2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

2. Calls for a clear methodology for the presentation of figures~~, preferably~~ on the basis of constant prices;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates Parliament’s call for an increased overall budget of at least EUR 120 billion ~~for Horizon Europe~~in constant prices for Horizon Europe in order to be able to react appropriately to societal challenges, to secure Europe’s global competiveness, people’s well-being, scientific and industrial leadership and to help achieving the goals set out in the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement; welcomes the possibility of transferring financial allocations for programmes from one fund to another introduced by the Common Provisions Regulation; believes that appropriate conditions and mechanisms for such transfers should be further elaborated to ensure compatibility with the structural funds and to avoid double auditing; underlines that financial support from Horizon Europe should be made accessible to beneficiaries through a fast, bottom-up and less administrative process;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes that at least EUR 9.194 billion are foreseen for the Digital Europe Program in order to tackle important European challenges such as improving high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and trust, advanced digital skills and the best use of digital society and interoperability; emphasises the importance of close coordination with Horizon Europe, CEF and ESIF;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses that the European Space Programmes create considerable benefits for the Union society and economy and that the proposed budget is strictly necessary to achieve this;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Insists on the necessity to adequately finance a programme for EU actions improving the competitiveness of enterprises, with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). An SME-focused programme should complement other EU programmes and should also be built on the solid experience from the predecessor programme (COSME) aiming at enhancing access to markets inside and outside the Union, improving framework conditions for businesses and the competitiveness of enterprises, and promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that in the energy sector, emphasis should be placed on energy security ~~and~~, energy efficiency, the enhanced use of renewable energies, sector coupling, smart and modern infrastructure, a functioning ~~single~~energy market; considers it essential to reach ~~the~~at least a 15 % interconnectivity target by 2030, stresses that the next MFF should focus on ensuring the decarbonisation of the European economy in order to accomplish the goals of the Energy Union and the EU climate goals and to effectively support vulnerable, low-income households at risk of energy poverty to become energy-efficient;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that its call for the creation of ~~an energy~~just transition fund for coal- and carbon-intensive regions under the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) was not reflected in the new MFF proposal; reiterates its appeal ~~for additional funds to be provided exclusively to support energy transition in these regions;~~ to create a Just Transition Fund with the aim to support workers and communities adversely affected by this transition; in this respect repeats its calls on the Commission to set up a financing platform at Union level for this initiative; furthermore stresses that under this fund sufficient resources should be ensured for creation of decent and sustainable jobs, together with re- skilling and up-skilling in clean processes and technologies, as well as enhancing social protection schemes, including active labour market policies;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Clare MOODY, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for appropriate funding for the agencies under ITRE-remit to ensure their capacity to fulfil their increasing tasks adequately;

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0166R(APP)

Jens GEIER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Răzvan POPA, Constanze KREHL, Eugen FREUND, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that the next MFF will need to consider the UK’s departure from the EU and its implications for the EU budget; expresses the wish that EU programmes under ITRE-remit can continue unimpeded; in this respect welcomes the Commission’s proposals regarding the modernisation of existing and implementation of new own resources as well as the elimination of rebates and the increase of the own resources ceiling.

2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) The mission of the Joint Undertaking is to establish and maintain in Europe an integrated world-class High Performance Computing and Big Data ecosystem based on European leadership in HPC, Cloud and Big Data technologies

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The Joint Undertaking should provide European scientists, industry and the public sector with access to world- class supercomputers and associated services, giving them the tools to stay at the forefront of science and industrial competition.

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)

(18b) In order to build the necessary capacity in the Member States, one High Performance Computing Competence Centre associated with the national supercomputing centre should be established per Member State; the Centres should facilitate and promote access to the HPC ecosystem, from access to the supercomputers, to access to applications and services; they should also provide to HPC users learning and training courses for building HPC skills and should promote awareness raising and training and outreach activities of the benefits of HPC for SMEs in particular and embark on networking activities with stakeholders and other Competence Centres to foster wider innovations enabling further HPC uptake.

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The use of the pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers should be primarily for public civilian research and innovation purposes, for any user from academia, industry or the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for private purposes. Access should be granted to users established in the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time for each supercomputer.

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)

(28a) The Data protection and Privacy Regulation of the European Union should apply for any supercomputer owned fully or in part by the JU, or for any supercomputer making available access time to the JU.

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2018/0003(NLE)

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)

(28b) The provisions of Horizon 2020 on intellectual property rights, transfer of ownership of IPR, licensing and exploitation should apply, as a minimum, in order to protect the European Union`s economic interests.

2018/05/03
Committee: ITRE

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that the advanced character of the EU economy, as well as digitalisation, automation and robotisation of the EU labour market, has increased demand for high-level qualifications and skills~~, while demand for low-level qualifi~~; underlines that all jobs now require greater literacy, numeracy, digital and other basic skills; stresses that increased investments in educations and ~~skills has decreased~~training systems, as well as their modernization and adjustment, are a crucial condition for social and economic progress;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that it is essential to invest in universal, quality education and training to foster social inclusion, equal opportunities and a culture of mutual respect and fundamental values; calls therefore on Member States and the Commission to strengthen education and training programmes at all levels in order to improve access to quality learning for all students, regardless their social, cultural, geographical or economical background, to avoid labour market and societal segmentation, to fight inequalities and to enable processes of upward social mobility and convergence throughout Europe;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that the first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and manage successfully transitions in the labour market; therefore stresses the importance to ensure that social investment, especially in education and training for all, is prioritised in the new programming period of the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2020-2026;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Rory PALMER, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that despite strong demand in the labour market for high-level skills, and the response of the education system in the form of the massive development of HEI (Higher Education Institutes), approximately 20 % of Europeans, including university graduates, lack basic skills such as reading, writing or numeracy1 ; recalls, moreover, that a similar number of Europeans have a low level of basic skills and that 44 % lack basic digital skills2 , which creates serious barriers to their civic and active participation in the society and to the technologically advanced labour market ~~and everyday life~~; __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/school /math_en 2 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/digital-skills-factsheet- tallinn_en.pdf

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Rory PALMER, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on Member States to increase cooperation between education and training providers, both formal and non-formal and the world of work, including a close dialogue with social partners, in both the development of curricula and the creation of apprenticeships and internships with a real educational value;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the renewed EU agenda for higher education among HEIs, regional and local authorities, employers, with a view to addressing HEIs and students needs and challenges, creating links with local and regional actors, reaching out to the local communities, fostering local and regional development and innovation, building inclusive and connected higher education systems, strengthening collaboration with the world of work and addressing the regional skills needs;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that skills mismatch and shortages ~~are responsible for both unemployment and unfilled job vacancies3 ; considers that these worrying phenomena~~ should be tackled by modernising education systems, making education systems cooperate more closely with labour market actors and focusing ~~more on training in soft and transversal skills to accommodate future skills needs~~not only on the development of employability skills, but also on social and civic competencies in addition to transversal and soft skills, social and intercultural skills, critical and creative thinking, digital skills, problem solving and entrepreneurship; __________________ 3 http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events- and-projects/projects/assisting-eu- countries-skills-matching

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Rory PALMER, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls1a the importance of improving or introducing procedures for the recognition of informal and non- formal education, drawing on the best practices of Member States which have already introduced tools of that kind; notes, in this regard, the importance of policy response aimed at groups furthest from the labour market; __________________ 1a See text adopted. P8_TA(2017)0360

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to enable the recognition and validation of non-formal ~~and informal~~ learning – gained from free online courses such as MOOCs – which ~~often~~could broaden access to education for underprivileged groups and therefore increase their opportunities for a better job and life, while simultaneously ensuring that education remains of high quality and content driven;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to internationalise education systems and expand student mobility programmes to better prepare students for the EU labour market, in which a lack of skills in foreign languages and cultures is the first barrier to mobility; stresses that mobility programmes have contributed to European integration and have a positive impact on employment;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights that, in the context of societal and labour market evolution, th~~inking in~~ e education systerms ~~of ‘jobs/positions’ is obsolete and is of the opinion that ‘task/~~should equip people with the right set of skills’, c~~ategories should be used instead, in both the education process and the recognition of education and qualifications~~ompetencies and knowledge to become active European citizens and to be successful in the labour market; stresses that developing and strengthening skills is a continuous process, which follows through all levels of education into the labour market;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~In the context of~~Acknowledges the growing demand for high-level competences and skills~~, regrets that, over time, the massive development of higher education is resulting in the decreasing quality and inflation of diplom~~; consider that the mass character of HE cannot affect the quality of education as, w~~ith a simultaneous growing shortage of vocational skills and qualification~~ell as the level of acquired competences and skills for the graduates;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Highlights that the high number of NEETs could be reduced by preventing early school leaving~~Acknowledges that in the EU, 6.3 million young people (11.5% of those aged 15-24) were neither in employment, education or training (NEET) in 2016; highlights that the high number of NEETs could be reduced by preventing early school leaving; believes that completion of secondary education should be free and obligatory and calls on the Member States to increase their efforts to give people who have dropped out from primary or secondary school a chance of reenrolment and completion of their studies;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Insists that graduate tracking information, gathering accurate and relevant data not only at national but also at EU level, is essential ~~for quality assurance and appropriate educational content~~in order to develop quality education, including vocational training programmes, employment strategies and to reform the education systems to become more flexible and inclusive;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make vocational and educational training more visible, to ensure that it is accessible to all, gender balanced and non-discriminatory, to guarantee sufficient financing and enhance its quality and attractiveness, and to promote VET, dual education, work- based learning and reality-based learning at every level and form of education, including ~~universities,~~higher education in order to ensure stronger ties between the education and labour markets and to provide flexible paths between different types of educations; calls for the p~~olicy~~romotion of apprenticeships and entrepreneurship policies for young people ~~to be developed,~~ to make their entry into the labour market smoother; highlights the importance of quality education and vocational training in raising the status of work-based vocations;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the need to improve career guidance and promote apprenticeship and training possibilities through awareness raising initiatives for students, their parents, adult learners, education and training providers, employers and public employment services;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Underlines the need to offer proper learning and training content and decent working conditions for traineeships and apprenticeships to ensure their crucial role in the transition from education to professional life; stresses that traineeships and apprenticeships should never be used as a replacement for jobs or considered as a cheap or even unpaid labour force;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Considers that in order to ensure the delivery of quality placements, the existence of an apprenticeship or a traineeship contract is fundamental to delineate roles and responsibilities of all parties specifying the length, the learning objectives and tasks corresponding to clearly identified skills to be developed, the employment status, adequate compensation/remuneration including for overtime, social protection and security schemes under the applicable national law, applicable collective agreements, or both;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Ivari PADAR, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls the importance of life-long learning in opening up new possibilities for active inclusion and enhanced social participation and in developing ~~adult~~ skills and qualifications ~~to ensure people’s active participation in the labour market through upskilling and reskilling~~especially for the low skilled, the unemployed, people with special needs, older generations and migrants through upskilling and reskilling; encourages the Commission to support the Member States in developing training and educational programmes facilitating active inclusion of adults returning to the labour market.

