729 Amendments of Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the ~~Union~~European Research Area and foster its competitiveness, including in its research, excellence, fundamental research industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) to promote scientific excellence and support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, skills, technologies and solutions to global challenges;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) to strengthen the ~~impact~~role of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, social and economic innovation and strengthen market deployment of knowledge and innovative solutions;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

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

(da) to support research excellence, researcher mobility, fundamental and frontier research, European research collaboration and strengthening international collaboration and networking

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

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

(da) to reduce the RDI divide within the Union;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Anthea McINTYRE, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

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

(db) to increase the motivation for researchers from less research and innovation intensive countries to take part in Horizon Europe.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

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

2a. To promote research excellence, researcher mobility and strengthening international collaboration;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part

(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science', pursuing the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) and also supporting specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b) and (c), with the following components:

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c

(c) cluster 'Digital ~~and~~, Industry and Space';

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6

6. The implementation of the specific programme29 shall be based on a transparent and strategic multiannual planning of research and innovation activities, in particular for the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness', following consultations with stakeholders about priorities and the suitable types of action and forms of implementation to use, including through advice provided by independent advisory groups of high-level experts. This shall ensure alignment with other relevant Union programmes. __________________ 29 …

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. All pillars and their respective components should foresee ample room for basic research in pursuit of its contribution towards a knowledge-based learning society and the related objective set out in Article 3(2)(a).

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) be centered on ambitious, excellence-driven but realistic research and innovation activities across all stages of development;

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)

(fa) have the necessary scale, scope and wide mobilization of the resources required.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)

Article 7a The European Innovation Council 1. The Commission shall establish a European Innovation Council (EIC) primarily for implementing actions under Pillar III ‘Open Innovation’. 2. The EIC shall operate with a focus on breakthrough and disruptive innovation in Europe, take calculated risks, and operate with efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability, including, where possible, in conjunction with other funding programmes across the European Research Area. 3. The majority of the EIC budget shall be dedicated for innovative start-ups and SMEs. 4. The EIC Board and management features are defined in Decision (EU)...[Specific Programme] and its annexes.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Open access to scientific publications resulting from research funded under the Programme shall be ensured in accordance with Article 35(3). Open access to research data underlying published research findings shall be ensured in line with the principle 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'. Open access to other research outputs and other relevant research data shall be encouraged.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA), in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA agreement; 1a; __________________ 1a Subject to successful conclusion of negotiations with the UK on Association to HEU, the UK should be added to the States herein listed, and the agreement have retrospective effect from the beginning of the programme.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Anthea McINTYRE, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) United Kingdom shall benefit from special status as associated country under Horizon Europe until the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU are finalised.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4

4. The conditions determining the level of financial contribution shall ensure an automatic correction of any significant imbalance compared to the amount that entities established in the associated country receive through participation in the Programme, taking into account the costs in the management, execution and operation of the Programme. The balance of the financial contribution of associated countries shall be considered over the life span of the Programme.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Associated countries shall have the right to coordinate an action and the right to participate in all parts of the Programme.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

2. Entities shall be part of a consortium that shall include at least three independent legal entities each established in a different Member State or associated country and with at least one of them established in a Member State, unless: (a) the work programme provides otherwise, if justified; (b) the action is one referred to in paragraphs 3 or 4.deleted

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The following minimum conditions shall apply: (a) at least three legal entities shall participate in an action; (b) each of the three shall be established in a Member State or associated country; (c) no two of the three may be established in the same Member State or associated country; (d) all three legal entities shall be independent of each other.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Anthea McINTYRE, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5

5. For actions related to Union strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security, the work programme may provide in exceptional circumstances that the participation can be limited to those legal entities established in Member States only, or to those legal entities established in specified associated or other third countries in addition to Member States.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3

3. TFollowing consultation with independent experts and provided sufficient notice is given to beneficiaries, the action may also be terminated where expected results have lost their relevance for the Union due to scientific, technological or economic reasons, including in the case of EIC and missions, their relevance as part of a portfolio of actions.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

In addition to the criteria set out in Article 197 of the Financial Regulation, for beneficiaries with project-based remuneration, costs of personnel are eligible up to the equal remuneration ~~that the person is paid for work in similar projects funded by~~and may be differentiating from national schemes.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Beneficiaries having received Union funding shall use their best efforts to exploit their results, ~~in particular in the Union~~by priority in the Union and/or Associated countries. Exploitation may be done directly by the beneficiaries or indirectly in particular through the transfer and licensing of results in accordance with Article 36.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Anthea McINTYRE, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Open access to research data underlying published research findings shall be the general rule under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement, but exceptions shall apply if justified, taking into consideration the legitimate interests of the beneficiaries and any other constraints, such as data protection rules, security rules or intellectual property rights. where the costs of preserving or supplying the data are disproportionate.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2018/0224(COD)

Ashley FOX, Anthea McINTYRE, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1

1. By derogation from Article 237(3) of the Financial Regulation, external experts may be selected without a call for expressions of interest, ifonly if a call for expressions of interest did not identify suitable external experts. Any selection of external experts without a call for expressions of interest must be duly justified and the selection is carried out in a transparent manner.

2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE

2017/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas various international charters and laws prohibit the marriage of minors; whereas early and forced marriage has a very negative impact on the personal development of the individuals concerned and on the children resulting from the marriage; whereas children represent part of a highly vulnerable group;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2017/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that in order to comprehensively tackle early and forced marriage, the European Union, as a major actor in global development and human rights, must play a leading role;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2017/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b

b. this prohibition is respected and enforced in practice once the law has entered into force;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

— having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and the prospects of the EU’s acceptance of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

— having regard to the jJoint sStaff wWorking dDocument ~~entitled ‘EU~~“Mid-term review of the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy ~~(2015-2019): Mid-Term Review~~”, adopted on 7 June 2017’3 3, _________________ 3 http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docum ent/ST-11138-2017-INIT/en/pdf

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the Global Strategy ~~for the European Union’s~~on Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union presented by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) Federica Mogherini on 28 June 2016~~5 , _________________ 5 http://europa.eu/globalstrategy/sites/globals trategy/files/regions/files/eugs_review_we b_0.pdf~~, as well as its first Report on implementation progress presented in 2017,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the Joint Statement about the New European Consensus on Development “Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future”, adopted by the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission on 7 June 2017,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted in 2013,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

- having regard to the individual and collective commitments of its Members in communicating with human rights organisations worldwide, promoting the reflection and dialogue about human rights and in raising individual cases of human rights abuses,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)

- having regard to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, adopted in 1976 and revised in 2011,

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

M a. whereas the EU initiatives for the promotion of synergies and cooperation between human rights NGOs and business organisations in third countries have the potential to reduce the abuses and violations of human rights related to business, employment, living standards, gender, age, sexual orientation, environmental impact, sustainability, etc.;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

M b. whereas an increased number of communication channels represents an important tool that allows quick learning about human rights abuses and reaching a major number of victims or potential victims of human rights violations in third countries and providing them with information and assistance;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)

M c. whereas the EU recognises the limited efficiency of voluntary commitments and gives preference to binding bilateral and multilateral agreements in the field of human rights;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)

M d. whereas the EU welcomes the efforts of the working group established under the UN framework in 2014 with the task of drafting a binding treaty on human rights and business;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M e (new)

M e. whereas the support for democracy and human rights remains a joint responsibility of the EU and its Member States and whereas the EU institutions together with the Member States should encourage the European enterprises to operate in a socially responsible way, especially in cases where the enterprises operate abroad;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M f (new)

M f. whereas the EU acknowledges cultural differences and is committed to promote human rights and democracy with full respect to different cultural values and sensitivities;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that in 2016, numerous DROI missions travelled to different countries with the view to collect and exchange information with the local governmental and non-governmental human rights actors, to present the position of the European Parliament and to encourage an improvement of the protection and respect for human rights;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Reiterates its full support for the EU’s strong engagement in promoting the advancement of human rights and democratic principles through cooperation with UN structures and UN specialised agencies, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as with regional organisations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the African Union, the Arab League and others, in line with Articles 21 and 220 of the TEU;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Expresses its concern that the victims of human rights abuses face huge obstacles in accessing justice and in obtaining redress; encourages the EU and its Member States to transpose any and all human rights obligations through their domestic legislation and guarantee that the people have efficient legal options and accessible ways of defending their human rights on a local level; considers an adequate remedy for human rights violations as an essential indicator of a country’s compliance with the international human rights obligations;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Instructs its President to forward this ~~resolution~~Annual Report to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary- General, the President of the 70th UN General Assembly, the President of the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the EU heads of delegation.

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48a. Considers the absence of strong linkages between the human rights NGOs and businesses in third countries to be detrimental to the EU’s efforts in the promotion of democracy and human rights, that otherwise would be reinforced by local ownership; emphasises that the agreements between human rights and business organisations would empower local actors for an efficient protection of human rights and as a result foster a stronger civil society; highlights that such agreements would optimise the financial and operational expenses of local human rights NGOs;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)

48b. Considers that in its human rights dialogues with third countries the EU should give particular attention to the obstacles hindering the effective implementation of international human rights obligations: high level of informality (low level of codification), ineffective governmental inspection, ineffective judiciary system, ineffective grievance mechanisms, low public awareness on human rights, low information about the remedy access and high level of corruption;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 c (new)

48c. Highlights that the widespread violations and abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms require an ever more determined and coordinated commitment by the EU and its Member States; reiterates that a closer cooperation is needed on different levels of governance to guarantee that the promotion of democracy and human rights meets the objectives of coherence and consistency;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 d (new)

48d. Acknowledges what great importance the modern information and communication technologies have in promoting, defending and redressing human rights worldwide and invites the EU institutions and the Member States to use their information channels to systematically reiterate within their specific frameworks and remits the EP’s position on different human rights issues, while contributing to the efficiency and visibility of the EU’s common efforts;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. In general welcomes and supports the views of the European Commission as outlined in the Communication COM(2016) 356.

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the fact that all collaborative economies, covering the full spectrum from market-oriented to gift- based, ~~are rooted in human cooperative behaviour and that no matter how diverse they are, or will become, they~~benefit from socio-economic developments shifting from the need to own to the need to use assets and resources. Collaborative economies are all identified by resource sharing, the active empowerment of citizens, community- accepted innovation, and the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a key enabler;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that collaborative economies thrive in communities in which knowledge- and education-sharing models are strong, thereby consolidating a culture of open innovation, supporting open- sourced hardware and software~~, and expanding our heritage of common goods and creative commons~~;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the ~~Commission to ensure that the EU develops the highest international standards regarding (a) social protection for ‘workpreneurs’ in collab~~Member States to apply functionally similar tax and consumer protection obligations to businesses providing comparable services. Such as mentioned by the Commission, rating and reputational systems or other mechanisms to discourage harmful behaviour by market participants may in some cases reduce risks for consumers stemming from informati~~ve economies, (b) safety guarantees for the customers of collaborative economies, and (c) cohabitation synergies with traditional business model~~on asymmetries. This can contribute to higher quality services and potentially reduce the need for certain elements of regulation, provided adequate trust can be placed in the quality of the reviews and ratings;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. C~~alls on the Commiss~~onsiders the functionally similar tax and consumer protection obligations applied ind one Member States to open non-exclusive, experimentation-oriented spaces for collaborative economies and to promote guidelines on this matter in European, national and local legislation, while fostering digital connectivity and literacy, supporting European entrepreneurs and incentivising Industry 4.0 hubbe transferable to other Member States. In order to support the exchange of best practices, calls on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection to commission a comparative study focusing on agreements with platforms for the collection of taxes and insurance payments;

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

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

2017/01/30
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) New recital (1) The scope for the financing of the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2019-2020 should be maintained and reflect the 2014-2018 Programme. This is of paramount importance to maintain continuity in on- going projects and investments, including those crucial for the Fusion Roadmap. It is also essential to reflect and ensure continuity in the funding decisions agreed for this programme under the current Multiannual Financial Framework. The adoption of the Basic Act will facilitate and ensure the continuation of those projects which contribute to the long-term aims of the European Union, including the Fusion Road Map.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Nuclear research can contribute to social and economic prosperity and environmental sustainability by improving nuclear safety, security and radiation protection. Equally important is the ~~potential~~ contribution of nuclear research to the long term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) In regards to Brexit, existing collaboration on common research programmes, especially on nuclear research, should be continued with the United Kingdom.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Notwithstanding the ~~potential~~ impact of nuclear energy on energy supply and economic development, severe nuclear accidents may endanger human health. Therefore, nuclear safety and, where appropriate, security aspects dealt with by the Joint Research Centre (the 'JRC') should be given the greatest possible attention in the Euratom Programme.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) While it is for each Member State to choose whether or not to make use of nuclear power, it is also acknowledged that nuclear energy plays different roles in different Member States, for instance in the field of health.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The general objective of the Euratom Programme is to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on continuous improvement of nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, notably to ~~potentially~~ contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way. The general objective shall be implemented through the activities specified in Annex I in the form of direct and indirect actions which pursue the specific objectives set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g

