, on the Member States to immediately finalise the adequate classification of facilities on their territories and submit the data to the Commission;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights the importance of gaining information of the condition of the current tailings ponds; calls on the Member States to improve the dam safety, in order to protect human health and the environment especially in the Category A facilities;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of already involving the local communities concerned in the planning phase of extractive waste management projects using hazardous substances, and of guaranteeing transparency and the real involvement of citizens throughout the authorisation procedure; calls on the Commission to provide good practice database for better involvement of the local communities;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the unnecessary administrative burden on authorities and operators as regards the management of inert waste and unpolluted soil, and calls on the Commission and Member States to avoid the duplication of authorisation processes, taking into account the sector’'s characteristics and the health, safety and environment implications;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Draws attention to its resolution of 5 May 2010 on a complete ban on cyanide mining in the EU, especially in light of the weak implementation status concerning the authorisation of Category A facilities, and reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a complete ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the European Union as soon as possible; requests the Member States to ensure immediately the best possible management of the cyanide tailings ponds;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges businesses and the relevant competent authorities to consider available advanced technologies during the process of permitting extractive waste facilities, especially as regards the design of tailing dams keeping in mind the highest environmental standards; calls on the Member States to collect and analyse the data provided for the permit procedure and compare it to the actual environmental impacts of an operating mining waste facility and where needed, to make the necessary correction to the permit requirements;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient financing for the research and innovation in the field of management of the mining waste facilities in order to improve the safety of the facilities;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes note of the trend in mining to turn to lower-grade and deeper resources in Europe, which results in the extraction of more material in order to produce the target metal; requests the Member States to utilise waste rock in the best possible way to replace virgin rock material where possible; is very concerned about the process efficiency of chemical processing, as a lower ore/host-rock ratio means that more tailings, and thus mining waste, will be produced per tonne of target metal;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that the historical heritage of abandoned mining waste facilities could, in the medium or short term, potentially pose a serious threat to human health or the environment; calls on the Commission to come up with an action plan on the full rehabilitation of these sites, taking into account the possible advantages of the ‘'circular economy’' concept if applied to the management of waste from extractive industries; stresses that post- closure monitoring programs are essential part of any mining waste facility;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that transport represents over 30 % of final energy consumption in Europe and that 94 % of transport relies on oil products; reiterates, therefore, the need to take immediate action in the transport sector, in terms of both efficiency improvements and decarbonisation, in order to reduce the sector's dependence on imported energy and total climate impact; takes the view that the EU's increasing import dependence on fossil fuels from largely unreliable third- country suppliers is making the EU vulnerable both politically and economically; reminds that being less dependent on energy imports also directly contributes to European economy;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that combining measures to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy and to develop innovative energy technologies is of crucial importance in order to achieve an environmentally sustainable energy mix for European transport system; considers that the use of varied renewable energy sources should be encouraged, including liquefied natural gas for heavy load vehicles and in the maritime sector;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 70 % of Europeans live in cities and calls for targeted measures from the Member States towards smooth, cost- effective and energy-efficient urban transport; emphasises, therefore, that responsible land use and planning and sustainable transport solutions in urban areas contribute efficiently to reduction of CO2 emissions; urges Commission to take measures needed to strongly promote public transport, shared mobility solutions and walking and cycling, especially on densely populated areas, and to give proposals to modernize EU regulation, if needed, to promote multimodality and new mobility and logistics services;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for comprehensive legislation that stimulates investments in a technology- neutral way in research, production and distribution of renewable fuels and modern engine technology; emphasises the need to reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels by renewable fuels, electricity or low carbon alternatives; considers that support for the early deployment of liquefied natural gas is needed; recalls that opening up the market to renewable fuels in aviation would help the EU maintain its leading role in renewable energy; reiterates that research and innovation are key to the development of environmentally sustainable, innovative energy technologies and are vital in order to make the already available indigenous renewable energy technologies more affordable and competitive; calls for more investments, speeded up, if needed, by EU support, for innovation and pilot projects in the field of sustainable energy solutions to strengthen Europe´s position as a global leader in renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the shift towards the most energy-efficient modes of transport such as rail, maritime transport, inland waterways and motorways of the seashort sea shipping, inland navigation and maritime transport by making these more cost-efficientmpetitive;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that without a greater focus on emissions from the transport sector, the overall climate targets will be impossible to reach, as transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow: by 30% over the last 25 years; only a more fully integrated transport policy that incorporates modal shift policies together with technological advancement as well as transport avoidancea strong effort to reduce unnecessary traffic (e.g. through green logistics and integrated mobility management) will be able to achieve this;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that urban transport accounts for about 25 % of the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change; therefore emphasises that responsible land use and planning and sustainable transport solutions in urban areas contribute efficiently to the aim of reducing CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to take measures needed to strongly promote public transport, shared mobility solutions and walking and cycling especially in densely populated areas, and to make proposals to modernise EU regulation, if needed, to promote multimodality and new mobility and logistics services;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that 94% of transport – mainly road, air and shipping sectors – is dependent on fossil fuel and therefore urgently need measures to accelerate progress towards early achievement of the White Paper targets by 2030; is of the opinion that improving the energy efficiency of transport should be one of the top priorities of European transport policy; stresses the need to strongly develop the distribution channels of new sustainable and emission-free sources of energy to support the ambitious shift to greener energy and to diminish the unwelcome dependency on fossil fuels and imported energy;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly encourages local public transport authorities and transport operators to become frontrunners to introduce low-carbon fleet and technologies; stresses that all policies to strengthen the electrification of transport need to accent railways, trams, electrified busses, e-bicycles, need to incorporate the entire lifecycle perspective and need to be based on renewable sources of electricity;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. takes view that the impact of automated vehicles on enhancing transport safetyautomation and robotics, especially autonomous driving, might potentially bhave a major oneimpact on enhancing transport safety, since human errors are currently responsible for about 90% of road accidents; notes however that it will be impossible for automated vehicles to eliminate all accidents, which raises questhat liability questions related to automated transport need to be promptly addressed at international level to ensure the protections of responsibility for car accidentcitizens and consumers;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. notes that automated vehicles can play an important role in developing sustainable transport (for example, through the potential for making savings in emissions) and callsthe impact of automation on the safety and sustainability of the transport system is partly unpredictable; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to pay attention tomonitor the upcoming technical progress closely and evaluate its environmental and safety impacts carefully;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. acknowledges that the adoption of new technologies in the field of healthcare is likely to bring major benefits in terms of patient care and effectiveness of treatment i.e. by minimizing the risks of medication errors, such as miscalculation of drug dosage, leading to increased quality of life and life expectancy;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. calls on the Commission and Member States to conduct further research to assess the safety and environmental implications of automated vehiclestransport, and invites them to create a knowledge-sharing system to record the outcomes of tests and pilot schemes;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. underlines that automated carstransport will require a high level of safe interaction with the transport infrastructure and that the high volume of data will need to be securely and reliably transferred in real time between automated vehicles and such infrastructure in all conditions;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. underlines that it is necessary to focus on ensuring and strengthening the security of ICT regarding automated carssystems to ensure the full compliance with the demands of safe, secure and reliable automated transport systems and data protection;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. calls on the Commission to propose a single roadmap for automated and connected vehicles and other transportation and for closer collaboration of all relevant stakeholders, including a careful analysis and recommendations regarding the dynamics and the development of the market;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. emphasises that the full lifecycle approach from production and consumption to waste management and the market for secondary raw materials should be included in the designing process of new CPS and robots and therefore calls on the Commission to incorporate the principles of circular economy in to any Union policy on robotics to ensure that all materials, some of which are among most critical, are used in the most efficient and sustainable way; (To be inserted before the subheading ‘Safety’)
Amendment 8 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that under the Geneva Convention on refugees status, UNCLOS convention1 and the SOLAS convention2 and the SAR3 a convention every state party to the convention requires the master of a ship flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers, to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost, regardless of the nationality or status of such a person or the circumstances in which that person is found and to actively participate in search and rescue operations at sea; __________________ 1 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, Article 98 ‘Duty to render assistance’ 2 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Regulation 33 ‘Distress messages: obligations and procedures’ 3aInternational Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue 1979 as amended
Amendment 13 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that in the period 1 January until 31 May 2015, in which a total of 47 265 migrants were rescued at sea in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 475 were rescued by merchant vessels; takes note that in these five months, 302 merchant vessels were asked to re-route and change course to assist in rescue operations, of which 104 vessels activelywere ultimately asked to rescued and disembarked migrants;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises, therefore, that merchant vessels have a significant role in rescue operations both in terms of volume and activity; points out the fact that merchant vessels have not been equipped and their staff have not been trained to make them sufficiently prepared to systematically take part in rescue operations in such scale;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that without vessels and their crew being sufficiently prepared, the situation will result in accidents in the Mediterranean Seain the Mediterranean Sea, already witness of a human tragedy, will result in accidents that might lead to loss of human lives and also entail environmental risks;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes activities of civil society in the Mediterranean Sea and especially those happening on boats belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières and Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS); regrets, however, that the rescue operations rely on the capacity of civil society in such a great extent due to the lack of resources provided by authorities;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages EU authorities and Member States to fully deploy the existing vessel traffic monitoring and information systems in the Mediterranean Sea, to gather up-to- date information on vessels transiting across EU coastlines, and to further develop the collaboration between the different maritime authorities, such as transport safety, naval and coastal guard authorities, in order to better coordinate and put into operation effective maritime safety functions and maintain a real-time situational overview to support rescue operations; emphasizes the involvement of European Maritime Safety Agency, in its full capacity, as a provider of integrated maritime services to support the operations at sea;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas transport is one of the most important services for European citizens and backbone of competitiveness of Europe, as well one of the most influential factors to foster the coherency across Europe;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is a sector where Europe is a world leader, in both manufacturing and transport operations, and; it is crucial that European transport continues to renew, develop and invest to maintain its competitive position by adapting to digitalization, new business models and actors;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is an urgent need to improve the energy-efficiency of transport system and break the transport system’s dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and curbing mobility;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its support for the targets set out in the White Paper and the 10 goals for a competitive and resource-efficient transport system (benchmarks for achieving the 60 % GHG emission reduction target); stresses that the mid-term review should maintain at least the level of ambition of the goals set in 2011 and propose concrete and immediate measures and initiatives to increase, speed up and streamline the efforts to meet them; considers that it is necessary to evaluate the extent to which the list of actions set out in the White Paper is sufficient to achieve its overarching goals;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the development of passenger and freight transport is largely dependent on the effective use of the various modes of transport, and that European transport policy should therefore be based on the shift towards the most energy-efficient and sustainable transport modes completed by efficient co-modality; believes that this will lead to an optimal reallocation between the different transport modes, and will provide for interoperability within and between the modes, promote more sustainable transport and logistics chains and enhance seamless traffic flows across modes and nodes;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal to provide for the internalisation of the external costs of all modes of freight and passenger transport, applying common principles and taking into account the specificity of each mode; calls for concrete measures to ensure a wider application of the ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ principles, and a level playing field between transport modes; calls on the Commission to issue recommendations on the abolishment of environmentally harmful tax subsidies, for example on company cars, and on the introduction of fiscal incentives for sustainable modes of transport;
