1012 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND
Amendment 4 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the second pillar of the common agricultural policy is an essentia useful financing instrument for boossupporting economic growth in lagging regions’ rural areas, while at the same time providing the financial incentives needed to address specific territorial needs, which in turn contribute to achieving the three cross- cutting objectives of innovation, the environmental/climate change mitigation and adaptation and growth;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture provides for a significantly higher share of employment in both low-income and low-growth regions than the average for the EU-28; whereas itthis share is ,notably ,five times higher in low-income regions and 2.6 times higher in low-growth regions;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the agricultural crisis seriously affects many rural areas both in terms of agricultural production and the primary processing industry, so that the development criteria for these areas must be reviewed in the light of data from the past two years and not before, the latter taking no account of the recent dramatic development of a large number of these areas;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of rural development funds in boosting the competitiveness of those regions through tailor-made projects based on bottom-up approaches; acknowledges, therefore, the input of local action groups in developing local strategies, supporting stakeholder networking and the appraisal and approval of individual LEADER projects;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the possible synergetic effects from ensuring thatsupporting a large share of the total employment in lagging regions is in agriculture, with the prospect of being able to provide a solid basis for traditional quality products and developing tourism activities, specifically agro-tourism;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that boosting support for maintaining and developing agriculture must take into account not only historical data for the areas concerned but also the impact of the agricultural crisis of the past three years, which threatens both the handing-down of a large number of farms and the future of a large number of sectors.
Amendment 16 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas New Zealand is a party to the concluded negotiations for a Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP), the future of which remains uncertain, and the ongoing negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in East Asia, uniting its most important trading partners; whereas New Zealand has had a free trade agreement in place with China since 2015, which could subsequently act as a bridge for the import of Chinese products into the European Union;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the Member States of the EU and the Asia-Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and stresses that this is reflected in the EU’s trade policy; recognises that New Zealand is a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade relations can help to meet this goal;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 35 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 41 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 48 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for greater transparency in the negotiations, for the national parliaments to be kept informed of the progress made and for all national governments to be given access to all negotiation documents so as to enable them to monitor the process in full transparency;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible, its assessments of the potential impact of such a trade deal on the economies of each Member State, with a view to being able to evaluate thoroughlyevaluate the possible gains and losses from the enhancement of the EU- New Zealand trade and investment relationships, for the benefit of citizens and businesses on both sides, and particularly the benefit of the farming sector, including in the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Council not to authorise the Commission to start negotiations for a trade and investment agreement and an investment protection agreement with New Zealand on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercise and with clear targets;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to clearly distinguish between an agreement on trade and the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI), only containing issues under EU exclusive competence, and a second agreement on investment protection, including on FDI and non-direct investment, which would be subject to an Investment Court Systemnot to interfere in matters falling within the competence of the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, when presenting the finalised agreements for signature and conclusion, and on the Council, when deciding on signature and conclusion, to fully respect the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States; and to respect states' constitutions and decisions;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possible and fully respect best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public, and for the national parliaments to be fully and actively involved in the decision-making process;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 89 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the Commission to set out a uniform approach for agriculture and to publish its analyses as soon as possible, thus enabling an objective assessment of the potential advantages and disadvantages for European producers to be made, including an estimate of the impact on employment, and of the possibility of introducing specific aid for European supply chains;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
(a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement however should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering in this respect that no EU trade agreement has must ever privatisedlead to the privatisation of public services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funding of the arts and culture, education, and health and social services;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
(da) A separate chapter taking into account the needs and interests of European farmers since the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers will be somewhat prejudicial to them;points out that New Zealand has a very competitive, export-focused agricultural sector;points out that, on average, the farms there are larger than their European counterparts;emphasises, therefore, that securing increased access to the vast EU market through the removal or lowering of tariff and non-tariff barriers in the sector will undoubtedly be a priority for New Zealand;thus takes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitment concerning the most sensitive agricultural products, such as beef, veal, sheepmeat, cereals, dairy products or special sugars;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
(db) A separate chapter taking into account the interests of consumers;reiterates that consumer protection should be a core principle of any trade agreement;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
(g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectors; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and produceWarns all stakeholders against the wholesale opening-up of the agriculture and fisheries sectors, in particular, bearing in mind that the overriding concern is to protect the interests of European producers and consumers in those sectors;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
(ga) Emphasises that it is important to recognise that all European geographical indications should be protected effectively, and placed at the heart of the negotiations;notes that the ‘coexistence’ mechanism for GIs – used where similarly-named private trademarks are on the market in third countries – does not provide sufficient protection for EU products on the market, giving consumers a vague and misleading impression of the origin of food products;calls on the Commission, furthermore, where it does not come forward with any protection mechanisms, to consider excluding from free trade agreements any EU agricultural sectors the survival of which would be threatened by market competition or which have experienced specific crisis situations in recent years;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Looks forward to the launch of negotiations with New Zealand and to following them closely and contributing to their successful outcome; rReminds the Commission of its obligation to inform Parliament immediately and fully at all stages of the negotiations (both before and after the negotiating rounds); is committed to addressing the legislative and regulatory issues that may arise in the context of the negotiations and the future agreement; reiterates its fundamental responsibility to represent the citizens of the EU, and looks forward to facilitating inclusive and open discussions during the negotiating process;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that Parliament will endeavouris bound to monitor the implementation of the future agreement;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Australia is a party to the concluded negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the future of which remains uncertain, and the ongoing negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in East Asia, uniting Australia’s most important trading partners; whereas Australia has had a free trade agreement in place with China since 2015, which could subsequently act as a bridge for the import of Chinese products into the European Union;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the Member States of the EU and the Asia-Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and stresses that this is reflected in the EU’s trade policy; recognises that Australia is a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade relations can help to meet this goal;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 28 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 34 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 40 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for greater transparency in the negotiations and for the national parliaments to be kept informed of progress and for all national governments to be given access to all negotiation documents so as to enable them to follow the process in full transparency;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible, its assessments of the potential impact of such a trade deal on the economies of each Member State, with a view to being able to evaluate thoroughly the possible gains and losses from the enhancement of the EU- Australia trade and investment relationships, for the benefit of citizens and businesses on both sides, and particularly the benefit of the farming sector, including in the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Council not to authorise the Commission to start negotiations for a trade an investment agreement and an investment protection agreement with Australia on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercises and with clear targets;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to clearly distinguish between an agreement on trade and the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI), only containing issues under exclusive EU competence, and a second agreement on investment protection, including on FDI and non-direct investment, which would be subject to an Investment Court Systemnot to interfere in matters falling under the competence of the Member States;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, when presenting the finalised agreements for signature and conclusion, and on the Council, when deciding on signature and conclusion, to fully respect the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States; and to respect states' constitutions and decisions;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possible and fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public and for the national parliaments to be fully and actively involved in the decision-making process;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 85 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the Commission to set out a uniform approach for agriculture and to publish its analyses as soon as possible, thus enabling an objective assessment of the potential advantages and disadvantages for European producers to be made, including an estimate of the impact on employment and of the possible introduction of specific aid for European supply chains;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
(a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement, however, should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering, in this respect, that no EU trade agreement hasmust ever privatisedlead to the privatisation of public services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funding of the arts and culture, education, and health and social services;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
(da) A dedicated chapter taking into account the needs and interests of European farmers since the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers will cause a certain amount of damage to their livelihoods;points out that Australia has a very competitive, export-focused agricultural sector;reiterates out that, on average, the farms there are larger than their European counterparts;emphasises, therefore, that securing increased access to the vast EU market through the removal or lowering of tariff and non- tariff barriers in the sector will undoubtedly be a priority for Australia;thus takes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitment concerning the most sensitive agricultural products, such as beef, veal, sheepmeat, cereals, dairy products or special sugars;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
(db) A dedicated chapter taking into account the interests of consumers;reiterates that consumer protection should be a core principle of any trade agreement;
Amendment 148 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
(g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectors; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and produceWarns all stakeholders against the wholesale opening-up of the agriculture and fisheries sectors, in particular, bearing in mind that the overriding concern is to protect the interests of European producers and consumers in those sectors;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g – point i (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g – point i (new)
(i) Emphasises that it is important to recognise that all European geographical indications should be protected effectively, and placed at the heart of the negotiations;notes that the ‘coexistence’ mechanism for GIs – used where similarly named private trademarks are on the market in third countries – does not provide sufficient protection for EU products on the market, giving consumers a vague and misleading impression of the origin of food products;calls on the Commission, furthermore, where it does not come forward with any protection mechanisms, to consider excluding from free trade agreements any EU agricultural sectors the survival of which would be threatened by market competition or which have experienced specific crisis situations in recent years;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Looks forward to the launch of negotiations with Australia and to following them closely and contributing to their successful outcome; rReminds the Commission of its obligation to inform Parliament immediately and fully at all stages of the negotiations (both before and after the negotiating rounds); is committed to addressing the legislative and regulatory issues that may arise in the context of the negotiations and the future agreement; reiterates its fundamental responsibility to represent the citizens of the EU, and looks forward to facilitating inclusive and open discussions during the negotiating process;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that Parliament will endeavouris bound to monitor the implementation of the future agreement;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the factNotes that an implementation report for Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is being undertaken with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of both human and animal health as well as the environment, while safeguarding; calls for the competitiveness of the EU’s agriculture sector to be safeguarded by providing access to a broad range of active substances and Plant Protection Products (PPP) for all farmers and producers, irrespective of the Members States they are operating in;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a science-based approach in authorising any active substance, in line with the Member States' and the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002);
Amendment 83 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern aboutHighlights the existence of systematic delays in the authorisation processes and thean increasing use of derogations as laid down in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, while underlining the necessity for Member States to comply with the legal deadlines to ensure predictability for applicants and facilitate the market introduction of innovative PPPs that are in line with more stringent requirements;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the zonal evaluation of PPP applications, which allows applicants to propose one zonal Rapporteur Member State (zRMS) to carry out the assessment, should lead to the concerned Member States (cMS) taking a decision withviolates the subsidiarity principle and increases the lack of transparency surrounding the maximum time limit of 120 days after the zRMS has issued the registration reportdecisions taken by Member States' health agencies;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage workdata sharing between Member States by fostering the availability and use of harmonised methodology and models to conduct evaluations, while reducing the existence of additional national requirementswhere feasible;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regards the application of the mutual recognition procedure as an important tool to increase work sharing and ensure compliance with deadlines, as it allows applicants to apply for authorisation in another Member State which makes the same use of the product in question for the same agricultural practices, based on the assessment carried out for the authorisation in the original Member Statconflicting with the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the contribution that the authorisation of low-risk PPPs makes to a sustainable EU farming sector, and draws attention to the importance of contributing to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a sustainable farming sector, while pointing out that the lack of availability of PPPs or the lack of research and development in new PPPs could jeopardise the diversification of agriculture and cause harmful organisms to become resistant to PPPs.
Amendment 61 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production, to promote it fairly among consumers and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people by providing strong incentives and suitable funding;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Brexit could cause significant changes to intra-Community trade in sheepmeat, given that the UK is the largest producer of it and the main gateway for imports from third countries; whereas this restructuring of the market constitutes an opportunity for the EU to develop its support for indigenous production;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the UK imports about half of the quota for sheepmeat from New Zealand and that the EU cannot be released from its international commitments overnight, a fact that aggravates the uncertainty caused by Brexitis fact should lead to the removal of sheepmeat quotas from the FTA being negotiated with New Zealand;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports maintaining or, where possible, increasing coupled aid for sheep- and goat-farming in the forthcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a view to arresting the drain of farmers from these sectors in the EU, in view of the high rate of dependence of sheep- and goat-farmers on direct payments;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young people, via both direct aid and rural development policy, given the high average age of workers in the livestock-raising sectors, manifestly exceeding even that in other agricultural professions;
Amendment 246 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider measures to improve transparency in the market, as well as the possibility of harmonising arrangements on carcasses, and the establishment of a European observatory monitoring the prices and production costs of sheep- and goatmeat;
Amendment 281 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to ascertain what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will look like, and to do everything in its power to prevent severe market disturbances by means of a support policy for European production;
Amendment 290 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should splitremove New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat;
Amendment 301 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 368 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reserves for Member States the possibility of establishing a management plan for wild animals in their territory;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken, on this topic for more than 15 years by the Commission; whereas the present-day context means that we should be taking more energetic actiontangible solutions need to be implemented;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the issue of protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on often-imported protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on vegetable proteins, in view of all the analyses carried out over the past 15 years;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of European food safety, and environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there are Member States that are unable to ensure the protein autonomy of their livestock sector;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and, unlike the EU, has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which couldis already threatening our own supplies tomorrow;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the development of agriculture in the past 50 yearmassive imports of raw materials in recent decades hasve given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins, which is nowhave caused and are causing problems for the environment and the climatebecause of their high carbon footprint;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union and have a positive impact on soil;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture; whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP;
Amendment 121 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecologymore environmentally friendly agriculture;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by developing permanent plant cover, somemuch of which can be devoted to protein supply;
Amendment 172 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends supporting farmers who wish to grow soya again in countries where it was banned;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it advisable to develop and support regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to make proteins affordable for farmers, by promoting support for producers and for producer- consumers, and for farmers concerned to obtain stocks of local proteins so as to offset the fact that they are unable to produce them;
Amendment 248 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that there are promising technologies for the mobile processing of these protein crops, i.e. towed systems for harvesting, dehydrating and processing crops on the spot to form pellets; stresses that, as a result of those technologies, protein crops could be introduced widely and rapidly, offsetting the fact that processing facilities may be located far away; recommends that the plan provide assistance firstly for developing those technologies and then for acquiring them;
Amendment 252 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that there are some Member States that have long experience in growing and conducting research into soya and other leguminous plants and that can share their know-how at European level, and with this end in mind there is a need for better cooperation at European level;
Amendment 278 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP; stresses the need to make coupled support for protein and leguminous crops more flexible in order to facilitate the use of existing funding and ensure its continuity after 2020;
Amendment 303 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for publicprotein crop research, efforts to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops which are of little or no interest to private investor, particularly through public-private partnerships;
Amendment 314 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 333 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is likely to hampering the sustainable development of protein crop growing in Europe;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the beekeeping sector is hugely significant (around EUR 14.2 annually), as 84 % of plant species and 7640% of food production are dependent on pollination by bees, which also helps maintain the ecological balance and biological diversity in Europe;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some invasive alien species such as Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle, the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing widespread destruction in the European bee population and causing serious harm to beekeepers; pointing out that movements of bees into and inside the EU are a major factor in the spread of various diseases and invasive species;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas some countries like Switzerland use formic acid as a swift and efficient organic treatment which eliminates the parasite without triggering any mutations;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas beekeepers, agricultural producers and environmentalists also expect there to be a clear scientific consensus on all substances and other factors which arcould be a danger to bees’ health;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas beekeepers always produce less honey once the winter is over, because of autumn and winter losseslosses in winter, which can be as much as 50 % in some Member States, and whereas these losses can be offset by as much as 30% of the populations by anticipating this phenomenon and using fall-back colonies;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas imported honey is often adulterated or fake honey, which is not produced by bees and does not meet the standards applied to European beekeepers;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2115(INI)
P. whereas consumers are aware that no more thanoften uninformed as to a maximum of one third of the honey they use isbeing produced in the EU;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas since 2001 the amount of honey in the world’s major honey- producing regions has stagnated or decreased as a result of the poor health of bees, whilst the amount of honeyhoney production in China has increased by over 80 % (to 200 000 tonnes);
Amendment 138 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas 100 000 tonnes of imported honey arrivese imported into the EU from China every year – double the amount recorded in 2002 – even though the number of bee colonies has declined in other parts of the worldand this is often adulterated with exogenous cane or corn sugar;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, in December 2015, the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honeys on honey, but fake and adulterated honey continues to enter Europe;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas free trade agreements and the opening-up of quotas to countries such as Ukraine have weakened the European beekeeping sector;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the imbalance which developed in the European honey market, as a result of a policy of wholesale importation of fake low-cost honey, caused the purchase price of honey in the EU’s main producing countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, France, Croatia and Hungary) to halve by the end of 2016 as compared with the 2014 price, which is putting Europe’s beekeepers in a hopeless position;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particularmost plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 258 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to re- think, as it draws up the new CAP, its objectives in terms of increasing productivity in order to avoid excessive use of treatments which are deadly for bees and to guarantee them a healthy living space;
Amendment 261 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘managed pollination’ in order to encourage beekeepers and farmers to work in harmony and thus improve crop yields;
Amendment 271 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 279 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that companies importing foreign honey as well as retailers should conform to European rules and should sell only beekeeping products which satisfy the definition of honey as set out in the Codex Alimentarius;
Amendment 397 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 402 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to develop effective laboratory analysis procedures (e.g. nuclear magnetic resonance testing) which can be used to detect the increasingly sophisticated adulterations in order to detect instances of honey adulterationand to penalise fraud;
Amendment 411 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Expects honey always to be identifiable from the moment it leaves the hive and to be classifiable according to its plant origin, irrespective of whether it is a domestic or an imported product; calls in this respect for a tightening-up of the traceability requirement for honey;
Amendment 424 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to require official batch-sampling and testing of honey from non-EU countries at the EU’s external borders, by means of compulsory and inexpensive analyses, including the dead yeast test, in line with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (later Regulation (EU) 2017/625);
Amendment 431 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Asks that theany ‘blend of EC and non- EC honeys’ descriptor be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honeys used in the final products come from and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the proportions used in the final productbe prohibited;
Amendment 454 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to increase EU support for these programmes by 50% annually to enable the school programmes to operate effectively and local products such as honey, olives and olive oil to be fully included;
Amendment 484 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adapt and harmonise legislation in the field of organic apiculture, so as to ensure that all European beekeepers have equal access to the organic products market;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the shortage of young people pursuing careers in farming is jeopardising the economic and social sustainability of rural areas and European food security;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Considers that the income of young farmers can only be stabilised by applying price controls to their products, and that such arrangements must involve the agri-food industry and large-scale retailers;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends that provision be made, within the EU VAT rate reform, for the option of applying the minimum rate for agricultural capital goods covered by the investment plan for young farmers, in order to facilitate investments that are eligible for rural development measures;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the creation of an agricultural guarantee instrument, proposed by the Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in March 2015, which should make it easier for young farmers to access credit; recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants; calls for improved cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to foster the creation of financial instruments dedicated to young farmers across all Member States;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the opportunities for young farmers offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to those in needyoung farmers;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative and bureaucratic burdens may bare inhibiting take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived by most farmers as difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative burdens may bare inhibiting take- up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 148 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes they must be given a contractual price guarantee in order to ensure the sustainability of their farms; believes that this measure, which would cost little given the small number of young farmers, would allow each sector to maintain a sufficient number of producers, and that it should be financed by large retailers and the agri-food industry on the basis of negotiation within each sector;
Amendment 171 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership, a problem which is exacerbated by the decoupling of support (this last point must not be allowed to call into question direct payments, only the rules governing their payment); believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
Amendment 175 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the farming activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
Amendment 219 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends that steps be taken to enable young farmers and older farmers to live and work alongside one another for a specific period, with a financial incentive being offered to each for this;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in the past European minimum standards on data protection in trade agreements have practically been deviated to the detriment of consumers;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas various citizens’ initiatives have expressed their concerns about the level of data protection in trade agreements;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 69 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the Member States of the EU, as a community of values and the world’s biggest exporter of services, should set the standards in international rules and agreements on digital trade flows based on three elements: (1) ensuring market access for digital goods and services in third countries, (2) ensuring that trade rules create tangible benefits for consumers and (3) promoting respect for fundamental rights;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that access to secure broadband internet connectivity and digital payment methods, effective consumer protection, in particular redress mechanisms for online cross-border sales, and predictable customs procedures, are essential elements in relation to enabling digital trade, sustainable development and inclusive growth and development;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that adequacy decisions, including partial and sector- specific ones, are a fundamental mechanism in terms of safeguarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country; notes that the EU has only adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partners, not giving any guarantee for the other 16 main trading partners;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 126 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 140 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores third country practices which make market access conditional on the disclosure and transfer to state authorities of the source codes of the software that companies intend to sell; considers that such measures are disproportionate as a blanket requirement for market access; calls on the Commission to prohibit signatory governments to FTAs from engaging in such activities;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP) and investments in R&D is a precondition of the EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that, since 1998, members of the WTO have upheld a moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions; stresses that such tariffs would entail unnecessary additional costs for businesses and consumers alike; calls on the Commission to transform the moratorium into a permanent agreement on banning tariffs on electronic transmissions, on the basis of an obligatory reciprocity with its trading partners;
Amendment 174 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy; calls on the Commission to stimulate public-private partnerships to increase investments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries conditional upon respect for a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve digital rights;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for own resources reforms that establish a predictable and stable basis for the EU budget which is independent, transparent and balanced and will address the growing pressure on the EU budgetreforms that bring stability to the EU budget, are transparent and balanced and ensure that the relevant authorities do not systematically create new areas of expenditure – which often duplicate activities carried out in the Member States, simplify the complex and opaque rebate arrangements, and aim to lower the contribution of the Member States (and not increase the tax burden on EU citizens) and decrease the EU’s dependency on the national contributions based on VAT and GNI; calls for greater transparency in all the EU bodies, particularly the Commission;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 10 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU’s Member States' international trade is directly related to the traditional own resources of the EU, which consist mainly of customs duties on imports from outside the EU Member States and sugar levies and in 2015 represented 12.8 % of the total revenue of the EU; those resources (especially sugar) must be seen in the context of the ongoing trade negotiations with New Zealand and Australia in particular; stresses that the French overseas departments and territories, in which large quantities of sugar are produced, must not be forgotten;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the pressing need to analyse the impact on the traditional own resources of the conclusion of (free) trade agreements and to allocate alternative sources of income in order to compensate for a possible decrease in those resources; points out that steps must be taken to stop powers being transferred, even temporarily, to the Commission, given that those powers are often exercised without proper and continuous scrutiny by Parliament and generate expenditure against the budget;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that funding for the CAP, an historic policy of the European Union, must first and foremost be secured from existing resources, at least at its current level;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 27 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 31 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recallsiterates more strongly its previous calls for a more effective EU customs system, with the optimisation of the current EU arrangements so that tax evasion and all forms of unfair competition can be addressed and duties and levies can be effectively collected for the EU’s own resources;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that trade defence instruments (TDIs) are a source for EU own resources, but that owing to their nature they cannot be a stable basis for a consistent contribution; stresses that TDIs should not primarily be used as a EU own resources source, as they should only be established appropriately and proportionally, in line with applicable rules.