(g) promoting innovation, technology leadership and industrial competitiveness;

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) countries or territories, such as the United Kingdom, associated to the Seventh Euratom Framework Programme or the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2014-2018.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2

Nuclear power con~~stit~~tributes ~~an element in the debate on combating climate change and reducing Europe's dependence on imported energy~~to combating climate change. In the broader context of finding a sustainable energy-mix for the future, the Euratom Programme will also contribute through its research activities to the debate on the benefits and the limitations of nuclear fission energy for a low-carbon economy. Through ensuring continuous improvement of nuclear safety, more advanced nuclear technologies could also offer the prospect of significant improvements in efficiency and use of resources and producing less waste than current designs. Nuclear safety aspects will receive the greatest possible attention.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK, Urszula KRUPA, Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Richard SULÍK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6 – point a – paragraph 2

In line with the general objective, support to joint research activities concerning the safe operation and decommissioning of reactor systems (including fuel cycle facilities) in use in the Union or, to the extent necessary in order to maintain broad nuclear safety expertise in the Union, those reactor types ~~which~~ may be used in the future~~, focusing exclusively on safety aspects, including~~ on all aspects of the fuel cycle such as partitioning and transmutation.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

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

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [PO: ~~one year~~three months after the date of entry into force] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

2018/01/26
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

3. This Regulation will ~~until 31 December 2024~~ be complemented by additional measures corresponding to a reduction of 10 g CO2/km as part of the Union 's integrated approach referred to in the 2007 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament27 . __________________ 27 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 7 February 2007 Results of the review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light- commercial vehicles (COM(2007) 19 final).

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4

4. From 1 January 2025 the following EU fleet-wide targets shall apply: (a) new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 15% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I; (b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 15% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;deleted for the average emissions of the

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 320% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 3015% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) for each calendar year from 2021 until 20249, the specific emissions target determined in accordance with points 3 and 4 of Parts A or B of Annex I as appropriate or, where a manufacturer is granted a derogation under Article 10 , in accordance with that derogation and point 5 of Parts A or B of Annex I;

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) for each calendar year, starting from 202530, the specific emissions targets determined in accordance with point 6.3 of Parts A or B of Annex I.

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) the average mass in running order for all new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union in the preceding calendar year until 31 December 20209;

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) the ~~2025 and~~ 2030 EU fleet-wide targets referred to in Article 1~~(4) and~~ (5) calculated by the Commission in accordance with points 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 of Parts A and B of Annex I;

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) the values for a2021~~, a2025~~ and a2030 calculated by the Commission in accordance with point 6.2 of Parts A and B of Annex I.

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

The Commission may adjust the cap with effect from 20251 onwards to reflect the switch to WLTP. Those adjustments shall be performed by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 16.

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 4 – introductory part

4. For the calendar years 2021 to 20249, the specific emissions target for a manufacturer shall be calculated as follows:

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4

M0 is 1379.88 in 2021, and as defined in Article 13(1)(a) for the period 2022~~, 2023 and~~ to 20249;

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – introductory part

6. From 1 January 202530, the EU fleet- wide targets and the specific emissions targets of CO2 for a manufacturer shall be calculated as follows:

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.1

6.1.1. EU fleet-wide target for 2025 to 2029 EU fleet-wide target2025 = EU fleet-wide target2021 · (1 - reduction factor2025) Where, EU fleet-wide target2021 is the average, weighted on the number of newly registered cars of each individual manufacturer, of the specific emissions targets determined for each individual manufacturer in 2021 in accordance with point 4 Reduction factor2025 is the reduction specified in Article 1(4)(a)deleted

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – introductory part

6.2. Specific emissions reference targets from 202530 onwards

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1

6.2.1. 2025 to 2029 The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2025 + a2025 · (TM- TM0) Where, EU fleet-wide target2025 is as determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 a2025 is null where, a2021 is the slope of the best fitting straight line established by applying the linear least squares fitting method to the test mass (explanatory variable) and the specific CO2 emissions (dependent variable) of each individual vehicle in the 2021 EU fleet average emissions2021 is the average of the specific emissions of CO2 of all newly registered vehicles in 2021 of those manufacturers for which a specific emissions target is calculated in accordance with point 4 TM is the average test mass in kilograms of all newly registered vehicles of the manufacturer in the relevant calendar year TM0 is the value determined in accordance with Article 13(1)(d)deleted

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 1

The specific emissions target from 202530 onwards

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Specific emissions reference target is the specific emissions reference target of CO2 determined in accordance with point ~~6.2.1 for the period 2025 to 2029 and~~ 6.2.2 for 2030 onwards

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3

x is ~~15% in the years 2025 to 2029 and 3~~20% in 2030 onwards.

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – introductory part

6. From 1 January 202530, the EU fleet- wide targets and the specific emissions target of CO2 for a manufacturer shall be calculated as follows:

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.1 – introductory part

6.1. The EU fleet-wide targets for ~~2025 and~~ 2030

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.1

6.1.1. EU fleet-wide target for 2025 to 2029 EU fleet-wide target2025 = EU fleet-wide target2021 · (1 - reduction factor2025) Where, EU fleet-wide target2021 is the average, weighted on the number of newly registered light commercial vehicles of each individual manufacturer, of the specific emissions targets determined for each individual manufacturer in 2021 in accordance with point 4 Reduction factor2025 is the reduction specified in Article 1(4)(b)deleted

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – introductory part

6.2. The specific emissions reference target from 202530 onwards

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1

6.2.1. 2025 to 2029 The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2025 + α · (TM-TM0) Where, EU fleet-wide target2025 is as determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 α is a2025 where the average test mass of a manufacturer's newly registered vehicles is equal to or lower than TM0 determined in accordance with Article 13(1)(d) and a2021 where the average test mass of a manufacturer's newly registered vehicles is higher than TM0 determined in accordance with Article 13(1)(d), where, a2025 is null a2021 is the slope of the best fitting straight line established by applying the linear least squares fitting method to the test mass (explanatory variable) and the specific CO2 emissions (dependent variable) of each newly registered vehicle in the 2021 EU fleet average emissions2021 is the average of the specific emissions of CO2 of all newly registered vehicles in 2021 of those manufacturers for which a specific emissions target is calculated in accordance with point 4 TM is the average test mass in kilograms of all newly registered vehicles of the manufacturer in the relevant calendar year TM0 is the value determined in accordance with Article 13(1)(d)deleted

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0293(COD)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1

6.3.1. From 2025 to 2029 The specific emissions target = (specific emissions reference target – (øtargets – EU fleet-wide target2025)) · ZLEV factor Where, Specific emissions reference target is the specific emissions reference target for the manufacturer determined in accordance with point 6.2.1 øtargets is the average, weighted on the number of newly registered light commercial vehicles of each individual manufacturer, of all the specific emissions reference targets determined in accordance with point 6.2.1 ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.0 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.0 as the case may be Where, y is the share of zero- and low-emission vehicles in the manufacturer's fleet of newly registered light commercial vehicles calculated as the total number of zero- and low-emission vehicles, where each of them is counted as ZLEVspecific in accordance with the formula below, divided by the total number of light commercial vehicles registered in the relevant calendar year null x is 15%deleted

2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

1. 'foreign direct investment' means investments of any kind by a foreign investor aiming to establish or to maintain lasting and direct links between the foreign investor and the entrepreneur to whom or the undertaking to which the capital is made available in order to carry onut an economic activity in a Member State, including investments which enable effective participation in the management or control of a company carrying out an economic activity;

2018/02/20
Committee: AFET

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order, Member States and the Commission may take into account whether the foreign investor is controlled or owned by the government of a third country, including through significant funding.

2018/02/20
Committee: AFET

2017/0224(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall notify to the Commission their existing screening mechanisms by […] (30 days of the entry into force of this Regulation) at the latest. Member States shall notify to the Commission of any amendment to an existing screening mechanism or any newly adopted screening mechanism within 30 days of entry into force of the screening mechanism at the latest.

2018/02/20
Committee: AFET

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive ~~and~~, innovative and balanced European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology development.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, and to strengthen Member States' strategic defence capabilities in cooperation with NATO, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) To ~~better exploit~~create an efficient European defence industry and to make better use of economies of scale in, the ~~defence industry~~Programme should allow for the full potential of all European actors to be utilised. Therefore, the Programme should support the cooperation between undertakings in the development of defence products and technologies and facilitate the development of cooperation between new partners.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Given that the Programme aims particularly at enhancing cooperation between undertakings across Member States, an action should be eligible for funding under the Programme only if it is undertaken by a cooperation of at least three undertakings based in at least twohree different Member States.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry, ~~only~~ entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals should be eligible for support. Given that the aim of the Programme is to enhance the overall competitiveness of the Union's defence industry, it is important to apply the research and industrial potential of all Member States. The Programme takes into account the economic and social differences in the development of entities that form the defence industry, which had an impact on the present level of integration within the sector and the particular characters of the entities, such as their ownership structure. Therefore, an undertaking established in the Union but controlled by non-EU States or by non-EU entities would be eligible provided that this would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and of all Member States as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in accordance with Title V of the TEU and if the Member State, where the entity is located, provides other Member States with sufficient guaranties thereof. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) For the purpose of this regulation any entity engaged in an economic activity, that is an activity consisting in offering goods or services on a given market, regardless of its legal status and the way in which it is financed, is considered an undertaking. To qualify, no intention to earn profits is required, nor are public bodies by definition excluded1a. __________________ 1aCommission Notice on the concept of undertakings concerned under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, andThe EU-NATO Declaration stressed the importance of delivering key capabilities and addressing critical shortfalls through project in such areas as preserving critical infrastructure, strengthening resilience against hybrid and cyber threats. Other EU and NATO documents suggest a need for developing strategic transport as well. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. In order to avoid duplication of actions, and given the joint commitment to develop coherent, complementary, and interoperable defence capabilities of EU Member States and NATO Allies as expressed in the Warsaw Declaration in 2016, NATO-led initiatives, as well as other regional and international cooperation programmes serving the Union security and defence interest, ~~may also~~will be taken into account in defining the defence capability priorities by Member States and in the award procedure.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) Meeting the objectives of this programme requires the application of the research and industrial potential of all Member States. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid a concentration of cooperation in the defence industry, which would lead to the emergence of closed networks of partners that exclude the potential of undertakings from other regions. In this way, the Programme reflects on the lessons learned from other EU programmes such as the Horizon 2020, which strengthened existing relationships within the groups of old partners and excluded newcomers from consortia, as evidenced by uneven distribution of the programme’s funding. Therefore, contribution of project to development of cooperation between new partners should be taken into account in the award criteria.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to ensure that the funded actions will contribute to the competitiveness of the European defence industry, they should be market-oriented and demand driven. Therefore, the fact that Member States have already committed to jointly produce and procure the final product or technology, possibly in a coordinated way, should be taken into account in the award criteria. Given the economic significance of non-EU exports for European defence undertakings and its impact on their capabilities and investment decisions, the commitment of non-EU countries to purchase the final product or technology should serve as an award criterion on the condition that the export of the product or the technology in question does not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and all Member States as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in accordance with Title V of the TEU. The EU export control regime governed by Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 and the Common Position should apply accordingly.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The Commission should establish a multiannual work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States (hereinafter referred to as Programme Committee), as close cooperation between governments (as sole customers) as well as industries (as main suppliers) and R&T organisations from different Member States is crucial for the success of the Programme. In light of the Union policy on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans-national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable such cross-border participation of SMEs and that therefore a proportion of the overall budget will benefit such action. This proportion of the overall budget should also include middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), which, for the purpose of this regulation and without prejudice to post-2020 decisions, should be understood as entities having a number of employees up to 3000, where the staff headcount is calculated in accordance with Articles 3 - 6 of Title I of the Annex to the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and which are not SMEs. However, the inclusion of middle capitalisation companies (mid- caps) to this proportion of the overall budget should be without prejudice to the financial support granted to SMEs.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to benefit from its expertise in the defence sector and to facilitate complementarity between projects carried out on the European and NATO levels, the European Defence Agency and NATO will be given the status of an observers in the committee of Member States. The European External Action Service should also assist in the committee of Member States.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) The Commission should draw up an interim progress report by the end of the first year of implementation and an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining and evaluating the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs and middle capitalisation companies (mid- caps) in projects under the Programme as well as their participation ~~of SMEs~~ to the global value chain. The report will also include information on the origin of beneficiaries under the Programme. The future Programme will take into account the findings of the reports from previous years as well as of the Pilot Project and Preparatory Action, in particular the contribution of the Programme to the security of all Member States and its impact on innovation and technological development as well as on balancing of defence industries across all Member States.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to foster the competitiveness ~~and~~, innovation capacity and balance of the Union defence industry by supporting actions in their development phase of defence technologies or products;

