Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) “volunteering” means a full-time32 unpaid voluntary service for a period of up to twelve months, which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of organisations active in solidarity-related fields, not to be confused with the description of a proper work placement; to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried out, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development, and which will also contribute to improving their employability; _________________ 32 As a general principle, an activity carried As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhance the engagement ofand ensure the inclusion and access of all young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and responding to societal challenges.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

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

(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers, while ensuring that any substitution of paid work by unpaid labour for European young people is avoided;

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Underlines that the European Solidarity Corps shall not have any negative financial impact on existing programs such as the Erasmus+ program or the funds to support European youth employment policies.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The European Commission and the Member States shall continue to fund civil protection and humanitarian aid in order not to use the European Solidarity Corps to solve the public spending cuts by engaging young volunteers in those social sectors where jobs were destroyed.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries and with the involvement of youth organisations, shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the national agencies at national level in the participating countries. with special reference to trade unions, which should be consulted throughout the design, implementation and evaluation of the activities integrated in the European Solidarity Corps for ensuring that a distinction is made between volunteering activities and job placements;

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Within the SPRFMO, the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation is responsible for the adoption of measures designed to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources through the application of the precautionary approach and an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, and, in so doing, to safeguard the marine ecosystems in which these resources occur. Such measures ~~may~~should become binding upon the Union.

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall not permit fishing vessels flying their flag to engage in bottom fishing ~~without prior authorisation from the SPRFMO~~.

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. Member States intending to engage in bottom fishing activities in the Convention Area shall submit a request to the Commission no later than 45 days before the SPRFMO Scientific Committee meeting at which they wish the request to be considered. The Commission shall forward the request to the SPRFMO Secretariat no later than 30 days before the Scientific Committee meeting. The request shall contain: (a) the bottom fishing footprint, based on the track record in bottom fishing catch or effort in the SPRFMO Convention Area over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 established by the Member State concerned; (b) the average catch level over the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006; (c) a bottom fishing impact assessment; (d) an evaluation as to whether the proposed activities both promote the sustainable management of target species and non-target species taken as bycatch, and protect the marine ecosystems in which those resources occur, including by preventing significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) the average catch level over the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006;~~deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) a bottom fishing impact assessment;~~deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) an evaluation as to whether the proposed activities both promote the sustainable management of target species and non-target species taken as bycatch, and protect the marine ecosystems in which those resources occur, including by preventing significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. The impact assessment referred to in paragraph 2 (c) shall be carried out in accordance with the Deep-sea Fisheries Guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and shall take into account the SPRFMO Bottom Fishery Impact Assessment Standard and areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall inform the relevant Member State of the SPRFMO decision regarding the authorisation to bottom fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area for which the impact assessment was conducted, including any attached conditions and relevant measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall ensure that assessments referred to in paragraph 2 (c) are updated when a change in the fishery has occurred that is likely to have an impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems, and provide that information to the Commission as soon as it become available for transmission to the SPRFMO Secretariat.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

Bottom fishing outside the footprint or exceeding reference period catch levels 1. Member States shall not permit fishing vessels flying their flag to engage in bottom fishing outside the footprint or exceeding reference period catch levels without prior authorisation from the SPRFMO. 2. Member States intending to fish outside the bottom fishing footprint or intending to exceed the average catch level referred to in paragraph 2 (b) of Article 10 shall submit a request to the Commission 80 days before the SPRFMO Scientific Committee meeting of the year at which they wish their request to be considered. The Commission shall forward the application to the SPRFMO Secretariat at the latest 60 days before the SPRFMO Scientific Committee meeting. The request shall provide: (a) a bottom fishing impact assessment; (b) an evaluation as to whether the proposed activities both promote the sustainable management of target species and non-target species taken as bycatch, and protect the marine ecosystems in which those resources occur, including by preventing significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. 3. The impact assessment referred to in paragraph 2 (a) shall be done in accordance with the Deep-sea Fisheries Guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and shall take into account the SPRFMO Bottom Fishery Impact Assessment Standard and areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. 4. The Commission shall inform the relevant Member State of the SPRFMO decision regarding the authorisation to bottom fish within the Convention Area for which the impact assessment was conducted, including any attached conditions and relevant measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. 5. Member States shall ensure that assessments are updated when a change in the fishery has occurred that is likely to have an impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems, and provide that information to the Commission as soon as it become available for transmission to the SPRFMO Secretariat.Article 11 deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall not permit fishing vessels flying their flag to engage in bottom fishing outside the footprint or exceeding reference period catch levels without prior authorisation from the SPRFMO.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. Member States intending to fish outside the bottom fishing footprint or intending to exceed the average catch level referred to in paragraph 2 (b) of Article 10 shall submit a request to the Commission 80 days before the SPRFMO Scientific Committee meeting of the year at which they wish their request to be considered. The Commission shall forward the application to the SPRFMO Secretariat at the latest 60 days before the SPRFMO Scientific Committee meeting. The request shall provide: (a) a bottom fishing impact assessment; (b) an evaluation as to whether the proposed activities both promote the sustainable management of target species and non-target species taken as bycatch, and protect the marine ecosystems in which those resources occur, including by preventing significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) an evaluation as to whether the proposed activities both promote the sustainable management of target species and non-target species taken as bycatch, and protect the marine ecosystems in which those resources occur, including by preventing significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. The impact assessment referred to in paragraph 2 (a) shall be done in accordance with the Deep-sea Fisheries Guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and shall take into account the SPRFMO Bottom Fishery Impact Assessment Standard and areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall inform the relevant Member State of the SPRFMO decision regarding the authorisation to bottom fish within the Convention Area for which the impact assessment was conducted, including any attached conditions and relevant measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall ensure that assessments are updated when a change in the fishery has occurred that is likely to have an impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems, and provide that information to the Commission as soon as it become available for transmission to the SPRFMO Secretariat.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in bottom fishing 1. Until the SPRFMO Scientific Committee has developed advice on threshold levels, Member States shall establish threshold levels for encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems for fishing vessels flying their flag, taking into account paragraph 68 of the FAO Deep-sea Fisheries Guidelines. 2. Member States shall require fishing vessels flying their flag to cease bottom fishing activities within five nautical miles of any site in the SPRFMO Convention Area where encounters exceed the threshold levels established pursuant to paragraph 1. Member States shall report encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems to the Commission on the basis of the guidelines set out in Annex IV. The Commission shall forward this information to the SPRFMO Secretariat without delay.Article 12 deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13