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts through the ESF and the European Semester to support comprehensive public policies in the Member States, focused on providing smoother transitions from education and (long-term) unemployment to work and specifically for the full implementation of the measures at national level outlined in the Council Recommendation on the labour market integration of the long- term unemployed;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2224(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Rory PALMER, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Underlines that refugees and migrants bring along new skills and knowledge which can have a positive cultural, social and economic impact in the host countries; stresses that retraining and other measures of vocational education and training for refugees and migrants should be further encouraged and formally and non-formally acquired skills evaluated and recognised according to a homogeneous assessment system;

2018/03/02
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas in many Member States the working-age population and the labour force are continuing to shrink, notably as a result of low birth rates; whereas the employability of women as the ongoing arrival of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are opportunities for Member states to cope with this issue and reinforce the work force in the EU;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the EU continues to suffer from structural problems that need to be addressed; recognizes that austerity measures have failed to provide sustainable solutions for these problems; underlines the crucial need to break up austerity policies, to boost the domestic demand by promoting public and private investment, by promoting socially and economically balanced structural reforms that reduce inequalities and promote quality and inclusive jobs, sustainable growth and social investment and responsible fiscal consolidation, thus reinforcing a favourable path towards more cohesion and upward social convergence environment for business and public services with a view to creating more quality jobs while balancing the social and the economic dimensions; stresses that those priorities will only be achieved if investment in human capital is prioritised as a common strategy;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member states have mainly promoted precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of the jobs created that last 3 years were temporary; in this context, calls for a wage increase not only to guarantee decent income, but also which serves to consolidate the economic recovery through the strengthening of the internal demand;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Warns about the declining wage share in the EU, the widening wage and income inequalities and the increase of in work-poverty; recalls that the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948) recognizes the need for workers to earn a living wage as does the ILO Constitution (ILO, 1919) and that all human rights declarations agree that remuneration should be sufficient to support a family;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong economy and a productive labour force; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement measures to improve job quality and reduce wage dispersion, including by raising wage floors also in the form of, where applicable, minimum wages set at decent levels;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3g. Calls for policies that respect, promote and strengthen collective bargaining and workers' position in wage- setting systems which play a critical role in achieving high level working conditions; believes all this should be done with a view to supporting aggregate demand and economic recovery, reducing wage inequalities and fighting in-work poverty; stresses in this context, that European legislation and policies must respect trade union rights and freedom, comply with collective agreements and uphold equal treatments of workers;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)

3j. Highlights that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old age pensions must be granted to all; acknowledges the challenges faced by Member States to strengthen the sustainability of pension systems but stresses the importance of safeguarding the solidarity in the pension systems by strengthening the revenue side without necessarily increasing the retirement age;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 n (new)

3n. Deplores the persistence of the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the EU and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners and gender equality organisations, to set out and implement policies to close the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the Member States to carry out wage-mapping on a regular basis as a complement to these efforts;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Emphasises that a better work-life balance and strengthened gender equality are essential for supporting the participation of women in the labour market; underlines that the key to women's economic empowerment is the transformation and adaptation of the labour market and welfare systems in order to take into account women's life cycles;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Welcomes the proposal for the Work-life balance Directive as a positive first step forward in ensuring reconciliation of the work and private lives for men and women caring for their children and other dependants and increasing the participation of women on the labour market although regretting that no progress on the maternity leave has been made; insists however that securing appropriate remuneration and strong social security and protection are key to achieving these goals;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)

4i. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance, calls in this context on the Commission and the Member States to propose policies to improve enforcement of anti-discrimination measures in the workplace, including increasing the awareness of legal rights regarding equal treatment by conducting information campaigns, reversal of the burden of proof and empowering national equality bodies to conduct formal investigations on their own initiative of equality issues and help potential victims of discrimination;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)

4k. Underlines that the integration of long-term unemployed individuals through individually tailored measures is a key factor for fighting poverty and social exclusion and will ultimately contribute towards contributing to the sustainability of national social security systems; considers that necessary, taking into account the social situation of these citizens and their needs in terms of sufficient incomes, adequate housing, public transport, health and childcare as well as a better monitoring at the European level of the policies implemented at the national level;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2114(INI)

Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)

4m. Recalls that the role of Member States is to guarantee an access to quality education and training at affordable cost notwithstanding the labour market need across the EU;

2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that ICTs allow innovative ideas within the collaborative economies to evolve quickly and efficiently, while connecting ~~and empowering~~ participants, reducing the need for intermediation, making remote areas more accessible, decreasing direct costs and overheads, channelling rich information flows and reinforcing trust between peers;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that the EU develops the highest international standards regarding (a) workers' rights and social protection for ~~‘workpreneu~~all workers’ in collaborative economies, (b) safety guarantees for the customers of collaborative economies, and (c) ~~cohabitation synergies with traditional business models~~development of the collaborative economy and synergies with traditional business models (d) respect of privacy and protection of personal data;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Silvia COSTA, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that the platform economy, offers new opportunities for people to earn an additional income, for the employment of young people (in particular those seeking casual work and flexible forms of employment allowing them to combine work with study), for the better reconciliation of work and private life, and for the reduction of underemployment and unemployment; points out, however, that, in some circumstances, this development can also lead to precarious situations; stresses that flexible employment must be covered by existing health and safety provisions, as well as by social protection measures, in order to avoid long-term social and financial implications, and must exclude potential risks such as worker overload and pay levels that are not commensurate with performance; highlights, therefore, the need for labour market flexibility, on the one hand, and for economic and social security for workers on the other; stresses that reducing costs should not undermine working conditions or employment standards;

2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EU legislation and policies ~~are future- friendly and~~ provide legal certainty in order to ensure tax compliance, while unleashing the full potential of collaborative economies for EU businesses and citizens~~, while redefining and modernising – where necessary – the concepts of ‘work/service’, ‘worker’ and ‘service provider’~~;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Commission and Member States to provide more clarity on rules applicable to collaborative economy, especially in field such as provision of services, consumer's protection and labour market;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Underlines the importance to prevent the creation of monopolies in collaborative economy, which are non- transparent and resulting in an asymmetrical relationship between collaborative platforms, service providers and consumers;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on the Commission to support the economic growth of the collaborative economy by measures aiming to reduce the administrative burden on individuals and businesses without discriminating between business models;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Underlines the importance, for the fast-growing of this sector, of access to risk capital and calls on the Commission to promote initiatives on this direction;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Isabella DE MONTE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Notes that collaborative economy has been developing more in areas, where urban conditions such as population density and physical proximity favours the adoption of collaborative economic models. However, collaborative economy could offer also opportunities to reinvigorate the economy in less populated remote areas in sectors such as tourism. Therefore, it would be vital to develop an effective regulatory framework and policies that enhances collaborative economy models in remote areas which could also be beneficial for SMEs;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Silvia COSTA, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the platform economy, like any other economy, must pay tax and social contributions, comply with employment and social legislation, and ensure consumer protection; believes that the high transparency potential of the platform economy allows for good traceability, in line with the aim of enforcing existing legislation; calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on how EU law applies to the various types of platform business models in order to fill, where necessary, regulatory gaps in the area of employment and social security; calls on the Member States to carry out sufficient inspections and to impose sanctions where rules have been breached;

2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL

2017/2003(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Silvia COSTA, Brando BENIFEI

7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote social economy models in the platform economy and to exchange best practices in this regard, as social enterprises have proven more resilient during times of economic crisis than other business models;

2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL

2017/0125(COD)

Miroslav POCHE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Flavio ZANONATO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Clare MOODY, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Dan NICA, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The Programme should cover a two year period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 whereas the amount for the implementation of the Programme should be determined for this period. In order to finance the Programme from the general budget of the Union, an amount of EUR 500 million in current prices should be earmarked for that purpose. Considering that the Programme is a new initiative that was not foreseen when the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 was established, and to avoid any negative impact on the financing of existing multiannual programmes, that amount should be drawn primarily from unallocated margins under the multiannual financial framework ceilings. The final amount should be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council through the annual budgetary procedure.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Miroslav POCHE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Flavio ZANONATO, Edouard MARTIN, Clare MOODY, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The Union financial support should not affect the ~~export of products, equipment or technologies, and it should not affect the~~ discretion of Member States regarding policy on the export of defence related products. The Union financial support should not affect Member States' export policies on defence related products, except products listed in the Annex 1.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least ~~three~~four undertakings which are established in at least ~~two~~four different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Miroslav POCHE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Răzvan POPA, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Beneficiaries and their subcontractors shall be undertakings fully established in the Union, ~~in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50% of the undertaking and effectively control it~~and effectively controlled by Member States within the meaning of Article 6(3), whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Miroslav POCHE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Răzvan POPA, Clare MOODY, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, an undertaking controlled by non-EU States or by non-EU entities shall be eligible if the Member State it is located in provides sufficient assurances, in accordance with national procedures, that this would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of Common Foreign and Security Policy in accordance with Title V of the TEU.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Miroslav POCHE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Flavio ZANONATO, Edouard MARTIN, Clare MOODY, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I (new)

ANNEX I Non eligible products: - Weapons of mass destruction and related warhead technologies - Banned weapons and munitions and weapons not compliant with international humanitarian law - Fully autonomous weapons that enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention Non eligible products, when they are mainly developed for export purposes: - Small arms and light weapons

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) The Union is party to the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The provisions of that Convention are thus, from the time of its entry into force, an integral part of the European Union legal order and Union legislation must as far as possible be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the Convention. The Convention provides, among other things, in its Article 7 that Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children. Moreover, the Convention, in its Article 23, provides that Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities in all matters relating to marriage, family, parenthood and relationships.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The European Pillar of Social Rights which was proclaimed by Member States on17th November 2017 shall deliver new and more effective rights for European citizens. The Pillar builds upon 20 key principles of which: Principle 2 on Gender Equality, Principle 3 on Equal Opportunities, and Principle 9 on Work- life Balance. The latter states that “Parents and people with caring responsibilities have the right to suitable leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services. Women and men shall have equal access to special leaves of absence in order to fulfil their caring responsibilities and be encouraged to use them in a balanced way.”

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Work-life balance remains however a considerable challenge for many parents and workers with caring responsibilities, with a negative impact on female employment. A major factor contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the labour market is the difficulty of balancing work and family obligations. When they have children, women tend to work less hours in paid employment and spend more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities. Having a~~n ill or dependent relative~~ relative with care or support needs has also been shown to have a negative impact on female employment, leading some women to drop out of the labour market partly or entirely.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) The current Union legal framework provides limited incentives for men to assume an equal share of caring responsibilities. Lack of paid paternity and parental leave in many Member States contributes to the low take-up of such leave by fathers. The imbalance in the design of work-life balance policies between women and men reinforces gender differences between work and care. Conversely, use of work-life balance arrangements by fathers, such as leave or flexible working arrangements, has been shown to have a positive impact in reducing the relative amount of unpaid family work undertaken by women and leaving them more time for paid employment. Furthermore, Eurofound research shows that take-up rates among parents depend on many intertwined factors. Such factors include: information about the leave available; leave compensation and pay disparities; availability and flexibility of childcare facilities; prevailing family organisation models; and the extent to which workers fear isolation from the labour market when taking leave.1a __________________ 1aEurofound (2015) Promoting uptake of parental and paternity leave among fathers in the European Union and The gender employment gap: Challenges and solutions (2016).

