863 Amendments of Enrico GASBARRA
Amendment 346 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “alternative fuels” means alternative fuels for all modes of transport as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/94/EU;
Amendment 361 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘cross-border link actions’ in the transport sector, means projects covering a cross-border section between member States or a Member State and a third country, or a project carried out in one Member State that demonstrates a substantial cross-border impact by enhancing cross-border flows between two Member States or between a member State and a third country;
Amendment 382 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) “5G corridor” means a transport path, road, inland waterways or railway, fully covered with digital connectivity infrastructure and in particular 5G systems, enabling the uninterrupted provision of synergy digital services such as connected and automated mobility or similar smart mobility services for railways;
Amendment 438 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to efficient and interconnected networks and infrastructure for smart, sustainable, inclusive, accessible to everyone including persons with disabilities, safe and secure mobility;
Amendment 605 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Programme may provide funding in any of the forms laid down in the Financial Regulation, in particular grants and procurement. Itn the transport sector, in addition to dedicated grant Calls as the standard instrument, the programme may also provide financing in the form of financial instruments within blending operations through dedicated blending calls. Blending operations decided under this Programme shall be implemented in accordance with the InvestEU Regulation and Title X of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 725 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv
(iv) actions supporting new technologies and innovation, including automation, enhanced transport services, modal integration and, alternative fuels infrastructure for all modes of transport, in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, and the decarbonisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 743 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point v
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point v
(v) actions to remove interoperability barriers, including in urban nodes as defined in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 and notably when delivering corridor/network effects;
Amendment 749 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
(viii) actions improving transport infrastructure accessibility for all users, including for those with disabilities, in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;
Amendment 760 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ix a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ix a (new)
(ixa) actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting existing rolling stock in cooperation with the railway industry;
Amendment 779 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Under the specific objective referred to in Article 3(2)(a)(i): actions supporting new technologies and innovation, such as telematics applications system and automation, in particular the deployment of ERTMS, including for safety purposes, in accordance with Article 31 of regulation (EU) No 1315/2013.
Amendment 856 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) innovation, safety, interoperability and accessibility aspects while paying particular attention to projects explicitly supporting accessibility to everyone including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 932 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for works relating to the specific objectives referred to in Article 3 (2) (a), the amount of Union financial assistance shall not exceed 30 % of the total eligible cost. The co-financing rates may be increased to a maximum of 50 % for actions relating to cross-border links involving any transport mode under the conditions specified in point (c) of this paragraph, for actions supporting telematic applications systems, for actions supporting new technologies and innovation, for actions supporting improvements of infrastructure safety in line with relevant Union legislation and for actions located in outermost regions;
Amendment 949 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) as regards actions relating to cross- border links, the increased maximum co- financing rates as provided for in points (a) and (b) may only apply to actions: (i) that demonstrate a particularly high degree of integration in the planning and implementation of the action for the purpose of the award criterion referred to in Article 13(1)(c), notably through the establishment of a single project company, a joint governance structure and a bilateral legal framework or implementing act pursuant to Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, or (ii) that demonstrate a substantial cross-border impact facilitating traffic flows that create added value in terms of connectivity, logistics, decarbonisation or trade beyond the territory of one Member State.
Amendment 1015 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. To support the transparency of the process, the work programmes shall list all calls foreseen within three years of their publication. At least the following information will be included with each call listed: (a) Priorities; (b) Indicative opening date; (c) Indicative closing date; (d) Estimated budget;
Amendment 27 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) By providing for a period of supplementary protection of up to five years, Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 seeks to promote, within the Union, the research and innovation that is necessary to develop medicinal products, and to contribute to preventing the relocation of pharmaceutical research outside the Union to countries that may offer greater protection, while at the same time ensuring access to medicines within the Union.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The timely entry of generics and biosimilars onto the Union market is important for increasing competition, reducing prices and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare systems.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The absence of any exception in Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 to the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate has had the unintended consequence of preventing manufacturers of generics and biosimilars established in the Union from manufacturing, even for the exclusive purpose of exporting to third country markets in which such protection does not exist or has expired. A further unintended consequence is that the protection conferred by the certificate makes it more difficult for those manufacturers to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the certificate (EU-Day1 Entry), given that they are not in a position to build up production capacity until the protection provided by the certificate has lapsed, by contrast with manufacturers located in third countries where protection does not exist or has expired.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The aim of this Regulation is to ensure that manufacturers established in the Union are able to compete effectively in those third country markets where supplementary protection does not exist or has expired, and to ensure Day-1 Entry of generic and biosimilar medicines onto the Union market after the expiry of the relevant supplementary protection certificate and this fostering access to medicines. It is intended to complement the efforts of the Union’s trade policy to ensure open markets for Union-based manufacturers of medicinal products. Indirectly, it is also intended to put those manufacturers in a better position to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the relevant supplementary protection certificate, namely the EU-Day1 Entry. It would also help to serve the aim of fostering access to medicines in the Union by helping to ensure a swifter entry of generic and biosimilar medicines onto the market after expiry of the relevant certificate.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In thoese specific and limited circumstances, and in order to creatit is appropriate to eliminate the aforementioned, unintended side effects of the supplementary protection certificate so as to enable a level -playing field between Union-based manufacturers and those in third country manufacturers, it is appropriate to restrict the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate so as to allow making for the exclusive purpose of export to third countries and any related acts strictly necessary for making or for the actual export itself. ies. This would enable manufacturing exclusively for (i) export to country markets where the supplementary protection has expired, as well as for any other acts that are strictly necessary for this manufacturing and (ii) entry onto the Union market as soon as the supplementary protection certificate expires.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) That exception should cover the making of the product, including the product which corresponds to the medicinal product protected by a supplementary protection certificate in the territory of a Member State, for the exclusive purpose of export to third countriescountry markets where no supplementary protection certificate is in place and to prepare for EU-Day1 Entry, as well as any upstream or downstream acts by the maker or by third parties in a contractual relationship with the maker, where such acts would otherwise require the consent of the certificate-holder, and are strictly necessary for making for the purpose of export or, for the actual export itself and for EU-Day1 Entry. For instance, such acts may include the supply and import of active ingredients for the purpose of making the medicinal product to which the product covered by the certificate corresponds, or temporary storage of the product or advertising for the exclusive purpose of export to third country destinations.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) By limiting tThe scope of the exception is limited to making for the purpose of export outside the UnionEU-Day1 Entry and for the purpose of export to country markets where no supplementary protection certificate is in place or has expired and acts strictly necessary for such making or for the actual export itself, the exception introduced by this Regulation will not unreasonably conflict with normal exploitation of the product in the Member State where the certificate is in force, nor unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the certificate- holder, taking account of the legitimate interests of third parties.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) SReasonable and proportionate safeguards should accompany the exception in order to increase transparency, to help the holder of a supplementary protection certificate to enforce its protection in the Union and to reduce the risk of illicit diversion onto the Union market during the term of the certificate.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) To this end, this Regulation should impose a once-off duty on the person making the product for the exclusive purpose of export, requiring that person to provide certain information to the authority which granted the supplementary protection certificate in the Member State where the making is to take place. The information should be provided before the making is intended to start for the first time in that Member State. The making and related acts, including those performed in Member States other than the one of making in cases where the product is protected by a certificate in those other Member States too, should only fall within the scope of the exception where the maker has sent this notification to the competent industrial property authority (or other designated authority) of the Member State of making. The once-off duty to provide information to the authority should apply in each Member State where making is to take place, both as regards the making in that Member State, and as regards related acts, whether performed in that or another Member State, related to that making. The authority should be required to publish that information, in the interests of transparency and for the purpose of informing the holder of the certificate of the maker’s intention.
Amendment 116 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In addition, this Regulation should impose certain due diligence requirements on the maker as a condition for the exception to operate. The maker should be required to inform persons within its supply chain, through appropriate means, in particular contractual means, that the product is covered by the exception introduced by this Regulation and is intended for the exclusive purpose of export and/or Day-1 entry. A maker who failed to comply with these due diligence requirements would not benefit from the exception, nor would any third party performing a related act in the same or a different Member State where a certificate conferring protection for the product was in force, and the holder of the relevant certificate would therefore be entitled to enforce its rights under the certificate.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Furthermore, this Regulation should impose labelling requirements on the maker, in order to facilitate, by means of a logo, identification of the product as a product exclusively intended for the purposes of Day-1 entry onto the Union market after the expiry of the supplementary protection certificate or of export to third countries. The making and, storing and other related acts should only fall outside the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate if the product is labelled in this manner. This labelling obligation would be without prejudice to labelling requirements of third countries.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure that holders of supplementary protection certificates already in force are not deprived of their acquired rights, tThe exception provided for in this Regulation should only apply to certificates that are granted on or after a specified date after entry into force, for which the basic patent expirrespective of when the application for the certificate was first lodged on or after 1 January 2020. Theat date specified should also allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way. The date should also allow sufficient time for public authorities to put in place appropriate arrangements to receive and publish notifications of the intention to make, and should take due account of pending applications for certificates.
Amendment 140 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201643 , that evaluation should be based on the five criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and added value and should provide the basis for impact assessments of possible further measures. The evaluation should take into account exports to outside the Union and the ability of generics and especially biosimilars to enter markets in the Union as soon as possible after a certificate lapses. In particular, this evaluation should review the effectiveness of the exception in the light of the aim to restore a global level playing field for generic and biosimilar firms in the Union and a swifter entry of generic and especially biosimilar medicines onto the market after a certificate lapses. It should also study the impact of the exception on research and production of innovative medicines by holders of certificates in the Union and consider the balance between the different interests at stake, including access to medicines within the Union and those of public health. _________________ 43 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect for the right to property in Article 17 of the Charter by maintaining the core rights of the supplementary protection certificate, by confining the exception to certificates granted on or after a specified date after entry into force of this Regulation and by imposing certain conditionsfor which the basic patent expired on or after 1 January 2020 and by imposing certain conditions on the application of the exception, as well as the right to health care in Article 35 of the Charter by making medicines more accessible to EU patients and the principle of proportionality in Article 52 onf the application of the exception,Charter, point (a) of Article 6 TFEU on the right to health protection for European citizens.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The certificate referred to in paragraph 1 shall not confer protection against a particularcertain acts against which the basic patent conferred protection if, with respect to that particular act, the following conditions are met:
Amendment 178 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) making for the exclusive purpose of export to third countriescountry markets where no supplementary protection certificate is in place; or
Amendment 181 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) making for the purpose of entering the Union's market on Day-1 after the expiry of the supplementary protection certificate; or
Amendment 191 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) any related act that is strictly necessary for that making, storing or for the actual export itself;
Amendment 203 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the authority referred to in Article 9(1) of the Member State where that making is to take place (‘the relevant Member State’) is notified by the person doing the making (‘the maker’) of the information listed in paragraph 3 no later than 2814 days before the intended start date of making in that Member State;
Amendment 217 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory wording
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory wording
3. The information for the purposes of paragraph 2(b), which must be treated in a strictly confidential manner by all parties, shall be as follows:
Amendment 222 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the address, or addresses, of the premises where the making is to take place in the relevant Member Statrelevant Member State where the making is taking place;
Amendment 229 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 235 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 247 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraph 2 shall apply in the case only of certificates granted on or after [OP: please insert the date of the first day of the third month that follows the month in which this amending Regulation is published in the Official Journal)].;for which the basic patent expires on or after 1 January 2020.
Amendment 256 #
2018/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 27 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The use of digital tools and processes to more easily, rapidly and time- and cost- effectively initiate economic activity by setting up a company or by opening a branch of that company in another Member State is one of the prerequisites for the effective functioning, modernisation and administrative streamlining of a competitive Single Market and for ensuring the competitiveness of companies.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In June 2017, the interconnection of Member States’ central, commercial and companies registers became operational which greatly facilitates cross-border access to company information in the Union and allows registers in Member States to communicate with each otheroperate more easily, encourage the transparency, exchange and traceability of information and documents and communicate electronically in relation to certain cross- border operations which affect companies in, and the economy and tax and commercial policies of, the Member States.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Enabling the fully online registration of companies and branches and the fully online filing of documents and information would allow companies to use digital tools in their contacts with competent authorities of Member States. In order to enhance trust, Member States should ensure that secure electronic identification and the use of trust services is possible for national as well as cross- border users in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council34. Furthermore, in order to enable cross- border electronic identification, Member States should set up electronic identification schemes which provide for authorised electronic identification means. Such national schemes would be used as a basis for the recognition of electronic identification means issued in another Member State. In order to ensure the high level of trust in cross-border situations, only electronic identification means which comply with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 should be recognised. However, Member States may also recognise other identification means such as a scanned copy of a passport. In any event, this Directive should only oblige Member States to enable online registration of companies and their branches and online filing by Union citizens through the recognition of their electronic identification means. _________________ 34 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73).
Amendment 64 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to assist businesses, in particular start-ups, in setting-up their business, it should be possible to register a private limited liability company with the use of templates which are model instruments of constitution which should be available online in at least one EU language apart from that of the Member State concerned. Such models may contain a pre-defined set of options in accordance with national law. The applicants should be able to choose between using this model or registering a company with bespoke instruments of constitution and Member States should have the option to provide templates also for other types of companies.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to respect Member States’ existing traditions of company law, it is important to allow flexibility as regards the manner in which they ensure a fully online system of registration of companies and branches and filing of documents and information, including in relation to the role of notaries or lawyers in such a process. Matters concerning online registration of companies and branches and filing of documents and information which are not regulated in this Directive should be governed by national law.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, in order to tackle fraud, money-laundering and company hijacking and to provide safeguards for the reliability and trustworthiness of documents and information contained within national registers, provisions concerning the online registration of companies and their branches should also includeand subsequent online filing should also include legality controls and controls on the identity and legal capacity of persons seeking to establish a company or branch or to file documents and information. However, the means and methods to achieve these controls should be left to Member States to develop and adopt. Those rules could include, amongst others, verification by means of video-conference or other online means that provide a real- time audio-visual connection. To that effect Member States should be able to require the involvement of notaries or lawyers as a part of the online registration and filing process, however, such involvement should not prevent the completion of the registration and filing procedure in its entirety online.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the protection of all persons interacting with companies, Member States should be able to prevent fraudulent behaviour by refusing the appointment of a person as a director of a company or a branch in their own territory, who is currently disqualified from acting as a director in another Member State. Such requests for information, in relation to previous directorships, should be possible by means of the system of interconnection of registers and therefore Member States should make the necessary arrangements to ensure that the national registers are able to provide and share such information, thereby helping to combat unlawful activities and ensure security by means of transnational cooperation. The rules for the disqualification of directors and the confidentiality of the transmission should be governed by national law. To ensure compliance with applicable rules on protection of personal data, national registers should process any such data relating to disqualification of director in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council35. _________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 106 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
The coordination measures prescribed by this Section shall apply to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the types of companies listed in Annex II, and where specified, to the types of companies listed in Annexes I and IIA., and must not affect Member States’ choices when appointing the authorities, persons or bodies competent for registrations of companies and the filing of documents and information, as expressly set out in Article 10”;
Amendment 124 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13 b – paragraph 4
Article 13 b – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 3, Member States may take measures which could require a physical presence for the purposes of verifying the identity of persons before any authority or natural or legal person appointed as competent to deal with online registration or online filing, in cases of genuine suspicion of fraud based on reasonable groundwhere there is significant and justified concern in the public interest as regards security and law and order, especially when it comes to combating crimes such as money laundering, fraud, tax evasion and opacity connected with the risk of letterbox companies and, more generally, to ensuring more robust monitoring, which can help increase the reliability of business registers.
Amendment 139 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13 e – paragraph 1
Article 13 e – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, in accordance with Article 10, appoint the authorities and/or persons or bodies responsible for the registration of companies and the filing of documents and information, and ensure that the following information is made available online:
Amendment 155 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13 f – paragraph 1
Article 13 f – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the registration of companies under Annex IIA may be carried out fully online without the necessity for the applicants, or their representatives,applicants necessarily having to appear in person before any competent authority or before any other person or body dealing with the application for registration, subject to the proviso laid down in Article 13b(4). However, Member States may also decide not to provide fully online registration procedures for those types of companies listed in Annex II. Member States may decide to restrict access to online registration procedures to companies all of whose members are natural persons resident in a Member State of the European Union.
Amendment 160 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13f – paragraph 2
Article 13f – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall lay down detailed rules for the online registration of companies, including rules on the use of templates, as referred to in Article 13g and the documents and information required for registering a company. As part of these rules Member States shall ensure that the online registration may be carried out by submitting information or documents in the electronic form, including electronic copies of the documents and information referred to in Article 16a(4). The requirements under applicable national law as to the authenticity, accuracy and due legal form of any submitted document or information shall remain unaffected.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13 f – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 13 f – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the requirements for the applicant to use trust services referred to in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. (d) the procedures for preventive judicial, notarial and/or administrative control referred to in Article 10.
Amendment 177 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 13 f – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 13 f – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) the procedures to provide for the role of a notary or any other person or body mandatinvolved byin the Member State to submit an application for registration ;process of registration within the meaning of national law.”
Amendment 179 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU)2017/1132
Article 13 f – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 13 f – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) the circumstances in whichexclusion of the possibility of online registration may be excluded, where the share capital of a company is to be paid by way of contributions in kind.
Amendment 199 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 13 g – paragraph 2
Article 13 g – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the templates, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, may be used by applicants as part of the online registration procedure, referred to in Article 13f. Where those templates are used by the applicant in compliance with the rules referred to in point (c) of Article 13f(4), where applicable, the requirement to have the company instruments of constitution drawn up and certified in due legal form as laid down in Article 10 shall be deemed to be fulfilled, in compliance with the provisions thereof.
Amendment 205 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 13 g – paragraph 3
Article 13 g – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall at least make the templates available in an second official Union language broadly understood by the largest possible number of cross-border users.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 13 i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that companies are able to file online the documents and information, as referred to in Article 14, including any modification thereof, with the register within the time limit provided by the laws of the Member State where the company is to be registered. Member States shall ensure that such filing may be completed online in its entirety without the necessity for the applicant, or his representative to appear in person before any competent authority or before any other person or body dealing with the online filing, subject to the proviso laid down in Article 13b(4). Member States shall ensure that the origin and integrity of the documents filed online may be verified electronically. This shall not affect requirements under national law applicable to the authenticity, accuracy and due legal form of any information or documents submitted.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to enable qualified entities, which represent the collective interest of consumers or citizens, to seek remedy through representative actions against infringements of provisions of Union law. The qualified entities should be able to ask for stopping or prohibiting an infringement, for confirming that an infringement took place and to seek redress for the economic and non-economic damage, such as compensation, repair or price reduction as available under national laws.
Amendment 52 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council29 enabled qualified entities to bring representative actions primarily aimed at stopping and prohibiting infringements of Union law harmful to the collective interests of consumers. However, that Directive did not sufficiently address the challenges for the enforcement of consumerUnion law. To improve the deterrence of unlawful practices and to reduce consumer or citizen detriment, it is necessary to strengthen the mechanism for protection of collective interests of consumers or citizens. Given the numerous changes, for the sake of clarity it is appropriate to replace Directive 2009/22/EC.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A representative action should offer an effective and efficient way of protecting the collective interests of consumers or citizens. It should allow qualified entities to act with the aim of ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of Union law and to overcome the obstacles faced by consumers or citizens within individual actions, such as the uncertainty about their rights and available procedural mechanisms, psychological reluctance to take action and the negative balance of the expected costs and benefits of the individual action.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is important to ensure the necessary balance between access to justice and procedural safeguards against abusive litigation which could unjustifiably hinder the ability of businesses to operate in the Single Market. To prevent the misuse of representative actions, elements such as punitive damages and the absence of limitations as regards the entitlement to bring an action on behalf of the harmed consumers or citizens should be avoided and clear rules on various procedural aspects, such as the designation of qualified entities, the origin of their funds and nature of the information required to support the representative action, should be laid down. The unsuccessful party should bear the costs of the proceedings. However, the court or tribunal should not award costs to the unsuccessful party to the extent that they were unnecessarily incurred or are disproportionate to the claim. This Directive should not affect otherwise national rules concerning the allocation of procedural costs.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Infringements that affect the collective interests of consumers or citizens often have cross-border implications. More effective and efficient representative actions available across the Union should boost consumer confidence in the internal market and empower consumers to exercise their rights. Moreover, it should enhance the efficiency of the Member States’ justice systems.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Directive should cover a variety of areas such as data protection, financial services, travel and tourism, energy, telecommunications, competition and environment. ItTherefore, Member States should ensure that organisations representing all these subject areas can be designated as qualified entities. The Directive should cover infringements of provisions of Union law which protect the interests of consumers and citizens, regardless of whether they are referred to as consumers or citizens as travellers, users, customers, retail investors, retail clients or other in the relevant Union law. To ensure adequate response to infringement to Union law, the form and scale of which is quickly evolving, it should be considered, each time where a new Union act relevant for the protection of the collective interests of consumers is adopted, whether to amend the Annex to the present Directive in order to place it under its scope.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Building on Directive 2009/22/EC, this Directive should cover both domestic and cross-border infringements, in particular when consumers or citizens concerned by an infringement live in one or several Member States other than the Member State where the infringing trader is established. It should also cover infringements which ceased before the representative action started or concluded, since it may still be necessary to prevent the repetition of the practice, establish that a given practice constituted an infringement and facilitate consumer or citizen redress.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive should not establish rules of private international law regarding jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of judgments or applicable law. The existing Union law instruments apply to the representative actions set out by this Directive preventing any increase in forum shopping.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As only qualified entities can bring the representative actions, to ensure that the collective interests of consumers or citizens are adequately represented the qualified entities should comply with the criteria established by this Directive. In particular, they would need to be properly constituted according to the law of a Member State, which could include for example requirements regarding the number of members, the degree of permanence, or transparency requirements on relevant aspects of their structure such as their constitutive statutes, management structure, objectives and working methods. They should also be not for profit and have a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with the relevant Union law. These criteria should apply to both qualified entities designated in advance and to ad hoc qualified entities that are constituted for the purpose of a specific action.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Independent public bodies and consumer, consumer organisations, environmental organisations and human rights organisations in particular should play an active role in ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of Union law and are all well placed to act as qualified entities. Since these entities have access to different sources of information regarding traders' practices towards consumers or citizens and hold different priorities for their activities, Member States should be free to decide on the types of measures that may be sought by each of these qualified entities in representative actions.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Since both judicial and administrative procedures may effectively and efficiently serve the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens it is left to the discretion of the Member States whether the representative action can be brought in judicial or administrative proceedings, or both, depending on the relevant area of law or relevant economic sector. This shall be without prejudice to the right to an effective remedy under Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, whereby Member States shall ensure that consumers, citizens and businesses have the right to an effective remedy before a court or tribunal, against any administrative decision taken pursuant to national provisions implementing this Directive. This shall include the possibility for the parties to obtain a decision granting suspension of enforcement of the disputed decision, in accordance with national law.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Injunction orders aim at the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens independently of any actual loss or damage suffered by individual consumers or citizens. Injunction orders may require traders to take specific action, such as providing consumers or citizens with the information previously omitted in violation of legal obligations. Decisions establishing that a practice constitutes an infringement should not depend on whether the practice was committed intentionally or by negligence.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The qualified entity initiating the representative action under this Directive should be a party to the proceedings. Consumers or citizens concerned by the infringement should have adequate opportunities to benefit from the relevant outcomes of the representative action. Injunction orders issued under this Directive should be without prejudice to individual actions brought by consumers or citizens harmed by the practice subject to the injunction order.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The compensation awarded to consumers or citizens harmed in a mass harm situation should not exceed the amount owed by the trader in accordance with the applicable national or Union Law in order to cover the actual harm suffered by them. In particular, punitive damages, leading to overcompensation in favour of the claimant party of the damage suffered, should be avoided.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States may require qualified entities to provide sufficient information to support a representative action for redress, including a description of the group of consumers or citizens concerned by an infringement and the questions of fact and law to be resolved within the representative action. The qualified entity should not be required to individually identify all consumers or citizens concerned by an infringement in order to initiate the action. In representative actions for redress the court or administrative authority should verify at the earliest possible stage of the proceedings whether the case is suitable for being brought as a representative action, given the nature of the infringement and characteristics of the damages suffered by consumers or citizens concerned.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Where consumers or citizens concerned by the same practice are identifiable and they suffered comparable harm in relation to a period of time or a purchase, such as in the case of long-term consumer contracts, the court or administrative authority may clearly define the group of consumers or citizens concerned by the infringement in the course of the representative action. In particular, the court or administrative authority could ask the infringing trader to provide relevant information, such as the identity of the consumers or citizens concerned and the duration of the practice. For expediency and efficiency reasons, in these cases Member States in accordance with their national laws could consider to provide consumers or citizens with the possibility to directly benefit from a redress order after it was issued without being required to give their individual mandate before the redress order is issued.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In low-value cases most consumers or citizens are unlikely to take action in order to enforce their rights because the efforts would outweigh the individual benefits. However, if the same practice concerns a number of consumers or citizens, the aggregated loss may be significant. In such cases, a court or authority may consider that it is disproportionate to distribute the funds back to the consumers or citizens concerned, for example because it is too onerous or impracticable. Therefore the funds received as redress through representative actions would better serve the purposes of the protection of collective interests of consumers or citizens and should be directed to athis relevant public purpose, such as a consumer or citizens legal aid fund, awareness campaigns or consumer movements.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) This Directive aims at a minimum harmonisation and does not replace existing national collective redress mechanisms. Taking into account their legal traditions, it leaves it to the discretion of the Member States whether to design the representative action set out by this Directive as a part of an existing or future collective redress mechanism or as an alternative to these mechanisms, insofar as the national mechanism complies with the modalities set by this Directive.
Amendment 147 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Collective out-of-court settlements aimed at providing redress to harmed consumers or citizens should be encouraged both before the representative action is brought and at any stage of the representative action. This possibility should under no circumstances jeopardize the right to access to justice.
Amendment 150 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers or citizens affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action regarding the same practice. A competent court or administrative authority approving such collective settlement must take into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned, including individual consumers. Individual consumers or citizens concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlement.
Amendment 154 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The court and administrative authority should have the power to invite the infringing trader and the qualified entity which brought the representative action to enter into negotiations aimed at reaching a settlement on redress to be provided to consumers or citizens concerned. The decision of whether to invite the parties to settle a dispute out-of- court should take into account the type of the infringement to which the action relates, the characteristics of the consumers or citizens concerned, the possible type of redress to be offered, the willingness of the parties to settle and the expediency of the procedure.
Amendment 157 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to facilitate redress for individual consumers or citizens sought on the basis of final declaratory decisions regarding the liability of the trader towards the consumers harmed by an infringement issued within representative actions, the court or administrative authority that issued the decision should be empowered to request the qualified entity and the trader to reach a collective settlement.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Any out-of-court settlement reached within the context of a representative action or based on a final declaratory decision should be approved by the relevant court or the administrative authority to ensure its legality and fairness, taking into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned. Individual consumers or citizens concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlement.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Ensuring that consumers or citizens are informed about a representative action is crucial for its success. Consumers or citizens should be informed of ongoing representative action, the fact that a trader's practice has been considered as a breach of law, their rights following the establishment of an infringement and any subsequent steps to be taken by consumers or citizens concerned, particularly for obtaining redress. The reputational risks associated with spreading information about the infringement are also important for deterring traders infringing consumer or citizens’ rights.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) To be effective, the information should be adequate and proportional to the circumstances of the case. The infringing trader should adequately inform all consumers or citizens concerned of a final injunction and redress orders issued within the representative action as well as of a settlement approved by a court or administrative authority. Such information may be provided for instance on the trader's website, social media, online market places, or in popular newspapers, including those distributed exclusively by electronic means of communication. If possible, consumers or citizens should be informed individually through electronic or paper letters. This information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities upon request.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Actions for redress based on the establishment of an infringement by a final injunction order or by a final declaratory decision regarding the liability of the trader towards the harmed consumers or citizens under this Directive should not be hindered by national rules on limitation periods. The submission of a representative action shall have the effect of suspending or interrupting the limitation periods for any redress actions for the consumers concerned by this action.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Evidence is an important element for establishing whether a given practice constitutes an infringement of law, whether there is a risk of its repetition, for determining the consumers or citizens concerned by an infringement, deciding on redress and adequately informing consumers or citizens concerned by a representative action about the ongoing proceedings and its final outcomes. However, business-to-consumer or business-to-citizens relationships are characterised by information asymmetry and the necessary information may be held exclusively by the trader, making it inaccessible to the qualified entity. Qualified entities should therefore be afforded the right to request to the competent court or administrative authority the disclosure by the trader of evidence relevant to their claim or needed for adequately informing consumers or citizens concerned about the representative action, without it being necessary for them to specify individual items of evidence. The need, scope and proportionality of such disclosure should be carefully assessed by the court or administrative authority overseeing the representative action having regard to the protection of legitimate interests of third parties and subject to the applicable Union and national rules on confidentiality.