Observer coverage in bottom fishing Member States shall ensure 100 per cent observer coverage in trawlers flying their flag engaged in bottom fishing and at least 10 per cent in fishing vessels deploying other bottom fishing gear.Article 13 deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14

Data reporting for bottom fishing 1. Member States shall report to the Commission, by the 15th of each month, on the monthly catches of bottom fishing species from the preceding month in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. 2. Within 15 days of the end of each month, Member States shall provide to the Commission a list of fishing vessels flying their flag actively fishing and fishing vessels flying their flag engaged in transhipment. The Commission shall forward to the SPRFMO Secretariat that information within 5 days of receiving it. 3. Within 5 days of the end of each quarter, Member States shall provide all VMS data for the previous quarter to the Commission. The Commission shall forward to the SPRFMO Secretariat that information within 10 days of the end of each quarter. 4. Member States shall prohibit fishing vessels flying their flag from participating in bottom fishing if the minimum required data regarding fishing vessel identification contained in Annex V has not been provided.Article 14 deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall report to the Commission, by the 15th of each month, on the monthly catches of bottom fishing species from the preceding month in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. Within 15 days of the end of each month, Member States shall provide to the Commission a list of fishing vessels flying their flag actively fishing and fishing vessels flying their flag engaged in transhipment. The Commission shall forward to the SPRFMO Secretariat that information within 5 days of receiving it.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. Within 5 days of the end of each quarter, Member States shall provide all VMS data for the previous quarter to the Commission. The Commission shall forward to the SPRFMO Secretariat that information within 10 days of the end of each quarter.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall prohibit fishing vessels flying their flag from participating in bottom fishing if the minimum required data regarding fishing vessel identification contained in Annex V has not been provided.deleted

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0056(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1

Data collected and exchanged in the framework of this Regulation shall be ~~treated in accordance with the rules on confidentiality set out in Articles 112 and 113 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009~~made publically available on Internet.

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2017/0043(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) Pursuant to Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, multiannual plans are to be based on scientific~~, technical~~ and tec~~onomic~~hnical advice and contain objectives, quantifiable targets with clear timeframes, conservation reference points and safeguards.

2017/06/27
Committee: ENVI

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe,

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission to review in 2017 the conformity factor for RDE tests of NOx emissions, as provided for by the 2nd RDE package, and to phase-out the conformity factor, allowing only for the measuring accuracy;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Asks the Commission to set more strict limits for NOx emissions since air pollution is the largest environmental health hazard in Europe, resulting in a lower quality of life due to illnesses and an estimate of thousands premature deaths per year;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for a more formal approach and clearer rules about contacts of Commission officials with lobbyists and for the proper implementation of the rules;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls upon Member States to introduce or strengthen the regulation of lobby activities of, in particular, the car manufacturing industries and thus to ensure that public health and other public interests are well represented in their national decision-making procedures;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Urges the Commission in this respect to examine how competition among type approval authorities and among testing services can be eliminated, for example, by restricting the choice of car manufacturers to authorities and testing services to those in the Member State in which the car manufacturers' main offices are located.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 21

21. Believes that the new framework for EU type-approval should empower the Commission to verify type approvals by asking Member States to retest~~ing~~ vehicles and to initiate corrective measures whe~~re necessary~~never Member States do not follow up any such requests;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 23

23. Draws attention to the US type- approval system – whereby fees collected from manufacturers to cover the cost of certification and compliance programmes are sent to the US Treasury, and the US Congress in turn allocates funds to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement its programmes – as a paradigm that may be useful for improving the independence of the EU system of Member States;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 28

28. Calls for stricter and more effective enforcement of vehicle emission measurement rules in the EU; ~~considers that only stronger oversight at EU level can ensure that the EU law on emissions is properly enforced;~~ proposes that the governance structure on car emissions be reformed without delay and brought into line with the other transport sectors;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 31