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) The availability of and access to affordable, adequate and quality early childhood education and care (ECEC), care for other dependent persons and high-quality social services have proven to be a crucial aspect to work-life balance policies that facilitates the return of women to work and their increased participation in the labour market. However, there is a lack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare for all income levels; for 27 % of Europeans, the poor quality of childcare makes it difficult to access these services; achieving quality services means investing in childcare workforce training; only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years). The achievement of these objectives is crucial to allow women to fully participate in employment and prioritising the investment in community- based quality, accessible and affordable childcare in the next Multiannual Financial Framework is pivotal for unlocking the situation. Moreover, funding for community –based services for persons with disabilities or age related support needs is key for ensuring that women are not forced out of the labour market or unable to remain or re-enter paid employment, in line with the Council Conclusions of 7 December 2017 on Enhancing Community-Based Support and Care for Independent Living.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) In order to provide greater possibility for parents to use parental leave as their children grow up, the right to parental leave should be granted until the child is at least twelve years old. Member States should be able to specify tha reasonable period of notice to be given by the worker to the employer when applying for parental leave and to decide whether the right to parental leave may be subject to a certain period of service. In view of the growing diversity of contractual arrangements, the sum of successive fixed-term contracts with the same employer should be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the period of service. To balance the needs of workers with those of employers, Member States should also be able to decide whether they define if the employer may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave under certain circumstances. In such cases, the employer should provide justification for the postponement in writing. Given that flexibility makes it more likely that second parents, in particular fathers, will take up their entitlement to such leave, workers should be able to request to take parental leave on a full-time or part-time basis or in other flexible forms. It should be up to the employer whether or not to accept such a request for parental leave in other flexible forms than full-time. Member States should also assess if the conditions and detailed arrangements of parental leave should be adapted to the ~~specific~~ needs of parents in ~~particularly disadvantaged situations~~specific situations, in particular with regard to children with disabilities, mental health problems, serious medical conditions or illness, in accordance with their national law and practice.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) In order to facilitate the return to work following parental leave, workers and employers should be encouraged to maintain contact during the period of leave and may make arrangements for any appropriate reintegration measures, to be decided between the parties concerned, taking into account national law, collective agreements and practicedeleted

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) In order to provide greater opportunities to remain in the work force for men and women carrying of elderly family member and/or other relatives in need of care, workers with a ~~seriously ill or dependant relative~~relative with care or supports needs should have the right to take time off from work in the form of carers' leave to take care of that relative. To prevent abuse of that right, proof of the ~~serious illness or dependency~~care or support needs may be required prior to granting of the leave.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) To increase the incentives for workers with children and caring responsibilities, men in particular, to take the periods of leave provided for in this Directive, they should have the right to a payment or an adequate allowance while on leave. The level of the payment or the allowance should be at least equivalent to ~~what~~85 % of the worker ~~concerned would receive in case of sick leav~~’s gross wage. Member States should take into account the importance of the continuity of the entitlements to social security, including healthcare.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) In accordance with Directive 2010/18/EU Member States are required to define the status of the employment contract or employment relationship for the period of parental leave. In accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the employment relationship between the worker and his employer is therefore maintained during the period of leave and, as a result, the beneficiary of such leave, remains, during that period, a worker for the purposes of Union law. When defining the status of employment contract or employment relationship during the period of the leaves covered by this Directive, ~~including as regards entitlements to social security,~~ the Member States should therefore ensure that the employment relationship is maintained without prejudice to entitlements to social security including pension contribution which the worker remains subject to throughout the period of leave. In that perspective, Members states shall secure the leave provided for in this Directive shall not affect the worker’s pension entitlements during this whole period.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) In order to encourage working parents and carers to remain in the work force, those workers should be able to adapt their working schedules to their personal needs and preferences. Working parents and carers should therefore be abentitled to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements, meaning for example the possibility for workers to adjust their working patterns, including through the use of remote working arrangements, flexible working schedules, or a reduction in working hours, for caring purposes. In order to address the needs of workers and employers, it should be possible for Member States to limit the duration of flexible working arrangements, including a reduction in working hours. While working part-time has been shown to be useful in allowing some women to remain in the labour market after having children, long periods of reduced working hours may lead to lower social security contributions translating into reduced or non-existing pension entitlements. The ultimate decision as to whether or not to accept a worker’s ~~request~~demand for flexible working arrangements should lie with the employer, who should justify the refusal in writing. Specific circumstances underlying the need for flexible working arrangements can change. Workers should therefore not only have the right to return to their original working patterns at the end of a given agreed period, but should also be able to request to do so at any time where a change in the underlying circumstances so requires.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23

(23) Workers exercising their rights to leave or to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements should be protected against discrimination or any less favourable treatment on that ground.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) Workers exercising their rights to take leave or to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements provided for in this Directive should enjoy protection from dismissal and any preparations for a possible dismissal on the grounds that they applied for, or have taken such leave or have exercised the right to ~~request~~ such flexible working arrangements. Where workers consider that they have been dismissed on those grounds, they should be able to ask the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) The burden of proof that there has been no dismissal on the grounds that workers have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 or have exercised the right to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9 should fall on the employer when workers establish, before a court or other competent authority, facts from which it may be presumed that they have been dismissed on such grounds.

2018/04/20
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1

This Directive applies to all workers, men and women, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as well as self-employed workers, as defined by law, collective agreement and/or practices in force in each Member State, in accordance with the criteria for determining the status of a worker as established by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) "paternity leave" means paid and mandatory leave from work for fathers ~~to be taken on the occasion of the birth of a child;~~or an equivalent second parent as defined in national law to be taken around the time of the birth, stillbirth or adoption of a child; The right to paternity leave referred in paragraph 1 shall be granted irrespective of their length of service or the status of their employment relationship.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) “parental leave” means paid leave from work on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child to take care of that child;

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) “carer’s leave” means paid leave from work for carers in order to provide personal assistance or support to a person with support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, disability, mental health or age related problem;

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) "carer" means a worker providing personal care or support ~~in case of a serious illness or dependency of a relativ~~to a person with care or support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, disability, mental health or age related problem for a relative or a person in his/her immediate circle;

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) "relative" means ~~a worker'~~first-degree relatives (son, daughter, mother, father, sibling), and second-degree relatives (uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, grandparents, grandchildren, half- siblings), as well as spouse or partner in civil partnership, where such partnerships are envisaged by national law;, step-and foster children, both in the own and in the spouse’s or partner’s family.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) ~~"dependency" means a situation in which a person is, temporarily or permanently, in need of care due to disability or a serious medical condition other than serious illness;~~“care and support needs” mean personalised assistance or support which allows an individual with a disability, a mental health problem, a age-related need or a health condition to fully participate in society'

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers or the equivalent second parents as defined in national law have the right to ~~take~~a mandatory paternity leave of at least ten working days ~~on the occasion of the~~ to be taken around the time of the birth, stillbirth or adoption of a child. Member states may determine whether the leave can also be taken partly before or only directly after the birth, stillbirth ofr adoption of the child.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. The right to paternity leave referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted irrespective of marital or family status as defined in national law but also irrespective of their length of service or the status of their employment relationship.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Member States shall assess the need for the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of paternity leave to be adapted in case of multiple births, premature births, disability. Member States may define other cases for special arrangements for the application of paternity leave.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave of at least four months to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be at least twelve. The length of parental leave shall be doubled for single parents.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. Member States may make the right to parental leave subject to a period of work qualification or a length of service qualification which shall not exceed one year. In the case of successive fixed-term contracts, within the meaning of Council Directive 1999/70/EC21 , with the same employer, the sum of those contracts shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the qualifying period. __________________ 21 Council Directive of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (OJ L 175, 10.7.1999, p.43).deleted

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. Member States may define the circumstances in which an employer, following consultation in accordance with national law, collective agreements and/or practice, may be allowed to postpone once the granting of parental leave by a reasonable period of time on the grounds that it would seriously disrupt the good functioning of the establishment. Employers shall justify any postponement of parental leave in writing.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to carers' leave of at least five working days per year, per worker. Such right may be subject to appropriate substantiation of ~~the medical condition~~care and support needs of the worker's relative.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

In accordance with national circumstances, such as national law, collective agreements and/or practice, and taking into account the powers delegated to social partners, Member States shall ensure that workers exercising the rights to leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 will receive a payment or an adequate allowance at least equivalent to ~~what~~85 % of the worker ~~concerned would receive in case of sick leav~~’s gross wage.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children ~~up to a given age, which shall be at least twelve~~, and carers, have the right to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements for caring purposes. The duration of such flexible working arrangements may be subject to a reasonable limitation.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Employers shall consider and respond in writing to requests for flexible working arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers. Employers shall justify in writing any refusal or postponement of such a requests within a reasonable period of time following the submission of the application. This justification shall be based on exceptional circumstances that are specifically laid down by law, collective agreements and/or practices in force in each Member State.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. .Member States shall define the status of the employment contract or employment relationship for the period of leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6~~, including as regards entitlements to social security,~~ while ensuring that the employment relationship is maintained during that period but also without prejudice to entitlements to social security including pension contribution which the worker remains subject to throughout thate period of leave.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for dismissal of workers, on the grounds that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6, or have exercised the right to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. Workers who consider that they have been dismissed on the grounds that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 or of exercising the right to ~~request~~ flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9 may request the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal. The employer shall provide those grounds in writing.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2017/0085(COD)

Maria ARENA, Rory PALMER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Edouard MARTIN, Guillaume BALAS, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Michael DETJEN, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)

Article 17 a More favourable provisions 1. The implementation of this directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member states. 2. This Directive shall not affect Member States’ prerogative to apply or to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or to encourage or permit the application of collective agreements more favourable to workers. 3. This Directive is without prejudice to any other rights conferred on workers by other legal acts of the Union.

2018/04/25
Committee: EMPL

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to report back to the Parliament no later than one year after adoption of the final report of the Committee of Inquiry on the follow-up actions taken by the Commission and Member States on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. To this end, calls on the Commission to change its internal structure and amend its division of responsibilities so that all legislative responsibilities currently held by DG GROW in the area of vehicle emissions are transferred to the responsibility of DG ENV.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that there are adequate human resources ~~and~~, technical expertise and the appropriate level of autonomy in the JRC, including measures to keep relevant experience with vehicle and emissions technology and vehicle testing in the organisation; notes that the JRC may have additional verification responsibilities for requirements in the context of the proposal for a new market surveillance and type approval regulation;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the swift adoption, implementation and application of the 3rd and 4th real driving emissions (RDE) packages to complete the regulatory framework for the new type-approval procedure; recalls that, in order for RDE tests to be effective in reducing the discrepancies between the ~~NOx~~ emissions measured in the laboratory and on the road, the specifications of the test and evaluation procedures should be set out very carefully and should cover athe widest possible range of driving conditions, including temperature, engine load, vehicle speed, altitude, type of road and other parameters ~~commonly~~that can be found when driving in the whole Union;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission to reviewse downwards in 2017 the conformity factor for RDE tests of NOx emissions, as provided for by the 2nd RDE package, so that it no longer exceeds the error margin of the PEMS equipment; calls on the Commission to use subsequent annual revisions to reduce the conformity factor further - in line with the technical progress and improvement of the accuracy of the PEMS equipment while taking into account the possibility to introduce an EU system for the approval of PEMS guaranteeing minimum levels of performance - to bring it as close to 1 as soon as possible and by 2021 at the latest;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to continue its work on improving Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) ~~measurements for particulate matter with a view~~performance in order to improv~~ing~~e their accuracy and ~~the technological ability~~reduce their error margin; considers that for particulate matter PEMS technology should be able to account for particles whose size is smaller than 23 nanometres and that are the most dangerous to public health;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 13

13. Urges the Member States to ensure more transparency in access to documents of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) meetings ~~for their national parliaments;~~and all technical meetings that are linked to its work for their national parliaments; to this end, calls on the Commission and Member States to publish and make public, without exception, all minutes and positions submitted to and discussed in the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV).