Amendment 184 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Having regard to the fact that representative actions pursue a public interest by protecting the collective interests of consumers or citizens, Member States should ensure that qualified entities are not prevented from bringing representative actions under this Directive because of the costs involved with the procedures.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) In order to effectively tackle infringements with cross-border implications the mutual recognition of the legal standing of qualified entities designated in advance in one Member State to seek representative action in another Member State should be ensured. Furthermore, qualified entities from different Member States should be able to join forces within a single representative action in front of a single forum, subject to relevant rules on competent jurisdiction. For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, one qualified entity should be able to bring a representative action in the name of other qualified entities representing consumers or citizens from different Member States.
Amendment 196 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) The objectives of this Directive, namely establishing a representative action mechanism for the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens in order to ensure a high level of consumer or citizens protection across the Union and the proper functioning of the internal market, cannot be sufficiently achieved by actions taken exclusively by Member States, but can rather, due to cross-border implications of representative actions, be better achieved at Union level. The Union may therefore 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 that objective.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive sets out rules enabling qualified entities to seek representative actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens, while ensuring appropriate safeguards to avoid abusive litigation.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shallaims at minimum harmonisation and shall therefore not prevent Member States from adopting or maintaining in force provisions designed to grant qualified entities or any other persons concerned other procedural means to bring actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens at national level.
Amendment 212 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to representative actions brought against infringements by traders of provisions of the Union law including those listed in Annex I that harm or may harm the collective interests of consumers or citizens. Such interests may consist in, but are not limited to, the enforcement of rules of consumer protection, competition, environment protection, protection of personal data, protection in energy and telecommunications markets, passenger rights, product and food safety and information, health and medical services, financial services and investor protection. It shall apply to domestic and cross-border infringements, including where those infringements have ceased before the representative action has started or before the representative action has been concluded.
Amendment 220 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not affect rules establishing contractual and non- contractual remedies available to consumers or citizens for such infringements under Union or national law.
Amendment 226 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) ‘citizen’ means any natural person holding the nationality of a Member State or habitually residing in a Member State in which the person concerned has the habitual centre of his interests.
Amendment 233 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘collective interests of consumers’ means the interests of a number oftwo or more consumers;
Amendment 235 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ‘collective interests of citizens’ means the interests of two or more citizens;
Amendment 239 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘representative action’ means an action for the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens to which the consumers or citizens concerned are not parties;
Amendment 265 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) it has an organisational structure ensuring its independence from other entities or persons other than consumers or citizens who might have an interest in the outcome of the representative actions.
Amendment 272 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) it discloses publicly by any appropriate means, in particular on its website, in plain, intelligible language the information on the way it is financed, its organisational and management structure, its remuneration policy, its policy to promote gender balance, its objective and its working methods as well as its activities.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that in particular consumer organisations, environmental organisations, human rights organisations and independent public bodies are eligible for the status of qualified entity. Member States may designate as qualified entities consumer organisations, environmental organisations and human rights organisations that represent members from more than one Member State.
Amendment 300 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may set out rules specifying which qualified entities may seek all of the measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, and which qualified entities may seek only one or more of these measures. Member State shall ensure that a sufficient number of qualified entities can seek all measures referred to in article 5 and article 6.
Amendment 304 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers or citizens
Amendment 372 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In cases where consumers or citizens have suffered a small amount of loss and it would be disproportionate to distribute the redress to them, Member States shall ensure that the mandate of the individual consumers or citizens concerned is not required. The redress shall be directed to a public interest serving the collective interests of consumers or citizens. The same shall apply to any unclaimed or leftover funds.
Amendment 393 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The unsuccessful party shall bear the costs of the proceedings. However, the court or tribunal shall not award costs to the unsuccessful party to the extent that they were unnecessarily incurred or are disproportionate to the claim.
Amendment 396 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that in cases where a representative action for redress is funded by a third party, transparency as to the origin of the funds is established and that it is prohibited for the third party:
Amendment 407 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that courts and administrative authorities are empowered to assessssess the absence of conflict of interest and the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2 and accordingly require the qualified entity to refuse the relevant funding and, if necessary, reject the standing of the qualified entity in a specific case.
Amendment 426 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. IWithout prejudice to the right to access to justice, individual consumers or citizens concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by settlements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. The redress obtained through an approved settlement in accordance with paragraph 4 shall be without prejudice to any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law.
Amendment 436 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority shall require the infringing trader to inform affected consumers or citizens at its expense about the final decisions providing for measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, and the approved settlements referred to in Article 8, by means appropriate to the circumstance of the case and within specified time limits, including, where appropriate, through notifying all consumers concerned individually.
Amendment 441 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include in intelligible language an explanation of the subject- matter of the representative action, its legal consequences and, if relevant, the subsequent steps to be taken by the consumers concernedor citizens concerned. The information note, as well as the time frame to inform, has to be approved by the judge or by the authority overseeing the case.
Amendment 447 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an infringement harming collective interests of consumers or citizens established in a final decision of an administrative authority or a court, including a final injunction order referred to in Article 5(2)(b), is deemed as irrefutably establishing the existence of that infringement for the purposes of any other actions seeking redress before their national courts against the same trader for the same infringement.
Amendment 474 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to facilitate access to justice and shall ensure that procedural costs related to representative actions do not constitute financial obstacles for qualified entities to effectively exercise the right to seek the measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, such asin particular limiting applicable court or administrative fees, granting them access to legal aid where necessary, or by providing them with public funding for this purpose.
Amendment 491 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 537 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a (new)
Annex I – point 59 a (new)
(59a) Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety.
Amendment 539 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 b (new)
Annex I – point 59 b (new)
(59b) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.
Amendment 541 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 c (new)
Annex I – point 59 c (new)
(59c) Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC.
Amendment 543 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 d (new)
Annex I – point 59 d (new)
(59d) Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
Amendment 545 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 e (new)
Annex I – point 59 e (new)
(59e) Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.
Amendment 547 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 f (new)
Annex I – point 59 f (new)
(59f) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC
Amendment 549 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 g (new)
Annex I – point 59 g (new)
(59g) Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Amendment 551 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 h (new)
Annex I – point 59 h (new)
(59h) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products
Amendment 553 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 i (new)
Annex I – point 59 i (new)
(59i) Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers.
Amendment 555 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 j (new)
Annex I – point 59 j (new)
(59j) Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products
Amendment 557 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 k (new)
Annex I – point 59 k (new)
(59k) Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC.
Amendment 559 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 l (new)
Annex I – point 59 l (new)
(59l) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1536/92 of 9 June 1992 laying down common marketing standards for preserved tuna and bonito.
Amendment 561 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 m (new)
Annex I – point 59 m (new)
(59m) Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food.
Amendment 563 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 n (new)
Annex I – point 59 n (new)
(59n) European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste.
Amendment 565 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 o (new)
Annex I – point 59 o (new)
(59o) Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed.
Amendment 567 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 p (new)
Annex I – point 59 p (new)
(59p) Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers.
Amendment 569 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 q (new)
Annex I – point 59 q (new)
(59q) Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents
Amendment 571 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 r (new)
Annex I – point 59 r (new)
(59r) Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC
Amendment 573 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 s (new)
Annex I – point 59 s (new)
(59s) Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
Amendment 575 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 t (new)
Annex I – point 59 t (new)
(59t) Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives
Amendment 577 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 u (new)
Annex I – point 59 u (new)
(59u) Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys
Amendment 579 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 v (new)
Annex I – point 59 v (new)
(59v) Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity
Amendment 581 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 w (new)
Annex I – point 59 w (new)
(59w) Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Amendment 583 #
2018/0089(COD)
(59x) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC
Amendment 585 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 y (new)
Annex I – point 59 y (new)
(59y) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides
Amendment 587 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 z (new)
Annex I – point 59 z (new)
(59z) Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006
Amendment 589 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a a (new)
Annex I – point 59 a a (new)
(59aa) Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
Amendment 591 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a b (new)
Annex I – point 59 a b (new)
(59ab) Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
Amendment 593 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a c (new)
Annex I – point 59 a c (new)
(59ac) Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Amendment 595 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a d (new)
Annex I – point 59 a d (new)
(59ad) Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency
Amendment 597 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a e (new)
Annex I – point 59 a e (new)
(59ae) Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products
Amendment 599 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a f (new)
Annex I – point 59 a f (new)
(59af) Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC
Amendment 601 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a g (new)
Annex I – point 59 a g (new)
(59ag) Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC;
Amendment 603 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a h (new)
Annex I – point 59 a h (new)
(59ah) Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Amendment 605 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a i (new)
Annex I – point 59 a i (new)
(59ai) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse
Amendment 607 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a j (new)
Annex I – point 59 a j (new)
(59aj) Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
Amendment 609 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a k (new)
Annex I – point 59 a k (new)
(59ak) Directive 2000/43/EC against discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin.
Amendment 611 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a l (new)
Annex I – point 59 a l (new)
(59al) Directive 2000/78/EC against discrimination at work on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 613 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a m (new)
Annex I – point 59 a m (new)
(59am) Directive 2006/54/EC equal treatment for men and women in matters of employment and occupation.
Amendment 615 #
2018/0089(COD)
(59an) Directive 2004/113/EC equal treatment for men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 6, 43, 114, and 168(4)(b), 169 and 191 thereof,
Amendment 90 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, (“Fitness Check of the General Food Law”)21, found that risk communication is overall, not considered to be effective enough, which has an negative impact on consumers’ confidence on the outcome of the risk analysis process. _________________ 21 Commission Staff Working Document, “The REFIT evaluation of the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002)”, SWD(2018)38 final, dated 15.1.2018.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is therefore necessary to ensure a comprehensive, transparent, independent and continuous risk communication process throughout risk analysis, involving Union and national risk assessors and risk managers. That process should be combined withapable of contributing to a participatory and open dialogue between all interested parties to ensure the coherence, comprehensiveness and consistency withinof the risk analysis process.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The general plan should identify the key factors to be taken into account when risk communications’ activities are considered, such as the different levels of risk, the nature of the risk and its potential environmental and public health impact, who and what are directly or indirectly affected by the risk, the levels of risk exposure, the ability to control risk, the ways of managing it and other factors that influence risk perception including the level of urgency as well as the applicable legislative framework and relevant market context. The general plan should also identify the tools and channels to be used and should establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure coherent risk communication. which is constantly updated, clear and easy to access, and which also includes specifically dedicated instruments in order more easily to highlight alert information and to provide responses to the public concerning public health risks.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Experience shows that the role of the Management Board of the Authority is focussed on administrative and financial aspects and does not impact on the independence of the scientific work performed by the Authority. It is thus appropriate to include representatives of all Member States in the Management Board of the Authority, while providing that those representatives should have experience in particular on risk assessment. ing and managing risks and problems.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Fitness Check of the General Food Law identified certain shortcomings in the long-term capability of the Authority to maintain its high-level expertise. In particular, there has been a decrease in the number of candidates applying to be members of the Scientific Panels. TIn order to tackle this phenomenon more effectively, the system has thus to be strengthened and promoted, and Member States should take a more active role to ensure that a sufficient pool of experts is available by undertaking support actions and using incentives and rewards to increase the level of participation and the degree of interest in seeking to engage in it, to meet the needs of the Union risk assessment system in terms of high level of scientific expertise, independence and multidisciplinary expertise.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Provisions exist on the content of applications for authorisations. It is essential that the application for authorisation submitted to the Authority for its risk assessment meets the applicable specifications to ensure the best quality scientific assessment by the Authority. Applicants and in particular small- and medium-sized enterprises do not always have a clear understanding of these specifications. It should be thus appropriate that the Authority provides advice to a potential applicant, upon request, on the applicable rules and the required content of an application for authorisation, before an application is formally submitted, while not entering into the design of the studies to be submitted that remain the applicant’s responsibility. To ensure the transparency of this process and provide wide and non- discriminatory access to information, the advice of the Authority should be made public.
Amendment 122 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Fitness Check of the General Food Law demonstrated that the EU has promoted many measures to protect the quality and safety of food and products (Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005; Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; Regulation (EC) No 854/2004; and in particular Recital 12 of Directive 2009/128/EC) and, although the Authority has made considerable progress in terms of transparency, the risk assessment process, especially in the context of authorisation procedures covering the agri-food chain, is not alwaysyet perceived as fully transparent. This is also partly due to the different transparency and confidentiality rules that are laid down not only in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 but also in other Union legislative acts covering the agri-food chain. Their interplay can impact on the acceptability of the risk assessment by the general public.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) To determine what level of disclosure strikes the appropriate balance, the relevant rights of the public to transparency of information in the risk assessment process, should be weighted up against the rights of commercial applicants, taking into account the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Accordingly and with respect to the procedures governing requests for authorisation procedures provided in Union food law, experience gained so far has shown that certain information items are generally considered sensitive and should remain confidential across the different sectoral authorisation procedures. It is appropriate to lay down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 an exhaustive horizontal list of information items whose disclosure may be considered to significantly harm the commercial interests concerned and should not therefore be disclosed to the public, (“general horizontal list of confidential items”). Only in very limited and exceptional circumstances relating to foreseeable health effectsIn all circumstances that could give rise to an alert about potential risks to public health and/or clearly established problems which are indicative of and urgent needs to protect human health, animal health or the environment, such information should be disclosed, as the interests of public health should always prevail over commercial interests.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) It is also necessary to set out specific requirements with respect to the protection of personal data for the purposes of the transparency of the risk assessment process taking into account Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council25. Accordingly, no personal data should be made publicly available under this Regulation, unless it is necessary and proportionate for the purposes of ensuring the transparency, independence, suitability and the reliability of the risk assessment process, while preventing conflicts of interests. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1). 25 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 136 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) For the purposes of increased transparency and in order to ensure that requests for scientific outputs received by the Authority are processed in an effective manner, standard data formats and software packages should be developed. In order to ensure uniform, harmonised conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 with regard to the adoption of standard data formats and software packages, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council26. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 138 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Having regard to the fact that the Authority would be required to store scientific data, including confidential and personal data, it is necessary to ensure that such storage is carried out in accordance with a high level ofsuch a way as to ensure complete security.
Amendment 139 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Furthermore, in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the different provisions applying to the Authority, it is also appropriate to provide for a Commission evaluation of the Authority, in accordance with the Common Approach on Decentralised Agencies. The evaluation should, in particular, review the procedures for selecting the members of Scientific Committee and Panels, for their degree of transparency, cost-effectiveness, and suitability to ensure independence, vigilance and competence, and to prevent conflicts of interests.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) To ensure that sectoral specificities with respect to confidential information are taken into account, it is necessary to weigh up the relevant rights of the public to transparency in the risk assessment process, including those flowing from the Aarhus Convention35, against the rights of commercial applicants, taking into account the specific objectives of sectoral Union legislation as well as experienced gained, always, however, bearing in mind that, where there are specific grounds for concern about public welfare and public health, the public interest must prevail over commercial interests. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend Directive 2001/18/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 to provide for additional confidential items to those set out in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. _________________ 35 Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p.13).
Amendment 143 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to further strengthen the link between risk assessors and risk managers at Union and national levels as well as the coherence, comprehensiveness, reliability and consistency of risk communication, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to adopt a general plan on risk communication on matters covering the agri-food chain. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8a – point b
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8a – point b
b) promote consistency, maximum reliability and transparency in formulating risk management recommendations;
Amendment 147 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
c) provide a sound basis for understandingidentifying the best decisions on risk management decisions;
Amendment 148 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8a – point d
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8a – point d
d) foster public understanding of the risk analysis process so as to enhance confidence in its outcome and restore consumers’ trust in the EU and its institutions;
Amendment 151 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point b
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point b
b) provideconstantly provide up-to-date and transparent information at each stage of the risk analysis process from the framing of requests for scientific advice to the provision of risk assessment and the adoption of risk management decisions;
Amendment 152 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point c
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point c
c) take into account the level of risk, its possible consequences and risk perceptions;
Amendment 153 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point d
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8b – point d
d) facilitate understanding and dialogue amongst all interested parties, such as consumers and consumer associations, environmental groups, animal welfare organisations, health organisations, citizens’ associations, scientific research centres, trade unions and also cooperatives, associations of producers and farmers, representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the research and innovation sectors; and,
Amendment 156 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8c – point b
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8c – point b
b) identify the appropriate main tools and channels (clear, effective and accessible website) to be used for risk communication purposes, taking into account the specific needs of relevant target audience groups and in particular arranging for specific communication for situations in which any emergencies are managed that might arise in the field of food or the environment, which presupposes an increase in dedicated communication tools and measures (helplines, a suitably identified section of the EFSA website, apps and specific information campaigns); and,
Amendment 157 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8c – point b
Chapter II, SECTION 1a – Article 8c – point b
c) establish appropriate mechanisms in order to strengthen coherence of risk communication amongst risk assessors and risk managers and ensure an open dialogue and constant interaction amongst all interested parties.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point b
b) onetwo members appointed by the European Parliament, with the right to vote.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point c
Amendment 163 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1a – point c
2. The term of office of members and alternate members shall be four years. However, the term of office of the members referred to in paragraph 1a(a) and (b) shall not be limited in du (2012 revision of the rules governing the decentralised agencies of the Union - Joint Declaration). The term of office of the members referred to in paragraph 1a(c) may be renewable only once.,
Amendment 167 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5a – point e
Article 28 – paragraph 5a – point e
e) The Management Board shall ensure that the broadest, most comprehensive and most participatory possible geographical distribution is achieved in the final appointments.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5b
Article 28 – paragraph 5b
5b. When the Authority identifies that specific expertise is missing in a Panel or several Panels, the Executive Director shall propose additionalsubstitute members of the Panel(s) for appointment to the Management Board in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 5.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5d
Article 28 – paragraph 5d
The Member States shall put in place measures ensuring that the members of the Scientific Panels act independently and remain free from conflict of interests as provided for in Article 37(2) and the Authority’s internal measures. Member States shall ensure that the members of the Scientific Panels have the means to dedicate the necessarymaximum time and effort which is necessary in order to contribute to the work of the Authority. Member States shall ensure that the members of the Scientific Panels do not receive any instruction and are not subject to pressure and influence at any national level and that their independent scientific contribution to the risk assessment system at Union level is recognisconceived as a priority task for the protection of the safety of the food chain.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32a
Article 32a
At the request of a potential applicant for a food law authorisation, the staff of the Authority shall advise on the relevant provisions and the required content of the application for authorisation. For the purpose of avoiding any conflict of interest among the parties concerned, it is desirable and recommended that the staff assigned this task of assistance during the preparatory stage of applications for authorisation should not be the same who subsequently take part in assessing them. The advice provided by the staff of the Authority shall above all be without prejudice, influence or discrimination and non-committal as to the subsequent assessment of applications for authorisation by the Scientific Panels.
Amendment 176 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32b – paragraph 3
Article 32b – paragraph 3
3. The notified information shall be made public only in caseif a corresponding application for authorisation has been received and after the Authority has decided on the disclosure of the accompanying studies in accordance with Article 38 and Articles 39 to 39f.
Amendment 178 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32d
Article 32d
The Commission experts shall perform controls, including audits, to obtain assurance that testing facilities are independent, transparent and staffed by highly skilled persons and comply with relevant standards for carrying out tests and studies submitted to the Authority as part of an application for an authorisation under Union food law. These controls shall be organised in cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regolamento (CE) n. 178/2002
Article 32e
Article 32e
Without prejudice to the obligation of applicants for authorisations under food law to demonstrate the safety of a subject matter submitted to a system of authorisation, the Commission, in exceptional circumstances, may request the Authority to commission scientific studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in its risk assessment process, with the aim of obtaining greater assurance about food or feed safety. The studies commissioned may have a wider scope than the evidence subject to verification.;
Amendment 185 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – 1
The Authority shallmust carry out its activities with a high level ofthe maximum transparency. It shall in particular make public without delay:
Amendment 190 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 38 – paragraph 1a – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 1a – point b
The disclosure of the information mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) to the public shallmust be without prejudice:
Amendment 195 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 38, the Authority shall not make public information for which confidential treatment has been requested under the conditions laid down in this Article (without prejudice to the principle that the interests of public health must always prevail over private interests).
Amendment 199 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – point 2 (between 2 and 3)
Article 39 – point 2 (between 2 and 3)
(3a) innovative commercial elements and models, formulae and products covered by patents whose protection might be threatened by any failure to maintain confidentiality during the initial study request procedure, thus exposing the requester to damage and risks of market distortion and unfair competition
Amendment 200 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – point 4
Article 39 – point 4
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3, the following information shallmust nevertheless be made public:
Amendment 202 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – point 4 – subpoint a
Article 39 – point 4 – subpoint a
(b) information which forms part of conclusions of scientific outputs, including scientific opinions, delivered by the Authority and which relate to foreseeable health effectsindicate risks of possible effects on and threats to public and animal health or the environment.;
Amendment 207 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39b – point 1 – subpoint d
Article 39b – point 1 – subpoint d
(d) adopt a reasoned decision on the confidentiality request taking into account the observations of the applicant within ten weeks from the date of receipt of the confidentiality request with respect to applications for authorisation and without undue delay in the case of supplementary data and information and notify the applicant and inform the Commission and the Member States, as appropriatin every case, of its decision; and,
Amendment 208 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39b – point 1 – subpoint d
Article 39b – point 1 – subpoint d
(d) adopt a reasoned decision on the confidentiality request taking into account the observations of the applicant within teneight weeks from the date of receipt of the confidentiality request with respect to applications for authorisation and without undue delay in the case of supplementary data and information and notify the applicant and inform the Commission and the Member States, as appropriate, of its decision; and,
Amendment 214 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39e
Article 39e
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
Amendment 215 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – point 1– subpoint b
Article 39 – point 1– subpoint b
(b) the names of authors of studies published, conducted by research and analysis firms or publicly available, studies supporting such requests; and
Amendment 216 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39e – point 2
Article 39e – point 2
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, disclosure of names and addresses of natural persons involved in testing on vertebrate animals or in obtaining toxicological information shall be deemed to significantly harm the privacy and the integrity of those natural persons, constituting a threat to their independence and autonomous judgement, and shall not be made publicly available, unless there is an overriding public interest.
Amendment 218 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39g
Article 39g
The information systems operated by the Authority to store its data, including confidential and personal data shall be designed to a high levelin such a way as to provide guarantees that the highest standards of security appropriate to the security risks at stake will be attained, taking into account Articles 39 to 39f of this Regulation. Access shall be based at the minimum on a system requiring two factor authentication or providing an equivalent level of security. The system shall ensure that any access to it is fully auditable.;
Amendment 221 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 57a – point 6
Article 57a – point 6
Amendment 222 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 61 – point 2
Article 61 – point 2
2. Not later than five years after the date referred to in Article [entry into force of the Regulation amending the GFL], and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess the Authority’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate, tasks, procedures and location, in accordance with Commission guidelines. The evaluation shall address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Authority, and the financial implications of any such modification. Conversely, if the evaluation shows that the set objectives are being attained and the tasks assigned are being performed, it would be desirable to increase investment in order to secure more ambitious results.
Amendment 247 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 15 – point b
Article 15 – point b
(b) and, the Authority shall assess the confidentiality request submitted by the applicant and shall be required to respond - and provide the necessary justification - within two months of receipt of the application.