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Asks the Commission and Member States to take all necessary measures to ensure that consumers will be adequately compensated, including through mechanisms of collective redress;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Considers that it is vital for exercise of democratic control over the executive for the Parliament to be empowered with powers of inquiry that match those of national parliaments of the EU; believes that in order to exercise this role of democratic oversight the Parliament must have the power to summon and compel witnesses to appear and compel the production of documents; believes that in order for these rights to be exercised the Member States must agree to implement sanctions against individuals for failure to appear or produce documents in line with national law governing national parliamentary inquiries; reiterates the Parliament's support for the position outlined in the 2012 report on this issue;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Considers that the limitation on the subject matter of a committee of inquiry set out in the Lisbon Treaty means that special committees must also have the same powers of investigation as a committee of inquiry in order to effectively examine broader public policy questions that may not involve alleged contravention or maladministration of EU law;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 37 c (new)

37c. Considers that in order to closely align with the parliamentary inquiry powers of Member States, the Parliament should establish a permanent subcommittee on investigations;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 37 d (new)

37d. Considers that the 12-month time limit on committees of inquiry is arbitrary and often insufficient; believes the members of the inquiry committee are best placed to determine if an inquiry should be extended and if so, for what period; calls for the only pre-existing binding time limit on an inquiry committee to be linked to the Parliamentary term;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 38

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Considers that the operating period of any inquiry committee should be synchronised with the legislative processes relating to the subject under investigation;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 41 a (new)

41a. Notes that in several recent committees of inquiry and special committees, the Commission and Council have in some cases failed to provide the documents requested and in other cases provided the requested documents only after long delays; considers that there must be an accountability mechanism introduced in order to ensure the immediate and guaranteed transfer of documents to the Parliament that the committee of inquiry or special committee requests and is entitled to access;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 45

45. Notes that Rule 198 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure should define more clearly when the ~~12-month~~ duration of a committee of inquiry should start; suggests to have enough flexibility to ensure that there is enough time for the investigations; calls for the inquiry committee work to start only after the requested documents are received from the EU institutions;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 46

~~46. Considers that an interim report should not be included in future mandates in order not to pre-empt the final conclusions of the inquiry;~~deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 47

47. Considers that committees of inquiry should be kept as small as possible in future in order to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in organising and conducting the committees’ work, in particular during the public hearings;deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 48

48. Underlines that Parliament’s internal administrative rules are aligned to the established practice of standing committees and as such are often not suited to the ad-hoc and temporary nature of a committee of inquiry, which operates under more unusual circumstances, with a very specific scope and during a limited timeframe; considers, therefore, that the development of a defined set of rules relating to the effective functioning of committees of inquiry in regards to the conducting of hearings and missions, for example, in a way that guarantees fair political representation, would increase efficiency; considers that there is a risk that financial constraints may prevent committees of inquiry from hearing all the experts deemed necessary for the committee to perform its duty; considers that internal authorisation deadlines for hearings and missions should be made more flexible;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 48 a (new)

48a. Notes that inquiry committees are temporary committees overlapping with the members' standing committee work and therefore requests flexibility of using members outside of the inquiry committee to cover the absence of any member or substitute member;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 48 b (new)

48b. Considers that the inquiry committee mandate should be able to be altered according to the findings during the investigation in order to have full picture of the issues under investigation;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2908(RSP)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Fabio DE MASI, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Paragraph 50

50. Notes that ~~accredited parliamentary assistants are not allowed to consult~~the current rules for accessing classified and other confidential information made available by Council, Commission or Member States to the European Parliament in the context of an inquiry do not provide full legal clarity but are generally interpreted as excluding parliamentary assistants (APAs) from consulting and analysing non- classified ‘other confidential information’ in a secure reading room ~~under the current rules~~; notes that ~~some~~a range of Members found that this rule stands in the way of effective and thorough consultation of such documents within the limited time available to committees of inquiry, and that the TAX2 committee, during which access was temporarily and exceptionally granted to APAs, was able to make use of these resources in a more comprehensive and effective manner; calls therefore for the introduction of a clearly worded provision guaranteeing the right of access to documents for APAs on the basis of the 'need to know' principle, in their support role for Members, in a renegotiated Inter- institutional Agreement; urges the relevant bodies to expedite the renegotiation of this point so as not to hamper the effectiveness and efficiency of future and ongoing parliamentary inquiries;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that farmers’ livelihoods depend on getting produce to the market and that ~~loss of produce at farm level equates to loss of investment and income~~by ignoring the demand of the market the Common Agricultural Policy leads to destroyed produce and prices far below the cost;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that around 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU every year, with associated costs estimated at 143 billion euros; stresses that reducing food waste is one of the key strategies to combat hunger in the world;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Stresses that food wastage has huge environmental consequences, contributes to climate change and represents a waste of limited resources such as land, energy and water;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Notes that the global food production is more than enough to feed the growing world population, but highlights that the production is not sustainable and that large volumes of food go to waste;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that it is unacceptable to produce a surplus of animal products; calls on the Commission to put an end to buy-up schemes for these products;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Stresses that the majority of food waste is caused by feeding animals with food that is also suitable for human consumption;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the fact that, in general, the EU produces more food than domestic consumption demands and thereby it contributes to the food-wastage phenomenon with agricultural overproduction as one of its causes;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls for a tailor-made approach in the EU agricultural production, so that production is adjusted to the demand in order to avoid over-supply and food wastage, with positive effects also on the environment;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Encourages Member States and the Commission to promote local and organic food and short food supply chains which can contribute to the reduction of the food waste;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that fight against food wastage should not compromise food safety and environmental standards, nor animal protection standards, notably animal health and welfare;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on all stakeholders in the food production, supply and consumption chains, from consumers and retailers to the food processors and producers, including farmers, to use various best practices from the EU Member States to combat food losses and prevent food waste generation on different levels along the food production, supply and consumption chains;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Believes in the polluter pays principle and calls on the Commission to review the VAT Directive in order to allow Member States to put sustainable products in the low VAT rate category and products that incur environmental damage and animal suffering in the high VAT rate category;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on the EU Commission and Member States to launch a campaign to raise awareness among the EU citizens on the serious economic, social and environmental implications of food wastage;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2223(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Encourages EU citizens to change their eating habits, in particular with regards to meat and dairy products in order to minimize food wasted for production of animal feed, rationalize food purchases and do not waste food in order to contribute to the overall reduction of the food waste and thereby to combat climate change;