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 14

14. Considers that although the RDE procedure will minimise the risk of defeat device use, it will not completely prevent recourse to illegal practices; recommends therefore that, in line with the approach of the US authorities, a degree of unpredictability is built into the type- approval testing and random tests are conducted on cars in-use and on the road in order to prevent any outstanding loopholes from being exploited; and to ensure compliance throughout the lifecycle of a vehicle; to this end recommends the performance of tests with variations in parameters such as inter alia ambient temperatures, speed patterns, vehicle load and duration of the test in order to detect irrational emission behaviour and allow type approval authorities and testing services to conduct random off-cycle additional tests as they see necessary;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to mandate the JRC to further investigate, together with the national authorities and independent research institutes, the suspicious emission behaviour observed on several cars in August 2016;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Considers that the results of the OLAF investigation and of any further internal investigation of the EIB on whether EU money was used to support RDI investments affected by the defeat devices that were installed on certain Volkswagen diesel engines shall be made publicly available; calls on OLAF and the EIB to share and make public such results with the Commission and the Parliament; asks the Commission, the EU Agencies and the EIB in particular, in case of a proven misuse of public funds, to suspend any upcoming disbursement and to recover the entire amount that was granted for the implementation of the projects; believes that the recovered amount should be used to compensate EU consumers affected by the Volkswagen scandal.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 19

19. Calls for the swift adoption of the proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers (2016/0014(COD)), to enter into force no later than 2020, replacing the current framework directive on type-approval; ~~considers the preservation of the level of ambition of the original Commission proposal, in particular as regards the introduction of EU oversight of the system, to be~~strongly deplores all efforts to weaken the draft Commission proposal and to delay the process in the Council; considers the requirements foreseen in the original Commission proposal as the bare minimum ~~objecti~~; believes t~~o be achieved duri~~hat these requirements should be preserved and possibly streng the ~~interinstitutional negotiations~~ned while all attempts to dilute them should be rejected, in particular as regards the introduction of EU oversight onf the ~~dossier~~system;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for the creation of a European Agency for Market Surveillance of Road Transport, that would be in charge of market surveillance activities, coordinate the work of national market surveillance authorities, and have the final say in case of disagreements between them; suggests that the Agency should have the power to organise European-wide recall programs and to withdraw type-approval when appropriate; additionally, that the Agency should initiate a test or inspection following a submission of third party test verification results that show evidence of suspicious emission behaviour and that besides market surveillance, it should perform audits on national type approval authorities;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 21

21. Believes that the new framework for EU type-approval should empower the new Agency, or other EU body created for that purpose, or failing that, the Commission to verify type approvals by retesting vehicles, using a wide range of tests, and to initiate corrective measures where necessary including mandatory recalls and fines; believes that the new Regulation must foresee that such corrective measures might include compensation to consumers if the original vehicles' performance was altered following any remedial action taken, as well as financial compensation for any negative external impacts (such as on air quality, public health, etc.);

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Believes that there should be a clear legal and administrative separation of responsibilities and tasks between type approval authorities, testing services and manufacturers: the type-approval authorities should not perform any activities that technical services perform and there should be a strict separation between them in terms of financing, organisation and human resources in order to avoid any possible conflict of interest; additionally believes that the type-approval authorities and national market surveillance authorities should not provide consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis.;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Carlos ZORRINHO, Seb DANCE, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Gilles PARGNEAUX, Tibor SZANYI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Nikos ANDROULAKIS, Miriam DALLI, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Flavio ZANONATO

Paragraph 22

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 24

24. Points out the need for systematic enforcement of conformity of production and in-use conformity of vehicles by the national authorities responsible, further coordinated and supervised at EU level; believes that the conformity of production and in-use conformity testing should be done by a technical service different from the one responsible for the type-approval of the car in question and that in-house technical services should be excluded from performing the emissions test for type approval purposes; urges the Member States to clarify once and for all which authority is in charge of market surveillance in their territory, to ensure this authority is aware of its responsibilities, and to notify the Commission accordingly;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 25

25. Calls onfor the ~~Commission and the co-legislators to consider also introducing testing with~~swift adoption, implementation and application of the 4th RDE package, regulating the use of PEMS for in-service conformity checks~~, at least as a screening device, and~~ and for third party testing; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to introduce a mandate for the ~~JRC~~Agency to conduct in-service conformity checks with PEMS in the context of the new type- approval framework;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the US practice of random off- production-line and in-service testing and to draw the necessary conclusions with regard to improving their market surveillance activities;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 28

28. Calls for stricter and more effective enforcement of vehicle emission measurement rules in the EU; considers that only stronger oversight at EU level can ensure that the EU law on emissions is properly enforced; proposes that the governance structure on car emissions be reformed without delay and brought into line with the other transport sectors by establishing the Agency; notes that the Agency could benefit from the experience gained in the railway sector, regarding conformity checks and coordination of national authorities;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 30

30. Urges the Commission to launch infringement procedures against Member States that have not put in place effective market surveillance and national system of penalties for infringements of EU law as required by the existing legislation;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 31

31. Suggests that the Commission should be empowered to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative fines and to command remedial and corrective actions where non-compliance of vehicles is established; considers that the possible sanctions should include type-approval withdrawal and the establishment of EU-wide recall programmes;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Member States to apply more vigorous measures in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal; calls on the Member States ~~to apply the available sanctions, where relevant~~and their type approval authorities to examine the information on base and auxiliary emission control strategies - to be disclosed by the car manufactures - for already type-approved Euro 5 and Euro 6 cars displaying irrational emissions behaviour observed in testing programs, and to check their conformity with the Commission's interpretation guidelines on the defeat device provisions; calls on the Member States to apply the available sanctions in case of non-conformity, including mandatory recall programmes and the withdrawal of type-approvals; calls on the Commission to ensure a coordinated approach on recall programmes across the EU;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 36 b (new)

36b. Calls on the European Commission to verify and oversee the impact of the recall programmes, already in place in many Member states, and to ensure that the recalled cars conform to the legal requirements set out in the EU legislation.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 36 c (new)

36c. Calls on the Commission to review the existing rules on consumer protection in order to create consistent standards across the Union and the possibility for class action against fraudulent companies; urges the European Commission to review all relevant EU legislation in order to support the establishment of a common compensation scheme and proper rules to compensate European consumers;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 36 e (new)

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 36 j (new)

36 j. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to ensure that no worker from the automotive sector should suffer from the emissions scandal; to this end, Member States and car manufacturers should coordinate and promote vocational training plans to guarantee that workers, whose employment situation has been negatively affected by the emission scandal, remain in employment in the future, for example in the field of alternative motorisations;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

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

Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Considers that the final results and recommendations of the committee of inquiry could have been better aligned with the legislative work and timetable of the current proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers (2016/0014 (COD)) - which will replace and update the current directive on type- approval - in order to guarantee an effective sharing and full knowledge of the inquiry committee's findings and to be sure that the final conclusions and recommendations can be taken into account in the work of the legislative dossier, also at the initial stage of the internal negotiations in the Parliament;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2327(INI)

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Seb DANCE, Nicola DANTI, Flavio ZANONATO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Simona BONAFÈ, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a more comprehensive and coordinated system of type-approval and market surveillance, ~~involving EU oversight~~at the EU level involving a strong and reliable EU oversight and system of controls, which should involve the establishment of a European Vehicles Surveillance Agency, in order to address the failures and legal loopholes identified in the aftermath of Dieselgate;

2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2327(INI)

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nicola DANTI, Flavio ZANONATO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Simona BONAFÈ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the Regulation (n. 2016/0014), which is crucial to update the current EU type-approval legal framework; therefore, confirms that the future adoption of the aforementioned Regulation shall ensure a consistent and more transparent playing level field for all the stakeholders of the vehicles sectors and shall establish effective rules to protect consumers;

2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2327(INI)

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nicola DANTI, Flavio ZANONATO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Simona BONAFÈ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Welcomes the Guidance on the evaluation of Auxiliary Emission Strategies and the presence of Defeat Devices, published by the Commission on 26 January 2017 with the purpose of supporting Member States and the competent authorities in detecting defeat devices;

2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2327(INI)

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Simona BONAFÈ, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Nicola DANTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (COM(2016)0031) which is crucial to update the current EU type-approval legal framework; therefore, confirms that the future adoption of the aforementioned Regulation shall ensure a consistent and more transparent playing level field for all the stakeholders of the vehicles sectors and shall establish effective rules to protect consumers;

2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Space Strategy for Europe’ and endorses the Commission’s full commitment to maximising the economic and societal benefits of space, increasing the use of space technologies and applications to support public policies, fostering the European space sector, reinforcing Europe’s autonomy in space and strengthening Europe’s role as a global actor as well as international cooperation in space;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance to reiterate that citizens can largely benefit from satellite navigation and earth observation services;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance to identify and address any existing obstacles to the functioning of the internal market in the area of space-based products and services;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to accelerate the full economic exploitation of the Galileo and Copernicus programmes by setting adequate targets for market uptake and by simplifying the access to and the processing of Copernicus data in order to enable enterprises ~~and SME~~, SMEs and start-ups in particular to develop applications based on space data;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the widespread use of the Galileo signal is a precondition for the development of a strong downstream market for space-based applications and services and that adequate measures, including regulatory ones, should be taken in order to ~~make full compatibility with Galileo and EGNOS the standard for devices sold in the EU~~boost use of new devices in the European and world market that are Galileo and EGNOS ready, with the aim of achieving full openness and autonomy on the global GNSS market;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that GNSS-based clocks in critical infrastructure are ~~compatible with~~ Galileo and EGNOS ready, which is highly relevant from a security perspective;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Notes the strategic importance of affordable, independent, reliable and autonomous access to space of through the use European launchers , such as Ariane, Vega and their evolutions;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2325(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to ~~design~~prepare the planned Govsatcom initiative in a cost- effective way, which may include purchasing services from commercial communication satellites, and to ensure that the initiative creates significant added value and avoids duplicating existing structures;

2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas an average of 9% of jobs are at high risk of being automated, while for another 25% of jobs half of the tasks will change significantly due to automation

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the digitisation of industry represents a major challenge in terms of the organisation of work and therefore requires targeted responses from the Commission and the Member States regarding employment, social and education policies, as well as the provision of up-to-date infrastructure;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the strong regional differences as regards the digitisation of industry, which have consequences on jobs and growth; calls, therefore, for efforts in developing digital infrastructure to be stepped up, particularly in regions lagging behind, and for universal access to the open internet to be promoted; stresses the importance of networking and cooperation of the already established national digitisation initiatives such as Industrie 4.0, and calls for increased efforts to support regions and sectors currently lacking such initiatives

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with social partners, to regularly assess the impact of digitisation on the quality, number and types of jobs and to adjust related policies accordingly; points out that due to the digitisation of industry, the differential between the creation and loss of different types of jobs may have consequences on the financial sustainability of social security schemes, pension systems and unemployment insurance systems of the Member States; recalls that not all future jobs are equally affected by the digitisation of industry and that the importance of human interaction should not be underestimated;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Jutta STEINRUCK, Siôn SIMON, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that digitisation also offers opportunities to reshore manufacturing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop reshoring strategies to promote growth and jobs in the Union;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Recalls the risk of digitisation aggravating unequal distribution of wealth in view of a deepening digital divide which could split society, Member States and regions into those who are able to profit from increased digital productivity and those who are not; calls on the Commission and Member States, therefore, to investigate possible ways of reducing inequalities rising through automation;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recognises the opportunities related to the digitisation of industry; stresses, however, that new forms of work must comply with labour and social legislation and guarantee the protection of workers’ and consumer rights; recognises the positive effects digitisation of industry has as it increases flexible working arrangements that can create a better work-life balance, diversify choices through mobile telework, and allow people from rural and secluded areas to join the labour market provided that they are equipped with the necessary infrastructure; emphasises, however, that the digitisation driven trend towards increased flexibility may increase the danger of unstable and precarious employment;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Expects that digitisation will improve accessibility of social services and other public services for all, including the elderly and people with disabilities;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes the growth of the platform economy; calls, therefore, for an EU framework on platform work;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that digitisation of industry and the consequent increase in new forms of work will not be detrimental to social contributions and that all contributions will be paid for all forms of work; notes that digital solutions can facilitate the collection of taxes and social security contributions;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has defined the concept of 'worker' on the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria, such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of the work; stresses the need for a clear definition of a 'platform worker' in order to ensure compliance with labour and social laws;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve the social partners regularly when adapting the regulatory framework for the digital economy; calls on the social partners to conclude collective agreements for the platform economy;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to training in ~~digital skills~~21st century skills, in particular digital skills, usage of big data, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork, in order to allow equal participation of all citizens in the digital single market, be it as employees, entrepreneurs or customers; stresses that it is the industry's task to offer suitable training for acquainting their employees properly with new technologies; calls on the Member States to develop skills strategies for the digital age involving social partners as well as education and training institutions, to adapt their educational systems to digitisation and to promote teaching and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in educational institutions from an early age; stresses that adapting curricula in primary schools can have particular importance in increasing interest in STEM subjects whereby particular efforts must be made to overcome the severe gender gap in the ICT sector; emphasises the importance of lifelong learning for all workers in the digital era; points to the importance of upgrading occupational training programmes for the digital era; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that workers losing their jobs due to digitisation have rapidly access to retraining in digital skills if they so wish;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that the skills mismatch in the digital economy is not only about lacking skills, but also the result of poor working conditions making some of the best-skilled workers choose to work elsewhere, and of poor management of human resources failing to fully tap into the skills and knowledge of the digital generation;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the need to identify potential occupational health and safety risks stemming from the digitisation of industry and to take appropriate measures.; points to the psychological and neurological effects of digitisation on employees as constant accessibility presents a risk of work-related mental health problems such as burnout; advocates, therefore, a 'right to log off' for workers outside the agreed working hours; calls on the Commission and its agencies, in particular EU-OSHA, to examine the effects of digitisation, robotics and artificial intelligence on mental strain and to make policy recommendations where necessary; calls for employees to be given the opportunity to play an active part in shaping their work environment and for social partners and unions to be involved at all levels;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Notes that the increasing use of new technologies and means of electronic communication at the workplace raises many questions concerning workers' privacy and the new possibilities of monitoring and surveillance; believes that the use, processing and storage of employee-related data needs strict rules in line with the Regulation 2016/679 to prevent an infringement of workers' fundamental rights and ensure a right to data access for the worker;