Amendment 5 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the transport sector remains a key investment area contributing to growth and competitiveness through strengthening the economic potential of all EU regions, by supporting the internal market and thereby facilitating economic and social cohesioncohesion, integration and social and economic inclusion, countering imbalances between regions, facilitating access to services and training in the most remote regions currently at risk of depopulation, and strengthening business start-up and development networks;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas new mobility services have the potentialaim to significantly improve urban transport and the environment and have the potential to do so by reducing congestion and emissions and providing an alternative to private car ownership, and; whereas they can enable a shift towards multimodal and shared transport that, which is thus also more sustainable, and can complements public and active forms of transport;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that sustainable and innovative transport technologies and mobility solutions will be needed to enhance road safety and limit air pollution and congestion, and that a European regulatory framework which stimulates innovation is needed; calls, in this context, for more interlinked research and development regarding connected and automated cars, electrification, alternative fuels, vehicle design and manufacturing, network and traffic management, as well as smart mobility services and infrastructure;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote urban and rural mobility plans that are justified by the public interesto foster the inclusion, participation and employment of citizens who live in more remote areas, to combat the threat of depopulation of rural areas, to facilitate accessibility and mobility among the various regions, including for citizens with disabilities, and to integrate all new modes of transport in order to increase the quality of the services for citizens, and provide alternatives, and to reduce environmental costs for cities;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to promote existing national and local regulatory best practices that integrate new and traditional forms of mobility, that support consumer choice and facilitate tourism, focusing othe choices of consumers, guiding them towards the use of public, rather than private, transport or supporting offers from the collaborative transport economy which give momentum and the necessary support to the promotion of tourism and of the environmental and cultural heritage, aiming to strengthen the service especially in areas where there are mobility gaps;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the second pillar of the common agricultural policy is an essential financing instrument for boosting economic growth and promoting competitiveness and employment in lagging regions’ rural areas, while at the same time providing the financial incentives needed to address specific territorial needs, which in turn contribute to achieving the three cross- cutting objectives of innovation, environmental/climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that agriculture is part of the solution for enhancing sustainable growth, providing jobs and increasingmoting family businesses and creating new jobs, in ways which facilitate broad and non- discriminatory social inclusion and are an excellent instrument by means of which to combat poverty and inequalities and to increase levels of income in lagging regions, while at the same time helping to preserve the countryside and combat rural depopulation;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the possible synergetic effects from ensuring that a large share of the total employment in lagging regions is in agriculture, with the prospect of being able to provide a solid basis for traditional quality products, promoting food security and environmental sustainability measures and developing tourism activities, specifically agro-tourism;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of innovation, digitalisation andof improving infrastructure, thus creating a positive environment and good foundation for boosting growth and enhancing cohesion in lagging regions; recalls that good infrastructure, especially the provision of high-speed internet connections helps keep people in rural areas and can help attract a high-calibre workforce needed for growth in those areas;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory installation of overridable intelligent speed assistants to indicate speed limits, systems for cars and non- overridable systems in urban zones for vans, trucks, buses and coaches and calls on Member States to ensure that road signs are kept in excellent condition, and that road markings are clearly legible;
Amendment 171 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that increasing the immediate field ofdirect vision in heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and reducing theor eliminating blind spots can help significantly to improve the road safety of such vehicles, and; calls on the Commission to mandate ambitious and differentiated direct vision standards as from 2022 for all categories; calls on the Commission to make it compulsory to install cameras and turning assistant systems, while observing that such measures should accord with Directive (EU) 2015/719 and should not result in any extension of the time limits for implementation laid down there;
Amendment 185 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Recommends that further action should be taken by the Commission in relation to the in-vehicle Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) that can react to quick deflation in seconds rather than minutes;this is a major safety concern on improving tyre-related safety and along with harmonised European standard for winter tyres, more effort to enforce existing rules on tread depth should be considered;
Amendment 216 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Calls for better fire safety rules for buses and coaches with different type of power, including the CNG powered buses, to maximize the protection of passengers safety;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be maintained post-2020, as the Cohesion Fund makes a major contribution to closbridging infrastructure gaps between regionand socio- economic gaps between regions and can make a vital contribution also to achieving the 2030 Agenda policy goals;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which covers all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnections, is necessary, through investments in works relating to modal and intermodal integration between the various regions, that are able to improve the accessibility of destinations, routes, communities and cultures that are even today at risk of isolation or difficult to reach;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of shifting towards a sustainable tourism sector,, aware and responsible tourism sector - given also that the UN has proclaimed 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development - which requires better coordination between tourism and infrastructure projects and promotion of environmentally friendly mobility policies; considers that a specific heading for tourism should be created in order to move towards a genuine European tourism policy and to showcase cultural heritage, strengthen employment policies, seek to increase the consumption rate in a way that is commensurate with environmental regeneration capacity, and promote integration and social inclusion;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument for the completion of the TEN- T network; stresses that the budgetary cuts to the CEF made in the past, due to the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) initiative, should be avoided in the future; believes that CEF is a vital instrument with significant Union- added value to optimise the transport network across the Union, linking and/or modernising new and existing transport infrastructures; emphasises also the importance of financing special plans for the upgrading of infrastructure most liable to deteriorate, such as bridges and underpasses; stresses the need to further promote the high speed railway projects connecting Western and Eastern parts of Europe;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for increased funding for the tourism sector and especially for SMEs and their digitisation;believes that funds should be allocated for mountain, rural, coastal, island and remote regions in order to further develop tourism in those areas;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Understands that the new initiative InterRail is foreseen to be elaborated during the mid-term revision of the multi- annual financial framework (MFF) but believes that such a project should not jeopardize budgetary lines within the Heading 1a related to the transport sand calls for that project, like others in the field of tourism, to be entered in a director and other sectors important to Union’s competitiveness and growthdedicated budget line as used to be the case;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas expectations are high in many areas, for example, the medical, aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, building, architecture, mechanical engineering, leisure and design sectors;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas not allthe 3D-printing production of objects is unlawful, nor arcould be an incredible resource allnd operators in the sector producing counterfeit objectsportunity offered to us by technological research, though we should not underestimate the possible risks stemming from any unlawful use, or any use that does not perfectly comply with existing safety legislation;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that it goes without saying that care should be taken in the 3D- printing sector, particularly with regard to the quality of the printed product and any dangers that the product may pose to users or consumers, and (emissions of nanoparticles that could prove to be harmful to health, failure to comply with the quality and safety standards laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/745 in customised copies of medical devices, risks relating to the reproduction of objects that come into contact with food, which might not comply with Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, faulty 3D products due to human, software, scanning or original design error, etc.); takes the view that it would be appropriate to consider including identification means to make it possible to distinguish between objects produced in the traditional way and objects produced using 3D printing;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that solutions of a legal nature could make it feasible to control the legal reproduction of 3D objects protected by copyright, for example, digital and 3D- printing providers could systematically display a notice on the nebe advised to respect intellectual property, a legal and technological limit could be introducdentified on the number of private copies of 3D objects in order to prevent illegal reproduction, and a tax on 3D printing could be levied to compensate intellectual property rights holders for damages suffered as a result of private copies being made in 3D; notes that, above all, uses that are deemed to be prohibited could be regulated (by restricting the 3D printing of objects which infringe patents, which have not been legally purchased or which are not permitted under existing law, such as arms, drugs, etc.);
Amendment 44 #
2017/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 71a
Article 71a
The seat of the Agency shall have its seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. be located in a city of a European Union Member State on the basis of absolute assurance that: - it meets, without any exception or limitation, as from January 2019, all requirements, conditions and criteria necessary to ensure that the Agency can function effectively; - it ensures the full and immediate operational continuity of the Agency’s activities, which are highly important to society and of great scientific value. The Agency's remit shall relate to what is recognised as a fundamental right of European citizens to health protection. Its headquarters shall be selected under the ordinary legislative procedure pursuant to Articles 114 and 168(4)(b) TFEU.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 71a
Article 71a
The Agency shall have its seat in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsMilan, Italy.
Amendment 36 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Innovation of new technologies helps to lower vehicle emissions, supporting the decarbonisation of the transport sector. An increased uptake of low- and zero-emission road vehicles is likelywill to reduce emissions of CO2 and certain pollutant emissions (particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and non-methane hydrocarbons) and to promote competitiveness and growth of the European industry in the increasing global markets for low- and zero-emission vehicles.
Amendment 44 #
2017/0291(COD)
(6) PTaking into account that government expenditure on goods, works and services represents around 14% of GDP, public authorities, through their procurement policy, can establish and support markets for innovative goods and services. Directives 2014/24/EU24 and 2014/25/EU25 set out minimum harmonised public procurement rules harmonising the way public authorities and certain public utility operators purchase goods, works and services. In particular, they set overall thresholds for the volume of contracts to be subject to Union legislation, which also apply to the Clean Vehicles Directive. _________________ 24 25OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65 - 242. OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65 - 242. OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243 – 374. 25 OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243 – 374.
Amendment 49 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The procurement of clean vehicles can leverage the development of the infrastructure necessary for the smart charging of electric vehicles. To further facilitate the market pull for clean vehicles, the present Directive should be amended in conjunction with the Directive for the Energy Performance of Buildings, which requires the pre- equipment of parking spaces and the installation of charging points.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The availability of charging and refuelling infrastructure is a prerequisite for any transport operation with alternative fuelled vehicles, including for public transport. Therefore, the aspects of fostering alternative fuels infrastructure for public transport should be strengthened in Directive 2014/94/EU. In the absence of a revision, the Commission shall establish an action plan for public transport infrastructure.
Amendment 65 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to achieve an improvement of air quality in municipalities, it is crucial to renew the transport fleet to clean vehicle standard. Furthermore, the principles of the circular economy require the extension of product life. Therefore, the retrofitting of vehicles to clean vehicle standard can also be counted towards the achievement of the minimum procurement targets set out in the Directive.
Amendment 80 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Setting minimum targets for clean vehicle procurement to be achieved by 2025 and by 2030 at Member State level should contribute to policy certainty for markets where investments in low- and zero-emission mobility are warranted. The minimum targets support market creation throughout the Union. They provide time for the adjustment of public procurement processes and give a clear market signal. The Impact Assessment notes that Member States increasingly set targets, depending on their economic capacity and how serious the problem is. Different targets should be set for different Member States in accordance with their economic capacity (Gross Domestic Product per capita) and exposure to pollution (urban population density). Minimum procurement targets should be complemented by the obligation of the contracting authorities, entities and operators to consider relevant energy and environmental aspects in all their procurement procedures. The Territorial Impact Assessment of this amended Directive illustrated that the impact will be evenly distributed among regions in the Union.
Amendment 90 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Life-cycle costing is an important tool for contracting authorities and entities to cover energy and environmental costs during the life-cycle of a vehicle, including the cost of greenhouse gas emission and other pollutant emissions on the basis of a relevant methodology to determine their monetary value. Given the scarce use of the methodology for the calculation of operational lifetime costs under Directive 2009/33/EU and the information provided by contracting authorities and entities on the use of own methodologies tailored to their specific circumstances and needs, there should be no methodology mandatory to use, but contracting authorities, contracting entities or operators should be able to choose any life-costing methodology in order to support their procurement processes. However, due to the lack of a clear understanding of the overall life-cycle emissions of the various fuel types, the Commission should provide an analysis that will lead to a common Union methodology for manufacturers to report data on CO2 emissions of all fuel types in a consistent manner.
Amendment 106 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) To ensure that public authorities are incentivised to purchase clean vehicles and Member States invest in the deployment of the alternative fuels infrastructure, but also to avoid the risk of such purchases leading to higher prices for passengers, the Union's budgetary and financial policy after 2020 should provide support for contracting entities. That should be reflected in the future Multiannual Financial Framework and the rules regarding sustainable finance and Union financial institutions. Additionally, Member States shall expand the financial and non-financial incentives in order to speed up the market uptake of clean vehicles. These efforts will reduce the initial high investment for the infrastructural changes and help the sector move much faster into the direction promoted by the European Commission. Setting up a European Clean Mobility Fund could help to cover the necessary investments for the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure and subsequently speed up the uptake of clean vehicles.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 3
Article 3
This Directive shall apply to contracts for the purchase, lease, rent or hire-purchase of road transport vehicles and tires by:
Amendment 122 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 3 – paragraph c a new
Article 3 – paragraph c a new
(ca) European Union Institutions, Agencies and Bodies.
Amendment 130 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point a
Article 4 – point 4 – point a
(a) a vehicle of category L, M1 or M2 with a maximum tail-pipe emission expressed in CO2g/km and real driving pollutant emissions below a percentage of the applicable emission limits as referred to in Table 2 in the Annex , or;
Amendment 134 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – point 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) 'vehicle retrofitted to clean vehicle' means a vehicle whose engine has been retrofitted to the standards of a clean vehicle as defined in Article 4 in this Directive.
Amendment 135 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 – point 4 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – point 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) 4a.‘Best graded tyres’ means tyres graded C and above for rolling resistance and wet grip according to the Tyre Labelling Regulation. 4b. ‘Re-treaded tyres’ means the generic term for reconditioning a used tyre by replacing the worn tread with new material.
Amendment 164 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 8a in order to update Table 3 in the Annex with CO2 tail-pipe emission and air pollutants thresholds for heavy duty vehicles once the related heavy-duty CO2 emission performance standards are in force at Union level. These thresholds should represent no more than 50% as a percentage of the relevant heavy-duty CO2 emission performance standards and be immediately applicable from the adoption of the delegated act.
Amendment 166 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Tyres procured for vehicles falling under the scope of Article 3 of this directive comply with minimum procurement targets referred to in Table 6 of the Annex.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States should ensure that the cost of compliance with the minimum procurement targets established in this Directive are not passed on to local authorities and that sufficient financial resources are made available to contracting authorities and contracting entities.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that purchase, lease, rent or hire-purchase of road transport vehicles, and public service contracts on public passenger transport by road and rail and public service contracts as referred to in Article 3 of this Directive comply with the minimum procurement targets for light-duty vehicles referred to in table 4 of the Annex and for heavy-duty vehicles referred to in Table 5 in the Annex and include contractual provisions to ensure the actual use of alternative fuels. Those targets represent the minimum percentages of clean vehicles in the total number of road transport vehicles covered by the contracts referred to in Article 3, signed after the date of application of this Directive.
Amendment 171 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that purchase, lease, rent or, hire-purchase or retrofitting to clean or zero-emission vehicle standards of road transport vehicles, and public service contracts on public passenger transport by road and rail and public service contracts as referred to in Article 3 of this Directive comply with the minimum procurement targets for light- duty vehicles referred to in table 4 of the Annex and for heavy-duty vehicles referred to in Table 5 in the Annex.
Amendment 173 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 177 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. To reach the procurement targets, contracting entities shall base the award of contracts on the most economically advantageous tender ("MEAT") as described in Article 82 of Directive 2014/25/EU. Tender specifications should be defined not only with focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) but also on other vehicle characteristics, such as accessibility, insertion in urban landscape, noise levels, energy efficiency, recyclability of batteries and vehicle components.
Amendment 184 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Given that this Directive is meant to foster the market for clean vehicles and improve air quality, Member State authorities mayare encouraged to apply higher minimum mandates than those referred to in the Annex of this Directive.
Amendment 189 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
(6a) A new article 6a is inserted. Article 6a Financial resources 1. Member States shall make available sufficient funding for the procurement of clean vehicles and the installation of their related infrastructure in dialogue with the public authorities and contracting entities. 2. The Union shall make available additional funding instruments to support the uptake of clean vehicles and the installation of their related infrastructure in the Member States. 3. A European fund shall be established, whose objectives include helping to cover the necessary investment for the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure. Such a fund could be co- financed, with the European Union contributing 15% and another 85% coming from industry, notably manufacturers, suppliers, energy and fuel producers and other interested parties, as well as with the excess emissions premiums to be established in the regulation setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No715/2007.
Amendment 202 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall submit to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Directive by 1 January 2026, and every three years thereafter. Member States shall submit to the Commission an intermediate report by 1 January 2023. That report shall contain information on the steps undertaken to implement this Directive, including on the number and the categories of vehicles procured by authorities and entities, on the dialogue carried out between the different levels of governance, information on Member States' intentions regarding the above reporting activities, as well as any other valuable informationinformation on the financial instruments already available or in preparation and on the Member States' strategies to foster the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, in particular for public transport networks. Information’s should follow the categories contained in Regulation No 2195/2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)31 as noted in the Annex. _________________ 31 OJ L 340, 16.12.2002, p. 1,
Amendment 204 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b Directive 2009/33/EC
4a. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that local, regional and national air quality plans adopted pursuant to Article 23 and Annex XV of Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe for zones and agglomerations where the level of pollutants in ambient air exceeds limit values also include detailed information on the procurement of clean vehicles and on hardware retrofitting to clean vehicle standards.
Amendment 208 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(ba) By ... [three years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] the Commission shall propose a methodology for evaluating the life-cycle CO2 emissions of vehicles. By ...[four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] the Commission shall publish guidelines clarifying how the different types of vehicles covered by the Clean Vehicles Directive compare, in terms of tailpipe CO2 emissions and life-cycle CO2 emissions. The guidelines and results shall be made publicly available. From 1 January 2026 onwards manufacturers shall report to the Commission on the lifecycle CO2 emissions of the vehicle types they place on the market as of that date based on a harmonised Union methodology. The Commission shall review the present Directive based on this information.
Amendment 209 #
2017/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Directive 2009/33/EC
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by XXXX [Please insert the date 124 months following the date of entry into force] at the latest. They shall immediately communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 21 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The supervision of macro- economic imbalances within the European Union requires that the affected groups who bear the economic and social risks of financial crisis have a strong voice. Therefore, a strong and effective involvement of social partners is essential.
Amendment 22 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) A gender balance within the General Board of the ESRB should be aimed at.
Amendment 25 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1096/20106 provides that the head of the Secretariat of the ESRB is to be appointed by the ECB, in consultation with the General Board of the ESRB. To raise the profile of the head of Secretariat of the ESRB, the General Board of the ESRB should assess, in an open and transparent procedure, whether the shortlisted candidates for the position of head of Secretariat of the ESRB possess the qualities and experience necessary to manage the ESRB Secretariat. The General Board shouldis required to inform the European Parliament and the Council about the assessment procedure. Furthermore, the tasks of the head of the ESRB Secretariat should be clarified. _________________ 6 Council Regulation (EU) NO 1096/2010 of 17 November 2010 conferring specific tasks upon the European Central Bank concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 162).
Amendment 26 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 requires that the ESRB warnings and recommendations are transmitted to the Council and the Commission and, where addressed to one or more national supervisory authorities, to the ESAs. To strengthen democratic control and transparency, those warnings and recommendations should alsomust be transmitted without delay to the European Parliament and to the ESAs.
Amendment 29 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure the quality and relevance of the ESRB opinions, recommendations and decisions, the Advisory Technical Committee and Advisory Scientific Committee are expected to consult stakeholders, where appropriateespecially the social partners, at an early stage and in an open and transparent manner. The results of those consultations have to be fully taken into account.
Amendment 38 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point ii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Article 11 – point j a (new)
Article 11 – point j a (new)
(iia) the following point (ja) is inserted: “(ja) one representative of the European social partners representing the employers and one representative of the European social partners representing the employees;”
Amendment 46 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Article 17 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Article 17 – paragraphs 1 and 2
9. In Article 17, the paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: “1. If a recommendation referred to in Article 3(2)(d) is addressed to the Commission, to one or more Member States, to one or more ESAs, or to one or more national competent authorities, the addressees shall communicate to the European Parliament, the Council and to the ESRB the actions undertaken in response to the recommendation and shall substantiate any inaction. Where relevant, the ESRB shall, subject to strict rules of confidentiality, inform the ESAs of the answers received without delay.”; 2. If the ESRB decides that its recommendation has not been followed or that the addressees have failed to provide adequate justification for their inaction, the ESRB shall, subject to strict rules of confidentiality, inform the addressees, the European Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the relevant ESAs thereof.”;
Amendment 47 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Article 18 – point 3 a (new)
Article 18 – point 3 a (new)
(9a) In article 18 the following point 3a is inserted:: "The analysis from the ESRB and the underlying data have to be made public."
Amendment 26 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the Union. According to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union the promotion of equality between women and men is one of the Union's aims. Similarly, Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires equality between women and men to be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay and expressly prohibits any discrimination based on gender, even in pursuit of a work-life balance.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Work-life balance policies should contribute to the achievement of gender equality by promoting the participation of women in the labour market, making it easier for men to share c and encouraging the participation and role of men in family life (as mentioned in Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights: 'Every child shall have the right to maintain on a regular basis a personal relationship and direct contact with both his or her parents, unless that is contrary to his or her interests') in favour of a fair sharing of responsibilities on an equal basis with women, and closingfor bringing up and caring for children, thereby helping to close the gender gaps in earnings, pay and payensions. Such policies should take into account demographic changes including the effects of an ageing population: promoting a better work-life balance could in fact represent an important incentive for increasing the birth-rate.
Amendment 32 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At Union level, several Directives in the fields of gender equality and working conditions already address certain issues that are relevant for work-life balance, in particular Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council16, Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council17, Council Directive 92/85/EEC18, Council Directive 97/81/EC19, Council Directive 2010/18/EU20 and Council Directive 20100/178/EU20C. For the purposes of proposals to achieve a better work-life balance, it is also important to refer also to more recent EU actions, in particular the 'Women's Charter' and the 'Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016- 2019'; the Gender Action Plan 2016- 2020; and Commission Communication COM/2016/0127 launching a consultation on the gender-based fragmentation of the labour market to contribute to the construction of a European Pillar of Social Rights. _________________ 16 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of 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 (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 17 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 7 July 2010, on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, of 15.07.2010, p. 1). 18 Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1). 19 Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC - Annex: Framework agreement on part-time work (OJ L 14, 20.1.1998, p. 9). 20 Council Directive 2010/18/EU, of 8 March 2010, implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC (OJ L 68, of 18.03.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 33 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) According to the data for October 2017 (Commission statistics), the male employment rate in the EU was 71.9%, compared to a female employment rate of 61.4%, despite the fact that women have a higher level of education.
Amendment 36 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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 tenare obliged to work lessfewer hours in paid employment and spend more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities. Having an ill or dependent relative 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.
Amendment 38 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) According to Eurofound data, over three million people have left full-time employment because they lack facilities for childcare or for caring for dependent family members.
Amendment 42 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
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 or inadequacy in the design of work-life balance policies between women and men slows down growth, leads to a departure from the objectives of social inclusion, puts women at greater risk of poverty, especially in old age, and 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 and their social, economic and professional emancipation.
Amendment 45 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It is important to achieve a balance between professional, private and family life through a broad approach which includes legislative and non- legislative actions, including effective incentives and measures, such as tax credits for childcare and for caring for people in need.
Amendment 47 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is appropriate to repeal and replacego beyond Directive 2010/18/EU which currently regulates parental leave by putting into effect a framework agreement concluded between the social partners. This Directive builds, in particular, upon the rules laid down in Directive 2010/18/EU and complements them by strengthening existing rights and by introducing new rights.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) This Directive lays down minimum requirements related to paternity, parental and carers' leave and to flexible working arrangements for parents and workers with caring responsibilities. By facilitating the reconciliation of work and family life for both parents and for carers, this Directive shouldeeks to contribute to the Treaty-based goals of equality between men and women with regard to social inclusion, labour market opportunities, equal treatment as regards social rights and pay (Article 157 TFEU) at work and the promotion of a high level of employment in the Union.
Amendment 51 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This Directive should apply to all workers who have employment contracts or other employment relationships. As is currently the case under Clause 2(3) of the Annex to Directive 2010/18/EU, this should include contracts relating to employment or employment relationships of part-time workers, fixed-term or open- ended contract workers or persons with a contract of employment or employment relationship with a temporary agency.
Amendment 52 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Directive will have to confirm the priority of establishing a good work- life balance without resorting to the introduction of precarious and atypical working conditions,
Amendment 53 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Directive also aims to improve and strengthen the provisions concerning admissibility and regulatory certainty for the granting of parental leave to those with children with disabilities or serious long-term illnesses, especially in order to avoid arbitrary treatment regarding the granting of leave for the relevant age groups going beyond the provisions of current regulations, the introduction of vouchers or special contributions to meet the costs of child care services.
Amendment 55 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to encourage a more equal sharing of caring responsibilities between women and men, the right to paid and mandatory paternity leave for fathers to be taken on the occasion of the birth or adoption of a child should be introduced. In order to take account of differences among Member States, the right to paternity leave should be irrespective of marital or family status as defined in national law.
Amendment 61 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
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 twelvehirteen years old. Member States should be able to specify the 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 in writing for the postponement. 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 (single parents, children with disabilities, serious illnesses).
Amendment 74 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
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 able to request flexible working arrangements, meaning 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 hourpart-time work, giving priority to other flexible working arrangements. While working part-time has indeed 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 for flexible working arrangements should lie with the employer,. 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.
Amendment 76 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Workers exercising their rights to leave or to request flexible working arrangements should be protected against discrimination, retaliation or any less favourable treatment on that ground.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
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, pressures and mobbing to the detriment of the worker 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.
Amendment 79 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States should provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in the event of breaches of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the rights which are within the scope of this Directive. The effective implementation of the principle of equal treatment requires adequate judicial protection of workers against adverse treatment or adverse consequences resulting from a complaint or proceeding relating to the rights under this Directive. Victims may be deterred from exercising their rights on account of the risk of retaliation and therefore should be able to enjoy maximum protectedion from any adverse treatment where they exercise their rights provided for by this Directive. SuchThe same protection is particularly relevant as regardsshould also be provided for workers' representatives in the exercise of their function.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive lays down minimum requirements designed to achieve equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work in terms of social rights and pay through facilitating the reconciliation of work and family life for working parents and carers.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "relative" means a worker's son, daughter, mother, father, spouse or partner in civil partnership, where such partnerships are envisaged by national law and also an uncle/aunt/grandfather/ grandmother/grandchild who is dependent on the worker and is shown to be in need of special care and assistance;
Amendment 93 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers have the right to take paternity leaveid paternity leave - like maternity leave - on a mandatory basis of at least tfourteen working days on the occasion of the birth of a child.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave paid at least what they are legally owed on sick days of at least four months to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be at least twelvehirteen.
Amendment 109 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States allow one parent to transfer their parental leave entitlement to the other parent, they shall ensure that at least three of the four months of parental leave cannot be transferred.
Amendment 112 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
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 compulsorily 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).
Amendment 116 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
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, even if given advance notice, may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave by a reasonable period of time and in any case by never more than 20 successive days on the grounds that it would seriously disrupt the good functioning of the establishment. Employers shallare required to justify any postponement of parental leave in writing.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall assess the need for the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of parental leave to be adapted toextended to meet the needs of adoptive parents, parents having a disability, single parents (single-parent families) and parents with children with a disability or serious long-term illness. In particular, for parents of children with disabilities and extremely serious illnesses – according to the certification established by the national health authorities – the rejection of requests for parental leave shall be specifically forbidden.
Amendment 121 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to paid carers' leave of at least fiseven working days per year, per worker. Such right mayust be subject to appropriate substantiation of the medical condition of the worker's relative.
Amendment 125 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to time off from work on grounds of force majeure for urgent family reasons in cases of illness or accident making the immediate presence of the worker indispensable. Member States may limit the right to time off from work on grounds of force majeure to a certain amount of time per year or per case, or both.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
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, a tax credit or an adequate allowance at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leave.
Amendment 138 #
2017/0085(COD)
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children up to a given age, which shall be at least twelvehirteen, 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.
Amendment 140 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Employers shall consider and respond 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 of such a request. In particular, for parents of children with disabilities and extremely serious illnesses - according to the certifications established by the national health authorities - the rejection of requests for flexible working arrangements shall be expressly forbidden. For workers with children under the conditions indicated, the right to flexible working arrangements is extended until the children reach the age of eighteen.
Amendment 143 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. When flexible working arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 are limited in duration, the worker shall have the right to return to the original working pattern at the end of the agreed period. Provision should also be made for a 'protection period' at the time of re-entry to allow the worker an easier and more effective reintegration into professional life, bearing in mind that, in this transitional phase, the use of new technologies could help workers to move more quickly towards resuming work in a lasting, more agile manner, while updating their skills. The worker shall also have the right to request to return to the original working pattern whenever a change of circumstances so justifies. Employers shall be obliged to consider and respond to such requests, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers.
Amendment 148 #
2017/0085(COD)
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 mayare entitled to request the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal. The employer shall be required to provide those grounds in writing.
Amendment 151 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to breaches of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the rights which are within the scope of this Directive. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. Penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They may take the form of a fine. They may also comprise payment of compensation. In cases of the inadmissible rejection of requests for parental leave or care leave - as established for parents of children with disabilities and extremely serious illnesses according to the certification drawn up by national health authorities - the obligation immediately to grant leave shall be established by the judicial authorities by an accelerated procedure.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Member States shall introduce measures necessary to protect workers, including workers who are employees' representatives, from any adverse treatment by the employer or any form of retaliation, discrimination or adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged within the undertaking or any legal proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with the rights provided for in this Directive.
Amendment 158 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that are more favourable to workers than those laid down in this Directive, but never below the standards currently in force in national legislation. They shall however ensure that at least four months of parental leave remain non- transferable in accordance with Article 5(2) and that the leave protection is mandatory for parents of children with disabilities and extremely serious illnesses - pursuant to the certification established by the national health authorities.