2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for introduction of clear and transparent mandatory labelling schemes of palm oil in processed goods in order to help consumers to make informed purchasing choices;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes with concern that processed palm oil that is contained in wide variety of products may have serious health risks and implications to the consumers;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that consumption of imported vegetable oil, such as palm oil, and their derived processed goods, as well as meat consumption play a major role in the impact of the EU consumption on global deforestation;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil, especially in the South-East Asia, where the majority of palm oil production takes place in Malaysia and Indonesia; notes that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation for commercial agriculture, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural palm oil plantations at the expense of natural habitats and ecosystems and biodiversity;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that deforestation of rainforest for palm oil production contributes significantly to climate change; in addition palm oil development is causing severe damage to the landscape and have been linked to issues such as land erosion and the pollution of rivers;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses with great concern that palm oil expansion and deforestation of rainforests is pushing a considerable number of animal species in South-East Asia to extinction, notably orang-utans, Sumatran tigers or Malayan sun bears which are critically endangered and could become extinct in the wild within the next years;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses that deforestation leads to increased accessibility of wild animals to poachers and wildlife smugglers who capture and sell wildlife as pets, use them for medicinal purposes or kill them for their body parts;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Underlines that deforestation of rainforests driven by land-use change to palm oil plantations greatly reduces the carbon sequestration potential and thereby significantly contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Underlines that wildlife trafficking is an organised international crime estimated to be worth between EUR 8 and EUR 20 billion annually;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that plantations are systematically destroying the rainforest land that the local people depend on for subsistence, thus giving them no choice but to become plantation workers under the poor and degrading working conditions;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recognises the need to provide assistance and guidance to source countries concerning enforcement and judicial procedures at local, regional and national level;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b(new)

6b. Stresses that the palm oil industry has been linked to major human rights violations, including child labour in some remote areas of South-East Asia;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a regulatory framework of strong and enforceable measures to guarantee that all actors throughout the supply chain, including EU financial institutions and the investments and loans they provide, are not involved in deforestation, especially with regards to sectors connected with the production of food, biofuels, cosmetics and cleaning products;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers traceability in the supply chain to be essential;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls for the EU to strengthen existing control instruments;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the rapid phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation ~~and~~, compete against food production for land ~~or do not~~and significantly ~~reduce~~contribute to greenhouse gas emissions;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that the right to food, preservation of biodiversity and the protection of the environment must take priority over the one-sided business interests of the agro-fuel industry;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe,1a _________________ 1a OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p.1.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Before September 2015, the discrepancies were generally attributed to the inadequacy of the NEDC laboratory test, which is not representative of real world emissions, and to the optimisation strategies put in place by car manufacturers to pass the laboratory test~~, not to the use of prohibited~~. The discrepancies were not recognised to originate from the use of prohibited defeat devices because there were no authorities looking into the illegal use of defeat devices.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. The excessive length of the process leading to the introduction of regulatory RDE tests can be explained only in part by the complexity of the development of a new test procedure, the time needed for the technological development of PEMS, and the length of the decision-making and administrative processes at the EU level. The delays were ~~also due to choices of political priorities, such as the focus of~~mainly the result of lobby influence, and of the political priority given by the Commission and the Member States ton avoid~~ing~~ burdens on industry ~~in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis~~.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. The car industry put considerable pressure on the European Commission and Member States and that is why they delayed action on reducing toxic emissions by passenger vehicles.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. It is justified to propose a lower NOx emission limit for diesel cars since there are standards in the world that are much more demanding than the current European standards and because the technology already exists to reduce the NOx emissions since EU car manufacturers are placing diesel cars on the US market that have to comply with much lower NOx emission limits.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. The Commission in its initial draft for the second RDE package had proposed to the TCMV conformity factors towards the lower end of the 1.6-2.2 range for the first phase and of the 1.2-1.6 range for the second phase. The initial proposal was based on conformity factors identified at the lower end of identified ranges and thus corresponded to the strongest environmental objectives.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Notwithstanding the reasons mentioned the Commission lacked the political will and decisiveness to act upon the seriousness of the high NOx emissions and to give priority to the protection of public health of citizens that was at stake;