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2271(INI)

Marju LAURISTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Javi LÓPEZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Believes that with the increasing digitisation of workplaces, it is essential to amend the rules of liability concerning the consequences associated with the actions or inaction of automated systems and robots, keeping also in mind work injuries caused by robots; is concerned by the lack of general framework and legal provisions in this context and calls for a legal framework that reflects the complexity of digitising European industry and its social implications.

2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Available e~~Emission control technologies (ECTs) available at the time of adoption of the Euro 5 and 6 NOx emission limits, when properly applied, already allowed diesel cars to meet the Euro 5 NOx emission limit of 180 mg/km and the Euro 6 NOx emission limit of 80 mg/km by the date of their respective entry into force, in real world conditions and not only in laboratory tests.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. The existence of the discrepancies, and their significant negative impact on attaining air quality objectives, in particular with regard to urban areas, had been known to the Commission, to the responsible authorities of the Member States and to many other stakeholders since at least 2004-2005 when the Euro 5/6 Regulation was being prepared. The discrepancies have been confirmed by a large number of studies by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) since 2010-2011 and other researchers since 20~~10-2011~~04.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Although less so than for NOx emissions, there are also significant differences in the measured values of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption between laboratory tests and tests on the road;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Before September 2015, the discrepancies were generally attributed to the inadequacy of the NEDC laboratory test, which is not representative of real world emissions, and to the optimisation strategies put in place by car manufacturers to pass the laboratory test, not to the use of prohibited defeat devices, although in 2013 a study conducted by the JRC discussed the possible use of defeat devices similar to those later discovered in Volkswagen vehicles. Evidence gathered by the committee suggested that car manufacturers are deliberately calibrating ECTs in their cars so that their effectiveness is reduced outside of the boundary conditions of the NEDC test.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~The mandate for~~Rather than waiting for a new, more realistic and certified test procedure, the co-legislators decided to continue with the development of the Euro 5/6 legislation in 2007, while at the same time giving a mandate to the Commission to keep the test cycles under review, and revise them if necessary to adequately reflect the emissions generated by real driving on the road, included by the legislators in 2007, . This resulted in the development and introduction of real driving emission (RDE) testing with Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS) into the EU type-approval procedure as of 2017, while introducing at the same time the notion of a conformity factor (CF), which, in practice, weakens the emission standards currently in force.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. The Commission should have shown more initiative and diligence as regards the possible use of illegal defeat devices by car manufacturers given the general suspicion and numerous indications thereof. The JRC should have received the mandate from the Commission to investigate whether the reported suspicious behaviours of certain vehicles have any illegal connotations.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. No specific EU oversight of vehicle type-approval is provided for in the current framework, and the rules are subject to a variety of interpretations across the Member States, partly on account of the absence of an effective system for exchanging information among type- approval authorities and technical services. To correct this shortcoming, several witnesses expressed views in favour of a new European agency dedicated to surveillance of motor vehicles, increased Commission oversight or extending the mandate of an existing agency.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. There is an evident lack of control after type-approval, which is partly due to the current rules and partly due to uncertainty as to which authority is in charge of market surveillance. Effective conformity of production, in-service and end-of-lifecycle conformity checks to uncover cases where production vehicles and vehicles in use do not conform to the type-approved vehicle are often not in place or verified only through documents instead of physical tests carried out in the presence of the authorities. despite the fact that technology allowing vehicles to be measured in real world conditions on a large scale, and without being damaged, already exists

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. The European legal framework does not foresee the possibility to compensate consumers if corrective measures such as mandatory recalls imposed by type approval authorities have an adverse impact on the original vehicles' performance (such as its durability, fuel economy or engine performance).

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. The Commission did not take the initiative to push for a coordinated and mandatory recall program at EU level for cars of the Volkswagen group equipped with illegal defeat software.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)

52 a. Whilst the collection of written evidence via submission of written questions and questionnaires to both institutional and non-institutional parties was generally an effective means of evidence gathering, the written replies - essential for the committee to prepare each hearing - were often sent very late with little time left before the hearing to read and analyse the replies.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Believes that the responsible management of the global supply chain in the garment sector can contribute to economic growth, decent job creation, poverty reduction, the strengthening of human and labour rights as well as to the transition from the informal to the formal economy; however, failures in the supply chain can contribute to decent work deficits for working conditions such as in the areas of occupational safety and health, wages, working time; is concerned that those decent work deficits are pronounced in a significant number of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) linked to global support chains, where, with the aim to attract investment and to create jobs, there are exemptions from labour laws and taxes, as well as restrictions on trade union activities and collective bargaining;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Siôn SIMON, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the garment industry is one of the most precarious for workers both within and outside Europe; calls on the flagship initiative, therefore, to put ratification and implementation of ILO conventions and the Decent Work Agenda at its core, with particular focus on those most vulnerable to exploitation, especially children; in this sense, considers it vital to guarantee the ratification and implementation of ILO conventions 182 on worst forms of child labour and 138 on the minimum age for admission to employment and work; calls on the Commission to learn from the experience of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and The Global Alliance to Eradicate Forced Labour, Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labour;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide incentives for enterprises to enter into CSR commitments and an obligation of diligence for enterprises and groups of enterprises, i.e. an obligation to take proactive measures to identify and prevent any violation of human or environmental rights, corruption or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains, to be included in EU flagship initiative on the garment sector;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out the need to provide for the garment sector a notion of CSR including new areas such as the organisation of work, equal opportunities and social inclusion, anti-discrimination measures, the development of lifelong education and training; emphasises that CSR should cover, for example, quality of work, equal pay and career prospects and the promotion of innovative projects so as to assist the shift towards a sustainable economy;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Siôn SIMON, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that voluntary initiatives are not adequately addressing issues such as health and safety, wages, social security and working time; therefore believes that any initiative should go beyond compliance and responsible management supply chains and support the capacities of public authorities including the strengthening of labour administration and labour inspection systems as well as ensuring that national laws and regulations are in conformity with ILO Core Conventions. Action undertaken should also strengthen Minimum Wage setting mechanisms in accordance with relevant ILO conventions

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Siôn SIMON, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Encourages the EU initiative to promote skills training which contributes to economic and social development and women’s empowerment, since women represent a large share of the workforce in the global supply chain of the garment sector; therefore believes that the initiative should actively promote non- discrimination and gender equality including remuneration along the lines provided for by ILO conventions 100 and 111;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes the c~~urrent flagship initiative~~onference report on the High-level Conference on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector from 25 April 2016 does not go far enough in improving the garment sector; calls on the Commission to release as a matter of urgency the report it commissioned identifying gaps in current policy;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Urges the Commission to present, as soon as possible, the EU flagship initiative on responsible management of the supply chain in the garment sector, promised as part of the European Year for Development 2015, which should take into account existing national initiatives such as those in Germany or the Netherlands; believes the EU has the ability and duty to be a global supporter of supply chain responsibility in response to the tragic events like the Rana Plaza collapse, in Bangladesh, and unprecedented interest of EU citizens;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Believes that access to information in the garment sector is often the most important obstacle to tackling human and social and labour rights violations in the global supply chain and that a mandatory reporting system is needed which provides information linking all the actors within the value chain of a single product, from the production place to the retailers; considers that new EU legislation is necessary to create a legal obligation of due diligence for EU companies outsourcing production to third countries, including measures to secure traceability and transparency, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Believes that any action resulting from the flagship initiative should help foster multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the ILO/IFC Better Work Programme which combines a tripartite approach with factory compliance and the creation of worker-management dialogue at national level or ACCORD, created in Bangladesh, which is legally binding, includes trade unions and foresees not only inspections of factories but also remediation;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Siôn SIMON, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that trade unions must be able to operate independently and freely to promote and protect workers’ rights, particularly health and safety, and that they are a necessary partner in social dialogue and collective bargaining; in this sense the actions resulting from the Garment Initiative should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining at all levels (local, national and international) paying special attention to the ratification and implementation of ILO conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Workers' representatives should be included in the due diligence process set-up at the company level;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Silvia COSTA, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that compliance with applicable law and collective labour agreements is a sine qua non of corporate social responsibility; also believes that socially responsible behaviour must of necessity translate into proper relations with trade unions, in particular respect for trade union rights, a continuous flow of information to workers and their representative organisations, and their involvement in company decision-taking;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Emphasises the importance of~~Stress that independent labour inspections inare essential for early warning and prevention, yet notes that factors such as audit fatigue can undermine their effectiveness; believes that the ratification and implementation of ILO convention 181 is key to detect the abuses; recommends further research on ways of improving audits and inspections, such as sending different labour inspectors each time, which can lead to more stringent standards, especially in countries with corruption issues;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that responsibility should extend throughout the entire supply chain, and commends existing efforts to this effect; believes, however, that the EU is best placed to develop a common framework through legisRecommends that regulation con ~~mandatory due diligence and supply cha~~taining t~~ransparency; recommends that regul~~hese recommendations should come in addition to and in support of voluntary initiatives at national, European and international level, and that information gathered as a result of EU action should be publicly available.