Amendment 161 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. At the latest, by fivthree years after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information concerning the application of this Directive necessary for the Commission to draw up a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directiveand an in-depth evaluation of the effects of the Directive on female employment statistics, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 284 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages cities to include GHG targets into their Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) andby promoting collaborative economy measures such as car sharing and bike sharing, supporting strategies that promote public transport in order to relieve road traffic congestion and encouraging transport with a low environmental impact, both publicly and privately; calls for the Commission, in addition, to link EU co-financing of urban projects to achieving such targets;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that human rights must be a cross-cutting feature in the achievement of all goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda; calls for a human-rights- sensitive SDG indicator framework to be established at national and international level to safeguard those rights more effectively and encourage their enforcement, as well as to ensure strong transparency and accountability in this regard;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the paramount importance of SDG 16; stresses that respect for human rights, consolidation of the rule of law, greater democratic participation, good governance and stability should be key objectives of all EU internal and external policies;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the introduction of a human-rights-based approach (HRBA) in EU development policy aimed at integrating human rights principles into EU operational activities for developmentand strategies for development and growth; believes the idea of an economic development strategy that does not involve real and substantial progress on social inclusion to be inconceivable; calls for greater dissemination of the HRBA toolbox among our partners, and for its implementation to be closely monitored by the Commission;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to identify best certification schemes and commonly used standards for data sharing across Member States, to lay out a market-driven pan-European set of standards facilitating data sharing, and to prefer open and global standards tover proprietary standards whenever justified and with due regard for privacy and EU data protection rules;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on sports organisations to commit to developing a culture of transparency, including disclosure obligations as to the compensation of top executives, extension of participation to club bodies and term limits;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that good governance must be a condition for the autonomy of sports organisations, in compliance with the principles of transparency, accountability, equal opportunities, social inclusion and democracy;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the application of good governance principles in sport is a key factor to help eradicate corruption and other malpractices in addition to being a vital aspect of civic education for the rest of society, in particular for young people;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to make public funding for sport subject to compliance with minimum governance standards and the existence of high tolerance, social inclusion and gender equality standards;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the initiatives taken by sports organisations to improve governance standards in sport and appeals to national institutions, in particular to local authorities, to back up those efforts;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that Member States should establish a specific criminal offence dealing with match-fixing and ensure that match-fixing and corruption in sport are subject to judicial proceedings; calls on the ministers of justice of the Member States to step up cooperation on sports justice in an effective manner;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports education and information programmes on the threat of match-fixing and doping; calls on the Commission in this regard to develop specific pilot programmes and projects aimed at civic education in sport;
Amendment 246 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that athletes, especially if they are under-age and come from developing countries, must be protected from abusive practices such as third-party ownership which raise numerous questions of integrity and broader ethical concerns;
Amendment 345 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that disabled people should have access to all sports facilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts genuinely to include disabled people, especially children, in sports activities, starting from the lower levels of school;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that youth unemployment is a perpetual challenge for Europe; notes that the employment situation varies significantly across the EU; points therefore to the need for labour market reforms that would adapt education to market demands and tackle inequalities in education; expresses, in this context, its further support for the Youth Employment Initiative, reflecting the fact that education is a right for every citizen and the most fundamental requirement for for integration, social inclusion and the fight against poverty and exclusion; stresses, moreover, the urgent need for reform in the direction of twin-track education and training projects adapting the skills of young people to current and future labour market requirements, while making a determined effort to combat discrimination and inequalities; expresses, in this context, its further support for the Youth Employment Initiative as part of the Youth Guarantee scheme and calls for continued EU commitment to the Erasmus project;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix, such as, for example, quality indicators for public spending and social investments, with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the large number of CSRs that support a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, including financing and investment opportunities which support businesses and help create jobs, e-government, public procurement and mutual recognition of qualifications; stresses that enforcement is key if the impact from these policy areas is to be felt; considers it crucial, in this regard, that the Commission pay as much attention as possible, in connection with CSRs, to introducing long-term reforms which have a significant impact, especially in relation to social investments, quality employment and training;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress made by the Member States, and reiterates the importance of the formal inclusion of the Single Market pillar in the European Semester so as to enable continuous monitoring of Single Market indicators, allowing for systematic follow- up and assessment of Member States’ progress on CSRs; draws attention, in this regard, to the social value of the European Single Market, the original goal of which was to create tools for growth, cohesion and investment;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that investments in education and culture reinforce employability and contribute to sustainable growth and job creation in the EU; considers that promoting investment in lifelong education would also encourage retraining and thereby countering the risks of long-term unemployment, particularly in adulthood; underlines the need for structural reforms of the education and training systems in the Member States and the need to foster better interaction between the EU and the Member States and to facilitate the exchange of best practices among the Member States;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports an inclusive and transparent process for the European Semester; stresses the importance of listening to the voices of social and democratic representatives, the majority of whom, over the past few years, have been calling for a review of the European Semester procedure, to the benefit, in particular, of investments, the quality of social spending and extraordinary measures for employment and training;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment through innovation, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro-businesses and SME, SMEs and the promotion of public-private partnerships (PPPs); reiterates, in this regard, its support for extraordinary measures which allow quality investments to be kept separate from general macro- economic standards, as long as they are geared to well-defined criteria relating to decent employment, sustainable growth and social policies;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the barriers which still exist that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law; highlights, among those existing barriers, the obstacles which prevent persons with disabilities from fully enjoying the benefits of the internal market; hopes that the Disability Act launched by the Commission may be promptly implemented and will focus effectively on specific measures to promote inclusion and access;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that Erasmus+ contributes to mobility and cultural exchange across the EU; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognition at European level of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and workingacquired in order to ensure greater guarantees and more certainty of professional and social integration for young people willing to take advantage of mobility to increase their opportunities for training and employment;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and welcomes the exercise of mapping regulated qualifications, which will create an interactive public database that can aid Member States’ National Action Plans; points out that the system relating to the recognition of professional qualifications is underpinned by the principles of reciprocal trust between legal systems and mutual checking of the quality of qualifications; calls, therefore, for greater efforts on the part of Member States and the Commission to speed up the process to approximate national systems for monitoring and issuing qualifications;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that CSRs continue to point to deficiencies in public procurement such as the lack of competition and transparency, with 21 Member States failing to fully transpose the legislative package; calls on the Commission to act swiftly to ensure that Member States meet their legal obligations by taking the necessary infringement procedures; reiterates, in this regard, the importance of systematically monitoring transparency in the general government sector as a crucial criterion for increasing trust in Europe and as a way of promoting a virtuous circle of growth and investment;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens; considers it to be of great importance, in order to facilitate structural reforms and long-term growth, to concentrate a substantial part of the Juncker Plan investments on digital distribution programmes for small companies and general government; calls, therefore, for a greater focus on this goal in the next strategic expenditure guidelines of the Plan;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills are key to ensuring productivity and output growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue and adopt digital and lifelong learning programmes as a matter of urgency; considers it vital, therefore, in order to achieve this goal, to grant Member States broad leeway for investing in vocational training and education, starting with greater national co- financing margins to support the main EU projects in these areas.
Amendment 64 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a strong commitment to promoting the Juncker Plan (EFSI) in Member States with a low level of participation; considers it to be of great importance, in order to facilitate structural reforms and long-term growth, to concentrate a substantial part of the Juncker Plan investments on digital distribution programmes for small companies and general government; calls, therefore, for a greater focus on this goal in the next strategic expenditure guidelines of the Plan;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the significant progress made by the Member States in implementing structural reforms, while nevertheless taking the view that further progress is necessary:, especially in relation to a greater quality of public spending and social investment;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it vital to grant Member States broad leeway for investing in vocational training and education, starting with greater national co-financing margins to support the main EU projects in these areas;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reiterates the importance of systematically monitoring transparency in the general government sector as a crucial criterion for increasing trust in Europe and as a way of promoting a virtuous circle of growth and investment;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the obstacles and barriers, both physical and digital, which persons with disabilities still encounter today; hopes that the Disability Act launched by the Commission may be promptly implemented and will focus effectively on specific measures to promote inclusion and access;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of listening to the voices of social and democratic representatives, the majority of whom, over the past few years, have been calling for a review of the European Semester procedure, to the benefit, in particular, of investments, the quality of social spending and extraordinary measures for employment and training;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that EU transport legislation is often poorly implemented by Member States; believes that proper implementation of existing EU legislation would bring additional benefits to business and industry, industry, economic and employment growth, sustainable development, security and territorial cohesion in addition to the strengthening and promotion of passenger rights;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of removing physical, technical and regulatory barriers between Member States in order to prevent fragmentation in the single market and thereby stimulate development through fair competition;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the advances in digital technologies in the transport and tourism sectors, which promote competition, create jobs, facilitate access to research among the proposals on offer and benefit the consumer;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 19 and Article 168 thereof, which lists ensuring ‘a high level of human health protection’ among the objectives of all EU policies;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Green Paper entitled 'Improving the mental health of the population - Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union' (COM(2005)0484),
Amendment 13 #
2016/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on governments of developing countries to mainstream gender in mental health policy, and to develop policies and programmes that address both the specific needs of women for mental health treatment and the social origins of psychological distress; strongly believes that better balance in gender roles and obligations, income security, access to education, labour market inclusion and integration, more effective measures to promote work-life balance, especially for single mothers, the development of social safety nets, and poverty reductionmeasures to tackle the dangers arising from poverty would further redress gender disparities in mental health;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to health is a fundamental human right and whereas mental health is an issue of crucial importance with a view to improving the quality of life of European citizens, fostering closer integration and social inclusion and ensuring economic and cultural development in the Union;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to invest in global health research and development (R&D) to strengthen national health systems and to achieve universal healthcare coverage; regrets that the EU has not incorporated the principles of its global health policy into its innovation strategy; regrets also that there are no binding provisions in any of the mechanisms which ensure that Poverty- Related and Neglected Diseases (PRND) R&D funded through the EU will produce accessible, affordable, suitable and acceptable products for populations in resource-poor settings or for the most vulnerable and endangered categories, or that research data will be openly accessible;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that the increase in offshoring medicine testing to Africa may result in serious ethical violations and infringements of fundamental EU principles such as the right to health protection and healthcare; points out that not having access to affordable healthcare or health insurance gives vulnerable people, particularly women, no other choice than to participate in clinical trials in order to receive medical treatment;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas restrictions and budgetary cuts made by national governments in the area of public health also make access to health services more onerous and whereas, alongside physical health problems, mental health problems have a significant adverse impact on the EU economy;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas female migrants may additionally suffer from sometimes very serious medical conditions as a result of a lack of proper treatment in their countries of origin or face specific problems related to reproductive health such as complications with pregnancy and childbirth and genital mutilation, as well as a risk of exposure to (sexual) violence and abuse, or the consequences of, (sexual) violence, abuse or physical and psychological mistreatment;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, because of a variety of factors, primarily concerning different gender roles and gender inequalities and discrimination, depression is approximately twice as prevalent among women as it is among men;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas male physical and psychological violence against women and its impacts on women’s health constitute a fundamental barrier to the achievement of gender equality and women’s full enjoyment of their freedoms guaranteed under some of the most fundamental human rights;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to increase funding to foster research on the causes and possible treatments of endometriosis, as well as the drafting of clinical guidelines and the creation of reference centres; to promote information, prevention and awareness- raising campaigns on endometriosis, and to provide means for the training of specialised health professionals and for research initiatives;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the EPSR to have a binding mechanism for both the monitoring and implementation of existing and updated social rights, especially as regards equal opportunities, including female participation in the labour market and corporate management, fair working conditions, and adequate and sustainable social protection for women;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for attention to be focussed on new poverty affecting the most vulnerable social groups, among whom women are at greatest risk of social exclusion, such as vulnerable adults, families at risk of poverty and low-income workers, for which European social policies should be equipped with innovative preventive and proactive instruments;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the revision 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; calls for utmost attention to be awarded to gender balance when developing worker consultation, participation and information models in corporate management processes;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EPSR will not deliver without social investment, especially in available and affordable high- quality childcare infrastructure, with the support of the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); stresses the importance of equipping the Youth Guarantee with resources and specific objectives for young women to help with their integration into the job market, especially in areas where social indicators show there to be a major gender imbalance;
Amendment 246 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and, consultation and participation rights; underlines that this directive should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non-standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on- demand work, self-employment, crowd- working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers;
Amendment 427 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity, after consulting the social partners, a proposal for a legal act on the participation of workers in corporate governance for organisations covered by European company law, and to establish minimum consultation and information criteria for workers in all EU countries;
Amendment 567 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured enabling services and basic income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; requests that the Commission ensure that the criterion of accessibility be made a cross-cutting consideration in all facets of Community legislation;
Amendment 606 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for attention to be focussed on new poverty, such as among vulnerable adults, families at risk of poverty and low-income workers, for which innovative preventive and proactive instruments should be devised as part of European social policies;
Amendment 659 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including digital literacy; highlights this as an important social investment, requiring adequate financing; underscores the importance of ensuring digital literacy for disadvantaged social groups, points to the commitment the EU made to that effect in signing the Marrakesh Treaty on Access to Publications for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and hopes that the EU will ratify that Treaty as swiftly as possible and without further undue delay;
Amendment 842 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear roadmap for legislative updates, in particular in the area of company law, and other measures that are necessary for full practical application of the EPSR; highlights that in cases of conflict of law, the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;
Amendment 911 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point h
Paragraph 26 – point h
h. the coverage of collective bargaining and worker consultation;
Amendment 964 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied when implementing the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certain public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. childcare or education, research and training) as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits and compliance with the 1/20 debt rule;
Amendment 1017 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
c. the establishment of a new instrument, to be financed, for example, from EU revenue arising from competition law enforcement or from Member State action to combat tax evasion and avoidance, to support the implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas overall the current Commission Members’ declarations of financial interests can be considered an improvement on the handling of declarations in 2008-2009, but there has been no shortage of episodes which have necessitated a subsequent clarification of certain declarations of interests;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Code of Conduct for Commissioners adopted in 2011 fails to address several of Parliament’s recommendations for improvements, in particular as regards the declarations of financial interests of Members of the Commission; whereas in this context the positions adopted by Parliament regarding the changes and improvements to the procedure for hearing Commissioners-designate should also be recalled;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D whereas, pursuant to paragraph 1(a) of Annex XVI to its Rules of Procedure, Parliament shall evaluate Commissioners- designate on the basis of their personal independence, among other things, particularly in the light of the special role of guarantor of the Community interest assigned to the European Commission in the Treaties;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in its above-mentioned resolution of 8 September 2015, Parliament stated that confirmation by the Committee on Legal Affairs of the absence of any conflict of interests is an essential precondition for the commissioner hearings, particularly given that the Commission’s political mandate was strengthened in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas improving governance with a specific focus on ethics within the EU institutions will reinforce citizens’ trust in the EU, particularly in the light of the more ample political mandate entrusted to the Commission since the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses in particular that the Commissioners are expected to make their own judgement on what might create a conflict of interest in the absence of a clear definition to guide them, particularly in the light of the particular role of guarantor of the Community interest assigned to the Commission by the Treaties;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M whereas the Commission is ultimately responsible for the nature and scope of the information to be included in the declarations of interests of its members; whereas the Commission must therefore ensuraccurately provide the degree of transparency necessary for the proper functioning of the procedure to appoint Commissioners- designate;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1 Notes that the aim of scrutinising Commissioners' financial declarations is to ensure that the Commissioners-designate are able to fulfil their mandates completely independently, in accordance with Article 17(3) of the Treaty on European Union and with the code of conduct for Commissioners; considers, accordingly, that this should not be restricted according to the appointment of the new Commission, but will necessitate an updated and adequate control mechanism to ensure maximum transparency and responsibility on the part of the Union Executive;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the code of conduct fails to lay down any divestment requirements, despite the fact that such requirements are standard in any ethics regime; regards it as a priority to regulate this aspect with the utmost despatch;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3 Confirms that the Committee on Legal Affairs must carry out a substantive analysis of the declarations of financial interests by means of an in-depth examination aimed at assessing whether the content of the declaration made by a Commissioner-designate is accurate or whether a conflict of interests may be inferred; therefore calls on the Commission to provide all factual tools and information to enable the Committee on Legal Affairs to perform a complete and objective analysis;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the code of conduct does not stipulate any concrete time frame for submission of the declaration prior to Parliament’s hearing of the Commissioners designate; regards this requirement as a fundamental aspect of the revision of the procedure for hearing Commissioners- designate;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Commission does not report on the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners, in particular as regards their declarations of interests, and considers that the code of conduct does notshould be amended so as to provide for complaints or sanctions with regard to infringements with the exception of serious misconduct as referred to in Articles 245 and 247 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2080(INI)
Motion for a Resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the current scope of the Commissioners’ declarations of interests is too limited and calls on the Commission to revise its rules on this as soon as possible6, primarily by laying down a wider and more careful criterion on the concept of conflict of interests; ___________________ 6 See paragraph 13 of the European Parliament’s resolution of 8 September 2015 referred to above.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking which will play a crucial role in combating the alarming rise in the illegal trade in wildlife; underlines, in particular, Priority 2 concerning the implementation and enforcement of the relevant existing rules and legal frameworks; considers that the EU’s participation as a legal entity in this species protection system may confirm the prominent and responsible stance taken by the EU in promoting sustainability as well as in the more equitable regulation of global trade;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU’s participation as a legal entity in this species protection system cannot but confirm the prominent and responsible stance taken by the EU in promoting sustainability;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU's participation as a legal entity in this species protection system cannot but confirm the prominent and responsible stance taken by the EU in promoting sustainability;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the better use of existing resources, the use of up-to-date technology and adequate training for customs authorities in source, transit and destination countries, especially developing countries, in order to successfully combat the illegal trade in wildlife; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider introducing pilot projects targeted in particular at training and support for customs authorities and forestry corps in third countries within the framework of trade and economic cooperation agreements;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an action plan at European level to address the issue of wildlife trafficking is an essential step forward, which must now be accompanied by effective complementary measures such as the training of forestry and customs corps and the introduction of effective penalties;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that corruption is one of the main enablers and contributors to the trade in illegal wildlife and wildlife products; welcomes the commitment made in the Commission strategy entitled ‘Trade for All’ to include ambitious anti-corruption provisions in all future trade agreements; requests the Commission therefore to pay the utmost attention to the facets of administration and monitoring of the enforcement of international standards in relation to wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the principle of subsidiarity requires Member States to be free to choose the means of attaining the goal of protecting endangered animal and plant species; whereas the role of local authorities is particularly effective and necessary in this regard;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in view of the uniquely cross-border nature of wildlife trafficking offences, the EU should work towards establishing minimum rurules which are as harmonised as possibles concerning the definition and sanctioning of such offences, pursuant to Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 36 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the EU needs to step up its common efforts to tackle wildlife trafficking, now that it is a party to the CITES convention, in particular by including this priority in the various commercial treaties it negotiates with third countries;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to explore, within the scope of the WTO framework, how global trade and environmental regimes can better support each other, especially in the light of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, which opens new avenues for cooperation between customs, wildlife and trade officials, especially in developing countries. ; calls in particular for the priority of sustainability to be included as a strategic element in all new trade and cooperation agreements negotiated with third countries;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for actions that enable local actors to directly benefit from engaging in wildlife protection, reduce the costs of living with wildlife, and, in parallel with measures to discourage illicit wildlife- related activities, improve possibilities of earning a living without such involvement; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider introducing pilot projects targeted in particular at training and support for customs authorities and forestry corps in third countries within the framework of cooperation agreements;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with the Commission that training activities are an essential part of the fight against organised crime, including wildlife trafficking; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider introducing pilot projects targeted in particular at customs authorities and forestry corps;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for actions that enable local actors to directly benefit from engaging in wildlife protection, reduce the costs of living with wildlife, and, in parallel with measures to discourage illicit wildlife- related activities, improve possibilities of earning a living without such involvement; calls in particular for this priority to be included in the various trade and cooperation agreements negotiated with third countries;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a step change in intelligence-gathering, lawmaking and law enforcement in relation to wildlife trafficking in EU Member States and other destination and transit countries. and hence requests the Commission to award utmost attention to these facets of administration and monitoring of the enforcement of international standards in relation to wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that in the fight against wildlife trafficking can be advanced bythe instruments of soft law; notes, however, have proven themselves to be insufficient; notes that legislative action may be necessary in some cases in order to ensure legal certainly and to create binding rules;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take steps towards establishing common minimum rurules, which are as harmonised as possibles, concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions relating to wildlife trafficking, pursuant to Article 83(1) TFEU.
Amendment 4 #
2016/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that cultural and creative industries (CCIs) operate in a constantly evolving environment dominated by the development and use of digital Information Communication Technology on a global scale; hence considers it important for the new regulatory framework on copyright to be adaptable to technological developments and to future digital platforms;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the digital environment offers new opportunities for creators to produce and distribute their works to a wider public at a lower cost, independently of physical and geographical constraints; therefore considers it highly important, with a view to expanding the supply of online legal content, to define new means of circulating works that move beyond the current territorial restrictions;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls in this context that CCIs predominantly consist of a myriad of micro-, small and medium –sized enterprises and freelancers, with limited bargaining power vis-à-vis the new digital outlets, as is particularly the case with artists and creators from outside mainstream cultural and linguistic areas;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses therefore that business models are challenged by continuous digital innovation and that the economic value of content is being displaced towards the end of the value chain thereby upsetting the system through which the creative community draws value from content, while facing losses resulting also from piracy and from an as-yet inequitable remuneration of artists and authors;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2072(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, to effectively address the circulation of illegal digital content and to examine the different options, focusing on copyright –related contracts and growth in the supply of the legal content available, for improving fair remuneration of creators thereby rewarding creativity and innovation while promoting transparency in the copyright value chain in the digital environment, and safeguarding national cultural and linguistic specificities and stimulating economic and research activity.;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends considering the introduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion of a system of guarantees on traceability as a deterrent for large-scale commercial counterfeiters as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holders; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeiting; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting;
Amendment 220 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that one of the most effective ways of combating piracy is to make more legal technologies available to users through new supply policies;
Amendment 276 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sector; calls for more effective use to be made of the resources provided for under the Youth Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 366 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Guarantee Facility within Creative Europe is one of the ways to address the pressing need for accessing loan financing for innovative and sustainable projects in the CCS; stresses the need to increase the budget of Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility to effectively support European cultural and creative expressions and diversify the beneficiaries of funding - especially through incentives in the form of public- private partnerships;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the implementation of Directive 2008/52/EC has differed greatly among Member States, with some opting for a relatively literal implementation of its provisions, others for an in-depth revision of alternative ways to dispense justice (such as Italy, for instance, which uses mediation at a rate six times higher than the rest of Europe), and others deeming their existing laws to be already in line with the Mediation Directive;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas most Member States have considerably extended the scope of application of their national transposing measures to domestic cases too, having a decisively positive impact on the laws of the Member States and the categories concerned;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the difficulties which have emerged at the transposition stage of the directive largely reflect the differences in legal culture across the national legal systems;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the priority which should be given to a change in the legal mindset and the development of a mediation culture and friendly dispute settlement is an issue which has been repeatedly raised - first at the inception of the EU directive and subsequently during national transposition - by European networks of legal professionals;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that, despite the voluntary nature of mediation, further steps must be taken to ensure the enforceability of mediated agreements in a quick and affordable manner, with full respect for fundamental rights, as well as Union and national law; calls on the Commission to look into the issue of mandatory mediation more carefully; considers that this issue should be raised also bearing in mind the risk that mediation might lose its attractiveness and added value if excessively stringent standards for the parties were introduced;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of promoting appropriate information campaigns on the legal arrangements provided for by mediation and the advantages it has in terms of economising time and money and streamlining and simplifying legal procedures;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission, in its review of the rules, to find solutions whereby the gateways to mediation can be multiplied, extending it also to business tribunals and commercial law;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for special attention to be paid to the implications that mediation has on certain social issues, such as family law, which requires strengthened protection and guarantees, by introducing mandatory uniform procedures in this instance to avoid imbalances and discrepancies in such sensitive matters;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Considers it important to ensure that fair criteria are complied with in terms of costs, especially in order to protect the interests of insolvent people and disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2009 on employees' participation in companies with a European statute and other accompanying measures1a , _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2009)0131
Amendment 2 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the report on workers representation on board level in Europe (2015/2222(INI)),
Amendment 7 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. having regard towhereas the European Parliament’s declarations in favour of has strongly and continuously called for the introduction of a European law on cross-border transfers of the registered office or head office of undertakings; whereas the majority of stakeholders are broadly supportive of Parliament's requests;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas any new initiative in European company law without high standards for workers' participation might lead to further circumvention of national laws on workers' participation;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the relevant EU acquis provides for a wide set of information, consultation and participation rights for workers; whereas Directive 2009/38/EC1a and Directive 2005/56/CE, guarantee cross-border workers' participation and set the principle of pre-existing rights; whereas it is considered that those workers’ rights should also be protected in case of transfer of seat; _________________ 1aDirective 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (Recast)
Amendment 12 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas all new initiatives in European company law should be based on an in-depth evaluation and assessment of existing company law forms, the relevant judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union on cross- board mobility of companies, and on impact assessments reflecting the interests of all stakeholders, including shareholders, creditors, investors and workers, ensuring the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to devote attention to the results of the public consultation conducted between 8 September 2014 and 2 February 2015 on the possible revision of Directive 2005/56/EC and the possible introduction of a legislative framework regulating cross- border divisions; recalls that the results of the consultation indicated that there was a certain consensus on the priorities for legislation on cross-border mergers and divisions in the goals of boosting internal market and fostering workers rights;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to start a consultation on the basis of Article 154 TFEU with the social partners in order to evaluate the provisions on workers' information, consultation and participation in the European single market and to further promote, enhance and strengthen the existing provisions to ensure a European-wide protection of workers' rights, especially their right to information, consultation and participation in supervisory boards;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for o directive on European standards for workers' participation in European company law forms and in company boards created under European law;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the positive effectiveness of Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies, which has served to facilitate cross-border mergers in the European Union - as clearly stated by the figures of operation of cross- border mergers in the last ten years - and to reduce the associated costs and administrative procedures;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it to be a priority for a more advanced set of rules to be laid down for a series of actors and categories of corporate governance, and for those rules also to be reproduced for future common models of cross-border division and transfer of registered office or head office; considers it essential to simplify cross- border merger procedures (for instance in the pre-merger notification stage) by means of a clearer definition of standard forms and new digitisation practices, starting with the issues of shareholders' information and the collection of mergers' documents;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges the importance of the inclusion in the Directive on cross- border mergers of the rules which apply to the European company (SE) regarding workers’ rights' rights; recalls that in Directive 2005/56/EC the standards of workers' rights to information and consultation are set at a high level and should therefore constitute a model; hopes that the new provisions concerning workers’' rights will be so framed as to prevent certain undertakings from using the Directive on cross-border mergers with the sole aim of transferring their registered office or head office for fiscal, social and legal reasons; stresses the importance of eliminating ambiguities in the application of penalties for failure to respect the criteria of information, consultation and co- determination of workers;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Attaches great importance to protection of certain rights of minority shareholders, by introducing in particular new measures going beyond the right to information, such as the right of inquiry into a merger, the right to compensation for a shareholder who relinquishes his holding on account of opposition to a merger, and the right to contest the fairness of the exchange ratio;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that Directive 82/891/EEC only regulates divisions of undertakings within a Member State; notes that specific cases involving divisions of undertakings between different Member States are rarer, while domestic divisions show important figures;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that Directive 82/891/EEC only regulates divisions of undertakings within a Member State; notes that specific cases involving divisions of undertakings between different Member States are rarer; stresses that a possible new Directive should not be used as a formal instrument for divisions in an undertaking for the purpose of forum shopping to avoid legal obligations under national law;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that Directive 82/891/EEC only regulates divisions of undertakings within a Member State; notes that specific cases involving divisions of undertakings between different Member States are rarer, as clearly shown in the European Commission's consultation of 2015;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the duration and complexity of the existing procedures required for cross-border divisions; which are generally implemented in two stages: firstly a domestic division and a subsequent cross-border merger;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the importance of removing obstacles arising from conflicts of laws for the purpose of determining the national law applicable, with particular reference to social and workers' rights;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to respect and protect all forms of workers' involvement in supervisory boards that exist on national level; considers that every attempt to circumvent or breach existing legislation obliging companies to involve workers in their decisions should be tackled with European rules;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 3
Paragraph 18 – indent 3
- participation by, and safeguarding of, workers, requiring the same forms of information and consultation, with the aim of enhancing workers' protection, in particular against social dumping;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission’s Aviation Strategy proposal highlights the aviation sector’s significant contribution to the EU economy; stresses that further ambitious steps are needed and that these should take into accounteconomy, growth, and technological and industrial development in the EU and to its strategic connectivity; also stresses that sustainability policies in the sector need to be strengthened and ambitious new policies adopted in order to provide increasingly more effective safeguards for environmental, climate, health and employment aspects;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Decision of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest,
Amendment 5 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission’s Aviation Strategy proposal highlights the aviation sector’s significant contribution to the EU’s security, growth, and economy; stresses that further ambitious steps are needed and that these should take into account environmental, climate, health and employment aspects;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines, 2014/C 99/03,
Amendment 6 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission Notice on the notion of State aid as referred to in Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2016/C 262/01),
Amendment 7 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
- having regard to the Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty,
Amendment 18 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RegretsWelcomes the fact that the United States and China have signed the important Paris Agreement, a global commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the planet, and hopes that it will prove possible to secure the number of ratifications – equivalent to 55% of total global emissions – necessary for the Agreement to enter into force; regrets in this connection that international aviation is not mentioned in the Paris Agreement; and notes that without considerable contributions from the aviation sector to global mitigation efforts, these goals canmight not be achieved;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission´s communication on ‘An Aviation Strategy for Europe’; stresses that action is needed to reinforce the social agenda and maintain high-quality jobs in aviation; believes that ensuring a levelgender and playing field equality in the sector is crucial;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the aviation sector is a fundamental part of the European transport network, indispensable to ensure connectivity within the EU and worldwide, and a driver for growth and jobs creationis, for citizens, a driver for economic growth, social and territorial cohesion and a major source of employment;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of strong, independent social partners in the aviation sector, an institutionalised social dialogue and the participation ofand representation of male and female employees in company matters; underlines that the rights to form and to join a trade union are fundamental rights in the Union;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of proper implementation of EU legislation, and political unwillingness in the Council, on the part of the Commission and the Council, to treat Gibraltar Airport's issue as a matter of application of EU law, prevent the aviation sector from unleashing its full potential, damage its competitiveness and lead to greater costs at the expense of businesses, passengers and the economy;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that direct employment must remain the usual form of employment in aviation in order to ensure safetyguarantee social security cover;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the collection and dissemination of the best emission- reducing practices of the sector; urges that further incentives for job creation related to energyresearch, efficiency and, energy sustainability, and technological innovation be established;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Understands the need to further decrease regulatory burdens and to improve infrastructure and capacity both at airports and in the air; draws attention, meanwhile, to the need for strong consumer protection, as called for by the EU guidelines adopted by the Commission with a view to providing clear rules and security in the protection of passengers’ rights.