Amendment 178 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) proposed by the Commission as part of the Juncker Investment Plan for Europe should give priority to transport infrastructure projects thatprojects that are in line with the European transport policy goals and deliver high societal and economic value, and target projects that promote job creation, long-term growth and competitiveness; the set-up of EFSI shall not have the effect to shift financial resources from more environmental- friendly and sustainable modes of transport to less sustainable modes;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that improving energy efficiency should be one of the top priorities of the European transport policy; states that there is an acute need to improve the resource efficiency of the transport system as a whole, aiming at more efficient use of existing capacity, improving the utilisation rate of vehicles and ensuring that public financing is allocated at national and EU levels to measures with the highest impact;
Amendment 314 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to complete the established legislative framework for passenger rights with measures covering passengers on multimodal journeys; calls for initiatives to promote integrated traveller information and intermodal ticketingmake multimodal information and ticketing services available for consumers; asks for measures to improve the quality of transport for elderly people, passengers with reduced mobility and disabled passengers, including better accessibility of infrastructure;
Amendment 328 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to address the quality of work in all transport modes, with respect in particular to training, certification, working conditions and career development, with a view to creating quality jobs, developing the necessary skills and strengthening the competitiveness of EU transport operators; urges the Commission to closely monitor and react to violations of fair working conditions which have occurred recently especially in the road and aviation sectors;
Amendment 354 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 369 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 372 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to provide an enabling regulatory framework for pilot projects and deployment of intelligent automated transport in Europe;
Amendment 470 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
- an EU roadmap for promoting active modes of transport such as walking and cycling to be included in the Commission Work Programme 2016,
Amendment 9 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) National authorities carrying out coastguard functions are responsible for a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to maritime safety, security, search and rescue, border control, fisheries control, customs control, general law enforcement and environmental protection. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency should therefore strengthen their cooperation both with each other and with the national authorities carrying out coastguard functions to increase maritime situational awareness as well as to support coherent andcy, cost-efficient actioncy and full respect of human rights in their actions and activities.
Amendment 12 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a
4a. The Agency shall cooperate with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Fisheries Control Agency to support the national authorities carrying out coastguard functions by providing services, information, equipment and training, as well as by coordinating multipurpose operations. In doing so, the Agency must ensure full compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments.
Amendment 14 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 b – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 b – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) capacity building by elaborating guidelines, recommendations and best practices as well as by supporting the training and exchange of staff, with a view to enhancing the exchange of information and cooperation on coastguard functions, the search and rescue operational capability and the compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments;
Amendment 16 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 b – paragraph 2
Article 2 b – paragraph 2
2. The modalities, conditions and limits of the cooperation on coastguard functions of the Agency with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Fisheries Control Agency shall be determined in a working arrangement, in accordance with tby the Commission and submitted to the European Parliament and the Council for approval. The financial rules generally applicable to theUnion agencies shall apply to the Agency.
Amendment 17 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The complete compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments, as well as the safety and security of commercial ships, crew and passengers must be guaranteed in every activity of the agencies involved.
Amendment 18 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. To this end, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shall elaborate an action protocol, evaluate the compliance with Union and international law and cooperate in staff training.
Amendment 19 #
2015/0313(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 2 b – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Additionally, the guidelines issued by the International Maritime Organisation and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on the treatment of people rescued at sea shall be fully respected 1a . __________________ 1a Resolution MSC.167(78) of the International Maritime Organisation and ‘Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice as applied to migrants and refugees’.
Amendment 18 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) National authorities carrying out coast guard functions are responsible for a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to maritime safety, security, search and rescue, border control, fisheries control, customs control, general law enforcement and environmental protection. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency established by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 and the European Maritime Safety Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council should therefore strengthen their cooperation both with each other and with the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions to increase maritime situational awareness as well as to support coherent andce, cost-efficient actioncy and full respect of human rights in their actions and activities.
Amendment 38 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall cooperate with the Commission, other Union institutions, the European External Action Service, Europol, the European Asylum Support Office, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Eurojust, the European Union Satellite Centre, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Fisheries Control Agency as well as other Union, agencies, bodies, offices in matters covered by this Regulation, and in particular with the objectives of ensuring the fulfilment of human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments, and preventing and combating irregular immigration and cross-border crime including the facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human being and terrorism.
Amendment 41 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) capacity building by elaborating guidelines, recommendations and best practices as well as by supporting the training and exchange of staff, with a view to enhancing the exchange of information and cooperation on coast guard functions;, the search and rescue operational capability and the compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments.
Amendment 43 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The modalities, conditions and limits of the cooperation on coast guard functions of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency shall be determined in a working arrangement, in accordance with the fby the Commission and submitted to Parliament and the Council for approval. Financial rules applicable to the Agencies shall apply.
Amendment 44 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The complete compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments, as well as the safety and security of commercial ships, crew and passengers must be guaranteed in every activity of the agencies involved.
Amendment 45 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. To this end, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shall elaborate an action protocol, evaluate the fulfilment of EU and international law and cooperate in staff training.
Amendment 46 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Additionally, the guidelines issued by the International Maritime Organisation and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on the treatment of people rescued at sea shall be fully respected1a. __________________ 1aResolution MSC.167(78) of the International Maritime Organisation and ‘Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice as applied to migrants and refugees’.
Amendment 110 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The objective of Union policy in the field of external border management is to develop and implement European integrated border management at national and Union level, which is a necessary corollary to the free movement of persons and goods within the Union and is a fundamental component of an area of freedom, security and justice, and economic prosperity. European integrated border management is central to improving migration management and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union, in addition to helping to ensure and enable good transport, logistics and infrastructure links across external borders.
Amendment 122 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) European integrated border management is a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the national authorities responsible for border management, including coast guards to the extent that they carry out maritime border surveillance operations and any other border control tasks. While Member States retain the primary responsibility for the management of their section of the external borders in their interest and in the interest of all Member States which have abolished internal border control, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should ensure the application of Union measures relating to the management of the external borders by reinforcing, assessing and coordinating the actions of Member States which implement those measures.
Amendment 126 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The development of the policy and legislation on external border control and return remains a responsibility of the Union institutions. ClosIn the spirit of shared competences with Member States, including in the areas of freedom, security and justice and of transport as set out in Article 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, close cooperation and effective coordination between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and, those institutions and the Member States should be guaranteed.
Amendment 135 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The tasks of Frontex should therefore be expanded and to reflect those changes, it should be renamed European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The key role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should be to establish an operational and technical strategy for the implementation of an integrated border management at Union level, to oversee the effective functioning of border control at the external borders, to provide increased operational and technical assistance to Member States through joint operations and rapid border interventions, and to ensure the practical execution of measures in case of a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, as well as to organise, coordinate and conduct return operations and return interventions while ensuring full respect of human rights in their actions and activities and the fulfilment of asylum obligations and commitments of each Member State.
Amendment 174 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In cases where a Member State does not take the necessary corrective action in line with the vulnerability assessment or in the event of disproportionate migratory pressure at the external borders, rendering the control at the external border ineffective to an extent which risks putting in jeopardy the functioning of the Schengen area, aincluding the restriction of free movement of persons and goods through road, maritime and rail freight routes as set by the pillars of the EU TEN-T and Connecting Europe policies, unified, rapid and effective response should be delivered at Union level. For this purpose, and to ensure better coordination at Union level, the Commission should identify the measures to be implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and require the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should then determine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Commission decision, and an operational plan should be drawn up with the Member State concerned.
Amendment 208 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) National authorities carrying out coast guard functions are responsible for a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to maritime safety, security, search and rescue, border control, fisheries control, customs control, general law enforcement and environmental protection. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency established by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 16 and the European Maritime Safety Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council 17 should therefore strengthen their cooperation both with each other and with the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions to increase maritime situational awareness as well as to support coherent and cost-efficient action; synergies between the various actors in the maritime environment should be in line with the EU’s integrated border management and maritime security strategy. __________________ 16 Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p.1). 17 Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p.1).