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Believes that consumers play a key role in corporate social responsibility, as demonstrated by the Rana Plaza collapse; stresses that greater information on where products originate and the conditions in which they are produced play a key role in assuring decent working conditions in the global supply chain of the garment sector; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for harmonisation of CSR requirements, including a mandatory framework for social reporting and for companies and managers to take responsibility for the consequences of abuses or misdemeanours, and setting a framework for European agreements on CSR;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission, notably its DG Justice, to put forward proposals for better facilitating the access to justice in the EU Courts for the most extreme, egregious cases of human or labour rights violations by European-based businesses or their subsidiaries, subcontractors or business partners, as recommended by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Considers that the lack of respect for international social standards in the garment sector represents a kind of social and environmental dumping harming both businesses and workers; points out that the lacking observance of strict environmental provisions by European businesses in the third countries must be put on the same footing of the observance of workers' rights, as such a lack jeopardises the health of workers and destroys rural and fishing areas depriving local population of any development chance;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Welcomes the existence of Sustainable Development Goal 12 on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns and calls on the Commission to streamline it in all its initiatives regarding the garment sector; in this sense, and taking into account the experience of the "child labour free" label calls on the creation of a "fair working conditions" label which assures these working standards and whose access requirements are guaranteed to both multinational companies and SMEs;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Notes that the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative has played an important role in the economic development of many countries related to the garment sector and has contributed to improving material conditions for millions of people, in particular women; is convinced, however, that without a sound conditionality in the area of human and labour rights, EBA and the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) risk exacerbating low standards in worker protection and undermining decent work; calls on the Commission to strengthen human rights, labour and environmental conventions under the GSP; stresses that countries that make good progress in social and labour standards should be rewarded by preserving full market access for their products;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2140(INI)

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Siôn SIMON, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Encourages the European Commission to continue to include the ratification of core ILO standards, health and safety inspection and freedom of association in discussions with countries linked to the global supply chain on the garment sector on continued preferential trade;

2016/12/13
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that social standards to be articulated by the European Pillar of Social Rights should apply to all countries participating in the Single Market and that legislation, governance mechanisms and financial instruments relevant for their achievement should apply to all EU Member States; finds, however, that the specific constraints of euro area membership call for additional specific social targets, standards and financial instruments to be established at the euro area level; points at the possibility of using the enhanced cooperation mechanism under Article 20 TEU if necessary to build a solid European Pillar of Social Rights;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Georgi PIRINSKI, Edouard MARTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work for shared prosperity, wellbeing and sustainable development; it should enable effective realisation of existing social rights and it should set out new rights where justified in view of new technological and socio-economic developments;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Georgi PIRINSKI, Guillaume BALAS, Edouard MARTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b

b. for work intermediated by digital platforms and other instances of dependent self-employment, a definition of employment that is less dependent on full cumulation of the relevant criteria, taking into account ILO recommendation No. 198, according to which the fulfilment of several indicators is sufficient to determine employment; alternatively, a new category of ‘dependent self- employed’ could be established to reduce the grey zone between employment and self-employment; such definition should spell out the labour rights applicable to this category of workers and should ensure their participation in social and health insurance schemes;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Guillaume BALAS, Edouard MARTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU~~Is concerned about the declining labour share of total income in Europe over the past decades; emphasises the need for an overall pay rise in Europe and for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU in order to boost demand, enable sustainable growth and reduce inequality; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective ~~bargaining~~agreements; considers that to ensure decent living wages, non-discriminatory minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with due respect for the practices of each Member State, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage; recognises that changes in wage levels should go hand in hand with commensurate adaptations in financial support to public sector in order to avoid negative impact on the extent or quality of services provided;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; underlines the need for adequate and universal social protection and social investment throughout people's lives, enabling everyone to participate fully in the society and economy and sustaining decent living standards; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, which could improve individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements in home and host countries; highlights the importance of personalised, face-to-face support to excluded and vulnerable households;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training; recalls that decent unemployment benefits reduce the pressure to take 'any job' and are therefore useful for productivity; considers that the EPSR should set out minimum quality standards for national unemployment insurance schemes, which would help to improve their effectiveness as well as maximising the economic stabilisation potential and minimising institutional moral hazard involved in a possible European unemployment (re)- insurance scheme that could be established for the Eurozone and open to other Member States; such minimum standards should apply in particular to the coverage of national schemes, activation requirements and the quality of job-search support provided to unemployed people;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for a European framework for adequate minimum income schemes; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work; notes with concern that in some Member States, no minimum income schemes are in place or they provide less to their recipients than the subsistence minimum; reminds also of the importance of material assistance schemes such as those supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; encourages stronger provision of support for active social inclusion and labour market (re-)integration alongside minimum income and material assistance schemes;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Georgi PIRINSKI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured individualised enabling services ~~and basic~~provided by adequately qualified professionals and income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; with adequate support even when they take up paid work; expects the Commission to follow up swiftly on the Parliament's recent resolution on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Georgi PIRINSKI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers child poverty to be a major issue on which Europe should ‘act big’ given the obvious potential for large positive impact on children's development, parents' labour market prospects and reduction of inherited social disadvantage; calls for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so that every child now living inat risk of poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition; underlines the importance of pre-natal care and early childhood development; calls for inclusive education systems at all levels, including after- school care; recognises that implementation of the Child Guarantee will require adequate financing at national and European level, possibly involving an increase of the European Social Fund and/or support from a new convergence instrument for the Eurozone; requests that national public investments in the Child Guarantee be considered within a 'silver rule on social investment' under the Stability and Growth Pact;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Maria ARENA, Georgi PIRINSKI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emilian PAVEL, Evelyn REGNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Guillaume BALAS, Edouard MARTIN, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b a (new)

ba. digital platforms and other intermediaries should have an obligation to report all work undertaken through them to the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring adequate contributions and protection through social and health insurance for all workers, even if they work in short gigs;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Maria ARENA, Georgi PIRINSKI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to set out new concrete measures to ensure non- discrimination and equal opportunities and enhance labour market participation and social integration of under-represented groups, building e.g. on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies; points to the acute need to help vulnerable migrants arriving in Europe, notably children and women, regardless of their status, and calls for a flexible use of the European Social Fund for this purpose;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2095(INI)

Maria João RODRIGUES, Jutta STEINRUCK, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Maria ARENA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Guillaume BALAS, Edouard MARTIN, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to translate the EPSR into relevant external action, in particular by promoting the implementation of the UN SDGs, the ILO conventions, relevant G20 conclusions and European social standards through trade agreements and strategic partnerships; calls for provisions ensuring equal treatment in terms of wages and working conditions as a precondition for labour migration schemes in the framework of trade agreements;

2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Silvia COSTA, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that small-scale fishing in the Mediterranean accounts for 80% of the fleet and 60% of jobs; points to the importance of small-scale non-industrial fishing for the sustainability of stocks, environmental conservation, and the socio- economic development of fishing communities; stresses that small-scale fishing plays a significant role in local employment and is an essential economic and social factor in the Mediterranean; underlines that the identity, culture and values of many local communities concerned are largely based upon activities in the fishing sector;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean depends, first and foremost, on a sustainable level of fish stocks;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that a balance must be struck between fair competition, consumer requirements, sustainability of the fishing sector and the maintenance of jobs; stresses the need to have a comprehensive approach and a strong political will by all Mediterranean countries to face the challenges and improve the situation of the Mediterranean sea;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1

– promoting fleet renewal and modernisation, while seeking to reduce the fishing effort, optimize supply chain processes, improve energy efficiency, enhance traceability systems and improve active and passive safety devices, for example personal locator systems in life jackets, in order to enhance occupational safety and health;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Silvia COSTA, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 2

– promoting the recruitment, education and multi-disciplinary training of young people, in the~~reby enhancing the status of work and vocational training~~ Mediterranean fishing sector, in order to ensure sustainability and territorial cohesion;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Eva KAILI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the need to improve the management and coordination of the EMFF funds (European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) to better meet the specific needs of the Mediterranean;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines the importance of developing initiatives that could have a positive impact on employment and are compatible with the reduction of the fishing effort, such as fishing-tourism or research activities;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Suggests th~~at a minimum wage be established for fishermen in line with~~e establishment of a non-discriminatory minimum wage at a decent level for fishermen through legislation or collective bargaining, with due respect for the practices of ~~the individual~~each Member States; recommends that a wage compensation funds be set up to cover non-fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the important role of strong and independent social partners in the fishing sector, an institutionalised social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Points to~~Stresses the need to promote collective ~~negotiation and~~ bargaining so as to safeguard and enhance the rights of workers in the fishing sector;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls the essential role of collective agreements and encourages the social partners in the fishing sector to negotiate collective agreements in line with national law and practice, as they are an effective instrument in combating a race to the bottom regarding social, working and employment standards and in ensuring decent remuneration for all workers and fair competition in the sector;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Silvia COSTA, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the fishing sector regardless of the size and type of company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; stresses the importance of occupational safety and health as well as adequate living conditions on fishing vessels, particularly in the light of demographic changes and the nature of off-shore work in the fishing sector; highlights in this context the importance of effective labour inspections and controls;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Underlines the need to improve the working conditions of fishermen given the high rate of accidents in the sector, as well as the disproportionally high risk of occupational diseases, both physical and mental;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Stresses the need to ensure a proper work-life balance for fishermen; underlines the importance to have adequate sanitary facilities on-board and provide for decent accommodation as well as possibilities for recreational activities;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Notes that improving socio- economic conditions in the Mediterranean fishing sector requires, amongst others, better access to markets and finance, a better cooperation with public administrations and institutions, the diversification of livelihoods, decent working conditions and better social protection;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5f. Underlines the importance of product labelling and traceability in order to tackle seafood fraud; recalls that illegal fishing does not only undermine fish stocks but also jobs and growth;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Silvia COSTA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Acknowledges the important role of fishermen with regard to saving shipwrecked refugees in the Mediterranean;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Stresses the need to guarantee that every fish and fishery product imported into the EU is produced under conditions which comply with international environmental, labour and human rights standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair competition and sustainability in the fishing sector in order to safeguard jobs and growth; stresses that this in not only essential with regard to competition within the Union but in particular also with regard to competitors based in third countries;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Maintain~~Stresses that the pEU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership aAgreements, as well any other agreement with Morocco must respect the legitimate aspirations of the ~~people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic~~Sahrawi people to independence and to self- determination ~~as regards its coastal area.~~;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2079(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Flavio ZANONATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stress the need of coherent rules on sport fishing in order to protect marine ecosystem; underlines that recreational fishing must respect the same non-fishing periods that apply for professional fishing; calls for adequate sanctions in case of violations;

2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’'s strategy to support the use of LNG as an alternative fuel, whose production must be sustainable, for transport where it replaces more polluting conventional fuels such as diesel or heavy fuel oil and does not take the place of renewable energy sources; or undermine efforts to decarbonise our economy;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)

- having regard to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement,

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas must be consistent with the framework strategy for a resilient Energy Union and support increased security of energy supply, decarbonisation, the long-term sustainability of the economy and the delivery of affordable and competitive energy prices;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 15 December 2011 entitled 'Energy Roadmap 2050' (COM(2011)0885),

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that the Parliament has repeatedly called for binding 2030 climate and energy targets of at least a 40% domestic reduction in GHG emissions, at least 30% for renewables and 40% for energy efficiency to be implemented by means of individual national targets;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Miroslav POCHE, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 8 March 2011 entitled 'Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050' (COM(2011)0112),

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)

- having regard to the Third Energy Package,

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)

- having regard to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC,

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the use of LNG in heavy-duty vehicles and shipping can reduce emissions of various pollutants (SOx, NOx and particulate matter) and, in the case of shipping, can allow the sector to meet the requirements of EU environmental legislation by decreasing the sulphur and nitrogen content in marine fuels used in the Emission Control Areas; notes that LNG, and in particular CNG, is also a viable solution for public transport which could helps to reduce air and noise pollution where renewables are not replaced;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2016 entitled 'Towards a European Energy Union',

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the EU has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas gas is expected to continue to play an important role in the EU energy system for decades, especially in industrial production and as a source of heat in buildings, while the EU meets its ~~ambitious~~ targets on greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewables and makes the transition to a ~~low-~~decarbonized economy;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the use of LNG may also lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from maritime and road transport, provided that ~~methane slip is minimised in the~~all efforts are taken to minimise methane slip during production, distribution, and combustion phases; calls therefore for adequate measures to minimise methane slip in the overall LNG chain through the use of the best available technologies and to ensure adequate R&D financing for that purpose;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas Europe has already a significant LNG import infrastructure: the EU currently has 197 bcm of LNG import capacity with a further 77 bcm of LNG import capacity under development;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Miroslav POCHE, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Edouard MARTIN, Csaba MOLNÁR

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU, as the second largest LNG importer in the world, should ~~exploit more opportunities~~play a more proactive role in the international energy diplomacy arena;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to ensure implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, within the prescribed time limits, in particular as regards the establishment of LNG refuelling points, at least along the existing TEN-T Core Network, to ensure that LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles can circulate throughout the Union, and at maritime and inland ports to enable LNG inland waterway vessels or sea-going ships to circulate throughout the TEN-T Core Network; recalls that Member States should assess, in their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with their regional authorities, the appropriate need to install refuelling points for LNG in ports outside the TEN-T Core Network;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

2016/2059(INI)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that investment in LNG or gas infrastructure should avoid any technology lock-in or stranded assets in relation to fossil fuels; highlights the need to promote the most efficient use of existing LNG terminals with a cross- border perspective before supporting new regasification terminals;

2016/06/22
Committee: TRAN

Simona BONAFÈ, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Emphasises the active role that consumers can play in the path to a sustainable European heating and cooling system. An efficient outcome of the new regulation on "energy labelling", where scales of the new labels are forward-looking and allow to highlight the differences in terms of energy efficiency of the different products, can improve consumers´ possibility to address their choices in terms of energy savings and to reduce their bills; Highlights that specific instruments - such as smart meters and domotic controls - can improve consumers´ consumption patterns.