Amendment 70 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to prevent and clamp down firmly on social dumping and possible illegal use of foreign workers on board EU-registered planes;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to rethink on-going initiatives and propose alternatives to remove the deficiencies of the aviation sector resulting from the late and incomplete implementation of EU legislation such as the Single European Sky (SES); recalls that the Community law must be applied to all the territories of the Member States, even overseas, not observing for this purpose bilateral issues between the States as the case of Gibraltar International Airport; urges the Member States finally to make progress on other essential dossiers such as revision of the Slot Regulation and the Passenger Rights Regulation;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to invest in education and training, training, research and innovation in all parts of the aviation value chain;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the aviation sector decent working conditions, includingas well as health and safety at work.
Amendment 171 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that connectivity should not only be limited to number, frequency and quality of air transport services, but should also be assessed within an integrated transport network and extended to other criteria, such as time, affordability and, environmental cost and security, in order to reflect the actual added value of a route; calls, therefore, on the Commission to explore the possibility of developing an EU indicator based on other existing indices;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that such a type of connectivity index, without undermining the EU objective of territorial cohesion, can serve the overall strategic planning by distinguishing economically viable opportunities from unprofitable projects and by identifying intermodal and cost- efficient solutions, also in terms of environmental sustainability;
Amendment 211 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that a strong competitive environment must allow consumers to compare online offers and make informed choices. To maintain this competition they must be able to compare offers in a neutral and transparent environment. Transparency would also be a catalyst for the positive development of multimodal transport.
Amendment 232 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the vital role of duty free and travel retail industry as an integral part of the travelling experience, which represents a key source of income for airports as well as an important source of job creation; acknowledges the link between non-aeronautical revenues and long term commercial viability of airports in Europe;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that, in terms of European planning and sustainable growth, regional airports play a key role in promoting territorial cohesion, social inclusion and economic growth while contributing to the decongestion of the main European airports;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. recognizes the need for public funding and other measures to support regional airports with limited commercial traffic that are therefore unable to compete with other European airports; calls for an increase in the threshold for exemption from the notification requirement in respect of state aid to regional airports in the form of public service compensation based on the average annual passenger numbers;
Amendment 239 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Welcomes the Commission communication concerning the scope of state aid under Article 107 (1) TFEU (2016 / C 262/01), observing that public funding for small airports providing mainly local services is unlikely to affect trade between Member States;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Stresses the need to extend the scope of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 to investment and operational aid for small airports;
Amendment 241 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Hopes that the review of the Commission communication entitled ‘Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines’ (2014/C 99/03), will take account of the needs and particularities of remote areas;
Amendment 242 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Stresses the need to refine the concept of overlapping catchment areas between different European airports so as to take account of distances and travel times from outlying catchment areas to the airports;
Amendment 277 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the substantial costs spent on security measures; stresses that security challenges posed to the aviation sector will only be greater in the future, requiring an immediate shift to a more intelligence-based and reactive security system based on new environmental protection and personal safety technologies and European intelligence data sharing, and an improvement of the security of airports’ facilities so that they can adapt to evolving threats without requiring constant updates; calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of deepening the one-stop security concept, and of developing a EU pre-check system allowing pre-registered EU travellers to go through a lighter and faster screening; urges the Member States to commit to share intelligence systematically and to exchange best practices on airport security systems;
Amendment 305 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintaining decent working conditions, upholding workers’ rights in terms of social protection and preventing unfair market practices contribute to the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarity on the ‘home base’ criterion, and welcomes the Commission’s decision to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts;
Amendment 307 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintaining decent working conditions and preventing unfair practicethe social protection of workers and preventing unfair business practices such as atypical employment contracts contribute to the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarity on the ‘home base’ criterion, and welcomes the Commission’s decision to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women andprofessionalism and business networks serving to bring about social inclusion and gender equality at work and in economic terms, thereby averting the possible threat of poverty in retirement, to which women are too often still exposed; calls for investment to boost the growth of a social economy and for the use of microcredits as a tool for women’s economic independence;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, to be achieved not least by pursuing and adopting specific economic policies to help women attain work-life balance, and welfare and flexibility measures enabling working mothers to manage their career without being forced to scale down their family life or vice versa;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women, promote protection and assistance for victims, and ensure social reintegration;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexuphysical, sexual, and psychological violence;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, including mothers with small children, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas protection of health is a fundamental right enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights; whereas also the promotion of health is referred to in Articles 6 and 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas guaranteeing universal access to medicines presents a myriad of pressing challenges which must have priority;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU public budgets, including those covering health expenditure, are under significant constraints, also as a result of the economic crisis and austerity policies, European public budgets, in particular for the sectors covering health expenditure, are under significant pressure because of sovereign debts and the requirements to contain spending;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises its concern at the burgeoning increase in the price of medicines, for example for Hepatitis C, which is taxing countries’ ability to maintain healthcare spending in the long term and ensure access to treatment for their citizens;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the conclusions of the informal Council meeting of healthcare ministers held in Milan on 22 and 23 September 2014 during the Italian Council Presidency, at which many Member States agreed on the need to make joint efforts to facilitate the sharing of best practices and enable swifter access for patients;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses thehow importance of observingt it is that, in keeping with the principle of subsidiarity, as each Member State mustshould address any shortcomings on the basis of its own particular requirements, by optimising the targeting and use of the instruments at its disposal and seeking - above all as regards drugs used to treat rare diseases - to reduce the current substantial differences in cost;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. having regard to the strong political commitment of the European Parliament, especially since the beginning of the current parliamentary term, in favour of a more open policy on access to medicines;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that the WTO TRIPS Agreement provides flexibilities to patent rights, such as compulsory licensing, which have proved to be a major tool in bringing prices to reasonable levels; hopes that the mechanism for granting and issuing compulsory licences is freed from discretionary judgement and bureaucratic constraints in order to encourage those less developed countries which possess suitable capacities to start production of medicines locally, thereby helping to avoid difficulties in accessing medicines to treat the most vulnerable sectors of the population;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for support for the research carried out and the progress achieved by the pharmaceutical industry, hitherto driven by European SMEs, which have transformed the standard of healthcare in Europe and helped to prolong life expectancy;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the negative impact of Member States’ austerity policies and stresses that budgetary cuts should not prevent any EU citizen from being able to access medicines; calls particularly on the Council to consider adopting extraordinary measures and joint cooperation initiatives to remove the differences that exist between countries in terms of purchasing power when accessing medicines;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that each Member State should be free to invest and set its own innovation policy in the field of cutting- edge technologies, possibly for disease prevention and public health and well- being, in part with the aid of EU funding;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report adopted by the Commission in 2009 showed that manufacturers of medicines have developed abusive strategies in connection with patent claims in order to hinder market entry of generic medicines, which should be avoided; Asks the Commission to act responsibility and in particular to introduce tougher checks on possible cases of infringements of internal market and competition rules;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls urgently for fresh political impetus for the adoption of the Directive on Transparency in the Prices of Medicinal Products, which is still blocked pending a decision in the Council;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that information sharing and, the training of medical professionals be made an immediate priorityand exchanges of best practice be made an immediate priority with a view to bringing about a gradual but decisive improvement in the provision of healthcare, and emphasises that the development of the instruments which new technologies are now making available in the areas of research, ease of access to patients, also in their own homes, and the sharing of information could play a key role in facilitating the provision of healthcare;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to consider resolving the difficulties regarding access to medicines by adopting a uniform price in Europe, in order to avoid disparities being created between the various markets;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to take the utmost care to prevent the parallel trade in pharmaceutical products in the most profitable markets, which is causing quotas to be established and a consequent shortage of many medicines, and thus creates extreme risks for the health of citizens, who in some cases are even forced to discontinue treatment;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UrgesPoints out that prevention, health and well-being are fundamental rights and key principles underpinning a social Europe; urges, therefore, that there should be no inequality or discrimination as regards innovation and the provision of healthcare and that universal access to medicines should not be contingent on price, which should reflect a fair balance between the cost of research, industry growth and the need for sustainable welfare systems;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to explore the implementation of delinkage mechanisms, characterized by the uncoupling of R&D costs and the end prices of health products, to finance research and development as mentioned in the report of the United Nations Secretary General's high level Panel on access to medicines - Promoting innovation and access to health technologies; 1a __________________ 1a https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562 094dee4b0d00c1a3ef761/t/57d9c6ebf5e23 1b2f02cd3d4/1473890031320/UNSG+HL P+Report+FINAL+12+Sept+2016.pdf
Amendment 65 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to implement a coherent policy at EU level that favours the principle of access to medicines in all the various aspects of EU legislation, starting with international trade and a revision of the laws on patents and infringements of copyright;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to fully implement existing patent limitations and flexibilities when confronted with excessive pricing or abuse of monopoly rights; calls in this respect on the Commission to undertake to carry out an analysis of the patent system for medicinal products within the internal market, in particular to check whether patents for drugs facilitate the movement of products in fragile, non-competitive sectors, such as the treatment of rare diseases;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to establish full transparency on the results of publicly financed R&D so that patenting and licensing conditions guarantee a public health return on public investments and reflect the structure of R&D funding; Calls on the Commission to introduce best practices so as to encourage a positive conditionality with the aim of promoting forms of sharing and a greater circulation of patents.
Amendment 88 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls again on the Commission to give political impetus to the proposal to amend Directive 89/105 in order to obtain more transparent and thus more reasonable prices; asks the Commission to step up efforts, as provided by the law in force, to ensure public access to appropriate information on the safety and effectiveness of medicines;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Asks the Commission to pay particular attention to 'evergreening', i.e. the practice whereby slight modifications of existing products are patented as new inventions in order to perpetuate the patent and the privileges arising therefrom;
Amendment 340 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14a (new)
Paragraph 14a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to give renewed political impetus to the proposal to amend Directive 89/105, with a view to making prices more transparent and thus more affordable; calls on the Commission to increase efforts, in accordance with legislation currently in force, to guarantee public access to suitable information on the safety and effectiveness of medicines;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 22(c) of the Staff Regulations requires EU institutions to introduce internal whistle-blowing rules providing protection for whistle-blowers, who report suspected abuses and for their rights and interests, and to provide for protection and prevention policies as well as for adequate remedies against negative acpossible retaliation by the institution for which they work;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas whistle-blowers therefore play an important role in detecting and reporting irregularities in respect of the expenditures or fraud relating to the EU budget, the notification of which helps stem not only tax offences such as tax evasion and avoidance, but also corruption and other crime-related activities;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set up an EU legal framework on the protection of whistle-blowers withoutputting forward common basic standard procedures to protect whistle-blowers without infringing the subsidiarity principle or undermining Member State competences;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that whistle-blowing relating to the financial interests of the Union is the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing, including, but not limited to, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, money laundering, conflicts of interest and acts to cover up any of these;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and on, police and intelligence forces of the Member States to provide Parliament with any information received from whistle-blowers affecting the financial interests of the Union, and hopes that this information will be shared with OLAF and EuroJust in a regular and coordinated manner;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas many ACP countries have had an active role in supporting the Marrakesh Treaty on the right of the visually impaired to access culture, something that is still a palpable obstacle in many African, Caribbean and Pacific countries;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the JPA to be aligned with the new regional structure, thus focusing its work in regional fora on issues of regional importance, strongly involving the region’s national parliaments while also maintaining regular, but less frequent, joint ACP-EU meetings; emphasises in this regard the importance of developing exchanges and dialogue between municipalities and local representatives, as a real factor for exchange and dialogue;
Amendment 212 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly advocates the full integration of the EPAs into a new ACP- EU agreement, in order to ensure continuity for EPA linkages in the existing Cotonou Agreement to sustainability provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, protection of the most disadvantaged groups, including the disabled, and because it would provide a framework for development and policy coherence;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that, at a time when public support for the EU is being called into question in some Member States, defence and security is an area where the individual and collective benefits of more Europe can be easily demonstrated, especially regarding the likely challenges to EU’s standing as a strategic actor following Brexit;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in recent years the security situation in and around Europe has significantly worsened and has created arduous challenges that no single country or organisation is able to face alone; whereas solidarity and resilience requires the EU to stand and to act together, and to do so in concert with our allies; whereas the fight against terrorism isand the sharing of sensitive security information are a priority for the EU and should be engaged within as well as outside the EU’s borders;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it important to use the European Semester procedure to introduce forms of closer cooperation in the field of security and defence;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplished; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States to build a European Security and Defence Union, but the European institutions may also have a very significant role to play in launching political initiatives;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the recent publication by the High Representative of the Global Strategy, which constitutes a cohesive framework for priorities for action in the field of foreign policy and for defining future developments in European defence policy;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers it important to use the European Semester procedure to introduce forms of closer cooperation in the field of security and defence;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers it important to use the European Semester procedure to introduce forms of closer cooperation in the field of security and defence;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. having regard to the recent statements made by the High Representative at the Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers on 2 September which again referred to the 'window of opportunity' for solid progress to be made among Member States in the field of defence;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages the Commission, and in particular the High Representative and the Commissioner for Industry, to come forward with a consistent and coordinated approach to defence that includes the policy and productive objectives of such a strategy;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the statement made by the High Representative at the Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers on 2 September which again referred to the ‘window of opportunity’ for solid progress to be made among Member States in the field of defence;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that sovereignty concerns and divergent threat perceptions in the different Member States and differing national industries and operational capabilities hamper integration of the defence sector and contribute to market fragmentation, and believes that a European Defence Union may create more trust, strengthen common strategies in the fight against terrorism and the sharing of information relevant to security, align the different plans for development of national capabilities and ultimately lead to more common projects and the opening of the markets.
Amendment 94 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages the Commission, and in particular the High Representative and the Commissioner for the Internal Market, to come forward with a consistent and coordinated approach to defence that includes policy objectives that further that strategy;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8a. Points to the recent publication by the High Representative of the Global Strategy, which constitutes a cohesive framework for priorities for action in the field of foreign policy and for defining future developments in European defence policy;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the President of the Commission to establish a standing ‘defence matters’ working group of Members of the Commission chaired by the VP/HR; calls for Parliament to be associated with permanent representatives in this group;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points to the recent publication by the High Representative of the Global Strategy, which constitutes a cohesive framework for priorities for action in the field of foreign policy and for defining future developments in European defence policy;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it important to use the European Semester procedure to introduce forms of closer cooperation in the field of security and defence;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas since its creation in 2002 the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) has served a very useful purpose and has responded to 69 disasters across Europe:; whereas 24 countries have been assisted, receiving disaster relief funds amounting to a total of EUR 3.7 billion;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2014 revision of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the EU Solidarity Fund improves and simplifies the procedures; whereas the deadline for the request for aid has been extended, advance payments have been introduced and certain provisions have been made clearer, in line with the numerous requests made over the years by the European Parliament and the local authorities;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EUSF already existed in the previous programing period of the MFF Regulation, while its annual appropriations have decreased compared with the past; whereas in order to compensate for such a decrease (justified by the overall level of implementation) a carry-over of one year (N+1) has been introduced in the new regulation; regards this decrease as a further demonstration of failure to understand the strategic value of the EU budget, which can play a crucial role in response to risks and emergencies;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that, as far as the public is concerned, the European Union Solidarity Fund is one of the most concrete and tangible manifestations of the support that Europe can give to local communities;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the main global players in agricultural markets are introducing policies that aim to curb volatility, and whereas the G20 has also undertaken to address the issue; in the context of sustainable development;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the objectives of the CAP include providing farm income support to reduce income fluctuations, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets and, guaranteeing safe, sustainable and viable food production, with an emphasis on farmers’ incomes and price stabilityinvesting in innovation and research to promote green growth and making progress towards the COP21 climate change commitments;
Amendment 168 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes, furthermore, that investing in the survival and the future of EU farms must include action to raise the profile of the work carried out by women on farms and investing in the training and inclusion of young people in a sector that can be an alternative source of jobs at this time of economic crisis and help to secure environment-friendly growth in the EU;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that inter-branch organisations and sector-specific cooperation arrangements encourage dialogue among the various stakeholders and facilitate joint initiatives;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that gender equality has not yet been reached in many areas; stresses that women still suffer from discrimination and social exclusion as exemplified by their low representation in the decision- making process, both in the private andsector and in the public sectors, and by the persisting gender pay gap and at work, by the fact that they still do not have the necessary guarantees making for an untroubled work-life balance, and by the persisting gender pay gap, which makes them unquestionably more vulnerable to the risk of material insecurity and poverty in old age;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the proposed EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and, demonstrating a steadfast and unwavering commitment to combating a human rights violation that is still occurring in Europe on an intolerable scale, given that 62 million women have suffered violence; calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for a legal act on violence against women and to present a comprehensive strategy on violence against women and girls and gender-based violencto combat gender-based violence by providing for measures to defend women against stalking offences and domestic violence and pressing for action and protective measures to curb the alarming rise in cases of femicide;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence, and specifically those directed against LGBTI people; calls for further action to push for the harmonisation of criminal law across the EU in order to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas following the recent crises in the economic, political and social fields that have severely affected individual Member States and the Union as a whole, citizens’ relationship with politics has become increasingly strained, as the public feels that it is not represented adequately; whereas the engagement and involvement of citizens and civil society in democratic life, in addition to transparency and information, are essential for the good functioning of democracy and for the legitimacy and accountability of both national and EU representational systems;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is crucial to regain citizens’ confidence and interest in the European project by improving participation and transparency in decision- making, buttressing democratic oversight mechanisms and knowledge of the operation of the institutions, making political parties more open and reforming electoral systems to give the public more voice in them;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas democracy should adapt to, and use positively, the changes associated with the new technological age, the progress of which must be regarded as a public good that, if properly used, could help to create a more transparent and participatory democracy;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU and the Member States should promote ICT-based lifelong learning programmes on both digital literacy and civic engagement and participation, with particular regard tohighlighting the naturally inclusive character of these instruments, which serve the purpose of development and sharing of knowledge and ideas and are readily accessible for, and within the reach of, all, including the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged categories and people who live with disabilities every day;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a wave of new digital communication tools and open and collaborative platforms could inspire creative solutions for reducing public discontent with political institutions and increase levels of trust and participation in the democratic system;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas e-democracy could represent an alternative form of engagement capable of providing a solution to public disaffection with traditional politics, and could help promote grassroots support for and knowledge of EU policies;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes e-democracy, which is defined as the support and enhancement of traditional democracy by means of information and communication technology (ICT), and is meant to complement democratic processes by adding elements of citizens’ enablement through different online activities that include, amongst others, the transparency of the institutions, e-government, e- governance, e-participation and e-vot, e-voting and quality control for public spending;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)1 calls on mMember sStates to ensure that e-democracy ‘promotes, ensures and enhances transparency, accountability, responsiveness, engagement, deliberation, inclusiveness, accessibility, participation, subsidiarity and social cohesion’; points out that the Recommendation calls on Member States to develop measures that are able to strengthen human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement specific pilot projects, as provided for in the Digital Agenda, to promote and reinforce responsible and active European citizenship schemes, democracy being a social experience which needs to be experienced, shared and learned about.
Amendment 75 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the purpose of e- democracy is to facilitate democratic practice, especially in the more geographically and socially marginalised areas, and not to establish an alternative democratic system or to promote a certain type of democracy;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the importance of e-voting as a system offering many potential advantages, in particular for young people, people with reduced mobility and people living or working in a Member State of which they are not a citizen or in a third country; calls on Member States in this regard to cooperate in exchanging best practice regarding e-voting systems;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the first successful European example of online voting in Estonia in its legally binding elections in 2005 as a positive example, but maintains that if the take-up of e-voting across Europe is to be successful, it will be necessary to assess whether the actual participation of the whole population can be guaranteed, and the costs, benefits and implications of different or divergent technological approaches;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that democratic processes require extensive debate, scrutiny and reflection which are conducive to fair and full participation and rational deliberation, but that this could be overshadowed by specific sectorial interests which abuse the influence of ICT;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States and the EU to promote and support mechanisms that enable the participation of the public and their interaction with governments and EU institutions; highlights that ICT should facilitate access to information, transparency, active listening and debate for better decision- making; calls in this connection for all the Commission’s communication and relations-with-citizens tools, and in particular the Europe Direct portal, to be tailored more closely to the challenges of e-democracy;
Amendment 169 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to realise the full potential of the European Citizens’ Initiative through a wider use of ICT, in order to make this important tool more user-friendly and widely publicised; believes that the use of new technology could improve, in particular, the online signature collection system; calls on the Commission in this respect to open an ad hoc consultation procedure on the review of the citizens’ initiative procedure aimed at tailoring this fundamental instrument to meet the challenges of e-democracy;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the development of e- administration should be a priority for Member States and the EU institutions and welcomes the Commission’s ambitious and comprehensive e-government action plan, for which proper national implementation will be key, in synergy with the national digital agencies and authorities;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages public representatives to participate actively in existing forums, with a view to stimulating discussion and exchanging opinions and proposals with citizens (e-parliament); calls on the political groups within the European Parliament and the European political parties to increase the opportunities for public discussion and e-participation;
Amendment 223 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages political parties at EU and national level to develop new ways to promote internal democracy in order to allow better communication with their members and supporters and with civil society; suggests to this end that possible modifications be considered to the Statute of European political parties and that these cover and promote e-participation practices;
Amendment 525 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) "lawful access" means access to content acquired with the consent of the rightholder;
Amendment 583 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
–a is limited, for written works, printed and digital, to short parts of a work or small scale works and individual articles from newspapers and periodicals which are not made available individually and separately by right holders,
Amendment 593 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) takes place on the premises of an educational establishment or through a secure electronic network accessible only by the educational establishment's pupils or students and teaching staff directly involved in the teaching activities where the work is being used;
Amendment 596 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) is limited to the duration justified by the illustrative purpose;
Amendment 791 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States may provide that where an author has transferred or licensed a right to a publisher, such a transfer or athat publisher is a rightholder by virtue and to the extent of such a transfer or a licence. Therefore, this transfer or licence constitutes a sufficient legal basis for the publisher to claim a share of the compensation for the uses of the work made under an exception, statutory collective licensing or limitation to the transferred or licensed right.
Amendment 35 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The beneficial ownership threshold set out in Article 3(6)(a) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 does not distinguish between genuine commercial corporate entities and those that have no active business and are mostly used as an intermediary structure between the assets or income and the ultimate beneficial owner. For the latter, the set threshold is easily circumvented, leading to no identification of the natural persons who ultimately own or control the legal entity. In order to better clarify beneficial ownership information as regards intermediary structures that adopt a corporate form, it is necessary to establish a specific threshold, sufficiently low to cover most situations, from which indication of ownership is inferred.
Amendment 36 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The specific factor determining the Member State responsible for the monitoring and registration of beneficial ownership information of trusts and similar legal arrangements should be clarified. In order to avoid that, due to differences in the legal systems of Member States, certain trusts are not monitored or registered anywhere in the Union, all trusts and similar legal arrangements should be registered where they are established and where they are administered. In order to ensure the effective monitoring and registration of information on the beneficial ownership of trusts, cooperation among Member States is also necessary.
Amendment 54 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive (EU) 2015/849
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that Union credit institutions and financial institutions acting as acquirers only accept payments carried out with prepaid cards issued in third countries where such cards meet requirements equivalent to those set out in points (a), (b), (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) and Article 14, or can be considered to meet the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article."; The competent authorities of the Member States shall check with the utmost care that the mailing or shipping of prepaid cards outside their territory is actually reported.
Amendment 83 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point e
Directive (EU) 2015/849
Article 31 – paragraph 7 a – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 7 a – subparagraph 1
Amendment 90 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2015/849
Article 32 b (new)
Article 32 b (new)
(12a) the following Article 32b is inserted: Article 32b 1. Member States shall put in place automated centralised mechanisms, such as central registries or central electronic data retrieval systems, which allow the identification, in a timely manner, of any natural or legal persons holding or controlling land and buildings within their territory. Member States shall notify the Commission of the characteristics of those national mechanisms. Automated centralised mechanisms shall be established and held by a public authority or agency, or by entities delegated with public authority powers which offer guarantees of adequate training, impartiality and independence and which are subject to monitoring by the authorities of the Member State concerned, also with regard to security and confidentiality in the processing of personal data. 2. Member States shall ensure that the information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 is directly accessible, at national level, to FIUs and competent authorities. Member States shall ensure that any FIU is able to provide information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 to any other FIUs in a timely manner in accordance with Article 53. 3. The following information shall be accessible and searchable through the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1: – for the real property owner and any person purporting to act on behalf of the owner: the name, complemented by the other identification data required under the national provisions transposing Article 13(1) (a) or a unique identification number; – for the beneficial owner of the real property: the name of the beneficial owner, complemented by the other identification data required under the national provisions transposing Article 13(1)(b) or a unique identification number; – for the real property: date and cause of ownership acquisition, mortgage and rights other than ownership; – for the land: location, parcel number, land category (current state of land), parcel area (area of land); – for the building: location, parcel number, building number, type, structure, floor area. 4. Member States shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commission in order to establish, by 1 January 2018, a European real property register in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 366 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 32 b (new)
Article 32 b (new)
(12a) the following Article 32b is inserted: Article 32b 1. Member States shall put in place automated centralised mechanisms, such as central registries or central electronic data retrieval systems, which allow the identification, in a timely manner, of any natural or legal persons holding or controlling land and buildings within their territory. Member States shall notify the Commission of the characteristics of those national mechanisms. The automated centralised mechanisms shall be established and kept by a public authority or agency or by entities to which public powers have been delegated which offer guarantees of appropriate training, impartiality and neutrality and which are subject to control by the authorities of the relevant Member State, including in relation to security and the confidentiality of personal data. 2. Member States shall ensure that the information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 is directly accessible, at national level, to FIUs and competent authorities. Member States shall ensure that any FIU is able to provide information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 to any other FIUs in a timely manner in accordance with Article 53. 3. The following information shall be accessible and searchable through the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1: – for the real property owner and any person purporting to act on behalf of the owner: the name, complemented by the other identification data required under the national provisions transposing Article 13(1)(a) or a unique identification number; – for the beneficial owner of the real property: the name, complemented by the other identification data required under the national provisions transposing Article 13(1)(b) or a unique identification number; – for the real property: date and cause of ownership acquisition, mortgage and rights other than ownership; – for the land: location, parcel number, land category (current state of land), parcel area (area of land); – for the building: location, parcel number, building number, type, structure, floor area. 4. Member States shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commission in order to establish by 1 January 2018 a European real property register in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 14 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 53(1) and 62, Article 62, Article 151 and points (a) and (b) of Article 153(1) thereof,
Amendment 36 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignments, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 246 months, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in which the work is carried out. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law ofapplicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member States therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that, without prejudice to more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to the worker under provisions from which the parties cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulationnational law which would have applied otherwise. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services.