Amendment 218 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) All port and maritime authorities of the Member States and on the European Maritime Safety Authority (EMSA), and in particular on the captains of vessels sailing in the Mediterranean, should be vigilant in relation to any vessels carrying migrants and refugees who may be in danger, applying the guidelines issued by the International Maritime Organisation and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on the treatment of people rescued at sea.
Amendment 219 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
Amendment 220 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 c (new)
Recital 28 c (new)
Amendment 242 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
A European Border and Coast Guard is hereby set up to ensure a European integrated border management at the external borders with a view to managing migration effectively and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union, while safeguarding the free movement of persons therein. and goods therein and helping to ensure and enable good transport, logistics and infrastructure links across external borders.
Amendment 270 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall establish an operational and technical strategy for the European integrated border management. It shall promote and ensure the implementation of European integrated border management in all Member States, taking into account the need to ensure consistency between Union policies and activities in line with Article 7 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 317 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The European Border and Coast Guard shall implement the European integrated border management as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, including coast guards to the extent that they carry out maritime border surveillance operations and any other border control tasks.
Amendment 367 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) assist Member States in circumstances requiring increased technical and operational assistance at the external borders, by launching rapid border interventions at the external borders of those Member States facing specific and disproportionate pressures, with active support over SAR capacities and operations, as defined by the International Conventions such as SOLAS and SAR, taking into account that some situations may involve humanitarian emergencies and rescue at sea;
Amendment 518 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The aim of the vulnerability assessment is for the Agency to assess the capacity and readiness of Member States to face upcoming challenges, including present and future threats and pressures at the external borders, to identify, especially for those Member States facing specific and disproportionate pressures, possible immediate consequences at the external borders, including on the proper functioning of cross-border transport, logistics and infrastructure links, and subsequent consequences on the functioning of the Schengen area, and to assess their capacity to contribute to the rapid reserve pool referred to in Article 19(5). That assessment is without prejudice to the Schengen evaluation mechanism.
Amendment 554 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) coordinate activities for one or more Member States and third countries at the external borders, including joint operations with neighbouring third countries and those helping to ensure and enable good transport, logistics and infrastructure links across external borders;
Amendment 794 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Executive Director shall draw up along with the Member States and the European Institutions special provision for the staff involved in return-related activity, detailing their tasks, powers and responsibilities. Special instructions should be also set to the powers of the pilots in command and the extension of criminal law by the country of registration of the aircraft under international aviation law1. 1 Art. 3 of the Tokyo convention of 1963 - registered by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in 1969 ("the State of registration of the aircraft is competent to exercise jurisdiction over acts and offenses committed on board"
Amendment 922 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall cooperate with the Commission, other Union institutions, the European External Action Service, Europol, the European Asylum Support Office, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Eurojust, the European Union Satellite Centre, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Fisheries Control Agency as well as other Union, agencies, bodies, offices in matters covered by this Regulation including in the transport policy field, and in particular with the objectives of preventing and combating irregular immigration and cross-border crime including the facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human beings and terrorism.
Amendment 950 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. In matters covered by its activities and to the extent required for the fulfilment of its tasks, the Agency shall facilitate and encourage operational cooperation between Member States and third countries, within the framework of the external relations policy of the Union, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights and ensuring and enabling good transport, logistics and infrastructure links across external borders. The Agency and the Member States shall comply with the norms and standards at least equivalent to those set by Union legislation also when cooperation with third countries takes place on the territory of those countries. The establishment of cooperation with third countries shall serve to promote European border management and return standards.
Amendment 206 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Human rights and fundamental principles 1. Member States shall ensure that the implementation of this Directive is carried out while respecting human rights obligations, in particular the freedom of movement, freedom of expression and information, freedom of association and freedom of thought, conscience and religion as set forth in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other obligations under international law. 2. Member States are not required to take measures in contradiction of constitutional rules relating to freedom of the press and freedom of expression in other media governing the rights and responsibilities of, and the procedural guarantees for, the press or other media where these rules relate to the determination or limitation of liability. 3. The establishment, implementation and application of the criminalisation under this Directive should furthermore be subject to the principle of proportionality, with respect to the legitimate aims pursued and to their necessity in a democratic society, and should exclude any form of arbitrariness or discriminatory or racist treatment. 4. Nothing in this Directive shall affect rights, obligations and responsibilities of a Member State and individuals under international law, including international humanitarian law. The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under international humanitarian law, which are governed by that law, are not governed by this Directive, and the activities undertaken by military forces of a Member State in the exercise of their official duties, inasmuch as they are governed by other rules of international law, are not governed by this Directive.
Amendment 298 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that providing or collecting funds, by any means, directly or indirectly, with the intent that they should be used, or knowing that they are to be used, in full or in part, to commit any of the offence(s) referred to in Articles 3 to 10 and 12 to 14 or 169 is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 323 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
For an offence referred to in Article 4 and Title III to be punishable, it shall not be necessary that a terrorist offence be actually committed, nor shall it be necessary to establish a link to a specific terrorist offence or, insofar as the offences in Articles 9 to 11 are concerned, to specific offences related to terrorist activities.
Amendment 249 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A high and uniform level of civil aviation safety and environmental protection should be ensured at all times through the adoption of common safety rulesand environmental rules based on the precautionary principle and by measures ensurguaranteeing that anyll goods, persons and organisations involved in civil aviation activity in the Union comply with such rules and with those adopted to protect the environment.
Amendment 252 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Ambitious measures are required to ensure the aviation sector contributes to the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Amendment 261 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The measures taken in accordance with this Regulation to regulate civil aviation in the Union, including the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof, should correspond to and be proportionate to the nature and risks associated with the different types of aircraft, operations and activities they address. They should also, in as far as possible, be formulated in a manner which focuses on objectives to be achieved, while allowing different means of achieving those objectives. This should contribute to a more cost-efficient achievement of required safety levels and to stimulating technical and operational innovation. Use should be made of recognised industry standards and practices, where it has been found that they ensure compliance with the essential requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 279 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union should also lay down essential requirements for the safe provision of ground handling services., based on existing standards and guidelines. (identical to rapporteur's amendment 7.)
Amendment 336 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission should consult the Agency, the experts from the voting States represented on the Management Board and the advisory body established under Article 85. It should take into account the opinion expressed by those consultative bodies and refrain from adopting accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament delegated act in cases where a majority of the experts and of the Council15 Agency object. __________________ 15 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).
Amendment 337 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) In order to take into account technical, scientific, operational or safety needs, by amending or supplementing the provisions on airworthiness, environmental protection, air crew, air operations, aerodromes, ATM/ANS, air traffic controllers, third-country operators, unmanned aircraft, oversight and enforcement, flexibility provisions, fines and periodic penalty payments, and fees and charges, as well as requirements set out in annexes to this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council. The Commission shall also ensure a proportionate, tailored approach to different types of aircrafts and operations.
Amendment 364 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) promoting social sustainability and addressing interdependencies between aviation safety and socio-economic factors
Amendment 371 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) identifying measures to mitigate, where is the case, socio-economic risks to aviation safety
Amendment 427 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) lay down, where possible and appropriate, requirements in a manner which focuses on objectives to be achieved, while allowing different means of achieving compliance with these objectiveslaying down conditions for organizations to allow them making use of defined different means of achieving compliance with these objectives; In preparing and enacting such measures, the Member States, the Commission and the Agency shall: - assess the system maturity at European, national and organisation level, prior to implementing a performance-based scheme; - ensure that the safety culture of the organisations concerned is assessed, including the organisation's adherence to Just Culture principles and the full involvement of front-end safety professionals; - ensure that the organisations concerned allocate adequate resources in terms of safety management and reporting systems and that the competent authority concerned allocates adequate resources to guarantee effective performance-based oversight;
Amendment 433 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) take into account interdependencies between aviation safety and socio-economic factors in aviation; (To be a new point e;)
Amendment 437 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the type, complexity and performance of the aircraft involved;
Amendment 488 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Unless otherwise established by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 25, pPilots shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with a pilot licence and a pilot medical certificate appropriate to the operation to be performed.
Amendment 491 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Cabin crew involved in commercial air transport operations shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with an attestation. certificate. (Identical to rapporteur's amendment 64.)
Amendment 495 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Where the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 25 so provide, cabin crew involved in operations other than commercial air transport shall also be subject to certification and shall be issued with an attestation. certificate. (Identical to rapporteur's amendment 65.)
Amendment 496 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Those attestationcertificates shall be issued upon application, when the applicant has demonstrated that he or she complies with the rules established by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 25 to ensure compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 19 on theoretical knowledge, practical skill and medical fitness. (Identical to rapporteur's amendment 66.)
Amendment 590 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 695 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3
Article 53 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency or a Member State, as applicable, shall only agree to the transfer of responsibilities referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 when it is satisfied and demonstrates that it can effectively exercise the transferred responsibility in compliance with this Regulation and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof, and has the necessary resources to do so.
Amendment 727 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where the organisations referred to in the first and second subparagraph make such a request, they shall informconsult the national competent authorities of the Member States in which they have their principal places of business.