Amendment 37 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the potential spending cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy presented in the Commission’s ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances’, are not desirable and should not be retained;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental foraims at ensuring food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue defending farmers and to fund information campaigns on the CAP budget since the amount of aid publicised can be misleading, given that the public is unaware of the fact that the bulk of the CAP is financed at EU level and replaces national spendingdevelop a transparent communication plan so that Member State contributions to the overall CAP budget can be highlighted; stresses that the CAP delivers good quality products at affordable prices to Europeans;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Brexit will have a projected impact of between EUR 3.8 and EUR 4.1 billion a year on the CAP, and calls therefore on the Commission to find alternative forms of financing, for example by increasing Member States’ contributions as a percentage of gross national income; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors such as milk, pork, fruits and vegetables, and to create instruments that can mitigate price volatility;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial and legal framework for the food supply chain, in order to combat unfair trading practices, particularly those originating in third countries;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the duration of the next MFF should be as long as possible (at least seven years), in order to ensure the predictability and stability of CAP funding and financial stability for young farmers.
Amendment 3 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 4 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 5 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 67 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU Member States’ current EU trade policy and itstheir ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective, as well as any binding obligations to enforce core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAW; whereas the EU’s desire to defend human rights and the rights of the child is sometimes at odds with the dubious practices of some of the EU’s partner countries in areas such as child labour, the exploitation of women for surrogacy, or the limitation of women’s fundamental rights;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrated an interest so far – though it is an important one – is promoting female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 127 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to the negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare; whereas any agreement with developing countries should include as one of its aims improving access to water, food, and health and education services;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies that genuinely benefit both men and women require a clearer framework that aimings to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidarity, while respecting the sovereignty of each partner state;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that all international trade policies must be based on the relevant international standards and legal instruments, such as the CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the sustainable development goals (SDGs);
Amendment 174 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive bindingensure the meaningful implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – which outlines in no uncertain terms what human rights aregulations on – ant international level to regulate; proposes that any transnational companiesy (TNCs) and other companiefailing to comply with one of the articles of the UDHR should be excluded from trade agreements; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and calls for their meaningful implementation;
Amendment 214 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare (notably access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services), should be exempted from the opening up of public procurement and the trade liberalisation agenda, and that safeguards must be put in place to reinforce states’ capacities to provide basic services for all;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding measuresthe meaningful implementation of the UDHR, and for investigations with a view to combating the exploitation of individuals and improveing working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps; calls on the EU to suspend any trade agreement that would result in the violation of human rights, in particular in the areas of child labour and exploitation of women’s bodies in connection with surrogacy;
Amendment 247 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standardthe EU trade policy must guarantee decent working conditions, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection ar; calls for these requirements to be at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equality; calls for the suspension of all trade agreements with countries that permit child labour or surrogacy, which are clear violations of human rights and women’s rights;
Amendment 266 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for all EU trade agreements concerning EU Member States to include binding clauses, in the form of a stand-alone article, that promote and protect human rights and women’s rights, and gender equality and gender mainstreaming, based on the Beijing Platform for Action and the SDGs, with an appropriate body appointed or an explicit mechanism in place to monitor compliance; calls on the EU to prioritise access to traceable consumer goods whose production does not involve child labour, indecent working conditions, or gender inequality; calls on the EU to pursue an environmental protection policy, which would entail reducing the distance between the place of production and the place of consumption;
Amendment 283 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 295 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure that binding clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, including Conventions No 189 on Domestic Workers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal work;
Amendment 316 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CRecalls for EU legislation similar to UN binding due diligence obligations to ensure respect forthat each Member State is already a member of the UN on a sovereign basis, and is thus subject to its binding obligations, particularly on human rights, including women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards;
Amendment 327 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU andWould like to see the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations, including women’s rights organisations, trade unions and civil society;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs to adapt better to the many, through very stringent environmental requirements, to the many environmental challenges facing it;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, in spite of the major reduction in farmer numbers over the past few years, guarantees food supplies and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live, work and relax and work;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more efficient use of resources;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes its potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a climaten environmentally-friendly farming industry;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment.;
Amendment 22 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Special attention should be paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably the most disadvantaged ones. Special measures should therefore be put in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories24. Similarly, the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits. _________________ 24 Individuals from an overseas country or territory (OCT) and competent public and /or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1.
Amendment 27 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to ensure financially sound implementation and close monitoring of the European Solidarity Corps at national level, it is importantnecessary to use the existing National Authorities designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 35 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “disadvantaged young people” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles;
Amendment 26 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 34 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.7405 10 _ 164.1 30 _
Amendment 36 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.7 1075 _ 164.1 30 _
Amendment 39 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
101-77-9 202-974-4 4,4'- 0.082 _ _ _ _ _ Methylenedianiline
Amendment 40 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 4
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 4
106-89-8 203-439-8 Epichlorohydrine 1.90 _ _ _ _ _
Amendment 41 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 4
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 4
106-89-8 203-439-8 Epichlorohydrine 1.9 _2 _ _ _ _
Amendment 43 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
107-06-2 203-458-1 Ethylene dichloride 8.240 2 _ _ _ _
Amendment 45 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
107-06-2 203-458-1 Ethylene dichloride 8.2 2 _ _ 10 _ _ _ _
Amendment 60 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the consideration of BiH’s EU membership application by the Council and looks forward to the Commission’s opinion on the merits of the application for membership; calls on competent BiH authorities at all levels, but in accordance with their respective constitutional remits, to cooperate and coordinate in participating in the Commission’s Opinion process by providing a single set of replies to the Commission’s inquiries;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on setting upestablishing a coordination mechanism for EUuropean matters; calls on both the state and entities to ensure effective cooperation and communication between all leveltiers of government and with the EU, in order to facilitate the alignment and implementation of the acquis, and to provide satisfactory replies to the Commission’s inquiries throughout the Opinionassessment process; calls for the role and capacities ofon the Directorate for European Integration to be further enhanced with a view to it assuming fully its coordinating functions within the implementation of the SAA and, overall, in the accession processand all bodies in BiH and in entities responsible for integration to play their part in the accession process in accordance with the coordination mechanism;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Rules of Procedure of the SAPC have still not been adopted and it therefore could annot be properly constituted; calls for the adoption of procedural rules compatible with the constitutional structure of BiH;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 132 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that a high number of constitutional court decisions are not being implemented, including in particular the decision on the RS day, which was contested in the referendum held on 25 September 2016; emphasises that respect for the rule of law and the country’s constitutional framework is of paramount importance for advancing on the EU path;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes satisfactory cooperation on war crimes cases with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and encourages more regional cooperation with regard to processing war crimes cases; welcomes the fact that the backlog of domestic war crimes cases is being tackledn the country has been overcome and that some further progress was achieved in the successful prosecution of war crimes involving sexual violence; strongly condemns the decision of the RS National Assembly in October 2016 to express appreciation to former leaders of the RS convicted ofcalls on the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to avoid absolutely any ethnic discrimination in the prosecution of suspects for all war crimes; calls, as a matter of urgency, for respect for victims of war crimes and for reconciliation to be promoted;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the respect for fundamental freedoms shown at the elections of 11 December 2016; urges all political parties to accept its results in the interest of domestic stability and underlines their responsibility to ensure that there is no backsliding into political crisis; calls for a swift formation of a new government in order to make use of the mandate to carry on with necessary reforms; considers cross-party cooperation essential for addressing pressing domestic and EU- related challenges;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expects the new government, in cooperation with other parties, to accelerate EU-related reforms; reiterates its support for the opening of accession negotiations, conditional on the progress of the implementation of the Przhino Agreement and the Urgent Reform Priorities;the reforms needed to strengthen the State and the countinues to be convinced that negotiations can generate much-needed reforms and positively influence the resolution of bilateral disputesry's independence and sovereignty;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges once again that the political will be shown to fully implement the Urgent Reform Priorities and the Przhino Agreement; calls on the Commission to assess, at its earliest convenience but before the end of 2017, the country’s progress on implementation and to report back to Parliament; while recalling that long overdue reforms need to be launched and implemented, supports the continuation of the High Level Accession Dialogue (HLAD) for systematically assisting the country in this endeavour; draws attention to the potential negative consequences of further delays in the country’s accession process; considers that, as things stand at present, Macedonia will not be ready for EU accession within the next few years;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Remains concerned thatNotes that action to combating corruption is being undermined by political interference; stresses the need to strengthen the independence of the police, the prosecution and the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC); calls for improving transparency in the selection and appointment of SCPC members; calls, as a matter of urgency, for efforts to be made to ensure the effective prevention and punishment of conflicts of interest and to establish a credible track record on high- level corruption;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the factNotes that the legislative framework and strategies for fighting organised crime are in place; encourages further imprnotes that there has been little movement ofn cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the strengthening of the powers and resources of the courts; considers it important to further develop the law enforcement capacity to investigate financial crimes and confiscate assetsmbating organised crime and deplores the fact that there may be links between some NGOs and organised crime;
Amendment 168 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Appreciates the continued efforts to fight Islamic radicalisation; welcomes the adoption of the 2013-2019 strategy to fight terrorism, which also defines the concepts of violent extremism, radicalisation, prevention and reintegration; calls for more cooperation between security agencies and civil society organisations (CSOs) and local communities; further calls for continued monitoring of returning foreign fighters by security servicescalls for cooperation to be stepped up between Macedonia's security services and relevant Member State services on combating Islamist terrorism; notes that radicalisation is taking place alongside the emergence of violent and intolerant Albanian separatism;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 185 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 209 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that the interethnic situation remains fragile; urges all political parties and CSOs to actively promote an inclusive and tolerant multi-ethnic and multi-religious society and to strengthen coexistence and dialogue; reminds the government and party leaders of their commitment to fully implement the OFA and to complete its review, including policy recommendations; remains concerned by what is violent and intolerant Albanian separatism, however, as was demonstrated by the events in Kumanovo in May 2015;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the country for constructive cooperation in addressing the migration crisismanaging the migration crisis; welcomes the closing of its border with Greece on 20 January 2016, limiting the influx of illegal migrants into the rest of Europe; recommends further actions to ensure capacities to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Euro-Atlantic integration is Montenegro’s key foreign policy prioritythe key foreign policy priority for the corrupt elite in power in Montenegro, and whereas this approach does not enjoy broad support in Montenegrin society, but is instead a divisive factor which may lead to an extremely serious political crisis;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 15 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas concerns remain about the polarised domestic climate and the boycott of the opposition in Parliament; whereas sustainable dialogue and constructive cooperation between ruling coalition and opposition are critical to maintaining progress in the accession process, which is itself in fact the main cause of the political crisis in the country;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas corruption and the infiltration of the State apparatus by organised crime remains a serious concerns;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 40 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Commends the competent authorities for holdingNotes the outcome of the parliamentary elections held on 16 October 2016 in an orderly manner in which fundamental freedoms were generalapparently respected; welcomnotes the revised legal framework under which the elections took place, but notes the persistence of some administrative deficiencies, including on the part of the State Election Commission (SEC), as well as concerns about the accuracy of the electoral register and politicisation; expects that the alleged procedural irregularities, including alleged abuses of state funds and abuse of office, and any other reported shortcomings, will be investigated fully and addressed effectively by the competent authorities; notes with regret that part of the opposition has not recognised the results of the elections; recognises the attempts by external actors to discredit the electoral process and the difficulties this has causedacknowledges that foreign agents, taking advantage in particular of the protection offered by US and EU law, are using propaganda methods and funding fraud on a massive scale in order to manipulate the electoral process in favour of Milo Djukanovic and his party, in the name of promoting European integration;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2309(INI)
Amendment 54 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 67 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Continues to be deeply concerned aboutNotes the polarised domestic climate and the boycott of parliamentary activities by members of the opposition; urges again all political forces to re-engage in constructive cooperation within the Montenegrin parliament; calls for further reinforcement of the parliament’s scrutiny of the accession process and capacity for budget oversight; insists repeatedly on the need for a due follow-up on the ‘audio-recording affair’;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 96 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the establishment of closer relations and exchanges of information on combating Islamist terrorism and its funding between the competent authorities in Montenegro and in the Member States;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the adoption of an action plan for fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, and the signing of the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism; stresses the need to continue to develop the track record in organised crime cases, especially as regards trafficking in human beings and money laundering, to ensure stronger inter-agency cooperation and to further intensify regional and international cooperation in the fight against organised crime; emphasises the need for Montenegro to cooperate effectively with the security services of the Member States, in particular by exchanging information;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the new strategy to combat violent extremism in 2016-2018, which complements the national strategy for preventing and combating terrorism, money laundering and the financing of terrorism; notes the setting up of a new intelligence unit tasked with identifying and monitoring potential members of violent extremist groups; considers it important to identify people in the early stages of radicalisation in order to prevent them from being recruited by violent extremist groups; emphasises the importance of cooperation between these services and those of the Member States which are responsible for combating Islamist terrorism;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 116 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes some progress in improving the situation of minorities; welcomes the adoption of a 2016-2020 strategy and action plan for the social inclusion of Roma and Egyptians; calls for an appropriate budget to be allocated so that the action plan may be implemented properly; encourages the competent authorities to continue to strengthen efforts to safeguard the rights of LGBTI people, notwithstanding the difficulties in acceptance of sexual diversity within Montenegrin society; remains concerned that most public buildings, including medical centres and university faculties, are still not accessible to people with disabilitiesExpresses concern at the interference by the Montenegrin Government in church matters, in particular its promotion of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church over the Serbian Orthodox Church, to which the territory of Montenegro is subject under canon law; condemns the persecution by the Montenegrin authorities of clergy and lay members of the Serbian Orthodox Church;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Remains concerned about the state of media freedom in Montenegro; urges again the competent authorities to resolve the long-pending cases of violence against, intimidation of and threats made to journalists, to take measures to protect media professionals and to create a safe environment for free journalism; insists on transparent state advertising in private media, on the amendment of the Montenegrin criminal code and on the introduction of new criminal offenses aimed at preventing and punishing attacks on journalists discharging their professional duties; acknowledges the legal measures taken to provide greater financial independence and sustainability for the public service broadcaster RTCG, and calls for further steps to ensure its independence, including editorial independence;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. While noting favourable economic developments, urgessuggests to the new government tohat it launch further structural reforms with a view to improving the business and investment climate, including measures aimed at reducing the informal sector, and to pursue efforts to diminish state involvement in the economy; calls for the rationalisation of public spending, as well as for intensified efforts to strengthen the rule of law and contract enforcement;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes Montenegro’s proactive participation and constructive role in regional and international cooperation; commends Montenegro for continuing fully to align its foreign policy with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy; encourages it to continue to address, in a constructive and neighbourly spirit, outstanding bilateral issues with its neighbours, including the unresolved border demarcation issues with Serbia and Croatia;
Amendment 202 #
2016/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomNotes the fact that Montenegro’s NATO Accession Protocol was signed in May 2016 and is currently being ratified by NATO members; encouragescalls on NATO members within the EU to prioritise the ratification process and to recognise that NATO membership for Montenegro is an important symbolic and strategic part of the country’s Euro- Atlantic integration processnot to ratify Montenegro's accession to NATO, which would constitute a significant stage in the development of the internal political crisis in Montenegro, creating fresh divides in society; points out that Montenegro, which was then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was bombed by NATO in 1999;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that farming plays a key role in stimulating the economies of the ORs, maintaining their economic and social cohesion, and safeguarding the environment, and biodiversity, and ecological values;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Maintains that the abolition of market management tools in the milk sector, the loss of business opportunities resulting from thea Russian embargo, growing price volatility, in response to economic sanctions imposed by the EU, growing price volatility - or, in some cases, persistently low prices - and the prevailing crisis are undermining the sustainability of milk production in the Azores, one of the main driving forces within the region’s socio- economic fabric of certain ORs; points, therefore, to the need to take measures, backed by the necessary resources, in order to help milk production continue in the Azoreose regions and to offset the effects of deregulation and the difficulty of selling production;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns of the potentialevident impact of free trade agreements on traditional OR products (including milk, meat, sugar, and bananas) and urges the Commission to honour the commitment arising from the POSEI Regulation to gauging the impact of trade negotiations on matters affecting ORs and to involving the ORs in, and informing them about, negotiating processes; reiterates the importance of the support schemes for various types of farming including the banana and sugar sectors and maintains that special sugars must be excluded from trade negotiations;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Fears that the liberalisation of the sugar market will make producers in the ORs less competitive, costing them an estimated EUR 41.5 million1a a year; deplores the fact that the EUR 38 million which the Commission has agreed that France will provide to the overseas sugar industry annually will not cover this loss; _________________ 1aIEDOM (Note-Issuing Bank for the French Overseas Departments): Note expresse No 421 - 'La filière canne-sucre face à la libéralisation du marché européen du sucre en 2017' ['Cane sugar sector and liberalisation of the EU sugar market in 2017'], November 2016
Amendment 55 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs) are not necessarily included in free-trade agreements, such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which the European Parliament recently ratified; points out that a substantial proportion of the produce of the ORs (in various sectors including fruit and spirits, for example) is covered by PDOs and PGIs and that the conclusion of such agreements will automatically devalue the protected designations, resulting in significant losses of market share for the sectors in question;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the view that the Decent Work Country Programme should be extended beyond 2016 and should be deepened so as to consider the modernisation of the Uzbek economy, employment policy, occupational health and safety and labour inspection, also taking gender equalitynd the still dramatic water consumption and environmental aspects into account;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide Parliament regularly with detailed information on the situation in Uzbekistan, in particular with regard to the eradication of child and forced labour; asks for the creation of a detailed study on the current situation of the abolishment of forced labour in order to support decision-building within the European Parliament and its commissions; decides to continue to monitor developments in Uzbekistan and to organise a regular dialogue with the ILO, the Commission, the EEAS and other stakeholders aimed at the total eradication of forced labour in Uzbekistan;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2223(INI)
Amendment 39 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the potential for optimisation of use of former foodstuffs and by- products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production, but stresses the need for increased traceability and for steps to prevent improper practices ;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of cooperation, for example via Producer Organisations, for increased access to finance for innovation and investment in treatment technologies such as composting and anaerobic digestion or further processing of damaged products which could allow farmers to access new market and customers, while pointing to the importance of using waste to regenerate land that has been farmed;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the difficulty in quantifying food wastage at the primary production stage, and calls on the Commission to identify and disseminate to Member States best practice in relation to gathering data on food loss and food waste on farms without placing an additional administrative burden on farmers and saddling them with additional costs;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that, under the pressure of dumping from within and outside the EU and discount wars between supermarket chains, producers are often obliged to leave their crops to rot in the fields so as not to incur further costs or sustain further losses; points out, furthermore, that contractual systems are not always a satisfactory response to improper practices of this kind; calls accordingly for swift action to introduce regulatory measures and ban excessive discounting of fresh produce in supermarkets;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a comparative study to be conducted into the various means of reducing food wastage, such as: - ensuring that unsold food fit for human consumption may still be used by donating or processing it, - use in animal feed, - use as compost for farms or to produce energy, in particular through fermentation;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed gfor all processed goods, to indicate the presence and origin of palm oil and of the main ingredients of the foods;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for mandatory, clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed goods;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil, especially in the two main producer countries – Indonesia and Malaysia; notes that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation for commercial agriculture, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural palm oil plantations;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on palm oil producer countries to shun deforestation, and to use poor quality land and idle land for oil palm plantations;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that palm oil production has higher yields and requires less land than the production of other vegetable fats that are widely used for food; points out that oil palms occupy around eight times less land than their competitor crops, with one hectare producing 4 tons of oil, compared with 0.6 ton for rapeseed oil and 0.5 for soybean oil;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that palm oil is a direct competitor of other vegetable fats (soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oil) and animal fats (butter, lard) that are produced in the European Union, where social, health and environmental standards are stricter;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the occurrence of land grabbing and illegal acquisition of plantation land; notes further that land acquisition may lie outside the law, as local communities’ customary tenure rights are often not respected, as is the case with the Dayak people, who are increasingly being expropriated and dispossessed in the forests of Borneo;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned, therefore, about the indirect security effects of land-grabbing and deforestation, that are resulting in confrontations involving local communities;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and income for smallholders, provided that those smallholders are fully integrated into the production chain and receive fair payment;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned thatPoints to the need to ensure theat certification schemes do not guarantee genuinely sustainable palm oil, notably certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) certifica under protocols that will effectively protect biodiversity and safeguard working condition,s which is not effective in ensuring relevant standards and compliance therewithle helping to keep the deforestation level close to zero;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for efforts to be made to ensure that the recent targets and positions set out by the EU on trans fatty acids do not result in a reassessment of palm oil production that would lead to even more deforestation;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 138 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissionsMaintains that the production of land-based biofuels must not cause deforestation;