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) to facilitate a balanced development of the European defence industry by supporting the creation of new networks of cross-border cooperation between undertakings;

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union, which reflect other relevant regional and international cooperation initiatives, primarily those carried out in the NATO context;

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. The Union's financial assistance shall be implemented by the Commission as provided for by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 directly or indirectly by entrusting budget implementation tasks to the European Defence Agency or to entities listed in Article 58(1) (c) of that Regulation.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

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

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7

1. undertakings established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50% of the undertaking and effectively control it within the meaning of Article 6(3), whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States duringArticle 7 deleted Eligible Entities Beneficiaries shall be If the bentire duration of the action. 2. paragraph 1, is developing an action, as defined in Article 6, in the context of Permanent Structured Cooperation, it shall be eligible for the increased funding referred to in Article 11(2) in respect of that action.eficiary, as defined in

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)

Article 7a Eligible Entities 1. Beneficiaries shall be undertakings established in the Union. 2. The beneficiaries’ and their subcontractors’ infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used for the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme shall be located on the territory of the Union during the entire duration of the action, and their executive management structures shall be established in the EU. 3. For the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme, the beneficiaries and their subcontractors shall not be subject to control by non-EU States or by non-EU entities. 4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, an undertaking established in the Union but controlled by non-EU States or by non-EU entities would be eligible under the condition that this would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and all Member States as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in accordance with Title V of the TEU and that the Member State where the entity is located provides to other Member States sufficient guaranties thereof. Undertakings which are engaged in defence industry cooperation with the third states which are under a sanctions regime by the EU or otherwise undermine European security, or which are directly or indirectly controlled by entities from the third states which are under a sanctions regime by the EU or otherwise undermine European security should not be eligible for participation. 5. If there are no competitive substitutes readily available in the EU, and if this usage would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, beneficiaries and their subcontractors may use assets, infrastructure, facilities and resources located or held outside the territory of Member States or controlled by third countries. When performing an eligible action, beneficiaries and their subcontractors may also cooperate with undertakings established outside the territory of EU Member States or controlled by non-EU states or non-EU entities, if this would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States. 6. Beneficiaries shall provide before the signature of the funding agreement all relevant information necessary for the assessment of the eligibility criteria. 7. If the beneficiary, as defined in paragraph 1, is developing an action, as defined in Article 6, in the context of Permanent Structured Cooperation, it shall be eligible for the increased funding referred to in Article 11(2) in respect of that action.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) contribution to the security and defence interests of the Union and commitments undertaken in the context of NATO cooperation by enhancing defence technologies which contribute to implement defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union; and,

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) contribution to a balanced development of European defence industry by creation of new networks of cross-border cooperation between undertakings;

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) for actions described in points (b) to (e) of Article 6(1), the contribution to the competitiveness of the European defence industry through the demonstration by the beneficiaries that non-EU countries have committed to procure the final product or technology.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. The proposals submitted following the call for proposals shall be evaluated by the Commission assisted by ~~independent expert~~experts representing all Member States on the basis of the award criteria of Article 10.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2017/0125(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The European Defence Agency and NATO shall be invited as observers.

2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to change its internal structure in such a way that, under the principle of collective responsibility, the portfolio of one single Commissioner (and Directorate-General) includes at the same time the responsibility for air quality legislation and for policies addressing the sources of pollutant emissions; calls for an increase in the human and technical resources dedicated to vehicles, vehicle systems and emission control technologies in the Commission, and for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) to further improve in-house technical expertise;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that the USA has a history of implementing fuel economy standards and only lately has taken action directly on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, whereas the EU has developed an earlier focus on CO2 emissions from vehicles, which has substantially affected the EU automobile market; underlines that the EU and the USA legislators can mutually learn from each other, for the benefit of the climate protection, the consumer as well as the car industry; calls therefore on the Commission to initiate necessary steps for the harmonization of CO2 and NOx emission standards and emission testing procedures between the EU and the USA.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to e~~nsure that there are adequate human resources and technical ex~~stablish a deepened cooperatise in the JRC, including measures to keep relevant experience with vehicle and emissions technology and vehicle testing in the organisation; notes that the JRC may have additional verification responsibilities for requirements in the context of the proposal for a new market surveillance and type approval regulationon between JRC and the EPA, which will mutually increase technical expertise in these agencies;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to investigate why it has not assigned the JRC with the task to prove potential use of defeat devices by European car manufacturers when the defeat devices had been found in the US in light-duty vehicles in 1995 and in heavy-duty vehicles in 1998;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to strictly monitor the enforcement by Member States of the exemptions to the use of defeat devices and to issue interpretative guidelines; considers that the broad definition of the derogations to the ban on defeat devices foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (especially the one concerning engine protection) is implicitly counter-productive, because it allows unfair competition among car producers when an outdated and excessively polluting engine technology can be justified by these exceptions; calls on the Commission to launch infringements procedures if it deems them necessary;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Believes that the Commission should be empowered to judge a dispute based on different interpretations of EU type-approval legislation between two national type-approval authorities;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 22

22. Believes that ~~type-approval authoriti~~Member States should be made responsible for checking the financial relations existing between car manufacturers and technical services in order to prevent conflicts of interest between the two;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 23

23. Draws attention to the US type- approval system –, whereby fees collected from manufacturers to cover the cost of certification and compliance programmes are sent to the US Treasury, and the US Congress in turn allocates funds to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement its programmes – as a paradigm that may be useful for improving the independence of the EU system manufacturers are required to provide full details of any auxiliary emissions control devices to the EPA and the EPA has provided manufacturers and evaluators with a range of advisory circulars providing further interpretative detail concerning the derogations to the ban on defeat devices;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 26

26. Believes that type-approval authorities, market surveillance authorities and technical services should be able to carry out their duties; considers that they should therefore improve their level of competence significantly and continuously, and to that end calls for the establishment of regular, independent audits of their capabilities;deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 31

~~31. Suggests that the Commission should be empowered to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative fines where non- compliance of vehicles is establish~~deleted;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Paragraph 36

36. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to reinforce European implementation mechanisms such as the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL);deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Paragraph 38

38. Considers that the powers of Parliament’s committees of inquiry should be better aligned with those of the national parliaments, in particular as regards the summoning of individuals and the application of sanctions in the event of refusal to cooperate; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the related provisions in Parliament’s current proposal;deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Reiterates that ICT Standardisation is essential for the Digital Single Market and standards are an important tool for economic growth and innovation creating a competitive advantage and market access for European businesses;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)

(2) Underlines that inter-operability and performance of equipment, technical solutions and services are at the centre of ICT standardisation;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)

(3) Acknowledges the current challenging context of digitisation for all sectors, the increasing pace of technological change and proliferation of standard-setting fora and recognises the need to adapt the European standard setting processes to these new realities;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)

(4) Believes that ICT standardisation involves not only the setting of product requirements but also the development of innovative technologies;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Acknowledges the success of the New Approach and calls for the preservation of its principles;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Inter-institutional dialogue Recognises the strategic importance of ICT standardisation and calls on ~~the Commission to support an EU presence in international ICT fora~~an increased and optimized EU presence and coordination in international standardization bodies and calls on a continuous dialogue between the European Parliament, the Commission, the Council and European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs);

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ICT priorities Welcomes the ICT priority areas as the essential technology building blocks on which equally important areas such as eHealth, smart and efficient energy use, intelligent transport systems and advanced manufacturing will rely;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)

(1) Cross-sectoral collaboration Stresses the need for greater cooperation within the ICT standardisation community, in particular between ESOs, and calls on ESOs to prepare a common annual work programmes identifying cross-cutting areas of common interest;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)

(1) Calls on a simple and accessible framework for standardisation in support of all SMEs across all ESOs;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the importance of agile standardisation processes, with appropriate involvement of manufacturing industries, SMEs and ~~NGO~~social and societal stakeholders;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)

(1) Welcomes ETSI's efforts to provide easy access for European SMEs and its long-term strategy (2016-2021) addressing specifically cross-sectoral collaboration;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Joint Initiative Urges the Joint Initiative to better align research and innovation with standard- setting priorities;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that speedy and timely delivery is crucial in order to increase certainty for all interested parties;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point 1 (new)

(1) International cooperation Urges the Commission to consider the convergence with third countries on 5G, cloud computing, data and cyber security;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point 2 (new)

(2) Stresses the global nature of ICT technical specifications and calls on all parties concerned to globalise effectively European standards and adopt proven best standards of other regions notably for public procurement purposes with due respect to EU legislation and policies;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point 3 (new)

(3) Intellectual property rights Believes that ICT standardisation requires a balanced an effective IPR policy;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new)

(1) Encourages the Commission and ESOs to provide technical assistance beyond Europe supporting the internationalisation of European standards, institutional designs and standardisation processes;

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2274(INI)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Monitoring Asks the Commission to update Parliament regularly on the progress of ICT standardisation and its contribution to EU competitiveness and growth once a year in form of an informal exchange.

2017/02/10
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point f

(f) Strengthening economic, policy and social innovation through the principles of ~~openness and~~ accessibility of public ~~and private~~ data and information;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of an EU ~~governance~~coordinated structure for the digitalisation of industry that facilitates the coordination of national initiatives and platforms on industrial digitalisation; ~~calls on the Commission to consider setting a non- binding orientation target, that allows~~believes that the EU toshould remain a global industrial leader; underlines the importance of advancing digitalisation particularly in those regions that are lagging behind; expects that, besides industry leaders and social partners, stakeholders from academia, ~~the~~ standardisation ~~community, trade un~~organisations, policy-makers and civil society as well as industry leaders, especially SMEs, will also be invited to play an active role;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Asks the Commission to ~~establish a specific industrial foresight unit that examines~~update the relevant committees on recent manufacturing and digitalisation trends , ~~studies~~focuses on pertinent developments in other regions, and identifies new key technologies ~~and ensur~~; believes that European leadership in these areas ishould be maintained and new trends are integrated into policies and actions;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the need for a high density of secure high-speed wireless networks based on state-of-the art technologies;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines the critical importance of reliable positioning and timing information provided by the European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS for the precise employment of autonomous systems in logistics and industrial production;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the establishment of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation and particularly the Commission’'s proposal for Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) to strengthen industrial digitalisation and digital innovation for SMEs; ~~calls on the Commission to increase the funding for the DIH;~~

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the importance of unlocking sufficient financing for the digitalisation of Europe’'s industry through Horizon 2020 and other European funds; expresses disappointment that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) has so far invested only 11 % in digital projects;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Underlines the role of integrating openness of architecture as a design principle of digital components;~~deleted

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that European leadership in industrial digitalisation requires a strong standardisation strategy; emphasises the important and unique make-up of Europe’'s standardisation bodies, including their inclusive approach; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open standards and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory) conditions~~; calls for an EU coordinated approach towards international fora and consortia such as the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)~~ and to ensure that contributors of technology to standards obtain a fair return on investment to incentivize global R&D and innovation;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Highlights the fact that the digital transformation of industry will have a major societal impact on areas ranging from employment~~, working conditions, workers’ rights~~ to education ~~and skills~~; calls on the Commission to adequately ~~study~~assess and address the social effects of industrial digitalisation;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Stresses that Europe faces a digital gap in terms of skills; calls for the implementation of a skills guarantee and the right to (re-)training and life-long- learning; emphasises the importance of ensuring the promotion of digital skills; ~~calls on industry to grant employees a ‘digital sabbatical’; asks the Commission to launch a pan-European up-skilling initiative;~~

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Underlines that education must include digital skills and ~~that these must be integrated into~~encourages member states to promote this in their national education curricula;