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. The Member States’ failure to take an active part in the “Real Driving Emissions - Light Duty Vehicles” (RDE- LDV) working group constitutes maladministration. With the exception of a few Member States, such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Denmark and Spain, the vast majority did not participate in the RDE-LDV working group, despite voicing criticisms of the Commission’s proposals. Given the lead role played by the Member States in the enforcement of the Regulation, and given the known discrepancies in the NOx emissions of diesel vehicles and their significant negative impact on air quality objectives, Member States should have participated in the group’s proceedings. This would also have helped to achieve a better balance ~~with~~in the ~~other participants in the working group~~working group instead of having a central role played by the overrepresented industry.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. The Member States contravened their legal obligation to monitor that the manufacturers equip vehicles so that the components likely to affect emissions are designed, constructed and assembled so as to enable the vehicle, in normal use, to comply with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. The Commission ~~did not use all possibl~~failed to use the means at its disposal, at the level of the TCMV and of the RDE-LDV working group, to advance the decision making process and ensure a timely adaptation of the type-approval tests to reflect real world conditions, as required by Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Better coordin~~Coordination and cooperation between the different Commission ~~departments involved~~services, including the JRC, was unstructured and neglectful. Better coordination could have been instrumental in accelerating the process of adapting the tests.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Defeat devices were generally not considered among the possible reasons behind the discrepancies between laboratory and on-road NOx emissions and it was not generally suspected that they could be in actual use in any passenger car produced in the EU before the Volkswagen revelations in September 2015. However, the Commission and the Member States were informed about the possibility of the use of defeat strategies under normal conditions of use ever since the conclusions of the JRC's 2013 report titled "A complementary emissions test for light-duty vehicles" were presented to them.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. After the warnings of the JRC in 2013 regarding the possibility of the use of defeat strategies under normal conditions of use, the Commission should have taken additional measures to monitor and ensure that Member States carry out all necessary checks and that there is no infringement of EU legislation.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. The Commission had no legal basis to search for defeat devices itself, but had the legal obligation to oversee the Member States’ enforcement of the ban on defeat devices. However, in spite of the awareness of, and communication between the relevant Commission services on, possible illegal practices by manufacturers, the Commission neither undertook any further technical or legal research or investigation on its own nor requested any information or further action from the Member States to verify whether the law may have been infringed. This constitutes maladministration.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Even if there was no concrete evidence that indicated cheating in emissions tests, the Commission should have launched an investigation to check if the car manufactures were using defeat devices in contravention with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and should have taken measures to prevent the fraud.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. The Commission failed to monitor the development of national policies and the enforcement of the EU legislation by national authorities ensuring that there is no infringement of EU legislation. This constitutes maladministration.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22 c. The Commission failed to give a mandate to the JRC to investigate the possible illegal use of defeat devices as a possible explanation for the discrepancies between the laboratory and road emissions.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. The Commission should have ensured that the JRC’s research findings and concerns discussed among the Commission services with regard to possible illegal practices by manufacturers reach the level of the hierarchy and lead to actions needed to correct the situation. Altogether, the Commission's lack of action constitutes maladministration.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. The level of technical expertise and human and financial resources may vary substantially between type-approval authorities and technical services, and the fact that car manufacturers are free to choose any of the existing type-approval authorities combined with a lack of a harmonised interpretation of the rules ~~can~~ leads to competition among them, especially since the authorities act in this respect as commercial parties and not as bodies serving only the public interest. Car manufacturers are, in principle, free to address the type-approval authority and technical service with the most flexible and least stringent interpretation of the rules, as well as the lowest fees.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. There is an evident lack of control after type-approval~~, which is partly due to the current rules and partly due to uncertainty as to which authority is in charge of market surveillance~~. Effective conformity of production, in-service and end-of- lifecycle conformity checks to uncover cases where production vehicles and vehicles in use do not conform to the type- approved vehicle are often not in place or verified only through documents instead of physical tests carried out in the presence of the authorities.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. The Member States should have ensured that their type-approval authorities have sufficient human and financial resources to either perform in-house testing or purchase reliable testing services. They should have not relied on tests performed in the car manufacturers’ certified laboratories under the supervision of technical services. The potential conflicts of interest arising from the contracting of technical services by car manufacturers for carrying out tests is a direct result of the current system set out in the EU type- approval framework directive and cannot therefore be considered maladministration. The Commission proposal for a new market surveillance and type-approval regulation addresses this weakness by proposing a fee structure for the financing of type-approval tests, although under the system proposed by the Commission it remains possible for car manufacturers to choose the testing service and type approval authority of their preference in any of the Member States. It is regrettable that the Commission did not consider a complete overhaul of the system by eliminating competition among testing services and among type approval authorities by making it obligatory for car manufacturers to use the national testing services and national type approval authorities.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~However, w~~Where technical services also offer consultancy services to car manufacturers on obtaining type-approval, as is the case in certain Member States, a potential conflict of interest arises due to the existence of an additional financial link between technical services and car manufacturers related to the provision of advice on how to successfully acquire type-approval. Member States should have investigated such potential conflicts of interests. This constitutes maladministration.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. The Member States should have ensured that type-approval authorities adequately audit technical services. This constitutes maladministration. TUnfortunately, the choice of the technical service is primarily the choice of the car manufacturer, and the role of the type- approval authority is often just to validate the procedure at the end. The possibility available to type-approval authorities to audit technical services and to challenge the choice of technical service is very rarely used.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. The Member States’ failure to organise an efficient and reliable market surveillance system constitutes a contravention of EU law. The verification of the conformity of production and in- service conformity of light-duty vehicles is often based only on laboratory tests performed on the car manufacturers’ premises.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. In particular, the Commission should have examined how competition among type approval authorities and among testing services worked out in practice and should have submitted alternatives for this type of unnecessary and harmful competition.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37 b. The Commission failed to make use of the provision of Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, to request Member States type approval authorities for information on the functioning of emission technology at low temperatures.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