Amendment 732 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Agency considers and demonstrates that it can effectively exercise the responsibilities for the certification, oversight and enforcement, as requested, in compliance with this Regulation and the delegated acts adopted on the basis thereof, and demonstrates that it has the necessary resources to do so, it shall establish, jointly with the Member State or Member States concerned, as applicable, a transition plan that ensures an orderly transfer of those responsibilities. The organisations that requested the transfer, including the stakeholders concerned, shall be consulted on this transition plan before it is finalised.
Amendment 758 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the duration of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 exceeds eighttwo consecutive months or where a Member State has taken the same measures repetitively and their total duration exceeds eight months, the Agency shall assess whether the conditions of paragraph 1 have been met and issue, within three months from the date of the reception of the notification referred to in paragraph 1, a recommendation to the Commission as regards the outcome of that assessment. The Agency shall include that recommendation in the repository established under Article 63.
Amendment 764 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the duration of the exemptions referred to in paragraph 1 exceeds eighttwo consecutive months or where a Member State has granted the same exemptions repetitively and their total duration exceeds eighttwo months, the Agency shall assess whether the conditions of paragraph 1 have been met and issue, within three months from the date of the reception of the notification referred to in paragraph 1, a recommendation to the Commission as regards the outcome of that assessment. The Agency shall include that recommendation in the repository established under Article 63.
Amendment 769 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where a Member State considers that the compliance with the applicable essential requirements set out in the Annexes can be demonstrated by other means than those laid down in the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis of this Regulation, and that those means present significant advantages in terms of civil aviation safety or of efficiency for the persons subject to this Regulation or for the authorities concerned, it may submit to the Commission and the Agency, through the repository established under Article 63, a reasoned request for amendment ofto grant a derogation from the delegated or implementing act concerned so as to allow for the use of those other means.
Amendment 775 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2
Article 61 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall coordinate at Union level the gathering, exchange and analysis of information on matters falling within the scope of this Regulation. For that purpose, the Agency may enter into administrative arrangements with legal and natural persons subject to this Regulation, or associations of such persons, on information gathering, exchange and analysis. The arrangements should provide, as far as possible, existing channels, avoiding additional burden. (Identical to rapporteur's amendment 152.)
Amendment 799 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Agency may grant exemptions to any legal or natural person to whom it has issued a certificate in the situations and subject to the conditions set out in Article 60(1). In such a case, the Agency shall immediately notify the Commission and the Member States, through the repository established under Article 63, of the exemptions granted, the reasons for granting them and, where applicable, the necessary mitigation measures applied. Where the duration of an exemption exceeds eighttwo consecutive months or where the Agency has granted the same exemption repetitively and their total duration exceeds eighttwo months, the Commission shall assess whether those conditions have been met, and where it considers that this is not the case, it shall adopt an implementing decision to that effect, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into the repository established under Article 63. The Agency shall immediately revoke the exemption upon the notification of that implementing decision.
Amendment 826 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The fines and periodic penalty payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They shall be set taking account ofcalculated on the basis of the turnover achieved by the legal or natural person concerned through the activities concerned by the violation, and shall be proportionate to the gravity of the case, and in particular the extent to which safety or protection of the environment has been compromised, and to the economic capacity of the legal or natural person concerned. (Identical to rapporteur's amendment 191)
Amendment 827 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The amount of the fines shall not exceed 4 % of the annual income or turnover ofachieved by the legal or natural person concerned through the activities concerned by the violation. The amount of the periodic penalty shall not exceed 2.5 % of the average daily income or turnover of the legal or natural person concerned.
Amendment 838 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 a (new)
Article 73 a (new)
Article 73a Common certification and oversight culture The Agency shall play an active role in building a common certification and oversight culture and consistent authority practises in order to ensure that the Objectives of Article 1 are fulfilled. The Agency shall carry out, taking into consideration the results of its monitoring activities, at least the following activities: a) organise a system of peer reviews of competent authorities aimed at capability building and knowledge transfer b) provide the necessary coordination to enable personnel exchanges between national authorities c) consult all the relevant stakeholders as necessary on the progress of this process (To be a new Article 73.)
Amendment 840 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1
Article 74 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall assist the Commission to recognize the priority research themes in order to contribute to the continuous progress of aviation safety and security and to facilitate the free movement of goods and persons and improving the competitiveness of the Union's aviation industry. In addition, the Agency shall assist the Member States and the Commission in identifying key research themes in the field of civil aviation to contribute to ensuring consistency and coordination between publicly funded research and development and policies falling within the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 889 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall, where it considers it necessary, propose to the Commission the inclusion of safety- critical tasks or functions under this regulation to those which may be performed only by a person who has successfully completed a background check in accordance with point 11.1.3 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/1998. When doing so, the Agency shall also consider the introduction of periodical security clearance procedures for personnel of aforementioned aviation-related tasks or functions. (To be a new paragraph 4.)
Amendment 895 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76a [NEW Article 77] Socio-Economic Factors 1. The Member States, the Commission, the Agency and other bodies, shall, within their respective fields of competence, cooperate on social and employment matters, with a view to ensuring that interdependencies between civil aviation safety and socio-economic factors are taken into account, among others in regulatory processes, as well as with a view of identifying measures to mitigate socio-economic risks to aviation safety. 2. The Agency shall consult and involve EU social partners when addressing such interdependencies, as well as other relevant stakeholders. In order to inform interested parties and the general public, the Agency shall, every three years, publish a social sustainability review, which shall give an objective account of the actions and measures undertaken, in particular those addressing the interdependencies between civil aviation safety and socio-economic factors. (TO BE A NEW ARTICLE 77.)
Amendment 921 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) adopt its Rules of Procedure and the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board;
Amendment 926 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 4
Article 85 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board shall establish an advisory body representing the full range of interested parties affected by the work of the Agency, including trade union and civil society representatives, which it shall consult prior to making decisions in the fields referred to in paragraph 2(c), (e), (f) and (i)covered by the regulation. The Management Board may also decide to consult the advisory body on other issues referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. The Management Board shall not, in any case, be bound by the opinion of the advisory body.
Amendment 936 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90
Article 90
Amendment 942 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point l
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point l
(l) preparing an action plan following up conclusions of internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as investigations by OLAF, and reporting on progress twice a year to the Commission and regularly to the Management Board and the Executive Board;
Amendment 952 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 2
Article 104 – paragraph 2
2. When the Agency, pursuant to Article 65(1) and (3), develops opinions, certification specifications, acceptable means of compliance and guidance material, it shall establish a procedure for the prior consultation of the Member States. To that effect, it may create a working group in which each Member State is entitled to designate an expert. When consultation relating to military aspects is required, the Agency shall also involve the European Defence Agency. When consultation relating to the possible social impact of those measures of the Agency is required, the Agency shall involve stakeholders, includEU social partners and other relevant stakeholders and consult them ing the EU social partnerassessment of the possible social impact of those measures.
Amendment 955 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 2
Article 104 – paragraph 2
2. When the Agency, pursuant to Article 65(1) and (3), develops opinions, certification specifications, acceptable means of compliance and guidance material, it shall establish a procedure for the prior consultation of the Member States. To that effect, it may create a working group in which each Member State is entitled to designate an expert. When consultation relating to military aspects is required, the Agency shall also involve the European Defence Agency. When consultation relating to the possible social impact and/or occupational health and safety of those measures of the Agency is required, the Agency shall involve stakeholders, including the EU social partners.
Amendment 979 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1
Article 113 – paragraph 1
1. Not later than [five years after the date referred to in Article 127 – OP please insert the exact date], and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall commission an evaluation in compliance with the Commission guidelines to assess the Agency's performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. It shall also assess the impact of this Regulation, the Agency and its working practices in establishing a high level of civil aviation safety. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modification. The evaluation shall take into account the views of stakeholders at both European and national level.
Amendment 983 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3
Article 113 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall forward the evaluation findings together with its conclusions, to the European Parliament, the Council and the Management Board. The findings of the evaluation and the recommendations shall be made public.
Amendment 991 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 2
Article 117 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 2(3)(d), Article 18, Article 25, Article 28, Article 34, Article 39, Article 44, Article 47, Article 50, Article 51(10), Article 52(5), Article 72(4) and Article 115(1) shall be conferred on the Commission following approval by the Agency and experts on the Management Board to ensure appropriate use of Delegated Acts. This power shall be conferred for an indeterminate period of time.
Amendment 1005 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation 1008/2008
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1009 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Article 125 – paragraph 1
376/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
However, this Regulation shall not apply to occurrences and other safety-related information involving unmanned aircraft for which a certificate or declaration is not required pursuant to Article 46(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) YYYY/N [ref. to new regulation], unless the occurrence or other safety-related information involving such unmanned aircraft resulted or could have resulted in a fatal or serious injury to a person or it involved aircraft other than unmanned aircraft.
Amendment 1058 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 7 – point 7.2
Annex V – point 7 – point 7.2
7.2. The pilot in command must have the authority to give all commands and take any appropriate actions for the purpose of securing the operation and the safety of the aircraft and of persons and/or property carried therein. The pilots must be able to exercise this authority without interference of economic or commercial considerations that could influence the operational safety decisions.
Amendment 1059 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 8 – point 8.1 – point b
Annex V – point 8 – point 8.1 – point b
(b) the operator must use only suitably qualified and trained personnel and implement and maintain training and checking programmes for the crew members and other relevant personnel; the operator must provide crew members with the training and checking necessary to ensure the currency of their licenses and to obtain and maintain the license ratings and the experience needed to operate the aircraft in which they perform their duties. Without prejudice to proportionate systems to ensure the operator a return on training investments, crewmembers must not operate an aircraft in commercial service while having to pay directly to the operator or indirectly to third parties for training that is necessary for the maintenance of their license and of the ratings required for the operation of the operator's aircraft.