2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas respect for human rights is under threat worldwide, and whereas the universality of human rights is ~~increasingly, and~~ seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian regimes; whereas there are numerous attempts worldwide to shrink the space of civil society, including in multilateral fora;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its serious concern that the promotion and protection of human rights and democratic values are under threat worldwide, that the universality of human rights is ~~increasingly, and~~ seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian regimes;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its serious concern at the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society and human rights defenders, and the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world, under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws) in countries such as Russia, Turkey and China;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reiterates that human rights should not be used to promote ideology;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Firmly reiterates that human rights agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, inter-dependent and inter-related, and that respect for these rights must be enforced; stresses that it is important that the Member States ratify all international human rights instruments established by the UN~~, including those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,~~ and, notably, the Optional Protocol establishing complaints and inquiry mechanisms, in conformity with Article 21 TEU;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to respect and fully implement the adopted EU common asylum package and the common migration legislation; calls on the Member States to participate in resettlement programmes, giving access to family reunification once the right to stay is firmly established, and granting humanitarian visas;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation; condemns traffickers luring migrants on life-threatening journeys with promises of economic rewards awaiting them in the EU;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)

58a. Is deeply concerned about ill- treatment of women and girls in countries of asylum and resettlement at the hands of male refugees;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 15 b (new)

Age discrimination

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 e (new)

62e. Is concerned about the negative effects of age discrimination;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 f (new)

62f. Welcomes Objective 16g in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019 that aims at increasing awareness of the human rights and specific needs of older persons;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63

63. Firmly condemns the recent increase in ~~discriminatory laws and~~ acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)

73a. Condemns attacks on human rights tolerated under the pretence of accepting religious or cultural differences;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78

78. Expresses the need for international assistance in efforts to search for and liberate women and children who still remain in the captivity of ISIS and Boko Haram, and in promoting special programmes for treatment within the European Union of former captives; expresses concern over the recruitment of children by terrorist groups and their participation in terrorist activities; stresses the need to establish policies to guide the search for, and the liberation, rehabilitation and reintegration of these children;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Recognises the fact that persecution and marginalisation of human rights defenders and journalists is growing all over the world; is concerned that the public space for civil society is shrinking and that human rights defenders and journalists are increasingly under attack worldwide; considers a free civil society to be one of the foundations for the protection and support of human rights and democratic values;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94

94. Is deeply concerned about the reinstatement of executions in some countries in recent years; expresses its grave concern at the reported rise in the number of death sentences handed down worldwide in 2015, in particular in China, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia; reminds the authorities of these countries that they are state parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child which strictly prohibits the death penalty for crimes committed by anyone below the age of 18;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 26

~~Drones~~deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104

104. Expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones in the absence of an appropriate international legal framework; urges the EU to adopt an EU common position on the use of armed drones that upholds human rights and international humanitarian law;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105

105. Emphasises the EU ban on the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons that enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention; calls on the EU to oppose and ban the practice of extrajudicial and targeted killings;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106

~~106. Calls on the VP/HR, the Member States and the Council to include armed drones in relevant European and international disarmament and arms control mechanisms;~~deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107

107. Calls on the EU to take all possible measures towards ensuring greater transparency and accountability on the part of third countries in the use of armed drones as regards to the legal basis for their use and to operational responsibility, to allow for judicial review of drone strikes and to ensure that victims of unlawful drone strikes have access to effective remedies;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108

108. Calls on the Commission to keep Parliament properly informed about the use of EU funds for all research and development projects associated with the construction of drones, for civil as well as military purposes; calls for human-rights impact assessments to be conducted of future drone development projects;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109

109. Stresses that the impact of technologies on the improvement of human rights should be mainstreamed in EU policies and programmes, in order to advance the protection of human rights and the promotion of democracy, the rule of law, good governance, and peaceful conflict solution;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, on the basis of a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, Parliament decided on 17 December 2015 to set up a Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to emission measurements in the automotive sector as well as to investigate the alleged failure of the Commission to introduce tests reflecting real-world driving conditions in a timely manner and to adopt measures addressing the use of defeat mechanisms, as provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the former Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Günter Verheugen, responsible for drafting Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, admitted in the EMIS hearing on 30 August 2016 that derogations to the ban on defeat devices provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 should have been defined much more precisely;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas the Comparative study on the differences between the EU and US legislation on emissions in the automotive sector published by the Directorate General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament in September 2016 ascertains that the EU fleet average targets for CO2 emissions are currently more ambitious than those adopted for emissions in the US and that on the contrary the US federal standards are (broadly) more ambitious for NOx;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the Comparative study on the differences between the EU and US legislation on emissions in the automotive sector published by the Directorate General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament in September 2016 ascertains that in the EU, manufacturers are not obliged to seek prior approval for their reliance on exemptions for defeat devices, or even to identify any such devices when applying for type approval, and whereas in the US, manufacturers are required to provide full details of any auxiliary emissions control devices to the EPA;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

C d. whereas the Comparative study on the differences between the EU and US legislation on emissions in the automotive sector published by the Directorate General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament in September 2016 ascertains that in the EU there has been no clarification of how the definition of defeat devices should be implemented, which could have helped to ensure uniformity of understanding among manufacturers and regulatory authorities, and whereas, on the contrary, the EPA has provided manufacturers and evaluators with a range of advisory circulars providing further interpretative details;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. There are large discrepancies between the NOx emissions of most Euro 3-6 diesel cars measured during the type- approval process with the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) laboratory test, which meet the legal limit, and their NOx emissions measured in real driving conditions, which substantially exceed the limit. Those discrepancies affect most diesel cars and are ~~not li~~, therefore, not to be mitxed toup with the Volkswagen ~~vehicles equipped with prohibited defeat devices~~scandal where compulsory laboratory tests were deceived.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Over half of the RDE-LDV working group participants consisted of experts from car manufacturers and other automotive industries. This can inter alia be attributed to the lack of sufficient technical expertise in the Commission departments. While the Commission consulted a wide range of stakeholders and ensured open access to the RDE-LDV group, it should have taken further steps to “as far as possible, ensure a balanced representation of relevant stakeholders, taking into account the specific tasks of the expert group and the type of expertise required”, as required by the horizontal rules for Commission expert groups of 10 November 2010.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Defeat devices were generally not considered among the possible reasons behind the discrepancies between laboratory and on-road NOx emissions and it was not generally suspected that they could be in actual use in any passenger car produced in the EUfound in the US in light-duty vehicles in 1995 and in high-duty vehicles in 1998. EU legislators were, therefore, warned about the potential usage of defeat devices long before the Volkswagen revelations in September 2015.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. The ~~ban on defeat devices has never been disputed by anyone. No Member State or car manufacturer ever questioned or asked for clarific~~former Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Günter Verheugen, responsible for drafting Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, admitted in the EMIS hearing on 30 August 2016 that derogation ons to the ~~provisions~~ban on defeat devices~~, including the implementation of the ban, until the Volkswagen case~~ foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 should have been defined much more precisely.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. The broad definition of the derogations to the ban on defeat devices foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (especially the one concerning engine protection) is implicitly counter-productive, because it allows unfair competition among car producers when an outdated and excessively polluting engine technology can be justified by these exceptions;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Some emission control strategies applied by car manufacturers point towards the possible use of prohibited defeat devices. For instance, some manufacturers decrease the effectiveness of ECTs outside specific “"thermal windows”" close to the temperature range prescribed by the NEDC test, which are not justifiable by the technical limitations of the ECTs, claiming that such a decrease is necessary for the protection of the engine against damage in line with the derogations to the ban on defeat devices foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. Others modulate ECTs to decrease their efficiency after a certain time from the start of the engine, close to the duration of the test, has elapsed. Moreover, in many cases, emissions measured on a test cycle after a certain period following engine start are unjustifiably higher than on the same cycle with measurements done immediately after engine start.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. The contradictory statements of the current industry Commissioner Bieńkowska and her predecessor Verheugen concerning the clarity of the to the ban on defeat devices foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 show a necessity of legally binding implementation guidelines.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Member States contravened their legal obligation to monitor and enforce the ban on defeat devices set out in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. None of them found the defeat devices installed in the Volkswagen vehicles. Moreover, according to our investigations, most Member States, and at least Germany, France, Italy and Luxembourg, had evidence that irrational emission control strategies, based on conditions similar to the NEDC test cycle (temperature, duration, speed), were used in order to pass the type-approval test cycle. Ongoing investigations and court cases at national level will decide if emission control strategies used by car manufacturers constitute an illegal use of defeat devices or a lawful application of the derogations.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. The Commission should have clearly defined the derogations to the ban on defeat devices foreseen in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. The USA has a history of implementing fuel economy standards and only lately has taken action directly on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The EU, in contrast, has developed an earlier focus on CO2 emissions from vehicles, which has substantially affected the EU automobile market. The EU and the USA legislators can mutually learn from each other, for the benefit of the climate protection, the consumer as well as the car industry. The Commission should have kept this in mind and should have initiated necessary steps for the harmonization of CO2 and NOx emission standards and emission testing procedures between the EU and the USA.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Also in the light of its internal deliberations and of external requests, the Commission should have requested information from the Member States on how they dealt with those vehicles in the existing fleet that do not comply with the legal emission limits under real driving conditions.deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. TWhe ~~governance structure in place in the automotive sector, whe~~reas the EU merely has regulatory power ~~and~~, the responsibility to implement EU law on car emission measurement lies primarily with the Member States~~, prevents the efficient enforcement of EU legislation~~. The enforcement powers of the Commission are limited to initiating infringement procedures against Member States where a Member State has failed to apply EU law correctly.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Member States did not monitor and enforce appropriately the application of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, notably in contravention of Article 5(1) on the obligation for manufacturers to design cars which comply with the regulation in normal use.deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that this initiative is fit for purpose, outward looking, future proof and technologically neutral, and highlights that the Commission and Member States must take their lead from the market and from the cloud computing industry itself in order to best meet the current and future demands of the sector and to drive innovation in cloud based technologies;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Notes the potential of big data for prompting technological innovation and building the knowledge based economy; Notes that reducing obstacles to knowledge-sharing will boost the competitiveness of businesses while also benefiting local and regional authorities; highlights the importance of facilitating data portability;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Notes the Commission's proposal for the development of a large scale European Data Infrastructure, stresses the importance of market and industry led initiatives for infrastructure development and investment and questions the role and value of the European Commission's actions in this regard.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Highlights that consideration must be paid to existing initiatives to avoid duplication which could hinder openness, competition and growth and that market- driven, pan-European standards for data sharing must be in line with international standards;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)

24e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work with industry led standard-setting initiatives to ensure that the single market remains accessible to third countries and responsive to technological evolution, avoiding barriers which will hinder innovation and competitiveness in Europe; Notes that standard-setting in relation to data security and privacy is closely related to the question of jurisdiction and national authorities have a key role to play;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)

24f. Emphasises the need to find a balance between legitimate data protection concerns and the necessity to secure an untapped 'free flow of data'; calls on the need for existing data protection rules to be respected in an open big data market;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)

24g. Supports the proposal to make open research data the default option for new Horizon 2020 projects, as publicly funded research data are a public good, produced in the public interest and should be made openly available with as few restrictions as possible in a timely and responsible manner;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 h (new)

24h. Notes that the European Cloud Initiative focuses on potentially sensitive sectors of research and development and government e-portals. Reiterates that cyber security for cloud services is best dealt under the framework of the Network and Information Security Directive.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2145(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 i (new)

24i. Notes the importance of facilitating the interoperability of different equipment within networks, providing assurance of security and promoting component supply chains, all of which are important for the commercialisation of the technology;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/2114(REG)

Ashley FOX, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Andrew LEWER, Ian DUNCAN, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Vicky FORD, Anders VISTISEN, Branislav ŠKRIPEK, Beatrix von STORCH, Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Helga STEVENS, Christofer FJELLNER, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Raymond FINCH, Roger HELMER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Roberts ZĪLE, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Geoffrey VAN ORDEN, Amjad BASHIR, Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Molly SCOTT CATO, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Bas BELDER, Ulrike TREBESIUS, Alberto CIRIO, Patricija ŠULIN, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Eleftherios SYNADINOS, Maurice PONGA, Emma McCLARKIN, Lara COMI, Anthea McINTYRE, Carolina PUNSET, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE, Constance LE GRIP, Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO, Bernd LUCKE, Georgios EPITIDEIOS, Amjad BASHIR, David CAMPBELL BANNERMAN, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd KÖLMEL, Bernd LUCKE, Alojz PETERLE, Markus PIEPER, Mirosław PIOTROWSKI, Joachim STARBATTY, Peter van DALEN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1