Amendment 147 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the need to favour the use of agricultural by-products and processing waste in order to rationalise the production process and limit farms’ energy bills;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these inherent problems are compounded by short-term factors, such as economic uncertainties and, unpredictable weather and the rise in migration to Europe, which, as can be seen today, make the job situation of workers in the farming industry all the more difficult and reduce access to it for Member State nationals;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the problematic situation of posted workers, whose status is regulated by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996; calls for the withdrawal of this Directive, which is the basis for social dumping between Member States, unfair competition and de facto favouritism for workers from countries with lower social security costs;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put into practice thecertain recommendations set out in the Andrieu report (‘How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?’), which was adopted by Parliament on 27 October 2016, and in particular that concerning the mobilisation of funds from the EAFRD ie promotion of local production ain effort to develop a genuine spublic tenders and locial economy in rural areamarkets;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfactionIs surprised to note that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) the overall level of error in Heading 5 (Administration), including the budget of the European External Action Service (EEAS), – whose spending has to be containues to be relatively low (0,6% in 2015)ed – stayed at 0.6 % in 2015, an important fact bearing in mind the sums concerned;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the ECA found certainnoted weaknesses in recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations and in procurement procedures organised by delegations and invitesdemands that the EEAS to improve the quality of its procedures; points out the challenges of operations within a decentralised network of 139 delegations, with limited human resources and in diverse environments, and stresses the necessity to reduce the administrative burden faced by individual delegations; welcomes the pilot project on the regionalisation of the administrative support to Union delegations in Europe and calls for the centralisation of administrative tasks at Headquarters as far as possible;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the need to ensure full respect of the staffing formula on the ratio between EEAS staff drawn from Member States and from Union institutions as set out by the Council Decision on the organisation and functioning of the EEAS; welcomes the commitment of the Vice-President/High Representative made to the Parliament to address the existing overrepresentation of national diplomats in the positions of heads of delegations, and to present in the course of 2017 a review of the EEAS human resources policy, looking at issues such as gender balance and mobility of staff between institutionscall for EEAS staff to be drawn from Member States; recalls that Member States are sovereign and that by virtue of such sovereignty 'security and diplomacy' form part of the sovereign powers of each Member State;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes ECA Special Report 07/2016 on the management of buildings by the EEAS; while recognising the challenges of building management in often complex environments; calls ondemands that the EEAS to address the individual cases of unoccupied or unnecessarily large premises that have been identified by the ECA as a matter of priority; calls for a commitment by the High Representative in this respect.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that the level of error in Heading 4 for the 2015 financial year, as estimated by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in its annual report, has not decreased compared to 2014 and amounts to 2,8%; points out, nevertheless, that this is below the level of error identified in other headings, in spite of the fact that Union external aid activities frequently take place in crisis-struck regions and politically difficult environmentsconsiders this to be unacceptable;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports all recommendations formulated by the ECA based on its findings; welcomnotes the fact that the Commission has fully, which is quick to criticise others, has not seen fit to implemented 5 out all of the 7 recommendations the ECA made in the 2012 and 2013 reports and urges the Commission to take the steps to conclude implementation of the remaining onesneeded to become a good example;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concernIs outraged to note the persisting deficiencies, year after year, in the quality of expenditure verifications carried out by auditors contracted by beneficiaries, which in some cases lead to the Commission's acceptance ofing ineligible costs, and thus acting outside the law;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Endorses the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors which, having to assist Parliament in determining efficient legislation for the proper management of funds, has already expressed its critical views on the coexistence of cross-compliance and greening rules, which were a key aspect of the last reform, referring to their possible effects on the inefficiency of controls and increase in red tape;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned byObjects strongly to the fact revealed by the ECA's audit that DG NEAR's evaluation of the amount of payments at risk is not sufficiently accurate and expects a swiftaccurate at all and demands an immediate revision of DG NEAR's methodology;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. While welcoming the progress achieved, nNotes that 6 out of 10 civilian missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have not yet been recognised by the Commission as compliant with Article 60 of the Financial Regulation; urges the Commission to step up work in order to, which means that its missions are not being conducted within a legal framework; demands that the Commission accredit all civilian CSDP missions, in line with the ECA's recommendation, allowing them to be entrusted with budget implementation tasks under indirect management;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the reliability of information on CAP direct payments as reported by Member States is often seriously undermined as a result of misreporting; questions, as a result, how accurate the calculation of error rates is;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the fact that many small-scale programmes, such as the school fruit and school milk schemes, are not user-friendly, partly because of the red tape involved, meaning less than perfect acceptance and implementation; welcomes Commissioner Hogan’s simplification initiatives in this connection;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the higher allocation by the Member States of funds for environmental measures and for physical investments aimed at boosting competitiveness; expects that those measures will have a long- lasting impact and high economic leverage;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission and the Member States to avoid gold-plating or adding unnecessary guidelines and procedures which could interfere with efficient implementation of the EAFRD; asks the Commission to continue the simplification of the CAP and, where feasible and necessary, to adapt the basic legislation to this effect; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to successful fulfilment of remaining ex-ante conditionalities;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 101 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that where rural and agricultural issues are concerned, it is for the State to coordinate the implementation and harmonisation of RDPs; takes the view that the EAFRD, under the programming period for 2014- 2020, is bypassing the role of the State in this case by making the Commission responsible for allocating RDPs and the regions responsible for managing them; deplores the fact that the national level is increasingly being left out although it is vital in order to ensure overall cohesion of this policy;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to land is a human rightfundamental right for humankind;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to land and food is a human right;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the concentration of farmland reduces living standards in farming communities, given the lack of alternative forms of employment or services in rural areas;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas farmland prices and rents have risen in many regions to a level which encourages financial speculation and makes it economically impossible for many farms, especially medium-sized farms, to hold on to rented land or acquire the additional land needed to keep farms viable, as there is hardly any land on the market;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of a central observatory tasked withtask force to recording the level of farmland concentration in the EU, changes in land use and the market behaviour of owners and tenants, and with issuing regular reports, given the wide differences between national land management laws;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States, so as to prevent speculation;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it sensible to create a uniform, Europe-wide land inventory in which all ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up- to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;
Amendment 205 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that land policy falls within the exclusive remit of the national authorities and must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;
Amendment 206 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. TakNotes the view that land policy must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownershipimportant social function of private property, given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers in view of the growing interest being taken by large increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plotforeign groups whose aim is speculation or intensive production, to the detriment of all local rural sectors;
Amendment 232 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give active farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to enable Member States to introduce national priority in the context of access to land via the sale or lease of farmland;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that land market policy should help make it easier for young people to enter agriculture, over and above the encouragement for young farmers enshrined in the common agricultural policy; calls, therefore, for a comprehensive approach thatimprovements to the programme of setting-up aid to facilitate the establishment of young farmers to helps enable qualified young farmers and new entrepreneurs to take over or start farms; considers that these setting- up policies should include measures to secure the market outlets of these new farms, guaranteeing those outlets and their prices and volumes for a period to be determined;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Proposes that Member States introduce incentives for the sale of farmland to farmers rather than to investors (either private investors or investment funds);
Amendment 256 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to curbmonitor the rise in farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Proposes that compensatory measures be introduced by the State to supplement the purchase price payable by a farmer for land where the farmer cannot buy the land at the same price as is offered by an investment fund;
Amendment 314 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends to that end the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EUretrospective harmonisation of the definitions of ‘'active farmer’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm' given by Member States; calls for such European harmonisation of the definition to be put to a vote in the European Parliament, not decided by the Commission alone;
Amendment 342 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agricultural land in the light of social and environmental, ecological and national-interest criteria;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for freshpractical initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for new Member States facing difficulties in setting up producers' organisations to be given more support for the launching and subsequent management of such organisations;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the recent publication of guidelines on the application of the specific rules set out in Articles 169, 170 and 171 of the CMO Regulation;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the considerable economic and social contribution equidae make throughout the EUfor the EU Member States;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that good equid health and welfare boosts the economic output of farms and businesses alike and benefits the rural economy overall, as well as that of local authorities (e.g. use of horses for municipal maintenance work), and benefits the rural economy overall; notes also that horse owners are fully aware that it is in their own interests to give their animals the best possible care;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Affirms that equid owners should have a minimum level of knowledge of equid husbandry, and that with ownership comes a personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of the animals in their care;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres for improved levels of compliance with, and consistent enforcement of, legislatifact that no details have been provided of the form the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres are to take or of how they are to be funded and how much funding is to be provided; calls, not least on, along with the dissemination of information and best practice relating to animal welfccount of the subsidiarity principle, for Member States to retain control over law-making in this area;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 130 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distributionMember States to support the implementation of good practices without establishing new programmes and/or guides whose cost and usefulness cannot be clearly established;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats, including online;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to recommit to the development of a European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, with the dissemination of clear information to help tourists make welfare-friendly choices when deciding whether or not to use the services of working equidae, in consultation with national federations;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 207 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 212 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to support the work of veterinary surgeons as the parties in the best position to survey the conditions in which Equidae live and to denounce abuses, in view of the work that they do on the ground, which means that they are the first to come into contact with injured or sick animals;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to draw up strict legislation regarding the mistreatment and abandonment of animals;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission to encourage horse owners to form associations to protect themselves in the event of a crisis;
Amendment 241 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Observes that only a minority of horse owners and/or breeders commit criminal acts;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on donkey milk farming; calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on donkey milk farms;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the housing of rabbits kept for farming purposes is one of the centrala questions discussed among stakeholders involved in their breeding, especially with regard to animal welfare;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the domesticated rabbit has kept most of the wild rabbit’s natural behaviour, and intensive farming systems can have severe negative implications for its welfare;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concernNotes that rabbits in the EU are usually reared in unenriched cages, in a barren environment that only has a drinker and feeder; also notes with concernstresses that rabbits are sometimes fed on pellets and the close confines of the battery cages do not allow rabbits to express their natural behaviour; recalls that, in general, the way in which rabbits are farmed in Europe meets far higher animal welfare standards than is the case in most countries outside Europe where rabbits are raised and exported;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that in some Member States alternatives to barren-cage farming of rabbits exist which, in certain cases, reduce the incidence of disease and mortality rates and improve the welfare of farmed rabbits;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the use of pen systems for groups, which are the most suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; pPoints out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst them; recognises that this practice should be encouraged;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, owing to the absence of species-specific animal husbandry legislation for rabbits in the EU, the breeding of rabbits is highly intensified and its architecture resembles a high- outputn industrial production system;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, to cut costs and save space, a typical barren wire cage for an adult doe in the EUcertain EU Member States is 60 to 65 cm long, 40 to 48 cm wide and 30 to 35 cm high; concludes that this means that rabbits cannot move normally or adopt normal postures such as stretching out, sitting and standing with their ears erect ( a ‘look out’ posture typical of the species), rearing up, turning around comfortably and hopping; underlines that this lack of exercise can alsometimes lead to weakened or broken bones;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species, because of the specific sensitivity of these animals, which is also one of their features in the natural environment;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that, even in a natural environment, rabbits suffer from diseases and viruses which are sometimes fatal (HDV, myxomatosis, intestinal coccidiosis, etc.), which sometimes require treatment with antibiotics or remedies against parasites in order to prevent their dying out in the areas affected;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern that rabbits reared and fattened for meat production in the EU are typically cagraised in groups, and are provided with a small space per rabbit that is less than the area of two ordinary A4 sheets of paper;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that rabbits can suffer from a wide range of welfare problems and diseases, including fatal viruses, snuffles and sore hocks from sitting on wire-mesh cage floors; is aware that investigations6 have shown that on some farms sick and injured rabbits are not treated and many fall victim to eye and fungal infections and respiratory conditions; notes with concern that the vast majority of these animals end up in the food chain, either as pet food or as meat sold to consumers in supermarkets; _________________ 6 http://www.ciwf.org.uk/our- campaigns/investigations/rabbit- investigations/2014-the-biggest-secret-of- the-cage-age/
Amendment 159 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the importance of providing training courses for people involved in all aspects of animal handling in rabbit farming in order to improve their performance and understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements in order to avoid unnecessary suffering for animalssupplement their knowledge of this type of farming, which is very complex;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, social interaction and play, and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter; recognises that this pen system will cause farmers to incur very high costs, which it will be necessary to take into account by providing financial assistance to farmers who freely opt for this system for raising rabbits;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that transport is an extremelyperhaps a stressful experience for rabbits; underlines that rabbits should be fed before transport and be provided with adequate food, water and space in transit, and that transport times should be as limited as possible, owing to the sensitivity of the species; emphasises that there are a huge variety of stress factors that affect animal welfare and that these differ between regions or even farms;
Amendment 191 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the widespread use of antibiotics in rabbit farming, especially in the intensive type of farming that uses cage systems, can, in certain cases, lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 223 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider pen systems as the guiding principleone of the possibilities when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that all measures should be harmonised at EU level by introducing specific EU legislation for the minimum protection of farm rabbits, includingprovision should be made for a clear system of production labelling allowing consumers in the EU to make an informed choice about the rabbit meat they buy;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is used to finance risky and innovative projects, can be used as a tool to boost EU growth and promote the development of strong, sustainable and competitive industry; demands nonetheless to make sure that the fund is used in responsible way not allowing its use for overly risky projects;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 29 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the main global players in agricultural markets are introducing policies - unsuccessfully - that aim to curb volatility, and whereas the G20 has also undertaken to address the issue;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes, can increase the volatility of agricultural product pricesthe volatility of agricultural product prices is increased by political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes and the abolition of production quotas, as happened in the dairy sector;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening and economic globalisation have accentuated price volatility and reduced the stability of farmers' incomes;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Russian embargo has had a highly adverse impact on European Union farmers' incomes and that the economic sanctions against Russia, which led to the embargo, is costing farmers dearly for what are highly ideologically motivated decisions;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes and deplores the fact that in a number of Member States, including France, payments to farmers of aid under the first CAP pillar are taking longer and longer, intensifying the climate of economic and financial insecurity they already face because of price volatility;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed as a matter of urgency and must be a long-term aim for the future CAPbefore even starting to consider the outlines of the future CAP, the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed through rapid and effective decision- making as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 239 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to implement tools that promote short supply chains in the production chains, in order to reduce the number of commercial intermediaries and thus reduce the influence of each one on the overall fluctuation in prices;
Amendment 358 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. SeesTakes the view that it ais part ofalso the Union’s role to facilitate transparency in the European market;
Amendment 361 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that it is an advantage necessity for farmers, in their negotiations with other stakeholders in the food chain, to be aware of price movements in the various market segments;
Amendment 380 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for new mechanisms to be established which introduce guaranteed minimum prices with a view to curbing speculation on agricultural markets, as was possible under the CAP prior to the 1992 McSharry reform;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 19 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 27 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 64 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the strengthenany kingd of trade relations between the EU and Turkey should be set against the background of the common will of the parties to share the set of values and principles laid down in the EU's founding treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to work together to implement them fully and comprehensivelyhave to be based on the common acceptance of fundamental human rights, including a proper separation of powers, an independent judiciary and the freedom of press;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Amendment 76 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Amendment 88 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 130 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the liberalisation of the sectors that are not currently included in the Customs Union should take place in a progressive and binding manner, by measuring its impact on businesses, particularly SMEs, consumers and the environment. To that end, parliamentary institutions, both at EU level and nationally, can play an active role in liaising and holding talks with stakeholders and civil societyre should be no further liberalisation of sectors beyond the current status quo;
Amendment 147 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) the liberalisation ofEU- Turkey cooperation in matters of trade in agricultural products should be conditional upon reform of Turkish legislation on grants and export subsidies in order to avoid distortionary effects on the CAP system. Special consideration should be given to the impact on EU small- scale farmers regarding those categories of product that are vulnerable to competition;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix
Amendment 185 #
2016/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point x
Paragraph 1 – point c – point x
(x) the inclusion of the energy and commodity sectors might represents strategic added value in EU-Turkey trade relations, provided that; its integration should be postponed to the moment when Turkey successfully establishes an open, competitive and non- discriminatory economic environment is established;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to be more active in proposing lasting solutions to combat the significcombat the high volatily of farm prices by instituting a policy of regulation of production antd price volatility of agricultural products and by limiting the impact of agricultural imports from third countries; notes that price volatility occurs more frequently in a more globalised market, requiring more effective and rapid actions in order to prevent farmers’ incomes being negatively impacted;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculturebolster the model of family farming on small and medium-sized farms, and calls for financial resources to be made available to meet these objectives;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices; calls for a revision of the competition rules which apply to agriculture.
Amendment 45 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the European Union ought no longer to provide direct or indirect support to farmers in third countries whose production competes with that of EU Member States;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is concerned about the impact of a partnership with Ukraine on European farming;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses that it is paradoxical on the one hand to pursue a costly and inhibiting policy of greening while on the other hand conducting trade negotiations with major agricultural producing countries which do not abide by the same standards, and calls for the free trade negotiations with the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to be suspended; considers it inappropriate to resume discussion of an EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement.
Amendment 42 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 59 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) details establishing the link between a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the spirit drink and the geographical area referred to in point (d);
Amendment 66 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Where, on the basis of the information available to the Commission from the scrutiny carried out pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 23(1), the Commission considers that the conditions for registration are not fulfilled, it shall adopt implementing acts rejecting the application. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).provide the Member State responsible with its negative assessment and subsequent remarks, checking with that Member State, within a set period of time, whether those conditions are a definitive impediment to registration;
Amendment 68 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, further to the checks with the Member State responsible referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission receives no notice of opposition or no admissible reasoned statement of opposition under Article 24, it shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), registering the name.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Amendment 91 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. For a period of up to two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, only at the indication of the Member State responsible and by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protection of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).