Amendment 1081 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point 6 – point 6.2 a (new)
Annex VIII – point 6 – point 6.2 a (new)
6.2a. Personnel involved in safety related duties for the provision of air traffic management/air navigation services must be trained and checked on a regular basis to attain and maintain an adequate level of competency in order to perform their assigned safety duties. (To be a new point 7.)
Amendment 86 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Waste prevention is the most efficient way to improve resource efficiency, to reduce the environmental impact of waste. Member States shall ensure that packaging is so manufactured that the packaging volume and weight be limited to the minimum adequate amount to maintain the necessary level of safety and hygiene and avoid product wastage.
Amendment 93 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Increased re-use of packaging may bring a reduction of the overall costs along the supply chain and reduce the environmental impact of packaging waste. However, the decision to do so should be based on life-cycle thinking.
Amendment 97 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) Fostering a sustainable bioeconomy may contribute to decreasing Europe's dependence on imported raw materials. However, the decision to do so should be based on life-cycle thinking.
Amendment 136 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 3 – point 2
Article 3 – point 2
2. ‘packaging waste’ shall mean any packaging or packaging material covered by the definition of waste laid down in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding production residues (*);
Amendment 189 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
(a) the title is replaced by 'Recovery, re-use, recycling and recycl-refining' ';
Amendment 191 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph –1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph –1 (new)
(aa) In Article 6, the following paragraph -1 is inserted: -1. Member States shall put in place sorting systems for all packaging materials.
Amendment 199 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) no later than 31 December 2025 a minimum of 65% by weight of all packaging waste will be prepared for reuse and, recycled and re-refined;
Amendment 231 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) no later than 31 December 2030 a minimum of 75% by weight of all packaging waste will be prepared for reuse and, recycled and re-refined;
Amendment 286 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the weight of the packaging waste recycled shall be understood as the weight of the input waste entering the final recycling process, the "final recycling" taking place in the production plant, where the waste is used as a raw material for a new product;
Amendment 301 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If packaging waste is composed of different materials, the packaging waste shall be reported under the predominant material by weight for the purpose of calculation of the targets laid down in points (1)(f) to (i) of Article 6(1), in accordance with the provisions of Commission Decision 2005/270/EC.
Amendment 307 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6a – paragraph 2
Article 6a – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure harmonised conditions for the application of paragraph 1(b) and (c) and of Annex IV, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21a establishing minimum quality and operational requirements for the determination of recognised preparation for re-use operators or entities operating in-house reusable packaging schemes and deposit-refund schemes, including specific rules on data collection, verification and reporting.
Amendment 334 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
(5a) The following article 7a is inserted: 'Article 7a Specific measures for return and collection systems Member States shall take the necessary measures to put in place: a) the separate collection of at least packaging or packaging waste made up of paper, metal, plastic or glass – or any combination thereof – from residual waste b) composite packaging as defined under Commission Decision 2005/270/EC shall be collected in existing collection schemes meeting the quality standards required for final recycling. '
Amendment 360 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
(7a) In Article 15, the following paragraph 1a is replaced by the following: 1. Acting on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Treaty, the Council adopts economic instruments to promote the implementation of the objectives set by this Directive. In the absence of such measures, the Member States may, in accordance with the principles governing Community environmental policy, inter alia, the polluter-pays principle, and the obligations arising out of the Treaty, adopt measures to implement those objectives in particular to incentivise the use of bio- based packaging and recycled packaging materials.
Amendment 227 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The coherence between Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and related union legislation such as Directive 2009/28/EC, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, and Regulation 1907/2006, on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), should be ensured. In particular, coherent interpretation and application of the definitions of "waste", "waste hierarchy" and "by-product" should be ensured under these legislative acts.
Amendment 350 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
Amendment 396 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 3 – point 1a – point b
Article 3 – point 1a – point b
(b) mixed waste and separately collected waste from other sources that is comparable to household waste in nature, composition and quantity.
Amendment 502 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f c (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 3 – point 23 (new)
Article 3 – point 23 (new)
(fc) the following point 26 is added: (23) 'Distribution obligation' means the obligation incumbent upon the owner of a food which is suitable for surrender to surrender the food to another party. A distribution obligation may be imposed on food shops, businesses selling corresponding products and public and private entities such as hospitals and schools. The distribution obligation shall be conditional, and shall become operative if a non-profit third party, such as a charitable organisation, is willing to collect food suitable for consumption and make it available for distribution free of charge;
Amendment 517 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(2a) In Article 4(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: When applying the waste hierarchy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take measures to encourage the options that will deliver the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific waste streamsSpecific waste streams may only depart from the hierarchy, provided that the hierarchy is not circumvented, and provided that it is demonstrated that "waste" used for higher value purposes is not promoted for other uses. Any departingure from the waste hierarchy where this isshall be justified by life- cycle thinking onscientific evidence, impact- and life-cycle assessments showing that the overall impacts ofnet gain to the generation and management of such wastevironment, internal market and the society is positive and that the use of materials/substances for higher value purposes is not jeopardised.
Amendment 549 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a substance or object resulting from a production process the primary aim of which is not the production of that substance or object is considered not to be waste, but to be a by-product, and thus falls into the category of products, if the following conditions are met:
Amendment 658 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall organise an exchange of information between Member States and the actors involved in producer responsibility schemes on the practical implementation of the requirements defined in Article 8a and on best practices to ensure adequate governance and cross- border cooperation of extended producer responsibility schemes. This includes, inter alia, exchange of information on the organisational features and the monitoring of producer responsibility organisations, the selection of waste management operators and the prevention of littering. The Commission shall publish the results of the exchange of information and may provide guidelines on relevant aspects.
Amendment 801 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Taking into account that the producers' responsibility to cover entire costs of waste management shall not prevent other waste management operators to supplement the waste collection, the Commission for its part, shall ensure that all relevant terms, referred to in this Article, are unambiguous, and shall, where appropriate, make legislative proposals to clarify their meaning.
Amendment 834 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. Member States shall take measures to prevent waste generation. These measures shall, including measures to encourage the:
Amendment 843 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- encourage the use of products that are resource efficient, durable, reparable and recyclable, recyclable and made of sustainable sourced renewable raw materials;
Amendment 859 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 862 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- re-use of products containing significant amounts of critical raw materials;
Amendment 864 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
- encourage the setting up of systems promoting reuse activities, including in particular for electrical and electronic equipment, textiles and furniture;
Amendment 873 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- reduce waste generationsource efficiency in processes related to industrial production, extraction of minerals and construction and demolition, taking into account best available techniques;
Amendment 900 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
– include actions to reduce packaging waste generation as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 94/62/EC, where this does not negatively impact the packaging’s role in preventing the packed product to be wasted.
Amendment 907 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
- identification of products that are the main sources of littering notably in the natural including the marine environment and take appropriate measures to reduce their consumption;
Amendment 916 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 b (new)
- the reduction of the content of hazardous substances in materials and products and promote communication about hazardous substances in the supply chain.
Amendment 919 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
- the reduction of the content of hazardous substances in materials and products where there is a proven risk, in accordance with the established regulatory framework;
Amendment 925 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
– prevent edible food from being thrown away in shops, hospitals, schools, and the like, for example by imposing a distribution obligation on such establishments;
Amendment 980 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall take measures, as appropriate, to promote the re-use of products and preparing for re- use activities, notably by encouraging the establishment of and support for re-use and repair networks and by facilitating the access of such networks to waste collection points, and by promoting the use of economic instruments, procurement criteria, quantitative objectives or other measures.
Amendment 1031 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) by 2025, the preparing for re-use, the recycling and the recycl-refining of municipal waste shall be increased to a minimum of 60% by weight;
Amendment 1044 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) by 2030, the preparing for re-use, the recycling and the recycl-refining of municipal waste shall be increased to a minimum of 65% by weight.
Amendment 1048 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) by 2020, regeneration and re- refining of waste oils shall be increased to a minimum of 60 % by weight of the waste oils produced and collected within the Union.
Amendment 1049 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) by 2030, regeneration and re- refining of waste oils shall be increased to a minimum of 85% by weight of the waste oils produced and collected in within the Union;
Amendment 1053 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(dc) for the purpose of achieving the targets for the regeneration and re- refining of waste oils and without prejudice to the obligations set out in Article 21, by 2020, annual collection of waste oils shall be increased to a minimum of 95 % by weight and by 2025 to 100% by weight of waste oils produced and collected within the Union.
Amendment 1224 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the use of environmentally safe materials produced from bio-waste, such as the production of renewable energy, for instance the production of second generation biofuels for aviation.
Amendment 94 #
2015/0274(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ba) paragraph 3, the following point is added: (fa) packaging or packaging waste as defined in Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC.
Amendment 40 #
2015/0272(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Directive 2000/53/EC
Article 6 – paragraph -1
Article 6 – paragraph -1
(-1) In Article 6, before paragraph 1, the following paragraph is inserted: -1. Member States shall ensure that shipments of used vehicles suspected to be end-of-life vehicles are carried out in accordance with the minimum requirements in Annex IIa and shall monitor such shipments accordingly.
Amendment 55 #
2015/0272(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2000/53/EC
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)
(2a) After Annex II, the following Annex is added: "Annex IIa MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS OF End-of-Life Vehicles In order to distinguish between vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, where the holder of the object claims that he intends to ship or is shipping used vehicles and not end- of-life vehicles, Member States shall make use of the Correspondents’ Guidelines No 9 on the Shipments of Waste Vehicles.”