Amendment 63 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In the interests of transparency and in accordance with Directive 2014/67/EU1a of the European Parliament and of the Council, the continuity of the undertaking which posts the workers should be ensured in order to fight against the creation of letterbox companies. In addition, every employer should be able to demonstrate that a worker has an adequate length of service with the undertaking posting him or her. _________________ 1aDirective 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System ('the IMI Regulation') (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 64 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
Amendment 75 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 a – title
Article 2 a – title
Posting exceeding twenty-foursix months
Amendment 76 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
1. When the anticipated or the effective duration of posting exceeds twenty-four months, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted shall be deemed to be the country in which his or her work is habitually carried outsix months, or when the posting is not considered to be genuine under Directive 2014/67/EU, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 2
Article 2 a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same or a similar task at the same place, - be it by another posted worker or the same posted worker returning after a break - the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, whatever the law applicable to the employment relationship, the undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) guarantee workers posted to their territory at least the terms and conditions of employment which covering the following matters which,laid down in the Member State where the work is carried out, are laid down:
Amendment 95 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - point g a (new)
(ga) allowances associated with the posting including reimbursement of expenditure actually incurred on account of the posting, such as expenditure on travel, board and lodging.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of remuneration shall be determined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 114 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b
1b. Member States shall provide that the undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(c) guarantee posted workers the terms and conditions which apply pursuant to Art. 5 Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on temporary agency work to temporary workers hired-out by temporary agencies established in the Member State where the work is carried out. In so doing, equality of treatment shall be guaranteed between these temporary agency workers and national temporary agency workers.
Amendment 115 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c
(ca) The following paragraph is inserted: "1c. Member States may also, in accordance with national law and practice and on a non-discriminatory basis, base themselves on collective agreements or arbitration awards which are, as defined by the Member State where the work is carried out, representative in the geographical area, the profession or industry concerned and which offer the most favourable terms and conditions of employment to the worker".
Amendment 117 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) The following paragraph is inserted: ‘"9a. If a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided, shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed".’
Amendment 119 #
2016/0070(COD)
(2b) The following Article is inserted: ‘"Article 6 b This Directive shall be without prejudice to the Member States' ability to apply or introduce laws and administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or allow to promote the use of collective agreement provisions that are more favourable to workers".’
Amendment 17 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The “Europe 2020 Strategy” proposed by the Commission enables the Union to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high -level employment, productivity and social cohesion. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, and take into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positUnion’s and circumstances of the Unionplans for the medium and long term. The European Employment Strategy has the leading role in the implementation of the employment, social inclusion, and labour market objectives of the new growth strategy.
Amendment 29 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The examination of the Member States’ National Reform Programmes contained in the Joint Employment Report shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the priority areas of increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment, developing a skilled workforce which, on the strength of expertise acquired in university courses oriented directly towards the labour market and linked to SME networks, would be capable of responding to labour market needs, and promoting job quality and lifelong learning, improveing the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education, promoting social inclusion and opposing discrimination and social exclusion of every kind, supporting female labour market participation by offering working women equal opportunities, guarantees as regards work-life balance, and pay equality, and combating poverty.
Amendment 36 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Member States should explore the use of the European Social Fund when implementing the Employment Guidelines, and Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 should be amended with a view to increasing funding for the Youth Guarantee and other sources of financing to promote youth employment,
Amendment 9 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas small undertakings havconstitute added value, particularly in remote areas, given their great worth as instruments for combating social exclusion and facilitating access to other localities and services, and ind densely- populated areas, thanks to their excellent knowledge of the local market, their proximity to the customer and/or their agility and ability to innovate;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2349(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the opportunities of the collaborative economy and the Digital Single Market for job creation and more inclusive growth within small transport businesses, accessible, innovative and shared; stresses, however, that the collaborative economy must not lead to an avoidance of tax and social contributions, nor to non-compliance with employment and social legislation or to a lack of proper rules and regulations protecting the rights and interests of end-users;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2349(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the Member States’ response to the development of collaborative business models has so far been very fragmented, and considers that a coordinated, overall European level approach is indispensableapproach to developing a more growth-oriented and socially-oriented economy is indispensable and urgently needed, through investment in a sustainable, shared and collaborative business model; notes the Commission’s reasonable approach to this ‘new business model’ and eagerly awaits the publication of its guidelines on this topic;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that investment from the EU budget under Erasmus+ contributes significantly to skills improvement, employability and a lower risk ofsocial integration and Community cooperation in achieving economic growth and employability, making a major effort to counter the threat of short-term and long- term unemployment for young Europeans;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes regional imbalances in participation in Erasmus+-funded actions; is concerned that the success rates of its actions are relatively low, and divergent across the EU; calls for targeted and timely action to widen participation and improve success rates, seeking to earmark some of the funding for specific measures to promote and raise awareness of this initiative, particularly in those regions where access to funding has remained relatively low;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that 75 % of NAs reported a high administrative burden, which decreases EU budget investment capacity; calls on the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to improve implementation, especially in the application process and adhere more closely to the relevant Commission guidelines regarding the necessary simplification measures, making European administrative and legislative processes more amenable, directly accessible and open to involvement at grass-roots level;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas it has expressed its concerns with regard to the functioning of the previous framework for Commission expert groups of November 20103 which had been set up with the aim of introducing significant operational innovations to strengthen the transparency and coordination of inter- institutional work; __________________ 3 C(2010)7649 final of 10.11.2010.
Amendment 2 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in particular, its Committee on Budgets, in light of the lack of transparency and the imbalanced composition of a certain number of expert groups, and given the need to make sure that the composition of expert groups strikes the right balance in terms of expertise and of views represented, adopted budgetary reserves in 2011 and 2014, and has formulated demands which have not yet been accepted for their reform;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that transparency is of paramount importance in the composition of the expert groups; therefore welcomes the fact that the selection process is now taking place publicly; stresses in this connection that it needs to be clearly visible what practical experience and, qualifications and possible conflicts of interest the experts possess; have;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Ombudsman has in her strategic inquiry5 , put forward a recommendation concerning the composition of Commission expert groups; __________________ 5, in particular emphasising the need for greater transparency within the expert groups; __________________ 5 OI/6/2014/NF. OI/6/2014/NF.
Amendment 7 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Decision of 30 May 2016 establishing horizontal rules on the creation and operation of Commission expert groups, but regrets the fact that, despite many non- governmental organisations having expressed their interest, the Commission did not organise a full public consultation; reiterates the importance of reviving forms of involvement of representatives of civil society and the social partners in crucial areas such as the transparency and the functioning of the European institutions;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the Commission has made progress towards a more balanced composition of the expert groups; regrets, however, that as yet no express distinction is drawn between those representing economic and non-economic interests in order to guarantee a maximum of transparency and balance; considers it important therefore to involve Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee in order to produce a more balanced definition of that distinction;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the new rules should apply to all Commission expert groups, irrespective of their title (thus including special, high-level or other ‘extraordinary’ groups, and formal or informal groups), that are not exclusively composed of representatives of Member States or governed by Commission Decision of 20 May 1998 on the establishment of Sectoral Dialogue Committees promoting the Dialogue between the social partners at European level6 ; reiterates that a wide extension of the principle of participation in the expert groups is essential to ensure an effective reform of the system; __________________ 6 OJ L 225, p. 27.
Amendment 14 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all minutes of meetings are published; stresses in this connection that the content and the positions expressed by the experts at these meetings must be clearly shown; also calls for the possibility of publishing minority decisions; reiterates the importance of making public the decisions of the expert groups and believes that this principle should remain valid even where a qualified majority of their members support the need to keep secret a specific meeting or part of a meeting;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, when creating new expert groups or changing the composition of existing ones, to state clearly in the public call for applications, in all possible forms, how it defines a balanced composition and which interests it seeks to be represented, and to justify any possible deviation from the balanced composition as defined beforehand, when the expert groups are established;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set up a complaints mechanism, if the definition of balanced composition is contested by interested stakeholders; calls for Parliament to be associated in this control mechanism;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Commission to apply its provisions for reimbursement of expenses generouslyin an efficient and equitable manner, in order to cover outlays for any such ‘alternative costs’’;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that both Parliament and the European Ombudsman hasve recommended to the Commission to make the deliberations of expert groups public, unlessconsiders that this principle should still be valid even if a qualified majority of their members decide that a specific meeting or part of a meeting would need to be secret, and regrets that the Commission has persisted in a system in which the meetings remain secret unless a simple majority of the members of expert groups decides that the deliberations should be made public;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission forthwith to develop specific guidelines explaining how it interprets the provision that the minutes of the expert groups shallould be meaningful and complete, especially whenand that the meetings are notshould be public, and urges the Commission to provide, in this regard, the maximum transparency possible, in line with the recommendation of the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to make enough resources available for the central oversight of the implementation of the horizontal rules, and not to delegate this to the individual Directorates-General;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to devote, in particular, sufficient resources to the activities relating to the Register, by developing innovative and particularly effective methods so that it will be kept up to date and does not contain any factual errors;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Commission has stated that by the end of 2016, the new framework for Commission expert groups will have to be implemented by all Directorates-General, and requests the Commission to submit to Parliament an evaluation report at the latest one year after the adoption of the Decision, i.e. before 1 June 2017; Calls on the Commission to ensure that, as part of the structured dialogue with Parliament, a first oral presentation of the report can already be made within the next six months;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned byNotes the fact that some national parliaments have highlighted that, in a number of the Commission’s legislative proposals, the justification of subsidiarity and proportionality is insufficient or non- existent in substance; stresses, in this connection, the need for the European institutions to make it possible for national parliaments to scrutinise legislative proposals by ensuring that the Commission provides detailed and comprehensive grounds for its legislative decisions on subsidiarity and proportionality, in accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 2 to the TFEU;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls concerns raised in previous reports regarding the somewhat perfunctory characterthe importance of the annual reports on subsidiarity and proportionality prepared by the Commission, which often fail to pay detailed consideration tothe purpose of which should be to consider in detail how the principles of subsidiarity and, in particular, proportionality are observed in EU policy- making; calls on the Commission to produce more analytical and detailed annual reports;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the reports made by a number of national parliaments as a valuable contribution to the debate on the role of national parliaments in the EU decision-making process and takes note of the proposals included therein; notes, in this connection, that these reports suggest that reasoned opinions should not only concern compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, but also compliance with the principle of proportionality and the legal basis for the proposal; believes that the practicability of these proposals depends on a revision of the Treaties and the Protocols thereto; encourages other national parliaments to share their views on the role that national parliaments should play in the EU decision-making process;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests that in any review of the Treaties and the Protocols thereto consideration should be given to whether reasoned opinions should be limited to examining subsidiarity grounds, to the appropriate number of national parliament responses required to trigger a ‘yellow’ or ‘orange card’ procedure, and to what the effect should be in cases where the threshold for these procedures is reached; believes that consideration should be given to the introduction of a ‘red card’ mechanism whereby the consideration of a proposal by the EU co-legislators should be stayed if a significant number of national parliaments expresses concern on subsidiarity grounds, unless the proposal is amended to accommodate those concerns;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note of the request from a number of national parliaments to extend the eight-week period in which they can issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; notes, in this regard, that the current timeframe for national parliaments to carry out subsidiarity checks is oftensometimes deemed insufficient; considers that a twelve-week period would be more appropriate;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that legislative proposals may change substantially in the course of the legislative procedure and, in this connection, reiterates that consideration should be given to the introduction of further subsidiarity checks and impact assessments – without, however, altering the timetable for the final adoption of the legislation – when a major amendment is likely to be adopted and at the conclusion of the legislative negotiations and in advance of the adoption of the final text, in order that compliance with subsidiarity can be guaranteed and that assessments including proportionality can be made;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas respect for the rule of law within the Union is a precondition for mutual recognition and trust, key factors for policy areas such as the internal market, policies on growth, employment and training, combating discrimination, social inclusion strategies, police and justice cooperation, the Schengen area, and asylum and migration policies, and as a consequence, the erosion of the rule of law, democratic governance and fundamental rights are a serious threat to the stability, security and prosperity of the Union;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the CJEU to make proposals in order to speed up its procedures, with a view to improvfacilitating access to justice for individual, in administrative and financial terms, for citizens challenging violations of DRF;
Amendment 334 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that the DRF expert panel, as per the proposed interinstitutional agreement, also assess access to justice at the European level, applying the same benchmarks to the CJEU and ECtHR, including aspects such as independence and impartiality of courts and judges, length and cost of litigation, implementation of court rulings, scope of judicial control and redress available to citizens, and options for cross border collective redress; considers in this connection that attention should focus on the provisions of Article 298 TFEU on the right of EU citizens to have an open, efficient and independent European administration;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas forms of worker participation at company level exist in 18 Member States of the European Union and in Norway, but they differ enormously owing to their respective economic and social historical development;15 whereas, therefore, it is important to respect the subsidiarity principle, in an appropriate manner, also in the field of industrial relations; __________________ 15 http://de.worker- participation.eu/National-Industrial- Relations/Across-Europe/Board-level- Representation2/MAP-Board-level- representation-in-the-European-Economic- Area2;Conchon Aline (2015) Workers’ voice in corporate governance: A European perspective, https://www.etui.org/Publications2/Reports /Workers-voice-in-corporate-governance.- A-European-perspective
Amendment 37 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones16; __________________ 16http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPIhas boosted growth;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas future corporate management will only be successful with a long-term, sustainable and participatory approach which includes all stakeholders18; __________________ 18 http://de.worker-participation.eu/Ueber- WP.eu/Publications/The-Sustainable- Company-a-new-approach-to-corporate- governance
Amendment 68 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas there have been cases in which the existing form of the European Company (SE) is also used to avoid national forms of worker participation in companies;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on single-member private limited liability companies (SUP)19 canmight be used to circumvent existing national forms of worker representation on supervisory boards, and the Committee on Employment therefore rejected this proposal in its opinion of 29 June 2015;20 __________________ 19 20COM(2014) 212. COM(2014) 212. 20 PE549.466v02-00. PE549.466v02-00.
Amendment 78 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas company law legislative acts at European level and / or such acts applied cross-border are often drawn up without taking into accountmust also take into account the Community acquis in the field of labour law;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas giving priority to thethe promotion of the internal market and of the principles of competition and fundamental economic freedoms in the European Union oftenmust not leads to the erosion of the national worker representation, not only at supervisory board level;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that provision is made for consulting employee representationves at supervisory board level in drafting all new EU legislative acts or revising existing ones in the context of European company law;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council, the Member States and the Commission to respect and protect existing national forms of worker representation at supervisory board level in the EU, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, and to counter any attempt to use existing EU law to circumvent or abuse such arrangements by making appropriate changes in the relevant European Treaties or legislative acts;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, in the area of company law, to seek at an early stage enhanced cooperation with the bodes responsible for employment because their opinions are frequently ignored until it is too late or not sufficiently taken into account;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Directive on the European Company (SE) minimum EU rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national law or revising the Directive so that the involvement of workers in supervisory boards is not solely determined by conditions when a company is established, but account is also taken of subsequent developments, of the necessary safeguard of equal gender representation and, in particular, changes in the number of employees;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible underensure that measures are not adopted within the framework of the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP) that do not include employee representation on supervisory boards, and, instead of this proposal, to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22; __________________ 22 Resolution of 10 March 2009 with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company.
Amendment 205 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to develop standards for rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards that can be applied as a universal model in the form of a directive to all European corporate law directives which takes into account, but does not replace, existing rules on information and consultationand would constitute minimum standards to be applied in all those countries in which forms of employee participation and representation are provided for under national corporate law;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends that this Directive should be applicable to all forms of company with a supervisory board at European level, i.e. account should be taken of public and private companies, partnerships and limited companies and also workers employed in the affiliated parent and subsidiary companies; hopes that, with due regard for differences between national legislations, recognition of common minimum forms of employee participation and consultation can also be introduced by countries which do not yet provide for these;
Amendment 241 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reaffirms the right of workers to elect their own representatives, in accordance with the national representation systems;
Amendment 246 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Demands that steps be taken, in appointing the supervisory board, to ensure that the sexes are represented according to the gender ratio in the company’s workforcee equal representation of both sexes; calls on the Council in this connection to expedite the Parliament- backed proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures24; __________________ 24 COM(2012)0614. COM(2012)0614.
Amendment 257 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Demands that this Directive ensure that the representatives of the workforce may also be fromworkers be able to elect their own representatives, internally, from among the workforce, or from among the representatives of affiliated companies – and, in the case of transnational companies, may also originate from another Member State – and that trade union representatives may also be put forward and elected as externalexternal and trade union representatives;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends, with respect to the number of workeremployee representatives sitting on theon supervisory boards of companies, including direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates with more than 50 employees25, that half the number of seats on the supervisory board should be reserved for workers or their representatives; __________________ 25In Sweden from 50 workers.
Amendment 282 #
2015/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to propose instruments and incentives to promote pilot systems, special agreements between the social partners and advanced best practices in the field of information, participation and consultation of workers so that even those countries where there is currently no employee participation can test their effectiveness;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade and access, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness and accessibility tests on all new proposals;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)
Paragraph -2 a (new)
-2a. Stresses the importance of ensuring balanced development in the digital single market, of strengthening exceptions for bodies of public interest, such as libraries, museums and archives, also to protect and promote access to cultural content for special categories such as visually impaired and blind people;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to respond promptly to Parliament's report on the ‘harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright’ by proposing a comprehensive revision of Directive 29/2001; calls on the Commission in particular to propose appropriate solutions for better cross- border access to digital content and services and to solve the problem of geo- blocking;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to apply common standards and good practice with regard to digital administration, focusing in particular on judicial bodies and local authorities;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the sale and production of robots rose significantly between 2010 and 2014, with an increase of almost 30% in 2014 alone, particularly in the health and care sector;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the sale and production of robots rose significantly between 2010 and 2014, with an increase of almost 30% in 2014 alone, particularly in the electronics industry;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas data protection and respect for intellectual property must be taken into account in the development of all new technological and production models;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the development of robotics could result in greater efficiency and savings for the internal market, particularly in the health and care sectors, while reducing human exposure to harmful and hazardous conditions;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
Aa. whereas the sale and production of robots rose significantly between 2010 and 2014, with an increase of almost 30% in 2014 alone, particularly in the electronics industry;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the development of robotics could result in greater efficiency and savings for the internal market and European production, while reducing human exposure to harmful and hazardous conditions;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Whereas many third countries have adopted suitable guidelines and legislation on robotics and a number of Member States have also begun to look at specific aspects;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. calls for the impact on employment and social policy caused by the significant increase in the sale and production of robots between 2010 and 2014 – equal to almost 30% for the year 2014 alone – to be considered, with reference, in particular, to the electronics industry;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas data protection and respect for intellectual property must be taken into account in the development of all new technological and production prototypes;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the development of robotics could result in greater efficiency and savings for the internal market, particularly in the transport, health and care sectors, while reducing human exposure to harmful and hazardous conditions;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
Bb. whereas data protection and respect for intellectual property must be taken into account in the development of all new technological and production prototypes;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas a many third countries have adopted suitable guidelines and legislation in the field of robotics, while a number of Member States have also begun to give the matter serious consideration;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that harmonised standardisation for robotics is necessary and calls on the Commission to engage with international standardisation bodies to work further on improving standards in this field; considers that the internal market and European industry would benefit from the rapid introduction of a uniform legal and regulatory framework for robotics, so as to endow Member States with modern and effective common standards which take account of future technological developments;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that innovation in robotics and artificial intelligence require digital infrastructure that provides ubiquitous connectivity; calls on the Commission to set a framework that will meet the connectivity requirements for the Union’s digital future; considers that the internal market and European industry would benefit from the rapid introduction of a uniform legal and regulatory framework for robotics, so as to endow Member States with modern and effective common standards ahead of further technological developments;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. considers that the internal market and European industry would benefit from the rapid introduction of a uniform legal and regulatory framework for robotics, so as to endow Member States with modern and effective common standards ahead of further technological and social developments;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. considers it essential for the European Union to indicate a regulatory framework based on ethical principles in line with the complexity of robotics and its many social, medical and bioethical implications;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it essential for the European Union to seek a regulatory framework based on ethical principles in line with the complexity of robotics and its many social implications;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any Union legislation on robotics and artificial intelligence will include rules on privacy and data protection, the requirement to follow principles of privacy by design and by default as well as principles of proportionality and necessity regarding the processing of data; calls for the review of rules, principles and criteria regarding the use of cameras and sensors in robots and artificial intelligence in accordance with the Union legal framework for data protection; calls for particular attention to be paid to the ethical implications of production tests on new robotics technologies;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. considers that the robotics industry could have important benefits in terms of effectiveness and economy, in particular in the health and welfare sectors, and could reduce the risk of human exposure to harmful and dangerous conditions;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. considers it essential for the European Union to specify a legal framework inspired by ethical principles that reflect the complexity of robotics and its numerous social implications;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that robotics and AI technologies are increasingly used in autonomous vehicles; notes that some Member States are already enacting or considering legislation in this area in particular; stresses that oe importance of effectiver regulation in robotics and robotic systems should be avoided, and calls instead for future-proof minimum harmonisation, especially in relation to autonomous vehicles.
Amendment 62 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to present guidelines for the adoption of ethical principles accompanying future robotics regulations and, in particular, forward-looking standards in line with future technological developments;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers it important for the EU to adopt a robotics agency to coordinate and facilitate the legislative work of the EU institutions and Member States;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers it important to pay particular attention to the ethical and internal market implications of production tests for new robotics technologies;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. calls on the Commission to present guidelines on the ethical and social principles set to accompany future regulations in the field of robotics, in particular with regard to the objective of defining forward-looking standards suitable for future technological developments;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for particular attention to be paid to the ethical and internal market implications of production tests for new robotics technologies;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that appropriate legislation should be accompanied by encouragement of a soft law framework, code of conduct or public-private partnerships, in order to ensure the cooperation of the industry and robotic designers with public authorities; believes that such instruments should focus on practical solutions to ensure privacy and data protection, the security and ethics of the robotics industry, and the proper use of robots and artificial intelligence on a daily basis. calls on the Commission to present guidelines for the adoption of ethical principles accompanying future robotics regulations and, in particular, forward- looking standards in line with future technological developments;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the purpose of adoption is not to give adults the right to a child, but to give the child aensure that the child has an appropriate, safe, loving and caring environment toin which it can grow up and develop in;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas compliance with Article 21 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which all Member States have ratified, is of the utmost importanceshould be the primary benchmark for all procedures, measures and strategies which have a bearing on the rights and lives of children;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas more work should be done in order to prevent prospective parents interested in adoption from being exploited by unscrupulous intermediary organisations, and whereas cooperation in combating crime and corruption inside the EU therefore needs to be stepped up in this area as well;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas judicial training in the widest sense is key to mutual trust in all areas of law, including that of adoption, and whereas existing EU programmes covering judicial training and support for European judicial networks therefore need to include a stronger focus on juvenile courts;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas citizens do not have access to comprehensive information on the legal and procedural aspects of domestic adoption in Member States, and whereas in this connection e-Justice systems could be implemented in a number of areas of particular interest to the general public, including adoption and juvenile law,
Amendment 74 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas cooperation within the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children was established in 1997, and Europe's ombudsmen on children's matters should be encouraged to cooperate more closely in that forum, and whereas efforts to do so could include involving them in existing EU-funded judicial training schemes;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas more needs to be done to prevent the cross-border trafficking of children for the purpose of adoptionthe EU most lose no time in stepping up efforts to combat the despicable cross-border trafficking of children for the purpose of adoption, focusing both on criminal enforcement and on cooperation in information sharing between police forces;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to intensify their cooperation in the field of adoption, including both legal and social aspects; calls also, in this connection, for the EU to maintain a consistent approach to children's rights, in relation to which adoption is key issue, in all of its main internal and external policies;
Amendment 178 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to establish a European network of judges and authorities specialised in adoption in order to facilitate the exchange of information and good practice, which is particularly useful when adoption involves a foreign element; believes it to be extremely important, in this connection, to facilitate coordination and the exchange of good practice with the current European judicial training networks, in order to achieve the greatest possible degree of consistency with the schemes already being funded by the EU;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the activities of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children and considers that this cooperation should be further developed and strengthened, including by providing specific funding alongside that already made available for judicial training and support for European judicial networks;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. States that there is a clear need for legislation to provide for the automatic cross-border recognition of domestic adoption orders, and calls accordingly on the Commission to ask Member States to improve coordination in the sensitive area of adoption of children from third countries;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 7 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the protection of vulnerable adults is a cross-border issue and therefore concerns all Member States; whereas this issue is symbolic of the role which the Union and its Parliament must play in responding to the problems and difficulties which European citizens encounter in the exercise of their rights, in particular by providing an experimental solution conducive to the use of new information technologies to ensure a more inclusive form of citizenship;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the protection of vulnerable adults must not constitute an obstacle to the right of free movement of persons, but could in fact be a vehicle for better inclusion of categories of adults still excluded from the benefits of Community mobility, European citizenship and the internal market;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Applauds those Member States which have signed and ratified the Hague Convention, and encourages those Member States which have not yet signed or ratified it to do so as quickly as possible; calls on the Commission to exert political pressure on the Council and the Member States that could lead to an increase in the number of ratifications by the end of 2017;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that not all vulnerable adults are necessarily vulnerable by virtue of their advanced age, and calls for measures to be taken to strengthen the legal protection and rights not only of elderly vulnerable adults, but also of adults who are vulnerable by virtue of a serious mental and/or physical disability; considers in this respect that it would be extremely worthwhile to establish exchanges and comparisons of good practices among the Member States, taking forms of protection and safeguard as the starting point;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the needs of the most disadvantaged vulnerable adults and to ensure that they do not suffer discrimination as a result of their condition; in that connection, calls on the Member States to ensure that their laws do not impose fees or formalities which would, in an unreasonable way, prevent disadvantaged adults from being the subject of a mandate in anticipation of incapacity, irrespective of their financial situation; calls also, to this end, for a filtering of hitherto-unexplored sources of financing under the Social Fund, such as the promotion of pilot projects for less- well protected adults in certain Member States;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to fund projects designed to make EU citizens aware of the Member States’ laws on vulnerable adults and protection measures; calls on the Member States to take appropriate steps to provide all persons on their territory with information about their national laws and the services available in the area of the protection of vulnerable adults; points to the website www.the- vulnerable.eu, among the different types of support for the rights of vulnerable adults, as being a tool providing information and updates on the protection offered in the various Member States;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2085(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Confirms that the recommendations are consistent with fundamental rights and the principle of subsidiarity; stresses in this respect the importance of giving expression, among national best practices, to the outcomes of work done by local communities and by local authorities;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the adoption of an Automatic Exchange of Information mechanism, a fundamental tool for enhancing global transparency and cooperation in the fight against tax avoidance and tax evasion; calls on the Commission, as part of that strategy, to promote a consistent approach that is integrated with the main existing laws on accounting, transparency and monitoring of the large extractive industries; acknowledges, however, that support and time is needed for developing countries to build the required capacity to send and process information;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and all the Member States, following the example of some Member States, to conduct impact assessments of European tax policies on developing countries and to share best practice, in order to strengthen policy coherence for development and remove practices that have negative spillovers on developing countries;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of guaranteeing the independence of Commissioners-designate; takes the view that scrutinising declarations of interest, which is the responsibility of the Committee on Legal Affairs, is a key stage in assessing their independence, but that the limited scope of the declarations of interest means that this is not taken into account; considers, therefore, that in the coming months the Committee on Legal Affairs ought to produce guidelines, in the form of a recommendation or an own- initiative report, to facilitate the reform of the procedures concerning Commissioners’ declarations of interest;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. the hearing process, while having demonstrated its effectiveness, can always be improved, in particular by means of more flexible and dynamic exchanges between the Commissioner and members of the committee responsible for the hearing;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. the practice of holding hearings, which is unique at European parliamentary level, could also serve as a particularly useful model for quality control procedures at national political level and the briefing of members of the executive;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the scrutiny of Commissioners’ declarations of interests should remain the competence of the Committee on Legal Affairs; considers, however, that the current scope of Commissioners’ declarations of interests is too limited, and invites the Commission to revise its rules on this as soon as possible; considers it important, therefore, that the Committee on Legal Affairs should, in the coming months, issue guidelines in in the form of a recommendation or initiative report, with a view to facilitating reform of the procedures relating to Commissioners' declarations of interests;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to use existing EU-level funding resources to support initiatives pursuing links with businesses and offering entrepreneurship education to low-income young people, school dropouts, young people in danger of long-term unemployment, to women seeking to re-enter the working environment following maternity and young people with disabilities;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to improve the entrepreneurial culture within tertiary education by establishing the conditions to support the creation of new companies based on academic research (spin-offs), reducing the bureaucratic and fiscal burden involved in establishing such companies and promoting the benefits of commercialising research;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to emphasise the importance and role of different forms of social entrepreneurship, which are often a good way for young Europeans to gain initial experience in business;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point iv a (new)
Paragraph 11 – point iv a (new)
(iva) removal of all the physical and digital obstacles which people with a disability still have to contend with, as their full integration into the job market could be of key importance to the promotion of a sustainable and cohesive business culture;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) proposed by the Commission as part of the Juncker Investment Plan for Europe should give priority to transport infrastructure projects that deliver high societal, touristic, environmental and economic value, and target projects that promote job creation, long-term growth, innovation and competitiveness;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of promoting private electro-mobility through awareness campaigns and by offering subsidies or discounts on purchase, and electric public transport systems, coupled with the introduction of renewable energy sources in the electricity sector, giving priority to the electrification of the rail network, tramways, electric cars and e- bikes; stresses the potential of modern aerial tramways (cable cars), as an inexpensive and easy-to-build means of transportation, to expand the capacity of urban public transport systems;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that public transport usage in urban areas is not clearly stated among the ten goals of the White Paper; believes that a new goal should be set of doubling public transport use in urban areas by 2030, while providing for facilities and infrastructure to facilitate door-to-door mobility of pedestrians, cyclists and elderly or handicapped people; a clear goal should be also set to double cycling by 2025, making it a priority to study new plans for urban cycling;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is key to the development of a more sustainable transport system; calls for initiatives that motivate users, especially young people, to choose more sustainable means of transport (walking, cycling, public transport, car sharingwith pedestrian areas and secure footpaths created by specific pedestrian mobility plans and walking buses, bike sharing, public transport, car sharing, car pooling, use of Intelligent Transport Systems for simplified management of traffic flows, which will encourage users to choose public transport, park and ride schemes);
Amendment 288 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
– greater application in new passenger cars and commercial vehicles of innovative technologies such as Automated Emergency Braking systems, systems for signalling to the driver that the vehicles’ tyres are worn out, through the surface of the tyre changing colour, and Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) systems;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for an enhanced research and technology agenda for the transport sector; considers that this agenda should be drawn up in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders in order to understand the needs of the sector and, accordingly, improve the allocation of EU funding; takes the view that priority should be given to projects to decarbonise transport, increase the transparency of the supply chain, enhance transport accessibility, safety and security, improve traffic management and reduce administrative burdens;
Amendment 519 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
– the opening-up of the domestic rail passenger market, while ensuring quality of services and public service obligations, and a charter of rights for rail passengers,
Amendment 545 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 2
Paragraph 27 – indent 2
– solid, sufficient and predictable long- term funding to improve rail infrastructure quality and capacity and to enable the provision of reliable, accessible and sustainable services by rail freight and passenger operators,
Amendment 162 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the European Parliament, since the start of the new parliamentary term, has already expressed itself repeatedly in joint resolutions, showing concern about the human rights situation in the country, in particular with regard to the case of the political opponent Navalny;
Amendment 21 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The growth potential of e- commerce has not yet been fully exploited. The Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe29 tackles in a holistic manner the major obstacles to the development of cross-border e-commerce in the Union in order to unleash this potential. Ensuring better access for consumers to digital content and facilitating businesses to supply digital content is necessary to boost the Union’s digital economy, remove any barriers which still exist, especially in respect of the disabled, and stimulate overall growth. _________________ 29 [COM (2015) 192 final.]