Amendment 95 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to take account of the specificities of the production in the demarcated geographical area, with reference to the protection of geographical indications and the possible illegal use thereof, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning:
Amendment 99 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Amendment 101 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate five-year period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 172 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) details establishing the link between a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the spirit drink and the geographical area referred to in point (d);
Amendment 176 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Where, on the basis of the information available to the Commission from the scrutiny carried out pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 23(1), the Commission considers that the conditions for registration are not fulfilled, it shall adopt implementing acts rejecting the application. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2)provide the Member State responsible with its negative assessment and subsequent remarks, checking with that Member State, within a set period of time, whether those conditions are a definitive impediment to registration.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, further to the checks with the Member State responsible referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission receives no notice of opposition or no admissible reasoned statement of opposition under Article 24, it shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), registering the name.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Amendment 196 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. For a period of up to two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, only on the instructions of the Member State responsible and by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protection of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EUC) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).
Amendment 202 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to take account of the specificities of the production in the demarcated geographical area, as regards protection of the GI and the possible illegal use thereof, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning:
Amendment 207 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Amendment 209 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate set period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 provides a reference framework for European statistics and requirurges Member States to comply with the statistical principles and quality criteria specified in thate Regulation. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating on the quality of European statistics. The ESSC has endorsed a European Statistical System (ESS) standard for Quality Reports Structure, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. That ESS standard should contribute to the harmonisation of quality reporting under this Regulation.
Amendment 64 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Where the main survey frame specified under paragraph 2 does not represent 98 % of the utilised agricultural area and 98 % of the livestock units, Member States shallmay extend the frame by establishing lower thresholds than those referred to in paragraph 2, or by establishing additional thresholds, or both.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 85 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 27 % renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambitionIf a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to chooserogress Reports, Member States should be notified and be able to take the measures needed to reduce that gap.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources should be deploysupported at the lowest possible cost for consumers and taxpayers. When designing support schemes and when allocating support, Member States should seek to minimise the overall system cost of deployment, taking full account of grid and system development needs, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The opening of support schemes to cross-border participation limits negative impacts on the internal energy market and can, under certain conditions, help Member States achieve the Union target more cost- efficiently. Cross-border participation is also the natural corollary to the development of the Union renewables policy, with a Union-level binding target replacing national binding targets. It is therefore appropriate to require Member States to progressively and partially open support to projects located in other Member States, and define several ways in which such progressive opening may be implemented, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) To reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the EU and reduce its dependence on energy imports, the development of energy from renewable sources should be closely linked to increased energy efficiency.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Some Member States (including those with outermost regions as defined in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) have a large share of aviation in their gross final consumption of energy. In view of the current technological and regulatory constraints that prevent the commercial use of biofuels in aviation, it is appropriate to provide a partial exemption for such Member States, by excluding from the calculation of their gross final consumption of energy in national air transport, the amount by which they exceed one-and-a- half times the Union average gross final consumption of energy in aviation in 2005, as assessed by Eurostat, i.e. 6,.18 %. Cyprus and Malta, Malta and the outermost regions, due to their insular and peripheral character, rely on aviation as a mode of transport, which is essential for their citizens and their economy. As a result, Cyprus and Malta, Malta and Member States with outermost regions have a gross final consumption of energy in national air transport which is disproportionally high, i.e. more than three times the UnionCommunity average in 2005, and are thus disproportionately affected by the current technological and regulatory constraints. For those Member States it is therefore appropriate to provide that the exemption should cover the amount by which they exceed the Union average gross final consumption of energy in aviation in 2005 as assessed by Eurostat, i.e. 4,.12 %.
Amendment 138 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) The specific situation of the outermost regions is recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The energy sector in the outermost regions is often characterised by isolation, limited supply and dependence on fossil fuels while these regions benefit from important local renewable sources of energy. The outermost regions cshould thus serve as examples oferefore develop the application of innovative energy technologies for the Union. It is therefore necessary to promote the uptake of renewable energy in order to achieve a higher degree of energy autonomy for those regions and recognise their specific situation in terms of renewable energy potential and public support needs; however, such a policy should take account of local specific needs concerning the protection of biodiversity or the use of renewable energy sources such as biomass.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 181 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Biofuels , bioliquids and biomass fuels should always be produced in a sustainable manner. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels used for compliance with the Union target laid down in this Directive, and those which benefit from support schemes, should therefore be required to fulfil sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria. To this end and in the specific case of agricultural biofuels, it is logical and necessary for the EU to give preference to products and by-products from European farming.
Amendment 182 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) The Union should take appropriate steps in the context of this Directive, including the promotion of sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria for biofuels , and for bioliquids and biomass fuels used for heating or cooling and electricity generation . To this end and in the specific case of agricultural biofuels, it should logically give a preference to products and by-products from European farming.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0382(COD)
(71a) In view of the strong potential to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, the use of farming materials such as manure and slurry and other animal or organic waste to produce biogas offers significant environmental advantages, for both heating and electricity generation and biofuel production. Biogas installations can, as a result of their decentralised nature and the regional investment structure, contribute significantly to sustainable development in rural areas and offer farmers new income opportunities.
Amendment 218 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) It is necessary to lay down clear rules for the calculation of greenhouse gas emission savings from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels and their fossil fuel comparators. The calculation of the carbon footprint caused by importing biofuels from third countries should be added to those rules. Logically and with a view to achieving the objectives of promoting the sustainability criteria and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the EU should give priority to the – controlled – use of products and by-products from the Member States.
Amendment 335 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Acceptance or rejection of joint projects 1. Only the Member States should be able to decide whether to enter into, accept or reject bilateral or multilateral projects to be carried out with another Member State or a third country. 2. Any Member State not wishing to participate in a project shall not be compelled to contribute funding.
Amendment 427 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 430 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Union should take appropriate steps in the context of this Directive, including the promotion of sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria for biofuels, and for bioliquids and biomass fuels used for heating or cooling and electricity generation. To this end, and particularly in the case of agricultural biofuels, the Union should logically favour products and co-products which come from European farming.
Amendment 27 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 47 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and national level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and predictability of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten-year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overall ambition in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climate. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to limit administrative burden on Member States and the Commission, the latter should establish an online reporting platform to facilitate communication and promote cooperation and transparency. That should ensure timely submission of reports and facilitate improved transparency on national reporting. The e- reporting platform should complement, build on and benefit from existing reporting processes, databases and e-tools, such as those of the European Environment Agency, Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the lessons learned from the Union's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should make recommendations suggestions to assist the Member States and then take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. In the area of renewable energy, such measures can also include financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 JanuarySeptember 2019 and every ten years thereafter, each Member State shall notify to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plan.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used;
Amendment 138 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 2018 and every ten years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 142 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take utmost account of any recommendations from the Commission when finalising their integrated national energy and climate plan, providing written justification for any failure to follow the recommendation in the final plan.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 157 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including electricity, industry, transport, the buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF);
Amendment 173 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 196 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 207 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the process related to the Commission recommendations and addressing those recommendations pursuant to Article 9(2) and (3), Article 15(5), Article 26(1) and Article 27(2) and (3).In order to facilitate good cooperation among Member States, the Commission recommendations shall be published;
Amendment 5 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 7 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In view of the crisis that is currently affecting agriculture in the European Union, which is being exacerbated by disadvantageous political decisions such as the zero-duty quotas granted to Tunisia, Moldova and Georgia, and owing to the consequences of political decisions, such as the Russian embargo introduced in response to EU economic sanctions, no new import quotas should be granted for agri-food products.
Amendment 8 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 13 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 20 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 23 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of the difficult economic situation in Ukraine, it is important for the Regulation to enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,By authorising the mass import of Ukrainian food products, the EU is undermining consumer protection, because the enforcement and monitoring of health standards are notoriously bad in Ukraine, as evidenced by a number of health scandals involving eggs and oil over the past few years.
Amendment 24 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The guarantees made by the Ukrainian Government when it signed the DCFTA free trade agreement are meaningless, especially given the very high level of corruption in the country.
Amendment 25 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 27 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Taking into account the multi-sector crisis in European agriculture, the Commission must review the trade preferences that have already been granted to Ukraine under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement (DCFTA), which entered into force on 1 January 2016.
Amendment 47 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 49 #
Amendment 56 #
Amendment 66 #
Amendment 121 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concern the processing, including the acquisition of agricultural technologies and machinery used by farmers, collectively or otherwise, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the TFEU or cotton, except fishery products; the output of the production process may be a product not covered by that Annex; where support is provided in the form of financial instruments for the use of beneficiaries, whether individuals or groups, the input may also be a product not covered by Annex I to the TFEU on condition that the investment contributes to one or more of the Union priorities for rural development;
Amendment 128 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay define upper and lowthe lower threshold and/or the upper thresholds per beneficiary for allowing access to support under points (a)(i) and (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. The lower threshold for support under point (a)(i) of paragraph 1 shall be higher than the upper threshold for support under point (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. Member States which have set such thresholds shall annually notify any changes to the Commission. Support shall be limited to holdings coming under the definition of micro and small enterprises.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of all sectors for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 160 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of a specific sector for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 174 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 186 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 Income stabilisation tool for farmers of all sectorsArticle 39Income stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of all sectors
Amendment 188 #
2016/0282(COD)
(aa) in Article 39, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Support under point (c) of Article 36(1) shall only be granted where the droploss of income or revenue exceeds 320% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (c) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensate for less than 70 80% of the income lostloss incurred in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance." For the purposes of calculating the real income or revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; indicators may be determined on a regional basis." Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305- 20150523&qid=1490017184167&from=EN)
Amendment 191 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
(ab) in Article 39, in paragraph 4, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. in the event of loss or in connection with the annual contribution to the fund, In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis. No contribution by public funds shall be made to initial capital stock." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1305&rid=1)" Or. it
Amendment 195 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 196 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
(ba) In Article 39, in paragraph 4, the following point is inserted: "(ba) insurance contracts."
Amendment 199 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a Income stabilisation tool for farmers of a specific sectorArticle 39aIncome stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of a specific sector
Amendment 206 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – paragraph 1
Article 39a – paragraph 1
1. Support under point (d) of Article 36(1), for insurance contracts and mutual funds, shall only be granted in duly justified cases and where the drop of income exceeds 20 % of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (d) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensatFor the purposes of calculating the real income for less than 70 % of the income lost in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance. revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; such indices or indicators may be determined on a regional basis.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 60 – paragraph 2
Article 60 – paragraph 2
With the exception of general costs as defined in Article 45(2)(c), in respect of investment operations under measures falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU, only expenditure which has been incurred after an application has been submitted to the competent authority shall be considered eligible. However, Member States may provide in their programme that expenditure which is related to emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, including significant and sudden demographic changes resulting from migration or reception of refugees, and which has been incurred by the beneficiary after the event occurs, is also eligible.
Amendment 270 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/213
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k – subparagraph 1a (new)
-1. In Article 4, paragraph 1, point k, a second subparagraph is inserted: “This definition also covers poplars grown on land parcels with a maximum harvest cycle of 15 years;”
Amendment 280 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Amendment 287 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Amendment 312 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
3a. In Article 44, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Without prejudice to the number of crops required pursuant to paragraph 1, the maximum thresholds set out therein shall not apply to holdings where grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow or cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle cover more than 75 % of the arable land. In such cases, the main crop on the remaining arable area shall not cover more than 75 % of that remaining arable land, except where this remaining area is covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow.” Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&qid=1490089118167&from=EN)
Amendment 364 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Amendment 377 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
5b. In Article 52, paragraph 5 is deleted
Amendment 386 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6a. in Article 53, the introductory phrase in paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: “6. Member States may, by 31 AugustMarch 20168, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 and decide, with effect from 20178: (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-Or. it 20150603&qid=1490030239392&from=EN)
Amendment 411 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) crisis prevention and management, including providing coaching to other producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers, actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating markets for exports to third countries;
Amendment 416 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
b) In paragraph 3, the following point (i) is inserted: e i a):
Amendment 422 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Amendment 434 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
b) actions related to coaching of other producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers from Member States referred to in Article 35(1), or related to actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating export markets in third countries as referred to in Article 33(1)(f).
Amendment 463 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h
3b. In Article 64, paragraph 2, point h is replaced by the following: “h) areas to be newly planted in the framework of increasing the size of small and medium-sized holdings. wine- producing holdings. Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20160731&qid=1490028670338&from=EN)
Amendment 470 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Amendment 475 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 3a (new)
3c. In Article 64, the following paragraph is inserted: “3a. Member States may set a ceiling on the surface area for applications for each individual beneficiary.
Amendment 479 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 172 – paragraph 2 –introductory part
Article 172 – paragraph 2 –introductory part
3d. In Article 172, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the existence of a prior agreement between the parties in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. 1151/2012. Such an agreement shall be concluded, after consultation with pig producers in the geographical area, between at least two thirds of the processors of that ham representing at least two thirds of the production of that ham in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and, if considered to be appropriate by the Member State, at least two thirds of the pig producers in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. it 20160731&qid=1490036316886&from=EN)
Amendment 28 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation covers emissions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) categories energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 excluding emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council18. Activities covered by Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] are not covered by this Regulation. __________________ 17 Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13). 18 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 65 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, excluding emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Regulation shall not apply to greenhouse gases produced by the agricultural sector in the light of its environmental contribution through the absorption and storage of CO2;
Amendment 67 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’ means emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation;
Amendment 68 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’«émissions de gaz à effet de serre»: means emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) (aside from enteric methane emissions), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 24 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Council conclusions foresaw that the target should be delivered collectively by the UnionMember States 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, with efforts distributed on the basis of relative GDP per capita.
Amendment 33 #
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. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the largely ineffectual 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 44 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, andby maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions into and enhance removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the changes in the harvested wood products pool when they take place, to provide incentives for enhanced use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. The Commission should provide guidance on methodological issues related to the accounting for harvested wood products.
Amendment 79 #
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.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 122 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 127 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the period from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Article 11, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceed removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and removals on their territory in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accountedare accounted for in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Amendment 208 #
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 current 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 year.
Amendment 252 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. At the end of the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, Member States may exclude from their accounts for afforested land and managed forest land greenhouse gas emissions resulting from natural disturbances exceeding the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in the period 2001-2020, excluding statistical outliers ('background level') calculated in accordance with this Article and Annex VI.
Amendment 254 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 263 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity to the period 2026-2030ost-2026 period.
Amendment 276 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3, 5, 8, 10 and 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [date of entry into force].
Amendment 277 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to the preceding paragraphs shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of twofour months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a Union Resettlement Framework for the admissprovisional Union framework for the temporary protection of third-country nationalrefugees and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States with a view to granting them international protection.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 77 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Amendment 78 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 79 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 14 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The objective of the Union's policy on asylum is to develop andWhile respecting the sovereignty of Member States, the European Union wishes to establish a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), consistent with the values and humanitarian tradition of the European Union and governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility.
Amendment 19 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The CEAS is based on common minimum standards for asylum procedures, recognition and protection offered at Union level, reception conditions and a system for determining the Member State responsible for asylum seekers. Notwithstanding progress on the CEAS, there are still significanit disparities between the Member States in the granting of international protection and in the form that such international protection takes. Those disparities should be addressed by ensuring greater convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and by guaranteeing a high and uniform level of application of Union law across the Union necessary to accompany and support the Member States in their national policies on this matter.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication of 6 April 2016, the Commission set out its options for improvThe Commission must bear in mingd the CEAS, namely to establish a sustainable and fair system for determining the Member States responsible for asylum seekers, to reinforce the Eurodac system, to achieve greater convergence in the asylum system and to prevent secondary movements, and develop an enhanced mandate for the European Asylum Support Office. That Communication is in line with calls by the European Council on 18 February 2016 to make progress towards reforming the EU's existing framework so as to ensure a humane and efficient asylum policy. It also proposes a way forward in line with the holistic approach to migration set out by the European Parliament in its own initiative report of 12 April 2016.national sovereignty of the Member States. It also has a duty, in the service of the Member States, to simplify the management of migrant flows and thereby prevent secondary movement;
Amendment 26 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Asylum Support Office was established by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 and it took up its responsibilities on 1 February 2011. The European Asylum Support Office has enhanced practical cooperation among Member States on asylum-related matters and in assisting Member States in implementing their obligations under the CEAS. The European Asylum Support Office also provides support to Member States whose asylum and reception systems are under particular pressure. However, its role and function need to be further strengthened so as to not only support Member States in their practical cooperation but to reinforce and complement the asylum and reception systems of Member States. __________________ 7 Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 establishing a European Asylum Support Office (OJ L 132, 29.5.2010, p. 11).
Amendment 28 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 31 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 36 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Union Agency for Asylum should work in close cooperation with Member States’ asylum authorities, with national immigration and asylum services and other services, drawing on the capacity and expertise of those services, and with the Commission. Member States should cooperate with the Agency to ensure that it is able to fulfil itbe at the service of Member States’ asylum authorities mandate. It is important that the Agency and the Member States act in good faith and have a timely and accurate exchange of information. Any provision of statistical data should respect the technical and methodological specifications of Regulation (EC) No 862/20078 national immigration and asylum services. __________________ 8 Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23).
Amendment 41 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 43 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European Union Agency for Asylum should assist Member States with training of experts from all national administrations, courts and tribunals, and national services responsible for asylum matters, including the development of a common core curriculum. In addition, the Agency should ensure that all experts participating in asylum support teams or forming part of the asylum intervention pool receive specialist training before their participation in operational activities organised by the Agency. ‘Operational’ activities which can only be carried out under the auspices of the Member States’ authorities.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The European Union Agency for Asylum should ensure a more structured and streamlined production of information on countries of origin at the level of the European Union. It is necessary for the Agency to gather information and draw up reports providing for country of origin information by making use of European networks on country of origin information so as to avoid duplication and create synergies with national reports. Furthermore, to ensure convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and the nature and quality of protection granted, the Agency should, together with Member States, engage in and develop a common analysis providing guidance on the situation in specific countries of origin.
Amendment 51 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The common EU list of safe countries of origin established by Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX9 should be regularly reviewed by the Commission. Having regard to the Agency's expertise, it should assist the Commission in reviewing that list. The Agency should also, at the request of the Commission, provide it with information on specific third countries which could be included in the common EU list of safe countries of origin, and on third countries designated as safe countries of origin or safe third countries or to which the Member States apply the concepts of safe third country, first country of asylum or European safe third country, in conjunction with the Member States’ security services. __________________ 9 JO L […]
Amendment 57 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 63 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 67 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 69 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 72 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In cases where a Member State'’s asylum and reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure that places exceptionally heavy and urgent demands on their asylum or reception systems, the European Union Agency for Asylum should assist that Member State upon request or on the Agency's own initiative, by means of a comprehensive set of measures, including the deployment of experts from the asylum intervention pool. To ensure the availability of those experts and their immediate deployment, the asylum intervention pool should constitute a reserve of experts from Member States amounting to a minimum of 500 persons. The Agency should itself be able to intervene in support of a Member State where despite the disproportionate pressure, the Member State concerned does not request for sufficient assistance from the Agency or the Member State does not take sufficient action to address that pressure with the consequence that the asylum and reception systems would be ineffective to the extent of jeopardising the functioning of the CEAS. A disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which a Member States is responsible may be an indication of disproportionate pressure.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 76 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For Member States that are faced with specific and disproportionate pressure onAs a matter of national sovereignty, it is for Member States to determine their asylum and reception systems due, in particular, to their geographical or demographic situation, the European Union Agency for Asylum should support the development of solidarity within the Union and assist in the better relocation of beneficiaries of international protection among Member States, while ensuring that asylum and reception systems are not abusedin operation within their respective territories.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) At particular areas of the external borders where Member States face disproportionate migratory pressures characterised by large influxes of mixed migratory flows, referred to asIn hotspot areas, the Member States should be able to rely on increased operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams composed of teams of experts from Member States deployed through the European Union Agency for Asylum, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union and Europol or other relevant Union agencies, as well as experts from the staff of the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union. The Agency should ensure coordination of its activities in the migration management support teams with the Commission and the other relevant Union agencies.