Amendment 27 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may beis necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For tThe frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximately ten years would be appropriate, takingshall be determined by technological development of the products and shall be consulted with the Consultation Forum into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturersrdance of the Article 10 of this regulation. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. A newly rescaled label should have empty top classes of only the best products available according to the latest information with the amount not exceeding a threshold of the available products determined by the Consultation Forum to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by replacing all energy labels within a short timeframe. and with information of the rescaling available for the customers.
Amendment 56 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘Energy-related product’ means any good or system or service with an impact on energy consumption during use, which is placed on the market and put into service in the Union, including parts to be incorporated into energy-related products which are placed on the market and put into service;
Amendment 94 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Where Member States provide any incentives for an energy-related product covered by this Regulation and specified in a delegated act, these shall aim at the highest available classes of energy efficiency laid down in the applicable delegated act.
Amendment 121 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Labels shall be re-scaled periodicallywhen technological progress in a specific product group makes it appropriate. In order to assess the need to launch the rescaling process, the Commission shall carry out a preparatory study, when 30 percent of the products sold within the Union market fall into the top energy class.
Amendment 140 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Labels introduced by delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2010/30/EU before the date of application of this Regulation shall be considered as labels for the purposes of this Regulation. The Commission shall review those labels within five years of the entry into force of this Regulation with a view to rescaling them. If the conditions in paragraph 4 are unlikely to be fulfilled within the following five years, the Commission shall review these labels.
Amendment 146 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
When during the conformity assessment of a product such harmonised standards are applied, the product shall be deemed to comply with the relevant measurement and calculation requirements of the delegated act. The compliance shall be inspected by a relevant market surveillance body.
Amendment 149 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, having consulted the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 10, establish a working plan latest 6 months after this regulation has entered into force which shall be made publicly available. The working plan shall set out an indicative list of product groups which are considered as priorities for the adoption of delegated acts. The working plan shall also set out plans for the revision and rescaling of labels of products or product groups. The working plan may be amended periodically by the Commission after consultation wishall be established for the the Consultation Forum. The working plan mayree years period and shall be combined with the working plan required by Article 16 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
Amendment 153 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the requirement setting shall start from the household appliances and products mostly used in households for cold storage, home electronics including computers and computer accessories, cooking devises, washing and drying machines and dishwashers;
Amendment 154 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) the products used for heating such as electric radiators and gas combusting devices shall be included to the scope of the delegated acts.
Amendment 164 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
No later than eight years after the entry into force, the Commission shall assess the application of this Regulation and transmit a report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report shall assess how effectively this Regulation has allowed customers to choose more efficient products, taking into account its impacts on business and how this Regulation has contributed to the achievement of the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
Amendment 87 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In line with the Agreement adopted in Paris at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 12 December 2015 (the 'Paris Agreement'), all sectors of the economy should contribute to the reduction of CO emissions. To this end, efforts to limit international maritime emissions through the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are under way and should be accelerated, with the aim of establishing an ambitious IMO action plan for climate policy measures to tackle CO emissions from shipping at a global level. Therefore, the Commission and Member States, while simultaneously seeking other measures to reduce CO emissions from shipping, should focus on ensuring the comprehensive implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and its alignment with an international data-collection system, which is a prerequisite for any market- based measure, efficiency standard or other measure, whether applied at Union level or globally. __________________ 1a Regulation (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).
Amendment 177 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) As regards the empowerment of the Commission to adopt delegated acts provided for in this Directive, particularly in respect of Articles 14, 15 and 19, those acts should give attention to simplification and should reduce the administrative burden related to the efforts required, insofar as those acts do not undermine the environmental integrity, security or reliability of the EU ETS.
Amendment 430 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5 – point f
Article 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
The allowances shall be made available for innovation in low-carbon industrial technologies and processes and support for demonstration projects for the development of a wide range of CCS and innovative renewable energy technologies that are not yet commercially viable in geographically balanced locations. The support shall be technology-neutral and the instrument used shall be in the form of a grant. In order to promote innovative projects, up to 60% of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40% may not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions provided that pre-determined milestones are attained taking into account the technology deployed.
Amendment 677 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(11a) In Article 14, a new subparagraph is added to paragraph 1 as follows: 'By 31 December 2018, the Commission shall adjust existing rules on monitoring and reporting of emissions as defined in Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/20121a in order to remove regulatory barriers to investments in more recent low carbon technologies such as CCU. Those new rules shall be effective for all CCU technologies as of 1 January 2019.' __________________ 1a. Commission Regulation (EU) 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 181, 12.7.2012, p. 30-104)
Amendment 710 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 22 e (new)
Article 1 – point 22 e (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 891 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Reiterates its commitment to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing the changes to Article 341 TEU and Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation;
Amendment 901 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for a single seat for the European Parliament; proposes that Parliament and the Council each decide the location of their own seat after having obtained the consent of the other; further proposes that the seats of all the other EU institutions, agencies and bodies be determined by Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the European executive, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the varying availability of broadband, cellular networks, Wi-Fi and other digital services within and between Member States, as well as on public transport services and at stations and other interchanges; stresses that improving personal mobility, integrated ticketing and passenger information services requires fair, inclusive and equal access to free or low- cost online services for all citizens; calls on the Commission therefore to prioritise facilitating, encouraging and supporting the wide availability of free or low-cost high-speed digital infrastructures, on all transport modes and at all transport interchanges, via the Connecting Europe Facility, Horizon 2020, EFSI and other relevant funding sources;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees the provision of comprehensive, easily accessible and reliable information for travellers as the first major step towards integrated ticketing, and emphasises that, in order to ensure that measures to that end are fair, it is of prime importance that they be accompanied in long-term by the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Finds it regrettable that the Commission has not responded to Parliament’s call, in its resolution on the 2011 Roadmap2 , for a Charter of Passengers’ Rights covering all forms of transport, and expects the Commission to bring forward a proposal for such a Charter, taking account of the specific characteristics of each transport mode in the separate sections of multimodal journeys, by the end of 2017; emphasises that the Charter should ensure the clear and transparent protection of passengers´ rights applied for all transport modes. __________________ 2 European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2011 on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system (2011/2096(INI)).
Amendment 116 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that most people in the EU live in conurbations and, with a view to reducing congestion in such areas, calls for the introduction of incentives to the use of sustainable modes of transport, with the inclusion in travel information and journey-planning services of information about diverse transport services, e.g. car sharing, park-and-ride systems, bike hire schemes and footpaths;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
- having regard to the World Health Organisation air quality guidelines and the Health Economic Assessment Tool,
Amendment 21 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas about 50 % of journeys in urban areas are shorter than 5 km and cshould therefore be made preferably on foot or by bicycle or public/collective transport;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that land use planning is the most important phase for creating smooth and safe transportation networks that are long-lasting and that have real impact on traffic volumes and traffic distribution;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites cities to define transport mode hierarchies based on the needs of pedestrians first and foremost, followed by cyclists, public transport, business and logistics, and private-car users, taking into account local condis convinced that that active mobility, such as walking, cycling, in combination with public and/or collective mobility are the future basis for a qualitative approach of healthy mobility options;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the development of innovative forms of mobility and intelligent transport solutions; supports forming of regulatory framework that enables the use of new forms of mobility and new sharing models making better utilisation of existing resources;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Member States to take preventive measures, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to improve air quality in cities and to guarantee pollutant concentrations below the levels set in the World Health Organisation guidelines, in particular by providing free public transport or by alternating traffic; and to reduce traffic noise; to that end, support the local set up of Low Emission Zones and more generally access restrictions and the promotion of clean vehicles, walking and cycling;
Amendment 165 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the energy efficiency and use of renewable energy is key to achieving sustainable urban mobility, and that technology neutrality should be respected when adopting measures to meet EU targets for CO2 emissions and energy savings;
Amendment 175 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the EU and national and local authorities to draw up electric mobility plans which give priority toto promote the use of trams, urban trains, sky ropes, electric bicycles and shared/pooled e-cars;
Amendment 202 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages private companies, administrations, as well as EU institutions to further improve mobility management services for their members, staff and visitors; considers that mobility measures, such as those coordinated by the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM), bear a large potential for solving urban congestion and accessibility for all;
Amendment 213 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages Member States and local authorities to define requirements regarding environmental performance in public procurement procedures, particularly when purchasing vehicles for public transport or vehicles used by public authorities;
Amendment 274 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends Member States together with regional and local authorities to further develop their planning for land use, housing and transport; such cooperation can be based on bilateral binding agreements;
Amendment 293 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Encourages strongly European cities to re-design their parking policy (parking space supply, use of intelligent parking systems as well as pricing) and to simultaneously put more efforts in the development of functional intermodal hubs, providing varied transport services and enabling smooth combination of transport solutions, such as collective transport, shared transport, cycling and rental services;
Amendment 303 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls onEncourages the Commission as well the actors on national, regional and local level to promote ‘Car-free Sunday' events each month and to organise an ‘EU Bicycle Day';
Amendment 312 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that innovative green urban logistics is of the utmost importance for solving congestion and environmental problems in cities, and that logistics should be based on sustainable modes of transport such as cargo bikes, electric vans, inland vessels, trams and buses;
Amendment 318 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that innovative green urban logistics is of the utmost importance for solving congestion and environmental problems in cities, and that logistics should be based on sustainable modes of transport such as cargo bikes, electric vans, inland vessels, trams and buses;
Amendment 374 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States and local authorities to rethink speed management in cities and to introduce a default speed limit of 30 km/h by 2020consider lower speed limits according to local conditions;
Amendment 388 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 409 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that new online car-sharing, ride-sharing and car-pooling services make better use of existing resources and help to reduce the number of cars in cities;
Amendment 416 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 435 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 465 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that additional efforts should be made to network and coordinate EU pilot projects, and to integrate cities, when discussing the implementation of future mobility policies; to that end, urges the Commission to set up easily accessible overviews of EU co-funded urban transport programmes; demands furthermore to make clear - in user- friendly manner - how to obtain EU co- funding for urban transport projects;
Amendment 466 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that additional efforts should be made to network and coordinate EU pilot projects, and to integrate cities, when discussing the implementation of future mobility policiee.g. by Civitas, Polis, Eltis, and to integrate cities with their practical experience and know-how, when discussing the implementation of future mobility policies; to that end, urges the Commission to set up easily accessible overviews of EU co-funded urban mobility programmes; demands furthermore to make clear - in user-friendly manner - how to obtain EU co-funding for urban mobility projects;
Amendment 469 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Supports the creation of an autonomous Sectoral Dialogue Committee on Urban Public Transport involving European social partner organisations and supported by the European Commission, in order to ensure high quality services and fair working conditions for employees;
Amendment 477 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Supports the Horizon 2020 priorities regarding societal challenges for smart, green and integrated transport, and believes that Horizon 2020 must boost research and innovation in the areas of quality of life, sustainable jobs, demographics and active mobility chang; supports the development of such Mobility-as-a- Service (Maas) initiatives across Europe in the context of its Horizon 2020 priorities;
Amendment 481 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Is of the opinion that the Commission should increase funds within Horizon 2020 dedicated to research and development of smart technologies to manage freight traffic and persons mobility as well as low-carbon technologies for urban mobility in urban areas;
Amendment 482 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Recalls that by using intelligent transport solutions, transport and mobility services will be more efficient, safe, environmentally friendly and smooth; invites the Commission to take urban mobility into the focus of the Digital Agenda and encourages stakeholders to closely cooperate to develop interoperable services;
Amendment 485 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Notes that digitalisation provides many opportunities for transport services; asks the Commission to prioritise the development of new technologies enabling road users to take more proactive role as a developer and data producer in the transport system in order to contribute to platforms for mobility services, in line with the EU rules and data protection;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that water needs to be understood as an eco-social asset instead of as a mere production element;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in its resolution of 23 May 2013 on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America1 , Parliament stressed the importance of several major transport issues, related especially to aviation and maritime, to be addressed and included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0227.