Amendment 24 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the achievement of a genuine digital single market, the harmonisation of certain aspects concerning contracts for supply of digital content, taking as a base a high level of consumer protection and the need to improve accessibility, is necessary.
Amendment 26 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Consumers are not confident when buying cross border and especially online. One of the major factors for this lack of confidence is uncertainty about their key contractual rights and the lack of a clear contractual framework for digital content. Many consumers of digital content experience problems related to the quality of, or access to, digital content, owing in particular to the lack of harmonisation of improved accessibility potentials. For instance, they receive wrong or faulty digital content, or they are not able to access the digital content in question. As a result, consumers suffer financial and non- financial detriment.
Amendment 28 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Consumers will benefit from fully harmonised rights for digital content at a high level of protection. They will have clear rights when they receive or access digital content from anywhere in the EU. This will increase their confidence in buying digital content. This will also contribute to reducing the detriment consumers currently suffer, since there will be a set of clear rights that will enable them to address problems they face with digital content and its accessibility.
Amendment 29 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) This Directive should fully harmonise a set of key rules that are so far not regulated at Union level. It should include therefore rules on conformity of the digital content, remedies available to consumers in cases of lack of conformity of digital content with the contract and certain modalities for the exercise of those remedies, such as full harmonisation of accessibility mechanisms for persons with disabilities. This Directive should also harmonise certain aspects concerning the right to terminate a long term contract, as well as certain aspects concerning the modification of the digital content.
Amendment 34 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Directive should address problems across different categories of digital content and its supply. In order to cater for fast technological developments and to maintain the future-proof nature of the notion of digital content, this notion as used in this Directive should be broader than in Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.30. In particular it should cover services which allow the creation, processing or storage of data, as well as the mechanisms that facilitate accessibility. While there are numerous ways for digital content to be supplied, such as transmission on a durable medium, downloading by consumers on their devices, web-streaming, allowing access to storage capabilities of digital content or access to the use of social media, this Directive should apply to all digital content independently of the medium used for its transmission. Differentiating between different categories in this technologically fast changing market is not desirable because it would hardly be possible to avoid discriminations between suppliers. A level- playing field between suppliers of different categories of digital content should be ensured. However this Directive should not apply to digital content which is embedded in goods in such a way that it operates as an integral part of the goods and its functions are subordinate to the main functionalities of the goods. _________________ 30 OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p.64.
Amendment 46 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) There are a number of barriers which hinder the provision of these services to consumers temporarily present in another Member State. Certain online services include content such as music, games or films which are protected by copyright and/or related rights under Union law, including devices which facilitate content accessibility for certain categories. In particular, the obstacles to cross- border portability of online content services stem from the fact that the rights for the transmission of content protected by copyright and/or related rights such as audiovisual works are often licensed on a territorial basis as well as from the fact that online service providers may choose to serve specific markets only.
Amendment 73 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation should apply only to online content services which subscribers can effectively access and use in the Member State in which they habitually reside without being limited to a specific location, as it is not appropriate to require service providers that do not offer portable services in their home country to do so across borders, except for services which aim to facilitate access to culture and remove digital barriers for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 132 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Accordingly, this Regulation should be interpreted and applied in accordance with those rights and principles, in particular the right to respect for private and family life, the right to protection of personal data, the freedom of expression and, the freedom to conduct a business and the right to access to culture. Any processing of personal data under this Regulation should respect fundamental rights, including the right to respect for private and family life and the right to protection of personal data under Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and must be in compliance with Directives 95/46/EC27 and 2002/58/EC28. In particular, service providers must ensure that any processing of personal data under this Regulation must be necessary and proportionate in order to achieve the relevant purpose. __________________ 27 Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31–50. 28 Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.07.2002, p 37), called, as amended by Directives 2006/24/EC and 2009/136/EC, the "e- Privacy Directive".
Amendment 23 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The demand for accessible products and services is high and the number of citizens with disabilities and/or functional limitations will increase significantly with the ageing of the European Union's population. An environment where products and services are more accessible allows for a more inclusive society and facilitates independent living, especially for the more vulnerable categories who are at high risk of social exclusion.
Amendment 25 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The disparities between the laws and administrative measures adopted by the Member States in relation to accessibility of products and services for persons with functional limitations including, especially persons with disabilities, create barriers to the free movement of such products and services and distort effective competition in the internal market. Economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are particularly affected by those barriers.
Amendment 30 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The overall aim of the 'Digital Single Market Strategy', is to deliver sustainable economic and social benefits from a connected digital single market. Union consumers still do not enjoy the full benefits of prices and choice that the single market can offer, because cross-border online transactions are still very limited. Fragmentation also limits demand for cross-border e-commerce transactions. There is also a need for concerted action to make sure that new electronic content is also fully available to persons with disabilities. It is therefore necessary to harmonise accessibility requirements across the digital single market and to ensure that all Union citizens regardless of their abilities can enjoy its benefits. Breaking down barriers, including cultural barriers, means opening the gates to social inclusion and participation for all individuals without distinction.
Amendment 31 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In its Article 9, the Convention requires its parties to the Convention to take appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to the physical environment, to transportation, to tourist services, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas, on an equal basis with others. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has indicated the need to create a legislative framework with concrete, enforceable and time-bound benchmarks for monitoring the gradual implementation of accessibility.
Amendment 45 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Recital 2
(2) The Union must combat social exclusion and discrimination, ensure equal access to fundamental rights, and promote social justice and protection. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union should take into account requirements linked to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion and against all forms of discrimination, in addition to a high level of education and training.
Amendment 84 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participation, in particular those which affect people with disabilities. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions.
Amendment 113 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate job creation, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship and in particular support the creation and growth of small enterprises in order to increase the employment rate of women and men. Member States should also actively promote the social and mutual economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 166 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 4
Barriers to labour market participation should be reduced, especially for women, older workers, young people, the disabled and legal migrants. Gender equality including equal pay must be ensured in the labour market as well as access to affordable quality early childhood education and care. All efforts should be made to include people with disabilities in the labour market, through incentives and innovative integration and training instruments and by removing all forms of physical and digital barriers.
Amendment 7 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that EU copyright law needs to be reformed so as to overcome the current lack of uniformity among the Member States and thus develop the digital single market to the full;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that copyright and related rights constitute the legal framework for the European cultural and creative industries and form the basis for their ability to generate economic activity and employment; views with interest the current debate on the merits of introducing a single European Copyright Title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 3 June 2010 on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market,
Amendment 33 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 16 February 2012 on access by blind people to books and other printed products,
Amendment 40 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the need to review Directive 2001/29/EC in order to ensure appropriate remuneration for copyright holders and appropriate protection of these rights in a changing and constantly evolving technological environment, response to the dissemination of new technologies and consumer behaviour patterns, which brings both opportunities and challenges;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a revision of the European legal framework for copyright and related rights is central to the promotion of creativity and, innovation and the cultural and creative industries, and to access to knowledge and information;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CBelieves it important that the need for appropriate remuneration for authors be recognised and therefore considers it necessary to develop a European legal framework to strengthen the negotiating and contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other right holders and intermediaries;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it necessary, as part of an overall reform of copyright, also to introduce measures apt to increase the cross-border supply and availability of digital content, such as new rules on consumer protection, the development of e-commerce, the approximation of VAT rates and the expansion of digital networks;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the multi-territorial licensing of rights under Directive 2014/26/EU as an example and a way of overcoming the fragmented internal market; encourages the development of balanced and flexible solutions that help overcome the existing barriers to cross-border access and availability of products and services while ensuring respect for cultural diversity;
Amendment 87 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights protects the freedom of expression, the freedom of the arts and scientific research, the right to education and, the freedom to conduct a business, the right to remuneration and the right to property;
Amendment 102 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrines the right to property, drawing a distinction between the protection of possessions, on the one hand (paragraph 1), and the protection of intellectual property, on the other (paragraph 2) and formally states that intellectual property shall be protected;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any legislative change in this area should ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; expresses concern and regret with regard to the political obstacles in the Council which are still delaying ratification of the Treaty of Marrakesh for the Blind, which was signed by the European Union in 2013;
Amendment 106 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the creative and cultural industries make a major contribution to the EU economy, providing more than 7 million indirect jobs and accounting for 4% of EU GDP, according to the latest estimates;
Amendment 127 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to adapt and standardise the exceptions and limitations permitted in the regulatory framework of the analogue world to the new scenario represented by the digital paradigm, and in particular by cloud computing technologies;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of conducting a consultation on copyright, which attracted great interest from civil society with more than 9 500 replies, 58.7 % of which came from end users11and from all the key players in the sector; __________________ 11 Report on the responses to the Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules, DG MARKT, July 2014, p. 5.
Amendment 159 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the vast majority of end-user respondents report facing problems when trying to access online services across the Member States, particularly where technological protection measures are used to enforce territorial restrictions; points out in this respect that the public consultation report by the Commission’s DG Internal Market shows that a vast majority of stakeholders felt there was a need not just for copyright reform measures but also for other measures to increase the cross-border supply and availability of digital content, such as new rules on consumer protection, the development of e-commerce, the approximation of VAT rates and the expansion of digital networks;
Amendment 186 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the legal principle and the necessity for authors and performers to be provided with legal protection for their creative and artistic work; recognises the role of producers and publishers in bringing works to the market, and the need for appropriate remuneration for all categories of rightholders; calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholderonsiders it particularly important in this respect to move swiftly towards full implementation of Directive 2014/26 on collective rights mand intermediariesagement;
Amendment 221 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers theNotes with interest the ongoing discussions on introduction ofing a single European Copyright Title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordance with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC;
Amendment 249 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that the EU legislator furthconsider lhower the barriers to to adjust the legislation on the re-use of public sector information by exempting works produced by the public sector – as part of the political, legal and administrative process – from copyright protection, with due regard for the principles underpinning the copyright system and the relevant case law of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 265 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to safeguarddefine more clearly the context for the use of public domain works, which are by definition not subject to copyright protection and should therefore be able to be used and re-used without technical or contractual barriers; also calls on the Commission to recognise the freedom of rightholders to voluntarily relinquish their rights and dedicate their works to the public domain;
Amendment 291 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. NotUrges that exceptions and limitations in the digital environment should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared with those granted e Commission to adapt and standardise the exceptions and limitations that are permitted in the regulatory framework of the analogue world to the new scenario represented by the digital paradigm, and in particular by cloud computing the analogue worldechnologies;
Amendment 380 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the adoption of an open norm introducing flexibility certain norm in the interpretation of exceptions and limitations in certain special cases that do not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author or rightholder;
Amendment 387 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the European legislator to ensure the technological neutrality and future- compatibility of exceptions and limitations by taking due account of the effects of media convergence; considers, in particular, that the exception for quotation should expressly include audio- visual quotations in its scope;
Amendment 396 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes with interest the recent United States regulations regarding net neutrality, just launched by the US Federal Communications Commission; calls on the Commission to assess what inspiration it can draw from these new rules in the context of the revision of Directive 2001/29;
Amendment 408 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the ability to freely link from one resource to another is one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet; calls on the EU legislator to make it clear that reference to works by means of a hyperlink is not subject to exclusive rights, as it does not consist in a communication to a new public12ify the status of works that can be accessed through a hyperlink, also by taking account of recent Court of Justice case law; __________________ 12 Order of the Court of Justice of 21 October 2014 in Case C-348/13, BestWater International GmbH v Michael Mebes and Stefan Potsch (request for a preliminary ruling from Germany’s Bundesgerichtshof).
Amendment 433 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 461 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a broadvery careful consideration to be given to the importance of exceptions for research and education purposes, which should cover not only educational establishments but any kind of educational or research activity, including non-formal education; notes with interest, in this regard, the discussion under way on the drafting of a new international treaty governing exceptions for libraries and archives;
Amendment 506 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU legislator to preclude Member States from introducing statutory licences for the compensation of rightholders for the harm caused by acts made permissible by an exception that is legally permitted under that country's own legislation;
Amendment 545 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 555 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Expresses concern and regret with regard to the political obstacles in the Council which are still delaying ratification of the Treaty of Marrakesh for the Blind, which was already signed by the European Union in 2013;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities, particularly people with disabilities;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
– step up their efforts with a view to revising Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; calls on the Commission, in this context, to relaunch the legislative initiative on an Accessibility Act, in the form of a cross-cutting instrument that can increase the protection afforded to persons with disabilities, and ensure cohesion between all EU policies in this respect;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of universal access to health care and education are restored to every EU citizen and to ensure that the tangible and intangible barriers experienced by persons with disabilities are eliminated;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the portability of social security benefits, pensions and health care, in particular for the disabled, is important in ensuring the full accomplishment of fundamental rights and civil liberties, including on the basis of the achievement of worker mobility;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to relaunch the legislative initiative on an Accessibility Act, in the form of a cross-cutting instrument that can increase the protection afforded to persons with disabilities and ensure cohesion between all EU policies in this respect;
Amendment 535 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to relaunch the legislative initiative on an Accessibility Act, in the form of a cross-cutting instrument that can increase the protection afforded to persons with disabilities and ensure consistency between all EU policies in this respect;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2253(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that petitions submitted by EU citizens refer to violations of EU law, particularly in the fields of fundamental rights and the environment; considers that petitions give evidence of the fact that there are still frequent and widespread instances of incomplete transposition or misapplication of EU law; highlights in particular the large number of petitions submitted which report the existence of discrimination and barriers against people with disabilities;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the call made in its above- mentioned resolution of 14 September 2011 for the use of national impact assessments as a complement to those carried out by the Commission – the reform of which is under discussion – in support of proposed legislation; believes that Parliament’s recently created impact assessment units will offer a positive complement to the Commission’s work;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission, in compliance with the proportionality and subsidiarity principles, to simplify the procedure for applying for EU funds with a view to making the application procedure more efficient and results-oriented;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender stereotyping and sexism remain the greatest obstacles to achievement of gender equality, and highlights the importance of combating gender stereotypes in terms of field of studies, academic curricula and performance in and through formal and informal education at all educational levels; also recalls that gendered perception of field of studies and career choices is a main factor of decision on training options; highlights the importance of providing motivation to further enhancinge girls’ participation in science, engineering, technology, agriculture and ICT, and welcomes all initiatives and programmes aiming to attract girls to those areas of study and the corresponding research careers;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of informal education when it comes to tackling the issue of beliefs and traditional practices imposing limitations on girls in education, and calls on the Member States to ensure equal access to education for boys and girls, particularly those with disabilities, regardless of their ethnic, national, social, cultural or religious framework, in order to achieve real gender equality in education;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that teachers play a major role in the formation of educational identities and have a significant impact on aspects of gendered behaviour in school; recalls that much has still to be done to empower teachers on how to promote gender equality; insists, therefore, on the need to ensure comprehensive initial and ongoing equality training to teachers at all levels of formal and informal education; stresses that girls need to have positive female and male role models in schools and universities which can identify and make the best use of their potential without fear of any discrimination or ambiguity on grounds of gender;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the need to ensure access to vocational education and training and adult education, both formal and non-formal, for women who have been obliged to stop their education or quit their jobs in order to take care of family members, or single mothers, regardless of their level of competence (referring to both high- and low-skilled women); insists that such training should be attractive and flexible.
Amendment 3 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that for the Union to meet the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and to address current and new challenges effectively, it needs to be granted a budget that is commensurate with the mission it is called on to accomplish; considers that the current level of the EU budget, which corresponds to 1 % of the EU-28 GDP, is not sufficient to achieve these goals; considers that this reform - together with assignment to Parliament of full powers of legislative initiative - is essential for the substantial enhancement of the democratic effectiveness of the EU;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls the numerous pronouncements in favour of a single seat for the European Parliament, given the symbolic value of such a move and the actual savings this would represent;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Takes the view that the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome at the beginning of 2017 is the ideal occasion on which to relaunch a debate at the highest institutional level, focusing in particular on the more efficient use of funding and of democratic EU budget control mechanisms;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for the EU budget to be simple, clear and easily understood by EU citizens, and to be based on a structure that allows it to be compared and coordinated with national budgets; considers that these should be underpinning principles for both the expenditure and revenue sides of the EU budget; believes it important — in the spirit of the Lisbon Treaty — to involve national parliaments in strategic EU budget discussions through joint meetings with their respective parliamentary committees on presentation of the budget by the Commission;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the numerous pronouncements in favour of a single seat for the European Parliament, given the symbolic value of such a move and the actual savings it would achieve;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome at the beginning of 2017 is the ideal occasion on which to relaunch a debate at the highest institutional level, focusing in particular on ways of increasing funding and enhancing growth mechanisms;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission, without further ado, to submit a comprehensive package of rules and guidelines to promote the access and inclusion of people with disabilities;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that sustainable urban mobility is an increasingly important topic in cohesion policy, being a key element and facilitator for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth: considers that the ESIF funds, and especially the ERDF, should contribute to the financing, through the operational programmes, of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) for cities and regions and in the EU, by supporting clean, accessible and innovative forms of urban transport that will promote multimodality and mobility in a broader territorial context;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the authorities to promote the use of alternative means to the car, integrated mobility or the use of clean vehicles and clean fuels, along with the development of intelligent transport systems ensuring a territorial continuum between urban centres and their periurban areas;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to facilitate inter-modal transport systems and infomobility and establish areas to which access is limited exclusively to public transport, electric or car-sharing vehicles and bicycles, investing therefore in secure reserved routes (pedestrian mobility plan, walking bus), promoting the use of alternative, ecologically sustainable modes of transport, by means of new plans for urban cycle mobility and bike sharing, supporting programmes such as carpooling and lastly cultivating public awareness of public transport, making use inter alia of appropriate areas for park and ride services;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the important role European cultural tourism plays in furthering personal development and knowledge and in promoting Europe's rich cultural diversity and strengthening European identity, as well as providing an opportunity for encounter, rediscovery of origins and cultural attractions and networking of people’s own travel experiences;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the crucial role played by cultural education in generating demand for high-quality, sustainable and inclusive cultural tourism; calls for better use to be made of the opportunities digitisation and innovation afford for more effective promotionand attractive promotion and enjoyment of European cultural tourism;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that Europe's cultural heritage makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and that cultural tourism, which is of key importance in boosting growth and employment, accounts for 40 % of European tourism; emphasises that, in order to maintain current tourist volumes and attract new tourists, Europe's cultural and natural heritage needs to be conserved and showcased and the right balance needs to be struck between expanding the tourism sector and protecting cultural heritage among the new opportunities for experiential journeys and safeguarding and promoting local popular traditions;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that coastal and maritime tourism can contribute to economic growth and to reducing casual or temporary work, provided that the activities are carried out in an environmentally friendly wayand sustainable way and lend themselves to integration with the cultural traditions of Europe’s regions;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of social dialogue and considers that all parties involved in the blue economy should be represented in that dialogue, together with the individuals or companies concerned and civil society, and with representatives of local authorities and the EU’s outermost regions, and also including workers, so that the lattery are actively involved in the framing of policies and solutions at local level;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Commission’s follow- up to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) Right2Water (R2W), as proposed in its communication, falls short of expectations as the Commission had already announced that it would step up efforts towards ensuring full implementation of EU water legislation by the Member States, reviewing the EU Drinking Water Directive and proposing amendments; hopes that the Commission and the Vice-President responsible for sustainability will make a clear political commitment to ensuring that appropriate action is taken in response to the concerns raised by this European Citizens’ Initiative;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to carefully monitor the use of EU funding for water- management projects and to ensure that such funding is used only for projects for which it was intended; calls on the Court of Auditors in this respect to verify that the criteria regarding efficiency and sustainability are satisfactorily fulfilled.
Amendment 76 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several important challenges are affecting Europe’s labour market, including increasing demand for highly skilled labour, rapid technological change and development, the need to promote an indiscriminate and accessible labour market, minimum protection guarantees for workers, as well as an ageing society which requires that early retirement be made less attractive;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the economic and motivational incentives to work are too low in many European countries, and laments the fact that the operational funding allocated by the Union for promoting youth employment all too often sadly cannot be accessed by those Member States struggling to source their co- funding contribution as a result of the financial crisis;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that in order to achieve a competitive EU labour market, ambitious reforms are needed which increase inclusiveness, flexibility, innovation and mobility, in the light of constantly changing labour markets and production patterns;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of partnerships between universities, businesses and authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future, as well as fostering cooperation and exchanging good practices between Member States in this regard;
Amendment 85 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to support the elimination of digital barriers for people with disabilities; considers it extremely important that EU policies on development and the promotion of human rights in the world should aim to mitigate the digital divide for people with disabilities and to provide a broader framework of rights, particularly as regards access to knowledge, digital participation and inclusion in new economic and social opportunities created by the internet;
Amendment 129 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to promote more effective use of the capacities of the internet, including for the purpose of international action to prevent child pornography crimes, on the basis of the principles set out in Directive 2011/93/EU on combating sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and supporting coordinated international action and agreements with the main internet operators;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the advancement of democracy and human rights is among the core objectives of the EU’s foreign policy, as enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 11 #
2014/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a number of EU Member States have undergone a process of democratic transformation since the end of the Cold War and have accumulated extensive experience in this field that is relevant to the activities of the EED;(Does not affect English version)
Amendment 17 #
2014/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is a need to promote objective and independent information and strengthen the media environment, including the internet and social media, in countries falling under the EED’s geographical mandate, by protecting freedom of the press and opinion and by combating all forms of social and political censorship;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the track record of the EED to date given the current challenging international environment, and considers that it is fulfilling its main objective of ‘fostering and encouraging democratisation and deep and sustainable democracy in countries in political transitions and in societies struggling for democratisation’15, including by ‘supporting the unsupported’ by fighting corruption, promoting dialogue in diversity and non-violence, encouraging social and political participation and protecting activists and journalists who, locally, do their utmost to ensure and expedite the launch of a democratic process, making justice more accessible; __________________ 15 Article 1 of the EED Statute - available at: https://www.democracyendowment.eu/abo ut-eed/
Amendment 150 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for an EU strategy for Afghanistan that focuses on development, in particular in rural areas where the majority of the population lives; calls on the EU to prioritise poverty alleviation and to tie development aid to Afghan public employment measures to create urgently needed jobs; recognises the need to strengthen local and regional authorities, for example by promoting assistance and civic education programmes and exchanges of best practice followed by certain municipal and local authorities in Europe;
Amendment 157 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is alarmed about the country’s high aid-dependency ratio, severe budget deficits and decline in domestic revenue; emphasises the need for development programmes to create a gradually more independent economy in Afghanistan, weaning it off dependence on foreign donors; highlights the potentially important role that the country’s neighbours can play for such development; urges the Commission and the European External Action Service to promote multilateral schemes for good neighbourly relations and establish a more uniform and coherent geopolitical framework throughout central Asia;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the major role that the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) can play as a forum for democratic and political debate between the representatives of the two sides of the Mediterranean; calls for this institution to be given fresh political impetus and highlights the progress made in previous years in the political dialogue on gender matters and the promotion of women’s rights;
Amendment 268 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Considers it a priority to develop a new common agenda for a political, strategic and social partnership between the countries on both sides of the Mediterranean, after the stalemate that has characterised Euro-Mediterranean relations in recent years;
Amendment 317 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need to highlight the central role of the Union for the Euro-Mediterranean relations; points out that it should itself be able to raise the necessary funds for these projects; endorsestakes the view that in parallel to the direction being taken by ministerial meetings, cooperation between civil society, elected representatives and the social partners should also be encouraged; calls for wider dissemination of resultingthe programmes and actions of Euro- Mediterranean cooperation;
Amendment 321 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 20 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reiterates the importance of revitalising the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and reviving its political ambition, with a view to addressing the challenges posed by the security and stability of the Mediterranean area in a manner that is genuinely acceptable to both sides;
Amendment 353 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets the deadlock faced by the EU with regard to the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU); calls on the EU to make every diplomatic, political and financial effort to assist with the regional integration of the Maghreb countries under the AMU or Agadir agreements;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas under no circumstances can a trade agreement modify existing legislation in contracting countries
Amendment 53 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 98 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by stating that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)that the adoption both of European standards which are still to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) and of new laws (e.g. cloning) should not in any way deviate from the application of the precautionary principle outlined in Article 191 of the TFEU. This ensures high levels of health and environmental protection, including food safety and consumer information, thus responding to citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedNotes that the TTIP negotiationg mandate states thave already affected Commission proposals and actions relating to, for example,t sustainable development and high levels of human health protection are the overarching objectives of the agreement and therefore asks the European Commission to continue to make proposals and act to uphold these objectives, especially as regards food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; i, given the socio-economic and empleoyment ramifications of the fuel quality directive)such policies on different sectors of the European economy;
Amendment 141 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is very concerned that the objective of regulatory convergence, including in particularConsiders that the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, will cannot and should not lead to the lowering of future EU standards in key areas for the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the US;
Amendment 261 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is opposed to thThe possible inclusion of an ISDS in the TTIP, as ISDS risksmechanism in TTIP is dependent on a substantial reform of the instrument which, if not carried out, may fundamentally undermininge the sovereign rights of the EU, its Member States and regional and local authorities to adopt regulations on public health, food safety and the environment;
Amendment 272 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for a reform of the ISDS mechanism featuring, amongst other things: a written explanation of the contracting parties’ right to legislate; stringent selection and control mechanisms for arbitrators which guard against any potential conflict of interest and ensure their neutrality and partiality; clear identification of the relationship between national courts and ISDS; the opportunity to review rulings via an appeals mechanism; the establishment of a permanent court of judges; public access to documents and information relating to the opening of a dispute and hearings open to the public.