2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE

2016/2058(INI)

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Edouard MARTIN, Miroslav POCHE, Jeppe KOFOD, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Martina WERNER

26c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to come up with specific strategies to tackle the ever growing problem of energy poverty in order to help all consumers, especially the most vulnerable, to ameliorate their housing, heating and cooling conditions, on an individual or collective basis, whether they are home owners or tenants;

2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the Paris Agreement made in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the EU as a whole is on track to reach the 2020 targets but further action is required in several Member States; whereas the plunging price of fossil fuels, coupled with technological advances in renewable energy and storage, offer a unique chance to rationalize European energy policy, which is currently heavily dependent on imports;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the development of renewable energy must ensure energy sovereignty, eliminate energy poverty and foster economic development in the EU; whereas renewable energy sources should provide European citizens with stable, affordable, sustainable, fair and transparent energy, with special attention to the most vulnerable; whereas renewable energy sources should enable citizens to benefit from self-generation and predictable energy supply;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas investment in renewables requires a long-term framework consistent with the EU’s 2050 climate commitments and the COP21 agreement;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas the Energy Union should be based on a transition towards a sustainable, forward-looking energy system with energy efficiency, renewable energy and smart infrastructure as major pillars; whereas a long-term stable regulatory framework is needed to create economic growth and jobs and ensure the EU's leading role in these areas;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas binding national and EU targets have been the key drivers for renewable energy capacity development in the EU; whereas binding national and EU targets for renewable energy create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU's technological leadership by providing certainty for investors;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)

Eg. whereas money spent on importing fossil fuels and other forms of conventional energy sources and technologies contributes little to investment, jobs or growth in the Union, and whereas redirecting this money to internal investments in renewable energy would stimulate growth and create high- quality, high-skilled local jobs;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the fact that some Member States have already met or will very shortly meet their 2020 targets, well ahead of time, such as Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Romania, Finland and Sweden;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Acknowledges the important role played by national plans and reporting obligations in the monitoring of Member State's progress and believes these obligations should be strengthened for the post-2020 period;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the role of renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment and consolidating the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive elimination of renewable support schemes; asks the Commission to swiftly check the compatibility of national support schemes with State aid rules in order to avoid any unnecessary delay in their implementation;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that the current provisions in the Renewable Energy Directive about support schemes are insufficient and that this Directive should, in a post-2020 context, provide with more clarity on the principles regulating the use of support schemes, which is essential to ensure regulatory stability, predictability and consistency in view of attracting the necessary investments cost-effectively into the sector;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls the importance of cohesion policy funds in the context of the shift towards a low-carbon economy and in particular the increased cohesion policy allocations from EUR 3.9 billion to EUR 4.9 billion for renewable energy investments for 2014-2020 compared to the 2007-2013 period;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers that for the EU to retain a world leadership position in the renewables' sector, it needs a long term holistic strategy for the sector, pulling also on policies in other spaces such as industrial policy, research and innovation, environmental, regional development, international cooperation and trade. This strategy needs to be underpinned by a stable and ambitious regulatory policy framework, which inter alia will make the market fit for renewables. The EU strength in high shares of renewable penetration needs to be sustained through continued efforts to create the largest interconnected region in the world. The EU must equally invest massively in the future generation of technology, including maritime-based renewables, battery management systems and integration and electric vehicles, and export its expertise, both on policy and technology. The EU needs also to continue building up knowhow on renewable funding and be at the forefront of innovative ways of project financing;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for an integrated approach to public investments and credit in technical improvement, grid adaptation, storage, smart metering, energy efficiency and new forms of energy production to avoid potential bottlenecks;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that grids in many Member States are simply unable to receive power generated from variable renewables; stresses that modernization of the energy grids is essential to accommodate changes in production and transmission;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes th~~e changes in working conditions in the energy sector; stresses that action is needed to ensure labour standards are not lowered as a result of energy transition~~at the energy transition should never lower labour standards but on the contrary should provide higher levels of skilled and quality employment;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Re~~iterate~~grets the disappointingly weak proposal from the European Council for a 27% renewable energy target for 2030; recalls Parliament’'s call for binding targets of at least a 30 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030 to be implemented by means of continued national targets in order to ensure the necessary investor and legal certainty; believes that in light of the recent COP21 agreement significantly higher ambition is desirable;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the targets already agreed for 2020 must be taken as the baseline when revising the Renewables Energy Directive after that date, so that Member States cannot go below their 2020 national target after 2020;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need ~~to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policies~~for an ambitious, strong, robust and transparent governance system for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework that will ensure the attainment of the EU renewable energy target and that should be enshrined in EU legislation; believes, that for elements related to renewable energies, the governance principles should be embedded in the Renewable Energy Directive; believes that in the regrettable absence of binding national targets for the period post 2020, the Commission should present an indication of necessary national contributions to the EU renewable energy target; urges all Member States to deliver their 2030 renewable energy pledges in their national energy and climate plans and present their enabling policies in due time before 2020; calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure effective democratic oversight by the European Parliament in establishing an energy union governance system by ensuring that all related proposals follow the ordinary legislative procedure;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policies; believes that such monitoring will only be possible if the Commission determines national benchmarks for Member States to which their progress in renewable deployment can be compared;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the need for a differential treatment between micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensuring financial and administrative facilities for ‘prosumers’ (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non- commercial entities that engage in energy production)Recommends reducing to an absolute minimum the administrative barriers to new self-generation capacity, in particular through removing market access restrictions; suggests shortening and simplifying authorisation procedures by moving to a simple notification requirement; suggests that the revision of the renewable energy directive could include specific provisions to remove barriers and promote community/cooperative energy schemes via "one-stop-shops" dealing with project permits and providing financial and technical expertise, and/or specific information campaigns at local and community level as well as guaranteeing prosumers' access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; suggests this could take the form of a new Citizen and Community Energy chapter;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to strike a balance between the development of centralised and decentralised energy production that ensures that consumers that cannot afford to become ‘prosumers’ are not discriminated against; stresses the need to provide technical and administrative facilities for the collective management of energy production; emphasizes that self- generation and renewable sources are not the cause of higher European energy prices, which can be rather attributed to the lack of diversification, reliance on a single supplier and the incomplete internal energy market;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Underlines the importance of creating an adequate environment for investments in renewables; points out the need to have an EU financial mechanism aimed at reducing high risk-derived capital costs of renewable energy projects;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Not~~Welcomes the Commission’s strategy to increase demand-response mechanisms as a valuable way of helping balance an electricity system with ever-increasing shares of renewable energy in a cost- effective and efficient manner; stresses that this should not create an additional financial burden for citizens and participating in demand-response or dynamic pricing should always remain strictly on an opt-in basis only;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that developing electricity storage solutions will be an indispensable element for the development and integration of high levels of renewable energy, assisting in balancing the grid and providing a means to store excess renewable power generation; calls for the revision of the existing regulatory framework to promote the deployment of energy storage systems and remove existing barriers;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Eugen FREUND, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and ~~may~~it is necessary to ensure they will not be negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. HConsiders that there should be a clear EU regulatory framework on self- consumption of renewable energy and on renewable energy communities/cooperatives; highlights that ‘'prosumers’' should be allowed to access the energy grid and market at a fair price and should not be penaliszed with additional taxes orf charges; expresses its concern at the initiatives taken by some Member States to create obstacles to the exercise of the rights to self-consumption and self- production;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO, Patrizia TOIA, Simona BONAFÈ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Considers the strategic importance of water resources for achieving the decarbonisation targets and the need to promote a consistent European regulatory framework for the regulation of water diversions and the creation of a level playing field between operators;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the European Commission to propose more ambitious, and binding, measures to unlock full potential for renewable development in heating and cooling, and improve energy diversification and security through the use of renewables in this sector;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Considers that synergies between the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Building Directive should be reinforced in order to enhance renewables use in heating and cooling;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Notes the failure of the biofuel-based renewable strategy for transport~~Regrets that the progress in the transport sector has been slow and asks the Commission to make full use of its monitoring powers to ensure Member States sound implementation of the ILUC Directive;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Asks the Commission to propose ambitious measures to accelerate the decarbonisation of transport, including through renewable fuels, increased electrification and enhanced efficiency, and to step up efforts to promote technology development and innovation in these areas.

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Asks for a revision of the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids as set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, and their extension to solid and gaseous biomass; highlights that sound bioenergy sustainability criteria must necessarily be part of the future Renewable Energy Directive so as to contribute to the EU overall GHG emission reduction targets;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Csaba MOLNÁR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Urges European Union institutions, as a way of showing their firm commitment to renewable energies, to develop renewable energy capacities of their own to cover their own buildings' energy demand; stresses that until such capacities are developed the EU institutions should purchase green energy in order to meet its needs;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes a persistent pay gap in all Member States between gross pay and wage, that it is not only related to the different features of concerned actors but also to the different market conditions; stresses that wages should be based on the working performance, local cost of living and not exclusively on quantitative standards; calls on the Commission and Member States to put in place all actions needed to overcome such differences, notably those linked to gender, in order to ensure equal pay for equal job;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action, strengthening the role, independence and financial resources of those organizations provided by Directive 2006/54/EC, enabling free access to justice and legal actions;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, with particular reference to the European funding, to take into consideration the "gender occupational impact" with respect to each action proposed;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Stresse~~Highlights the need to ~~address~~eliminate inequalities in paid and unpaid work ~~and to promote an~~, regards as care work for family, and to foster equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for child caren and care for dependants ~~between~~among women, men and society as a whole;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1

(1) a paternity leave directive with a minimum of a two-week fully paid leave, and at same time, calls on the Member States to move from a conciliative model of the cure to a shared one;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States to introduce ‘care credits’ for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal care to a dependant;(Does not affect the EN version.)

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Member States to support fiscal policies as a powerful lever enhancing work-life balance and to foster employment of women, introducing a tax credit for child care and elderly care or other dependants based on fiscal incentives and benefits; (1) See the Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit model in the UK, in

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Supports ‘smart working’ but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and social partners, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Flavio ZANONATO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to map the situation in Member States of a "Right to request flexible working arrangements," which enables employees to request changes in the number of hours they work, their work schedule and their place of work and to consider if an initiative at the European level is needed;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee social security, social protection and remuneration in the case of maternity parental, paternity or sick leave in order to enable a genuine work-life balance;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Further calls on the Commission and Member States, social partners and stakeholders to focus on the innovative organization in the workplace and to balance both work-life needs of woman and men and business productivity/profitability; notes that the positive link between increasing women employment, work-life balance and business competitiveness, in terms of reducing absenteeism, output gap, turnover, talent attractiveness, loyalty, resources reallocation for developing welfare plans, increasing living standards and time freeing, has been widely proven by the best practices in Europe in a number of large enterprises or SMEs networks1a; 1a.Introducing lean production systems, “chosen and not obliged” time flexibility in the workplace, promoting the involvement and participation of male and female workers in innovating output and structure and supporting business welfare along with local welfare, should increase businesses' productivity and competitiveness in economic terms, as well as should reduce absenteeism rate, wastes, turnover and should improve talent attractiveness, male and female workers’ motivation and loyalty towards the company, increasing living standards and fostering a better work-life balance. More autonomy in time management enables, therefore, to meet differentiated care needs.