Amendment 11 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Finds regrettable the fact that no transport-related issues were included in the Commission’s negotiating mandate for the TTIP;Asks the Commission to ensure that the negotiations are held in open and transparent manners.
Amendment 30 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the great importance of the transatlantic transport sector for trade as well as economic growth and jobs; reiterates its call for the negotiations to address in a meaningful way and in the spirit of reciprocity all relevant issues, taking into account existing EU standards;, and to guarantee that European working conditions, level of environmental protection and human health and safety are not compromised.
Amendment 63 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that EU companies are hindered as regards market access for major transport infrastructure investments (such as railway projects) due to: (i) regulatory and standardisation barriers; and (ii) ‘Buy America’ provisions2 ; emphasises that this puts EU goods and services at a serious disadvantage; calls upon the Commission to address in the TTIP this protectionism by the US by pushing for the creation of a level playing field and establishing a new level of transparency in procurement with open and predictable procedural requirements. ; and also notes that the assessment of environmental and sosioeconomical impacts of the investments in transport infrastructure must meet the European and Member States standards. __________________ 2Buy America Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
Amendment 167 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström and with the European civil society that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014. (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 3;)
Amendment 191 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls onUrges the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that would (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 4;)
Amendment 289 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of traDemands that this and similar negotiationsp arency in the negotiations conducted with absolute transparency, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones., as requested by the European Ombudsman on the consultation Transparency and Public Participation report of January 7th, 2015 __________________ http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/c orrespondence.faces/es/58643/html.book mark. (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 9)
Amendment 14 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is appropriate to make forest conservation and management incentives part of the strategy, and wWelcomes the Commission communication on a new European forest strategy, bearing in mind that – with due regard to the subsidiarity principle –, there is a need for a comprehensive and consistent joint strategy to prevent and manage forest disastersstrengthen the role of forests and forest sector in the EU;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to consider including environmRecognises that sustainable forest management is essential services payments as forest management incentito balance ecological, social and economic functions that forest serves; points out that sustainable forest management has a positive impact on biodiversity, climate, fire prevention, biodiversity and conservation, and is crucial for economic development, especially in rural areas and remote regions;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to consider assessment and valuation of ecosystem services to further support balanced multifunctionality of forests;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, particularly in the Mediterranean region, forest fires occur on a regular basis, and are both a cause and a consequence of climate change; points out that storms, and forest fires and pests, are natural disasters that can be mitigated using forestry techniques and that, alongside improved and active forest management, there is a need to promote specific action such as the introduction of grazing or the establishment of agro- forestry areas – policies that ought to be recognised in both the first and second pillars (grazing areas and rural development respectively) of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it is important to promote the implementation of the concept of the bioeconomy while respecting the sustainability boundaries of raw material supply, to boost the economic viability of forest value chains through innovation and technology transfer, and, to this end, provide more support for diverse forest products other than timber; emphasises the significant role the bio-based economy plays in achieving the new Commission priorities of growth, employment and investments;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EUnderlining the valuable properties of renewability and climate friendliness of wood, emphasises the need to make sure that forestEuropean forest resources and wood materials are also re-used and re-used efficiently, as a way of cutting the EU’s trade deficit, helping to reduce unsustainable management, protecting the environment and reducing deforestation in countrieimproving self-sufficiency of the EU in wood and the competitiveness of the forest sector as well as ocutsideting the EU’s trade deficit;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that it is important that fForest mManagement pPlans do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes the sustainable use of Europe’s forestsor equivalent instruments are in place by 2020 for all forests that are publicly owned and for forests holdings above a certain size that receive funding from under the EU Rural Development Policy; with that in mind, calls on Member States to reviewmonitor and promote the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into account the proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use by managers of the responsibility declaration formvoluntary nature of management plans in some Member States, the proportionality principle and adequacy.
Amendment 129 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to address global challenges at the global multilateral fora in order to reduce unsustainable management practices, protect the environment and reduce deforestation in countries outside the EU, and to this end calls on the Commission to publish and EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation as called for by the 7th Environmental Action Programme (Decision No 1386/2013/EU).
Amendment 14 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an excessive use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and, loss of biodiversity, diminishing diversity and weakening of eco-system services; whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources to produce global output and absorb waste and this figure is estimated to reach the equivalent of two planets’ worth of resources by the 2030s;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding ofn research and innovation;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, usingstrengthening the use of renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;
Amendment 296 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste, by amongst other measures including a compulsory separate collection on organic materials;
Amendment 299 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Encourages the Commission to introduce feed-back mechanisms between waste and product policy;
Amendment 303 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Urges the Commission to propose a vision regarding the treatment of plastic packaging especially in view of marine pollution;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that the EU's energy policy should ensure the access to energy for all, contribute to affordable energy prices for the benefit of all consumers and strengthen public control and regulation in this sector; reiterates that the energy is a basic human need and therefore the EU should closely focus on the issue of energy poverty and promote measures to tackle this problem, which affected one in four EU citizens; reminds that this problem is likely to be aggravated in the coming years;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that it is important to put an end to any isolation of Member States and regions from European gas and electricity networks and is of the opinion that the EU should help those most vulnerable countries to diversify their sources and supply routes, as a matter of priority;
Amendment 76 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures and set ambitious targets to increase energy efficiency as a priority, thus also tackling the problem of low competitiveness resulting from high energy prices; underlines the importance of fully implementing the measures provided for in existing legislation, namely the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to enforce the energy efficiency acquis rigorously and immediately;
Amendment 131 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CallUrges on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all indirect subsidies for fossil fuels and to make full use of funds for financing renewables, based on binding renewable targets;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the energy security and eventual self-sufficiency of the EU, can be primarily achieved by promoting energy savings and renewable energy, which will, together with other alternative sources of energy, such as biofuels, reduce import dependency. Notes that energy security must be achieved alongside with strict rules of environmental protection and demands on the Commission and the Member States to oppose the use of extraction of fossil fuels such as the hydraulic fracture or fracking; in particular the unconventional ones.
Amendment 154 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to preserve as long as possible the efficacy of certain antimicrobials in the treatment of infections in humans, it may be necessary to reserve those antimicrobials for humans only. Therefore it should be possible to decide that certain antimicrobials, following the scientific recommendations of the Agency, should not be available on the market in the veterinary sector; the decisive criteria should be that the antibiotic is used in human medicine when other antibiotic therapies are no longer effective and that there is evidence that resistance in human beings cannot be excluded by use in animals.
Amendment 156 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) As Antimicrobial resistance to human and veterinary medicinal products is a growing health problem in the Union and worldwide there must soon also action be taken in the field of human medicine for example in the form of an instrument incentivising the development of new antibiotics for human use similar to that already proposed within this regulation.
Amendment 282 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Applications shall be submitted electronically using a single digital portal. For all applications submitted in accordance with the centralised marketing authorisation procedureunder this regulation, the formats made available by the Agency shall be used. (Identical to rapporteur’s AM21.)