The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that, having been fully operational for less than a year, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) has kicked off successfully, delivering some initial concrete results and acting as a positive instrument to overcome the lack of investment in Europe through coordinated action; stresses, however, that the pace needs to be accelerated and its initial results need to improve significantly in the near future in order for the instrument to achieve its objectives fully;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Strongly supports the ambition of the Commission to overcome the investment gap and strengthen the incentives in the private sector to invest in and boost the sustainable growth of the European economies; for this reason, however, firmly opposes the activities of the EFSI that undermine these goals and are not a solution but rather part of the problem;1a __________________ 1a As of July 2016, the EFSI approvals ensured 37% of its original goal of €315 billion in the new investments (289 approved transactions in total). Some say the existence of these investments is a success of its own, as they would not have existed without the fund. This statement is a mistake that indicates lack of economic understanding.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for activities that deal with the real causes of the private investment gap which have not yet been addressed - debt crisis, one trillion EUR in bad loans in the banking sector (ECB estimate) which weakens its ability to provide new loans to the economy1b , bureaucratic, regulatory and tax burden; considers that EFSI is not and cannot be a solution to this problem; __________________ 1b The balance sheets of the banks in the Eurozone exhibit €1,000 billion of failed loans (for the reference, the whole budget of the Union is approximately €150 billion). Given that a standard bank is able to use its own capital to cover only a few per cent drop in the value of its assets, the question is who will pay the losses should they need to be addressed. The European Banks are sufficiently large (some are larger than the GDP of the country in which they reside), which in turn may increase taxpayers‘ expenditure should they find themselves in trouble. As the banks realise that they have lent money to dubious projects, they are not willing to offer further loans any more. However, the businesses in the EU are usually given up to 90% of the resources by the commercial banks (for the reference, in the USA, it is only 30%). Due to the fact that banks are reluctant to offer loans, the Commission has come up with the EFSI project, which is to substitute the loans-offering role of the banks. Instead of having the banks recovered by addressing their losses (which would indeed hurt, but if it had been performed at the beginning of the Euro crisis, we could already have growth with a healthy banking sector), the ECB is feeding them with money. Not only that, it has also decreased the interest rates to virtually zero, in order to make them take on more loans. This is, however, not happening (the only argument of the proponents of quantitative easing is that the situation would otherwise be even worse). Furthermore, the EFSI is not properly functioning either. The problem is that we keep trying to solve the consequence instead of addressing the cause of the malfunctioning system of loans.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Reminds that in principle, there are little differences between the EFSI and standard European funds; believes that the main difference is in the extent of support - while standard European funds finance most of the costs of the supported projects, the EFSI provides a loan for the part of the project; thus, EFSI can support more projects for less taxpayers' money but only in the cost of dead-weight loss, shifting of resources and moral hazard;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Acknowledges the dead-weight loss; reminds that EFSI supported financing of Normandy Dairy Production Facility and Polish milk powder factory while there is a general excess capacity in the diary production; reminds also that the same applies for the EFSI support of the wind farms while there are excess capacities for the electricity production in Europe; believes that EFSI must stop financing ordinary projects which deforms standard market competition; 1c __________________ 1cThe EIB declares that the EFSI “remains focused on the specific objective of addressing the market failure in risk- taking, which hinders the investment in Europe. In doing so, the EFSI will also increase the volume of high risk projects supported by the EIB Group.” The EFSI also finances a Slovak PPP project; a construction of approximately 27 km of the D4 motorway around Bratislava, which is to connect to the R7 expressway (outside the scope of EIB financing). Paradoxically, while the contribution to the transport capacity of the D4 remains controversial, the more necessary R7 will not receive an EFSI funding. Moreover, there is no reason to assume this D4 PPP project would not find sufficient funding without a help from the EFSI.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges that EFSI ensure greater additionality for its projects in relation to normal EIB activities; underlines the fact that EFSI should support strategic investments related to projects that cannot obtain funding because of market failures, suboptimal investment situations or high levels of risk; recalls, furthermore, that when determining the criteria for use of the EU guarantee, EFSI should consider not only the profitability factor, but also the positive effects in terms of growth, job creation and cohesion;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that, while the SMEs window of the EFSI represented a good opportunity for start-ups, SMEs and mid- caps, there is a lack of big investment; emphasises, therefore, the need to improve the financing of infrastructure and innovation projects;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges that moral hazard shall not be overlooked; stresses that even partial loses of the investments supported by EFSI can cause 100% loss of the European taxpayers money due to high level of leverage the EFSI uses; stresses also that taxpayers unwillingly bear the risks of the failed investments;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for better coordination between EFSI and other EU funds, in particular the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), so as to promote stronger cohesion in Europe and ensure that EFSI has wide geographical coverage; calls, also, for closer cooperation with national promotional banks, local and regional authorities and relevant stakeholders, including further encouragement to establish investment platforms to aggregate sectorial and geographical investment opportunities;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that profitability of projects cannot be counted simply by looking at the cash flows; stresses that, in addition to adjustments for lost income from alternative use of the resources (e.g. what would happen if the resources were never taken from the hands of the taxpayers), the investment risk calculation must be considered as well; believes that, since risk is what seems to be one the main reasons for the lack of private investments in the EU, its inclusion can throw many EFSI projects into red numbers;4a __________________ 4a The profitability of the investments approved by the EFSI should not be compared to the situation where no other investments are made by the private sector. Instead, the profitability of the EFSI should be compared to an alternative scenario in which the public sector eliminates the investment uncertainty it created and which caused the investment gap in the first place: deficit public spending; failure of the regulatory role of the banking system; and bureaucratic, regulatory and tax burden it forced on private investors. These are the key issues that have not yet been addressed.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the need to increase the transparency of EFSI operations and to improve information about projects and their quality to citizens and potential beneficiaries; points to the need to enhance the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) and the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) in order to establish a link with the real economy, give visibility to projects and provide high- quality technical assistance to potential promoters;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Daniel DALTON, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Acknowledges that the most important effect of EFSI activities is shifting of resources as every euro the EFSI lends for the investments it supports is a euro that was taken from the hands of a private lender; stresses that, if a private entrepreneur makes an investment that EFSI is willing to support, he will not realize an investment that he could otherwise accomplish without the help from EFSI;5a __________________ 5aEvery investment inevitably carries a level of risk and therefore investing is a natural role for the private sector. When people invest their own capital, they carefully consider potential profits and losses of their investments as well as the credibility of the borrower. Risks (and thus both profits and losses) stay in private hands. If the EFSI applies high standards set by professional investors from the private sector, there will be no reason for its existence, as its role will already be fulfilled by the private sector. The very existence of the EFSI is therefore problematic: the EFSI uses public resources to incite investments that are too risky for private lenders to take, while the private sector and taxpayers bear the risks of failing EFSI investments.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that EFSI is instrumental in completing and restructuring the Single Market; underlines, in this light, the importance of strengthening the third pillar of the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’, also in the context of the European Semester process, in order to make the EU regulatory environment more certain, homogeneous and favourable to investments by focusing especially on strategic objectives such as completion of the Single Market and the development of a well-functioning Digital Single Market, and on key actions that support these objectives;deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that the EFSI shifts the capital from the market-driven projects where they would be most effective to the projects driven by the EFSI bureaucrats where they are less effective; underlines that economy as a whole therefore loses;6a __________________ 6aThe EFSI is an entity that does not solve the causes of the investment gap, but rather shifts the risks that private lenders are not willing to take to all European taxpayers. The resources of the Public sector are solely those it has obtained in taxes from the Private sector. Every public euro used for the activities of the EFSI is therefore missed in the private sector, which makes the situation for the future of private investments even worse.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Acknowledges that EFSI enables avoiding fiscal rules; stresses that national contributions to EFSI are considered one-off measures, respectively a "relevant factor" in terms of assessing the deficit; as a result, stresses that several countries struggling with fiscal problems including the ones with public debt exceeding 60% GDP cap rule or 3% GDP deficit rule pledged billions of euros in contributions on EFSI projects;

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the recent Commission proposal to extend EFSI beyond 2018 and to reinforce it in order to overcome the current investment gap in Europe and continue to mobilise private sector capital, these being crucial steps to ensure sustainable growth, competitiveness, quality job creation and social and territorial cohesion in Europe.deleted

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2064(INI)

Richard SULÍK, Bernd KÖLMEL, Jan ZAHRADIL, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Bernd LUCKE, Joachim STARBATTY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recommends to reject the Commission proposal to extend the EFSI beyond 2018 and to stop providing any further loans from the EFSI.

2016/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307/1, 28.10.2014),

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that the principle of geographical balance should be taken into account when selecting the future location of new or modernisation/increasing capacity of existing LNG terminals and gas storages supported from EU funds; reminds that those projects must provide an added value to contribute to the energy security of particular region with adequate cost- benefit analyses and be in line with the internal energy market rules;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Highlights the importance of LNG terminals for the Central and Eastern European member states where a robust connection between the LNG terminals at the Baltic and Adriatic Sea (i.e. the 'North-South Corridor') and subsequent adequate network of interconnectors must be built to ensure the diversification of gas supply;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Reminds that the cross-border accessibility of gas storages is one of the key tools to implement the principle of energy solidarity during gas shortages and emergency crisis;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Supports the Commission’s ambition to provide more information and assistance to project promoters on various project financing options, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European ~~Regional Develop~~Structural and Investments Funds (ERDSIF) and on various technical solutions;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/2059(INI)

Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Underlines the fact that the dense network of fuelling infrastructure is a prerequisite for substantive deployment of LNG as an alternative fuel in the transport sector;

2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2730% share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55

(55) The specific characteristics of local renewable energy communities in terms of size, ownership structure and the number of projects can hamper their competition on equal footing with large-scale players, namely competitors with larger projects or portfolios. Measures to offset those disadvantages include enabling energy communities to operate in the energy system and easing their market integration under market rules and conditions.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) ‘biomass’ means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture, including vegetal and animal substances, forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of waste, including industrial and municipal waste of biological origin ;, and biological material, including bacteria when grown on gaseous wastes and residues from industry.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y

(y) 'waste heat or cold' means heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial or tertiary sector or power generation installations and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a

(aa) ‘"renewable self-consumer’" means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity; In all cases, self- consumption is characterised by the existence of a direct connection between the generation facility and each individual consumer, allowing an hourly measurement of self-consumed or discharged renewable production, resulting in appropriate allocation of the costs and revenues to all self-consumers. Consumers acting together shall retain the same rights and obligations as any other consumer. In particular, they will keep their right to switch supplier and the rights and obligations in relation to accurate metering and billing in order to ensure a fair allocation of network costs and their revenues as self-generators.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

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

4a. Member States shall, to the extent possible, grant support in tender procedures, which are open to all technologies but which retain the right to use a technology-specific bidding process in order to take into account the potential of a particular new and innovative technology and to achieve technology diversification.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that support for at least 107% of the newly- supported capacity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at least 150% of the newly-supported capacity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member States.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3

Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, through district heating and cooling produced using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources and/or waste heat and cold.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1

1. For the purposes of proving to final customers the share orf quantity of energy from renewable sources in an energy supplier’'s energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable sources in accordance with article 18 of the recast Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity, Member States shall ensure that the origin of e~~nergy~~lectricity and gas produced from renewable energy sources can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive, in accordance with objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3

3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilities and waste heat or cold.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons ~~on an annual basis; and~~, without prejudice to the procedures established for the supervision and approval of connections of generation to the networks by DSOs.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) receive a remuneration for the self- generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects the market value of the electricity fed in. Member States may set a higher threshold than that fixed in point (c), without prejudice to the procedures for monitoring and approving connections of generation to the networks by the DSOs.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located within the same commercial, or shared services, site, or in the same closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were as an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned. All consumers acting jointly will be accurately and individually metered for their energy consumed and their energy sold in order to ensure a fair allocation of system and network costs and energy sales revenues.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold in the energy and energy fuel supplied for heating and cooling;

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) direct mitigation measures such as installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings or renewable energy use and/or waste heat or cold for industrial heating and cooling processes;

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consumers customers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy and waste heat or cold in their systems. Such information shall be provided on an annual basis and in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to allow customers, five years after the entry into force of the Directive, of those district heating or cooling systems which are not 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the mean~~ing~~time of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU to cancel their contracts with the District Heating or Cooling operator disconnect from the system in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves, or to switch to another supplier of heat or cold which has access to the system referred to in paragraph 4.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources ~~and~~, for waste heat or cold and for highly efficient cogeneration. This non-discriminatory access shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling system.