Amendment 84 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 87 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The European Union Agency for Asylum shouldmust cooperate with the European Migration Network, established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC10, to ensure synergies and avoid duplication of activities. __________________ 10 Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7).
Amendment 88 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Union Agency for Asylum shouldmust cooperate with international organisations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in matters covered by this Regulation in the framework of working arrangements so as to benefit from their expertise and support. To that end, the roles of UNHCR and the other relevant international organisations should be fully recognised and those organisations should be involved in the work of the Agency. The working arrangements should receive the Commission's prior approval.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 106 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The competence to take decisions by Member States' asylum authoritienational sovereignty of Member States provides their sole authorities with competences to take decisions on individual applications for international protection remains with Member Statesand on migration issues as a whole.
Amendment 107 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The European Union Agency for Asylum (the Agency) shall ensure the efficient and uniform applicinformation of Union asylum law in Member States. It shall facilitate the implementation and improve the functioning of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), and it shall be responsible for enabling convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection across the Union, taking into account the sovereignty of each Member State.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The European Union Agency for Asylum shall be the new name for the European Asylum Support Office established by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The activities of the Agency shall henceforth be based on this Regulation.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 116 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) draw up and regularly update reports and other documents providing for information on countries of origin at the level of the Unionreport on progress made to Parliament and the Member States;
Amendment 121 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 127 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 129 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency and the Member States’ asylum authorities, national immigration and asylum services and other national services shall be subject to a duty to cooperate in good faith and an obligation to exchange information.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall work closely with the Member States' asylum authorities, with national immigration and asylum services and other national services and with the Commission. The Agency shall carry out its duties without prejudice to those assigned to other relevant bodies of the Union and shall work closely with those bodies and withprovide support to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Amendment 134 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall organise, promote and coordinate activities enabling the exchange of information among Member States, including through the establishment of networks as appropriate. For those purposes, the Agency and the Member States'’ asylum authorities, national immigration and asylum services and other national services shallmay share, in a timely and accurate manner, all necessary information in a timely manner.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 142 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall create factual, legal and case law databases on the application and interpretation of Union, national and international asylum instruments making use, in particular, of existing arrangements. No personal data shall be stored in such databases, unless such data has been obtained by the Agency from documents that are publicly accessible, in constant liaison with the competent authorities of the Member States.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) national law and legal developments in the field of asylum, including case lawrespect for the national sovereignty of Member States;
Amendment 145 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 158 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) make use of all relevant sources of information, including its information analysis on the situation of asylum and other information gathered from governmental, non-governmental and international organisations, including through the networks referred to in Article 9, as well as Union institutions, agencies, bodies, offices and the European External Action Service;
Amendment 166 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 168 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) submit queries to the Agency related to specific questions of fact that may arise from applications for international protection, without prejudice to confidentiality rules as established in national law. while also ensuring that the activities of Member States’ security services are not hindered;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director shall, after consulting the Commission, submit that common analysis to the Management BoardParliament for endorsement. Member States shall be requirinvited to take that common analysis into account when examining applications for international protection, without prejudice to their competence for deciding on individual applications.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall ensure that the common analysis is kept constantly under review and updated to the extent necessary. Any such revision shall likewise require prior consultation of the Commission and endorsement by the Management Boarregularly updated.
Amendment 178 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Member States shall, on a monthly basis, submit to the Agency relevant information on the decisions taken in relation to applicants for international protection originating from third countries subject to the common analysis. That information shall, in particular, include:
Amendment 179 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 186 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall organise and coordinate activities promoting a correct and effective implementation of Union law, including through the development of operational standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices on asylum- related matters, and the exchange of best practices in asylum-related matters among Member States.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, and in consultation with the Commission, develop operational standards on the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum and indicators for monitoring compliance with those operational standards as well as guidelines and best practices related to the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum. The Agency shall, following consultation with the Commission and after adoption by the Management Board, communicate those standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices to the Member States.
Amendment 197 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) monitor the implementation and assess all aspects of the CEAS inassist the Member States, in particularly within the framework of the Dublin system, with reception conditions, asylum procedures, the application of criteria determining protection needs and the nature and quality of protection afforded to persons in need of international protection by Member States, including as regards the respect of fundamental rights, child protection safeguards and the needs of vulnerable persons;
Amendment 198 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 201 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 203 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 206 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 208 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 210 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall, in consultation with the Commission, set the programme for monitoring and assessing the asylum and reception systems in each Member State, or of all Member States on the basis of thematic or specific aspects of the asylum systems. That programme shall form part of the multi-annual and annual programming referred to in Article 41.
Amendment 211 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 212 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 213 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 215 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 216 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 217 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 218 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Amendment 219 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Amendment 222 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the Agency for assistance in implementing their obligations with regard to asylum, in particular when their asylum and reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure.
Amendment 223 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay submit a request for assistance to the Executive Director describing the situation and the purpose of the request. The request shall be accompanied by a detailed assessment of needs. The Executive Director shall evaluate, approve and coordinate requests for assistance. Each shall be subject to a thorough and reliable assessment enabling the Agency to identify and propose a set of measures as referred to in paragraph 3 that can meet the needs of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall deploy asylum support teams to Member States, at their request, to provide operational and technical assistance in accordance with Article 16.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay contribute to the asylum support teams through a national expert pool on the basis of the various defined profiles and by nominating experts corresponding to the required profiles.
Amendment 235 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 242 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Amendment 247 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation No XXX/XXX or where migration management support teams are deployed at hotspot areas as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation No XXX/XXX, the Executive Director shall ensure coordination of the Agency’s activities in the migration management support teams withand the Commission and withsupport teams for other relevant Union agencies, in particular, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States.
Amendment 249 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Where the asylum and reception systems of a Member State are subject to disproportionate pressure that places exceptionally heavy and urgent demands on those systems, the Agency shall, at the request of the Member State concerned or on its own initiative, organise and coordinate a comprehensive set of operational and technical measures as referred to in Article 16 and deploy experts from the asylum intervention pool referred to in Article 18 and experts from its own staff to reinforce the asylum and reception systems within a short period of time.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 252 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Amendment 254 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Amendment 255 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Amendment 256 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Amendment 258 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Amendment 259 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Article 25 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Director may authorise the coordinating officer to assist in resolving any disputes concerning the implementation of the operational plan and the deployment of asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool., under the supervision of the State in which he or she is intervening;
Amendment 260 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. In discharging his or her duties, the coordinating officer shall take instructions only from the Executive Director. and the authorities of the Member State in which he or she is intervening;
Amendment 264 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 265 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 267 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Amendment 269 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall establish measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 by the Agency, including those concerning the appointment of a Data Protection Officer of the Agency. Those measures shall be established after consultation of the European Data Protection Supervisor and in collaboration with the Member States’ relevant services.
Amendment 270 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. The transfer of personal data processed by the Agency and the onward transfer by Member States to authorities of third countries or third parties, including international organisations, of personal data processed in the framework of this Regulation shall be prohibiauthorised within the framework of security measures taken by Member Stateds.
Amendment 273 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The personal data shall be deleted as soon as they have been transmitted to the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States, Europol or Eurojust or to the competent authorities of Member States or used for information analysis on the situation of asylum. The storage period shall in any case not exceed 30 days after the date on which the Agency collects or receives those data. In the result of the information analysis on the situation of asylum, data shall not allow for the identification of a natural person at any time.
Amendment 294 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, which shall havewith the right to vote.
Amendment 298 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) adopt the annual budget of the Agency by a majority of two-thirds of members entitled to vote and exercise other functions in respect of the Agency's budget pursuant to Chapter 10; accept the principle of its budget being controlled by Parliament’s finance committee;
Amendment 299 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 300 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point y
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point y
Amendment 301 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Amendment 304 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4
Article 43 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board shall hold at least two ordinary meetings a year. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of the Commission, or at the request of one- third of its members.
Amendment 306 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 307 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Amendment 310 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
No later than threone years from the day of entry into force of this Regulation, and every fivetwo years thereafter, the CommissionEuropean Parliament shall commission an evaluation to assess, in particular, the Agency's performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. That evaluation shall cover the Agency's impact on practical cooperation on asylum-related matters and on the CEAS. The evaluation shall take due regard of progress made, within its mandate, including assessing whether additional measures are necessary to ensure effective solidarity and sharing of responsibilities with Member States subject to particular pressure.
Amendment 311 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall send the evaluation report together with its conclusions on the report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Management Board. The findings of the evaluation shall be made public.
Amendment 312 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 3
Article 66 – paragraph 3
3. On the occasion of every second evaluation, the CommissionParliament shall consider whether continuation of the Agency is justified with regard to its objectives, mandate and tasks and it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Where a CE marked fertilising product contains a substance or mixture within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the safety of its constituent substances for the intended use should be established through registration pursuant to that Regulation. The information requirements should ensure that the safety of the intended use of the CE marked fertilising product is demonstrated in a manner comparable to that achieved through other regulatory regimes for products intended for use on arable soil or crops, notably Member States’ national fertiliser legislation and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Therefore, where the actual quantities placed on the market are lower than 10 tonnes per company per year, the information requirements determined by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 for the registration of substances in quantities of 10 to 100 tonnes should exceptionally apply as a condition for making available pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 114 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Furthermore, it should be possible to react immediately to new findings regarding the conditions for CE marked fertilising products to be sufficiently effective and to new risk assessments regarding human, animal or plant health, safety or the environment. For that purpose, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the requirements applicable to various categories of CE marked fertilising products.Commission should be able to take decisions in conjunction with the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 117 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely is to guarantee the functioning of the internal market while ensuring that CE marked fertilising products on the market fulfil the requirements providing for a high level of protection of human, animal, and plant health, safety and the environment, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, 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 Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective,
Amendment 140 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
(22a) ‘solid form’ means a form characterised by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume and in which the atoms are tightly bound to each other, either in a regular geometric lattice (crystalline solids) or irregularly (an amorphous solid);
Amendment 141 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
(22b) ‘liquid form’ means any suspension or product in solution that is not admissible as a solid form.
Amendment 150 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
The report shall be submitted at least five daysMember States shall decide upon the deadline for submission of the report in advance of placing those products being placed on the market.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
The report shall be submitted at least five daysMember States shall decide upon the deadline for submission of the report in advance of placing those products being placed on the market.
Amendment 155 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Account should also be taken of contamination from fertilisers produced from animal by-products, through medicaments administered to animals. These medicaments, notably antibiotics and anabolics, and their residue may damage the environment during fertiliser spreading, and be harmful to public health when found in ground water or foods exposed to fertilisers. Studies should be conducted therefore on the traceability and breakdown of molecules of this kind in fertilisers produced from animal by- products.
Amendment 169 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TFollowing approval by the European Parliament and the Council, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes II to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products
Amendment 174 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) which have not been genetically modified in any way, either using the methods set out in Annex Ia to Directive 2001/18/EC or more recent technologies.
Amendment 180 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes II to IV in the light of new scientific evidence. The Commission shall use this empowerment where, based on a risk assessment, an amendment proves necessary to ensure that any CE marked fertilising product complying with the requirements of this Regulation does not, under normal conditions of use, present an unacceptable risk to human, animal, or plant health, to safety or to the environment.
Amendment 181 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Where a CE marked fertilising product contains a substance or mixture within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the safety of its constituent substances for the intended use should be established through registration pursuant to that Regulation. The information requirements should ensure that the safety of the intended use of the CE marked fertilising product is demonstrated in a manner comparable to that achieved through other regulatory regimes for products intended for use on arable soil or crops, notably Member States' national fertiliser legislation and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Therefore, where the actual quantities placed on the market are lower than 10 tonnes per company per year, the information requirements determined by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 for the registration of substances in quantities of 10 to 100 tonnes should exceptionally apply as a condition for making available pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
(22a) 'solid form' means a form characterised by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume and in which the atoms are tightly bound to each other, either in a regular geometric lattice (crystalline solids) or irregularly (an amorphous solid). ‘liquid form’ means any suspension or product in solution that is not admissible as a solid form;
Amendment 270 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TFollowing approval by the European Parliament and the Council, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes II to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products
Amendment 281 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) which have not been genetically modified in any way, either using the methods set out in Annex Ia to Directive 2001/18/EC or more recent technologies.
Amendment 305 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes II to IV in the light of new scientific evidence. The Commission shall use this empowerment where, based on a risk assessment, an amendment proves necessary to ensure that any CE marked fertilising product complying with the requirements of this Regulation does not, under normal conditions of use, present an unacceptable risk to human, animal, or plant health, to safety or to the environment.
Amendment 311 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – point 34
Article 3 – point 34
(3) “34. "plant biostimulant" means a product stimulating plant nutrition processes independently of the product's nutrient content, and without any long- term negative effects on biodiversity, with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant:
Amendment 341 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – subheading 6 – CMC 6
Annex II – part 1 – subheading 6 – CMC 6
CMC 6: Food industry plant by-products
Amendment 347 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 351 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 356 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 1
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 1
1. A CE marked fertilising product may contain plants, plant parts or plant extracts having undergone no other processing than cutting, grinding, centrifugation, pressing, drying, freeze- drying or, distillation, extraction with water or any other type of processing that does not make the end-substance subject to the registration obligation under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Amendment 357 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 1 a (new)
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 1 a (new)
1a. Plants from the paper industry must not have been chemically processed, and in particular must not have been exposed to any of the chemical whitening processes used in that industry or to inks of chemical origin.
Amendment 358 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 2
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, plants are understood to include algae and micro algae and exclude blue-green algae which produce mycotoxins likely to result in the fertilising products being classed as dangerous. The plants used must not have undergone any form of genetic modification, whether within the meaning of Annex Ia to, and Article 2 of, Directive 2001/18/EC or through the use of any other technology.
Amendment 359 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Plant extracts and materials other than those specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the CMC 2 category, as well as components structurally similar and functionally identical to components found in plants, shall fall under the CMC 1 category.
Amendment 361 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(A) (I) – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(A) (I) – paragraph 1
Amendment 370 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(A) (II) – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(A) (II) – paragraph 1
Amendment 384 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 1
(1) Where the CE marked fertilising product has a total phosphorus (P) content of less than 5 % phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5)-equivalent by mass: 34 mg/kg dry matter, or
Amendment 393 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – title
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – title
CMC 6: Food industry plant by-products
Amendment 394 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 1 – point c
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 1 – point c
(c) vinasse, i.e. a viscous by-product of the fermentation process of molasses into ethanol, ascorbic acid or other products.
Amendment 396 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) any other plant material or substance that has been approved for incorporation in food or animal feed or for use in the cosmetics industry.
Amendment 397 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 1
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date of application of this Regulation]: 680 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 398 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
Amendment 399 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The substance shall have been registered pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/200647, in a dossier containing unless explicitly covered by one of the registration obligation exemptions provided for in that Regulation. __________________ 47 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 400 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 402 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 404 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 412 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Amendment 422 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – introductory part
2. As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation], the following criterion shall be complied with: The polymer shall be capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water. It shall have at least 90 % of the organic carbon converted into CO2 in maximum 24 months, in a biodegradability test as specified points (a)-(c) below from the end of the functionality period indicated in accordance with Annex III, Part I, paragraph 2 point (ca).
Amendment 425 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point a
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point a
Amendment 429 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point b
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 433 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point c
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point c
Amendment 435 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point d
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point d
Amendment 440 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 3 – point c – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 3 – point c – introductory part
(c) In the earthworm acute toxicity test, the observed mortality and the biomass of surviving earthworms in a soil exposed to the test material shall not differ by more than 105 % compared to those from the corresponding blank soil not exposed to the test material. The results shall be considered to be valid, if
Amendment 443 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) (I) – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) (I) – paragraph 1
Amendment 445 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) (II) – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) (II) – paragraph 1
Amendment 448 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – point 5
Annex III – part 1 – point 5
5. Where the CE marked fertilising product contains a substance deliberately added by the manufacturer for which maximum residue limits for food and feed have been established in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 315/93, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 or Directive 2002/32/EC, the instructions referred to in paragraph 2(c) shall ensure that the intended use of the CE marked fertilising product does not lead to the exceedance of those limits in food or feed.
Amendment 460 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 1 – point c
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 1 – point c
(c) numbers indicating the total content of the declared nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K)in the form of P2O5 or potassium in the form of K2O, followed by numbers in brackets indicating the total content of magnesium (in the form of Mg)O, calcium (in the form of Ca)O, sulphur (S) or sodium (Na),in the form of SO3 or sodium in the form of Na2O;
Amendment 465 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 1 – point c
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 1 – point c
(c) numbers indicating the total content of the declared nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K)in the form of P2O5 or potassium in the form of K2O, followed by numbers in brackets indicating the total content of magnesium (in the form of Mg)O, calcium (in the form of Ca)O, sulphur (S) or sodium (Na);Na)in the form of SO3 or sodium in the form of Na2O;
Amendment 481 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 1
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date of application of this Regulation]: 680 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 482 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
Amendment 485 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 4 a (new)
– Type and quantity, by unit of volume, of fertiliser added to the growing medium;
Amendment 486 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 5
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 5
Amendment 487 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 6
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 6
Amendment 488 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 7
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 7
Amendment 489 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point b
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point b
(b) manufacturing and expiry‘best before’ dates;
Amendment 491 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point f
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point f
(f) effect claimed for each target plant;
Amendment 496 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Amendment 613 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(A) – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(A) – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 616 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 2 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 618 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(B) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(B) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 623 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(C) – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(C) – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 628 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(C) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 5(C) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 635 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Amendment 654 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The blending shall not change the natureeffects of each component fertilising product
Amendment 660 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 665 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 666 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC2 – paragraph 1
Annex II – part 2 – CMC2 – paragraph 1
1. A CE marked fertilising product may contain plants, plant parts or plant extracts having undergone no other processing than cutting, grinding, centrifugation, pressing, drying, freeze- drying or, distillation, extraction with water or any other type of processing that does not make the end-substance subject to the registration obligation under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Amendment 669 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Plants from the paper industry must not have been chemically processed, and in particular must not have been exposed to any of the chemical whitening processes used in that industry or to inks of chemical origin.
Amendment 672 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 2
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, plants are understood to include algae and micro algae and exclude blue-green algae which produce mycotoxins likely to result in the fertilising products being classed as dangerous. The plants used must not have undergone any form of genetic modification, whether within the meaning of Annex Ia to, and Article 2 of, Directive 2001/18/EC or through the use of any other technology.
Amendment 674 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Plant extracts and materials other than those specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the CMC 2 category, as well as components structurally similar and functionally identical to components found in plants, shall fall under the CMC 1 category.
Amendment 707 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – heading
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – heading
CMC 6: Food industry plant by-products
Amendment 709 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) vinasse, i.e. a viscous by-product of the fermentation process of molasses into ethanol, ascorbic acid or other products.
Amendment 712 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Annex II – section 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) any other plant material or substance that has been approved for incorporation in food or animal feed or for use in the cosmetics industry.
Amendment 714 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The substance shall have been registered pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/200647, in a dossier containing:unless explicitly covered by one of the registration obligation exemptions provided for in that Regulation. __________________ 47 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 718 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 719 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 722 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 742 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation], the following criterion shall be complied with: The polymer shall be capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water. It shall have at least 90 % of the organic carbon converted into CO2 in maximum 24 months, in a biodegradability test as specified points (a)-(c) below from the end of the functionality period indicated in accordance with Annex III, Part I, paragraph 2 point (ca).
Amendment 745 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 750 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 754 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 759 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 765 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 3 – point c – introductory part
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 3 – point c – introductory part
Amendment 775 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – paragraph 5
Annex III – part 1 – paragraph 5
5. Where the CE marked fertilising product contains a substance deliberately added by the manufacturer for which maximum residue limits for food and feed have been established in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 315/93, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 or Directive 2002/32/EC, the instructions referred to in paragraph 2(c) shall ensure that the intended use of the CE marked fertilising product does not lead to the exceedance of those limits in food or feed.