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

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38 a. The initial test results performed by the national authorities in the framework of the diesel emissions screening campaign give credence to suspicions that Volkswagen case is not the only violation but the emissions scandal is more widespread and prevents the efficient enforcement of EU legislation.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. The majority of the Member States did not launch or participate to any investigations. Some Member States were very reluctant to share the results of their investigations and the technical test data with the Commission and this committee of inquiry. or they published only parts of their findings.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46 a. Furthermore, the Member States have not taken up their role to actively inform and support consumers to claim their rights in respect of the Volkswagen emissions case and possible involvement of other car-brands.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Following a strict interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, the Commission considered that it is the sole duty of the Member States, and not part of its responsibility as guardian of the Treaties, to investigate the possible illegal use of defeat devices. On this basis, the Commission did notThe Commission failed to undertake ~~further~~any technical research, ~~did not~~ request additional information from the Member States ~~and did not ask~~or request the responsible national type-approval authorities to undertake further investigative and corrective actions regarding the possible illegal use of the defeat devices.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48 a. The Commission should have asked for the emissions tests to be done in real driving conditions as set in the Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 since it was known that there was a difference between the results of the emissions in the laboratory and in the real driving conditions.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. ~~The participation of s~~Some former Commissioners ~~was further complicated by~~refused to cooperate and contribute to the research of this committee of inquiry using as an excuse the lack of a clear obligation in the current Code of Conduct for Commissioners that former Commissioners must cooperate with ongoing inquiries and ~~in general~~ remain accountable for actions undertaken during their term in office.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Cornelia ERNST, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60

60. The requirement to produce an interim report six months after the start of the committee’s work, as per its mandate, was superfluous, as this timeframe was insufficient to gather evidence which could represent a sound basis for conclusions.deleted

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2215(INI)

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Dennis de JONG, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. Given the temporary nature of committees of inquiry, collecting evidence in an efficient and timely manner is essential. The approach taken by the committee to devote the first months of its mandate to hearing technical experts before moving on the political level proved successful. Ideally, the hearings should start only once the first phase of evidence collection, including receiving all the relevant documents from the parties under inquiry, is concluded.

2017/01/24
Committee: EMIS

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

- having regard to the Special Eurobarometer 442 "Attitudes of Europeans towards Animal Welfare",

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

- having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purpose,

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. Whereas responsible ownership and care of equidae starts with proper attention to animal health and welfare conditions;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the estimated 7 million equidae in the EU perform hugely varied roles, from racing and competition animals to pets, working animals in transport, tourism, circuses, zoos, forestry and agriculture, sources of milk and meat, research animals, and wild and semi-feral animals, and whereas they may perform several of these roles during their lives;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas unlimited, indiscriminate and irresponsible breeding of equidae can lead to ~~animals that are devoid of economic value and are often left with~~ serious welfare problems, particularly during an economic downturn; whereas equid abandonment has increased since 2008 in western Member States, especially where they have become expensive luxuries as opposed to working animals16 , without an adequate and satisfactory response to this problem from the Commission and Member States; _________________ 16 The Donkey Sanctuary & University College Dublin: Donkey Welfare in Ireland in 2015.