2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from any of the feedstock listed in Annex IX, from low indirect land- use change-risk biofuels and bioliquids as defined in Article 2 (u), from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.

2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.8% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX and from low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels and bioliquids as defined in Article 2 (u), shall be at least 0.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.6% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.

2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 a (new)

25a. green hydrogen means hydrogen generated from water using electricity or waste heat via electrolysis. The end product must be considered as 100% renewable irrespective of whether the electricity is taken from the grid or from an installation generating renewable electricity.

2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that their national legislation does not unduly hamper cross-border ~~flows~~trade of electricity, consumer participation including through demand–side response, investments into flexible energy generation, energy storage, the deployment of electro-mobility or new interconnectors, and that wholesale electricity prices reflect actual demand and supply.

2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

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

1a. Member States shall install funding mechanisms that secure investments in sector coupling technologies such as power to gas in order to exploit the full flexibility potential and provide additional long-term and large- scale electricity storage capacity via the natural gas grid infrastructure.

2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Within [2 years after entry into force of this Directive] Member States shall define a common national data format and a transparent procedure for eligible parties to have access to the data listed under Article 23 (1), in order to promote competition in the retail market and avoid excessive administrative costs for the eligible parties, in accordance with the principles of a common European data format and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for accessing the data, listed under paragraph 2.

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 1

~~1. Transmission system operators shall not be allowed to own, manage or operate energy storage facilities and shall not own directly or indirectly control assets that provide ancillary services.~~deleted

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. ~~By way of derogation from paragraph 1,~~ Member States may allow transmission system operators to own, manage or operate storage facilities or assets providing non-frequency ancillary services if the following conditions are fulfilled:

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) other parties, following a~~n open~~ technology-neutral and transparent tendering procedure, have not expressed their interest to own, control, manage or operate such facilities offering storage and/or non-frequency ancillary services to the transmission system operator; or cannot provide it as cost-efficient as grid operators;

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) the regulatory authority has assessed the necessity of such derogation taking into account the conditions under points (a) and (b) of this paragraph and has granted its approval.~~deleted

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 3

~~3. The decision to grant derogation shall be notified to the Agency and the Commission along with relevant information about the request and the reasons for granting the derogation.~~deleted

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 4

4. The transmission system operator shall perform at regular intervals or at least every five years a public consultation for the required storage services in order to assess the potential interest of market parties to invest in such facilities ~~and terminate its own storage activities in case third parties can provide the service in a cost-effective manner~~.

2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency, in close cooperation with the national regulatory authorities and the ENTSO for Electricity, shall monitor and analyse the performance of regional operational centres, taking into account the reports provided for in [Art~~icle 43 paragraph 4 recast Electricity Regulation as proposed by COM(2016) 861/2]~~. 43 (4) of Regulation (EU) .../... [proposed recast Electricity Regulation, COD (2016) 0379]. The Agency shall ensure that the regional operational centres comply with their obligations under Regulation (EU) .../... [proposed recast Electricity Regulation, COD (2016) 0379], the network codes adopted pursuant to Art. 54 and 55 thereof and the guidelines adopted.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) setting fundamental principles for well-functioning, integrated electricity markets, which allow non-discriminatory market access for all resource providers and electricity customers, empower consumers, enable demand response and energy efficiency, facilitate aggregation of distributed demand and supply, and contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy by enabling market integration and market-based remuneration of electricity generated from renewable sources; through sector coupling technologies providing flexibility and contributing to security of supply.

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) setting fundamental principles for well-functioning, integrated electricity markets, which allow non-discriminatory market access for all resource providers and electricity customers, empower consumers, enable demand response and energy efficiency, facilitate aggregation of distributed demand and supply, a~~nd contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy by~~s well as enabl~~ing~~e market integration and market- based remuneration of electricity generated from renewable sources;

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The Agency shall, after consulting with the relevant stakeholders, approve and amend where necessary the methodologies

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) carry out the obligations laid out in Article 3, 5, 11, 12 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

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

(a) monitor wholesale markets, collect and share data and register market participants in accordance with Article 7 to 912 of Regulation (EU) 1227/201137 ; __________________ 37 Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p. 1–16.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

The Agency may, in circumstances clearly defined by the Commission in Guidelines adopted pursuant to Article 57 of [recast Electricity Regulation as proposed by COM(2016) 861/2] or Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 and on issues related to the purpose for which it has been established, be commissioned with additional tasks respecting the limits of transfer of executive powers to Union agencies . The Commission may provide an explanation as to whether the foreseen new competences are in line with the Meroni doctrine and existing rulings of the European Court of Justice.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

The Agency may establish local offices in the Member States, ~~subject to their consent and~~ in accordance with Article 25(j).

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5

5. Decisions of the Administrative Board shall be adopted on the basis of a ~~simple~~two-thirds majority of the members present, unless provided otherwise in this Regulation. Each member of the Administrative Board or alternate shall have one vote.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) adopt, each year by 31 January the draft programming document referred to in Article 21 ~~before its~~and submi~~ssion~~t it to the Commission ~~for its opinion, and shall, following the opin~~, the European Parliament and the Council. It shall, following the advice of the Commission, and in relation tof the ~~Commission~~multiannual programming after consulting the European Parliament, and after having received approval by the Board of Regulators in accordance with Article 23(5)(c), adopt the programming document of the Agency by a two thirds majority of its members and shall transmit it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission by 31 October. The ~~work~~ programm~~e shall be adopted without prejudice to the annual budgetary procedure and~~ing document shall be made public.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)

(sa) after having considered the Director's opinion and after having consulted the Board of Regulators, adopt and publish detailed rules of procedure for all agency tasks under Chapter I, which are not covered by the rules of procedure under Art. 20, 23, 26, 30. Rules of procedure shall ensure a transparent and comprehensive decision-making process guaranteeing openness to scrutiny and fundamental procedural rights including the right to be heard, access to file and duty to give justification.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Edward CZESAK, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Each year, the Administrative Board shall adopt a draft programming document containing ~~multi-~~annual and multi-annual programming~~, based on a draft put forward by the Director, taking into account the opinion of the Commission~~ in line with Article 32 of Commission Delegation Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013, based on a draft put forward by the Director. The Administrative Board shall adopt the programming document taking into account the opinion of the Commission, after having received the approval of the Board of Regulators for the annual work programme of the Agency and in relation to multiannual programming after consulting the European Parliament. It shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 ~~January~~October each year.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. The Board of Regulators and sub- committees pursuant to Article 7 shall act by a ~~simple~~two thirds majority of the members present, with one vote for each member, except for the opinion pursuant to paragraph 5(b) which shall be taken on the basis of a two-thirds majority of its members present.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2

2. The Board of Regulators shall adopt and publish its rules of procedure, which shall set out in greater detail the arrangements governing voting, in particular the conditions on the basis of which one member may act on behalf of another and also, where appropriate, the rules governing quorums. The rules of procedure may ~~provide for~~include arrangements on accessing files, protecting the rights of parties, ensuring deadlines and laying down representation rights and provide for additional specific working methods for the consideration of further issues arising in the context of regional cooperation initiatives.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) amend and provide opinions to the Director on ~~the~~ opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 43 to 14, which are considered for adoption. In ~~addition, t~~its opinions, the Board of Regulators shall give utmost account to the recommendations of the Director pursuant to Art. 25c or give a statement of grounds as to why it does not. The Board of Regulators, within its field of competence, shall provide guidance to the Director in the execution of his tasks, with the exception of decisions pursuant to Article 16(6) of Regulation 1227/2001138. __________________ 38 Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency, OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p. 1.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) provide opinions to the Director on the opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 4 to 14, which are considered for adoption. In addition, the Board of Regulators, within its field of competence, shall provide guidance to the Director in the execution of his or her tasks, with the exception of decisions pursuant to Article 16(6) of Regulation 1227/2001138. __________________ 38 Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency, OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p. 1.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point c

(c) in accordance with Article 20(1)(e) and Article 25(f) and in line with the pr~~eliminary draft budget~~ovisional draft estimate established in accordance with Article 33(~~3)(1~~1) to 33(3), approve the annual work programme of the Agency for the coming year and present it by 130 September of each year for adoption by the Administrative Board.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)

(da) provide an opinion to the Administrative Board on the rules of procedures under Art. 20 t.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d b (new)

(db) provide an opinion to the Administrative Board on the communication and dissemination plans referred to in Art. 41 and on the strategy for relations with third countries or international organisations referred to in Art. 43.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) draft , adopt and publish opinions, recommendations and decisions. Opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 3 to ~~11 and 14 ,~~6, 7(2)a, and 7(4), Articles 8 to 11 and Article 14 shall only be adopted if they have received a favourable opinion of the Board of Regulators;

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) each year prepare a draft ~~work~~ programmeing document of the Agency for the following year, and shall , after the adoption of the draft by the Administrative Board submit it to the Board of Regulators, to the European Parliament and to the Commission by 31 January every year, containing multi-annual programming and the work programme for the following year in accordance with Article 21. The Director shall be responsible for implementing the programming document and reporting to the Administrative Board of its implementation;

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point k

(k) be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner to locate one or more staff in one or more Member States for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner. ~~The decision to establish a local office requires the prior consent of the Commission, the Administrative Board and the Member State or Member States concerned.~~ The decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out at that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The Board of Appeal shall adopt and publish its rules of procedure. Those rules shall set out in detail the arrangements governing the organisation and functioning of the Board of Appeal and the rules ~~of procedures~~ applicable to appeals before the Board, pursuant to this Article. The Board of Appeal shall submit to the Commission its draft rules of procedure. The Commission shall deliver an opinion on the draft rules of procedure within three months from the date of receipt of the rules. The Board of Appeal shall adopt and publish its rules of procedure within two months after receipt of the Commission's opinion. Any subsequent substantial changes to the rules of procedure shall be notified to the Commission. The Commission shall subsequently deliver an opinion on those changesArt. 29.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

The budget of the Agency shall comprise a separate budget line for the financing of the functioning of the registry for the Board of Appeal and of an appropriate number of staff to prepare its decisions.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where justified and in particular to support the regulatory work of the Director and of the Board of Regulators on regulatory issues, the ~~Administrative Board may establish working group~~Director and Board of Regulators may jointly establish working groups. The Board of Regulators shall appoint the working group chairs.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3

3. The ~~Administrative Board~~Director, after consulting the Board of Regulators, shall adopt and publish internal rules of procedure for the functioning of the working groups.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The working groups shall carry out the activities assigned to them in the programming document adopted pursuant Art. 20(1)(e) and any further tasks assigned to them by the Director and Board of Regulators

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. Fees shall be due to the Agency for the following: (a) requesting an exemption decision pursuant to Article 11(1) and for decisions on cross border cost allocation provided by the Agency pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 347/201339; (b) requesting registration as reporting party pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 and ongoing supervision of registered reporting parties by the Agency. __________________ 39 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. The fees referred to in paragraph 1 shall be set by the Commission after consulting the Agency.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Where the total capacity of generating installations subject to priority dispatch under paragraph 2 is higher than 15 % of the total installed generating capacity in a Member State, point (a) of paragraph 2 shall apply only to additional generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration with an installed electricity capacity of less than 250 kW.deleted

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. The resources curtailed or redispatched shall be selected amongst generation or demand facilities submitting offers for curtailment or redispatching using market-based mechanisms and be financially compensated. Non-market- based curtailment or redispatching of generation or redispatching of demand response shall only be used where no market-based alternative is available, where all available market-based resources have been used, or where the number of generation or demand facilities available in the area where suitable generation or demand facilities for the provision of the service are located is too low to ensure effective competition. The provision of market-based resources shall be open to all generation technologies, storage and demand response and sector coupling technologies, including operators located in other Member States unless technically not feasible.

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) guarantee the capability of transmission and distribution networks to transmit electricity produced from renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration with minimum possible curtailment or redispatching. That shall not prevent network planning from taking into account limited curtailment or redispatching where this is shown to be more economically efficient and does not exceed 52 % of installed capacities using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration in their area;

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Bidding zone borders shall be based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network and bidding zones shall not contain such congestions. The configuration of bidding zones in the Union shall be designed in such a way as to maximise economic efficiency and cross- border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply. Current bidding zones shall be assessed based on their ability to incentivise sufficient flexible generation and load capacity which is crucial for avoiding grid bottlenecks, balancing electricity demand and supply securing the long-term security of the grid.