Amendment 788 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) numbers indicating the total content of the declared nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K)in the form of P2O5 or potassium in the form of K2O, followed by numbers in brackets indicating the total content of magnesium (in the form of Mg)O, calcium (in the form of Ca)O, sulphur (S) or sodium (Na)in the form of SO3 or sodium in the form of Na2O;
Amendment 790 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) numbers indicating the total content of the declared nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K)in the form of P2O5 or potassium in the form of K2O, followed by numbers in brackets indicating the total content of magnesium (in the form of Mg)O, calcium (in the form of Ca)O, sulphur (S) or sodium (Na)in the form of SO3 or sodium in the form of Na2O;
Amendment 792 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1 (C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1 (C)(I) – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) numbers indicating the total content of the declared nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K)in the form of P2O5 or potassium in the form of K2O, followed by numbers in brackets indicating the total content of magnesium (in the form of Mg)O, calcium (in the form of Ca)O, sulphur (S) or sodium (Na)in the form of SO3 or sodium in the form of Na2O;
Amendment 811 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 4 a (new)
- Type and quantity, by unit of volume, of fertiliser added to the growing medium;
Amendment 812 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 5
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 5
Amendment 813 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 6
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 6
Amendment 814 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 7
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 4 – indent 7
Amendment 815 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point b
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point b
(b) manufacturing and expiry‘best before’ dates;
Amendment 816 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point f
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point f
(f) effect claimed for each target plant;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, were all policies in the EU, nationally or at Union level, to be entirely financed from the EU budget, the CAP share would only amount to 1 %, which seems very reasonable for a policy that supplies food for over 500 million citizens; considers that the CAP is the best and cheapest security policy of the Union as it ensures sufficient food supply;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. States clearly that, through numerous policy reforms, CAP spending has been reduced and has become more targeted, market-orientated and geared towards improving the competitiveness of EU agriculture, while at the same time addressing an ever-increasing range of challenges, including environmental issues and climate change, the introduction of ‘greening measures’ and ensuring the economic viability of rural areasadministrative and financial constraints imposed on farmers have progressively become more complicated; also states that these constraints have partly contributed to a significant decrease in farming jobs and income;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. notes that price volatility linked to worsening market conditions in many agricultural sectors has significantly increased in recent years, leading to severe income volatility; stresses, therefore, the need to ensure that sufficient budgetary resources are availablescope to call into question the principle of futures markets and to review the guaranteed minimum price threshold which was lowered by the 1992 reform, in an effort to deal with market crises, such as those currently affecting the cereal, milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sectors; adds in this regard that, owing to the CAP budget cuts made during the last MFF negotiations, direct payments from the first pillar of the CAP are currently insufficient to mitigate the income volatility experienced by farmers;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2353(INI)
9. Stresses that the fixed ceilings for the CAP until 2020 entail much lower margins than in the previous MFF, while the sector faces more challenges; stresses, in this regard, that any use of the margin must be exclusively to address the needs of the agricultural sector, given that long-term planning and investment security are essential for EU farmers; points out that agriculture should not be the only sector to bear the brunt of political decisions, as is currently the case with the Russian embargo, which the EU should be looking to lift by abandoning its inept and harmful sanction policy against Russia;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged under the Lisbon Treaty, namely increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; notes, however, that the successive reforms of the CAP have assigned new tasks to agriculture in terms of product quality, environmental protection, climate change, consumer health, land use issues and modes of production and productivity; stresses that the objectives laid down as part of the EU’s sustainability strategy must also be taken into account in the EU’s agricultural policy;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is convinced that a strong CAP for the EU, both in terms of content and financing, is paramount in achieving these objectives, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chains within the internal market, as well as viable rural areas; considers, furthermore,Considers that increasing resilience and improving employment and quality of life in rural areas should be prioritised in order to combat rural depopulation;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2353(INI)
15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to the EU’s balancedevery Member State’s regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; stresses that the CAP contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies; recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of maintainincreasing the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 125 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy encourages social and environmental dumping between the Member States, thereby making competition unfair for farmers in some countries;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a response must be found to the challenges posed by desertification and, lack of generational renewal and raising the quality of life in mountain areas;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
given the need to take into account the proportionate and concomitant use of agricultural, forestry, energy, artisanal, tourist and cultural resources in so-called ‘mountain areas’ and in given areas within mountain areas
Amendment 48 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions; proposes that clear criteria be established for defining mountain areas (e.g. a minimum altitude of 600 metres) and in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common definition of mountain regions;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of regulating certain aspects of education in mountain areas in order to refresh their inhabitants’ knowledge so they can cope with new demands, with this being planned as part of the Member States’ overall educational strategy;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to include in the future TTIP negotiations the specific characteristics and ecosystems of the EU’s mountain areas, which differ from those in the USA, in order to protect local producers in those areas;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of slaughtering and processing being done within mountain areas so as to underpin and develop the activities of their inhabitants;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need for mountain products to be obtained from animals which are born and raised in mountain areas;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas through the TiSA negotiations are aimed at achieving better international regulation, not lower domestic regulationthere shall be no further pruning of national competence;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas trade in services is an engine for jobs and growth in the EU, certain sectors of this kind of trade should not be entirely free of government regulation;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners, often without being reciprocal;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas citizens’ trust in EU’s trade policy is a must, which can only be restored by ensuring the highest level of transparency, by maintaining constant dialogue with civil society, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations which take account of the justified concerns of the citizens;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas data protection is not an economic burden, but a source of economic growthindispensable basic civil liberty; whereas restoring trust in the digital world is crucial; whereas data flows are indispensable to trade in services;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 155 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii. to reiterate its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate and the competences of the member states; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;
Amendment 220 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
i. to exclude public services and, in particular all aspects of public services such as electricity, gas, water supply, hospitals, public transport and education as well as cultural services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;
Amendment 275 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
vii. to take a cautious approach in Mode 4, while bearing in mind that the EU has an offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour; and to acknowledge that the labour clause maintains the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements; to enter into ambitious commitments for those cases which underpin Mode 3 commitments;
Amendment 408 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
iv. to oppose any provisions regarding visas and other entry procedures except those aimed at increasing transparency and streamlining administrative procedures; to set requirements to ensure that temporary service providers return home;
Amendment 415 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Amendment 578 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
Amendment 585 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
v. to encourage the Member States to involve their national parliaments and to keep them adequately informedinformed in the best possible way about the ongoing negotiations;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU is the biggest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, making the agri-food sector a key economic pillar of the Union employing 47 million people in 15 million downstream enterprises in fields such as food processing, retail and services, and contributing to a positive trade balance of EUR 17 802 euro that represents 7.2 % of total value of EU exports; whereas the EU is, equally, the biggest importer of agricultural products worldwide and whereas certain imbalances, in particular that of vegetable proteins for animal feed (soya meal), need to be offset more effectively by means of ambitious programmes;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing productivity and ensuring reasonable prices as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU can be best achieved through innovation; whereas since this increased competitiveness cannot be achieved through lowering social standards, our measures for dealing with social dumping, whether by Member States or third countries, must be improved;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas given that the unprecedented crisis affecting European agriculture, and particularly the livestock sector, is a threat to the survival of all sectors, it makes no sense to seek to encourage investment, research and development without first stabilising producers' incomes and helping them to overcome the financial losses they have suffered;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the talks on the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) currently under way with the United States are a threat to European agricultural and agri- food production standards; whereas putting in place such an agreement would not only pose a new threat to the income of most farmers, but also be a step backwards with regard to the environment, animal welfare and food security; whereas agriculture and the agri-food sector should therefore be taken out of the talks so as to preserve the potential for agricultural innovation in the European Union;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas since the proliferation of free trade agreements between the European Union and third countries encourages social and environmental dumping rather than innovation, agriculture should be excluded from these agreements and those already in force should be revised to this effect;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through innovation; stresses the need to support innovation in technology and governance by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the increased use of RPASs for farming purposes, since this can lead to savings in crop protection material and water usage; notes that a proposal for legislation is forthcoming in the revision of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s basic regulation, so that all drones would fall under EU competence; calls on the Commission to ensure that there arecalls on the Commission to encourage the Member States and their competent authorities to apply clear and unambiguous EU-wide standards and rules for the civil use of RPASs and that forthcoming legislation takes into account the specific conditions under which drones operateir specific use in agriculture;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 188 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is alarmed at the weakness of current CAP crisis provisions; calls on the Commission to introduce mechanisms such as minimum prices for European agricultural products; finally, urges it to conduct a global review of ways to ensure fairer margin sharing between producers, processors and distributors;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is concerned at the EU trade deficit in vegetable protein for livestock and calls for substantial funding to be earmarked for measures to reduce the deficit as rapidly as possible; notes that pilot projects for crops such as alfalfa are showing promising results in terms of farmers' incomes and also the environment; considers that is appropriate to continue along these lines by increasing available funding and developing research into a larger number of plant varieties;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 263 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 282 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 299 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that the CAP should be more focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy; stresses further that a market-oriented CAP will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurship;
Amendment 307 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers innovation to be an essential tool and a key horizontal policy priority for the CAP to develop, implement and achieve the objectives of the CAP reform 2014-2020; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a more ambitious overarching strategy with measurable outcomes in order to align and focus research and innovation vis-à-vis policy priorities; stresses that the CAP should provide more flexibility for the use of newly developed techniques and practices without an increase in burdensome rules and procedures; believes that a horizontal priority for the European legislative framework should be to ensure sufficient leeway for pilot programmes and testing for innovative techniques;
Amendment 311 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is concerned about the proliferation of free trade agreements between the EU and third countries that are encouraging social and environmental dumping; is particularly concerned about the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) negotiations, given that they are threatening to compromise European agricultural production and food processing standards, including those relating to animal welfare, the environment, food safety, labelling and traceability; calls on the Commission therefore to seek the exclusion of agricultural matters from the transatlantic free trade agreement negotiations;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 33 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the foundations of the last CAP reform continue to serve as the basis for a dominant mode of agricultural development that relies on increasingly large, concentrated and specialised farms that practise intensive farming, with an increasing focus on capital rather than employment; whereas certain Member States use this model on a massive scale to grab additional market shares at the expense of other Member States, and whereas this constitutes a serious threat to the continuing viability of farm production, especially stock rearing, in most rural areas;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the current crisis shows that the unregulated market is unable to ensure price stability or maintain jobs, and that it is time to come up with new regulatory tools that are tailored to the hypercompetition pertaining in Europe and the rest of the world; whereas a case in point is the way that the abolition of production quotas (for sugar and milk), which accompanied deregulation, contributed to a general drop in prices;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the number of posted workers rose by 45% between 2010 and 2014; whereas agriculture is heavily affected by this trend, the number of posted workers in the sector having increased in France, for example, by more than 1000% between 2004 and 2011; whereas the phenomenon is aggravating the employment crisis in rural areas by encouraging social dumping among the EU Member States;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income; deplores the Commission's lack of reactivity and protests against the low level of aid granted to farmers in response to the crisis; calls for the lifting of sanctions against Russia;
Amendment 137 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that geographical indications and organic farming represent and guarantee territory-based added value and create jobs, and as such should not only be protected but also developed; adds that it is universally acknowledged that the Transatlantic Treaty seriously jeopardises the recognition, value and very existence of protected geographic indications (PGIs) and protected designations of origin (PDOs), negotiations on the free-trade agreement with the USA, which will greatly undermine the structural components of European agriculture must therefore be broken off;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CallEncourages on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 220 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sized farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory-based jobs; calls for consideration to be given immediately to a recoupling of all first-pillar aid;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that it is important that the CAP should provide funding for the positive effects that agriculture brings in terms of jobs and the environment, and that it should provide more support for organic farming and all other sustainable production methods in the context of agroecology, which will entail moving beyond current cross-compliance standards and agri-environmental and climate measures;
Amendment 248 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that regaining control of the European market must be a principle for action under the future CAP, before turning to markets outside the EU; considers it essential to lay down more effective provisions regulating access to EU markets for agricultural products from third countries and to impose a strict ban on all products which could not be produced in the EU for failure to comply with EU standards in force;
Amendment 256 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 302 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that, for the future, there is a need to develop high-quality, territory-based food systems by promoting individual responsibility and the involvement of all stakeholders in qualitative and contract-related activities designed to ensure food and health security, as well as fair incomes for farmers; considers it essential, to that end, to better adapt the legislation on public tenders, so that local authorities can promote local production;
Amendment 315 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to make significant progress towards top- down social harmonisation of the agricultural workforce, thereby minimising the damage done by internal social dumping, which undermines jobs; calls for more effective efforts to tackle abuse connected with the Posting of Workers Directive and, more broadly, for a revision of that directive so that posted workers are employed under the same conditions in terms of social security contributions as nationals of the country concerned;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 62 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas precision farming involves the use of automation and other technologies is one of the ways to improve the precision and efficiency of key agricultural management practices, using systems-based approaches to collect and analyse data and optimise interactions between the weather, soil, water and crops, and is ultimately designed to lower pesticide, fertiliser and water usage whilst improving soil fertility and optimising yields;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the need for continuous progress in plant and animal breeding to increase not only the range of pest- and disease-resistant traits in crops, but also the range of food raw materials with nutritional and health-beneficial characteristics on the market; recognises the importaexistence of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and SMART breeding, which are now well-integrated into many breeding programmes, butand also the potential offered by precision breeding for crop improvementakes account of the emergence of precision breeding, such as the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) and CRISPR in genome editing, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (ODM) and the use of CMS hybrids in protoplast fusion or tissue culture based methods;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 174 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages open and transparent dialogue among all stakeholders and the public for the responsible development of high-precision, innovative solutions for breeding programmes;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that it is important to durably secure a legal framework favourable to the use of natural preparations which give rise to little concern, which have the advantage of being inexpensive and unpolluting;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop Trans-European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would deliver much needed progress towards food security and sustainability;
Amendment 280 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 287 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 293 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 300 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 46 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to take into consideration the vast difference that exists between Member States in terms of direct payments, which is causing the competitiveness gap between European farmers to widen still further, and to find a way of compensating for that difference;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for early identification of other outlets for European farm surpluses through concerted action by the Commission and Member States;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food production, enhanced farm viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, producer organisations, social cooperatives, local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the problems of smuggling, counterfeiting, trafficking and other forms of illegal and illicit trade, which not only have an impact on Member States’ collection of customs duties and consequently on the EU budget, but are also strongly associated with organised international crime, threats to consumers and negative effects on the functioning of the single market, and which undermine a level playing field for all competing companies; requests, therefore, better coordination between the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF), customs authorities and market surveillance authorities in order not only to combat these problems but also to curb the trade in products that infringe intellectual property laws in the EU; notes that the closure of customs posts has meant that fewer checks are now carried out, and these types of unlawful activity have mushroomed as a result; notes that internet commerce makes new kinds of fraud possible, particular VAT fraud resulting in heavy losses of revenue to Member States;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the implementation of the Hercule III Programme under the new financial framework, and considers it useful that this programme be used to assist the law enforcement agencies of certain Member States in combating illegal and illicit trade; notes that the existence in the European Union of a number of tax havens encourages companies to divert monies they would normally use to pay tax, thus undermining Member States’ revenue;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that in 2014 there were 48 agreements in place that encompassed mutual administrative assistance, covering 71 countries, with another 49 countries in negotiations, including major trading partners such as the USA and Japan; notes that VAT carousel fraud is costing EU Member States tens of billions of euro, and calls for a change in the rules on levying VAT in respect of trade between Member States, in order to put an end to this type of fraud;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the key role played by the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA) programme in encouraging reform in the EU’s closest trading countries; requests that the Commission continue to report to Parliament and the Member States with a view to ensuring that all funds are spent in full compliance with the basic regulation; is concerned that much of the macro- financial assistance to Ukraine may be being misused, given that corruption is known to be rife in the Ukrainian authorities.
Amendment 8 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights and to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EIB public consultation on climate action and believes that the EIB can further strengthen its position as leader in the climate field; looks forward to the update of the EIB climate strategy outside of the EU, with the expectation of an action plan phasing out lending to non-renewable energy projects; calls on the ECB to lend to the EIB on a massive scale at 0% so that the latter can in turn finance on a massive scale at 0.5% insulation projects in the EU Member States; points out that this arrangement could also be used to finance many projects in the area of renewable energy production;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 30 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA, environmental and health standards and the preservation of the European livestock sector make it necessary to suspend negotiations on free trade agreements with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; for the same reasons, considers that it would be inappropriate to reopen discussions with MERCOSUR members;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, paying particular attention toespecially regarding the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers; considers that it should not be possible to import into the EU agricultural products which are not permitted to be produced there.
Amendment 13 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to relax the rules governing rural development plans in order to help the Member States;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for sufficient funds to be made available in order to implementthe real cost of implementing and monitoring all elements of the CAP reform, including as regards greening, biodiversity and rural development programmes, to be studied and published before any steps are taken to implement the programme;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to moniuncil to put in place a permanent arrangement tor the significant pricackle the volatility of agricultural products, which occurs more frequently in a more globalised market and has adverse effects on farmers’ incomes, and to react promptly and effectively when neededices and products, and specifically the adverse effects of such volatility on farmers’ incomes;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to maintain as many family farms as possible in a sustainable manner and calls for resources to be made available to achieve this objective;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for more consideration to be given to national indicators, in view of the diversity of market conditions and production costs throughout the EU;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for more accurate monitoring of the differences in production costs between Member States and for verification that such differences do not stem from practices which may amount to (fiscal, environmental or social) dumping between Member States;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the urgent need to review competition law with regard to the agricultural sector and the primary processing agrifood industry so that its application does not adversely affect the interests of producers vis-à-vis the large retailers, who are the main beneficiaries of the current legislation;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses, also, the urgent need to take effective measures against unfair practices by large retailers vis-à-vis the agricultural sector and the primary processing agrifood industry;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that CAP reform introduced measures aimed atwhich do not make it possible to addressing the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts whetherMaintains that voluntary initiatives are totally adequate for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. QuestionDenounces the Commission’s unwavering support for the SCI, given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre-emptive conclusion that regulatory action at EU level is not foreseen in spite of the serious repercussions of foregoing such action;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national law to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as a potential model for adaptation at EU levend that because of European competition rules, inter alia, none of those actions has been entirely successful;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that framework legislation at EU level is essentialit is vital to combat social dumping between Member States and to reform the single CMO with a view to establishing regulatory and production measures in order to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers; urges the Commission to consider this when assessing the SCI;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis in early 2015 highlight the security threat which is posed by the presence and movement of these foreign fighterterrorists in Europe; whereas the European Union has condemned these attacks in the strongest terms and has committed itself to combat terrorism alongside the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas combating terrorism and preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations still falls essentially within the sphere of competence of the Member States, but whereas a concerted European approach is necessary to harmonise the legislation that applies in an area where European citizens are free to move;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategy to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages inciting violence and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftlyeffective monitoring to be carried out by the appropriate police services with a view to identifying the authors;
Amendment 245 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 268 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 286 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 301 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 306 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 324 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 345 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15 Stresses that schools and education have an important role to play in preventing radicalisation; recalls the crucial role that schools play in helping to promote integration and develop critical thinking; calls on the Member States to investigate the possibility of introducing, where it does not already exist, education on religious issues in schools;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recallgrets that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible toloss of sovereignty by Member States, often against the wishes of their citizens, in which European Union decisions are not taken in the interest of the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerable lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimacy; stresses that such legitimacy can only be guaranteed by introducing elements of democracy to the decision-making process;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 47 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Commission must promote the general interests of the Union, be led by members chosen on the grounds of their competence and independence, and refrain from any action incompatible with its duties (Article 17 TFEU); welcomes initiatives aimed at greater transparency, accountability and integrity, including the decisions adopted by the Commission on 25 November 2014 and the new impetus given to the Transparency Register, which should be mandatory and binding for all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; calls for Parliament, in this respect, to coordinate action to enhance transparency within the institutions as regards the activity of lobbies and special interest groups; notes that lobbies are widely consulted and listened to in all trade negotiations while no account is taken of the opinion of Member States’ citizens;
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 6 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Olive oil is Tunisia’s main agricultural export product to the Union and the olive oil industry is an important part of the country’s economyproduction is an agricultural speciality of some Member States’ regions, especially in Greece, Italy, France and Spain.
Amendment 9 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.
Amendment 11 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.