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

M a. whereas equine animals are slaughtered for food production both within and outside of the Union;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that good equid health and welfare boosts the economic output of farms and businesses alike and benefits the rural economy overall, as well as it accommodates the growing demand of EU citizens for higher animal health and welfare standards;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to commission a Eurostat study to analyse the economic and social impact of all aspects of the equid sector, as well as to gather and publish yearly statistical data on use of services, transport and slaughter of equidae;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding, animal health and welfare, and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats and languages, including online;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Underlines that traders and professionals in particular have a personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of equidae in their care;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Calls on Commission and Member States to ensure that markets where live equidae are traded, are under adequate video surveillance to ensure proper enforcement of existing health and welfare rules and prevent abuse of equidae on these markets;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ensure an effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation on animal transport and ~~legally binding reporting across all Member States;~~welfare across all Member States with legally binding reporting and requests that the Commission propose a shortened maximum journey limit for all movements of horses, especially for slaughter, based on findings of the European Food Safety Authority, animal welfare NGOs and competent authorities of Member States;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Is concerned with serious problems of the EU animal welfare transport legislation enforcement by many Member States' authorities;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Stresses that existing EU legislation on the protection of the animals during transport and related operations is designed to prevent injury and suffering to animals, and to ensure that the animals are transported under the appropriate conditions;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European Food Safety Authority to formulate guidance, f~~or the Food and Veterinary Office~~acilitate and enhance scientific research on the welfare of equidae at the time of slaughter and to disseminate these guidance documents to competent authorities of Member States;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on ~~the~~ Member States to fully and properly commit to inspections of the slaughterhouses on their territory that are licenced to take equidae, to ensure they are able to meet the specific welfare needs of equidae;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Commission to increase the number of audits conducted in slaughterhouses outside the Union, which are authorised for the export of equine meat to the EU, and to conditionally suspend the import of equine meat produced in third countries that do not satisfy EU traceability and food safety requirements;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Stresses the importance of the humane treatment and welfare of equidae, therefore any cruel, abusive treatment by any owner, trainer, groom or other person must not be tolerated anywhere, under any circumstances;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that ~~owing~~due to the price of veterinary medicines, the cost of carcass disposal and the cost of euthanasia, where permitted, can serve as a barrier in ~~themselves~~itself to the ending of an equid’'s life, leading to prolonged suffering; cCalls on ~~the~~ Member States to investigate reports of inhumane practices during euthanasia, such as welfare violations and the improper use of drugs, and to disseminate their findings to the Commission and other Member States;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. 20. Expresses concern about the import and use veterinary medicinal products containing Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG) from blood farms situated in third countries, as production causes serious animal welfare problems, such as structurally excessive withdrawal of blood from mares and the squeezing to death of unborn foals; Calls for the immediate ban on import and use of PMSG;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on horse and donkey milk farming; calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on horse and donkey milk farms;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the rabbit farming sector in the EU faces a steady decline and the projections for 2016 point to a decrease in the market of 3.9% whilst the rabbit farming sector operates in the global market conditions and does not benefit from direct aid or market interventions under Pillar I of the Common Agricultural Policy;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. Whereas there is a clear consumer trend against the consumption of rabbit meat;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas more and more consumers and citizens across the EU are asking for regulation and better welfare for farm rabbits; whereas some Member States have national legislation for the protection of farm rabbits in force;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas only a few Member States have legal requirements for rabbit farming; whereas in 2012 Austria has banned the keeping of rabbits in cages for meat production; whereas Belgium has legislation in force that aims to phase out battery cages and replace them with park systems by 2025;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas the EU has a negative trade balance with China with regard to rabbit meat; whereas 99% of rabbit meat imports into the EU originate from China; whereas Chinese producers will outcompete EU farmers, with adverse animal welfare implications, if no actions are taken;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its concerns that rabbits in the EU are usually reared in unenriched cages, a barren environment that only has a drinker and feeder; also notes with concern that rabbits are fed on pellets and the close confines of the battery cages do not allow rabbits to express their natural behaviour, leading to abnormal behaviour, such as over grooming and repetitive gnawing or nibbling of the cage;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Underlines that there is a downward trend in rabbit meat consumption; notes that consumers increasingly demand rabbit meat farmed to high animal welfare standards, as well as origin labelling on rabbit meat products; encourages the Member States and the sector to make use of voluntary labelling schemes as laid down in Chapter V of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Encourages the use of EU support under the rural development programmes for a transition in the rabbit farming sector's production systems towards higher animal welfare standards; invites the Commission to consider drafting support programmes to this end;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Stresses that all rabbit meat on the EU market must adhere to high food safety and quality standards, and animal welfare criteria, including imports from third countries; highlights the dangers of unfair competition from third countries if equivalent standards and criteria are not applied to imports;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to safeguard the quality and safety of rabbit meat imports by undertaking thorough controls and inspections when these imports enter the Union;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Points out that there is a need for further scientific research on the welfare of farm rabbits; invites the Member States and Commission to encourage and undertake scientific research on the welfare of farm rabbits and rabbit farming production systems;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species; points out that EFSA already concluded in 2005 that the mortality and morbidity of farmed rabbits seem considerably higher than in other farmed animal species due to enteric and respiratory infections, and reproductive problems;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, social interaction and play, and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter; encourages therefore also further research into the benefits of alternative housing systems, such as for example pen systems;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that transport is an extremely stressful experience for rabbits; underlines that rabbits should be fed and watered before transport and be provided with adequate food, water and space in transit, and that transport times should be as limited as possible, owing to the sensitivity of the species; emphasises that there are a huge variety of stress factors that affect animal welfare and that these differ between regions or even farms, such as heat, inanition, dehydration, pain and trauma, cold, motion sickness and fear;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that the welfare of farm rabbits during transport and slaughtering depends on the attitudes and handling procedures used by farmers, hauliers and abattoir personnel, as well as the transport logistics;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Invites the Commission to set within future EU-level legislation, in cooperation with stakeholders, an appropriate transitional period to phase out battery cage systems in rabbit farming alongside a reasonable timetable with measurable milestones and regular reporting to, and monitoring by, the Commission;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls upon the Commission, in particular Eurostat, and the Member States to collect and produce regularly updated and accurate statistics on rabbit meat production and rabbit meat trade;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of September 1995, and International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (Cairo Conference) of September 1994 and the outcomes of their review conferences,