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7

7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost of use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer. Industrial consumers should be exempt from charges when preventing grid congestion or providing balancing energy through flexibility and services based on storage, green hydrogen, and other load shifting measures. This exemption shall apply to industrial customers that are able to shift their load in support of the system by a flexible production or by backup support through energy storage.

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8

8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems. For that purpose regulatory authorities shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency, in their networks. DSOs and TSOs shall be allowed to approve flexibility services that secure grid stability via network operating resources. Costs for procuring such flexibility services or building and operating storage installation providing the needed flexibility must be considered as grid infrastructure and must be treated equally as investments in grid expansion.

2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Since the stepwise harmonisation of the Union energy markets involves finding regional solutions regularly as an interim step, it is appropriate to reflect the regional dimension of the internal market and to provide for appropriate governance mechanisms. Regulators responsible for coordinated regional approvals should be able to prepare Board of Regulators decisions on issues of regional relevance in a regional subcommittee of the Board of Regulators, unless those issues are of general importance for the UnionDecisions on proposals for joint regional terms and conditions or methodologies, unless they have tangible impact on the Internal Energy Market and thus are taken by the Agency, should primarily be taken by the national regulatory authorities of the concerned region. The Agency may provide a consistency check.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Edward CZESAK, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) The Agency should exercise its decision-making powers in line with the principles of fair, transparent and reasonable decision-making. All procedures of the Agency should follow adequate rules of procedures. All procedural rules of the Agency should be laid down in its rules of procedures.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Through the cooperation of national regulators within the Agency it is evident that majority decisions are a key pre- requisite to achieve progress on matters concerning the internal energy market which have significant economic effects in various Member States. ~~National regulators should therefore vote with simple majority within the Board of Regulators.~~

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Agency may request the national regulatory authorities and the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas to provide the information necessary for the fulfilment of its tasks.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Regulatory oversight of EU-wide and regional entities shall be performed by the Agency ensuring compliance with their legal obligations. The Agency may issue binding decisions and ensure enforcement through national regulatory authorities.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. In cases where the network codes and guidelines developed pursuant to Chapter VII of [Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [proposed recast Electricity Regulation ~~as proposed by~~, COMD(2016) ~~861/2~~0379] provide for the development of proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies for the implementation of those network codes and guidelines which require ~~regulatory approval by all regulatory authorities or~~approval by the regulatory authorities of all Member States, the proposed terms and conditions or methodologies shall be submitted for revision and approval to the Agency. In cases where the network codes and guidelines developed pursuant to Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) .../... [proposed recast Electricity Regulation, COD (2016) 0379] provide for the development of proposals for joint regional terms and conditions or methodologies for the implementation of network codes and guidelines which require approval by all regulatory authorities of the region concerned ~~region,~~, the proposed terms and conditions or methodologies shall be notified to the Agency. The Agency shall decide on those terms and conditions or methodologies ~~shall be submitted for revision and approval to the Agency~~, in accordance with the Article 7 (1), (2) and (3) in the following circumstances: (a) where the competent national regulatory authorities have not been able to reach agreement within the period specified in the relevant network codes and guidelines; or (b) upon the joint request from the competent national regulatory authorities; or (c) where the terms and conditions or methodologies have tangible impact on the internal energy market, in particular in cases where an issue has significant relevance beyond the region concerned. Before approving the terms and conditions or methodologies, the Agency shall revise and change them where necessary in order to ensure that they are in line with the purpose of the network code or guidelines and contribute to market integration,; non- discrimination ~~and the efficient functioning of the market. The procedure for the coordination of regional tasks in accordance with Article 7 shall apply~~, effective competition and the proper functioning of the market.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. The Agency may, in accordance with its work programme, at the request of the Commission or at its own initiative, make recommendations to assist regulatory authorities and market players in sharing good practices ensuring full compliance with existing regulation.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. The Agency shall provide a framework within which national regulatory authorities can cooperate in order to ensure speedy and efficient decision-making on issues with cross border relevance. It shall promote cooperation between the national regulatory authorities and between regulatory authorities at regional and Union level to ensure interoperability, communication and monitoring of regional performance in those areas which are still not harmonised at Union level and shall take into account the outcome of such cooperation when formulating its opinions, recommendations and decisions. Where the Agency considers that binding rules on such cooperation are required, it shall make the appropriate recommendations to the Commission.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

. As regards regulatory issues with cross- border relevance , the Agency shall decide upon those regulatory issues that fall within the competence of at least two national regulatory authorities, which may include the terms and conditions for access and operational security, or methodologies with relevance for cross-border trade or operational security, or other regulatory issues with cross-border relevance :

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. For decisions pursuant to Article 5(2) last sentence of the present Regulation, on joint regional terms and conditions or methodologies to be developed under network codes and guidelines pursuant to Chapter VII of the [recast Electricity Regulation as proposed by COM(2016) 861/2] which regularly concern a limited number of Member States and require a joint regulatory decision at regional level, the Agency may be assisted by a subset of the Board of Regulators, consisting only of the regulatory authorities of the concerned region, following the procedure in paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Article.deleted

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. ~~The Director shall assess the possible impact of the joint proposal on the internal market and issue an opinion if the joint proposal is mainly of regional relevance or if it~~Within one month of notification of the proposal for joint regional terms and conditions or methodologies to the Agency in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2), the Director may, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the Board of Regulators, require the regulatory authorities of the region concerned to refer the proposal to the Agency for the decision where the proposal has a tangible impact on the internal energy market, notably in cases ~~where the issue at stake has a significant relevance bey~~related to cross-border infrastructure. The Agency shall take a decision within the period specified in the relevant network codes and guidelines. That period shall begin ond the ~~concerned region~~day following that on which the proposal was notified, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5(2).

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Board of Regulators shall, if 3. appropriate, and notably taking into account~~Where the regulatory authorities of the region concerned are required to take a decision on the proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies without referring it to the Agency pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2), they shall issue such a decision after consulting, and taking into consideration the opinion of, the Director, ~~establish a regional subgroup~~in particular as regards the consist~~ing~~ency of the ~~concerned members of the Board of Regulators to revise the proposal and make a recommendation to the Board of Regulators on the approval, including possible amendments~~decision with the objectives and the provisions of Regulation (EU) .../... [proposed recast Electricity Regulation, COD (2016) 0379] and Directive (EU) .../... [proposed Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity, COD (2016) 0380] and the network codes and guidelines developed pursuant to Chapter VII of that Regulation.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Whenre the ~~Board of Regulators decides on its opinion on the proposal, it shall take due account of the recommendation of the regional subgroup.~~ regulatory authorities of the region concerned have reached an agreement on the proposal, including with regard to any amendments thereto, the coordinating national regulatory authorities shall, without delay, notify the agreement to the Agency. With three months of notification, the Agency shall issue a recommendation if it considers the agreement to infringe Regulation (EU) .../... [proposed recast Electricity Regulation, COD (2016) 0379] or Directive (EU) .../... [proposed Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity, COD (2016) 0380], to be inconsistent with the network codes or guidelines adopted pursuant to Chapter VII of that Regulation.

2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) An electricity crisis might extend beyond Union borders comprising also Energy Community countries and other third countries connecting to the EU electricity network. In order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Member States ~~and the Contracting Part~~, Contracting Parties to the Energy Community Treaty, and other third countries, the Union should closely cooperate with the Energy Community Contracting Parties and third countries when preventing, preparing for and handling an electricity crisis.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

Member States shall ensure that all risks relating to security of electricity supply are assessed in accordance with the rules set out in this Regulation and Article 18 of the Electricity Regulation [proposed Electricity Regulation]. Security of electricity supply is a shared responsibility of electricity undertakings, Member States, in particular through their competent authorities, and the Commission within their respective areas of activity and competence. To this end, they shall cooperate with ENTSO-E and the regional operational centres.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. Before submitting the proposed methodology, ENTSO-E shall conduct a consultation exercise involving at least the industry and consumer organisations, transmission and distribution system operators, national regulatory authorities and other national authorities. ENTSO-E shall duly take into account the results of the consultation.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6

6. ENTSO-E shall update and improve the methodology regularly in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 5. The Agency or the Commission may request such updates and improvements with due justification. Within ~~six~~two months from the request, ENTSO-E shall submit to the Agency a draft of the proposed changes. Within a period of two months of receiving the draft, the Agency shall amend or approve the changes and publish it on its website.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. By [OPOCE to insert exact date: ten months after entry into force of this Regulation] and on the basis of the methodology adopted pursuant to Article 5, ENTSO-E shall identify t, in close co- operation with the Electricity Co- ordination Group. The most relevant electricity crisis scenarios for each region. It may delegate tasks relating to the identification of regional crisis scenarios to the regional operational centres who will also consult the Electricity Co-ordination Group.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. ENTSO-E shall update the scenarios every ~~three~~four years, unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

By [OPOCE to insert exact date: two months after entry into force of this Regulation], ENTSO-E shall submit to the Agency a proposal for a methodology for assessing short-term adequacy~~, namely seasonal~~ (including intraday, week-ahead and monthly adequacy) a~~s well as week-ahead to intraday~~nd seasonal adequacy, which shall cover at least the following:

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4

4. ENTSO-E shall update and improve the methodology regularly in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3. The Agency or the Commission may request such updates and improvements with due justification. Within ~~six~~two months from the request, ENTSO-E shall submit to the Agency a draft of the proposed changes. Within a period of two months of receiving the draft, the Agency shall amend or approve the changes and publish it on its website.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the designation of a regional crisis ~~manage~~co-ordinator or team;

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) measures to mitigate the impact of a crisis including a simultaneous crisis situation. These ~~shall~~may include regional load- shedding plans and technical, legal and financial arrangements regarding mutual assistance to ensure that electricity can be delivered where it is most needed and in an optimal manner. Such arrangements shall set out, inter alia, the trigger for the assistance, the calculation formula or amount, paying and receiving parties and arbitration rules;

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. The regional measures to be included in the plan shall be agreed by the competent authorities of the Member States in the region concerned. At least eight months before the deadline for the adoption or the updating of the plan, the competent authorities shall report on the agreements reached to the Electricity Coordination Group. If the competent authorities concerned were not able to reach an agreement, they shall inform the Commission of the reasons for such disagreement. In such case the Commission may request the Agency to facilitate the conclusion of an agreement in consultation with ENTSO-E and Competent Authorities.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. Non-market measures ~~may~~shall be activated in a crisis situation ~~and~~ only if all options provided by the market ~~have been exhausted~~are likely to be exhausted or have been exhausted, and when the continuation of market activities could lead to the further deterioration of a crisis situation. They shall not unduly distort competition and the effective functioning of the electricity market. They shall be necessary, proportionate, non- discriminatory and temporary.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) an account of the assistance prepared, provided to or received from neighbouring Member States and non-EU countries;

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) the economic impact of the electricity crisis, the economic impact on power generators and the impact of the measures taken on the electricity sector, in particular the volumes of energy non- served and the level of manual demand disconnection (including a comparison between the level of voluntary and forced demand disconnection);

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title

Cooperation with the Energy Community Contracting Parties and third countries

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0377(COD)

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties and third countries connecting to the EU electricity network are invited to closely cooperate in the process of the identification of electricity crisis scenarios and the establishment of risk-preparedness plans so that no measures are taken that endanger the security of supply of Member States, Contracting Parties, third countries or the Union. In this respect, Energy Community Contracting Parties and, where relevant, other third countries may participate in the Electricity Coordination Group upon invitation by the Commission with regard to all matters by which they are concerned.

2017/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary ~~and~~or final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of an bindingcative 30 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy ~~and~~or no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2016/0376(COD)

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Member States are required to achieve a cumulative end-use savings requirement for the entire obligation period, equivalent to ~~'new'~~ savings of 1.54 % of annual energy sales. This requirement could be met by ~~new~~ policy measures that are adopted during the new obligation period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 or by new individual actions as a result of policy measures adopted during or before the previous period, but in respect of which the individual actions that trigger energy savings are actually introduced during the new period.