Amendment 13 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In their Decision No 534/2014/EU1a, the European Parliament and the Council have already granted EUR 300 million to the Republic of Tunisia. 1a Decision No 534/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 providing macro- financial assistance to the Republic of Tunisia (OJ L 151, 21.5.2014, p.9)
Amendment 14 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The opaque and misleading Union rules regulating olive oil labelling do not allow consumers to recognise the real origin of the product and an increase in Tunisian imports would bring imbalance to Union markets.
Amendment 19 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 20 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 21 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The specific autonomous trade measures established by this Regulation are intended tocannot concretely alleviate the difficult economic situation, which Tunisia is currently facing, due to the terrorist attacks. Those measures should therefore be limited in time and be without prejudice to the negotiations between the Union and Tunisia on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which are to start in October 2015. An extension of the application period may be contemplated at the end of this period if warranted by the market situation or progress in the DCFTA negotiations.
Amendment 25 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 25 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 32 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 38 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 39 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 39 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 50 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 53 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 7 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Once a GMO or a GM food and feed is authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the Member States may not prohibit, restrict or impede the free circulation of that product within their territory, except in accordance with strict conditions which are laid down by Union law –and require to provide evidence of a severe risk to health or to the environment. Some Member States have had recourse to the safeguard clauses and the emergency measures provided for respectively in Articles 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Other Member States have made use of the notification procedure provided for in Article 114(5) and (6) of TFUE which also is required to be based on new scientific evidence relating to the protection of the environment or the working environment. Other Member States have adopted unilateral prohibitions. Some of these measures have been challenged before national jurisdictions or the Court of Justice.
Amendment 10 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The reasons for the amendments made to Directive 2001/18/EC, by Directive (EU) 2015/412 as regards GMOs for cultivation are also relevant for other GMOs and GM food and feed covered by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Indeed, the results of the vote on the implementing decision for the authorisation of products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 which are not intended for cultivation in the relevant committee, or in the Council, is always “no opinion” (no qualified majority either in favour of or against the authorisation) and there are also Member States in which the use of these products is prohibited. Taking those matters into account, it is appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in order to provide the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the use of GMOs and GM food and feed in all or part of their territory, on the basis of compelling grounds compatible with Union law - not related to risks to human and animal health and to the environment, as those are already assessed at Union level, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. This possibility should not apply to GMOs for cultivation which are already covered by the amendments made to Directive 2001/18/EC, by Directive (EU) 2015/412the national law of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 14 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 16 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 20 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 23 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Measures adopted pursuant to this Regulation, which restrict or prohibit the use of GMOs or GM food and feed should not affect the use in other Member States of these products as well as of products derived from their consumption. In addition, tThis Regulation and the national measures adopted pursuant to it should be without prejudice to Union law requirements concerning unintended and adventitious presence of GM material in other products and should not affect the placing on the market and use of products complying with these requirements.
Amendment 27 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use of products referred to in Article 3(1) and 15(1) authorised pursuant to this Regulation provided that such measures are:.
Amendment 28 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 1829/2003
Article 34 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 34 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 29 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 1829/2003
Article 34 a – paragraph 1– point b
Article 34 a – paragraph 1– point b
Amendment 30 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 1829/2003
Article 34 a –paragraph 2
Article 34 a –paragraph 2
Amendment 31 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 1829/2003
Article 34 a – paragraph 3
Article 34 a – paragraph 3
Amendment 40 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) As agriculture budgets have been cut at the least appropriate time, in view of the state of the economy and the decline in investment, it is desirable to consider increasing them as soon as possible.
Amendment 46 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) A particular effort should be made with regard to SMEs and mid-cap companies interacting directly, both upstream and downstream, with the farming sector, in order to rapidly improve the added value of all sectors, which have jointly fallen victim to a state of the economy that has been destroying investment and jobs.
Amendment 51 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness and which, in addition to the vital measures relating to infrastructure in the communications, digital and transport sectors, should also help to improve the structure of industries, both separately and in conjunction, so that they can organise themselves as effectively as possible in an increasingly complex internal market and in export markets. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 60 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in all rural areas and areas in extremely peripheral locations. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
Amendment 76 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from theorder for investment in infrastructure, research and the large- scale application of the results obtained, in the structuring of industries and all the projects supported under EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified byo be supported effectively at national level, the Commission will beshall establish the pbroportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that itadest and clearest possible framework for State aid whill provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public fundse respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 129 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 166 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislationEU law;
Amendment 213 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 294 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of jihadist terrorism, discrimination and anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 398 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people, whether belonging to minorities or not, are still victims of discrimination;
Amendment 438 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 653 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
– improve legal avenues for refugeeseffectively combat illegal immigration;
Amendment 665 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
– introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EUdiscourage illegal immigration and tackle its causes;
Amendment 695 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 12 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas expenditure on controls is additional to expenditure on the management and distribution of aid, which makes it essential to achieve full transparency regarding the true administrative costs of the CAP both to the European Union and to the Member States;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas farmers are systematically denied any new budget heading, even when a crisis occurs, and it is absolutely out of the question to consider increasing the administrative costs of the CAP, including costs of controls;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas at the same time the number of farmers is constantly declining, while the number of staff administering agriculture and the CAP is constantly rising;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expects the Commission to make full use of the process of simplification of the CAP, especially with regard to the burdensome and complex regulations governing cross-compliance and greening, by reducing or grouping together issues relating to regulation;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls, in order to assess the effectiveness of this simplification, for the full cost of controls, management and distribution of the CAP (all costs to all countries in the European Union and the Member States) to be assessed and the findings published;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a ceiling on the budget for control, so that the new CAP provisions do not cause any additional expenditure to be incurred;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2234(INI)
3. Supports Commissioner Hogan’s initiativethe idea of simplifying the CAP, as this would benefit farmers, paying agencies, EU institutions and taxpayers; also urges that amendments be made to the basic legislative act;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Commissioner Hogan to supply figures concerning, on the one hand, the estimated cost of this simplification and, on the other hand, the benefits which it will confer;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that decisions on legal conflicts about fundamental rights may only be made by competent ordinary courts; is concerneddeems it unacceptable that provisions on investor- state dispute settlement (ISDS) may prevent access to justice and undermine democracy;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RecallsInsists on the need for transparency in the negotiations throughout the entire process; reminds the Commission of its obligation to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiations; insists on access for the public to relevant negotiation documents from all parties, with the exception of those which are to be classified with clear justification on a case- by-case basis, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents2. __________________ 2 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Amendment 87 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
a. prioritise an ambitious and balanced result of the negotiations for agriculture, the three main components of which (market access, geographical indications and sanitary and phytosanitary measures) should be tackled early and in parallel in the negotiation process, in order to give Parliament enough time to discuss and evaluate this chapter with stakeholders and European citizensensure that agricultural products, in particular meat, are taken off the table at the TTIP negotiations without delay;
Amendment 113 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of standards on food safety and human and animal health, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined, and to reject the agreement if they are;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. ensure a positive final outcome of the negotiations for agriculture reflecting both the offensive and defensive interests of the EU agricultural sector concerning the abolition or reduction of both tariff and non-tariff barriers, including in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures, so that EU producers make genuine gains in terms of access to the US market; stresses that these sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures must not be lowered below the level which currently prevails in the European Union, and must not be covered by the legal arrangements which will govern the agreement after its signature;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secensure significantly improved protection ofthat EU geographical indications, and better consumer informs currently defined, cannot be altered in any way during the negotiation as an essential element of a balanced agreement, taking the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good exampld that they are not covered by the legal arrangements which will govern the agreement after its signature;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa. halt the negotiations if the previous points are not taken into account.
Amendment 88 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to intensify efforts to tackleban unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain which negatively impact producer returns, depress incomes and threaten the viability and sustainability of the sector; in this respect, major retailers must be banned from holding massive clearance sales or any other type of 'incredible promotion' in their shops.
Amendment 146 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that reducing complexity, including in the rules for creating new POs, should be the first step in making them more attraeffective for farmers; requests that the Commission identify additional measures for increasing the attractiveness of POs;
Amendment 172 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that associations of producer organisations (AOPs) couldmust play an important role in increasing the bargaining power of farmers and urges the Commission to reinforce incentives for setting up APOs and envisage a greater role for them in the future;
Amendment 180 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is extremely adamant that third-country production methods for exports to the EU must provide European consumers with the same guarantees in terms of health, food safety, animal welfare, sustainable development and minimum social standards as those required of EU producers; and that such guarantees must be clearly indicated in the form of labels.
Amendment 34 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Russian ban on European dairy products since August 2014 has had a significant impact on the EU internal market and demonstrated the importance of securing diverse export markets for EU products, but equally of strengthening crisis and regulatory mechanisms in order to protect producer;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas contractualisation does not allow producers to create competition owing to the reorganisation of collection areas and the small number of collecting bodies in each area;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Milk Package obliged Member States to recognise producer organisations, but the activity of these organisations is hindered by too narrow an interpretation of competition law;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a large number of dairy farms are located in disadvantaged, outermost, remote or mountainous areas, and successive crises have already led to too many of these farms going out of business in these vulnerable areas since 2008;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas European dairy products significantly contribute to the success of the EU’s agri-food industry and the prosperity of rural economies, and that the added value of these products can be significantly improved;
Amendment 82 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the lack of efficacious regulatory measures since 2008 will result in major detriment to most farms.
Amendment 94 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that it is outrageous to force producers to produce at a loss because of the lack of suitable legislation;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to address the crisis currently facing the dairy sector as a result of a dip in global demand, global price volatility and the Russian embargo, and recognises the inadequacy of targeted measures taken thus far in addressing the impact of the Russian embargo;
Amendment 121 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the dairy crisis of 2009 occurred under the quota structure after the dismantling of the last price control measures; reminds the Commission that the delay in responding to the crisis forced many dairy farmers out of business, and expresses concern regarding the Commission’s capacity to respond rapidly and effectively to market crises;
Amendment 165 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that, in order to prevent further market instability, previous decisCalls into question the economic and social analyses that led to the abolitions onf milk quotas should be maintainedas well as all forms of active regulation of production volumes and product prices for producers;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that it would be better to relaunch as soon as possible a system to regulate the prices paid to producers and the volumes produced;
Amendment 205 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that implementation of the Milk Package is still at an early stage; expresses disappointment, nevertheless, wi, mainly due to the counterproductive attitude of the Commission; the low levels of implementation found are mainly linked to delays in drawing up the Milk Package;
Amendment 214 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that strengthening contractual relations represents a concrete method of ensuring equitable distribution along the supply chain and reinforces the responsibility of stakeholders to take account of the market situation and respond accordinglywill not be sufficient to effectively regulate the sector given the low number of collecting organisations accessible to the producers; the reorganisation of collection areas encourages the monopoly of particular collectors covering most of a particular collection area;
Amendment 234 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the sector could further explore the potential offered by longer- term integrated supply chain contracts, forwards contracts, fixed margin contracts, and the opportunity to ‘lock in’ a milk price for a set period of time; believes that the option to avail of new instruments in contractual relations should be available;a too heavily pursued integration of producers in the supply chains is a threat to their independence; believes that the option to avail of new instruments in contractual relations should be available; regrets the fact that too restrictive an interpretation of competition law restricts these opportunities
Amendment 322 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that global dairy demand is predicted to grow by 2 % per annum, offering opportunities for products of EU origin; notes, however, that the market is increasingly dominated by dried dairy productswhich is less than the increase in production and poses a risk of overproduction; also notes that the market is increasingly dominated by dried dairy products, which is a disincentive to improving the added value of the industry;
Amendment 337 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that bilateral trade negotiations may represent strategic opportunities for the EU dairy sectorthe TTIP negotiations pose a serious threat to the sector and the industry on account of the increase in American production and its low production costs;
Amendment 374 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that there is also an urgent need to promote high added value dairy products through the better structuring of the internal market;
Amendment 446 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of a more responsive and realistic crisis instrument, and recommends that the Commission engage with the sector on the possibility of use implementation of a system which is based primarily on the defence of ceiling prisk management instruments such as the futures markets to take advantage of the volatility in the sector to increase its competitivenesces in the fresh and processed products sectors that account for the bulk of the value added in the sector, and which is apt to limit the impact of the volatility of dehydrated milk prices on producers. Such a mechanism must involve public authorities, producers, processors and distributors;
Amendment 475 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Underlines that the overly restrictive interpretation of the law reinforces the dominant position of distributors over producers and processors; underlines that there is an urgent need to offer producers and processors a securitizing and transparent legal framework in which to negotiate agreements and prevent these agreements from being viewed as cartels;
Amendment 34 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In the light of the experience acquired and following the assessment by the Commission of the functioning of the market for veterinary medicinal products, the need for the legal framework for veterinary medicinal products shouldto be adapted to scientific progress, the current market conditions and economic reality cannot be said to have been proven.
Amendment 41 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Where a Member State or the Commission considers that there are reasons to believe that a veterinary medicinal product may present a potential serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, athe scientific evaluation carried out by the applicant’s Member State should be compared with a scientific evaluation of the product should be undertaken at Union level, leading to a single decision on the area of disagreement, binding on the Member States concerned, being taken on the basis of an overall benefit-risk assessment.
Amendment 43 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In the event of disagreement, the Member State should be free to ban a substance it regards as dangerous (including in food derived from imported animals).
Amendment 70 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) The conditions governing the supply of veterinary medicinal products to the public should be harmonised in the Union. Veterinary medicinal products should only be supplied by persons authorised to do so by the Member State where they are established. At the same time, in order to improve access to veterinary medicinal products in the Union, retailers that are authorised to supply veterinary medicinal products by the competent authority in the Member State where they are established should not be allowed to sell prescription and non-prescription veterinary medicinal products via the Internet to buyers in other Member States.
Amendment 74 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) The online sale of medicinal products should be prohibited.
Amendment 76 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) When examining the compatibility with Union law of the conditions for the supply of medicinal products, the Court of Justice of the European Union has recognised, in the context on medicinal products for human use, the very particular nature of medicinal products whose therapeutic effects distinguish them substantially from other goods. The Court of Justice has also held that health and life of humans rank foremost among the assets and interests protected by the Treaty and that it is for Member States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to public health and the way in which that level has to be achieved. Since that level may vary from one Member State to another, Member States must be allowed some discretion as regards the conditions for the supply on their territory of medicinal products to the public. Therefore Member States should be able to subject the supply of medicinal products offered for sale at a distance by means of information society services to conditions justified by the protection of public health. Such conditions should not unduly restrict the functioning of the internal market, the online sale of medicinal products should be prohibited.
Amendment 77 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
Amendment 78 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) Advertising, even on non-prescription medicinal products, could affect public and animal health and distort competition. Therefore, advertising of veterinary medicinal products should satisfy certain criteria. Persons qualified to prescribe or supply can properly evaluate the information available in advertising because of their knowledge, training and experience in animal health. The advertising of veterinary medicinal products to persons who cannot properly appreciate the risk associated with their use may leads to medicine misuse or overconsumption which is liable to harm public or animal health, or the environment, and should be prohibited.
Amendment 81 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Where medicinal products are authorised within a Member State and have been prescribed in that Member State by a member of a regulated animal health profession for an individual animal or group of animals, it should in principle be possible for that veterinary prescription to be recognised and for the medicinal product to be dispensed in another Member State. The removal of regulatory and administrative barriers to such recognition shouldmust not affect any professional or ethical duty for dispensing professionals to refuse to dispense the medicine stated in the prescription.
Amendment 84 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Companies and authorities are frequently confronted with the need to distinguish between veterinary medicinal products, feed additives, biocidal products and other products. In order to avoid inconsistencies in the treatment of such products, to increase legal certainty, and to facilitate the decision process by Member States, a coordination group of Member States should be established, and among other tasks it should provide on a case-by- case basis a recommendation whether a product falls within the definition of a veterinary medicinal product. In order to ensure legal certainty the Commission may decide whether a specific product is a veterinary medicinal product.
Amendment 85 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
Amendment 86 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
Amendment 87 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
Amendment 88 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
Amendment 90 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
Amendment 91 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
Amendment 93 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
Amendment 94 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79
Recital 79
Amendment 96 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 80
Recital 80
Amendment 98 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) substances used to raise animal productivity levels.
Amendment 118 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A veterinary medicinal product shall be placed on the market only when a marketing authorisation has been granted in respect of the product by a competent authority in accordance with Articles 44, 46 or 48 or by the Commission in accordance with Article 40.
Amendment 159 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Amendment 171 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A competent authority or the Commission shall classify the following veterinary medicinal products as subject to veterinary prescription:
Amendment 186 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority or the Commission shall make the decision granting the marketing authorisation publicly available and record it in the database referred to in Article 51.
Amendment 199 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Amendment 204 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 238 #
Amendment 246 #
Amendment 247 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
Article 41
Amendment 275 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Amendment 278 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Amendment 282 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Article 58
Amendment 294 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2
Article 60 – paragraph 2
2. If necessary, competent authorities or, where the veterinary medicinal product is authorised under the centralised marketing authorisation procedure, the Commission shall amend the decision granting a marketing authorisation in accordance with the change.
Amendment 298 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
1. When applying for variations to the terms of several marketing authorisations held by the same marketing authorisation holder and granted by different competent authorities and/or the Commission, the marketing authorisation holder shall submit an application to all competent authorities concerned and the Agency.
Amendment 301 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Within 30 days of the completion of the procedure laid down in Article 64(6) and (7) a competent authority or the Commission shall amend the marketing authorisation or reject the variation and inform the applicant of the grounds for the rejection. In case of centralised marketing authorisation, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, take a final decision amending the marketing authorisation or rejecting the variation. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).
Amendment 340 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 6
Article 79 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall evaluate the adverse events to the centrally authorised veterinary medicinal products, manage risks and recommend measures to the Ccommissionpetent authorities. The Ccommissionpetent authorities shall take the measures referred to in Articles 130 to 135 concerning marketing authorisations where necessary.
Amendment 345 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 5
Article 81 – paragraph 5
5. Where necessary, based on the results of the signal management process referred to in paragraph 4 the competent authorities or the Commission shall take appropriate measures as referred to in Articles 130 to 135.
Amendment 347 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 3
Article 82 – paragraph 3
3. When an application for re-examination has been submitted, the limited market marketing authorisation shall remain valid until a decision on the application has been adopted by the competent authority or the Commission.
Amendment 348 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 5
Article 82 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authority or the Commission may at any time grant a marketing authorisation valid for an unlimited period of time in respect of a veterinary medicinal product authorised for a limited market, provided that the holder of the marketing authorisation for a limited market submits the missing comprehensive quality and efficacy data referred to in Article 21(1).
Amendment 349 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 3
Article 83 – paragraph 3
3. When an application for re-examination has been submitted, the marketing authorisation shall remain valid until a decision on the application has been adopted by the competent authority or the Commission.
Amendment 350 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4
Article 83 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority or the Commission may at any time grant a marketing authorisation valid for an unlimited period of time, provided that the marketing authorisation holder submits the missing comprehensive safety and efficacy data referred to in Article 22(1).
Amendment 364 #
Amendment 367 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 a (new)
Article 108 a (new)
Article 108a Prohibition on marketing veterinary medicinal products online Veterinary medicinal products requiring authorisation may not be marketed via the Internet.
Amendment 386 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A veterinarian providing services in a Member State other than the one where he is established (the ‘host Member State’) may administer veterinary medicinal products authorised in the host Member State to animals in another Member State which are under his care in the amount required for the treatment of those animals where the following conditions are fulfillmay neither provide services nor prescribe in a Member State other than the one where he is established:.
Amendment 387 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 388 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 389 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 390 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 391 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 392 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 393 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 2
Article 114 – paragraph 2
Amendment 446 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 – paragraph 1
Article 130 – paragraph 1
1. In the event of a risk to public or animal health or to the environment that requires urgent action, the competent authorities or, in the case of centralised marketing authorisations, the Commission may impose temporary safety restrictions on the marketing authorisation holder, including suspending the marketing authorisation and/or prohibiting the supply of a veterinary medicinal product. Other Member States and, where the temporary safety restriction is imposed by a competent authority, the Commission shall be informed of the temporary safety restriction imposed on the following working day at the latest.
Amendment 447 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 – paragraph 2
Article 130 – paragraph 2
2. Member States and the Commission may refer the issue to the Agency in accordance with Article 84.
Amendment 448 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 1
Article 131 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority or the Commission shall suspend or withdraw the marketing authorisation if the benefit-risk balance of the veterinary medicinal product is unfavourable.