Amendment 701 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Article 107 – paragraph 2
2. Persons qualified to prescribe veterinary medicinal products in accordance with applicable national law shall retail antimicrobialprescription only products only for animals which are under their careimmediate care, subject to a veterinary diagnosis based on clinical examination of the animals concerned or, exceptionally, frequent monitoring of its health, and only in the amount required for the treatment concerned.
Amendment 792 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products must not be used on food- producing animals for prophylactic purposes, unless there is a high risk of infection. They must not under any circumstances be used to improve performance or compensate for poor animal husbandry.
Amendment 798 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 a (new)
Article 111 a (new)
Amendment 803 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 a (new)
Article 112 a (new)
Amendment 804 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 b (new)
Article 112 b (new)
Article 112 b Reduction of therapy approaches based on antibacterial substances (1) In order to facilitate the effective reduction regarding the use of pharmaceuticals which contain antibacterial substances, anyone who engages in animal husbandry has to: 1. determine, respectively, two months after the disclosure of the key figures of the in accordance with paragraph 112b established therapy prevalence, if the biannual therapy prevalence concerning his reared animal species, and considering the type-of-use during the elapsed time frame, lies above the average therapy prevalence. 2. take immediate record of the results of the assessment under #1 (2) In a case where the operational, biannual therapy prevalence of the animal husbandman with respect to his business lies above the biannual average, the animal husbandman under consultation of a veterinarian has to assess the reasons that may have led to exceeding the average, and how the treatment of his cattle with pharmaceuticals containing antibacterial substances may be decreased. If the assessment of the animal husbandman comes to the result that a therapy by means of the concerned pharmaceuticals may be reduced, the husbandman has to take all necessary steps in order to accomplish the reduction. The husbandman has to consider the wellbeing of his cattle and guarantee the required medical care. (3) Member States may determine measures extending beyond the above mentioned requirements
Amendment 21 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21027 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework8 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission Trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as of phase 4 starting in 20212017. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 20217, allowances corresponding to 1233% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-21 minus 833 million should be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million. __________________ 7 COM(2012)652 final. 8 Insert reference.
Amendment 39 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Furthermore, in addition to the establishment of the market stability reserve, a few consequential amendments should be made to Directive 2003/87/EC to ensure consistency and smooth operation of the ETS. In particular, the operation of Directive 2003/87/EC may lead to large volumes of allowances to be auctioned at the end of each trading period which can undermine market stability. Accordingly, in order to avoid an imbalanced market situation of supply of allowances at the end of one trading period and the beginning of the next with possibly disruptive effects for the market, provision should be made for the auctioning of part of any large increase of supply at the end of one trading period in the first two years of the next period. Moreover, in order to avoid an imbalanced market situation of supply of allowances, the backloaded allowances should be placed directly into the market stability reserve.
Amendment 87 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 20217.
Amendment 105 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall publish the total number of allowances in circulation each year, by 15 May of the subsequent year. The total number of allowances in circulation for year x shall be the cumulative number of allowances issued in the period since 1 January 2008, including the number issued pursuant to Article 13(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC in that period and entitlements to use international credits exercised by installations under the EU emission trading system in respect of emissions up to 31 December of year x, minus the cumulative tonnes of verified emissions from installations under the EU emission trading system between 1 January 2008 and 31 December of year x, any allowances cancelled in accordance with Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC and the number of allowances in the reserve. No account shall be taken of emissions during the three-year period starting in 2005 and ending in 2007 and allowances issued in respect of those emissions. The first publication shall take place by 15 May 20176.
Amendment 118 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. InBy 30 June of each year beginning in 20217, a number of allowances equal to 1233% of the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-21, as published in May year x-1, shall be placed in the reserve, unless this number of allowances to be placed in the reserve would be less than 100 million, minus 833 million shall be placed in the reserve.
Amendment 136 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. In any year, if the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million, 100 million allowancesas published in May year x is lower than 400 million, 33 % of the difference between 833 million and the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-1, as published in May year x, shall be released from the reserve. In case less than 100 million allowances are in the reserve, all allowances in the reserve shall be released under this paragraph.
Amendment 161 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
2. “1. From 20217 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances that are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a and 10c and are not placed in the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEU please insert number of this Decision when known] of the European Parliament and of the Council(*).”
Amendment 179 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Directive 2003/887/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory wording
3b. In Article 10(3), the introductory wording of the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances. At least 50 % of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in paragraph 2, points (b) and (c), or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shouldall be used for one or more of the following:"
Amendment 184 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
3f. In Article 10(4), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "4. By 30 June 2010, the Commission shall adopt a regulation on timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning to ensure that it is conducted in an open, transparent, harmonised and non- discriminatory manner. To this end, the process should be predictable, in particular as regards the timing and sequencing of auctions and the estimated volumes of allowances to be made available. Where an assessment shows for the individual industrial sectors that no significant impact on sectors or subsectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage is to be expected, the Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, adapt the timetable for the period referred to in Article 13(1) beginning on 1 January 2013 so as to ensure the orderly functioning of the market. The Commission shall make no more than one such adaptation for a maximum number of 900 million allowances. These allowances shall be placed directly into the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEU please insert number of this Decision when known]."
Amendment 202 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 20260, the Commission shall on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).
Amendment 221 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.
Amendment 228 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of five years from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 240 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Until 1 January 2030, existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input above 5 MW may be exempted from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II provided that at least 50 % of the useful heat production of the plant, as a rolling average over a period of five years, is delivered in the form of steam or hot water to a public network for district heating, or provided that solid biomass is a main fuel as a rolling average over a period of five years.
Amendment 297 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants from compliance with the limit values set out in Annex II and the monitoring and reporting requirements set out in Article 6 and Annex IV for 5 years from the applicable dates set out in Article 5(2) provided that the operator of the medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of 5 MW or less undertakes, in a written declaration submitted to the competent authority by 1 January 2029, the operation of the plant will end no later than 31 December 2034, and the operator of the medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input above 5 MW undertakes, in a written declaration submitted to the competent authority by 1 January 2024, the operation of the plant will end no later than 31 December 2029.
Amendment 398 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 1 – table 1
Annex II – part 1 – table 1
Emission limit values for existing medium combustion plants 1. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for medium combustion plants other than engines and gas turbines Pollutant Solid Other solid Liquid fuels Heavy fuel Natural gas Gaseous fuels biomass fuels other than oil fuels otherother than heavy fuel than natural gas oil gas SO2 200 400 170 350 - 35 NOX 650 650 200 650 200 250 (1) Particulate 3050 30 30 30 - - matter (1) 45150 mg/Nm3 for plants with a thermal input below or equal to 510 MW using solid biomass as a main fuel
Amendment 96 #
2013/0409(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a In respect of minor offences, and provided this is in conformity with the right to a fair trial, this Directive shall not apply: a. where the law of a Member State provides for the imposition of a sanction by an authority other than a court having jurisdiction in criminal matters, and the imposition of such a sanction may be appealed or referred to such a court; or b. where deprivation of liberty cannot be imposed as a sanction.
Amendment 118 #
2013/0409(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Article 4 – paragraph 2a (new) Without prejudice to the right to a fair trial, in case of short term deprivation of liberty and when this is not proportionate taking account the interests of justice, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply.
Amendment 136 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The estimated indirect land- use change emissions should be counted towards the target in Article 7a(2) of Directive 98/70/EC in order to provide incentives for the biofuels with low indirect land-use change impacts and to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the reduction target for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. It should also be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.
Amendment 154 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact, which could include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1 January 2021.
Amendment 173 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 6
Article 7a – paragraph 6
6. As part of the reporting under paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that fuel suppliers report annually to the authority designated by the Member State, on the biofuel production pathways, volumes of biofuels derived from the feedstocks as categorised in Part A of Annex V, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions. Member States shall report those data to the Commission.
Amendment 186 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted: "4a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from land- based raw material unless third parties' legal rights regarding use and tenure of the land are respected, inter alia by obtaining the free prior and informed consent of the third parties, with the involvement of their representative institutions."
Amendment 199 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(-a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added: "For the purposes of Article 7a, from 2020 onwards the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated by adding the respective value in Annex V to the result obtained pursuant to the first subparagraph."
Amendment 245 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops and other energy crops grown on land shall be no more than 76 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in the Member States in 2020;
Amendment 313 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 5 – point b c (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b c (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(bc) the following paragraph is inserted: "4b. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from land-based raw material unless third parties' legal rights regarding use and tenure of the land are respected, inter alia by obtaining the free prior and informed consent of the third parties, with the involvement of their representative institutions."
Amendment 348 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The report referred to in the first subparagraph shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal, based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing adjusted estimated indirect land-use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria an. It shall also be accompanied by a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non-land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC and, if appropriate, by a technology-neutral legislative proposal for promoting sustainable advanced biofuels after 2020. In this regard, the Commission is invited to consider the important role of Directive 98/70/EC in promoting sustainable biofuels in a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies and review the targets under Directive 98/70/EC. One option in this regards is for the Commission to consider coming with a proposal for a Union-level blending mandate for advanced biofuels post-2020 that comply with the sustainability criteria of Directive 98/70/EC. As part of that report, the Commission shall, in light of Member States' reports pursuant to Article 3(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC, assess the effectiveness of measures taken to prevent and fight fraud, and shall, if appropriate, submit proposals for further measures, including on additional measures to be taken at Union level.
Amendment 401 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point d
Annex IX – part A – point d
(d) Biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food or feed chainand residues, including material from retail and wholesale and the agro-food and fish and aquaculture industry, and excluding feedstocks listed in part B of this Annex.