2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) In considering cost estimates, the potential impact of the seasonal nature of roaming traffic on the overall costs of providing wholesale roaming services at national level ~~was~~should be taken into consideration. Such estimates noted the counterbalancing effects that would mitigate any potential increase in costs caused by the seasonality of roaming traffic. In particular for data services, increasing domestic demand meansIt needs to be taken into account that ~~any~~ seasonal ~~traffic peak in a given year is likely to be exceeded by total domestic demand in the following year(s). Accordingly, since terrestrial mobile communications~~roaming peaks have an impact on overall network~~s are~~ dimension~~ed in order to cope with this general upward trend driven by domestic demand, any peak~~ing costs which need to be taken in to~~tal network demand caused by seasonal roaming flows is unlikely to drive mobile network dimensioning costs. For voice calls, where demand is more stable, in some countries season~~ consideration when setting maximum wholesale roaming peaks may have an impact on overall network dimensioning costs. However, such localised seasonal peaks in traffic are likely to also be driven by domestic users moving into tourist areas and be somewhat mitigated by compensating effect of roamers on capacity usage in metropolitan areas during the summer holiday seasoncharges to ensure cost recovery for visited networks.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In setting the maximum wholesale charge for regulated data roaming services, the full costs for visited network operators, including all the access components needed to enable the provision of roaming services have been taken into account, including the transit costs of delivering data traffic to an exchange point identified by the home network operator.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) The Commission's Communication on the short-term resilience of the European gas system from October 201413 analysed the effects of a partial or complete disruption of gas supplies from Russia and concluded that ~~purely~~most of the national approaches are ~~not very effective in the event of severe disruption, given their scope, which is by definition limi~~insufficiently coordinated. This stress test showed how a more cooperative approach among Member States could significantly reduce the impact of very severe disruption scenarios in the most vulnerable Member States. __________________ 13 COM(2014) 654 final

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly is the best guarantee of security of energy supply across the Union, a~~nd to reduce~~s it lessens the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Wheren a Member State's security of supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in other Member States. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises, as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Responsibility for security of gas supply should be shared by natural gas undertakings, Member States, acting through their competent authorities; and the Commission, within their respective remits. Such shared responsibility requires very close cooperation between these parties. However, customers using gas for electricity generation or industrial purposes may also have an important role to play in security of gas supply, as they can respond to a crisis by taking demand-side measures such as interruptible contracts and fuel switching, which have an immediate impact on the supply/ and demand balance.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) For the purpose of this Regulation, the following criteria should therefore be taken into account when defining the regional groups: supply patterns, existing and planned interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, energy mix of the Member States, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) In order to make the regional cooperation feasible, Member States should establish a cooperation mechanism within each region. Such mechanism or mechanisms should be developed sufficiently ~~in time~~early enough to allow for conducting the risk assessment and drawing up ~~meaningful~~concrete plans at regional level. Member States are free to agree on a cooperation mechanism best suited for a given region. The Commission should have a facilitating role in the overall process and share best practises for arranging regional cooperation such as a rotating coordination role within the region for the preparation of the different documents or establishing dedicated bodies. In absence of an agreement on the cooperation mechanism, the Commission may propose a suitable cooperation mechanism for a given region.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) ~~One of the Union goals is to s~~Strengthening the Energy Community ~~that~~is one of the Union goals, as this would ensure effective implementation of the Union energy acquis, energy market reforms and incentivi~~sing~~ze investments in the energy sector by closer integration of the Union and Energy Community energy markets. This also entails ~~also~~ introducing common crisis management by proposing preventive and emergency plans at the regional level including the Energy Community Contracting Parties. Furthermore, the Commission Communication on the short term resilience of the European gas system from October 2014 refers to the need to apply internal energy market rules on the flow of energy between the Union Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties. In this regard, in order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Union Member States and the Contracting Parties, the necessary arrangements following the adoption of a Joint Act should be set so that specific cooperation with any individual Energy Community Contracting Party can take place once the required mutual provisions have been duly put into place..

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44

(44) ~~The Member States acting~~Given the scale or effects onf the~~ir own cannot satisfactorily achieve the objective of this Regulation, namely to guarantee a secure gas supply within the Union. Given the scale or effects of the action, it~~ action, the objective of this Regulation is better achieved at Union level. The Union may therefore adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0030(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) To allow for a swift Union response to changing circumstances as regards security of gas supply, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendment of regions and templates for risk assessment and plans. It is particularly important that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. When preparing and drawing up delegated acts, it should ensure that relevant documents are simultaneously sent to the European Parliament ~~and~~ the Council and Member States' experts, in good time and in the appropriate manner.

2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7

(7) In his report to the Commission (the ‘Lamy report’)22 , Pascal Lamy, the Chairman of the high-level group on the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band, recommended that the 700 MHz frequency band be made available for wireless broadband by 2020 (+/- two years). This would help achieve the goal of long-term regulatory predictability for DTT in having access to the sub-700 MHz frequency band until 2030, although this would have to be reviewed by 2025. The Lamy Report also recommended national flexibility in spectrum use of the sub-700 MHz frequency band, which is limited to downlink-only. Downlink-only is the restriction of all transmissions in a wireless system, independent of its technology, to unidirectional transmission from central infrastructure stations such as a TV broadcasting tower or a mobile base station to portable or mobile terminals such as TV sets or mobile phones. __________________ 22 Report by Mr Pascal Lamy, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/report-results-work-high- level-group-future-use-uhf-band.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) recommends in its opinion on a long-term strategy on the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union (the ‘RSPG opinion’) the adoption of a coordinated approach across the Union to make the 700 MHz frequency band available for effective use for wireless broadband electronic communications services by the end of 2020. This would be in conjunction with ensuring long-term availability until 2030 of the sub-700 MHz frequency band for the ~~downlink-only~~ provision of audiovisual media services. The RSPG ~~particularly recommends introducing~~recommends that Member States should have the flexibility sto ~~that~~use the sub-700 MHz frequency band ~~can also be used for downlink-only~~for wireless broadband electronic communications services.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) In line with Articles 9 and 9a of Directive 2002/21/EC, Member States should apply a flexible approach where possible and may, in accordance with the primary allocation to broadcasting services, as set out in the International Telecommunications Union's Radio Regulations (ITU-RR), allow the introduction of alternative ~~downlink-only~~ uses such as terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services in the sub-700 MHz frequency band in accordance with national needs for distribution of audiovisual media services to a mass audience. When allowing use within the sub-700 MHz frequency band for ~~downlink-only~~ terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services, Member States should ensure that such use does not affect the use of sub-700 MHz band for digital terrestrial broadcasting in neighbouring Member States, as provided for in the agreement at the Regional Radiocommunication Conference of 200625 . __________________ 25 Regional Radiocommunication Conference of 2006 for planning of the digital terrestrial broadcasting service in parts of Regions 1 and 3, in the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz (RRC-06) in Geneva.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) Member States should be allowed, where appropriate, to introduce compensatory measures relating to migration costs.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1

(1) By 30 June 2020, Member States shall allow the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services only under harmonised technical conditions set by the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of Decision 676/2002/EC. A Member State may delay, on the basis of reasonable grounds, the making available of the band for wireless broadband electronic communications services for up to two years. Where a Member State does so, it shall inform other Member States and the Commission of such delay and provide due justification in its national roadmap pursuant to Article 5. Where necessary, Member States shall carry out the authorisation process or amend relevant existing rights to use the spectrum in accordance with Directive 2002/20/EC, in order to allow that use.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) This Decision is without prejudice to the right of Member States to organise and use their spectrum for public order and public security purposes and for defence.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2

(2) If Member States authorise the use of spectrum in the 470-694 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communication services other than television broadcasting networks, such use shall be limited to downlink-only. Such use shall be without prejudice to obligations resulting from international agreements and Union law.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2016/0027(COD)

Amjad BASHIR, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Nikolay BAREKOV, Hans-Olaf HENKEL

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Member States may, where appropriate and in accordance with Union law, ensure that the direct cost of migration or reallocation of spectrum usage is adequately compensated in accordance with national law.

2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)

Oc. whereas the EU should promote the triad of human rights, democracy and free trade in dealings with third countries;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses deep concern that human rights and democratic values are increasingly under threat in many parts of the world~~wide~~;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance their efforts to effectively place human rights and democratic values at the heart of their relations with the wider world, as they committed to doing so in the TEU; notes that the EU should not be reluctant to use appropriate measures in dealing with serious human rights breaches in third countries;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Warns against the unintended consequences of continuously expanding the definition of human rights by ideologically or politically motivated issues, as this could ultimately reduce general support for the very idea of universality and indivisibility of human rights;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Believes that the return to the initial human rights definition offers the best chance not only to broaden its appeal but also to increase the effectiveness of dealing with the breaches of human rights worldwide;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates its view that the adoption of the EU Strategic Framework and of the first Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy in 2012 constituted a major milestone for the EU in placing human rights and democracy at the core of its relations with the wider world; believes in the promotion of human rights through free trade as a way of spreading values and ideas;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the extension of the EUSR’'s mandate until February 2017, and reiterates ~~its request for this mandate to be turned into a permanent one~~that the extension of the EUSR mandate should be based on proven merit; recommends, in this regard, that the EUSR have own-initiative powers, higher public visibility and adequate staff and financial resources to work at his full potential;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Acknowledges the importance of additional measures against individuals (targeted sanctions such as freezing of assets or travel bans) of authoritarian regimes should dialogues persistently fail;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Notes the Commission’s efforts to fulfil its commitment to including human rights provisions in its impact assessments for legislative and non-legislative proposals, implementing measures and trade agreements; urges the Commission to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the impact assessments and to ensure the systematic incorporation of human rights issues; highlights the role which international and local NGOs could play in this process;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Recalls that the EU enlargement policy is one of the strongest tools for reinforcing respect for human rights and democratic principles; welcomes, therefore, the implementation of the new approach during accession negotiations of the chapters covering the judiciary and fundamental rights, and justice, freedom, and security, which duly takes into account the time needed for these reforms to be properly implemented; emphasizes that high European standards on the rule of law should not be compromised;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Expresses concern at the deterioration of freedom of expression and media in certain enlargement countries, such as in Turkey; emphasises the urgent need to reinforce independence of the media in those countries and to tackle the political and economic pressures on journalists, which often lead to self- censorship; calls on the Commission to continue prioritising respect for freedom of expression and for the media in the accession negotiation process;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)

41b. Is extremely concerned about the spread of instability and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa and by extremist and jihadist groups exploiting those situations;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 c (new)

41c. Condemns the actions by Russia in its neighbourhood that foment armed conflict and human suffering;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the entry into force of the new Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) (Regulation (EU) 978/2012) on 1 January 2014; positively notes that 14 countries had been granted GSP+ preferences by the end of 2014~~, as a means of stimulat~~; reminds that those 14 countries are required to maintaing the ~~effective implement~~ratification of 27 core international conventions on human rights and labour standards and to ensure their effective implementation and are subject to monitoring imposed by those conventions as well as by the EU; expects the Commission to report back to Parliament and to the Council on the status of ratification and the effective implementation of the conventions by the beneficiaries of the GSP+ preferences by the end of 2015;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Believes that the business community has a great role to play in promoting human rights, that such efforts are deeply desirable and should be supported by public institutions worldwide; believes that the promotion of human rights should be built on cooperation between government and private sector;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

47b. Believes furthermore that trade between nations, and the personal exchanges as well as the exchanges of ideas and practices that come with it, have the potential to promote human rights and democracy;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Expresses its solidarity with the high number of refugees and migrants who suffer grave human rights violations as victims of conflicts, tangible governance failures ~~and~~, networks of illegal immigration and trafficking, extremist groups and criminal gangs who exploit their vulnerability; expresses also its deep regret at the tragic loss of lives of people seeking asylum in the EU;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows and, therefore, to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts in our neighbourhood; underlines the need for a comprehensive human-rights-based approach to migration and calls on the EU to collaborate with the UN, regional organisations, governments and NGOs in order to address the root causes of migration flows; ~~takes note in this context~~urges the European Commission and the Member States to significantly increase, as promised, their funding of organisations who operate on the ground in order to tangibly improve the situation in refugee camps near conflict areas; takes note of the European Union Naval Force – Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean; welcomes the measures proposed by the Commission on 9 September 2015 to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60

60. Recalls that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief is a fundamental human right, as recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, interrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms encompassing the rights to believe or not to believe, the freedom to practise theistic, non-theistic or atheistic belief alike, and the right to adopt, change and abandon or return to a belief of one's choice;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 b (new)

65b. Urges the EU to commit to its values and principles on torture and the death penalty regardless of the depth and degree of the economic and political ties of the EU with the third country;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)