Amendment 449 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 2
Article 131 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority or the Commission shall suspend or withdraw the marketing authorisation or request the marketing authorisation holder to submit an application for a variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation where the withdrawal period is inadequate to ensure that foodstuffs obtained from the treated animal do not contain residues which might constitute a public health hazard.
Amendment 450 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 131 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The competent authority or the Commission may suspend or withdraw the marketing authorisation or request the marketing authorisation holder to submit an application for a variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation in case of any of the following:
Amendment 451 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 4
Article 131 – paragraph 4
4. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 to 3, before taking action, the Commission shall request, where appropriate, the opinion of the Agency within time-limit which it shall determine in the light of the urgency of the matter, in order to examine the reasons. Whenever practicable, the holder of the marketing authorisation for the veterinary medicinal product shall be invited to provide oral or written explanations.
Amendment 452 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 135
Article 135
Amendment 18 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
‘The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 87b in order to amend the Annex to technical and scientific progress without extending the scope of the centralised procedureAnnex may not be amended without the approval of the competent health authorities of the Member States.’;
Amendment 20 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Amendment 28 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 32 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the principles set out in paragraph 2, adopt implementing acts in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 87(2) specifyingsubmit proposals to the Member States on:
Amendment 33 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When adopting the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1In its proposals, the Commission shall take the following into account:
Amendment 34 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 35 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
For the conduct of the investigation the Commission mayshall cooperate with national competent authorities and rely on resources provided by the Agency.
Amendment 36 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 38 #
2014/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 87b
Article 87b
Amendment 18 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the import, manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed and repealing Council Directive 90/167/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 19 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed and repealing Council Directive 90/167/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 26 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Carry-over may occur during production, processing, storage and transport of feed where the same production and processing equipment, storage facilities or means of transport are used for feed with different components. For the purposes of this Regulation, the concept of "carry-over" is used specifically to designate the transfer of traces of an active substance contained in a medicated feed to a non-target feed, while the term "cross-contamination" is to be considered as a contamination resulting from a carry- over or from the transfer in feed of any unintended substance. Carry-over of active substances contained in medicated feed to non-target feed should be avoided or kept as low as possible. In order to protect animal health, human health and the environment, maximum levels of carry- over for active substances contained in medicated feed should be established, based on a scientific risk assessment performed by the European Food Safety Authority and taking into account the application of good manufacturing practice and the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle. General limits should be set out in this RegulationDirective, taking into account the unavoidable carry-over and the risk caused by the active substances concerned.
Amendment 57 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Taking into account the serious public health risk posed by resistance to antimicrobials, it is appropriate to limit the use of medicated feed containing antimicrobials for food-producing animals. PIn particular, preventive use or use to enhance the performance of food- producing animals should in particular not be allowed. not be allowed and the necessary measures should be taken to prevent the import of any live animals, carcases, meat, and prepared meals and dishes based on meat which have been treated for such purposes.
Amendment 76 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Since the Union is conducting negotiations with a partner whose practices are far removed from the Union's objectives, the objective of this RegulationDirective, namely ensuring a high level of protection of human and animal health, providing adequate information for users and strengthening the effective functioning of the internal market, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, ionly. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarproportionality 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 Regulation, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective,.
Amendment 77 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This RegulationDirective shall apply to:
Amendment 111 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – title
Chapter 2 – title
Manufacture, storage, transport, import and placing on the market
Amendment 113 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Feed business operators established in the Union or in third countries trading with Union Member States shall manufacture, store, transport and place on the market medicated feed and intermediate products in compliance with Annex I. Live animals, carcases, meat and prepared meals and dishes based on meat shall not be imported unless the provisions of this Directive are strictly complied with.
Amendment 122 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 concerningsubmit proposals to the European Parliament for the establishment of specific carry-over limits for active substances.
Amendment 157 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Intra -Union trade and trade with third countries
Amendment 158 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 163 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The prescription shall contain the information set out in Annex V. The original prescription shall be kept by the manufacturer or, where appropriate, the distributor. The persoveterinarian issuing the prescription and the animal holder shall keep a copy of the prescription. The original and copies shall be kept for three years from the date of issuance.
Amendment 172 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. The prescription shall be valid for a maximum period of six months for non- food -producing animals and three weeks for food-in the case of medicated feed not containing antimicrobials, and three weeks for food- producing animals and antimicrobial- containing feed prescribed for non-food- producing animals.
Amendment 176 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals examined by the persoveterinarian who issued the prescription and only for a diagnosed disease. The persoveterinarian who issued the prescription shall verify that this medication is justified for the target animals on veterinary grounds. Furthermore he shall ensure that the administration of the veterinary medicinal product concerned is not incompatible with another treatment or use and that there is no contra-indication or interaction where several medicinal products are used.
Amendment 220 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 concerningsubmit amendments to Annexes I to V, to the European Parliament in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 221 #
Amendment 222 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this ArticleMember States shall adopt and publish, by ... [one year after entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from … [two years after the entry into force of this Directive]. When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
Amendment 224 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 7 and 18 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this RegulationMember States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Amendment 230 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Article 23
This RegulationDirective shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 231 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 5
Annex I – section 1 – point 5
5. Drainage facilities shall be adequate for the purpose intended; they shall be designed and constructed to avoid the risk of contamination of feed and of the environment; in particular, they shall prevent water contamination by antimicrobials, especially antibiotics and anti-parasites or substances classifiable as endocrine disruptors in animals and humans.
Amendment 232 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 6 a (new)
Annex I – section 1 – point 6 a (new)
6a. Feed used as the basis for medicated feed shall not be derived from genetically modified organisms.
Amendment 237 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 6 – point 2 – point i
Annex I – section 6 – point 2 – point i
(i) information on the persoveterinarian who has issued the prescription, including at least his name and address.
Amendment 242 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. the batch reference number of the medicated feed or intermediate product and the country of manufacture;
Amendment 243 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 9
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. a recommendation to read the package leaflet of the veterinary medicinal products, including a hyperlink where it can be found, a warning that the product is only for the treatment of animals and, a warning that the product must be kept out of the sight and reach of children, and a warning concerning authorisation to administer the product to organically farmed animals in accordance with the regulations and directives in force and with any special conditions of use;
Amendment 249 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1
Annex V – point 1
1. Surname, forename, address and professional membership number of the person allowed to prescribe a veterinary medicinal productveterinarian.
Amendment 250 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2
Annex V – point 2
2. Issue date and signature or electronic identification of the person allowed to prescribe a veterinary medicinal productveterinarian.
Amendment 1 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
–
The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 420 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Processed food should be labelled as organic only where all or almost all the ingredients of agricultural origin are organic. However, special labelling provisions should be laid down for processed foods which include agricultural ingredients that cannot be obtained organically, as is the case for products of hunting and fishing. Moreover, for the purposes of consumer information and transparency in the market, and to encourage the use of organic ingredients, it should also be made possible to refer to organic production and the place of production in the ingredients list under certain conditions.
Amendment 449 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) In order to create clarity for consumers throughout the Union market, the use of the organic production logo of the European Union should be made obligatory for all organic pre-packed food produced within the Union. It should otherwise be possible to use that logo on a voluntary basis in the case of non pre- packed organic products produced within the Union or any organic products imported from third countries. The model of the organic production logo of the European Union should be set out in this Regulation. With a view to encouraging local consumption of organic products and providing consumers with comprehensive information, the country of origin of such products should appear below the European Union logo.
Amendment 452 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) For the sake of avoiding any possible confusion amongst consumers about the Union or non-Union origin of a product, whenever the organic production logo of the European Union is used, consumers should be informed about the place where the agricultural raw materials of which the product is composed have been farmed. In this context, it should be allowed to refer to aquaculture in the label of products from organic aquaculture, instead of referring to agriculture, and to the country or region of origin.
Amendment 454 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
Amendment 466 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 468 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 474 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) The possibility for organic products to get access to the Union market where such products do not comply with the Union rules on organic production but come from third countries whose organic production and control systems have been recognised as equivalent to those of the Union should be preserved. However, the recognition of equivalence of third countries, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, should only be granted through an international agreement between the Union and those third countries, where a reciprocal recognition of equivalence would be also pursued for the Union. In order to rule out unfair competition, organic products from third countries may on no account be sold at preferential prices.
Amendment 476 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) In order to ensure fair competition among operators, the traceability of the imported products intended to be placed on the market within the Union as organic or the transparency of the recognition and supervision procedure for control authorities and control bodies within the context of import of compliant organic products, and in order to ensure the management of the list of third countries recognised for the purpose of equivalence under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the documents intended for customs authorities in third countries, in particular an organic export certificate, which must be provided in electronic form wherever possible, the documents necessary for the purposes of import, also in electronic form wherever possiblewhich must also be provided in electronic form, the criteria for recognition or withdrawal of the recognition of control authorities and control bodies in the context of import of compliant organic products, and in respect of the information to be sent by third countries recognised under that Regulation necessary for the supervision of their recognition and the exercise of that supervision by the Commission, including on-the-spot examination.
Amendment 479 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Provision should be made to ensure that the movement of organic products that have been subject to a control in one Member State and which comply with this Regulation cannot be restricted in anoAs sovereign entities, Member States must have the right to impose restrictions on imports and the movement of imported products on their Member State. In order to ensure the proper functerritory in order to encourage the consumptioning of the single market and trade between Member States, the power to adopt certain adomestic and local organic products. The movement of imported organic products shwould be delegated to the Commission to lay down rules relating to the free movement of organic productsauthorised only if they are not produced on the territory of the Member State in question.
Amendment 674 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Operators may assumeust have proof that no GMOs or products produced from or by GMOs have been used in the manufacture of purchased food and feed when such products are not labelled, or accompanied by a document, pursuant to the Regulations referred to in paragraph 2, unless they have obtained other information indicating that the labelling of the products concerned is not in conformity with those Regulations.
Amendment 825 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the organic production logo of the European Union referred to in Article 23 as regards pre-packed food as defined in point (e) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 shall also appear on the packaging, together with an indication of country of origin.
Amendment 828 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) ‘EU agriculture/country of origin’ with an indication of countries of origin where the ingredients have been made by a number of countries.
Amendment 838 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. National and private logos mayust be used in the labelling, presentation and advertising of products which comply with this Regulation.
Amendment 917 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure the traceability of the imported products intended to be placed on the market within the Union as organic, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 concerning documents, mandatorily issued in electronic form wherever possible, that are necessary for the purposes of import.
Amendment 920 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a . It is obligatory that imported organic products indicate the country of origin.
Amendment 921 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In order to guard against unfair competition for organic producers within the Union, imported organic products must not benefit from financial advantages and will be sold at the same price.
Amendment 937 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure the proper functioning of the single market and trade between Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accMember States, for the sake of protecting their internal markets, shall have the faculty to restrict the marketing of imported ordgance with Article 36 laying down rules relating to the free movement of organic products for the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article ic products and only authorise organic products not produced on its territory.
Amendment 215 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 216 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 305 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) and it shall prohibit the distribution of animals and germinal products from third countries where cases of non- compliance with zootechnical and genealogical rules have been recorded.
Amendment 308 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Commission experts mayshall perform Commission controls in third countries in order to:
Amendment 62 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Whereas the origin of products contributes significantly to their identity; whereas the overwhelming majority of children are not sensitised to the nature of what they eat; whereas educating them to taste will provide a sustainable way of combating industrial food abuses, the local (regional) level must be promoted in the choice of products. In relation to bananas, only products originating from ultra-peripheral regions of the Union may be selected.
Amendment 209 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 6
Article 23 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall choose the products to be featured in the distribution or to be included in supporting educational measures on the basis of objective criteria which mayust include the health and environmental considerations, seasonality, variety, or availability of local produce, giving priority to the extent practicable to products originating in the Union, particularly to local purchasing, organic products, short supply chains or environmental benefits. With regard to bananas in particular, only products originating from ultra- peripheral regions of the Union can be included in the scheme.
Amendment 318 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Under no circumstances may the delegated act call into question the priority accorded to the local provenance of produce. With regard to bananas, only those of ultra-peripheral origin may be selected
Amendment 339 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Account must be taken of the local origin of products. With regard to bananas, only products which originates from ultra-peripheral regions of the Union may be included in the scheme.
Amendment 28 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In light of the efforts made by farmers as part of the ‘greening’ of the CAP 2014-2020 and the positive role played by agricultural sector in protecting the soil and storing carbon, all emissions originating from farming activities should be excluded from the scope of the Directive.
Amendment 39 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should comply with the emission reduction commitments set out in this Directive for 2020 and 2030. So as to ensure demonstrable progress towards the 2030 commitments, Member States should meet intermediate emission levels in 2025, set on the basis of a linear trajectory between their emission levels for 2020 and those defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030, unless this would entail disproportionate costs. Where the 2025 emissions cannot be so limited, Member States should explain the reasons in their reports under this Directive. A reduction in ammonia and methane emissions in farming would have a disastrous impact on the livestock sector. These emissions should therefore not be covered by the Directive.
Amendment 46 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In light of the efforts made by the agricultural sector and its positive role in protecting the environment and the air, which has gone unrewarded, no emission ceilings for ammonia and methane should be imposed.
Amendment 49 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to promote cost-effective achievement of the national emission reduction commitments and of the intermediate emission levels, Member States should be entitled to account for emission reductions from international maritime traffic if emissions from that sector are lower than the levels of emissions that would result from compliance with Union law standards, including the sulphur limits for fuels set in Directive 1999/32/EC of the Council.21 Member States should also have the possibility to jointly meet their commitments and intermediate emission levels regarding methane (CH4) and of making use of Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for so doing.22 For the purpose of checking compliance with their national emission ceilings, emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels, Member States could adjust their national emission inventories in view of improved scientific understanding and methodologies regarding emissions. The Commission could object to the use of any of these flexibilities by a Member State, should the conditions set out in this Directive not be met. __________________ 21 Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13). 22 Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
Amendment 50 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should adopt and implement a national air pollution control programme with a view to meeting their emission reduction requirements and intermediate emission levels, and to contributing effectively to the achievement of the Union air quality objectives. To this effect, Member States should take account of the need to reduce emissions in zones and agglomerations affected by excessive air pollutant concentrations and/or in those that contribute significantly to air pollution in other zones and agglomerations, including in neighbouring countries. National air pollution control programmes should, to that end, contribute to the successful implementation of air quality plans enacted under Article 23 of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.23 __________________ 23 Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air in Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 65 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Livestock farmers have no way of limiting the enteric methane emissions resulting from the digestive systems of cattle, unless they limit the amount of grass and hay that their animals eat, which would make it much more difficult for them to continue raising high-quality livestock, and would also have severe consequences not only on the welfare of the animals but also on the environment, as the farmers would be forced to abandon natural grassland; enteric methane should be differentiated from other sources of methane emissions and excluded from the scope of the Directive.
Amendment 69 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2
Article 2
This Directive shall apply to emissions of the pollutants referred to in Annex I from all sources occurring in the territory of the Member States, their exclusive economic zones and pollution control zones, except for emissions originating from farming.
Amendment 78 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3),nd particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
Amendment 88 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOX, NMVOC, NH3, PM2,5 and CH4 and PM2,5. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.
Amendment 94 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 101 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Amendment 102 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(db) ammonia and methane emissions originating from the effluents of livestock.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may jointly implement their methane emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels referred to in Annex II, provided that they meet the following conditions: (a) they comply with all applicable requirements and modalities enacted under Union legislation, including under Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (b) they have adopted and implemented effective provisions in order to ensure a proper operation of joint implementationwill be able to limit their methane emissions in accordance with their national laws.
Amendment 112 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 114 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Amendment 116 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Amendment 120 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) take account of the need to reduce air pollutant emissions for the purpose of reaching compliance with air quality objectives in their territories and, where appropriate in neighbouring Member States;.
Amendment 121 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure coherence with other relevant plans and programmes established by virtue of requirements set in national or Union legislation.
Amendment 129 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall consult, in accordance with relevant Union legislation, the public and competent authorities, which, by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities in the field of air pollution, quality and management at all levels, are likely to be concerned by the implementation of the national air pollution control programmes, on their draft national air pollution control programme and any significant updates prior to their finalisation. Where appropriate, transboundary consultations shall be ensured in accordance with relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 131 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Amendment 134 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 135 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Amendment 137 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 138 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 146 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 9
Article 7 – paragraph 9
Amendment 148 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 149 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 151 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where a national air pollution control programme is updated under Article 6(4), the Member State concerned shallmay inform the Commission thereof within two months.
Amendment 153 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 155 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall in any case report as above for the year 2025, and shall also include information on the achievement of the intermediate emission levels referred to in Article 4 paragraph 2 and the reasons for any non-achievement. It shall identify the need for further action also considering the sectorial impacts of implementation.
Amendment 162 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 164 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15
Article 15
Member States shall lay down the rules on the penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 168 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall forthwith, within a reasonable period of time, communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 46 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed that surrogate dams used in cloning suffer in particular from placenta dysfunctions contributing to increased levels of miscarriages21. Surrogate dams suffer in particular from placenta dysfunctions contributing to increased levels of miscarriages21. This contributes, amongst other things, to the low efficiency of the technique, 6 to 15 % for bovine and 6 % for porcine species, and the need to implant embryo clones into several dams to obtain one clone. In addition, clone abnormalities and unusually large offspring result in difficult births and neonatal deaths. What is more, surrogate dams have to undergo extensive hormonal treatments which undermine their general well-being and involve the use of drugs which pose a threat to animal and human health and to the environment when excreted. __________________ 21 Scientific Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from Cloning by Somatic Cell Nucleus Transfer (SCNT) and their Offspring and Products Obtained from those Animals http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/c loning.htm.
Amendment 96 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 102 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Even using the latest scientific methods, it is impossible to determine a posteriori whether an animal is a clone or a descendant of a clone, whether a carcass is that of a clone or a descendant of a clone or whether a piece of meat comes from a clone or a descendant of a clone. The only way of guaranteeing traceability, and thus provision of the information which consumers need in order to make a choice in full knowledge of the facts, is to establish a traceability system from the time sperm is taken, in the case of descendants, or cells are taken, in the case of the clone itself. Nevertheless, the experts heard agree that traceability remains a very complex matter and may not even be economically viable.
Amendment 110 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and notably the freedom to conduct a business and the freedom of the sciences. This Directive has to be implemented in accordance with these rights and principle and, above all, consumers’ freedom of choice and food safety. This Directive has to be implemented in accordance with these rights and principles and with Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty. These provisions accord the same importance to animal welfare as to the other fundamental principles referred to in that title of the Treaty, i.e. the promotion of equality between men and women, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the protection of human health, the combating of discrimination, the promotion of sustainable development and the protection of consumers and personal data. What is more, paragraph 17 of Parliament’s resolution of 4 July 2012 on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012–2015 states it should be obligatory to inform consumers whether an imported product, or a product containing an imported product, is made from animals that were kept under conditions different from those required by European animal welfare regulations.
Amendment 111 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the cloning of animalmammals and animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes in the Union;
Amendment 112 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the cloning of animals in the Union and the use of such animals for breeding purposes;
Amendment 113 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market of embryo clones and animal clonecloned mammals and animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes and of food and non-food products made from cloned animals and their descendants.
Amendment 151 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Amendment 152 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Imports of live animals, carcasses, meat and pre-prepared meat-based dishes from third countries where animal cloning for farming purposes is practised shall be banned if the products concerned are not clearly identified, and are identifiable by consumers, as stemming from the use of cloning technology, either directly or by way of filiation.
Amendment 159 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Imports from third countries of mammals born to surrogate dams shall be banned.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposalRejects the proposal for a directive;
Amendment 52 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another textFavours a targeted and more effective approach, geared to high-risk groups, rather than one based on regarding all passengers as potential terrorists or criminals;
Amendment 53 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that the fight against terrorism and organised crime is being hampered by the Schengen Convention, which rules out the performance of checks at internal borders, and by the inadequacy of the checks carried out at external borders;
Amendment 54 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that across-the-board gathering of PNR data is not consistent with the principles of data protection and passenger privacy;
Amendment 55 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is opposed to the transfer of PNR data to third countries, and expresses concern at the use third countries may make of such data;