Amendment 292 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated onesWelcomes the Commission’s decision to make the negotiating mandate public and hopes for more transparency and communication between the different European Institutions involved.
Amendment 132 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the adoption of a holistic approach and the recognition of the economic, environmental and social role played by European forests and stresses the key role of forest-based industries in sustainable resource management, for example in combating climate change and achieving a circular economy;
Amendment 141 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises that sustainable management for the entire life cycle of forest products can make a significant contribution towards achieving green economy objectives, in particular those linked to climate change mitigation policies and efficient use of resources; notes that, to this end, Member States should promote the sustainable use of forest products in the construction sector;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ‘functional urban areas’ in the EU are not limited only to big cities but also include the so-called urban metropolitan areas and a unique polycentric structure built around large, medium-sized and small towns and cities and peri-urban areas, thus going beyond the traditional administrative borders to encompass various territories linked by their economic, social, environmental and demographic challenges;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that, although the new cohesion policy has legally binding urban- related aspects, especially regarding involvement of cities in the programming phase, the actual participation of city and urban representatives in the shaping of the policy is weak; calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically apply the partnership principle when implementing programmes and projects supported by EU funding, with particular attention being given to the involvement of cities and towns in the management and governance of the programmes; trusts also that governments and national and local representatives will commit to notifying the EU institutions of their needs and specific territorial priorities and thus contribute to the integrated and participatory development of future EU policies on urban areas and of the ‘Cities of Tomorrow’;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the regulatory framework to create synergies between, on the one hand, EU subsidised programmes (such as LIFE, Horizon 2020, Intelligent Energy Europe, Urbact, etc.) and cohesion policy, and, on the other hand, national public financial instruments, – e.g. in the case of potential joint representation in ESF and ERDF plans, thereby harnessing the cross-cutting benefits of the ITI Programme – and to blend these, to the greatest possible extent, with private financial instruments in order to obtain the greatest leverage effect of invested public money;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that in order to formulate better informed and tailored policies there is a need to develop uniform shared basic data; encourages Eurostat and the Commission to provide and compile more detailed data, collected where policies are implemented – in many cases at local level; underlines that the collection of flow data – measuring the relationships between cities and their surrou nding areas – is also becoming increasingly important in order to improve the understanding of complex functional areas, and therefore urges the Commission to gather and analyse that data, turning it into evidence for policy developments; calls on the Commission also, in the context of a proposal on the shared management and analysis of data, to assess the idea of creating a ‘European urban digital platform’ to which the main national and local representatives have open access so they can share, notify, compare and plan future actions;
Amendment 151 #
2014/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that in order for the European Urban Agenda to be an effective tool it should be a shared and regularly updated conceptual framework with a thematic focus on a limited number of challenges in the larger context of the Europe 2020 goals of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, with particular attention being given to social inclusion, demographic change and environmental sustainability, burgeoning employment emergencies, the fallout from the economic crisis, the worrying rise in poverty, limited or lack of access to basic necessities and urban safety crises;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, while most family businesses are SMEs, in some EU Member States a few family businesses account for a large share of the total turnover of all businesses and thus make a significant contribution to job retention, including in times of crisis, job creation and growth and the economic success of the country concerned1; ___________ 1 In Germany alone, 17 percent of all employees who pay mandatory social security contributions work for ‘big’ family businesses with an annual turnover of at least EUR 50 million; while they account for a mere 0.1% of all companies in Germany, they generate 20% of the total turnover of all companies in that country.
Amendment 16 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas family businesses differ in terms of values from non-family corporations as regards long-term orientation, have a special degree of commitment to their local community – rooted in the European tradition of the ‘honourable merchant’ – and are generally slower to close down and put workers out of job, even if suffering greatly in the economic crisis, deal with it more resolutely and therefore tend to be slower in putting workers out of jobs; highlights, in this regard, the initiatives supported by the European Union with the so-called Family Pacts;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that family businesses demonstrate a high degree of social responsibility towards their staff and a natural willingness to employ women, including in senior positions, and that they generally take a more sustainable and longer-term approach to the economic future of the business (by acting as ‘honourable businessmen’) than non- family businesses and thus make an important contribution to Europe’s competitiveness and create and maintain jobs;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the private sector’s role in development has increased to support political priorities in a period of diminishing aid budgets, and considers that the EU’s engagement with the private sector in the context of development must be subject to internationally agreed development effectiveness, sustainability, and equity principles;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, under Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU’s common commercial policy must take account of the principle of policy coherence for development, and considers that this principle must be referred to explicitly in all EU trade and investment agreements as well as informing key domestic provisions concerning industry, the environment, and the internal market;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that current EU practices to leverage private finance with official development assistance (ODA) have proved ineffective owing to a lack of clarity as regards additionality, transparency, accountability, ownership, alignment with country priorities, debt sustainability and, consequently, development impact; points to the effectiveness of microcredit and other solidarity and sustainability tools, which the EU should encourage and promote as examples of best practice;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that reducing poverty is not the primary objective of the private sector, by its very nature, and that that is therefore a task for the public sector; rejects public- private partnerships, blending and the focus on microcredit, since they finance corporate profits, above all, and do not reduce poverty; welcomes the Council recommendation to place an increased focus on supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in garnering their resources, e.g. through national tax systems, and in combating illicit financial flows and corruption, as a result of which developing countries lose at least € 660-870 billion a year2; calls for the ownership principle to be resolutely acted on; calls for effective international rules against tax avoidance and evasion; calls on the Commission, as part of that strategy, to take a consistent approach that is integrated with the main existing rules on transparency, combating tax avoidance and evasion, accounting and monitoring of the major extractive industries; __________________ 2 Eurodad. Eurodad.
Amendment 11 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination in the labour market, including those against women, and to adopt social protection measures in order to ensure that women’s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are not lower than those of men doing the same job, in addition to ensuring that where men and women have the same potential, characteristics and education, they are offered the same positions and opportunities within companies;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that women, despite the fact that they account for 60% – the majority – of university graduates, are still heavily under-represented in senior and leadership positions at all levels of political and economic decision-making; calls, therefore, for swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive, in senior and management roles, as an important first step in the right direction for promoting social and economic equality as part of a gender equality strategy that is perfectly in line with the EU’s objectives under the European Pact for Gender Equality and the Framework of Action on Gender Equality ;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, by creating effective monitoring systems, to take actionsupervisory and control measures to improve the collection of data on harassment and discrimination cases on the grounds of sex, including as regards discrimination related to pregnancy and maternity and other forms of leave; in these cases provision should also be made for a penalty system, but efforts should be made above all in terms of prevention, to make services accessible to pregnant women or new mothers which can help them to balance their pregnancy or maternity with their occupation, without being forced to choose between job and family, as still all too often happens;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assess, exchange and compare the existing best practices and to disseminate the results of this assessment as regards the effective measures that Member States could take to encourage employers and organisations involved in vocational training to prevent all forms of discrimination on the grounds of sex, in particular as regards harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace, through enhancing access to employment, offering further vocational training and promoting best practices;
Amendment 165 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that the country-specific recommendations, which come under the framework of the European Semester, should include targets to reduce the gender pay gap, discrimination and the risk of poverty among elderly women;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas particular emphasis is placed on intellectual property in Article 118 of the Treaty of Lisbon and in Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the development of e- commerce and online activities has changed the way IPR enforcement should be considered, particularly because it affords new possibilities for infringement, owing not least to new social behavioural patterns among users;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is a certain level of tolerance among Europeans for the idea that IPR infringements could be considered legitimate, especially among the young generation8 as well as poor understanding of which types of web content use are permitted; __________________ 8 See OHIM Report ‘European Citizens and intellectual property: perception, awareness and behaviour’, November 2013.
Amendment 32 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is necessary and possible to run suitable user awareness and information campaigns, particularly for younger users, on the social and cultural importance of copyright;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas law enforcement is essential, and whereas it is of the utmost importance, in the context of upholding fundamental rights and of data protection, to find effective means of enforcing IPR;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the establishment by the Commission of an expert group on IPR enforcement, and calls on the Commission to invite Parliamentensure that Parliament is involved more closely in the group’s work and in particular that it be asked to send experts to attend its meetings;
Amendment 113 #
2014/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its call for a comprehensive IPR strategy, including a complete and strong legal framework to combat counterfeiting and piracy adapted to the online environment, with full regard for fundamental guarantees and data protection;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to its report of 25 February 2012 entitled ‘Follow-up on the delegation of legislative powers and the control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers’,
Amendment 4 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Better regulation for better results - An EU agenda’,
Amendment 37 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission proposal concerning better regulation, in particular with regard to its substantive measures concerning transparency and the reduction of red tape; still has reservations, however, about the operation and effectiveness of the proposed Regulatory Scrutiny Board and independent panel as well as the entire impact assessment mechanism, the function of which should be not only to reduce costs for businesses and to aid economic recovery, but also to monitor the impact of legislation on social, environmental and employment-related matters;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that during the previous parliamentary term, the choice between implementing acts and delegated acts caused numerous interinstitutional disputes; considers it important, therefore, for specific guidelines to be drawn up, as requested by the European Parliament in its report adopted on 25 February 2012;
Amendment 101 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that impact assessments constitute an important tool for supporting decision-making in all EU institutions and play a significant role in better regulation; remains, however, conscious of the fact that such assessments are not a substitute for political assessments and decisions and should be conducted in advance of democratic and interinstitutional debates on proposals; is convinced that, in any case, a negative impact assessment cannot automatically be considered a veto on a legislative proposal;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges Parliament’s specialist committees to make more consistent use of in-house impact assessment instruments, particularly where substantial changes to the original Commission proposal are being envisaged; calls for the operational ability of the institutions – and of Parliament in particular – to be taken into account with a view to bringing a more effective new approach to bear on impact assessments;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is making ex-post analysis an integral part of better regulation; stresses that, in the interests of legal certainty for citizens and businesses, such analyses should be carried out within a sufficient time-frame, preferably several years after the deadline for transposition into national law; considers it important to improve the arrangements for consulting and informing Parliament about ex-post analyses;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in most cases, it is the prerogative of the Member States to decide whether to adopt higher social and environmental standards at national level than those agreed upon at EU level, and welcomes any decision to do so; calls, however, on the competent national authorities to be aware of the possible consequence of the so-called practice of ‘gold plating’, by which unnecessary bureaucratic burdens are added to EU legislation, since this may lead to a misconception of the legislative activity of the EU, which in turn might foster EU scepticism; accordingly considers that Commission assessments of transposition by Member States should also cover gold plating; recommends, for the sake of transparency and user-friendliness, that any additional innovations introduced at national level be clearly identified as such; points out to the Council that documents relating to law-making, in many cases, remain under restriction, notwithstanding the commitments entered into under the 2003 Interinstitutional Agreement;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Again calls on the Member States to draw up annual reports and correlation tables on the transposition of directives, which should be made public and be verifiable;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Gives a clear political signal that any cultural tourism agenda must be based on European diversity, authenticity, sustainability, full accessibility and highest quality;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas heritage resources are long- term assets which contribute to skills development and economic growth, through the promotion of tourism, and create permanent jobs;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fact that ERDF cultural heritage projects are a practical example of multilevel governance and of the principle of subsidiarity; calls in this connection for measures to be taken to strengthen and expand support for institutional funding through public-private partnership agreements;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that projects of this kind often provide examples of good practice in carrying out integrated projects in urban areas, thereby contributing to the development of the urban agenda, for example by safeguarding the identities of various local cultural traditions;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
(a) set up a single EU portal dedicated to cultural heritage, bringing together information from all the EU programmes funding cultural heritage and structured into threefour main sections - funding opportunities for cultural heritage; a database with examples of best practices and excellence from the field of cultural heritage and relevant references; and news and links concerning cultural heritage- related policy developments, actions and events, and opportunities for private individuals, too, to support institutional funding through public-private partnership agreements to fully support the European cultural heritage;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to make Member States and the main operators in the industry more aware that there is a need to improve the accessibility of tourist services for people with disabilities, particularly in areas where there are concentrations of destinations of cultural interest;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reaffirms the important contribution of cultural heritage not only to the cultural and creative industries but also to the safeguarding of the identities of various local cultural and popular traditions, which are always fundamental, albeit under the shared umbrella of European common cultural policies;
Amendment 33 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21021 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework2 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as during phase 3, so as to establish the benefits thereof before the launch of phase 4 starting in 2021. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 20217, allowances corresponding to 12% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-21 should therefore be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million. __________________ 7 8COM(2012) 652 final. COM(2012)0652. 8 Insert reference. Insert reference.
Amendment 38 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The auctioning of the allowances back-loaded to 2019 and 2020 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, so as to determine in particular the greenhouse gas emission allowance volumes to be auctioned in 2013-2020,1a would be counterproductive. Accordingly, the back-loaded allowances should be placed in the market stability reserve when it becomes operational. _______________ 1a OJ L 56, 26.2.2014, p 11.
Amendment 57 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In pursuing the goal of creating a single energy market, it is necessary to overcome the distortions caused by the current funding mechanism in favour of sectors or sub-sectors deemed to be at significant risk of carbon leakage owing to the knock-on effect on electricity prices of greenhouse gas emissions costs. Further amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC are therefore necessary and the Commission should accordingly propose harmonised arrangements at EU level, different from the mechanism currently governed by state aid rules, which could enter into force at the start of phase 4 in 2021.
Amendment 66 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) EU-harmonised measures different from the current state aid mechanism should be put in place so as to secure a fully level playing field, and to offset, in all Member States, carbon costs passed on through electricity bills.
Amendment 96 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 20217.
Amendment 101 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall ensure that the allowances back-loaded in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 176/2014 are placed in the market stability reserve as of 1 January 2017.
Amendment 106 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall publish the total number of allowances in circulation each year, by 15 May of the subsequent year. The total number of allowances in circulation for year x shall be the cumulative number of allowances issued in the period since 1 January 2008, including the number issued pursuant to Article 13(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC in that period and entitlements to use international credits exercised by installations under the EU emission trading system in respect of emissions up to 31 December of year x, minus the cumulative tonnes of verified emissions from installations under the EU emission trading system between 1 January 2008 and 31 December of year x, any allowances cancelled in accordance with Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC and the number of allowances in the reserve. No account shall be taken of emissions during the three-year period starting in 2005 and ending in 2007 and allowances issued in respect of those emissions. The first publication shall take place by 15 May 20176.
Amendment 119 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. In each year beginning in 20217, a number of allowances equal to 12% of the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-21, as published in May year x-1, shall be placed in the reserve, unless this number of allowances to be placed in the reserve would be less than 100 million 2021.
Amendment 168 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
2. “1. From 20217 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances that are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a and 10c and are not placed in the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEUJ: please insert number of this Decision when known] of the European Parliament and of the Council(*).”
Amendment 182 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point - a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point - a (new)
3d. In Article 10(3), the following point shall be inserted: "(-a) to establish a fund dedicated to the innovation and modernisation of energy- intensive installations, in particular in the sectors and sub-sectors referred to in Article 10a(15);"
Amendment 205 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 202619, the Commission shall, on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market, review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).
Amendment 218 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By ...* , the Commission shall review Directive 2003/87/EC, taking into account the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014, in particular with regard to carbon leakage provisions, and the continuation of free allocations, better reflecting changing production levels and incentivising the most efficient performance taking into account direct and indirect carbon costs, and if appropriate shall, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council. Both direct and indirect costs will be taken into account so to ensure a global and EU level playing field. __________________ *OJ: Please insert the date: 18 months after the entry into force of this Decision.
Amendment 226 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.
Amendment 88 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks, it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land- use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas emission savings of individual biofuels. This is because land-based biofuels have received a large amount of public subsidies (EUR 10 billion a year), and therefore almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, sugars and cereals and other starch-rich crops accordingly. Furthermore, biofuel production from food crops contributes to food price volatility and may have a significant negative social impact on livelihoods and the ability to implement human rights including the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countries outside the Union. In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impact and mitigate such negative effects on food security, it is appropriate to focus, in particular, on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land as well as taking into account indirect land-use change emissions when calculating the greenhouse gas emission savings required under the sustainability criteria set out in Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC. Furthermore, in order to find medium and long-term solutions, it is necessary to encourage research and development in new advanced biofuels sectors that are not in competition with food crops and to further study the impact of different groups of crops on both direct and indirect land-use changes.
Amendment 103 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Coherence between Directive 98/70/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC and legislation in other areas of Union policy should be improved in order to exploit synergies and improve legal certainty. Definitions of waste and residues for the purposes of Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC should be harmonised with those established by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. The waste and residues streams listed in Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC should be better identified by means of the waste codes in the European catalogue of waste established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC1b in order to facilitate the application of those Directives by competent authorities in the Member States. Promotion of biofuels and bioliquids in accordance with Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC should be consistent with the objectives and purpose of Directive 2008/98/EC. In order to achieve the Union's goal to move towards a recycling society, the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC should be fully implemented. With a view to facilitate this, the use of waste and residues for the production of biofuels and bioliquids should become part of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes established by Member States in accordance with Chapter V of Directive 2008/98/EC. The application of Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC should not jeopardise the full implementation of Directive 2008/98/EC. _______________ 1a Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 1b Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (notified under document number C(2000) 1147) (OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3).
Amendment 112 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the Commission2012 Communication of 13 February 2012 entitled '"Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe'" and the Commission Communication of 20 September 2011 entitled 'Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe', promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses other than biofuels or which do not impact on the environment in such a way as to compromise local ecosystems by depriving food crops of land and water.
Amendment 122 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Member States should be allowed to channel financial resources currently deployed with a view to achieving, either wholly or in part, their share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars, oil crops and other land-based energy crops into renewable energies – in particular wind, solar, wave and geothermal energy – that have demonstrated their renewability and sustainability.
Amendment 133 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28counted towards the target in Article 7a(2) of Directive 98/70/EC in order to provide incentives for the biofuels with low indirect land-use change impacts and to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the reduction target for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. In order to make sure that Union targets for greenhouse gas emission savings and biofuels are meaningful and effectively met, indirect land-use change emissions should be taken into account when calculating the greenhouse gas emission savings required under the sustainability criteria set out in Directive 2009/28/EC and Directive 98/70/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.
Amendment 191 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7c – paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1
Article 7c – paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1
Amendment 210 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
(p) 'waste' shall be defined as in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*; smeans any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard, as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and whose status is subject to independent verification and certification as to its compliance with the waste hierarchy established in Article 4 of that Directive or with a comparable waste prevention and management programme. Substances that have been intentionally modified or contaminated to meet that definition are not covered by this definitioncategory;
Amendment 240 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch- rich crops, sugars, oil and oil cropsther energy crops grown on land shall be no more than 75,5 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in the Member States in 2020;.
Amendment 287 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(da) the following paragraph is added: "4a. By [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall make recommendations for additional measures that Member State may take to promote and encourage energy efficiency and energy saving in transport. The recommendations shall include estimates of the quantity of energy that can be saved by implementing each of those measures. The energy quantity corresponding to the measures implemented by a Member State shall be taken into account for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point b of the second subparagraph of paragraph 4."
Amendment 300 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
(-a) in paragraph 1, the introductory part of the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: “1. Irrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, energy from biofuels and bioliquids shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) only if they fulfil the sustainability criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 6:7 and do not exceed contributions set out in Article 3(4)(d):”
Amendment 306 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in installations starting operation after …+ 1 July 2014. An installation shall be considered to be is "in operation" if the physical production of biofuels or bioliquids has taken place. In the case of installations that were in operation on or before …+1 of July 2014, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuels and bioliquids shall achieve a greenhouse gas emission saving of at least 35 % until 31 December 2017 and at least 50 60% from 1 January 2018. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids shall be calculated in accordance with Article 19(1)." __________________ + OJ: please insert the date of entry into force of this Directive.”
Amendment 318 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 320 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 323 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new) Directive 2009/28 EC
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new) Directive 2009/28 EC
(-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. For the purposes of Article 17(2), the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V and where the el value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex VIII, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V; or adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex V, where disaggregated default values in part D or E of Annex V may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V, for all other factors., adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII. For the purposes of Art 17(2) from 2020 onwards the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated by adding the respective value in Annex V to the result obtained pursuant to the first subparagraph.”
Amendment 342 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 10 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 10 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 8 a (new)
(da) the following paragraph is added: “8a. By 31 December 2016 the Commission shall submit a report on the positive and negative environmental and economic impacts of biofuels produced from waste, residues, co-products or non- land using feedstocks. The environmental impacts to be assessed shall include greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, water, and soil fertility. The potential or forfeited benefits of using these feedstocks for other purposes, in particular the manufacture of products, shall be taken into account. The economic impacts to be assessed shall include production costs, the opportunity cost of using the feedstocks for other purposes and the life- cycle energy return on investment that may be obtained from using the feedstocks to produce advanced biofuels and bioliquids.”
Amendment 343 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall at the latest by …+ , before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council including an assessment of the availability of the necessary quantities of cost-efficient biofuels on the Union market from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops by 2020, including the need for additional criteria to ensure their sustainability, and of the best available scientific evidence onreviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuels and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by proposals for further measures, taking into account economic, social and environmental considerations. The report shall also set out criteria fora legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1 January 2019. The report shall also include a review of the effectiveness of the idncentification and certification of low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels and bioliquids, with a view to adjusting Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC, if appropriate. __________________ + OJ: please insert the date: one year after the entry into force of this Directivves provided for biofuels from non-land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)(d) of Directive 2009/28/EC. It shall include an assessment of the availability of such biofuels and of their environmental, economic and social impacts. It shall inter alia assess the impact of biofuel production on the availability of wood as a resource and on sectors using biomass. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal for establishing appropriate sustainability criteria for biofuels from non-land using feedstocks and non-food crops. Investors shall take into account that biofuel production technologies are still under development and further measures to mitigate negative impacts may be adopted at a later stage.
Amendment 354 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C – point 1
Annex IV – part C – point 1
(-1) point 1 of Part C of Annex V is replaced by the following: “1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of biofuels shall be calculated as: E = eec + el + eiluc + ep + etd + eu – esca – eccs – eccr – eee , where E = total emissions from the use of the fuel; eec = emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials; el = annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change; eiluc= annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by indirect land-use change; ep = emissions from processing; etd = emissions from transport and distribution; eu = emissions from the fuel in use; esca = emission saving from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management; eccs = emission saving from carbon capture and geological storage; eccr = emission saving from carbon capture and replacement; and eee = emission saving from excess electricity from cogeneration. Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account.”
Amendment 366 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point -1 (new)
Annex II – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 1
Annex V – part C – point 1
(-1) point 1 of Part C of Annex V is replaced by the following: “1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of transport fuels, biofuels and bioliquidbiofuels shall be calculated as: E = eec + el + eiluc + ep + etd + eu – esca – eccs – eccr – eee , where E = total emissions from the use of the fuel; eec = emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials; el = annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change; eiluc= annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by indirect land-use change; ep = emissions from processing; etd = emissions from transport and distribution; eu = emissions from the fuel in use; esca = emission saving from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management; eccs = emission saving from carbon capture and geological storage; eccr = emission saving from carbon capture and replacement; and eee = emission saving from excess electricity from cogeneration. Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account.”
Amendment 371 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
(1a) the following point is added in part C of Annex V: "19a. Emissions from indirect land-use change, eiluc, shall be calculated in accordance with Annex VIII."
Amendment 382 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive2009/28/EC
Annex IX
Annex IX
Annex IX Part A. Feedstocks and fuels, thfrom waste and residues whose contribution of which towards the target(s) referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twionce their energy content (a) Algae if cultivated on land in ponds or photobioreactors.and which contribute towards the 2,5% target referred to in Article 3(d)(i) (b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under point (a) of Article 11(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC. (c) Bio-waste as defined in Article 3(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC from private households subject to separate collection as defined in Article 3(11) of that Directive. (d) Biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food or feed chain, including material from retail and wholesale and the agro-food and fish and aquaculture industry, and excluding feedstocks listed in part B of this Annex. (e) Straw. (f) Animal manure and sewage sludge (g) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches. (h) Tall oil pitch. (i) Crude glycerine. (j) Bagasse. (k) Grape marcs and wine lees. (l) Nut shells (m) Husks. (n) Cobs cleaned of kernels of corn. (o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest-based industries, i.e. bark, branches, pre-commercial thinnings, leaves, needles, tree topor separate collection under Article 11(1) and (2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives; derogations may be granted by Member States for separate biowaste where processes allow the production of both compost and biofuels (d) Biodegradable fraction of industrial, retail and wholesale waste, but not waste subject to separate collection under Article 11(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and provided that the waste hierarchy and the principle of cascading use are respected. (e) Straw. (f) Animal manure and sewage sludge (h) Tall oil pitch. (j) Bagasse. (k) Grape marcs and wine lees. (l) Nut shells (m) Husks. (n) Cobs cleaned of kernels of corn. (o) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust, and cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, lignin and tall oil. (p) Other non-food cellulosic material as defined in point (s) of the second paragraph of Article 2. (q) Other ligno-cellulosic material as defined in point (r) of the second paragraph of Article 2 except saw logs and veneer logs. (r) Renewable liquid and gaseous f. Part B. Feedstocks from waste and residuels of non-biological origin. Part B. Feedstocks, thwhose contribution of which towards the target referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content (a) Used cooking oil. (b) Animal fats classified as categories 1y I and 2II in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069774/2009 ________________ *Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).'2 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. Part C. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content and which contribute towards the 2,5% target referred to in Article 3(d)(i) (a) Algae (autotrophic). (b) Renewable liquids and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin. (c) Carbon Capture and Utilisation for transport purposes. (d) Bacteria.