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Considers that child poverty is linked to parents' poverty, and therefore calls on the Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being1a and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; 1a.Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), OJ L 204, 26.07.2006, p. 23.

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund, so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate into the labour market1a; 1a.European Commission Recommendation on investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 COM(2013)0778.

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA, Siôn SIMON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Calls on Eurofound to continue measuring its concept of job quality1a as comprising: earning, prospects, working time quality, use of skills and discretion, social environment, physical risk, work intensity, social environment and to develop its research on policies, social partners agreement and companies practices supportive of job quality; 1a.Eurofound report on Trends in job quality in Europe (2012) and Eurofound report Convergence and divergence of job quality in Europe 1995-2010 (2015).

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25d. Calls on Eurofound to keep monitoring and provide analyses of public policies and social partners agreements through its surveys, in particular the EWCS, in order to ensure that working time arrangements are negotiated and support work life balance, and to develop research on how dual workers household manage their working time arrangements together;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)

25e. Stresses the importance of the role of equality bodies in assisting victims of discrimination, addressing gender stereotypes and implementing this directive; also calls the Member States to ensure their independence and strengthen their capacities through the provision of adequate funding;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2017(INI)

Elena GENTILE, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 f (new)

25f. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;

2016/06/02
Committee: EMPL FEMM

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that in recent years technological advances and digitalisation have transformed the postal services sector and that the modernisation and diversification of postal services has had a major impact on working conditions and employment in the sector;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that employment by universal service providers has declined due to falling letter volumes, combined with modernisation and increasing automation; notes however that the number of part-time workers, agency workers and bogus self- employed persons in the sector has increased and that the general trend is towards more flexible employment contracts without adequate protection for employees;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is concerned about the extremely high amount of outsourcing in the postal sector and the frequently accompanying evasion of working and employment standards; highlights in this context the long-term social and financial implications of precarious employment for individuals as well as social security systems;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the ~~role played by the~~important role of social partners, who in many Member States ~~have~~ worked together with universal service providers in an effort to make the transformation of the postal services sector socially sustainable;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the importance of strong and independent social partners in the postal sector, an institutionalized social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recalls that the anticipated full market opening of the postal sector should not lead to a concentration of private companies in more profitable regions such as densely populated areas; reiterates that the access to postal services is a right of citizens disregarding their place of residence; calls on Member States to take measures as set out by Directive 97/67/EC to ensure that there is an appropriate density of access points to postal services in rural and remote regions;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to a number of instances of unfair competition, at the ~~casualties of which have been~~expense of the workers in the postal sector;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours in the postal sector; recalls that all tasks in relation to the activity of an employee are to be considered working time; stresses likewise the importance of monitoring compliance with European standards regarding the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in postal deliveries irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; believes that monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in the vehicle;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Is concerned about attempts to circumvent existing minimum wage regulations by increasing the workload to an extend which cannot be managed during paid working hours;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that ~~jobs have been created~~ as a result of restructuring and the introduction of new activities in the postal services sector ~~and that, in keeping with these~~workers need to adapt to new circumstances~~, workers need to~~ and learn new skills; draws attention to the importance of training, further training and retraining in order to acquire 21st century working skills such as digital skills, team work, problem solving and critical thinking;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the key to a socially sustainable transformation and adaptation in the postal sector lies in employee training; regards it as the employer's task to acquaint employees properly with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications; stresses that in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must give them adequate preparation and training;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Applauds the~~Welcomes the essential work of the Social Dialogue Committee for the Postal Sector;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to compile more data on workforce size and working conditions so that they can respond promptly to developments and potential problems; calls on the Commission and Member States to closely monitor new means of automated postal deliveries, their impact on working conditions and employment and to assess the need for the modernisation of social and employment legislation to stay abreast of changes in the postal sector; encourages social partners to likewise update collective agreements where necessary so that high working and employment standards in the workplace can be ensured;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the fact that most of the universal service providers in the Member States have concluded collective agreements; takes the view that, in keeping with national practice, the social partners should negotiate collective ~~wage~~ agreements for ~~other~~all companies providing postal services in accordance with the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place as advocated by Commission President Juncker;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on joint and several liability, put limits to subcontracting and increase monitoring of parcel service operators and their subcontractors as regards employment and working conditions;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/2010(INI)

Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Richard HOWITT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the postal services sector ~~appropriate working conditions.~~decent working conditions regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; recalls that all workers in the postal sector must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards health and safety at work;

2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2740% share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance] to be accompanied by binding national targets.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources should be deployed 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 the integration costs such as grid and system development needs, the balancing costs, the impact on market value of non-programmability of variable renewables, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies, and without prejudice to the energy communities.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) Heat pumps enabling the use of a~~erothermal, geothermal or hydrothermal~~mbient heat at a useful temperature level need electricity or other auxiliary energy to function. The energy used to drive heat pumps should therefore be deducted from the total usable heat. Only heat pumps with an output that significantly exceeds the primary energy needed to drive it should be taken into account.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Jeppe KOFOD, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Clare MOODY, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43

(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showing to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, with a view to ensuring that a unit of renewable energy is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been sold separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources. National Regulatory Authorities should ensure that adequate information is provided to consumers to make them aware of the function of guarantees of origin.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Jeppe KOFOD, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Clare MOODY, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 a (new)

(59a) Household consumers and communities engaging in the trading of their flexibility, self-consumption or selling of their self-generated electricity, shall maintain their rights as consumers, including the rights to have a contract with a supplier of their choice and switching supplier.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 101

(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2740% share of energy by 2030 from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy ~~by 2030~~, including an increasing share of energy from renewable sources in each member State's transport energy consumption as stated in article 3 par. 1 point a, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Jeppe KOFOD, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Clare MOODY

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a 'renewable energy community means' a local energy community as defined by Article 2.7 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that meets the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 1, of this Directive.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State~~s shall collectively ensure that the~~ shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy in 2030, calculated in accordance with this Directive, is at least its national overall target for the share of energy from renewable sources in that year, as set out in the fourth column of the table in part A of Annex I. Such mandatory national overall targets are consistent with a Union target of at least a 40% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 ~~is at least 27%~~.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)

(a) Over the course of the period 2021-2025, each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport is at least 8% of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State. Over the course of the period 2026-2030, each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport is at least 10% of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible ~~grid constraint~~system integration costs, such as grid costs, balancing costs and profile costs, or grid constraints, and without prejudice to the energy communities.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)

(a) In order to limit land use, and after environmental remediation, Member States shall support renewable energy installations in formerly dismissed or partially dismissed industrial areas.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongation of support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments. Existing support schemes should be preserved without modifications until their expiration.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)

(1) The Commission shall review the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 (2014/C 200/01) in order to fully incorporate the general principles laid down in Article 4, and without prejudice to the energy communities.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) administrative procedures are streamlined and expedited at the appropriate administrative level; and foresee predictable timeframes for the issue of the necessary permits and licenses.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Clare MOODY, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8

8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of renewable energy sources and of the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment should specifically consider the potential for small-scale households projects. It should also include an evaluation of the potential and barriers to engage with the energy transition of the vulnerable citizens affected by energy poverty. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9

9. Member States shall remove information, administrative and regulatory barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake, ensuring these are not subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost-effective.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by, inter alia, ensuring a simplified and swift permit granting process, which shall not exceed one year from the date on which the request for repowering is submitted to the single administrative contact point. Member States shall ensure that access and connection rights to the grid are maintained for the repowered projects, at least for the capacity of the original project.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of energy from renewable sources. Following a positive cost benefit analysis, Member States may arrange for guarantees of origin to be issued for non-renewable energy sources. Issuance of guarantees of origin may be made subject to a minimum capacity limit. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each unit of energy produced.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – point a (new)

(a) whether and to what extent the energy source from which the energy was produced met sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria referred to in Article 26 of the Directive.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, fulfilling a~~t least four out of~~ll the following criteria:

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Theresa GRIFFIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Clare MOODY

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)

(aa) the community's predominant aim, as determined in its founding statutes, is to provide local community environmental, social or economic benefits rather than generate profits for its members

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to allow customers of those district heating or cooling systems ~~which are not 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU~~ to disconnect from the system in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves, or to switch to another supplier of heat or cold which has access to the system referred to in paragraph 4.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. Member States may restrict the right to disconnect or switch supplier to customers who can prove that the planned alternative supply solution for heating or cooling results in a significantly better energy performance. The performance assessment of the alternative supply solution may be based on the Energy Performance Certificate as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU.deleted

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 7

7. The right to disconnect or switch supplier may be exercised by individual customers, by joint undertakings formed by customers or by parties acting on the behalf of customers. For multi-apartment blocks, such disconnection may only be exercised at whole building level.deleted

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0381(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Around 50 million households in the Union are affected by energy poverty. Energy poverty should be considered as the inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality, poor performing housing stock. The present building renovation rates are insufficient and those buildings owned or occupied by low-income citizens at risk of energy poverty are the hardest to reach.

2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/0381(COD)

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Dan NICA, Theresa GRIFFIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Jeppe KOFOD, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Flavio ZANONATO, Victor NEGRESCU, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Eugen FREUND, Miroslav POCHE, Martina WERNER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change (COP21) must be reflected in the Union’s efforts to decarbonise its buildings stock, taking into account that almost 50% of the Union’s final energy demand is used for heating and cooling, of which 80% is used in buildings. The Union’s energy and climate goals therefore need to be based 100% on renewable energy by 2050, which can be achieved only making full use of energy saving potential and the “energy efficiency first” principle.

2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/0381(COD)

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Miroslav POCHE, Pervenche BERÈS, Eugen FREUND, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN, Patrizia TOIA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Victor NEGRESCU, Flavio ZANONATO, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Jeppe KOFOD, Carlos ZORRINHO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Martina WERNER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) The provisions on long-term renovation strategies provided for in Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council13 should be moved to Directive 2010/31/EU, where they fit more coherently, and updated to ensure access to affordable energy also for the most vulnerable citizens. __________________ 13 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).

2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/0381(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) National long-term renovation strategies should specify their expected output and contribution to achieving an energy efficiency binding target of 40 % by 2030.

2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/0381(COD)

Flavio ZANONATO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)

13a. Where the energy performance certificate attests to an improvement in a building’s energy performance, the certification costs may be included in the incentive provided by the Member State concerned.

2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE

Martina WERNER, Flavio ZANONATO, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA, Miriam DALLI, Adam GIEREK, Flavio ZANONATO, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Bernd LANGE, Jytte GUTELAND, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Tibor SZANYI, Nessa CHILDERS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Pervenche BERÈS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) With around 50 million households in the Union being affected by energy poverty, energy efficiency measures must be central to any cost- effective strategy to address energy poverty and consumer vulnerability and are complementary to social security policies at the Member State level.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

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

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

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

Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1

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

2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE

Flavio ZANONATO, Massimo PAOLUCCI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)

2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)

(ca) promote the adoption of measures that tackle the heating and cooling potential for energy savings, eventually providing additional rewards for interventions resulting in pollution mitigation.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2

2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy poverty and ensure a significant share of such measures are implemented as a priority in vulnerable households at risk of energy poverty and in social housing, and make this information public.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

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

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

(aa) the national binding targets related to greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency;