BETA

Activities of Renato SORU

Plenary speeches (151)

71st session of the UN General Assembly (A8-0146/2016 - Andrey Kovatchev) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2020(INI)
Draft amending budget No 2/2016: Surplus from 2015 (A8-0212/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2051(BUD)
Energy efficiency labelling (A8-0213/2016 - Dario Tamburrano) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0149(COD)
European Border and Coast Guard (A8-0200/2016 - Artis Pabriks) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0310(COD)
Synergies between structural funds and Horizon 2020 (RC-B8-0851/2016, B8-0851/2016, B8-0852/2016, B8-0857/2016, B8-0858/2016, B8-0860/2016, B8-0861/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2695(RSP)
Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017 (RC-B8-0885/2016, B8-0885/2016, B8-0886/2016, B8-0892/2016, B8-0893/2016, B8-0894/2016, B8-0895/2016, B8-0896/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2773(RSP)
Emission limits for non-road mobile machinery (A8-0276/2015 - Elisabetta Gardini) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0268(COD)
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (A8-0204/2016 - Brando Benifei) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2321(INI)
Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2038(INI)
A forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment (A8-0220/2016 - Tiziana Beghin) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2105(INI)
Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data (A8-0139/2016 - Jan Philipp Albrecht) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0011(COD)
Processing of personal data for the purposes of crime prevention (A8-0138/2016 - Marju Lauristin) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0010(COD)
Use of Passenger Name Record data (EU PNR) (A8-0248/2015 - Timothy Kirkhope) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0023(COD)
Draft Amending Budget No 1/ 2016 : New instrument to provide emergency support within the Union (A8-0130/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2037(BUD)
Zika virus outbreak (B8-0449/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2584(RSP)
Fisheries partnership agreement with Denmark and Greenland: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0067/2016 - Marco Affronte) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0152(NLE)
EU-Macao Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A8-0072/2016 - Dieter-Lebrecht Koch) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0015(NLE)
Minimum standard rate of VAT (A8-0063/2016 - Peter Simon) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0296(CNS)
Agreement on strategic cooperation between Brazil and Europol (A8-0070/2016 - Claude Moraes) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0801(CNS)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: fisheries aspects (A8-0042/2016 - Norica Nicolai) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2109(INI)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2095(INI)
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0301/2015 - Sajjad Karim) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2252(INI)
Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (A8-0208/2015 - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2150(INI)
Learning EU at school (A8-0021/2016 - Damian Drăghici) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2138(INI)
The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (A8-0027/2016 - Sylvie Goulard) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2060(INI)
Small-scale coastal fishing in regions dependent on fishing (A8-0044/2016 - Ruža Tomašić) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2090(INI)
Introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia (A8-0013/2016 - Marielle de Sarnez) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0218(COD)
Veterinary medicinal products (A8-0046/2016 - Françoise Grossetête) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0257(COD)
Towards a thriving data-driven economy (B8-0308/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2612(RSP)
Situation in Eritrea (B8-0318/2016, B8-0319/2016, B8-0320/2016, B8-0321/2016, B8-0322/2016, B8-0323/2016, B8-0324/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2568(RSP)
EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information (A8-0047/2016 - Miguel Viegas) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0285(NLE)
Procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings (A8-0020/2015 - Caterina Chinnici) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0408(COD)
Guidelines for the 2017 Budget - Section III (A8-0036/2016 - Jens Geier) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2004(BUD)
Tobacco agreement (PMI agreement) (B8-0311/2016, B8-0312/2016, B8-0312/2016, B8-0313/2016, B8-0313/2016, B8-0314/2016, B8-0315/2016, B8-0316/2016, B8-0317/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2555(RSP)
Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments (A8-0006/2016 - Marc Tarabella) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0014(COD)
Harmonised indices of consumer prices (A8-0313/2015 - Roberto Gualtieri) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0346(COD)
Annual report 2014 on the Protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (A8-0026/2016 - Benedek Jávor) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2128(INI)
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (A8-0024/2016 - Mary Honeyball) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2325(INI)
Insularity condition (debate) IT
2016/11/22
2015 progress report on Serbia (B8-0166/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2892(RSP)
European integration process of Kosovo (B8-0167/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2893(RSP)
Situation in Libya (RC-B8-0146/2016, B8-0146/2016, B8-0169/2016, B8-0170/2016, B8-0177/2016, B8-0178/2016, B8-0179/2016, B8-0180/2016, B8-0181/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2537(RSP)
Insularity condition (B8-0165/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3014(RSP)
The role of local and regional authorities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) (B8-0171/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3013(RSP)
Systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS (RC-B8-0149/2016, B8-0149/2016, B8-0154/2016, B8-0156/2016, B8-0157/2016, B8-0159/2016, B8-0161/2016, B8-0162/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Authorisation of genetically modified soybean FG72 (B8-0133/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2547(RSP)
Objection pursuant to Rule 106 on emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (B8-0040/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2988(RPS)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2233(INI)
New Strategy for gender equality and women's rights post-2015 (B8-0148/2016, B8-0150/2016, B8-0163/2016, B8-0164/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2526(RSP)
Objection to delegated act on the specific compositional and information requirements for processed cereal-based food and baby food (B8-0067/2016) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2863(DEA)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2147(INI)
Multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (A8-0367/2015 - Gabriel Mato) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0096(COD)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (A8-0368/2015 - Werner Langen) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2140(INI)
The role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values (A8-0373/2015 - Julie Ward) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2139(INI)
Stocktaking and challenges of the EU Financial Services Regulation (A8-0360/2015 - Burkhard Balz) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2106(INI)
External factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship (A8-0369/2015 - Barbara Matera) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2111(INI)
Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment (A8-0366/2015 - Marek Plura) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2088(INI)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2147(INI)
The state of play of the Doha Development Agenda in view of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference (B8-1230/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2632(RSP)
Accession of Ecuador to the EU-Peru and Colombia trade agreement (B8-1241/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2656(RSP)
2016 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0333/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2132(BUD)
Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (A8-0317/2015 - Elisa Ferreira, Michael Theurer) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2066(INI)
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015 - Rachida Dati) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2063(INI)
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (A8-0312/2015 - Ole Christensen) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2107(INI)
Insurance mediation (A8-0315/2015 - Werner Langen) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0175(COD)
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty (A8-0310/2015 - Inês Cristina Zuber) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2237(INI)
Interoperability solutions as a means for modernising the public sector (A8-0225/2015 - Carlos Zorrinho) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0185(COD)
Reform of the electoral law of the EU (A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner, Jo Leinen) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2035(INL)
Future aviation package (B8-1146/2015, B8-1147/2015, B8-1148/2015, B8-1149/2015, B8-1150/2015, B8-1151/2015, B8-1152/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2933(RSP)
Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy (A8-0277/2015 - Fernando Ruas) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2246(INI)
European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance (A8-0268/2015 - José Blanco López) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2052(INI)
Transparency of securities financing transactions (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0017(COD)
Transparency of securities financing transactions (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0017(COD)
Draft general budget of the European Union for 2016 - all sections IT
2016/11/22
Provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (A8-0295/2015 - Gabriel Mato) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0213(COD)
Use of genetically modified food and feed (A8-0305/2015 - Giovanni La Via) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0093(COD)
Emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (A8-0249/2015 - Julie Girling) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0443(COD)
European Citizens' Initiative (A8-0284/2015 - György Schöpflin) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2257(INI)
EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information (A8-0271/2015 - Jeppe Kofod) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0076(NLE)
Package travel and linked travel arrangements (A8-0297/2015 - Birgit Collin-Langen) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0246(COD)
European single market for electronic communications (A8-0300/2015 - Pilar del Castillo Vera) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0309(COD)
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (A8-0267/2015 - Marietje Schaake) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0005(COD)
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (A8-0306/2015 - Markus Ferber) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0068(CNS)
Emission measurements in the automotive sector (B8-1075/2015, B8-1075/2015, B8-1076/2015, B8-1077/2015, B8-1078/2015, B8-1079/2015, B8-1080/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2865(RSP)
The death penalty (B8-0998/2015, B8-0998/2015, B8-0999/2015, B8-1001/2015, B8-1005/2015, B8-1006/2015, B8-1007/2015, B8-1008/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2879(RSP)
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (A8-0213/2015 - Anna Záborská) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2160(INI)
European small claims procedure and European order for payment procedure (A8-0140/2015 - Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0403(COD)
Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air (A8-0160/2015 - Andrzej Grzyb) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0442(COD)
Decision adopted on the Capital Markets Union package (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Payment services in the internal market (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0264(COD)
ILO Forced Labour Convention: judicial cooperation in criminal matters (A8-0226/2015 - Helga Stevens) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0258(NLE)
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: disasters in Bulgaria and Greece in 2015 (A8-0253/2015 - Andrey Novakov) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2151(BUD)
Possible extension of geographical indication protection of the EU to non-agricultural products (A8-0259/2015 - Virginie Rozière) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2053(INI)
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (A8-0260/2015 - Iskra Mihaylova) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0160(COD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/002 DE/Adam Opel (A8-0273/2015 - Jens Geier) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2208(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk (A8-0272/2015 - Paul Rübig) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2209(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia (A8-0274/2015 - Monika Vana) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2212(BUD)
Draft amending budget No 4/2015: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for Romania, Bulgaria and Italy (A8-0220/2015 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) IT
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Floods in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy (A8-0211/2015 - Siegfried Mureşan) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2079(BUD)
Delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe (A8-0183/2015 - Dieter-Lebrecht Koch) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2244(INI)
Draft amending budget No 1/2015: European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (A8-0221/2015 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) IT
2016/11/22
Draft amending budget No 5/2015 - Responding to migratory pressures (A8-0212/2015 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) IT
2016/11/22
Conclusion of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol (A8-0167/2015 - Elisabetta Gardini) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0376(NLE)
EU-Iceland agreement on Iceland participation in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (A8-0166/2015 - Giovanni La Via) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0151(NLE)
European energy security strategy (A8-0164/2015 - Algirdas Saudargas) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2153(INI)
Adjustment rate for direct payments in respect of 2015 (A8-0174/2015 - Czesław Adam Siekierski) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0070(COD)
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2152(INI)
Intellectual property rights: an EU action plan (A8-0169/2015 - Pavel Svoboda) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2151(INI)
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (A8-0153/2015 - Krišjānis Kariņš, Judith Sargentini) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0025(COD)
Information accompanying transfers of funds (A8-0154/2015 - Timothy Kirkhope, Peter Simon) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0024(COD)
Insolvency proceedings (A8-0155/2015 - Tadeusz Zwiefka) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0360(COD)
Self-certification of importers of minerals and metals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (A8-0141/2015 - Iuliu Winkler) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0059(COD)
Maternity leave (B8-0453/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2655(RSP)
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (B8-0460/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2684(RSP)
Outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa affecting olive trees (B8-0450/2015, B8-0451/2015, B8-0451/2015, B8-0452/2015, B8-0456/2015, B8-0457/2015, B8-0458/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2652(RSP)
Opening of the sitting IT
2016/11/22
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system (A8-0053/2015 - Olga Sehnalová) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0165(COD)
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (A8-0025/2015 - Nils Torvalds) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0288(COD)
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A8-0130/2015 - Margrete Auken) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0371(COD)
Carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (A8-0122/2015 - José Inácio Faria) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0224(COD)
Multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (A8-0128/2015 - Jarosław Wałęsa) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0285(COD)
Landing obligation (A8-0060/2014 - Alain Cadec) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0436(COD)
European film in the digital era (A8-0123/2015 - Bogdan Brunon Wenta) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2148(INI)
A new EU Forest Strategy (A8-0126/2015 - Elisabeth Köstinger) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2223(INI)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros (A8-0124/2015 - Jean-Paul Denanot) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2056(BUD)
Decision establishing the Social Protection Committee (A8-0066/2015 - Marita Ulvskog) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0802(CNS)
Decision establishing the Employment Committee (A8-0065/2015 - Marita Ulvskog) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0801(CNS)
Amendment of the MFF 2014-2020 (A8-0125/2015 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0010(APP)
International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during WW II (B8-0326/2015) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2615(RSP)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/018 GR/Attica Broadcasting (A8-0050/2015 - Georgios Kyrtsos) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2031(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities (A8-0051/2015 - Lefteris Christoforou) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2032(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/016 IE/Lufthansa Technik (A8-0052/2015 - Victor Negrescu) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2045(BUD)
Macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (A8-0056/2015 - Gabrielius Landsbergis) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0005(COD)
Annual Tax report (A8-0040/2015 - Eva Kaili) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2144(INI)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/012 BE/ArcelorMittal (A8-0035/2015 - Victor Negrescu) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2020(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2013/007 BE/Hainaut Steel (Duferco-NLMK) (A8-0031/2015 - Andrej Plenković) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2019(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/014 DE/Aleo Solar (A8-0030/2015 - Iris Hoffmann) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2018(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/011 BE/Caterpillar (A8-0033/2015 - Anneli Jäätteenmäki) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2021(BUD)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (A8-0032/2015 - Jörg Leichtfried) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0105(COD)
European long-term investment funds (A8-0021/2015 - Alain Lamassoure) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0214(COD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2013/011 BE/Saint-Gobain Sekurit (A8-0034/2015 - Liadh Ní Riada) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2017(BUD)
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (A8-0015/2015 - Marc Tarabella) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2217(INI)
Annual report on EU competition policy (A8-0019/2015 - Morten Messerschmidt) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2158(INI)
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (A8-0011/2015 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2157(INI)
Annual report on EU competition policy (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2158(INI)
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2157(INI)
Draft amending budget No 5/2014: Floods in Italy (Sardinia) in 2013 - Earthquakes in Greece - Ice in Slovenia - Ice followed by floods in Croatia in 2014 (A8-0078/2014 - Gérard Deprez) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2072(BUD)
Digital single market (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2973(RSP)
EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world (debate) IT
2016/11/22
EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world (debate) IT
2016/11/22
Digital single market (debate) IT
2016/11/22

Reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting and transparency of securities financing transactions PDF (755 KB) DOC (180 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2014/0017(COD)
Documents: PDF(755 KB) DOC(180 KB)

Shadow reports (3)

REPORT on tax treatment of pension products, including the pan-European Personal Pension Product PDF (143 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2018/2002(INI)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(50 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) PDF (1 MB) DOC (286 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2017/0143(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(286 KB)
REPORT on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2013 PDF (165 KB) DOC (114 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2014/2157(INI)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(114 KB)

Opinions (1)

OPINION on Towards a Digital Single Market Act
2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(203 KB)

Institutional motions (40)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (372 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras: situation of Human rights defenders PDF (335 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2648(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore PDF (276 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2644(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (164 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2609(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Kazakhstan PDF (168 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2607(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of Congo PDF (285 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2609(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the case of Giulio Regeni PDF (291 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2608(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression in Kazakhstan PDF (306 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2607(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (159 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2515(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ PDF (168 KB) DOC (94 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (162 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2537(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (271 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2557(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars PDF (223 KB) DOC (69 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2556(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION in support of the peace process in Colombia PDF (277 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3033(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia PDF (291 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2520(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU citizens under detention in India, notably Italian, Estonian and UK citizens PDF (273 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2522(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (303 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2973(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Malaysia PDF (278 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3018(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (281 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3017(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ibrahim Halawa potentially facing the death penalty PDF (277 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3016(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 20th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement PDF (272 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2979(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Cambodia PDF (281 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2969(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (286 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2968(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (292 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2970(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Cambodia PDF (147 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2969(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (147 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2968(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (149 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2970(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass displacement of children in Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (158 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2876(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (170 KB) DOC (97 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2874(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Azerbaijan PDF (147 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2840(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (157 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2839(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (146 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2766(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (148 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2758(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in particular the case of two detained human rights activists Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma PDF (148 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2757(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia's draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (150 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2756(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (191 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes PDF (151 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2734(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation Syria, in particular in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (146 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (250 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2660(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum PDF (240 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2526(RSP)
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Oral questions (4)

Corporate Social Responsibility PDF (7 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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EU agricultural innovation systems PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Criteria for identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals PDF (196 KB) DOC (28 KB)
2016/11/22
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Competitiveness of the EU steel industry PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Written explanations (34)

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0140/2018 - Miroslavs Mitrofanovs) IT

Ho votato favorevolmente a questo progetto di risoluzione perché considero la promozione del mercato del lavoro un fattore fondamentale nell'ottica di una crescita intelligente e inclusiva, accompagnata dalla creazione di occupazione sostenibile. È infatti necessario che l'Unione promuova la partecipazione attiva di tutti i cittadini alla vita economica sociale e culturale e che vengano posti in atto tutti gli accorgimenti necessari al fine di evitare l'esclusione e la discriminazione migliorando la produttività, le performance di crescita e la coesione sociale.Il mio voto positivo è a supporto delle politiche intese ad agevolare e investire nella creazione di posti di lavoro sostenibili, accessibili e che permettano di sviluppare pienamente il potenziale dei settori orientati al futuro, come le economie verde e circolare, il settore dell'assistenza e il settore digitale, attraverso meccanismi che tengano conto delle differenze nei livelli di competenze e delle divergenze nelle prestazioni economiche tra regioni, settori e imprese.
2016/11/22
A European values instrument to support civil society organisations which promote democracy, rule of law and fundamental values within the European Union (B8-0189/2018) IT

Il mio voto è a favore di questa risoluzione, in linea con l'affermazione che i valori fondamentali europei condivisi, sanciti dall'articolo 2 del TUE, come il rispetto della dignità umana, la libertà, la democrazia, l'uguaglianza e i principi del pluralismo, non debbano essere dati per scontati e debbano essere costantemente coltivati e protetti.Concordo sull'evidenza per cui molte organizzazioni della società civile (OSC) continuano a promuovere questi valori, nonostante crescenti difficoltà nel garantire i finanziamenti necessari per sviluppare le loro attività, in modo indipendente ed efficace. Ritengo sia evidente la necessità che l'UE sviluppi modi nuovi ed efficaci per proteggere e promuovere tali valori all'interno dell'Unione, fornendo un sostegno finanziario mirato a livello locale e nazionale e istituendo uno strumento di finanziamento gestito dalla Commissione, dedicato all'interno del Bilancio dell'UE, nell'ambito del prossimo quadro finanziario pluriennale post-2020.Lo strumento dovrebbe mirare specificamente a progetti di partecipazione civica, mentre le iniziative transnazionali dovrebbero svolgere solo un ruolo sussidiario, al fine di permettere la costruzione della capacità delle organizzazioni della società, per accrescere la comprensione pubblica della democrazia pluralistica e partecipativa dello stato di diritto e dei diritti fondamentali.
2016/11/22
Annual Report on Competition Policy (A8-0049/2018 - Ramon Tremosa i Balcells) IT

Ho votato a favore del rapporto sulla competizione del collega Tremosa i Balcells. Ogni anno il Parlamento è chiamato a valutare l'andamento delle politiche messe in atto nella nostra Unione per assicurare il corretto funzionamento della concorrenza e, più in generale, del mercato interno. Come sappiamo, il tema è cruciale, anche se molto spesso è complicato definire con certezza la legittimità o meno di taluni aiuti di Stato.Sono soddisfatto che il rapporto annuale che votiamo oggi menzioni la situazione delle isole e che sottolinei in modo esplicito il fatto che gli aiuti di Stato possano essere utili per superare il gap dei territori insulari e periferici in settori strategici come quello dei trasporti e dell'energia.Infine, accolgo con favore l'enfasi posta sul concetto di connettività: essa rappresenta un elemento importante per garantire livelli soddisfacenti di sviluppo economico e sociale alle aree insulari e periferiche della nostra Unione.
2016/11/22
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 (A8-0048/2018 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) IT

Ho votato a favore della relazione sul prossimo quadro finanziario pluriennale perché ritengo che sia essenziale continuare in modo costruttivo su quanto creato dall'Unione europea. Per questo motivo sono convinto che le discussioni dei prossimi anni avverranno in chiave positiva e porteranno ad un risultato favorevole ai cittadini dell'Unione.L'unico mezzo per garantire questo risultato è un quadro finanziario che sostenga gli sforzi europei di crescita, sostenibilità ed equità, che cresca, ma che porti anche ad una migliore e più efficiente distribuzione delle risorse. Un altro aspetto fondamentale, sul quale mi sono concentrato nella risoluzione riguarda la questione delle risorse proprie, per essere in grado di intervenire in maniera equa, l'Unione europea deve essere maggiormente indipendente dai cambiamenti nei bilanci statali e deve quindi poter contare su delle risorse gestite direttamente e per le quali venire maggiormente responsabilizzata.
2016/11/22
Reform of the European Union’s system of own resources (A8-0041/2018 - Gérard Deprez, Janusz Lewandowski) IT

Il mio voto favorevole alla relazione d'iniziativa sulle risorse proprie è dovuto alla necessità di dotare progressivamente l'Unione europea di un sistema che garantisca un solido finanziamento delle sue politiche senza che questo dipenda in modo preponderante dai contributi dei singoli Stati membri che, attualmente, rappresentano invece i principali finanziatori.Ritengo che una riforma in tal senso, maggiormente orientata all'integrazione europea, sia quindi auspicabile e penso che il rapporto d'iniziativa rappresenti un primo passo. La necessità di cambiare le cose è dovuta al ruolo di attore globale che credo la nostra Unione debba assumere in modo sempre più marcato. Politiche efficaci hanno bisogno di strumenti finanziari incisivi che permettano una migliore protezione dei cittadini europei rispetto alle sfide in corso e che garantiscano una più rapida convergenza fra i diversi territori dell'Unione.
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 (A8-0047/2018 - Hugues Bayet) IT

Ho votato a favore della relazione del collega Bayet relativa all'Analisi annuale della crescita per il 2018 che la Commissione europea ha presentato qualche mese fa. Questo documento è molto importante per gli input che fornisce al processo di coordinamento delle politiche economiche proprio del Semestre europeo.Ho contribuito alla relazione del collega con la presentazione di diversi emendamenti in Commissione ECON perché ritengo che si debba porre una forte attenzione agli aspetti sociali del Semestre. Sono ancora troppe le disuguaglianze all'interno della nostra Unione ed è necessario agire in modo più incisivo. Bene ha quindi fatto il collega a citare alcuni di questi punti nella relazione e spero che i passi successivi del ciclo di coordinamento delle politiche economiche degli Stati membri seguano la direzione che è stata segnata.Il Parlamento europeo, con le sue funzioni di controllo, è chiamato a giocare un ruolo decisivo e dovrà collaborare con i diversi attori coinvolti per rendere efficaci le azioni che saranno intraprese.
2016/11/22
Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (A8-0013/2018 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) IT

La relazione annuale sulle attività finanziarie della Banca europea per gli investimenti, sulla quale ho espresso voto favorevole, riconosce l'importanza strategica di questo istituto finanziario nel sostegno all'economia reale degli Stati membri e nel perseguimento di una maggiore convergenza economica e sociale fra i diversi territori della nostra Unione. Innovazione, PMI, infrastrutture, ambiente, clima e coesione: questi temi sono cruciali per il futuro e quindi bene ha fatto il Parlamento a richiamarne l'importanza anche in questa risoluzione.Penso anche che la collaborazione fra la Banca europea degli investimenti e le autorità nazionali e locali debba essere più proficua ed efficace per rendere tangibili i benefici delle attività di investimento portate avanti dalla BEI a favore delle comunità, soprattutto quelle più piccole. In quest'ottica, il tema della comunicazione è rilevante: sono contento quindi che la risoluzione ricordi che ci sia ancora tanto da fare in questa direzione affinché i potenziali beneficiari siano sensibilizzati sui progetti e sugli strumenti di finanziamento che possono apportare miglioramenti significativi del livello di benessere generale.
2016/11/22
European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 (A8-0383/2017 - Jonás Fernández) IT

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione del collega Fernández relativa alla relazione annuale della Banca centrale europea per il 2016 alla quale ho anche contribuito in Commissione ECON con alcuni emendamenti. Queste risoluzioni permettono al Parlamento non soltanto di esercitare il proprio ruolo di controllo nei confronti della BCE, ma anche di fare ulteriori valutazioni di ampio respiro sull'andamento della politica monetaria in atto e del suo supporto alle politiche economiche.Credo che, nel fare questo, la risoluzione del collega abbia due meriti. In primo luogo, si sottolinea la necessità che l'azione della BCE contribuisca a sostenere le politiche generali dell'Unione europea e non ponga soltanto l'accento sul raggiungimento della stabilità dei prezzi, suo obiettivo primario, ma non esclusivo. In secondo luogo, si richiama l'attenzione sul ruolo di intermediazione creditizia del sistema bancario europeo a favore dell'economia reale. Il richiamo alle PMI e al rafforzamento dell'Unione dei mercati dei capitali vanno nella giusta direzione.Complessivamente, ritengo che quanto fatto dalla BCE in questi anni abbia contribuito in modo incisivo alla ripresa economica in atto. La sua azione, tuttavia, non è sufficiente, ma deve essere accompagnata dall'attivazione degli strumenti e dei meccanismi che, a livello nazionale, ma soprattutto europeo, favoriscano l'integrazione e il coordinamento delle politiche economiche.
2016/11/22
Extension of the European statistical programme to 2020 (A8-0158/2017 - Roberto Gualtieri) IT

Ho votato a favore dell'estensione del programma statistico europeo perché come politico sono cosciente dell'importanza di avere accesso a dei dati affidabili ed aggiornati provenienti da una fonte sicura. Per prendere delle decisioni corrette, specialmente in momenti importanti per il futuro dell'Europa, una delle necessità di base è quella di continuare a sviluppare questo programma, possibilmente espandendolo in futuro ad ulteriori ambiti.
2016/11/22
European venture capital funds and European social entrepreneurship funds (A8-0120/2017 - Sirpa Pietikäinen) IT

Annuncio il mio voto favorevole a questa iniziativa legislativa per il ruolo strategico che l'imprenditoria sociale e innovativa riveste nel contesto economico. È quindi giusto che queste aziende possano avere accesso ai finanziamenti necessari per ampliare e consolidare le loro attività. L'attenzione che è conferita a questa categoria di imprese rappresenta un elemento rilevante perché ne valorizza il ruolo e cerca di facilitare l'accesso a risorse che spesso, anche a causa delle ridotte dimensioni delle aziende, è causa di elevati costi operativi e causa l'impossibilità di rafforzare la presenza nei settori industriali di riferimento. Quanto approvato oggi rappresenta un ulteriore passo verso il conseguimento dell'Unione dei mercati dei capitali, coerentemente con il dibattito attuale che riguarda il rafforzamento dell'integrazione economica e monetaria del nostro Continente.
2016/11/22
The future of the Erasmus+ programme (B8-0495/2017) IT

Il mio voto favorevole alla presente risoluzione del Parlamento è motivato da diversi elementi. Non si può innanzitutto negare la portata storica che il programma Erasmus ha avuto negli ultimi trent'anni su circa nove milioni di europei. Per loro l'Erasmus ha rappresentato un'esperienza di apertura, conoscenza reciproca, condivisione e scambio culturale nel nome dei valori comuni che rende il nostro continente unito nella diversità.Credo che se vogliamo contribuire a creare una futura comunità di cittadini veramente europea, slegata sempre di più da egoismi nazionali che in passato hanno provocato profonde ferite nel Vecchio Continente, sia doveroso potenziare e ampliare la portata di questo programma: ritengo che la risoluzione votata oggi vada in questa direzione e apprezzo particolarmente l'enfasi posta sull'innovazione e lo sviluppo delle cosiddette soft skills come la creatività, l'imprenditorialità e il pensiero critico.Agire su queste leve permetterà ai cittadini europei, specialmente quelli più giovani, di essere resilienti in un contesto economico e sociale sempre più mutevole.
2016/11/22
A new skills agenda for Europe (A8-0276/2017 - Martina Dlabajová, Momchil Nekov) IT

Ho votato a favore del documento presentato dai colleghi Dlabajová e Nekov relativo all'agenda sulle nuove competenze per l'Europa. Ritengo che il tema affrontato sia molto importante per diversi motivi. In primo luogo, credo fermamente che l'istruzione sia uno strumento che permetta la riduzione delle disuguaglianze e il perseguimento di una maggiore inclusione sociale. La politica ha il dovere di investire nel miglioramento delle competenze dei cittadini: questa è stata una delle linee guida dell'esperienza che ho avuto al governo della mia regione e sono soddisfatto che anche in Europa l'educazione rivesta un ruolo strategico. L'approccio proposto dal rapporto che abbiamo votato ha il pregio di riconoscere la dinamicità delle competenze in un mondo del lavoro in continua evoluzione e conferisce importanza alle azioni in favore dei cosiddetti NEET. Ancora troppe persone infatti, soprattutto in certe aree dell'Unione europea, né studiano né lavorano e rappresentando quindi un gruppo svantaggiato al quale è dato giusto rilievo nel rapporto votato oggi.
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy (A8-0280/2017 - Giovanni La Via) IT

Ho votato a favore dell'utilizzo del fondo di solidarietà per fornire assistenza a Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche e Umbria perché ritengo che l'Unione europea, se vuole rappresentare tutti i cittadini e gli Stati che la compongono debba innanzitutto continuare a supportare i propri Stati membri in difficoltà.La mobilitazione del fondo di solidarietà in casi di eventi disastrosi come quello avvenuto in Italia è naturale, ma non scontata conseguenza dello Spirito europeo e come tale ha il mio completo supporto.
2016/11/22
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins) IT

Ho votato a favore della proposta riguardante le emissioni di gas serra, che trovo importante tanto più in chiave dell'avvicinarsi della COP 23 a Bonn, perché ritengo necessario che l'Europa continui a fare sempre di più nell'ambito della sostenibilità.Lo strumento proposto rientra all'interno di un miglioramento e incentivo dell'utilizzo intelligente dell'agricoltura e silvicoltura in chiave verde e lo considero un valido passo in avanti per una leadership europea nella sostenibilità.
2016/11/22
Implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (A8-0200/2017 - José Manuel Fernandes, Udo Bullmann) IT

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione dei colleghi Bullmann e Fernandes, perché sono convinto dell'importanza del Fondo europeo per gli investimenti strategici come strumento necessario per contribuire alla ripresa economica, che si sta manifestando attualmente, nel nostro Continente. Proprio per queste ragioni, accolgo con favore le osservazioni contenute nel documento che abbiamo votato e sono sicuro che, contribuiranno al miglioramento dell'efficacia di questo strumento, anche nell'ottica della sua probabile estensione futura.Vorrei brevemente richiamare, ad esempio, la centralità del concetto di addizionalità: il monitoraggio attento dei progetti è cruciale, per valutare effettivamente quanto essi contribuiscano a superare eventuali fallimenti di mercato e quindi, a creare un reale valore aggiunto, per il territorio e per le comunità, in cui sono implementati. La mancata efficacia di questo elemento, farebbe perdere all'EFSI, quella forza di propulsione che ha l'indubbio vantaggio di favorire la crescita degli investimenti provenienti dal settore privato. Sono sicuro che questa risoluzione rappresenta un contributo concreto alla discussione che le istituzioni stanno proficuamente portando avanti, per l'ampliamento e per l'estensione di EFSI sino al 2020.
2016/11/22
European agenda for the collaborative economy (A8-0195/2017 - Nicola Danti) IT

Ho votato a favore di questo rapporto sull'economia collaborativa, perché ne conosco le potenzialità e i rischi. Si tratta di un settore in crescita rapidissima negli ultimi dieci anni, che ha portato e porterà, dei grandi cambiamenti, nelle vite dei cittadini europei.Il rapporto in questione mantiene un buon equilibrio tra la giusta necessità di mantenere l'Unione Europea in un ruolo di protagonista, aiutando quindi le aziende del settore a crescere e quella, di proteggere cittadini e lavoratori, nell'utilizzo di tali servizi.Lo sviluppo delle tecnologie digitali ha permesso l'accesso a servizi impensabili pochi anni fa. Questa è un'opportunità enorme che l'Europa deve cogliere, assicurando una competizione giusta e un ambiente regolatorio, equo tra gli Stati membri.Inoltre, come in tutti i casi di innovazione radicale, l'economia collaborativa colpirà dei settori preesistenti. In questo senso, anche con la mia attività in commissione mercato interno, sono intervenuto perché gli Stati membri inizino a preparare delle strategie di supporto e riformazione per i lavoratori coinvolti.
2016/11/22
Online platforms and the Digital Single Market (A8-0204/2017 - Henna Virkkunen, Philippe Juvin) IT

Ho votato a favore del rapporto sulle piattaforme, perché ritengo che l'Europa stia facendo fatica a competere in questo settore. Di tutte le aziende digitali più grandi del mondo, solo una ridotta minoranza ha le proprie sedi in Europa, mentre la stragrande maggioranza si trova negli USA.Ritengo che il ritardo nell'adozione e supporto alla creazione di piattaforme digitali europee sia rischiosa e che debba venire affrontata seriamente. Per questo la relazione, sottolinea la necessità di creare le condizioni, perché l'Unione europea torni protagonista.Questo significa aumentare la trasparenza e la qualità della competizione, chiarendo le regole a cui devono sottoporsi gli intermediari e semplificando l'accesso a mercati e finanziamenti.Rafforzare la competizione del settore vuole anche dire migliorare i servizi ai cittadini e fornire competenze a chi vuole entrare nel mercato.In futuro la rete e i servizi digitali continueranno a crescere. Trovo che sia nostro dovere, fare tutto il possibile, perché questo succeda in Europa.
2016/11/22
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (A8-0208/2017 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy) IT

Ho votato convintamente a favore della proposta di regolamento del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio, relativo alle riduzioni annuali vincolanti delle emissioni di gas a effetto serra, a carico degli Stati membri, nel periodo 2012-2030. Credo si tratti anzitutto di onorare gli impegni assunti a seguito della conclusione dell'Accordo di Parigi, approvato dal Parlamento europeo il 4 ottobre 2016, ratificato dal Consiglio europeo il 5 ottobre 2016, ed entrato ufficialmente in vigore il 4 novembre 2016.L'Europa è chiamata a rispondere in maniera unitaria, alla grande sfida dei cambiamenti climatici, facilitando il processo di transizione verso l'energia pulita e coinvolgendo, anche attraverso premialità, le piccole e medie imprese, in punto di convergenza, verso piano industriali sostenibili ed in linea con gli indirizzi e gli obiettivi di cui al presente regolamento. La riduzione delle emissioni di CO2 dei veicoli stradali, il tema delle prestazioni energetiche nel settore edile, l'incentivo all'utilizzo di fonti rinnovabili e sempre maggiori investimenti sul clima, rappresentano gli obiettivi principali che l'Europa e gli Stati membri devono perseguire con determinazione e lungimiranza.
2016/11/22
Wholesale roaming markets (A8-0372/2016 - Miapetra Kumpula-Natri) IT

Ho votato a favore di questo provvedimento in quanto ritengo fondamentale, nella creazione di un'Unione Europea più forte e più unita, la possibilità di muoversi e comunicare liberamente al suo interno. La questione delle tariffe di roaming ha sempre rappresentato un limite al movimento dei cittadini ed è giustamente stata al centro delle attività delle istituzioni. Oggi finalmente chiudiamo un lungo processo nel modo migliore, assicurando a tutti un trattamento più equo.
2016/11/22
Negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union (RC-B8-0237/2017, B8-0237/2017, B8-0241/2017, B8-0242/2017, B8-0243/2017) IT

Lo scorso 29 marzo il Regno Unito ha ufficialmente comunicato la sua intenzione di uscire dall'Unione europea, attivando un processo negoziale con importanti conseguenze per i cittadini e per le imprese. Tale processo dovrà essere quanto più ordinato possibile e dovrà costituire l'occasione per rafforzare i valori alla base dell'Unione europea, dando nuova linfa all'integrazione comunitaria.Per queste ragioni, ho votato a favore della risoluzione del Parlamento, che stabilisce i principi alla base dei futuri negoziati con il Regno Unito. Questo processo non solo dovrà essere improntato a criteri di leale collaborazione e trasparenza, ma dovrà anche garantire la certezza e la stabilità del diritto.
2016/11/22
Addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action (A8-0045/2017 - Elena Valenciano, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra) IT

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché credo che l'immigrazione sia una delle sfide più importanti per l'Europa. L'UNHCR ha stimato che nel 2015 65,3 milioni di persone sono state obbligate a emigrare dal proprio paese d'origine per conflitti e violenze. Nello stesso anno si è registrato un incremento dei rifugiati di oltre il 50%.Di fronte a tale sfida, l'Europa ha l'obbligo di creare una politica comune, fondata sulla tutela della dignità umana e sul principio di solidarietà tra gli Stati membri nella ripartizione degli oneri come risposta alle situazioni di emergenza. L'Europa non può affrontare i fenomeni migratori solo in reazione alle emergenze. Dobbiamo individuare una strategia futura di ampio respiro. In tale contesto, concordo nel ritenere indispensabile il rafforzamento dei partenariati, della cooperazione internazionale e della politica europea di vicinato e ogni altro strumento in grado di mitigare i fattori di spinta dei flussi migratori.
2016/11/22
Combating terrorism (A8-0228/2016 - Monika Hohlmeier) IT

Gli attacchi terroristici compiuti negli ultimi due anni in Europa hanno fatto emergere drammaticamente la necessità di rafforzare gli sforzi intesi a prevenire e combattere, a livello europeo, le nuove forme di terrorismo.Per questo, ho votato a favore della direttiva che aggiorna le norme europee, sulla lotta al terrorismo, risalenti al 2002, permettendo di affrontare in particolare le nuove minacce rappresentate da combattenti stranieri e lupi solitari.Le nuove regole prevedono infatti la perseguibilità penale per gli atti preparatori di attentati, quali viaggi all'estero per aderire a un gruppo terroristico e il ritorno nell'UE, reclutamento ai fini di terrorismo, incitamento pubblico e il finanziamento del terrorismo, anche quando perpetrati via internet.Per non lasciare da sole le vittime di eventi terroristici e le loro famiglie, la nuova direttiva prevede poi specifiche misure di supporto, come il supporto immediato in caso di attacchi per ritrovare familiari colpiti, assistenza medica-psicologica adeguata e consulenza su questioni legali.Per prevenire efficacemente la radicalizzazione e il reclutamento a fini terroristici serve un approccio globale a lungo termine, che combini alle misure di giustizia penale adeguate politiche in materia di istruzione, inclusione sociale e integrazione, oltre a programmi efficaci di deradicalizzazione per i soggetti interessati.
2016/11/22
Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty (A8-0386/2016 - Mercedes Bresso, Elmar Brok) IT

Quasi un decennio dopo la firma del Trattato di Lisbona, che ha modificato in modo significativo i trattati europei, molte delle sue disposizioni innovatrici sono rimaste del tutto o raramente applicate, quando invece potrebbero migliorare la capacità dell'Unione nell'affrontare le molteplici sfide attuali.Per questo ho votato a favore della relazione Bresso-Brok che, partendo da questa constatazione, suggerisce come sfruttare meglio le potenzialità del trattato di Lisbona per un funzionamento più efficace dell'UE e delle sue politiche.Insistendo sulla necessità di preferire soluzioni comuni europee all'azione unilaterale degli Stati e con l'obiettivo di rendere più trasparente il processo democratico UE per ristabilire la fiducia dei cittadini, la relazione chiede il rafforzamento del ruolo di controllo del Parlamento europeo sulla Commissione, con un maggiore ricorso all'iniziativa legislativa, e una riforma del funzionamento del Consiglio.Mi pare cruciale, inoltre, il riferimento all'inclusione di una vera dimensione sociale nell'approfondimento dell'Unione economica e monetaria. In materia di immigrazione, sostengo la necessità di creare una politica e un sistema di asilo comune basati su solidarietà e non-discriminazione che preveda l'equa redistribuzione dei richiedenti asilo nell'UE e la riforma del regolamento Dublino, affrontando inoltre le cause dell'immigrazione irregolare.
2016/11/22
2016 Report on Albania (A8-0023/2017 - Knut Fleckenstein) IT

Fin dal giugno del 2014, all'Albania è stato ufficialmente riconosciuto lo status di paese candidato all'ingresso nell'Unione europea. In questi ultimi due anni sono state diverse le riforme strutturali portate avanti dal governo e dal Parlamento albanesi, non ultima la recente riforma del sistema giudiziario che rappresenta un importante passo in avanti nell'ottica della modernizzazione, efficienza e trasparenza di una parte importante dell'amministrazione pubblica albanese.Tuttavia, un settore in cui sono necessari ulteriori sforzi è la lotta alla corruzione, il cui livello resta alto in numerose regioni del paese, mentre le istituzioni preposte a contrastare questo fenomeno sono ancora soggette a ingerenze politiche e capacità amministrative limitate.Il prossimo giugno si terranno in Albania le elezioni politiche, che rappresenteranno un importante test sulla maturità della democrazia albanese nell'ottica di avvicinamento all'Unione europea. Per tali ragioni, e nell'auspicio che il paese prosegua lungo la strada tracciata, ho espresso il mio voto favorevole alla relazione 2016 sull'Albania nel quadro del processo di adesione all'UE.
2016/11/22
2016 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (A8-0026/2017 - Cristian Dan Preda) IT

Ho votato a favore della relazione con cui il Parlamento accoglie positivamente la richiesta di adesione all'UE della Bosnia-Erzegovina, presentata nel 2016, sottolineando l'importanza della cooperazione interna nella conduzione del processo di avvicinamento alla candidatura per entrare nell'Unione.La Bosnia-Erzegovina ha mostrato un notevole impegno nell'attuazione dell'ampio programma di riforme sociali ed economiche annunciato nel 2015, che deve restare la priorità del paese per offrire a tutti i cittadini miglioramenti concreti del livello di vita, in una società inclusiva e democratica.Parallelamente alle riforme positive previste, la relazione esorta la Bosnia-Erzegovina ad intervenire concretamente nella lotta alla corruzione, nel miglioramento del sistema politico ed elettorale e nella trasparenza del settore pubblico, che restano settori critici.Inoltre ritengo che il processo di avvicinamento all'adesione intrapreso dal paese balcanico e il sistema di valutazione che ne risulta possano essere uno strumento significativo per la Bosnia-Erzegovina per provare che è uno Stato funzionante, basato sullo stato di diritto, sull'uguaglianza e sulla rappresentanza di tutti i suoi cittadini, e per proseguire sulla strada positiva intrapresa.
2016/11/22
European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2017 (A8-0039/2017 - Gunnar Hökmark) IT

Ho votato a favore della relazione sull'analisi annuale della crescita nell'ambito del Semestre europeo per il coordinamento delle politiche economiche che individua gli interventi necessari che l'UE, in collaborazione con gli Stati membri, dovrebbe porre in essere al fine di attuare una "politica per la crescita" stabile e duratura.Se gli assi portanti della politica economica futura dell'Unione sono rappresentati da investimenti, riforme strutturali e politiche di bilancio credo sia necessario discutere su come trovare la miglior formula che garantisca un corretto equilibrio tra di essi. Per quanto concerne gli investimenti, concordo sulla necessità di potenziare il fondo per gli investimenti strategici (FEIS) per raggiungere i progetti con un tasso di rischio elevato, attrarre investimenti privati e creare occupazione di qualità.Tuttavia una politica di investimenti pubblici con questi obiettivi non può essere "frenata" da eccessive rigidità contabili e finanziarie. Se è vero che bisogna incoraggiare negli Stati membri politiche di contenimento della spesa pubblica, ciò non può determinare, come accade con l'attuale funzionamento del patto di stabilità e crescita, vincoli di spesa su risorse immediatamente spendibili che potrebbero essere investite nei nostri territori, generando così nuove opportunità occupazionali e il rilancio dei consumi.
2016/11/22
European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 (A8-0037/2017 - Yana Toom) IT

Mi sono espresso a favore della relazione sugli aspetti occupazionali e sociali nell'ambito del Semestre europeo per il coordinamento delle politiche economiche, che fotografa la situazione occupazionale nell'Unione soffermandosi in maniera particolare sulla condizione delle giovani generazioni e sulla partecipazione delle donne al mercato del lavoro.È stato stimato che i cosiddetti NEET rappresentino attualmente un costo per l'UE pari a 153 miliardi di EUR all'anno, a fronte di un costo di 21 miliardi di EUR per la creazione e il sostegno dei regimi di garanzia per i giovani. Sono convinto della necessità di potenziare e prolungare lo strumento "Garanzia per i giovani" e che maggiore impegno debba essere indirizzato per favorire la transizione dalla scuola al mercato del lavoro.Occorre che l'istruzione, la formazione e l'acquisizione di nuove competenze, quali quelle digitali, rappresentino la priorità dell'agenda europea. Solo la necessaria connessione tra la cultura imprenditoriale, che nel testo occupa una parte importante in termini di incentivazione e sostegno, la formazione e la diffusione di nuovi saperi potrà permettere la creazione di nuovi e migliori posti di lavoro ed una ripresa occupazionale tale da garantire una crescita economica stabile e duratura.
2016/11/22
Single Market Governance within the European Semester 2017 (A8-0016/2017 - Antonio López-Istúriz White) IT

Il mercato unico europeo rappresenta per 500 milioni di cittadini e per le imprese europee uno strumento essenziale per creare nuove opportunità commerciali ed occupazionali e rafforzare la competitività industriale.Il potenziale di crescita e innovazione del mercato interno resta, tuttavia, ancora ampio per via di un'integrazione incompleta che richiede un rafforzamento della sua governance e la convergenza delle legislazioni nazionali. Per questo ho votato a favore della relazione, che chiede la creazione di un vero e proprio pilastro dedicato al mercato interno nell'ambito del Semestre europeo, il ciclo di coordinazione delle politiche economiche e di bilancio nei 28 Stati membri, che includa una dimensione sociale e permetta il monitoraggio e la valutazione dei risultati ottenuti dai singoli paesi.Il testo chiede, infatti, alla Commissione di integrare nelle raccomandazioni annuali per paese un sistema di monitoraggio dell'applicazione e del rispetto delle regole sul mercato interno, instaurando un dialogo con il Parlamento europeo sullo stato di avanzamento nell'attuazione delle raccomandazioni stesse, con specifico riferimento al funzionamento del mercato interno.Per sfruttarne le potenzialità nei settori-chiave per la crescita come servizi, merci e in quello digitale, occorre mettere in campo iniziative politiche ed economiche mirate a eliminare gli ostacoli che esistono ancora oggi.
2016/11/22
Biological low risk pesticides (B8-0140/2017) IT

Ho votato oggi a favore della risoluzione con cui il Parlamento chiede alla Commissione di presentare una proposta legislativa finalizzata a stabilire una procedura accelerata per la valutazione, l'autorizzazione e la registrazione dei pesticidi biologici a basso rischio.Il ricorso ai pesticidi tradizionali è sempre più discusso dall'opinione pubblica e dalla scienza, per via degli effetti potenzialmente dannosi che tali sostanze potrebbero avere sulla salute delle persone e sull'ambiente. Allo stesso tempo, alcuni Stati limitano le possibilità di ricorrere a pesticidi a basso rischio, come quelli a base di microrganismi vegetali o di oli essenziali, considerati meno efficaci dal punto di vista fitosanitario e, per di più, difficilmente reperibili sul mercato.Per questo si rende necessaria una regolamentazione uniforme sull'approvazione di prodotti che potrebbero costituire un'alternativa ai pesticidi più controversi oggi in uso e concorrere a un'agricoltura più sostenibile e a una maggiore tutela della salute umana.
2016/11/22
The role of whistleblowers in the protection of EU´s financial interests (A8-0004/2017 - Dennis de Jong) IT

Mi sono espresso a favore della risoluzione con la quale il Parlamento europeo chiede alla Commissione la presentazione in tempi rapidi di proposte legislative che garantiscano adeguata protezione agli informatori che denunciano frodi e corruzione a danno del bilancio e dei fondi europei.Per evitare che giornalisti investigativi, dipendenti pubblici o cittadini interessati siano soggetti a procedure giudiziarie per aver denunciato pubblicamente fatti di corruzione o usi distorti di fondi pubblici, è necessario un programma efficace di protezione degli informatori che stabilisca una protezione minima per coloro che aiutano a proteggere il bilancio europeo con le loro denunce.A tal fine, la risoluzione chiede l'istituzione di un organo europeo indipendente con uffici nei vari Stati membri, al quale gli informatori possano rivolgersi in modo sicuro per rivelare le informazioni di cui sono in possesso su possibili irregolarità a detrimento degli interessi finanziari dell'Unione.Poiché senza il ruolo fondamentale degli informatori non sarebbe possibile scoprire pratiche scorrette e illegali sull’uso dei fondi europei, ai quali tutti noi contribuiamo, ritengo importante sostenere la richiesta di un intervento legislativo che introduca un quadro di protezione uniforme per i cosiddetti whistle-blowers .
2016/11/22
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail (A8-0036/2017 - Nedzhmi Ali) IT

Oggi ho votato a favore della proposta di mobilitazione del Fondo europeo di adeguamento alla globalizzazione a favore dei lavoratori in esubero di sei imprese attive nel settore del commercio al dettaglio nelle regioni di Drenthe e Overijssel (Paesi Bassi).Secondo i dati presentati a supporto della richiesta, il commercio al dettaglio ha particolarmente sofferto rispetto ad altri settori degli effetti della crisi finanziaria globale e dei mutati comportamenti di acquisto dei consumatori. Per questo alcuni grandi operatori di questo settore nelle due regioni dei Paesi Bassi hanno dichiarato fallimento negli anni scorsi.L'approvazione della richiesta consentirà dunque a 800 lavoratori dichiarati in esubero dalle sei imprese interessate di usufruire di percorsi individuali finalizzati al ricollocamento sul mercato del lavoro, mobilitando un contributo pari a 1,8 milioni di EUR.
2016/11/22
Revision of the European Consensus on Development (A8-0020/2017 - Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Norbert Neuser) IT

Mi sono espresso a favore della revisione del "consenso europeo" sullo sviluppo, la dichiarazione congiunta sulla politica di sviluppo dell'UE firmata nel 2005 dai presidenti di Commissione, Parlamento europeo e Consiglio, che ha definito, per la prima volta in cinquant'anni di cooperazione, il quadro dei principi comuni entro cui l'Unione e i suoi Stati membri realizzeranno le rispettive politiche di sviluppo in modo coordinato.Sebbene le nuove sfide globali come il cambiamento climatico e le migrazioni richiedano un nuovo slancio da parte dell'UE nella sua politica per lo sviluppo, la revisione di questo documento deve continuare a fondarsi sull'obiettivo di mettere al centro delle politiche europee e nazionali per lo sviluppo l'eliminazione della povertà e la lotta alle disuguaglianze.Per raggiungere questi obiettivi è essenziale dare attuazione agli Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile, includendo le dimensioni economica, sociale e ambientale dello sviluppo nel processo che porterà all'adozione del nuovo "consenso europeo" sullo sviluppo da parte delle tre istituzioni europee.Poiché l'Unione è il maggiore donatore di aiuti umanitari al mondo, è cruciale che la sua politica in materia di sviluppo sia sostenuta da una visione e da un approccio comune tra istituzioni e Stati membri per lo sviluppo sostenibile nel prossimo decennio.
2016/11/22
Annual report on EU competition policy (A8-0001/2017 - Tibor Szanyi) IT

Preservare un adeguato livello di concorrenza è oggi sempre più importante in Europa, specialmente alla luce degli sviluppi tecnologici che stanno avendo un impatto profondo sulla nostra società.Da quando esiste l'economia digitale la minore rilevanza della presenza di infrastrutture fisse in un paese apre le porte alla concorrenza fiscale come anche alla creazione di nuove forme di monopolio. Per salvaguardare la capacità delle aziende europee di competere nel mondo e per permettere lo sviluppo di idee innovative è necessario assicurare una concorrenza equa, con pari accesso alle infrastrutture e ai consumatori.Ho votato a favore della relazione perché ritengo che l'Unione europea, da sempre molto attenta a preservare un sano livello di concorrenza in tutti i settori, debba continuare a sorvegliare con sempre maggiore attenzione in particolare gli sviluppi del mercato digitale.
2016/11/22
Priorities for the 61th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (A8-0018/2017 - Constance Le Grip, Maria Arena) IT

Per la prima volta il Parlamento europeo ha adottato una raccomandazione per suggerire al Consiglio le priorità da inserire nella posizione europea in vista della prossima sessione della Commissione ONU sullo status delle donne, che si terrà a New York a marzo.Si tratta di un messaggio forte mirato a realizzare l'emancipazione economica delle donne nel mondo, che insiste sulla considerazione dei diritti delle donne e della parità di genere come diritti fondamentali, sull'eliminazione delle barriere all'accesso nel mercato del lavoro per le donne, sulla partecipazione paritaria delle donne ai processi decisionali e sull'accesso universale all'assistenza sanitaria sessuale e riproduttiva.Le politiche recentemente adottate dal presidente degli Stati Uniti, con sui sono stati tagliati i fondi per le organizzazioni che si occupano dei servizi di pianificazione familiare, si scontrano con i principi fondamentali sostenuti dall'ONU e dall'UE in materia di parità di genere e diritti delle donne.Per questo credo che la risoluzione possa ispirare la posizione UE in sede ONU, per veicolare i valori di uguaglianza sanciti nel diritto e nelle società europee a fronte delle recenti iniziative oltreoceano, e rappresenti un'esortazione al Consiglio a trasformare gli impegni in finanziamenti concreti a sostegno dell'emancipazione economica delle donne.
2016/11/22

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Situation at the French-Italian border near Bardonecchia PDF (100 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Combating Afrophobia PDF (102 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Restriction of freight traffic along the Brenner Pass PDF (99 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Admissibility of promotion programmes for agri-food products PDF (104 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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VP/HR - Support for Sicilian fishermen awarded the European Citizen's Prize 2017 PDF (104 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Protecting the Sardinian language minority PDF (5 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Fincantieri STX-France PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Banking Communication and the compatibility of state aid PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Protection of human rights: the case of Italian family assistants PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Flexibility margins correlated to emergency immigration situation PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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EFSI PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Low-cost carriers and regional airports PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Models of aerial territorial continuity PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Italian 'bad bank' plan PDF (6 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Excise duties on goods for consumption in business-to-consumer transactions (Directive 2008/118/EC) PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - EU-Saudi Arabia relationship PDF (197 KB) DOC (28 KB)
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Facebook's openness to competition PDF (99 KB) DOC (23 KB)
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Safe harbour PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Costs of maritime roaming PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Proportionality of recent border closure decisions PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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The future of metallurgical industries and energy prices PDF (6 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Progress in negotiations with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers PDF (101 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Effectiveness of Operation Triton PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Germany's structural surplus PDF (105 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Flexibility in the Stability and Growth Pact - investment clause PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Transcription of same-sex marriages in Italy PDF (103 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Calculating structural balances PDF (97 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Flexibility within the Stability and Growth Pact PDF (100 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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'Refresh' project PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Social indicators and the European Semester PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Written declaration on ethical dilemmas in relation to technological innovation

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Amendment 180 #

2018/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to continue giving particular attention to the delivery of services of general economic interest (SGEI) including energy, transport and telecommunication, when applying EU state aid rules, especially in the context of state support dedicated to isolated, remote or peripheral regions in the Union;
2018/11/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the approach presented during plenary debates on the ‘Future of Europe’, whereby the future EU budget should promote European added value, ensure finances for new challenges and continue supporting European solidarity, stability and growth as well as the modernisation of EU policieConsiders it necessary for the future Union budget, based on an increasing share of own resources, to promote European added value, ensuring the economic and social convergence of Member States and support for a more solidarity-based and inclusive Europe; takes the view, to that end, that the common budget can help to fund European automatic stabilisers;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 9 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it important that the future Union budget should be able to achieve greater integration of the common European defence policy and the common migration management policy, thereby also contributing to the transition towards a more sustainable model of economic development from an environmental and social perspective;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 20 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of commitment to the process of completing the Banking Union and the need to ensure openness and equal treatment of all Member States participating in the Banking Union; takes the view that the Banking Union can only be fully effective if the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) is established;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 34 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of continuing the process of deepening and completing the EMU in order to preserve the stability of the single currency and enhance the convergence of economic, fiscal and labour market policies among the Member States; supports further steps in the development of the ESM and the common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) as confirmed by the European Council; is of the opinion that new governance-related arrangements and figures, such as a European Minister of Economy and Finance, may improve the process to coordinate economic policies and increase the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny at the various stages of the European Semester;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates the importance of the social dimension of the European Semester; points out that significant steps forward are still needed to reduce early school leaving, the number of NEETs and youth unemployment; highlights, in addition, the role of education as a tool for reducing economic inequalities and for the full exercise of citizens' rights, as also evidenced by the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 58 #

2018/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that a joint effort is needed to promote policies and investments that facilitate the acquisition of the skills that are necessary for participating in a labour market that is constantly evolving and greatly influenced by current technological innovation processes;
2018/09/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Mid-Term Review of the Capital Markets Union Action Plan of the 8 June 2017,
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions "Climate finance: an essential tool for the implementation of the Paris Agreement" highlighting the role of local and regional governments in enhancing the investment pipeline for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement,
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
— having regard to the recommendation in the HLEG finterimal report of Julanuary 20178 that the Commission should conduct a sustainability test on all financial legislative proposals,
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 17 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
28 a - having regard to the UNISDR and CRED report "The Human Cost of Weather related Disasters" stating that 90% of recorded major disasters from 1995 to 2015 caused by natural hazards were linked to climate and weather and that globally, disasters cause between 250 and 300 billion USD in economic damages every year;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
- having regard to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk reduction and "Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience" including Article 30 stating the need "to promote, as appropriate, the integration of disaster risk reduction considerations and measures in financial and fiscal instruments",
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the High-Level Task force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe, which estimates the minimum gap in social infrastructure investment in the EU, at 100-150 billion Euro per year and a total gap of over 1,5 trillion Euro in 2018-2030,
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 48 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas sustainable finance can be a mean to address societal challenges towards a long-term inclusive growth and to promote the citizens’ wellbeing;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 74 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that a meaningful offer of sustainable financial products may also have positive effects over the enhancement of the European social infrastructure understood as the set of initiatives and projects aiming at creating public value by boosting investment and innovation in the sectors which are strategic and crucial to the wellbeing and the resilience of people and communities, such as education, healthcare and housing;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 110 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States, in coordination with the Commission and the EIB, to evaluate their national and collective public investment needs to ensure that the EU is on track to meet its climate change goals within the next five years. Suggests to coordinate this process at European level and establish a system to track actual financial flows towards sustainable investments, enhancing experiences such as the EU Observatory on Sustainable Finance;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 112 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States, in coordination with the Commission and the EIB, to evaluate their national and collective public investment needs to ensure that the EU is on track to meet its climate change goals within the next five years; underlines the role that national promotional banks and institutions can play in facing this challenge;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 147 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recent inclusion of sustainability issues in the PRIIPs and STS Regulations, as well as in Shareholders Rights Directive and the NFRD; applauds the inclusion in the IORPs Directive of recognition of stranded assets; asks for the transversal integration of sustainable finance criteria in all legislation related to the financial sector. Calls in particular for a direct reference to ESG criteria in the "product oversight governance" (POG) of PRIIPs, IBIPs, investment products in the field of MIFID II and insurance products in IDD Directive, in order to consider those criteria in the entire process of creation, placement and monitoring of investment and insurance products;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 160 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Believes that the sustainable finance principles should play a significant role in the discussion on the pan-European pension product (PEPP), due both to its importance for Capital Markets Union and to its orientation towards long-term investment; asks for an effective inclusion of the ESG criteria in the PEPP regulation;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 161 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the European Commission Statement at the "One Planet Summit" in Paris (December 2017) on the possible introduction of a "Green Supporting Factor" in prudential rules in order to boost lending and investments in low carbon assets;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 168 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to adopt a regulatory strategy aimed inter alia at measuring sustainabilityle investments´ economic solidity in terms of risks, within the framework of capital adequacy rules; stresses that capital adequacy rules must be based on and fully reflect demonstrated riskdemonstrated risks and need to consider positive externalities; aims to initiate an EU pilot project within the next annual budget to begin developing methodological benchmarks for that purpose;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 243 #

2018/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the importance of the Social component of Sustainable finance; notes the potential of the development of new financial instruments especially dedicated to social infrastructures, such as social bonds, as endorsed by the Social Bond Principles (SBP) 2017;
2018/03/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2018/2002(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the applicable tax regime for the PEPP should be the one of the Member State where a PEPP saver resides;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 188 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Semester and the Country-Specific Recommendations should achieve the objectives set out in the Pillar of Social Rights; stresses the importance, to that end, of assessing the relevant indicators at all stages of the Semester;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need to develop within the European sSemester a comprehensive strategy to support investment that enhances environmental sustainability and the conservation of natural resources and the landscape; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to demonstrate how its statement that ‘the SDGs are now fully integrated in the Semester’ (Commission communication of 22 May 2017, COM(2017)0500) is reflected in Annual Growth Survey 2018 and will be reflected in the subsequent Semester process;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 247 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on a common effort to bring euro area expenditure on R&D closer to the EU2020 targets; calls for proper policies and investment to ensure equal access to higher education and training; takes the view, moreover, that such policies and investment should foster the attainment of the skills that are necessary in order to participate in a constantly evolving labour market that is strongly influenced by current technological innovation processes;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 260 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that the role of the Member States is to guarantee access to quality education and training and that these are an instrument which can both reduce economic and social inequalities and enable citizenship rights to be exercised in full;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 262 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers it necessary to make a special commitment to the new generations and younger citizens; hopes, therefore, that a common effort to reduce early school leaving, the number of NEETs and youth unemployment can help to increase social cohesion;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 285 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises the important role an efficient, effective and transparent general government sector plays in ensuring sustainable economic growth;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 301 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that would undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – represents a necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence and to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocks and that these objectives can be achieved also by developing automatic stabilisers at EU level;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 316 #

2017/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reiterates the need to ensure that all EU citizens are entitled to a decent income, including when they have retired; acknowledges, to that end, the importance of the sustainable development of the various social security pillars, including the supplementary ones;
2018/01/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 341 #

2017/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Is aware that the low interest rates resulting from the ECB's policies have helped to make sovereign debt sustainable;
2017/09/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 344 #

2017/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that a gradual reduction in quantitative easing and a consequent rise in interest rates could, inter alia, have implications for systemic stability because of the greater difficulties in sustaining sovereign debt;
2017/09/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 39 #

2017/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the stock of non- performing loans of significant institutions (SIs) stood at EUR 86795 billion at the end of March 2017June 2017 and has shown a declining trend;
2017/11/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #

2017/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the non-performing loans ratio of significant institutions (SIs) stood at 5.48% at the end of June 2017 and has shown a declining trend;
2017/11/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 351 #

2017/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that deposit protection is a common concern for all EU citizens and that an EDIS would contribute to boost both the confidence in the banking system and the solidity of this sector, by reducing the depositors’ vulnerability and the link between banks and sovereigns; is currently debating the proposal on an EDIS at committee level; notes, in this respect, the Commission’s more proportionate ‘new approach’ to an EDIS as put forward in its communication of 11 October 2017;
2017/11/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 21 #

2017/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas closer integration of cross-border retail financial services and better information in respect of the opportunities this market offers can help bolster informed demand which raises the bar in terms of quality standards in this field;
2017/06/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 24 #

2017/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas applying technologies to the provision of retail financial services can potentially help overcome certain obstacles to the internal market and enhance the sector’s operational efficiency;
2017/06/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2017/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers a high level of consumer protection and transparency key to the development of a single market in retail financial services; believes the enforcement of EU and national financial consumer legislation needs to be strengthened across all Member States, including with assistance from new technologies, needs to be strengthened across all Member States so as to ensure that the regulatory framework fits the context and helps banish uncertainty and prevent fragmentation;
2017/06/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas the European Union is a global actor and its action towards the protection, the empowerment and the defence of its citizens needs to be underpinned by a clear, solid and transparent system of own resources;
2017/12/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Whereas the financing of the European budget broadly relies on the Gross National Income-based contributions and this trend has increased over the last twenty-five years;
2017/12/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 40 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone that would perform functions of macroeconomic stabilisation and bring about economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be financed through own resources specific to the euro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profits; underlines that such a system would also allow a better and more concrete coordination of the national economic policies;
2017/12/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU should be able to issue zero-risk debt assets in order to offset the volatility in own resources’ revenues and to boost the overall economic and financial stability;
2017/12/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 84 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the proposal to create the post, within the Commission, of European Finance Minister, who would be tasked with managing the budgetary capacity and ensuring full democratic accountability of the EU’s economic governance, in particular towards the European Parliament; believes that a euro area treasury is needed in order to accomplish this mission;
2017/12/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 112 #

2017/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that market access barriers for issuers in developing CB and ESN markets outside the EEA be removed by providing equitable treatment to CBs and ESNs from issuers in third countries, provided their legal, institutional and supervisory environment passes a thorough equivalence assessment by a competent European institution, and by promoting the key principles of EU legislation so that they represent a potential gold standard for the CB market worldwide;
2017/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 39 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that, if developed in a responsible manner, the collaborative economy may create significant opportunities for citizens and consumers, who benefit from enhanced competition, tailored services and lower prices, furthermore believes this may happen only while preserving competition with traditional sectors and plurality of actors within the collaborative economy;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 60 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy is having a profound impact on long-established business models; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers' rights and tax compliance; is concerned by the presence of network effects that might support the development of monopolies; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 81 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers the development of a dynamic and clear legal environment to be of paramount importance for the collaborative economy to flourish in the EU; supports efforts to maintain proportionality in regulation, opting for clear general principles and definitions, avoiding an excessively prescriptive approach for a new and changing sector;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 93 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to consider the collaborative economy not only as a business model but also as a new form of integration between the economy and society which is able to embed economic relations within social ones and to create new forms of community; believes the collaborative economy can be a driver for the development of social capital and economic growht;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 114 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines that platforms generate more than proportional value based on the size of their network; recognises the risk of monopoly generation and supports all efforts to push for interoperability between platforms;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 120 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to encourage the collaborative economy as a whole, giving priority to sectors with more difficult access to financing such as non- profit, user-governed, collaborative practices aimed at building sharing and cooperation, and a commons- oriented approach to the collaborative economy, so as to foster the scalability of a social economy and access to open knowledge;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 235 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly believes, at the same time, that this self-regulating capacity does not undercut the need for regulation, especially for market failures that platforms cannot address and for other normative goals (e.g. reversing inequalities, boosting fairness, inclusiveness, and openness, discouraging monopolies, etc.);
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 271 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is concerned about the difficulties that have emerged so far in relation to tax compliance and enforcement, despite the increased traceability of economic transactions via online platforms; supports the best practices in terms of platform- government cooperation already developed in certain countries;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 320 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Encourages the Member States to recognize that the collaborative economy will also bring disruption, therefore to prepare absorption measures for certain sectors, supporting training and outplacement;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 44 #

2017/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 71a
The seat of the Agency shall have its seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. be located in a city of a European Union Member State on the basis of absolute assurance that: - it meets, without any exception or limitation, as from January 2019, all requirements, conditions and criteria necessary to ensure that the Agency can function effectively; - it ensures the full and immediate operational continuity of the Agency’s activities, which are highly important to society and of great scientific value. The Agency's remit shall relate to what is recognised as a fundamental right of European citizens to health protection. Its headquarters shall be selected under the ordinary legislative procedure pursuant to Articles 114 and 168(4)(b) TFEU.
2018/01/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 866 #

2017/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 1094/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The Authority shall act within the powers conferred by this Regulation and within the scope of Directive 2009/138/EC with the exception of Title IV thereof, of Directives 2002/92/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2002/87/EC, Directive 2009/103/EC*, of Regulation (EU) No xxxx/xxxx of the European Parliament and of the Council on a pan- European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) and, to the extent that those acts apply to insurance undertakings, reinsurance undertakings, institutions for occupational retirement provision and insurance intermediaries, within the relevant parts of Directives (EU) 2015/849 and 2002/65/EC, including all directives, regulations, and decisions based on those acts, and of any further legally binding Union act which confers tasks on the Authority.
2018/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 880 #

2017/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point v a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(va) the following point (ma) is inserted: ‘(ma) upon introduction of the pan- European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) into Union law, to grant product authorisation to PEPP providers;’
2018/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Priority should be given to further developing, strengthening and reforming the first (public) and second (occupational) pillars of the national pensions systems. These two pillars will remain paramount for the sustainability of national schemes as personal pension products will just represent an additional source of retirement income and will not aim at replacing them.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 215 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Capital Markets Union (CMU) will help mobilise capital in Europe and channel it to all companies, including small and medium enterprises, infrastructure and long term sustainable projects that need it to expand and create jobs. One of the main objectives of the CMU is to increase investment and choices for retail investors by putting European savings to better use. For this purpose, a PEPP will represent a step forward for the enhancement of the capital markets integration due to its support to the long-term financing of the real economy.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 217 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Due to the contribution a PEPP is expected to play in the building of the CMU and in the channelling of capitals towards real economy and long term sustainable projects, savers need to be involved in the process which makes them aware of their financial and non-financial interests and on the mutual relationship between the performance of the product and the environmental, social and governance factors. The effectiveness of this process is related to a high level of transparency and disclosure as well as to a proper engagement of savers.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 222 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Financial education can support the understanding and awareness of households’ saving choices in the area of voluntary personal pension schemes. Savers shall also have a fair chance to fully grasp the risks and the features related to a pan-European product.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 232 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) PEPP providers should have access to the whole Union market with one single product authorisation issued by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”), on the basis of a single set of rules and in cooperation with national competent authorities.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 237 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure a high quality of service and effective consumer protection, home and host Member States should closely cooperate in the enforcement of the obligations set out in this Regulation. Where PEPP providers and distributors pursue business in different Member States under the freedom to provide services, the competent authority of the home Member State should be responsible for ensuring compliance with the obligations set out in this Regulation, because of its closer links with the PEPP provider. In order to ensure fair sharing of responsibilities between the competent authorities from the home and the host Member States, if the competent authority of a host Member State becomes aware of any breaches of obligations occurring within its territory, it should inform both EIOPA and the competent authority of the home Member State which should then be obliged to take the appropriate measures. Moreover, the competent authority of the host Member State should be entitled to intervene if the home Member State fails to take appropriate measures or if the measures taken are insufficient.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 239 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In the case of the establishment of a branch or a permanent presence in another Member State, it is appropriate to distribute responsibility for enforcement between home and host Member States. While responsibility for compliance with obligations affecting the business as a whole – such as the rules on professional requirements – should remain with the competent authority of the home Member State under the same regime as in the case of provision of services, the competent authority of the host Member State should assume responsibility for enforcing the rules on information requirements and conduct of business with regard to the services provided within its territory. However, where the competent authority of a host Member State becomes aware of any breaches of obligations occurring within its territory with respect to which this DirectiveRegulation does not confer responsibility on the host Member State, a close cooperation demands that that authority informs both EIOPA and the competent authority of the home Member State so that the latter takes the appropriate measures. Such is the case in particular as regards breaches of the rules on good repute, professional knowledge and competence requirements. Moreover, in view of protecting consumers, the competent authority of the host Member State should be entitled to intervene if the home Member State fails to take appropriate measures or if the measures taken are insufficient.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 245 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The pan-European dimension of the PEPP can be developed not only at the level of the provider, through the possibilities for its cross-border activity, but also at the level of the PEPP saver – through the portability of the PEPP, thus contributing to the safeguarding of personal pension rights of persons exercising their right to free movement under Articles 21 and 45 TFEU. Portability involves the PEPP saver changing residence to another Member State without changing PEPP providers, whereas the switching of PEPP providers does not necessarily involve a change of residence. In any case, the place of residence of a PEPP saver shall determine the applicable tax regime for the saver.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 247 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to allow a smooth transition for PEPP providers, the obligation of providing PEPPs comprising compartments for each Member State will apply three years afterUpon launching a PEPP, the provider should provide information on which national compartments are immediately available in the econtry into force of this Regulation. However, upon launching a PEPP, the provider should provide information on which national compartments are immediately available, in order to avoid a possible misleading of consumersact, in order to avoid a possible misleading of consumers. PEPP savers willing to open a national compartment should be allowed to switch provider free of charge when this national compartment is not made available by the PEPP provider with whom the contract has been initially signed.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 256 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Taking into account the nature of the pension scheme established and the administrative burden involved, PEPP providers and distributors should provide clear and adequate information to potential PEPP savers and PEPP beneficiaries to support their decision-making about their retirement. For the same reason, PEPP providers and distributors should equally ensure a high level of transparency throughout the various phases of a scheme comprising pre-enrolment, membership (including pre-retirement) and post- retirement. In particular, information concerning accrued pension entitlements, projected levels of retirement benefits, risks (including those related to environmental, social and governance factors) and guarantees, and costs should be given. Where projected levels of retirement benefits are based on economic scenarios, that information should also include an unfavourable scenario, which should be extreme but plausible.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 257 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Before joining a PEPP scheme, potential PEPP savers should be given all the necessary information to make an informed choice through the provision of advice assessing their saving demands and needs.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 272 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) In order to protect adequately the rights of PEPP savers and PEPP beneficiaries, PEPP providers should be able to opt for an asset allocation that suits the precise nature and duration of their liabilities, including those having a long term horizon. Therefore, efficient supervision is required as well as an approach to investment rules that allows PEPP providers sufficient flexibility to decide on the most secure and efficient investment policy, while obliging them to act prudently. Compliance with the prudent person rule therefore requires an investment policy geared to the customers’ structure of the individual PEPP provider.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 274 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) By setting the prudent person rule as the underlying principle for capital investment and making it possible for PEPP providers to operate across borders, the redirection of savings into the sector of personal retirement provision is encouraged, thereby contributing to economic and social progress. The prudent person rule should also take into consideration the role played by environmental, social and governance factors in the investment process.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 286 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) Environmental, social and governance factors, as referred to in the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, are important for the investment policy and risk management systems of PEPP providers. PEPP providers should be encouraged to consider such factors in investment decisions and to take into account how they form part of their risk management system. This risk assessment should also be made available to EIOPA and to the competent authorities as well as to PEPP savers. Where relevant, it should also include risks related to climate change, use of resources, the environment, social risks, and risks related to the depreciation of assets due to regulatory change (‘stranded assets’).
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 307 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) In order to find better conditions for their investments, thus also stimulating the competition among PEPP providers, PEPP savers should have the right to switch providers during the accumulation and the decumulation phases, through a clear, quick, low cost and safe procedure.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 317 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) PEPP providers should be allowed to make available to PEPP savers a wide range of decumulation options. This approach would achieve the goal of enhanced take-up of the PEPP through increased flexibility and choice for PEPP savers. It would allow providers to design their PEPPs in the most cost-effective way. It is coherent with other EU policies and politically feasible, as it preserves enough flexibility for Member States to decide about which decumulation options they wish to encourage. A fixed amount of annuities should be mandatory for the basic PEPP. Furthermore, out-payments in the form of annuities shall be mandatory when a PEPP saver has a total pension income not allowing him to have good life standards.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 323 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) Tax incentives can take different forms and play an important decisive role in encouraging the take-up of personal pension products ((PPPs) in a number of Member States. In many Member States the contributions paid for PPPs qualify for some form of tax relief, be it explicit or implicit.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 325 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67 a (new)
(67a) The tax regime applied to a PEPP shall be the one of the Member State a PEPP saver is resident in order to prevent any abuse due to the different national taxation systems.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 365 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) “competent authorities” of the PEPP providers meansy” means the national authority or the national authorities (if more than one) designated by each Member State tofor the supervise PEPP providersion in the framework of this Regulation;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 377 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) “default investment option” means an investment strategy applied when the PEPP saver has not provided instructions on how to invest the funds accumulating in his PEPP account and on how to benefit from the decumulation phase;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 426 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) information on arrangements regarding portfolio and risk management and administration with regard to the PEPP, including the role played by environmental, social and governance factors in the investment process as well as the long term impact and the externalities of the investment decisions;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 430 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) information about the investment strategies, the risk profile and other characteristics of the PEPP, including the role played by environmental, social and governance factors in the investment process as well as the long term impact and the externalities of the investment decisions;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 451 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the proposed PEPP is based on an investment strategy that states to what extent environmental, social and governance factors are included in the proposed providers risk management system.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 455 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Before taking a decision on the application, EIOPA shall consult the competent authority of the applicant by providing it with a copy of the application and all the relevant information needed for the consultation.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 463 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. EIOPA shall withdraw the authorisation of a PEPP in the event that the conditions for granting this authorisation are no longer fulfilled. A competent authority may ask EIOPA to consider the withdrawal of a PEPP authorisation upon providing any relevant information motivating this request.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 464 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When a PEPP authorisation is withdrawn, EIOPA shall coordinate the actions needed to safeguard the PEPP savers holding a contract with the PEPP provider of which the authorisation has been withdrawn.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 482 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
EIOPA shall keep a central public register identifying each PEPP authorised under this Regulation, the provider of this PEPP and, the competent authority of the PEPP provider, the date of authorisation of the PEPP and the number of the available national compartments. The register shall be made publicly available in electronic format and shall be promptly updated if changes occur.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 508 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Three years at the latest after the entry into application of this Regulation, each PEPP shall offer national compartments for all Member States upon requese available compartments shall be listed in the contract between the PEPP saver and PEPP provider. The PEPP provider shall be obliged to offer at least the compartments listed in the contract. A PEPP saver willing to change domicile by moving to another Member State may exercise in any case his right of mobility by switching PEPP provider free of charge when the national compartment the saver is willing to open is not maddressed to the PEPP provider. e available neither by from the PEPP provider nor from a registered partner.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 519 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to the deadline under Article 13(3), PEPP providers shall ensure that within each individual PEPP account a new compartment could be opened, corresponding to the legal requirements and conditions for using incentives fixed at national level for the PEPP by the Member State to which the PEPP saver moves.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 525 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the deadline under Article 13(3), iImmediately after being informed about the PEPP saver’s intention to exercise his right of mobility between Member States, the PEPP provider shall inform the PEPP saver about the possibility to open a new compartment within the PEPP saver’s individual account and about the deadline within which such compartment could be opened.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 633 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – section 3 – title
Advice and standards for sales where no advice is given
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 642 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Without prejudice to Article 26, advice shall aim at assessing the risk aversion and the financial skills of a PEPP saver as well as at making him able to choose the investment option which better correspond to his risk profile.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 643 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Through advice, a PEPP saver shall be informed about the main features of the product.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 644 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Advice may be provided also through digital channels.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 664 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Concluding a contract for a PEPP without adviceAdvice for the basic PEPP
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 665 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 25(1), the PEPP saver may waive his right to receive advice in relation to concludIn the case of a basic PEPP, a PEPP saver shall be informed whether this investment option is given by the provision of a capital guarantee or other safe risk- mitigation techniques ing a ccontract for the default investment oprdance to Article 37 of this Regulation.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 666 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
WhereIn any case, the PEPP saver waives his right to receive advice, PEPP providers or distributors referred to in Article 19(c) of this Regulation shall, when carrying out PEPP distribution activities, ask the PEPP saver or potential PEPP saver to provide information regarding that person’s knowledge and experience in the investment fshall be informed of the risks arising from the risk-mitigation techniques applield relevant to the PEPP offered or demanded so as to enable the PEPP provider or distributor to assess whether the PEPP envisaged is appropriate for the PEPP saverto the basic PEPP in accordance to Article 37 of this Regulation.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 667 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where the PEPP provider or distributor referred to in Article 19(c) of this Regulation considers, on the basis of the information received under the first subparagraphArticle 25(1), that the product is not appropriate for the PEPP saver or potential PEPP saver, the PEPP provider or distributor shall warn the PEPP saver or potential PEPP saver to that effect. That warning may be provided in a standardised format.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 668 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Where PEPP savers or potential PEPP savers do not provide the information referred to in the first subparagraphArticle 25(1), or where they provide insufficient information regarding their knowledge and experience, the PEPP provider or distributor shall warn them that it is not in a position to determine whether the PEPP envisaged is appropriate for them. That warning may be provided in a standardised format.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 669 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to Article 25(1), where the PEPP saver has waived his right to receive advice in relation to the default investment option, the PEPP provider or distributor referred to in Article 19(c) of this Regulation may carry out PEPP distribution activities without the need to obtain the information or make the determination provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article where all the following conditions are met: (a) contracts concerning the default investment option which only provide investment exposure to the financial instruments deemed non-complex under Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU and do not incorporate a structure which makes it difficult for the PEPP saver to understand the risks involved; (b) the initiative of the PEPP saver or potential PEPP saver; (c) saver has been clearly informed that, in the provision of the PEPP distribution activity, the PEPP provider or distributor is not required to assess the appropriateness of the PEPP or PEPP distribution activity provided or offered and that the PEPP saver or potential PEPP saver does not benefit from the corresponding protection of the relevant conduct of business rules. Such a warning may be provided in a standardised format; (d) complies with its obligations under the rules applicable to it, in accordance with this Chapter, concerning conflicts of interest in relation to PEPP distribution activities.deleted the activities relate to PEPP the distribution of the PEPP is at the PEPP saver or potential PEPP the PEPP provider or distributor
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 675 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) information on how the investment policy takes into account environmental, social and governance factors, including the role they play in the investment process as well as the long term impact and the externalities of the investment decisions.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 692 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) a summary on the PEPP provider’s investment-policy principles that are further described in the supplementary information in accordance with Article 29, point (c) of the present Regulation.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 702 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. One year prior to the retirement phase, a communication shall be sent to the PEPP saver in order to inform him about the upcoming start of the decumulation phase and the possible forms of out-payments.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 714 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) within the prudent person rule, PEPP providers shall take into consideration the potential long-term impact of investment decisions on environmental, social, and governance factors.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 718 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the assets shall be predominantly invested on regulated markets. Investment in assets which are not admitted to trading on a regulated financial market must in any event be kept to prudent levelshall not exceed 20% of the total assets;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 748 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. The terms for modification of the investment option shall be listed in the PEPP contract. In any case, the PEPP saver shall be able to opt for a different investment option once every five years of accumulation in the PEPP.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 762 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The default investment option shall ensure capital protection for the PEPP saver, on thbasic PEPP shall be a simple and safe product that can be beasis of a risk-mitigation technique that results in a safely acquired, including through digital channels, in each Member State. It represents the default investment strategyoption.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 779 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Capital protection shallfor the basic PEPP shall aim at allowing the PEPP saver to recoup the capital invested according to the draft regulatory technical standards established by EIOPA.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 793 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. The alternative investment options shall include risk-mitigation techniques to be defined by PEPP providers according to the draft regulatory technical standards established by EIOPA.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 835 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. The PEPP saver mayterms for switching PEPP providers no more frequently thanshall be listed in the PEPP contract. In any case, the PEPP saver shall be able to switch PEPP provider once every five years after conclusof accumulation ofin the PEPP contract.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 842 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
3. The total fees and charges applied by the transferring PEPP provider to the PEPP saver for the closure of the PEPP account held with it shall be limited to no more than 1.5 0.25% of the positive balance to be transferred to the receiving PEPP provider.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 846 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4
4. Fees and charges, if any, applied by the transferring or the receiving PEPP provider to the PEPP saver for any service provided under Article 46, other thanIn the context of the switching process, services given by those referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article,ceiving PEPP provider shall be freasonable and in line with the actual costse of tchat PEPP providerrge.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 873 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The choice of the formFor the basic PEPP a minimum of 50% of out- payments for the decumulation phase shall be exercised by PEPP savers upon conclusion of a PEPP contract and can be changed once every five years thereafter during the accumulation phase, if applicablein the form of annuities shall be mandatory.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 884 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Out-payments in the form of annuities shall be mandatory when a PEPP saver has a total pension income which is equal or below the most recent “at-risk-of-poverty threshold” of the Member State where the PEPP saver benefits from the decumulation phase.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 896 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. EIOPA and the competent authority of the PEPP provider shall cooperatentribute to the consistent application of this Regulation throughout the Union, by cooperating with each other and by exchangeing information for the purpose of carrying out their duties under thise present Regulation.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 906 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
FEvery five years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation and, and after consulting EIOPA, present a Report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. In drafting the Report, the Commission may also consider to consult the national competent authorities.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 908 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
WThere the evaluation identifies important problems with the functioning of the Regulation, the Report should outline how the Commission is intending to address the identified problems, including steps and timings of the potential revision. Report shall give an overall view on the functioning of the Regulation and shall especially cover the following issues:
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 909 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) the contribution of the PEPP to the CMU, including sustainable finance;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 910 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) the development of the PEPP market both throughout the Union and at national level;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 911 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – point c (new)
(c) the uptake of the functioning of the basic PEPP;
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 912 #

2017/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Where the evaluation identifies important problems with the functioning of the Regulation, the Report should outline how the Commission is intending to address the identified problems, including steps and timings of the potential revision.
2018/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 325 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 a – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall prepare and submit draft decisions to ESMA for consent prior to adoption of any of the following decisions: (a) Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 30, 31, 35, 49 and 54 of this Regulation and Articles 35 and 36 of Regdecisions adopted pursuant to or in the carrying out of their duties resulting from the requirements set out in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 30, 31, 49, Titles IV and V, except 41, 44, 46, 50, 54 of this Regulation, 1a. Competent authorities may adopt, without prior submission to ESMA for consent or consultation (EU) No 600/2014; (b), decisions adopted pursuant to or in the carrying out of their duties resulting from the requirements set out in Article 16 and Titles IV and V.s 41, 44, 46, 50, 54 of this Regulation decisions adopted pursuant to any decisions adopted in the
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 336 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 a – paragraph 2
Competent authorities shall prepare and submit draft decisions to theWith regards to decisions pursuant to Articles 44 and 50, the competent authority shall consult each central banks of issue referred to in Article 18(2)(h) before adopting any decision pursuant to Articles 14, 15, 20, 44, 46, 50 and 54on those aspects of the draft decision which relate to the currency it issues. Each central bank of issue shall respond to the request for consultation within 10 working days as of the transmission of the draft decision. In emergency situations, the aforementioned period shall not exceed 24 hours.
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 343 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Upon conclusion of the period for consulting the central banks of issue, the competent authority shall make every effort to comply with the amendments proposed by them.
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 344 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Where the competent authority does not reflect in its draft decision to the amendments proposed by a central bank of issue, the competent authority shall inform that central bank of issue in writing stating its full reasons and an explanation of any significant deviation from these amendments.
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 345 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Competent authorities shall obtain, in accordance with Article 21(b) the consent of the central banks of issue referred to in the first subparagraph in respect of any aspect of those decisions relating to the carrying out of their monetary policy tasks.deleted
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 367 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 b
[...]deleted
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 383 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 b – paragraph 1
1. The consent referred to in Article 21a(2) shall be deemed to be given unless the central bank of issue proposes amendments or objects to the draft decision within a maximum period of 15 calendar days after its submission. Where the central bank of issue proposes amendments or objects to a draft decision, it shall provide full and detailed reasons, in writing. Where ESMA has proposed amendments pursuant to Article 21a(4) to the draft decisions to be adopted pursuant to Articles 14, 15, 20 and 54, it shall also submit them also to the central bank of issue. In that case, the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph shall be extended by 5 days.deleted
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 387 #

2017/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 21 b – paragraph 2
2. Where the central bank of issue proposes amendments, the competent authority may only adopt the decision as amended by that central bank of issue. Where the central bank of issue objects to a draft decision, the competent authority shall not adopt that decision.deleted
2018/04/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the situation created by the EU’s slow reaction to 4G, compared with other regions in the world which took the lead and are now reaping all the associated benefits; Underlines that the passage from 4G to 5G is even more critical as it represent an enabling technology for disruptive innovations such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality applications, e-health and autonomous driving and for further advancements;
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 56 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of the undertaking connected with a passage to the gigabit society; In order to incentivize investments towards a more efficient network, supports the focus on an infrastructure based competition, underlines the roles of NRAs for the surveillance during the deployment and commercial launch phase;
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 59 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Emphasizes the need to foster competition allowing for a level playing field between sector player and in the short term allowing each actor technological flexibility in reaching the required connectivity standards; Believes the most promising technology route is connected with a wide deployment of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH);
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 70 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the fact that according to the Commission the action plan to deploy 5G across the EU has the potential to create‘support the creation of more than two million jobs’ by improving spite of the current consistent but low growth and high unemployment rates, especially among young peopleervices and enabling the development and commercial applications of new technologies; Underlines that the rapid deployment of 5G and the gigabit society is necessary, but not sufficient to ensure that Europe will be able to fully reap the opportunities of the digital sector;
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 72 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Supports the rapid deployment of gigabit speed connections in key areas such as schools, public authority buildings and business parks together with the rapid deployment of 5G in cities; Believes the Commission should support more ambitious plans in this area as it allows economic and education actors to access cutting edge enabling technologies;
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 143 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the increasingly widespread use of smartphones and tablets has further extended access to online platforms, thereby enhancing their role in the economy and society, particularly among young people, and this relevance will further increase with the fast-paced development of the Intenet of Things which is expected to connect 30 billion objects by 2020;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 160 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Urges the Commission to assess the relevance of network effects and the role of high investment-zero marginal cost in the development of platforms that facilitates the creation of quasi- monopolistic positions and develop responses to create a level playing field in concerned sectors;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 165 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the benefits that online platforms offer for SMEs; notes that online platforms allow SMEs to access global markets without excessive investments in costly digital infrastructure; underlines the importance of fair access to platforms for European SMEs;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 171 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to prioritise actions that allow European start-ups and new European online platforms to emerge and to scale up; stresses that facilitating investments in start-ups is vital to the development of online platforms in Europe; underlines as necessary elements in this respect, homogeneous rules for digital businesses in Europe, availability of sufficient connectivity, interopeability of existing applications and availability of open standards;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 363 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to evaluate platforms’ review systems and to put an end to certain practices, such as fake reviews and the deletion of negative reviews in order to make platforms comply with existing obligations;deleted
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 93 #

2016/2270(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the importance of factoring income inequality indicators into policy-making, not least where the European Semester is concerned;
2017/05/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 123 #

2016/2270(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for assessment of the minimum income experiments being carried out in some Member States;
2017/05/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2016/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the processes of globalisation and technological change constitute an element which, if it is not sufficiently guided, may be a source of potential inequality because it will increasingly call into question the typology of skills that people must possess in order to confront these far-reaching transformations without being left behind on an increasingly competitive and constantly changing labour market;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 37 #

2016/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that investment creates jobs and that unemployment is obviously one of the main causes of inequality both between the employed and unemployed, but also among workers themselves; notes that it is well known that high levels of unemployment exert downward pressure on wages and working conditions;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2016/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of education and training as instruments for learning, increasing and reinforcing the skills required in order to participate in the labour market successfully and to reduce inequalities, with particular reference to soft and digital skills geared to the changes that are currently occurring in the socioeconomic context;
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2016/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that many of these skills may also be acquired and consolidated outside the traditional education system, and therefore considers it necessary to adopt appropriate lifelong learning policies, on-the-job training and training for adults to promote refreshment of skills and conversion of workers, particularly those who possess low to medium-level skills and those who are most exposed to the risk of social inequality;stresses furthermore the importance of digital technologies in implementing these policies.
2017/07/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 13 #

2016/2243(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to consider the diversity of the Financial Technology sector and develop a more detailed sectorial analysis for the various segments that are part of the market, in order to support better and more tailored legislation;
2017/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 19 #

2016/2243(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to support efforts towards the definition of common, open and interoperable standards for Financial Technology, in order to avoid abuse of network effects connected with the creation monopolies and oligopolies;
2017/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 12 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas micro, SMEs and mid-caps play an important role for the European economy in terms of employment and growth;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 14 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas micro and SME financing suffered more from the crisis than the financing of large enterprises;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European SMEs are very diverse and include a vast number of micro-enterprises, which often operate in traditional sectors and a growing number of new start-ups and fast-growing innovative enterprises; whereas these business models face different problems and, therefore, have different financing needs;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 37 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the diversity of micro, SMEs and mid-caps in the Member States, which is reflected in their business models, size, geographical position, socioeconomic environment, stages of development, financial structure and legal form;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes differences in financing conditions and needs for SMEs between Member States, notably the quantity and cost of available funding, which are influenced by SME-specific and country- specific factors; highlights that capital markets are fragmented and regulated differently across the EU and that some of the integration achieved has been lost due to the crisis;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 48 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that in a comprehensive and well-designed Capital Markets Union all market participants with the same relevant characteristics should face a single set of rules, have equal access to a set of financial instruments or services and be treated equally when they are active in the market;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 53 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for diverse public and private funding options for SMEs throughout their lifecycle; stresses that access to finance is also of importance for the transfer of businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support SMEs in this process;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 63 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages SMEs to consider the whole EU as their home market and to use the potential of the single market for their financing needs; welcomes the Commission's initiatives supporting SMEs and start-ups in an upgraded Single Market; underlines, in this context,emphasises that the Start-up initiative of the European Commission should favour not only the establishment of start-ups but also their development and growth; underlines the importance of the implementation of the Small Business Act; calls on the Commission for a follow- up to the Small Business Act which would further assist businesses to overcome both physical and regulatory barriers; recognises, in this context, that innovation is a key driver for sustainable growth and employment in the EU and that specific attention should be given to Innovative SMEs;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that overcoming information problems about SMEs will help to improve access to capital markets for those growing medium-sized firms that are most likely to benefit from easier access to finance; Supports the idea of creating a minimum, simple and shared set of data to build a credit scoring system available to SMEs interested in accessing capital markets, to be implemented through the creation of a common European platform, where SMEs looking for finance could voluntarily insert their data and keep them up to date; believes that such an instrument would allow companies to reach international pools of liquidity;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 72 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that start-ups in particularand micro- enterprises, especially those in economically depressed regions, find it difficult to obtain appropriate funding and to identify and meet regulatory financial requirements; encourages therefore Member States in their efforts to create one-stop shops as hubs for all regulatory requirements for entrepreneurs; welcomes the Commission’s plan to launch a European Pact for starts-ups to address these issues;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 78 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that rules on bankruptcy, insolvency and second chance opportunities remain very fragmented across the EU, and that this also restricts cross border investments; Believes that simplified and harmonised rules in the area would support start-ups, micro, SMEs and improve the EU's business environment;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 82 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to identify undue barriers and obstacles to the financial sector providing funding to the real economy, in particular micro, SMEs; underlines the importance of simplifying or modifying rules which gave rise to unintended consequences;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 96 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that bank lending is traditionally the most important external financing source for SMEs; underlines the important role of banks with specific regional and local knowledge and their long-term relationship with SMEs; highlights that bank-based and capital- based financing models should be complementary;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 98 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that the financial crisis has led to the fragmentation of the EU savings and credit markets; emphasises that despite unconventional measures by the ECB and the creation, yet to be completed, of the Banking Union, credit conditions continue to vary across the euro area, reflecting differences in risk perception and economic conditions;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 99 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages banks to consider the whole EU as their home market and to use the potential of the single market to provide financing to SMEs, including SMEs that are not based in the same Member State as the bank in question;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 103 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that the fragmentation of the EU savings and credit markets can only be addressed through completion of the baking union; highlights the need to implement the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS), the third pillar of the Banking Union; invites the Commission to consider the introduction of a financial backstop to further enhance the stability and reduce systemic risk;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 116 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that while digitalisation is advancing and therefore new sources of financing are emerging, the local presence of traditional credit institutions especially in islands and archipelagos as well as rural, remote and peripheral areas remains essential for SMEs' access to finance;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 123 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need to avoid double reporting requirements and multiple reporting channels, and more generally an unnecessary administrative burden on credit institutions, in particular smaller banks; Is concerned about multiple regulatory requirements for banks and possible negative effects on lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to assess these effects on SME lending, with the support of the EBA and SSM;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 132 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of the SME Supporting Factor for maintaining and increasing bank lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to examine the appropriate calibration of the factor, including size, threshold and possible interactions with other regulatory requirements; is concerned about the possible negative impact of its removal; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of making this factor permanent; suggests that initiatives for improved SME funding should be expanded to start-ups, micro- enterprises and mid-cap companies;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 150 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on EBA and the Commission to provide more guidance on the implementation of the current forbearance regulation; recalls that non-performing loans on banks' balance sheet are hampering the delivery of new loans, hence, stronger measures are needed to overcome the problem; asks the Commission to conduct an impact assessment of the current forbearance regime for non-performing loans; stresses that the introduction of a de minimis limit for minor violations would help to prevent an unnecessary und unjustified drop in the creditworthiness of the SME;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that limits to the purchase of government bonds by banks or the increase of weighting of these bonds would increase the credit costs and increase the competitive gap in EU;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 158 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Welcomes the measures adopted by the ECB on 10 March 2016 and, in particular, the new series of four targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO II), which will reinforce the ECB's accommodative monetary policy stance and incentivise bank lending to the real economy; underlines that monetary policies alone would not be sufficient to boost growth and investments and that they have to be accompanied by appropriate fiscal policies;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 186 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure enhanced coordination and consistency among all EU investment policies targeted at SMEs including the EFSI, EU regional funds, European Investment Fund (EIB), specific financial instruments foreseen by funding programmes such as COSME, Horizon 2020, EASI, Connecting Europe Facility;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 189 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Emphasises the potential of EU cohesion policy and the EU regional fund as a source for SME funding aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, which is one of the goals of the EU cohesion policy; Underlines that more than 63 billion euro of ESI funds have been allocated in the 2014-2020 programming (plus almost 31 billion by national co-financing for a total of 94 billion euro);
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 190 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Considers the EFSI as an important source of funding for SMEs and calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the use of the European Investment Project Portal which aims at putting in contact project promoters and investors; calls on the Commission to evaluate the possible extension of the EFSI beyond its expiry date;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 191 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a holistic approach to the dissemination of information on all EU funding opportunities (including Banking Union, Capital Markets Union and EU regional funds) at European, national, regional and local level;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 195 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises the importance of the transparency, standardisation and public availability of SME financing information for banks, investors, supervisors and other stakeholders in order to understand the risk profile and take informed decisions; welcomes the Commission's SME information strategy;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 212 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that direct state aid, which does not distort the benefits of competition at EU level, is sometimes necessary in order to assure the needed funds for start- ups, microenterprises and SMEs, especially where the socioeconomic conditions do not allow for another source of access to finance;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 224 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the Commission's proposals for a framework for simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation and the calibration of the prudential requirements for banks; notes the possible effects of SME securitisation for bank lending to SMEs; stresses the fact that small banks would not be able to issue securitization/covered bonds with the sufficient size to be interesting enough to investors to buy; calls for the introduction of a "Small Bank Solution" regime within the framework for simple, transparent and standardized (STS) securitization whereby a pool of banks may release joint re-securitizations pools, made of simple transparent standardized small securitization, thus sufficiently large in size for interested investors to buy, thereby avoiding an unlevelled playing field among smaller and bigger banks;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 237 #

2016/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the Commission's decision to launch a public consultation on a "start-up initiative" which is aimed at collecting stakeholders' views on how to create favourable conditions for entrepreneurs to start up and scale up their business in the EU;
2016/04/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) enhancing the speed and resilience of payment systems thanks to the inherently decentralised architecture of DLT, which might continue to operate reliably even if parts of its network were to malfunction or to be hacked;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) potentially allowing different types of traditional and innovative payment mechanisms, from credit cards to mobile solutions, to merge into one secure and user-friendly application, which in turn could favour the diffusion of e-commerce in Europe and the creation of a true Single Market;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 52 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) high volatility and rapid fluctuation against fiat currencies;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In addition, despite the fact that currently virtual currencies are not widely used and thus their impact on the system is negligible, their diffusion could potentially hamper the effectiveness of monetary policies;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that, in this regard, several initiatives have been put in place by private sector actors, invites competent authorities, both at European and at national level, to monitor such initiatives;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the potential of DLT well beyond the financial sector, including the potential of smart contracts and the possible synergies with the development of the Internet of Things;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 75 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages government agencies to test DLT systems in order to improve the provision of services to citizens and e- government solutions, while cautioning on the outsourcing of public services to proprietary private DLT schemes;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 84 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the similarities between Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), consisting of a set of nodes participating in a system and sharing a common database and the World Wide Web, defined as a global set of resources, logically interrelated by hyperlinks. Notes the both the DLT and the WWW are based on the Internet, a global system of interconnected mainframe, personal, and wireless computer networks;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 85 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that the Internet, despite the attempts to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, is still governed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Commerce;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Welcomes the creation of a Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Technologies at the Internet Governance Forum, invites the Commission to promote a shared and inclusive governance of the DLT, so to avoid problems previously encountered in the development of the Internet;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2016/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that several virtual and local currencies have been created in Europe as a response to the financial crises and the related credit crunch problems;
2016/03/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2016/0364(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 5a
5a. This Directive shall not apply to an institution where the Commission establishes in a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 148, on the basis of information available to it that the institution fulfils all of the following conditions, without prejudice to the application of state aid rules: (a) public law by a Member State's central government, regional government or local authority; (b) institution confirm that its activity is limited to advancing specified objectives of financial, social or economic public policy in accordance with the laws and provisions governing that institution, on a non-competitive, not for profit basis. For these purposes, public policy objectives may include the provision of financing for promotional or development purposes to specific economic activities, or geographical areas of the relevant Member State; (c) effective prudential requireit has been established under laws and provisions governing the it is subject to adequate and the central governments, including minimum own funds requirements, and to an adequate supervisory framework which has similar effect as the framework established under Union law; (d) government or local authority, as applicable, has an obligation to protect the institution's viability or directly or indirectly guarantees at least 90% of the institution's own funds requirements, funding requirements or exposures; (e) covered deposits as defined in point (5) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council12 ; (f) Member State where its head office is situated; (g) assets is below EUR 30 billion; (h) assets over the GDP of the Member State concerned is less than 20%; (i) the institution is not of significant relevance with regard to the domestic economy of the Member State concerned. The Commission shall regularly review whether an institution subject to a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 148 continues to fulfil the conditions set out in the first subparagraph. __________________ 12 Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes (recast) (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 149)regional it is precluded from accepting its activities are confined to the the total value of the institution's the ratio of the institution's total
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2016/0364(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 5b a (new)
5b a. This Directive shall not apply to an institution that the Commission includes in the list set out in Article 2(5) through a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 148.
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 96 #

2016/0364(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 7
(d) the following paragraph 7 is added: ‘ By [5 years after entry into force], the Commission shall review the list set out in Article 2(5) by considering whether the reasons that led to the inclusion of entities in the list are still valid, the national legal framework and supervision applicable to the entities in the list, the type and quality of deposit coverage of the entities in the list and, for entities of the type specified in paragraphs 2(5a) and 2(5b) taking into account also the criteria described therein.. ’deleted
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 236 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 127 – point a
(ia) in point (127) of paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following: "(127) 'cross-guarantee scheme' means a scheme that meets all the following conditions: (a) the institutions fall within the same institutional protection scheme as referred to in Article 113(7);" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from= or are permanently affiliated with a network to a central body;" Or. en)
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point j
(144a) “Massive disposals” means the ones implemented by institutions in the context of a multi-year program which aim to materially reduce the amount of defaulted exposures in their balance sheets and which has been previously notified by institutions to their competent authority.
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 314 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 4
(12a) In Article 28, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. For the purposes of point (h)(i) of paragraph 1, differentiated distributions shall only reflect differentiated voting rights or shall reward the uninterrupted and durable holding of the instrument. In this respect, higher distributions shall only apply to maximum of 5% of Common Equity Tier 1 instruments with fewer or no voting rights." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=, or shall reward the continuous holding of the instrument by the same person for a term at least equal to [four years], provided that the dividend increase does not constitute a disproportionate drag on capital." Or. en)
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 321 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 575/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
"(b) intangible assets;" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=(14) In paragraph 1 of Article 36, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) intangible assets, except for software;" Or. en)
2018/02/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 468 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 85 – paragraph 3 a (new)
. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-(38a) In Article 85, the following paragraph 3 a is added: "3a. Where credit institutions permanently affiliated in a network to a central body and institutions established within an institutional protection scheme subject to the conditions laid down in Article 113(7) have set up a cross- guarantee scheme that provides that there is no current or foreseen material, practical or legal impediment to the transfer of the amount of own funds above the regulatory requirements from the countent/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=en)rparty to the credit institution, these institutions are exempted from the provisions of this Article regarding deductions and may recognize any qualifying Tier 1 instruments arising within the cross-guarantee scheme in full." Or. en
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 472 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 87 – paragraph 3 a (new)
. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-(38b) In Article 87, the following paragraph 3 a is added: "3a. Where credit institutions permanently affiliated in a network to a central body and institutions established within an institutional protection scheme subject to the conditions laid down in Article 113(7) have set up a cross- guarantee scheme that provides that there is no current or foreseen material, practical or legal impediment to the transfer of the amount of own funds above the regulatory requirements from the countent/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=en)rparty to the credit institution, these institutions are exempted from the provisions of this Article regarding deductions and may recognize any qualifying own funds arising within the cross-guarantee scheme in full." Or. en
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 595 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 57 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 181 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(57a) In paragraph 1 of Article 181 the following point a a is inserted: "(aa) notwithstanding Article 181(1)(a), massive disposals operations may be excluded for LGD estimation. Where institutions apply this exemption, they shall document the amount, composition and timing of such disposals."
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 776 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 428 r – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) assets that have a residual maturity of less than six months resulting from secured lending transactions and capital market-driven transactions as defined in Article 192(2) and (3), where those assets are collateralised by assets that qualify as Level 1 assets under Chapter 2 of Title II of Delegated Regulation(EU) 2015/61, excluding extremely high quality covered bonds referred to in point (f) of Article 10(1) of that Delegated Regulation , and where the institution would be legally entitled and operationally able to reuse those assets for the life of the transaction, regardless of whether the collateral has already been reused. Institutions shall take those assets into account on a net basis where Article 428e (1) of this Regulation applies;
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 780 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 428 r – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) assets that have a residual maturity of less than six months resulting from secured lending transactions and capital market-driven transactions as defined in Article 192(2) and (3) with regulated financial entities, where the institution would be legally entitled and operationally able to reuse those assets for the life of the transaction, regardless of whether the collateral has already been reused. Institutions shall take those assets into account on a net basis where Article 428(1) of this Regulation applies;
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 788 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 428 s – point b
(b) assets that have a residual maturity of less than six months resulting from secured lending transactions and capital market-driven transactions as defined in Article 192(2) and (3) with financial customers, where those assets are collateralised by assets that qualify as Level 1 assets under Title II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61, excluding extremely high quality covered bonds referred to in point (f) of Article 10(1) of that Delegated Regulation , and where the institution would be legally entitled and operationally able to reuse those assets for the life of the transaction, regardless of whether the collateral has already been reused. Institutions shall take those assets into account on a net basis where Article 428e(1) of this Regulation applies;deleted
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1057 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 127
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 501 d a (new)
Article 501da Support factor for green assets 1. Risk weighted exposure amounts for green exposures, used for a unit that exists or was created to finance, refinance or operate green assets as described in paragraph 2, shall be adjusted in accordance with the factor 0.75. 2. For the purpose of this article, the following shall apply: Green assets are defined in accordance with the definition provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative. For the purpose of implementing the definition referred to in subparagraph 1, the EBA shall prepare draft technical regulatory standards. The EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by... (one year after the entry into force of this Regulation). The Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation by adopting delegated acts in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 with the regulatory technical standards specified in subparagraph 3 of this paragraph. 3. Institutions shall report the total amount of green assets, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2, to the relevant authorities every three months. 4. The EBA shall, (three years after entry into force of this regulation), report to the Commission on the impact of the own funds requirement on the financing of, and investment in, green assets. For the purposes of this article, the EBA report to the Commission shall include the following: (a) An analysis of the developments in financing and investments in green assets over the period specified in subparagraph I of this article; (b) An analysis of the effective risk profile of green assets over an entire economic cycle; (c) Any additional points which the EBA regards as important in this report. 5. The Commission shall submit this report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied by a legislative proposal if considered necessary. 6. The Green Support Factor cannot be combined with the SME support factor referred to in Article 501, the infrastructure support factor referred to in Article 501a or the support factor for social enterprises referred to in Article 501db
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 324 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – point l
l) agriculture, fishery, forestry, zootechny and aquaculture;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 352 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
h) agriculture, fishery, forestry, zootechny and aquaculture;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 431 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point iii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
iiia) The following point (fa) is added: "fa) mobilisation of communication and promotion actions devised to make potential beneficiaries more aware of the EFSI"
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 325 #

2016/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In case the trader allows the expression of an explicit preference expressed by the customer on a personal account and modifiable at any moment by the customer, the trader shall be allowed to routinely redirect to a specific landing page, still allowing clear and simple access to the online interface the customer initially sought to access.
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 340 #

2016/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Where a trader blocks or limits access of customers to an online interface or redirects customers to a different version of the online interface in compliance with paragraph 4, the trader shall provide a clear justification. That justification shall be given in the language of the online interface that the customer originally sought to access. In the case of a customer accessing a personal account on the trader's website, the justification shall be highlighted for the first visit and shall remain available to the customer.
2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 38 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Since outside Europe the 700Mhz frequency band is already allocated on a co-primary basis and increasingly used for mobile services, the 700 MHz frequency band represents an opportunity for globally harmonised and coordinated spectrum for mobile broadband offering economies of scale. That band should allow new innovative digital services to be developed in urban and in rural or remote areas, such as e-Health and mHealth, supported by mobile phones, patient monitoring devices and other wireless devices, as well as smart energy grids and other services relating to the Internet of Things.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The change in purpose for the 700MHz frequency band and better mobile internet connections in Europe represent an opportunity for DTT broadcasters to expand their efforts in the digital sector, using the transversal nature of the internet as an advantage. As such, DTT broadcasters should be supported in a controlled process of transmigration towards a stronger mixed internet/DTT broadcasting.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
(5) Rapidly growing wireless broadband traffic and the increasing economic, industrial and social importance of the digital economy makes enhanced wireless network capacity a necessity. Spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band provides both additional capacity and universal coverage, in particular for the economically challenging rural and remote areas, for indoor use and for wide-range machine- type communications. In this context, coherent measures for high-quality terrestrial wireless coverage across the Union, which build on best national practice for operators’ licence obligations, should aim to meet the RSPP objective that all citizens should have access to broadband speeds of not less than 30 Mb/s by 2020. In this way, the measures will promote innovative digital services and ensure long-term socioeconomic benefits.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The 700 MHz frequency band is vital for the development and availability of present technology and digital sectors, and at the same time is a necessary pre- requisite to prepare the next iteration of electronic communications networks such as 5G.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) After a slow deployment of 4G technologies, Europe must remain at the forefront of technological innovation, using its spectrum in an efficient manner and supporting 5G, which will be at least 10 time faster than current technologies and will increase the creation of new services in Europe.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
By 30 June 2022 at the latest, Member States shall allow the transfer or leasing of the rights of use of spectrum for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services in the 694-790 MHz frequency band as from the date of the granting of such rights.
2016/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the effectiveness of EU law is systematically undermined by its unsatisfactory application by Member Stfundamental in achieving an "ever closer" Union as enshrined in the TEU; recognizes the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of same legal value as the Treaties; n. Notes that thise lack of enforcement is at the root of a number of European crisesof EU law weakens the EU itself;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 17 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that 11 directives in the area of banking and finance legislation are being infringed by one or more Member States, with Germany being the only country to comply with all existing legislation in this field, and Austria the only other Member State with fewer than three infringements1 ; __________________ 1 Particularly worrying are the cases of Poland (10 infringements), Luxembourg (9) and Slovenia, Spain and Estonia (8 each).;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 19 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Late Payments Directive is still not implemented well in 11 Member States, and that the situation is worst in Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Greeceis also correlated to the state of public finances affected by the economic crisis; notes as well that the delay in B2B payments is well above average; points out that also the directive on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, wthere the delay in B2B2 payments is well above average3 directive on requirements for budgetary framework of the Member States and the directive on consumer rights have not yet been transposed; __________________ 2 Business-to-business. 3 See ‘Transposition and implementation of the Directive on Late Payments in Commercial Transactions’, European Parliamentary Research Service.
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that non-compliance with the Maastricht criteria, and the lenient enforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact rules by the Commission and the Council before 2010, contribufollowing the global financial crisis which led to a European debt crisis, the EU has further strengthened its economic coordination and banking supervision; stresses the importance of completing the Banking Union, deepening the EMU and creating a CMU that finances the real economy and growth in Europe; invites all Member Stateds to the emergence of the European debt crisis that followed the global financial crisismake full use of flexibility within the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact as per Commission's Communication COM (0215)12;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that in 2014 only 10 of the 157 main recommendations made to Member States in the framework of the European Semester were fully implemented or showed substantial progress4 ; ; and believes that, in order to improve implementation, there is a need to better identify clearly articulated priorities at European level as well as to increase genuine public debate, political willingness and commitment at national level, leading to greater relevance and national ownership; welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, proposed by the Commission six months before country- specific recommendations, as a step to deepen policy coordination in the follow- up to the Five Presidents' Report and relevant resolutions of the European Parliament; __________________ 4 Success rate of around 6.5%: Zsolt Darvas and Alvaro Leandro, ‘The Limitations of Policy Coordination in the Euro Area under the European Semester’, Bruegel, November 2015.
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is very concerned by the fact that the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive (DGSD) has still not been implemented by 10 Member States6 , which undermines the efforts to build a, and calls on the Commission to ensure that it is implemented; welcomes the Commission proposal on European Deposit GuaInsurantece Scheme, that would complete the Banking Union; __________________ 6Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden; Commission press release, 10 December 2015.e third and final pillar of the Banking Union, needed to safeguard deposits throughout Europe;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 48 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the European Commission's first proposals in the area of the Capital Markets Union and stresses the importance of encouraging more investments in the real economy;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 53 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the European Investment Bank to evaluate whether the banking systems of Member States that do not comply with the BRDD and the DGSD should be intermediaries in its actions; calls on the European Central Bank to make a similar evaluation regarding the use of emergency liquidity assistance;deleted
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the opinion that financial penalties for non-compliance with EU law should include a multiplier for those Member States for which several procedures are openbe effective, proportionate and dissuasive;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 70 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that the number of formal infringement procedures decreased also due to the effectiveness of the structured dialogue with Member States via EU Pilot;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Welcomes the Commission's efforts to improve access to information on the application of the Union Law. Encourages further efforts to enhance transparency;
2016/03/31
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in order to make public investment as efficient as possible by taking the necessary measures to create a secure, sustainable and competitive energy market, it is vital to combine the EFSI with the other specific sources of energy funding, such as the Connecting Europe Facility;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas increased cooperation at regional level is indispensable, but should not lead to comprehensive European regulatory control;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas national duties, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectors, both across borders and between mainland and island regions, prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European internal market in electricity is possible on the basis of stronger price incentives and with the aim of creating a decentralised and democratic energy system; is aware, however, of the risks of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to be carried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcity of supplies;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 348 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the further development of the energy-only market, based on the consistent application of existing legislation, the comprehensive expansion of transmission and interconnection infrastructure and greater regional cooperation which takes account of the particular features of the electricity markets of isolated regions, such as island regions, which are isolated from the national electricity system, thus promoting energy diversification and encouraging greater competition in order to increase security of supply;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the BU plays a key role in funding investment and therefore in fostering growth and job creation throughout the European Union;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 115 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Invites the Single Supervisor to extend the scope of the Asset Quality Review to include all Level 3 financial assets, including derivatives, and to recalibrate the stress test, considering additional factors, such as potential litigation costs, with the aim of better preventing banking crises;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 125 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that economic recovery is underway but is still fragile and modest, inflation remains below its target, credit dynamics are still subdued in many jurisdictions, while credit conditions still differ among European countries and a large stock of non- performing loans weighs on many European banks’ balance sheets, limiting their capacity to finance the economy;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 141 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the Banking Structural Reform, which was conceived to reduce systemic risk and address the issue of "too big to fail" institutions, has yet to be implemented;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 142 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the need to continue the work aimed at cutting the links between the traditional banking system and the traditional one, as proposed by the Liikanen high-level expert Group;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 173 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises the importance of a level playing field within the Single Market and therefore calls for a continued effort aimed at achieving the Single Rule Book, through the removal of national options and discretions; such removal should in the first place ensure the establishment of a common set of rules and supervisory convergence between the EU Member States and the Banking Union and - within the latter - between banks under direct ECB supervision and banks not under direct ECB supervision; in addition, stresses that national options and discretions attributed to Member States prevent the ECB from developing a single coherent supervisory approach within the Banking Union and should therefore be eliminated in the future;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 174 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. In order to ensure that the situations and legal relationships governed by EU law remain foreseeable, calls on the ECB to attribute high importance to the principle of protection of the legitimate expectations by respecting and not revoking the transitional arrangements on which banks have relied in good faith when determining their capital planning; in this context, the maintenance of the non-application of fair value measurement for unrealized gains and losses on exposures to central governments classified in the "Available For Sale" category is of high importance; highlights that making such exposures mandatorily subject to fair value measurement (for capital requirement purposes), not only strengthens the link between banks and sovereigns, but may also lead to own funds volatility;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 175 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Reminds that Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 grants a level playing field between conglomerates institutions and non-conglomerated institutions, which have holdings in insurance undertakings; stresses that the shortening of the transitional period for the exemption for the deduction of equity holdings in insurance companies from common equity Tier 1 items, provided for in Article 471 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, together with the confirmation of the exemption provided for in Article 49, would breach such level playing field, benefiting entities which form part of financial conglomerates to the detriment of other institutions; recalls that the shortening of the transitional period cannot in any case be established by regulations issued by a Supervisory Authority;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 176 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Believes moreover that such change to Article 471 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 would negatively affect the "legitimate expectations" of supervised entities, that have already planned and targeted their capital requirements on the basis of the current regulation;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Acknowledges the traditional reliance of SMEs on bank funding on account of their specific nature, different risk profiles and variety across Europe; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the ESAs, the ECB and national authorities, to assess the sufficiency of SME funding, to analyse the obstacles to, and benefits of the diversification of funding channels and how to enable banks and non-banks to increase SME funding, widening companies' choice among different methods of funding at different stages of their development; recalls the importance of tools such as the 'SME Supporting Factor'; suggests that the initiatives for improved SME funding should be expanded to start-ups, micro enterprises and mid-cap companies; highlights the potential of innovative and largely untapped venues for financing SMEs, including peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and private placement, and stresses the need to streamline the respective regulatory requirements;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 293 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Stresses the need, as a consequence of the existence of the national compartments in the SRF, to rapidly put in place an adequate bridge financing mechanism in order to provide the fund, if necessary, with sufficient resources in the period before its completion; recalls that the Eurogroup and the Ecofin ministers identified, in their statement of 18 December 2013, the possibility of having recourse to national sources in the transition period, as well as to develop a common backstop during the same period;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 329 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Recalls that while breaking the link between sovereigns and banks at national level remains an important objective, all the measures directed at achieving this objective, have to take into account both the international context and the short term repercussion on financial stability; stresses in particular that the introduction of a risk weighting on the sovereign debt exposure of banks, by severing the link between debt and saving in any given Member State, may endanger debt sustainability and put financial stability at risk; furthermore considers that this measure should only be taken in conjunction with risk sharing measures;
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 354 #

2015/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Recalls that the reduction of systemic risk, attained through regulatory changes and efforts made at national level, should proceed in parallel with the creation of risk sharing mechanism at European level1 a; __________________ 1a Among the others, Commissioner Jonathan Hill, Responsible for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union recently stated that: "Step by step, we need to make sure that risk reduction goes hand in hand with risk sharing.”
2015/12/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 9 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of the Digital Single Market for the European economy; recalls that according to estimates from the EC the development of the DSM could contribute € 415billion a year to the European economy and create 3.8 million new jobs. Underlines that not only is the digital sector growing at sustained rates, but that digital technologies offer new possibilities also in traditional sectors of the European economy;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 12 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Invites the EC to promote the "Digital first" approach in the functioning of public Institutions and in designing legislative acts; considers that the digital first strategy could bring benefits in terms of cost savings, environmental sustainability and better services, thus reducing the gap between citizens and European Institutions;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 27 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that in spite of the high unemployment rates in the EU, many jobs remain vacant owing to the shortage of matching skills; notes that if the economic opportunities offered by the DSM are to be exploited, it is essential to pursue employment and education policies designed to improve Europeans’ digital skills; calls on the Commission to draw up programmes to help achieve those aims;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 41 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that cybersecurity is central to the establishment of the digital single market, especially in the banking and financial sector, payment systems, and e- commerce, and therefore calls on the Commission to monitor threats, first and foremost computerised fraud and cyber- attacks, strengthen prevention measures, lay down a framework making for a Europe-wide coordinated response to cybercrime, and devise Europe-wide awareness campaigns to alert EU citizens to the threats to cybersecurity;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that it is essential to have simple, efficient, and safe payment systems to enable the digital single market to develop and grow; welcomes the advances in terms of EU legislation on payment systems; and calls on the Commission to take these developments into account when implementing its DSM strategy;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 44 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Considers that digital technologies will open up access to credit to many who have traditionally been excluded from the banking and financial system, thus promoting social and economic development; calls on the Commission to devise an inclusion strategy enabling weaker population groups to gain access to the digital single market and hence to new financial and banking services;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Invites the EC to bring forward a legislative proposal to adjust the definition of "permanent establishment" so that companies cannot artificially avoid having a taxable presence in Member States in which they have economic activity. In particular, this definition should address situations in which companies engaging in fully dematerialised digital activities, are considered to have a permanent establishment in a Member State if they maintain a significant digital presence in the economy of that Country;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that education and training curricula must aim at the development of a critical thinking, approach, usage and thorough understanding of new media, digital and information devices and interfaces, whereby people can be active users of these new technologies and not simply end users;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that European citizens should be offered an education in line with the needs of a modern, globalised society, therefore enjoying the opportunity to learn and to develop new skills, including digital ones, which will allow them to compete in today's labour market; stresses the need to ensure that teachers are enabled to improve their skills, especially digital ones, and are supported in facing the challenges this entails; therefore believes that an overall re-design of educational systems, training curricula and work methods in a holistic and ambitious way is necessary, with the aim of properly addressing the challenges of the digital revolution;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a clear connection is present between internet usage and coverage and in 2014 the 18,1% of Europeans never used the internet;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 106 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in 2013 the market size of sharing economy was around 3.5 billion worldwide and today the European Commission is forecasting a growth potential that goes over 100 billion;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 112 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the economic principles which have defined the development and spread of the Internet, namely network neutrality, openness, and non-discrimination, are being undermined by the spread of closed ecosystems within the Web; maintains that the emergence and growth of such ecosystems, and the oligopoly-based structure that they have created on the market in digital services and goods, are adversely affecting consumer interests and innovation and in the long term, therefore, might even jeopardise the development of the DSM;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 115 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in 2014 only 15,8 computers per 100 students were available in Europe in 2014;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 117 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that the distinguishing characteristics of the digital economy, resulting in particular from the fact that marginal costs tend to diminish, falling down to zero, and network effects are strong, are conducive to economies of scale and hence to concentration; calls on the Commission to devise a competition policy taking into account the specific features of the digital economy and the related challenges;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 117 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas a growing number of services are migrating towards the internet and digital technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive in everyday lives;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 119 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Points to the importance of the data economy for the development of the DSM; notes that the only way to surmount the challenges and threats to the establishment of a digital single market which have arisen out of the Court of Justice’s ‘Safe Harbour’ ruling is to adopt a common legislative approach at European level, and therefore calls on the Commission to work towards a regulatory framework serving both to ensure respect for user rights as regards data processing and to develop this sector of the digital economy;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 119 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that in order to allow for a fair competition in the data driven economy, internet companies with a relevant market position, as defined by the EC competition standards should make available their user generated data set as open data in an anonymized and aggregated form, while respecting all privacy requirements;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 120 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Maintains that all data related to users and user-generated content constitute a historic, social, and economic heritage of intrinsic value to the reference communities and should therefore be considered a common good for the use of those communities;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Welcomes the opportunities offered by the collaborative economy model, which makes for more efficient use of resources and environmentally and economically sustainable economic growth; points out that this model is particularly well suited to the management of public assets; calls on the Commission, therefore, to encourage public authorities to develop and use models of this type;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 122 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Points out that overlapping collaborative and market economy models could distort free competition on some markets; calls on the Commission to work towards a regulatory framework which, while promoting the development of the collaborative economy, will keep the ‘playing field’ level and ensure compliance with EU legislation, in particular on tax and labour law matters;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 123 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Notes that the development of the DSM could be helped if there were innovation clusters within the EU, that is to say, geographical areas with a high concentration of digital enterprise and skills; calls on the Commission to encourage the further development of such areas and the dissemination of best practice and knowledge;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 124 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Points to the importance of business incubators, business angels, and a variety of stakeholders and agencies, both public and private, working to develop businesses in the digital sector; calls on the Commission to establish a strategy enabling these stakeholders to become involved in the development of the DSM and laying the foundations for a European network of business incubators;
2015/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 152 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers it necessary for the Commission to adopt a bidirectional approach to the subject of digital skills and abilities, investing in digital education programmes (starting with the training of teachers) and in digital infrastructure which serves educational purposes, inter alia including digital content and methods in existing school curricula;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 208 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that, in order to ensure the quality of European Legislation, the European Institutions should adopt and disseminate a "digital first" principle, re- designing all activities around the opportunities and challenges posed by digital technologies;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 247 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up, scale-up and access to market in a level playing field of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; underlines that the development of e-commerce represents a new frontier for businesses, especially SMEs;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 273 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that improving connectivity has beneficial effects on employment and economic growth; therefore calls on the Commission to support investments in ultra-broadband in order to promote the European social and industrial fabric and new-generation electronic communication services that place citizens and consumers at the centre of the stage;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 287 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs, areas where pre-existing concentrations of businesses and skills is present and can be increased, could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 331 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to increase the availability and an efficient use of radio spectrum across the Union, with the aim to achieve a EU harmonised radio spectrum policy;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 338 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that it is important that the creation of the Digital Single Market should not aggravate the digital divide but rather enhance and create infrastructure and training courses to enable all European citizens to benefit from the new opportunities made available, irrespective of age, gender, income or provenance from remote or peripheral regions;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 340 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks the Commission to address the different tax challenges raised by the digital economy and to closely monitor its continuous evolution to assess the impact on tax systems; in particular, urges the Commission to guarantee an effective level playing field and a fair fiscal treatment among all actors present in the digital market, aligning taxation with the economic activities and guaranteeing that taxes are paid where profits are generated;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 345 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that Member States and the Commission should actively promote a broad process of reform of the global governance of Internet in order to reach a new, transparent and inclusive model of multi-stakeholder governance, based on the principle of Internet as a unique, open and free network;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 360 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for measures to promote and encourage, by means of the creation of the Digital Single Market, the development of new models of work which will make it possible to reconcile the requirements of private and working life more effectively;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 362 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to secure that proposed regulatory actions minimise the barriers of entry for SMEs operating in the digital markets, leave enough room for innovation in the targeted sectors and respect the principles of technological, business model and content neutrality;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 513 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; underlines that the new measures should ensure that any variation in the prices between domestic and cross-border delivery should be permitted only if duly justified and if it reflects the variation in actual costs incurred by the providers for delivering the service;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 574 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending without delay geo- blocking practices and, unfair price discrimination based on geographical location and any practices that undermine country neutrality with regard to means of payments between Member States;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 658 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement forto any digital progress and must be part of the European integration effort, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 718 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition, support pluralism and access to the market and strengthen the Fundamental rights in the digital environment;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 731 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks the Commission to guarantee equal treatment, also in fiscal terms, and the same level playing field between telecom operators and over-the-top services in order to assure non- discriminatory access to networks and contents;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 758 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that, in order to achieve a real Digital Single Market, it is necessary to ensure access for all citizens in Europe, calls therefore to improve the efforts towards the networks development for those areas where sufficient connectivity it is not yet available;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 806 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in,between online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency and to support the freedom, openness and accessibility of the internet; considers that transparency, interoperability, unbundling, common standards, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities; Underlines the fact that, in order to allow new businesses to emerge and thrive in existing digital sector, an assessment of the role network effects play in the openness of the digital economy will be key;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 819 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, the prevention of monopolies, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 843 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls the Commission to ensure the presence of minimum quality standards for services that emulate, on the web, other traditional services; Furthermore calls the Commission to support and incentivize interoperability for internet services and to combat the enclosing of the internet in silos;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 844 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to safeguard the openness of the internet, ensuring the application of the principle of Net Neutrality at all levels of the web, ensuring equal access to fixed networks for all service providers and ensuring service neutrality for all services within internet platforms;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 884 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposalsStresses that Sharing Economy is reshaping old services and markets in ways not even thinkable just a few years ago; encourages the Commission to analyse the issues related to the sharing economy, to take action to enable citizens and business to take advantage of its opportunities and to protect consumers coming forward with proposals to ensure that Europe will play a role in the future of this sector; furthermore encourages the Commission to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 893 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses; stresses the need to put forward a common approach to taxation in relation to sharing economy, in order to ensure a real level playing field and a well- functioning single market and that taxes are paid where profits are generated;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 907 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines that the sharing economy brings clear opportunities towards a more circular EU economy;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 928 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; believes in this regard that particular efforts should be put in place in order to ensure full security for consumers in the use of electronic means of payment, through the achievement of a fully integrated and user-friendly EU market for payment services;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 959 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Urges the Commission to strengthen the competitiveness and security of the European big data infrastructure, including super computers, through Horizon 2020 and other public and private support mechanisms;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 62 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the specific nature of the digital economy, characterized by decreasing and tending to zero marginal costs and by strong network effects, favours the increase in the level of concentration in key markets; invites the EC to adapt its competition policy to the specificities of this sector;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that free and fair competition is an indispensable pre-requisite for the creation of a true digital single market; encourages the EC to encompass the key concepts of interoperability and net neutrality into all its future proposals on the digital single market;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recalls that the data economy is an important part of the digital economy; considers that the property of user generated data should stay with the users and that portability of data should be ensured; highlights that accessibility of user generated data, in an anonymous and aggregated form, is instrumental in ensuring competition in this market segment is maintained;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 147 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the simplified procedures utilised for the purpose of state-aid assessment of projects funded by the EFSI; highlights that the EFSI aims to overcome current market failures by addressing market gaps, thus favouring the well-functioning of the markets;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 209 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that remarkable disparities between Member States in the use of State aid in the financial sector in recent years, can potentially distort competition in this sector; invites the EC to clarify the rules and the procedures under which State aid in the financial sector can be authorised;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 225 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that, in order to grant fair competition among companies, in line with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, companies located in regions experiencing temporary or permanent disadvantages should be supported and increased flexibility should be granted to Regions experiencing severe economic problems, such as the Regions included in the Convergence and in the Competitiveness Objective, and to insular regions;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 252 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that fair competition can be hampered by tax planning; invites the EC to adjust the definition of ‘permanent establishment’ so that companies cannot artificially avoid having a taxable presence in Member States in which they have economic activity. This definition should also address the specific situations of the digital sector, so that companies engaging in fully dematerialised activities, are considered to have a permanent establishment in a Member State if they maintain a significant digital presence in the economy of that Country;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 275 #

2015/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that a favourable tax status, such as the one granted in special economic zones (SEZs), would attract investments, favouring economic convergence between EU regions and fair competition among companies; calls on the Commission to actively promote the use of favourable tax status in less developed regions and to develop guidelines for the implementation of favourable tax regime across the EU including the establishment of SEZs, in line with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014;
2015/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the 2014 EIB Annualctivity Report and the increase by 6.92% to EUR 80.3 billion in the EIB Group’s lending; is very concerned at the increasingbout still very high unemployment, inequality and poverty levels, as well as weak investment in Europe and the continuous uncertainty in the financial markets, also in view of a worsening global economic outlook;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that overall EU investment in 2013 decreased by 13% compared with the pre- crisis period with investment in some countries decreasing 25% and even by as much as 60% in others, creating a dangerous investment imbalance in the EU; is of the opinion that this constitutes a major challenge for the EIB Group and will require extraordinary efforts from its side for the years to come, as part of an overall EU effort to implement a renewed long-term strategy for sustainable, convergent and inclusive growth;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 27 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the urgent need for an increase in EIB lending activityGroup investment activity, including innovative financial instruments with greater additional risk-bearing capacity, and for the improvement of its activity in line with Protocol (No 28) on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EIB Group to re-examine its strategic planning programme, given the high degree of concentration of funding for the four biggest economies in the EU accounting for more than 45%, and the disproportionate rise in unemployment levels and investment gaps in some other countries which remains at alarming levels, and which could hamper economic convergence in the EU and further damage growth prospects and social cohesion in specific countries and regions in the EU;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 60 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note ofWelcomes the establishment of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and emphasises the need for the EFSI to function in an effective, transparent and fair way, to honour fully the requirement of additionality, and to take into account that priority should be given to projects in strategic sectors, countries in adjustment programmewhere investment gaps have widened most during the economic crisis and regions which have difficulties in attracting funding because of their high risk environment; their geographical or historical disadvantage translates into a higher high risk profile in an economic environment marked by uncertainty; Regrets the selection procedure used to appoint the Managing Director and the Deputy Managing Director and stresses the need to finalise as soon as possible the inter-institutional agreement between the EIB and the Parliament on reporting and on the selection procedure for both positions;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 69 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the EIB Group to develop an increased focus on economic and labour market resilience in the context of technological changes, environmental constraints, globalisation and demographic trends; calls on it to prioritise investment operations with high potential in terms of job creation and environmental sustainability, particularly in areas of greatest need, and to expand its cooperation with other development banks in this direction;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 70 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the EIB Group to consider strengthening non-financial criteria in its project assessment models, giving greater weight to projects' contribution to sustainable and inclusive development and cohesion in line with Protocol (No 28) on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion, while aiming at maximum transparency;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB to refrain from cooperating with financial partners with a negative track record and to enforce prevention measures against tax havens, fraud and evasion as well as aggressive tax avoidance; calls for these prevention measures to include ensuring that no EIB funding can go to ultimate beneficiaries or financial intermediaries which make use of tax havens or harmful tax practices;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 88 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB Group to refrain from cooperating with financial partners with a negative track record, particularly in the field of corporate taxation, and to enforce prevention measures against tax havens, tax fraud and tax evasion as well as aggressive tax avoidance; requests a list of outstanding EIB Group transactions involving counterparts established in jurisdictions featuring on the Commission's list of "top 30" tax havens around the world;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 91 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EIB to adopt an effective and up-to-date Responsible Taxation Policy, to be overseen by a Tax Unit and detailed within an Annual Tax Report; calls for this policy to include regular country tax assessments in order to identify problematic jurisdictions; calls for this policy to involve the EIB actively using its relocation clause and systematically publishing the domicile of funds which benefit from EIB support, as well as the domicile of the ultimate beneficiaries of the funds if they are supported by financial intermediaries;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 112 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EIB Group to further enhance transparency and access to information both internafor the Parliament and other EU institutions as welly ands for the public, especially regarding the selection, monitoring and evaluation of activities and programmes;
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 127 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Requests the EIB to increase its reporting to Parliament regarding its decisions, progress achieved and the impact of its lending activities within and outside the EU; requests that this include regular reports to the European Parliament and other stakeholders on the implementation of its Non-Compliant Jurisdiction Policy, including the number of applications which have been turned down for failing to comply with this policy, as well as the number of relocations which have been requested and implemented.
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 128 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Requests the EIB Group to increase its reporting to Parliament regarding its decisions, progress achieved and the impact of its lending activities within and outside the EU; calls on the EIB Group to engage in deeper dialogue with the Parliament on all its activities within the same scheme for reporting and accountability as set out in the EFSI regulation and to fully comply with the spirit and letter of the EFSI regulation, notably concerning inter-institutional cooperation with the Parliament.
2015/11/06
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Draft amending budget No 5/2015 aims to reinforce the Union's resources to manage migration and refugee flows, following recent tragedies in the Mediterranean and the increase in the dimension of migratory flows;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 3 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the financial burden related to the emergency has so far fallen mainly on the national budget of the southern coastal states of the Union;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 4 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas in light of the macroeconomic forecast for the medium term and of the opposing demographic trends within the Union and in the neighboring areas, particularly in West and Central Africa, the increase in migration to Europe cannot be considered to be a temporary phenomenon;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 5 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas Draft amending budget No 5/2015 also increases the staffing level of 3 agencies, namely 16 additional posts for FRONTEX, 4 posts for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and 3 posts for the European Police Office (Europol); whereas this increase in FRONTEX, Europol and EASO remains insufficient to properly address the emergency;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas, where migration flows are not managed in an effective and timely manner, they may lead to considerable costs in other areas such as public health and safety;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 10 #

2015/2121(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets the divisions which have emerged between Member States in the Council on the proposal of the European Commission contained in the "European Agenda on Migration"; recalls that, due to the nature of the migration phenomenon, the emergency can only be effectively handled at Union level;
2015/06/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 16 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas low energy prices, while having a negative impact on inflation expectations, could potentially help the economic recovery;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 53 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the unconventional measures adopted by the ECB had a positive impact on the European economy, but are insufficient to guarantee economic growth if not accompanied by coordinated, expansive fiscal policies;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the existing gap between financing rates granted to SMEs and those granted to bigger companies and the gap in financing rates granted to SMEs located in different countries; considers that this long-standing problem is cannot appropriatelybe addressed by the recent measures implemented by the ECB to boost bank lending;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that SMEs are the backbone of the European economy and that the banking system is instrumental in ensuring their competitiveness and their growth; welcomes the introduction of the SMEs Supporting Factor by the CRR; invites the ECB to adopt measures aimed at further facilitating financing to small and medium enterprises;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, despite the ECB pursuing its actions in order to maintain favourable financing conditions, private investment in the euro area remains significantly below its levels prior to the current crisis;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgWelcomes that, in reaction to a complex environment of falling inflation, contraction of credit and sluggish economic growth, and with its interest rates close to the zero lower bound, the ECB resorted to non-conventional monetary policy instruments;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Invites the ECB to consider in its balance sheet expansion policy the purchase of EIB project bonds and the participation in projects funded by the EFSI, thus contributing to the general economic policies in the Union and to the achievement of their objectives, as per Article 282 TFEU;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 98 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the below-target level of inflation registered in past years and also expected for the coming years will have an impact on the debt reduction programmes of several Member States;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 116 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the positive impact of the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) on money and credit dynamics remains modest, with new loans to enterprises still weak and with significant differences across euro area economies; notes that since the launch of the APP, medium-term inflation expectations have risen, gradually converging towards the target of 2 %, while the risks of a deflation trap have decreased; asks the ECB to apply the APP to all Member States, without discrimination;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that global economic growth is still sluggish, with downside risk for the emerging markets; highlights the possible repercussion on the European economy; invites the ECB to adjust the size, composition and duration of the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) accordingly;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 134 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, according to the ECJ judgment of 16 June 2015 in Case C-62/14, when the ECB programme for the purchases of government bonds on secondary markets it is exposed to a significant risk of losses as well as to the risk of a debt cutdoes not exceed the powers of the ECB in relation to monetary policy and does not contravene the prohibition of monetary financing of Member States;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 139 #

2015/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the high and divergent levels of public and private indebtedness in some Member States are obstacles to the correct transmission of monetary policy, and that the non-conventional monetary policy implemented by the ECB is not able to change this situationis situation cannot be address by the ECB, but it requires coordinated political decision at European level;
2015/10/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 159 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – subparagraph 1 (new)
19a. Mediterranean Region Acknowledges that, due to demographic and GDP growth, expected energy demand in the South and East Mediterranean will double by 2022, with 20% of new generation capacity coming from RES; notes that, given the overcapacity in most European countries, the optimization of energy flows requires market integration through the development of new infrastructures; stresses the importance of new electricity interconnections between European and North African markets, as this would be beneficial from a strategic as well as economic point of view, contributing to security of supply and to the development of integrated RES systems between Europe and North Africa.
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
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2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the crisis in the financial sector, which resulted in a sovereign debt crisis, has produced a serious and persistent recession and whereas, despite the outlook for growth in Europe having improved, full recovery has still not yet been achieved;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that increased supervision could lead to some financial activities moving away to the shadow banking system, as anticipated in the Liikanen Report; calls for reforms aimed at greater financial stability and already underway, including structural reform of the banking sector, to be completed;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that an effective and efficient EU financial services regulation should be coherent, consistent (also on a cross- sectoral basis), proportionate, and free of superfluous complexity; believes that it should enable intermediaries to fulfil their role in funding the real economy and serve savers and investors, at the same time preventing crises from occurring and the subsequent negative repercussions on the real economy; considers that it should contribute to the single market and focus on goals better achievable at European level;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 135 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the benefits of asset diversification; emphasises that the purpose of prudential regulation is not to favour certain asset classes; calls for a risk-based approach to regulation, with the same rules being applied to the same risksto prevent further financial crises and their transfer to the real economy; believes that a more granular categorisation of asset classes is appropriate, in particular by establishing categories such as infrastructure;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 144 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for consistency in the risk-based approach, including sovereign exposures; supports the work of the BCBS and ESRB in this regard;deleted
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 206 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the achievements in establishing a banking union; stresses that the next step has to be its full implementation, including full capitalisation of national Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGS) and the Single Resolution Fund (SRF); emphasises the aim of avoiding moral hazard and ensuring that risk-takers bear the costs when their risks materialise; welcomes the analysis of the banking system carried out through the comprehensive assessment and the asset quality review, calls on the European Central Bank to continue such analyses and take them further;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 224 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges the traditional reliance of SMEs on bank funding due to their specific nature, different risk profiles and variety across Europe and wishes to see them participate in the creation of the single capital market, in particular in the proposals promoting high-quality securitisation; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the ECB, to analyse the obstacles to, and benefits of, the diversification of funding channels and how to enable banks to increase in SME funding, including via innovative instruments and methods such as crowdfunding; suggests that the initiatives for improved SME funding should be expanded to mid-cap companies;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 234 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes initiatives to raise the level of public and private investment, and in SMEs in particular, such as those initiated under the European Fund for Strategic Investments; calls on the Commission to expand and prolong such initiatives;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 275 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that efforts for a cultural change in the financial sector have to be pursued further; acknowledges the benefits of relationship banking for consumers and SMEs, thanks also to instruments available through new digital technologies;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 290 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Demands a stronger focus on the global competitiveness of the EU financial sectors, without detriment to financial stability, when making policy;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 341 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the objectives of the better regulation agenda; underlines the role of REFIT in achieving an efficient and effective financial services regulation; calls for the European Parliament to have a bigger role in the decisions and assessments intrinsic to this programme;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 349 #

2015/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that the ESAs and SSM have a crucial role to play in achieving the objectives of better regulation and supervision; calls on the Commission to furnish the ESAs with resources and staff commensurate with their growing supervisory responsibilities;
2015/09/25
Committee: ECON
Amendment 408 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex – title 3 – subtitle 7 – indent 2 a (new)
In line with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, increased flexibility should also be granted to Regions experiencing severe economic problems, such as the Regions included in the Convergence and in the Competitiveness Objective, and to insular regions;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The economic and financial crisis has led to a lowering of the level of investments within the Union. Investment has fallen by approximately 15% since its peak in 2007. The Union suffers, in particular those regions more affected by the crisis, from a lack of investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects and competitiveness. Investment is a crucial component that will not only stimulate rapid economic and social recovery from the crisis, but also stimulate the creation of more and better jobs across the Union.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Throughout the economic and financial crisis, the Union has made efforts to promote growth, in particular through initiatives set out in the Europe 2020 strategy that put in place an approach for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Investment Bank ('EIB') has also strengthened its role in instigating and promoting investment within the Union, partly by way of an increase in capital in January 2013. Further action is required to coordinate policies and instruments and to ensure that the investment needs of the Union are addressed and that the liquidity available on the market is used efficiently and channelled towards the funding of viable investment projects.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion and energy and resource efficiency by transitioning into a sustainable, digital and circular economy.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achievingor operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The investments should guarantee high economic and social added value, promoting quality jobs, sustainable innovation, skills and high quality employment, integrating and completing the single market, boosting the competitiveness of the EU. These strategic projects should benefit from positive externalities created by public investment and European Structural and Investment Funds in order to achieve Union policy objectives.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Commission Communication (COM(2010/245)) on a Digital Agenda for Europe and the Commission Communication (COM(2015/442)) "Towards a thriving data driven economy" have stressed the importance of the digital sector as a tool for sustainable and high quality economic growth, furthermore, they stress the need for the creation of framework conditions for its development. In order to grasp that opportunity, a special focus on digital investment and digital framework conditions is needed by means of earmarking a share of the granted guarantees for investment in networks and skills; by providing technical assistance for the establishment of dedicated investment platforms for aggregated project for digital development; and by broadening the "investment clause" for digital sectors investments.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as small and/or innovative mid-cap companies, across the Union, particularly in Member States where SMEs face greater difficulties in accessing credit, require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB (and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') where relevant) to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required, especially in Countries with limited fiscal capacity, to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 116 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing financeprovision of EFSI funding to small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies should be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') and the EIB to benefit from its experience in these activities.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, sustainable and economic added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote jobsustainable high quality employment creation, long- term sustainable growth and competitiveness, which will help achieve the EU's climate, energy and digital agenda goals. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures and focusing on projects with a higher risk coefficient than the ones normally financed by the EIB so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) When selecting the projects eligible under EFSI support, specific attention should be given to energy efficiency and digital solutions; when deciding on projects, it should be assessed whether the goals in terms of security of supply cannot be reached in a more sustainable and cost-effective way by using new digital technologies and ICT instead; this to ensure that projects are competing on equal terms with projects that are aimed at increasing energy supply or developing new infrastructures.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments and finance the riskier tranche of them to ensure additionality and complementarity over existing operations. The EFSI should aim at financeing projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisiwhole of the Union, above all where investment in percentage of GDP has substantially declined by taking into account the criteria of additionality and high risk profile in its investment policies. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) On 13 January 2015, the European Commission presented a Communication on how it will apply the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. National co-financing of operations supported by the EFSI, including in the transition period, are eligible to the flexibility within the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact, provided for by the Commission Communication of 13 January 2015, in accordance with the conditions and limits there included.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing, with the aim of reducing unemployment level and boosting growth in Europe. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 178 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) At the level of projects, third parties may co-finance together with EFSI on a project-by-project basis or in investment platforms related to specific geographic or thematic sectors. Special attention should be given to dedicated investment platforms that focus on transformative sectors with high economic and social added value and investment platforms that aggregate small scale sustainable and innovative projects, notably driven by regions, cities and SMEs also in the digital sector; for example projects for high speed internet connection aimed at reducing digital divide.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, third parties may co- finance together with EFSI on a project- by-project basis or in investment platforms related to geographic or thematic sectors. Member States may use European Structural Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects that are supported by the EU guarantee. The flexibility of this approach should maximise the potential to attract investors to the areas of investment targeted by the EFSI.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from the EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified by the Commission will be the proportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it will provide further guidanceelines on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds that will have to ensure compliance with existing sectoral legislation on State aid in the case of projects that provide for the partial use of non-repayable public finance.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 189 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Given the need for urgent action within the Union, the EIB and the EIF may have financed additional projects, outside of their usual profile, in the course of 2015 before the entry into force of this Regulation. In order to maximise the benefit of the measures provided for in this Regulation, it should be possible for such additional projects to be included within the EU guarantee coverage in the event that they fulfil the substantive criteria set out in this Regulation.deleted
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened support for project development and prepar, preparation and aggregation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national promotional banks and, the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds and best practices from projects such as ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance), InnovFin (EU Finance for Innovators) and the EEIF (European Energy Efficiency Fund). This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives. or operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or investments implementing the EU Macro-regional strategies and operations between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The investment should guarantee high economic, social and environmental value added, promoting quality jobs, sustainable innovation, skills and high quality employment, integrating and completing the single market, boosting the competitiveness of the EU. These strategic projects should benefit from positive externalities created by public investment and European Structural and Investment Funds in order to achieve Union policy objectives, including economic convergence between Member States and social cohesion.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 224 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies,including unincorporated enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, business clusters and networks across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 224 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) To ensure accountability to European citizens, the EIB should regularly report to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress and impact of the EFSI. To that end, a semestrial Report, indicating at least: What projects have been financed, the financial instruments used and the state of implementation of funded projects should be produced. In case of failed projects, the Report shall include a thorough analysis of the situation, highlighting possible repercussion on the Guarantee fund.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 238 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing finance to small and medium enterpriseprovision of EFSI funding to small and medium enterprises, unincorporated enterprises, business clusters and networks and small mid-cap companies shouldmay be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') and the EIB to benefit from itstheir experience in these activities.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 242 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing finance to small and medium enterprises, unincorporated enterprises, business clusters and networks and small mid-cap companies should be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to benefit from its experience in these activities.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 244 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union conducive to competitive and sustainable growth with a view to overcome the investment gap among the Member States of the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3 000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium as well as innovative enterprises, start-ups and clusters of enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The EFSI Agreement shall be open to accession by Member States. Subject to the consent of existing contributors, the EFSI Agreement shall also be open to accession by other third parties, includingnotably national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, dedicated investment platforms and private sector entities.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definition apply; (a) ´national promotional banks or institutions´ means legal entities carrying out a financial activity on a professional basis and upon which are conferred a public mandate by a Member State, whether at central, regional or local level, to carry out public development or promotional activities, seeking to address market failures; (b)' Investment Platform' means a cofinancing arrangement established for financing projects through a special purpose vehicle, a managed account or a contract. An Investment Platform can be multi-country, regional, macro-regional (regrouping several Member States interested in large projects in a given geographic area), national (grouping certain investment projects on the territory of a given Member State) or sectorial (pooling across several Member States in one sector); (c) 'additionality' means the support by the EFSI of operations which address market failures or investment gaps and which could not have been carried out in that period under normal EIB instruments without EFSI support or to the same extent during that period under EIF and EU instruments. The projects supported by the EFSI, while striving to create jobs and growth, shall typically have a higher risk profile than projects supported by normal EIB operations
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value and contributing to the objective of reducing unemployment. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness and that favour convergence between European Regions. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 274 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) requirements governing the use of the EU guarantee, including within specific time frames, key projects and fields of financing set out in article 5.2 and key performance indicators;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 281 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that EFSI activities conducted by the EIF are to be governed by the EIF governing bodies, in accordance with the disposition of the present Regulation, in particular in Article 5.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 287 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide for the creation of a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') within the EIB. The EIAH shall have as its objective to build upon existing EIB and Commission advisory services in order to provide advisory support for investment project identification, preparation and development and act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union. This shall include support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, use of innovative financial instruments, use of public-private partnerships and advice, as appropriate, on relevant issues of EU legislfields and areas of EU legislation and policies with particular relevance for the objectives set out in article 5 paragraph 2. EIAH shall provide targeted support in those areas taking into account technical assistance needs and capacity building gaps whenever they surface across Europe, irrespective of their geographic location.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments and finance their riskier tranche to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should aim at financeing projects across the Union, including in the countries most affectwhole of the Union, above all where investment in percentage of GDP has substantially declined, by the financial crisiaking into account the criteria of additionality and high risk- profile in its investment policies. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 289 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. and involve partners according to Article 5 of Regulation EU No 1303/2013. The EIAH shall especially build upon the good practices in programmes such as ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance), InnovFin (EU Finance for Innovators) and the EEIF (European Energy Efficiency Fund);
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technic, technically and environmentally viable, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 317 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations in line with Article 5, irrespective of their geographic location. and taking into consideration the principle of overall harmonious development of all regions of the Union.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance, as well as in regional economic and social development and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 335 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Union shall provide a guarantee to the EIB for financing or investment operations carried out within then irrevocable and unconditional guarantee for financing or investment operations carried out within the Union, or operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, covered by this Regulation (‘EU guarantee’). The EU guarantee shall be granted as a guarantee on demand in respect of instruments referred to in Article 6.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 339 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations, focused at fostering the transition towards a smart, sustainable and decarbonized economy and at speeding up the transition towards a digital economy, based on the smart use of new available technologies approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. In order to select the best projects and to ensure the achievement of the EFSI objectives, the Investment Committee should cooperate with national and sectorial investment platforms. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects. The Investment Committee should be accountable to a Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 355 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to enable the EFSI to support investments, the Union should grant a guarantee of an amount equal to EUR 16 000 000 000. When provided on a portfolio basis, the guarantee coverage should be capped depending upon the type of instrument, such as debt, equity or guarantees, as a percentage of the volume of the portfolio of outstanding commitments. It is expected that when the guarantee is combined with EUR 5 000 000 000 to be provided by the EIB, that the EFSI support should generate EUR 60 800 000 000 additional investment by the EIB and EIF. This EUR 60 800 000 000 supported by the EFSI is expected to generate a total of at least EUR 315 000 000 000 in additional investment in the Union within the period 2015 to 2017. Additional Member State contributions to the EFSI's capital would increase this amount and thereby bring the Fund's investment closer to actual needs. Guarantees that are attached to projects which are completed without a call on a guarantee are available for supporting new operations.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 358 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) On 13 January 2015, the European Commission presented a Communication on how it will apply the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. National co-financing of operations supported by the EFSI, including in the transition period, are eligible to the flexibility within the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact, provided for by the Commission Communication of 13 January 2015, in accordance with the conditions and limits there included.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 359 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The European Central Bank has expressed its readiness to buy ESFSI bonds,
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 364 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) development of knowledge and training hubs containing a strong concentration of both digital and entrepreneurial skills to start a virtuous development cycle aimed at developing strong innovative businesses in new, high tech sectors;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) At the level of projects, third parties may co-finance together with EFSI on a project-by-project basis or in investment platforms related to specific geographic or thematic sectors.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 398 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiency;, with a particular focus on projects investing on fostering the circular economy.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from the EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified by the Commission will be the proportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it will provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds. In any case, projects receiving funding under the EFSI, including any national complementary support assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment, will have to fully comply with the current legislation on State aids.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 414 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Given the need for urgent action within the Union, the EIB and the EIF may have financed additional projects, outside of their usual profile, in the course of 2015 before the entry into force of this Regulation. In order to maximise the benefit of the measures provided for in this Regulation, it should be possible for such additional projects to be included within the EU guarantee coverage in the event that they fulfil the substantive criteria set out in this Regulation.deleted
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 421 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the EU guarantee shall be granted for support offinancing and investment operations conducted by dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks, via the EIB, that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation. In that case, the Steering Board shall specify policies regarding eligible investment platforms or institutions, approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and support the objectives under this paragraph, with a focus on transformative sectors with high added value such as small-scale energy efficiency and resource efficiency projects or based new technologies available thanks to the development of the Internet of Things. The Steering Board shall specify policies regarding eligible investment platforms and regarding operations of dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks or institutions in order to enjoy the EU guarantee under this Article. Moreover, the EIB participation in dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks can make use of the EU guarantee. Where applicable national or regional investment platforms shall involve competent public authorities, economic and social partners and relevant bodies representing civil society in line with Article 5 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the EU guarantee shall be granted for support of dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks, via the EIB, and other similar structures that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation after approval by Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5). In that case, the Steering Board shall specify policies, in accordance with Article 3(1), regarding eligible investment platforms.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 429 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
At least 30 % of the granted guarantees shall be reserved for projects furthering the transition towards a new digital economy, improving the European investment framework in sectors such as new communication technologies, new sources of energies and new modes of transportation.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 430 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The EIB should regularly evaluate activities supported by the EFSI and their overall contribution to the achievement of the EFSI objectives with a view to assessing their relevance, performance and impact and to identifying aspects that could improve future activities. Such evaluations should contribute to accountability and analysis of sustainability.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 445 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission, the EIB and the Member States shall ensure that all the investments with the support of the EFSI take into consideration their impact by sector at local and regional level on economic, social and territorial cohesion, increasing demand without affecting supply, and foster synergies and effective coordination between the EFSI and the European Structural and Investment Funds, in order to ensure that they contribute to the achievement of the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion and to reduce unemployment;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) In order to cover the risks related to the EU guarantee to the EIB, a guarantee fund should be established. The guarantee fund should be constituted by a gradual payment from the Union budget. The guarantee fund should subsequently also receive revenues and repayments from projects that benefit from EFSI support and amounts recovered from defaulting debtors where the guarantee fund has already honoured the guarantee to the EIB. Any surplus in the guarantee fund or remaining remuneration should constitute internal assigned revenue for any lines of the European budget which may have been used as a source of redeployment to the EFSI guarantee fund.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 472 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States, shall promoteestablish the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and potential future investment projects in the Union. The pipeline is without prejudice to the final projects selected for support according to Article 3(5). The criteria to select investment project shall take into account the added value in terms of economic and social sustainability.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 481 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an assessment of the economic and societal added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis, that includes the impact on the creation of future oriented, sustainable and high quality employment, the results, in terms of improvements of the digital agenda scoreboard, deriving from the new investments, the increase of the competiveness and the innovation potential of the Union’s economy;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 482 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 , and the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected toshould ensure a greaterlevel of investment in certainthe areas of their respective mandates th, namely research, development and is possible through the existing programmesnnovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure, at least equal to the contributions made from the Union budget. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within those areas of research, development and innovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes. It is, therefore, appropriate to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI. __________________ 2 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 3 Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 500 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Within the Union, there are a significant number of potentially viable projects that are not being financed due to credit constraints in certain Member States or to a lack of certainty and transparency with respect to such projects. Often, this is because private investors are not aware of the projects or have insufficient information to make an assessment of the investment risks. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States, should promote the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and future investment projects in the Union suitable for investment. This 'project pipeline' should ensure that information is made publicly available regarding investment projects on a regular and structured basis to ensure that investors have reliable information on which to base their investment decisions.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 514 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In its financing and investment operations, the EIB shall not support activities that hamper the Union on its path towards sustainable economic, scientific and social progress; in that regard, the EIB shall not participate in any projects that create a lock-in into technologies, production processes or infrastructures that are at the risk of stranding as they are not in line with the EU’s digital, energy and climate objectives for 2020, 2030 and 2050
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 533 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
(36a) Member States should receive equal treatment with regard to one-off measures consisting of financial contribution to the EFSI investments. National contributions to EFSI eligible investment platforms and individual projects, via direct public budget transfers or National Promotional Banks, including those undertaken in the transitional period referred to by article 20 will be considered by the Commission in the assessment to be made under the existing rules of the Pact the same way as one-off capital contributions to the EFSI.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 534 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
(36a) Member States should receive equal treatment with regard to one-off measures consisting of financial contribution to the EFSI investments. National contributions to EFSI eligible investment platforms and individual projects, via direct public budget transfers or National Promotional Banks, including those undertaken in the transitional period referred to by article 20 will be considered by the Commission in the assessment to be made under the existing rules of the Pact the same way as one-off capital contributions to the EFSI.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 567 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the ESFSI shall be to support counter-cyclical and development investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('ESFSI Agreement') and direct financing. The investments will prioritise Member States, regions, and municipalities that suffer high unemployment levels or sudden increases in the unemployment rate.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 574 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to boost growth and favour job creation, through the support for investments in the Union and to ensure, including projects between a Member State and a third country, and an increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 578 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: a)´EFSI Agreement´ means the legal instrument whereby the Commission and the EIB specify the conditions laid down in this Regulation for the management of the EFSI; b) ´national promotional banks or institutions´ means legal entities carrying out a financial activity on a professional basis and upon which are conferred a public mandate by a Member State, whether at central, regional or local level, to carry out public development or promotional activities on a non-commercial basis, seeking to address market failures; c) ´investment platforms´ means special purpose vehicles, managed accounts, contract-based co-financing or risk sharing arrangements or arrangements established by any other means by which investors channel a financial contribution in order to finance a number of investment projects and which may include national platforms that regroup several investment projects on the territory of a given Member State, multi- country or regional platforms that regroup several Member States interested in large projects in a given geographic area, or thematic platforms, which could gather investment projects in a given sector; d) 'small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)' means micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC; e) ´mid-cap companies´ means legal entities having up to 3000 employees and that are not SMEs. f) 'unincorporated enterprise' means a producer unit which is not incorporated as a legal entity separate from the owner (household, government or foreign resident); g) 'business cluster' means a network of connected businesses, suppliers, and associates in a specific field that are all located in the same geographical area.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 603 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The ESFSI may borrow from financial entities and markets, including through bond issuances.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 606 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The ESFSI bond issuances shall include a minorist tranch so EU citizens and residents can purchase them.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 732 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that become parties to the EFSI Agreement shall be able to provide their contribution, in particular, in the form of cash or a guarantee acceptable to the EIB. Other third parties shall be able to provide their contribution only in cash.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 762 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall be governed by a Steering Board, which shall determine the strategic orientation, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI, in order to maximise growth and job creation and in conformity with the objectives under Article 5(2). The Steering Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairperson.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 767 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When establishing the investment policy and risk policy for the EFSI support, the Steering Board shall pay particular attention to closing investment gaps and accounting for the prevailing business cycle conditions across Europe.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 844 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining any potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations in line with Article 5, irrespective of their geographic locincluding the criteria of additionality, as determined by the Steering Board pursuant to Article 5(2a), as well as approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations under this regulation.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 865 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of sixeight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. structuring and project financing, as well as macroeconomic expertise. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as research and development, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. When appointing the Committee, the Steering board shall take into account the gender balance of the members.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 889 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. When carrying out their duties, the members of the Investment Committee shall act impartially, in good faith and in the interest of the objectives of the EFSI and of the European Union. The members shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and shall not have any conflict of interests. The members shall not seek nor take instructions from the EIB, the Union institutions, Member States or any other public or private body. EIB staff may assist with analytical, logistical, and administrative support. However, any project assessment conducted by EIB staff shall not be binding on the Investment Committee.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 900 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Union shall provide a guarantee to the EIB for financing or investment operations carried out within then irrevocable and unconditional guarantee for financing or investment operations carried out within the Union, or operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or investments implementing the EU Macro-regional strategies and operations between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, covered by this Regulation ('EU guarantee'). The EU guarantee shall be granted as a guarantee on demand in respect of instruments referred to in Article 6.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1052 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EFSI shall target projects with a higher risk profile than existing EIB and Union instruments so as to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI shall support projects which fulfil the following criteria: a) the pursuit of the Union objective of smart, sustainable, long-term and inclusive growth and having high societal and economic value, the highest possible positive impact on quality job creation, economic convergence between European regions and EU added value; b) a focus on operations that could not have been carried out using the Union budget or by the ordinary activity of the EIB, nor financed by the market; c) be viable from an economic perspective, according to a comprehensive assessment in which not only the project itself but also its overall impact on the economy and its ability to trigger subsequent investments, such as from the private sector, is to be carried out; d) would not have received financing from any other existing Union fund due to a non-availability of the required financing in the market; e) has a higher risk profile than projects supported under existing EIB activity, taking account of the fact that real additionality can only be ensured when financial resources are concentrated on projects not financed otherwise; the design of the appropriate measures is to be elaborated under the procedures of Article 3(1); f) Projects with positive socio-economic impact, taking into consideration the specificities of the sector of the project; g) Projects that can contribute to close EU countries´ investment gaps and properly address market failures; 2b. Acknowledging that projects of any size can bring the European economy forward, there shall be no restrictions on the size of projects to be targeted by the EFSI.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1087 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EIB loans, guarantees, counter- guarantees, capital market instruments, any other form of funding or credit enhancement instrument, equity or quasi- equity participations. These Instruments shall be granted, acquired or issued for the benefit of operations carried out in the Union, including cross-border operations between a Member State and a third country, in compliance with this Regulation and where EIB financing has been granted in accordance with a signed agreement which has neither expired nor been cancelled;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1095 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) loans, guarantees, counter- guarantees, capital market instruments, any other form of funding or credit enhancement instrument, equity or quasi- equity participations by dedicated investment platforms or national promotional banks in accordance with Article 5. These Instruments shall be granted, acquired or issued for the benefit of operations carried out in compliance with this Regulation and where financing has been granted in accordance with a signed agreement which has neither expired nor been cancelled;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1166 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 adjustreducing the target amount provided for in paragraph 5 by a maximum of 10% to better reflect the potential risk of the EU guarantee being called.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1182 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The EFSI Agreement shall provide for the creation of a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') within the EIB. The EIAH shall have as its objective to build upon existing EIB and Commission advisory services in order to provide advisory support for investment project identification, preparation and development, and to act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union. This shall include providing support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, use of innovative financial instruments, use of public-private partnerships and advice, as appropriate, on relevant issues of Union legislation. EIAH shall provide targeted support in those areas taking into account technical assistance needs and capacity building gaps whenever they surface across Europe, irrespective of their geographic location. To meet the objective referred to in the first subparagraph, the EIAH shall engage the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. Access to expertise from the EIAH shall be free of charge for project promoters. EIB shall ensure that the staff involved in carrying out the tasks of the EIAH shall be organisationally separate from, and be subject to separate reporting lines vis-a-vis, the staff involved in carrying out other tasks conferred upon EIB. In order to ensure the best possible regional and territorial reach across the Union for such advisory services and support, the work of the EIAH shall be reinforced by, and closely networked with, similar structures at national level, such as those provided by national promotional banks or adequate public agencies.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1200 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States, shall promote the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and potential future investment projects in the Union. The pipeline is without prejudice to the final projects selected for support according to Article 3(5)o identify bankable and EU-added value projects for the pipeline, the Commission and the EIB should involve all relevant stakeholders. The pipeline is without prejudice to the final projects selected for support according to Article 3(5). The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States, shall also put in place promotional activities directed at potential investors to promote the EFSI and ensure the highest possible level of contributions to the fund.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1216 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular and structured basis, information on current and future investment projects in their territory, in order to increase the EFSI visibility and to assure its accountability towards EU citizens.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1235 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an assessment of the added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis; this assessment should be accompanied by an opinion of an independent external auditor;
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1278 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, by 30 June of each year, send to the European Parliament, the Council and the Court of Auditors an annual report on the situation of the guarantee fund and the management thereof in the previous calendar year. In addition, the Commission shall include the EFSI in the annual evaluation report on the Union's finances. The assessment shall be based also on the results achieved in accordance with Article 318 TFEU, second subparagraph, in particular with reference to the underlying assumptions of the Plan in terms of new investment generated and jobs created.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1350 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The EU guarantee and the payments and recoveries under it that are attributable to the general budget of the Union shall be audited by the Court of Auditorsexternal audit of the activities undertaken in accordance with the EFSI Regulation is carried out by the European Court of Auditors in accordance with Article 287 TFEU.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1466 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
National co-financing of those operations will benefit from the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP provided for by the Commission Communication of 13 January 2015 according to its terms and conditions.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 29 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that austerity measures in several European countries are having a negative impact on industrial structures, resulting in a fall-off in investment and more difficult access to credit for manufacturers; believes that negative impact to be at the root of the spiralling recession that has occurred in many Member States;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for more social and public investments, without which it will be impossible to reach the target of raising industry’s contribution to GDP to as much as 20 % by 2020; recalls that all investments and projects should enhance environmental protection; takes the view, furthermore, that investment efforts should focus on innovative sectors that are of key importance to creating the conditions for sustainable, green growth.
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that our economy will need to provide for an ever growing population – 9 billion people by 2050 – and that our natural resources are limited and therefore should be used in a very efficient way; points out that taking advantage of new innovative solutions to these challenges such as new products, production processes, business practices and services, and a new supporting legal framework and framework changing innovations in the digital sector such as the internet of things is the only way forward;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that entrepreneurs, SMEs, business associations and support organisations should be more literate on financing possibilities for more performant technologies, or for contracting services such as consultancy, coaching and training on eco-design, resource management and green entrepreneurship and availability of green technologies, products and services that could be beneficial for their business; Emphasises also the need for simple and accessible sources of information and databases for these products and services;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission decision for withdrawing obsolete or overly burdensome legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to refrain from legislative proposals that would lead to an unnecessary administrative burden for businesses and SMEs and to continuously review existing legislation with the objective of decreasingimproving the quality and effectiveness of the current administrative burden and adapting this to new business models; stresses, nonetheless, the need for ambitious actions to reach the EU’s environmental targets;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that developing entrepreneurship skills and programmes to learn how the market, the economy and the financial system operate, function and interact and how new technologies can boost effective, innovative and green opportunities, along with environmental awareness, should be included in basic education systems; believes that a well prepared business plan is the first step towards better access to finance and viability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include financial education in their education programmes without delay; supports in this connection the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and develop the single market and competitiveness;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes the importance of addressing unsustainable consumption patterns and promoting a change in consumer behaviourdeveloping incentives to nudge consumer behaviour towards sustainable habits; stresses the need for adequate consumer education and the need to encourage measures for greener consumption;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to study and identify the sectors of European industry whereand geographical areas where the conditions are met for the creation of new clusters and hubs can be createdd support their development;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, in particular Article 15 thereof,
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 4 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission services’ springautumn 2014 forecast, GDP in the euro area fell by 0.4 % in 2013 after a decline of 0.7 % in 2012, and whereas the Commission services expect a recovery, withreal GDP rising by 1.2 % ingrowth is expected to reach 0.8% in the euro area for 2014 and by 1.7 1.1% in 2015;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 11 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas there are major disparities among the unemployment rates in different Member States, with figures varying between 5 % and 26 %; whereas percentages for youth unemployment are even higher; notices that the difference in unemployment rates causes further economic divergence amongst Member States;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas lowered real interest rates have not been translating neither into looser credit for households and businesses, nor into GDP growth and job creation;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, according to the Commission services’ spring 2014 forecast, the average inflation rate in the euro area was 1.3 % in 2013, down from 2.5 % in 2012; whereas inflation in the euro area has continued to be on a downward path since the beginning of 2014, reaching a low of 0.3 % in September and will stay well below target in 2015;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas facilitating credit flow to SMEs is fundamental as they employ 72% of the eurozone's labour force and have a higher gross job creation than large enterprises;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 38 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas financial fragmentation is still a major problem, with SMEs suffering much higher borrowing costs depending on the, in particular in countryies of the eurozone in which they are situated, creating distortions in the single marketalready affected by severe economic conditions, creating distortions in the single market, slowing the recovery and amplifying divergence;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas Article 282 TFEU states that the primary objective of the ECB is to maintain price stability and to support the general economic policies of the Union; whereas Article 123 TFEU and Article 21 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB prohibit the monetary financing of governments;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the swift reaction of the ECB in the face of a very challenging environment, and the fact that monetary policy has succeededits efforts in reducing the level of stress in financial markets of the euro area, and in restoring investors’ confidence in the soundness of the single currency; notes that this was reflected in the positive general reduction of long-term domestic yields – notably in the most indebted countries of the euro area – to unprecedented levels since the beginning of the crisis; highlights that low yields have not resulted into job creation and growth and that the lack thereof poses threats to financial stability; encourages further efforts by the ECB aimed at reviving aggregate demand and facilitate growth;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 59 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Remains deeply concerned by the fact that economic activity remains sluggish, with the euro area posting negative GDP growth in 2013, for the second year in a row, and with high unemployment rates in many euro-area Member States reaching levels that threaten the stability of the eurozone and undermines popular and political support to the European Project;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Warns against the risk of deflation; recalls that an inflation rate of close to zero in the euro area hampers the effectiveness of monetary policy; understands that the ECB attributes the reason for a very low inflation to short-term effects, and that it is confident that the medium-term objective will be met without a deflationary phasenotices that inflation expectations for 2015 and 2016 were revised downwards further by the ECB by between 0.1 and 0.2%;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the below-target level of inflation foreseen for the next years will have an impact on the debt reduction programmes of several Member States;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 79 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that it is of utmost importance to create conditions for a rebound in investment in the euro area, both public and private; calls on the ECB, in this context, to pursue its actions in order to maintain favourable financing conditions and to reduce the financial fragmentation that remains highly penalising for private borrowers in many Member States;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 82 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that Mario Draghi, in his speech at the annual central bank symposium in Jackson Hole on 22 August 2014, stated that we need action on both sides of the economy, noting that: aggregate demand policies have to be accompanied by national structural reforms and policies; on the demand side, monetary policy can and should play a central role, which currently means an accommodative monetary policy for an extended period of time; there is scope for fiscal policy to play a greater role alongside monetary policy; and no amount of fiscal or monetary accommodation can compensate for the necessary action on the supply side through structural reforms in the euro area;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Agrees with President Draghi that the existing flexibility within the Stability and Growth Pact rules could be used to better address the weak recovery and to make room for the cost of needed structural reforms;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Agrees with President Draghi that there is leeway to achieve a more growth- friendly composition of fiscal policies and to lower the tax burden in a budget- neutral way;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 88 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Agrees with President Draghi that complementary action at the EU level would also seem to be necessary to ensure both an appropriate aggregate position and a large public investment programme;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 89 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Stresses that there cannot be recovery without a revamp of public investments to both trigger private investments and to facilitate the implementation of national structural reforms;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 101 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the measures announced by the ECB in June 2014 aimed at enhancing the functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism; acknowledges that the TLTRO introduces, for the first time, a link between loans to the non- financial private sector granted by banks and the amount of refinancing the banks can claim; encourages the ECB to create further incentives for the banks to transfer liquidity to the real economy;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 103 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls ECB to support governments efforts to raise equity for companies - especially for SMEs - possibly by funding venture capital, private equity and other financial vehicles which aim to increase equity level in the European Economy
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 107 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. NotesWelcomes the announcement that the ECB has announced that it will purchase asset-backed securities (ABS) and covered bonds in order to empower the credit- easing impact of the TLTROs; stresses that such interventions on ABS market must be conducted in a transparent manner that does not create excessive risks for the ECB’s balance sheet;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. UnderlinesWelcomes the fact that, with the measures announced in June 2014, the ECB balance sheet is expected to move towards the size it used to have at the beginning of 2012; notes that this projected increase requires strong vigilance by the ECB with respect to the credit risks it ultimately bearsremains confident that under the ECB vigilance, credit risk will be properly assessed and minimized;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 128 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the fact that the ECB has repeatedly stated its readiness to use additional unconventional instruments within its mandate, and to alter the size or composition of its interventions, in the event of an excessively lengthy period of low inflation; awaits for the ECB to make urgent use of additional unconventional measures considering the on-going lengthy period of low inflation;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 134 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the impact of the unconventional monetary policy measures currently in use on the real economy should not be overestimatedshould not be overestimated and that should not be conducted for an extended period of time; stresses that such measures are transitory in nature and that their main advantage is that they can give Member States time to consolidate their fiscal situation and implement structural reforms that will create conditions for economic activity to reboundy should be paired with appropriate fiscal policies and structural reforms in order to stimulate economic growth and improvements in the labour market;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 138 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that conducting non-standard monetary policies for an extended period of time creates distortions on the capital market; asks the ECB to strike the right balance between the risk of exiting its accommodative monetary policy prematurely and the risks associated with further delaying such a departure;deleted
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 150 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that monetary policy alone cannot stimulate aggregate demand unless it is complemented by adequate fiscal stimulus and structural national reforms and policies;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 161 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that the ECB's objective is also to support the general economic policies in the Union, as stated in Article 282 TFEU; underlines in this respect, the importance of the monetary dialogue;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 167 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the complexity of monetary policy instruments makes it difficult for the citizen of the euro area to understand the ECB’s actions; asks the ECB to strengthen its communication efforts in order to make its actions more transparent; welcomes the announcement that the European Central Bank will publish non-attributed minutes of its governing council meetings, in line with the transparency policies adopted by UK, US and Japan Central Banks;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 179 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that the AQR and the stress test conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA) in cooperation with the SSM, have revealed remaining fragilities in the European Banking System;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 180 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for improvements in the methodology used for the AQR and the stress test; highlights that the exclusion of high-risk investments, especially of derivatives, from the AQR, leads to underestimate threats to financial stability;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 189 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that, in line with its new responsibilities, the ECB should act as a lender of last resort, in an effort to restore confidence in the financial markets and thus strengthening stability;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 195 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that, despite relatively low profitability, euro area banks have steadily continued to strengthen their capital positions through a combination of capital increases and reductions in risk-weighted assets; acknowledges that in several cases capital increases were carried out in the context of financial assistance programmes from the Member States;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 199 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers auspicable the creation of a Capital Market Union, in order to reduce the excessive dependence of the economies of the euro zone on the banking system;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the legislative proposal on Banking Structural Reform from the European Commission; notices that similar reforms have already been introduced in several Member States; invites the ECB to collaborate with the other relevant institutions towards sustainable structural reform on a European level that ends subsidies to trading activities of large financial institutions and levels the playing field for financial services;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 207 #

2014/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), the second pillar of the Banking Union, will come into force by the beginning of 2015; stresses the need to continue developingurgency of developing the Deposit Guarantee Scheme, the third pillar of the Banking Union;
2014/11/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 80 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas huge differences will continue to prevail between the Member States, also following the Troika’s intervention, with forecasted GDP growth rates in 2014 ranging between -2.8 % in Cyprus and +4.6 % in Ireland reflecting increasingly undermining growing internal divergences;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 102 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas, youth unemployment in many Member States remains at a very high level, posing threats for both the economic recovery in the short term and for the prospects of a sustained growth in the long term;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 103 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas, low levels of inflation in conjunction with the high average Debt in several Member States jeopardize sustainability of the Debt itself, harming efforts made towards a reduction of the debt;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 128 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas a European investment plan is being put in place to raise EUR 315 billion in new investments over the next three years; whereas, if the proposed financial objectives of the Plan are achieved, it would only make up for a fraction of the accumulated investment gap;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 200 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that the current economic governance framework does not allow for a proper debate on the economic perspective of the euro area or on an aggregate fiscal stance and does not address the different economic and fiscal situations on an equal footing;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 208 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that simultaneous fiscal consolidation unintendedly contributed to reduce total output and thus to the overall increase in debt level;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 229 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that major policy initiatives which included policy recommendations were based on economic forecasts that had not anticipated the low growth and inflation experienced and have not fully taken into account the underestimation of the size of the fiscal multiplier, the importance of spillover effects across countries in a period of synchronised consolidation and the deflationary impact of cumulative structural reforms;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 237 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the methodology adopted for the calculation of Output Gap, fundamental in assessing Countries and formulating Country Specific Recommendations, differs significantly from methodologies used by other international Institutions, such as the IMF and OECD;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 254 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the current situation calls for closer and inclusive economic coordination (to increase aggregate demand, favour convergence between Member States, improve fiscal sustainability and allow for fair and sustainable structural reforms and related investments) and for swift reactions so as to correct the most obvious fault lines in the economic governance framework;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 328 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that in its interpretative communication on flexibility, the Commission acknowledges that the way in which the current fiscal rules are interpreted is crucial in bridging the investment gap in the EU and implementing growth-enhancing structural reforms;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 340 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of taking into account the overall economic situation in the Union in interpreting fiscal rules, as clarified by the EC communication on flexibility;
2015/03/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 491 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to verify whether the current 1/20 rule on debt reduction is sustainable and whether it needs to be reconsidered;
2015/03/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 503 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Invites the Commission analyse and discuss the economic results of a possible mutualisation of the sovereign debts, with particular reference to the overall sustainability of the debt itself;
2015/03/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 705 #

2014/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls that a ‘genuine Economic and Monetary Union’ (EMU) cannot simply be limited to a system of rules but also requires an increased euro area fiscal capacity; Welcomes the work of the Group EU own resources, chaired by Mario Monti, invites the Commission, in the effort of strengthening the EMU, to explore possible mechanism to create fiscal capacity at EU level;
2015/03/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 104 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The on-going banking regulatory reform agenda will significantly increase the resilience of both individual banks and the banking sector as a whole. However, a limited subset of the largest and most complex Union banking groups still remain too-big- to-fail, too-big-to-save and too- complex to manage, supervise and resolve. Structural reform is therefore an important complement to other regulatory initiatives and measures, as it would offer one way of more directly addressing intra-group complexity, intra-group and government subsidies, and excessive risk-taking incentives, mispricing of capital, distorted conditions of competition within the financial sector and threats arising from institutions operating under the jurisdiction of multiple regulatory regimes and supervisors. A number of Member States have adopted or are considering adopting measures to introduce structural reform in their respective banking systems. Structural reform is a unique opportunity to strengthen the Banking Union.
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 129 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) This Regulation will apply only to credit institutions and groups with trading activities that meet thresholds set out in the Regulation. This is in line with the explicit focus on the limited subset of the largest and most complex credit institutions and groups that in spite of other legislative acts remain too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-save and too complex to manage, supervise and resolve. The provisions of this Regulation should accordingly only apply to those Union credit institutions and groups that either are deemed of global systemic importance or exceed certain relative and absolute accounting-based thresholds in terms of trading activity or absolute size. Member States or the competent authorities may decide to impose similar measures also on smallother credit institutions.
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 252 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) any of the following entities that for a period of three consecutive yearhas or within any period of the last three years, but not retroactively covering any period before this regulation entered into force, has hasd total assets amounting at least to EUR 30 billion and has trading activities calculated on a non-risk weighted basis according to Articles 22 and 23 amounting at least to EUR 70 billion or 10 per cent of its total assets:
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 278 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. ‘proprietary trading’ means using own capital or borrowed money to take positions in any type of transaction to purchase, sell or otherwise acquire or dispose of any financial instrument or commodities for the soleprimary purpose of making a profit for own account, and without any connection to actual or anticipated client activity or for the purpose of hedging the entity’s risk as result of actual or anticipated client activity, through the use of desks, units, divisions or individual traders specifically dedicated to such position taking and profit making, including through dedicated web-based. This definition includes any such transaction undertaken with the aim of making profit, irrespective of whether such profit would be realised in the short term or in the longer term, or is in fact realised. Unless an institution demonstrates and proves to the satisfaction of the competent authority that an activity is not covered by this definition it shall be deemed to be proprietary trading platforms; ;
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 323 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) engage in lending to, grant guarantees to, or hold any financial instrument other than those listed in point (ii) of this paragraph issued by an AIF.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 465 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) the exposure to derivatives as measured by notional outstanding divided by total assets;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 466 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)
(h b) the exposure to derivatives as measured by the sum of derivatives assets and derivatives liabilities divided by total assets;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 471 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h c (new)
(h c) the non-bank loan to total asset ratio.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 474 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h d (new)
(h d) the ratio of corporate and investment banking revenues to total revenues
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 475 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h e (new)
(h e) the ratio of derivatives assets to total assets, where derivatives assets are derivatives with positive replacement values not identified as hedging or embedded derivatives.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 499 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where the competent authority concludes that, following the assessment referred to in Article 9(1), the limits and conditions linked to the metrics referred to in points (a) to (h b) of Article 9(2) and specified in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 5 are met, and it therefore deems that there is a threat to the financial stability of the core credit institution or to the whole or part of the Union financial system as a whole, taking into account the objectives referred to in Article 1, it shall, no later than two months after the finalisation of that assessment, start the procedure leading to a decision as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 521 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Unless the core credit institution demonstrates, within the time limit referred to in the first subparagraph, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the reasons leading to the conclusions are not justifiedactivities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article do not pose a threat to financial stability of the core credit institution or to the whole or part of the Union financial system, the competent authority shall adopt a decision addressing the core credit institution and requiring it not to carry out the trading activities specified in those conclusions. The competent authority shall state the reasons for its decision and publicly disclose it.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 547 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notwithstanding separation decisions, the competent authority may impose additional capital and liquidity requirements that it deems necessary to counter a threat to the financial stability of the core credit institution or to the whole or part of the Union financial system.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 548 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Where the competent authority concludes that, following the assessment referred to in Article 9(1), the metric referred to in point h c) of Article 9(2) falls below 40 percent or the metric referred to in point h d) of Article 9(2) exceeds 30 percent or the metric referred to in point h e) of Article 9(2) exceeds 15 percent, it shall no later than two months after the finalisation of that assessment adopt a final decision addressing the core credit institution and requiring it not to carry out certain trading activities and publicly disclose it.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 701 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title
Derogation from the requirements ofCompliance with Chapter III
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 706 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. At the request of a Member State, the Commission may grant a derogation from the requirements of this Chapter to a credit institution taking deposits from individuals and SMEs that areis subject to national primary legislation adopted before 29 January 2014 when the national legislation complies withrequiring structural separation of deposits and adopted before 29 January 2014 shall be deemed compliant with the requirements in this Chapter as regards to the requirement not to carry out trading activities or certain trading activities when the institution meets the following requirements:
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 710 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) its structure aims at preventing financial stress or failure and systemic risk referred to in Article 1;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 714 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) its structure prevents credit institutions taking eligible deposits from individuals and SMEs from engaging in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as principal and holding trading assets; however, the national legislation may provide forits structure may foresee limited exceptions to allow the credit institution taking deposits from individuals and SMEs to undertake risk- mitigating activities for the purpose of prudently managing its capital, liquidity and funding and to provide limited risk management services to customers;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 717 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) if the credit institution taking eligible deposits from individuals and SMEs belongs to a group, ithe group's structure ensures that the credit institution is legally separated from group entities that engage in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as a principal or hold trading assets, and the national legislation specifiguarantees the following:
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 720 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
A Member State wishing to obtain a derogation for a credit institution subject to the national legislation in question, shall send a request for derogation, accompanied by a positive opinion issued by the competent authority supervising the credit institution that is subject to the request for derogation, to the Commission. That request shall provide all the necessary information for the appraisal of the national legislation Upon request of an institution referred to in paragraph 1 that is accompanied by a supporting opinion of the competent authority, the Commission shall issue a decision affirming that the credit institution fulfils the requirements of paragraph 1 and, therefore, is in compliance with this Chapter as regards to the requirements not to carry out trading activities or certain trading activities. The credit institution shall provide all the necessary information for the decision. The decision shall be binding upon the competent authority as long as the relevandt specifytructure of the credit institutions the derogation is applied for as it was deemed to be compliant according to paragraph 1 is upheld in its entirety. Where the Commission considers that it does not have all the necessary information, it shall contact the Member Statecredit institution concerned within two months of receipt of the request and specify what additional information is required.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 725 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Once the Commission has all the information it considers necessary for appraisal of the request for derogat decision, it shall within one month notify the requesting Member Statecredit institution that it is satisfied with the information.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 729 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Within five months of issuing the notification referred to in the second subparagraph, the Commission shall, after having consulted the EBA on the reasons underlying its envisaged decision and on the potential impact of such a decision on the financial stability of the Union and the functioning of the internal market, adopt an implementingthe decision declaring the national legislation not incompatible with this Chapter and granting the derogation to the credit institutions specified in the request referred to in paragraph 1. Where the Commission intends to declare the national legislacompliance of the credit institution with this Chapter. Where the Commission intends not to affirm the credit institution in's compatible and to not grant the derogationliance referred to in paragraph 1, it shall set out its objections in detail and provide the requesting Member Statecredit institution with the opportunity to submit written comments within one month from the date of notification of the Commission objections. The Commission shall within three months from the end of the time limit for submission adopt an implementing further decision granting or rejecting the derogationrequest for an affirmation of compliance referred to in subparagraph 1.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 734 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Where the national legislation is amended, the Member Staterelevant structure of the credit institution is changed or is foreseen to be changed, the credit institution shall notify the amendmentchanges to the Commission. TAs a consequence, the Commission may review the implementingany decision referred to in the third subparagraphis paragraph and withdraw it.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 738 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the national legislation not declared incompatiblecredit institution that was declared to be compliant with this Chapter is no longer applies to a credit institution that has been granted derogation from the requirements of this Chaptersubject to the national legislation referred to in paragraph 1, thate derogation shall be withdrawn with regard to that credit institutiocision of compliance shall be withdrawn.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 742 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
The Commission shall notify the EBA of its decisions to the EBA. The EBA shall publish a list of the credit institutions that have been granted a derogationreceived a decision concerning their compliance in accordance with this Articleparagraph. The list shall be continuously kept up-to-date.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 744 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 a (new)
Chapter IIIa - Operating under multiple supervisors Article 21a Operating under multiple supervisors 1. Where a competent authority deems that the option of multiple entry point resolution in addition to single entry point resolution should be structurally prepared to deal with systemic risk or assure resolvability, it may, irrespective of any decision according to Article 10, require the institution or its branches to comply with the following criteria, if there is agreement between the consolidating supervisor and the competent authority: a) the entity shall set up a parent financial holding company under the sole jurisdiction of the competent authority; b) the holding company referred to in subparagraph a) shall, on an individual basis, comply with capital and liquidity requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and in Directive 2013/36/EU. c) the holding company referred to in subparagraph a) shall issue its own debt. d) the holding company referred to in subparagraph a) shall ensure that it can carry out its activities in the event of insolvency of an entity operating outside the jurisdiction of the competent authority. e) all contracts and other transactions entered into between the holding referred to in subparagraph a) and an entity operating outside the jurisdiction of the competent authority shall be as favourable to the holding referred to in subparagraph a) as are comparable contracts and transactions with or involving entities not belonging to the same group; f) the holding company referred to in subparagraph a) shall ensure that the facilities that are shared with an entity operating outside the jurisdiction of the competent authority are sufficiently separated, so that the insolvency of a branch, subsidiary or parent undertaking operating under the jurisdiction of another competent authority does not endanger the viability of the entity in question. If there is no agreement between the consolidating supervisor and the competent authority, the EBA shall offer binding arbitration on any such decision. 2. The competent authority shall immediately after imposing a measure referred to in paragraph 1 publically disclose it. Where the competent authority, exercising its discretion, decides not to impose certain measures, it shall publically disclose its decision and its reasoning.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 789 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) any holding back or manipulation of information to be submitted in accordance with Article 24(1).
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 791 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) breach of the duty to uphold the objectives of separation referred to in Article 13(9).
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 793 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States have chosen to lay down criminal sanctions for the breaches of the provisions referred to in paragraph 1, they shall ensure that appropriate measures are in place so that a competent authority has all the necessary powers to liaise with judicial authorities within their jurisdiction to receive specific information related to criminal investigations or proceedings commenced for possible violations of Article 6 and f, for holding back or manipulating information to be submitted in accordance with 24(1) and breaching the duty to uphold the objectives of separation referred to in Article 13(9), and to provide the same to other competent authorities and EBA to fulfil their obligation to cooperate with each other and, where relevant with EBA for the purposes of paragraph 1.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 795 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the disgorgement of the profits gained or losses avoided due to the breach in so far asas estimated by they can be determinedompetent authority;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 803 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) in respect of a natural person, a maximum administrative pecuniary sanction of at least EUR 510 000 000 or in the Member States whose currency is not the euro, the corresponding value in the national currency on the date of entry to force of this Regulation;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 817 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) appropriate protection for persons working under a contract of employment, who report breaches or who are accused of breaches, against retaliation, discrimination or other types of unfair treatment. This includes prohibiting an institution from trying to investigate the source of the information;
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 819 #

2014/0020(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall provide for financial incentives to persons who offer relevant information about potential breaches of this Regulation to be granted in accordance with national law where such persons do not have other pre-existing legal or contractual duties to report such information, and provided that the information is new, and it results in the imposition of an administrative sanction or other measure taken for a breach of this Regulation or a criminal sanction. Should the information reported result in a pecuniary penalty, the financial incentive shall be calculated as a proportion of this pecuniary penalty of no less than 15 % of the penalty imposed. Should the information reported result in a non- pecuniary penalty, the financial incentive shall reflect the gravity and duration of the breach, and it will be paid by the natural or legal person that committed the breach.
2015/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #

2014/0017(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3a (new)
Where a financial counterparty concludes an SFT with a non-financial counterparty which on its balance sheet dates does not exceed the limits of at least two of the three criteria defined in Article 3(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU, the reporting obligations of both counterparties apply only to the financial counterparty.
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON
Amendment 228 #

2014/0017(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The powers conferred on competent authorities as set out in this paragraph are without prejudice to the exclusive competence of the ECB, pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, to withdraw authorisations of credit institutions for prudential supervisory purposes.
2015/02/04
Committee: ECON