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia decriminalized same-sex activities, but the situation of LGTBI individuals in these countries is still precarious and alarming;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas women and men in EaP countries often face difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive health services and rights (SRHR) and serious barriers still exist for poor women, migrants, ethnic minorities and those who live in rural areas. Fewer than 50 per cent of women in EaP countries use modern methods of contraceptive; in some countries, even fewer than 20 per cent. The main reasons are poor counselling, high costs, and lack of choice and unreliable supply of contraceptives;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the on-going conflict in eastern Ukraine has deepened gender stereotypes that emphasize men as protectors and women as caring supporters and limited women´s engagement and involvement in conflict resolution;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas in Ukraine, more than 1.5 million people - two-thirds of them women and children - have been internally displaced since the conflict and suffer from impeded access to healthcare, housing and employment;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas Roma girls in Moldova spend on average less than four years in school, compared to 11 years for non- Roma girls due to child and early marriages, unplanned pregnancies and childcare responsibilities;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Considers the situation in the area of women’s rights in the EaP countries to be stable; points out, however,~~Points out that profound economic changes and economic uncertainty have had a negative effect on the economic situation of women~~, leading to shortcomings in their de facto equality~~;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Not~~Deplores that women are noticeably 5. absent from the structures of power in the EaP States;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen political participation and leadership by women; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti-corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory ~~or voluntary~~ quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that affordable childcare services and parental leave provisions are decisive in improving the participation of women in the labour market; notes that in ~~some~~various cases the lack thereof impacts girls’ and young women’s access to education because they have to take care of their siblings;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Stresses the need for reviewing existing legislation in EaP states regarding violence against women and girls connected to its adequacy in effectively preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls with special attention to the need for laws to address all forms of violence (physical, sexual, psychological, economic) and adequate penalties for perpetrators, as well as compensation for victims and survivors;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2060(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the need for sufficient funding related to initiatives against violence against women and girls that guarantees longer-term access to effective services for victims and survivors and should therefore be adequately staffed and capacitated;

2016/10/18
Committee: FEMM

2016/2047(BUD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcomes the continued support for the school milk scheme of EUR 75 million in the DB for 2017; r~~Regrets the cuts of EUR 20 million to the school fruit and vegetables scheme; reiterates the vital importance of ~~both~~school fruit and vegetables schemes to farmers and Members States and underlines ~~their~~its importance given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the Union; calls on the Commission to reduce bureaucracy ~~in both~~related to this schemes;

2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2016/2047(BUD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that funds allocated to the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector in the 2017 budget, which are subsequently left unspent remain in full in Heading 2 for the following budget year for ~~direct payments to farmers as provided in Regulation (EU) No1306/2013~~rural development, measures to improve animal welfare and measures to safeguard the environment;

2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2016/2047(BUD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes the trend of shifting the priorities of the CAP with less spending in areas of direct payments and market measures; calls in this respect for a shift of allocation of CAP funding from direct payments and market measures, towards measures guiding improvements in the agricultural sector in the fields of social- economic and environmental sustainability, animal welfare and biodiversity; calls for the creation of measurable milestones on these improvements, with regular monitoring by the Commission and reporting to the Parliament;

2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) The results of the mutual evaluation process revealed a lack of clarity as regards the criteria to be used by national competent authorities when assessing the proportionality of requirements restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, as well as uneven scrutiny of such measures at all levels of regulation. To avoid fragmentation of the internal market and eliminate barriers to taking-up and pursuit of certain employed or self- employed activities, it is therefore necessary to establish a common approach at Union level, preventing disproportionate measures from being adopted in an objectively justified manner on the basis of public security or public health, in the public interest.

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) It is essential for the proper functioning of the internal market and in the public interest to ensure that Member States provide information to citizens, social partners, representative associations or other relevant stakeholders before introducing new measures restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions and give them the opportunity to make known their views.

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. The relevant competent authorities shall consider in particular whether those provisions are objectively justified on the basis of public policy, public security or public health, or by overriding reasons in the public interest, such as preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system, the viability of national publicly funded health systems, the protection of consumers, recipients of services and workers, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice, fairness of trade transactions, combating fraud and prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, road safety, the protection of the environment and the urban environment, the health of animals, intellectual property, the safeguarding and conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage, social policy objectives and cultural policy objectives.

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) the necessity of the provision and in particular whether existing rules of a specific or more general nature, such as product safety legislation, patients' rights laws or consumer protection law, are insufficient to protect the objective pursued;

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h

~~(h) the scientific and technological developments which may reduce the asymmetry of information between professionals and consumers;~~deleted

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0404(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1

Member States shall, by appropriate means, inform citizens, social partners, service recipients, representative associations and relevant stakeholders other than the members of the profession before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, and give them the opportunity to make known their views.

2017/07/12
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3

(3) Public-public partnerships should aim to develop closer synergies, increase coordination and avoid unnecessary duplication with Union, international, national and regional research programmes, and should fully respect the Horizon 2020 general principles, in particular those relating to openness and transparency. A good, timely dissemination of comprehensive information together with the transparency of results and of the financial management are crucial for the success of PRIMA.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) PRIMA aims at implementing a joint programme for the development and the adoption of innovative and integrated solutions for improving the efficiency, safety, security and sustainability of agri- food production and water provision in the Mediterranean area. Taking into account that access to water and sanitation constitutes a fundamental human right and since securing food and water availability is of paramount importance in the region, PRIMA should contribute to the achievement of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and to the forthcoming European Sustainable Development Strategy.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) PRIMA aims at implementing a joint programme for the development and the adoption of innovative and integrated solutions for improving the efficiency, safety, security and sustainability of agri- food production and water provision in the Mediterranean area. PRIMA should contribute to the achievement of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and to the forthcoming European Sustainable Development Strategy.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Recital 28

(28) The objective of this Decision is to strengthen the integration and alignment of research and innovation systems and activities in the Mediterranean countries in the fields of water provision and sustainable use and agri-food systems. The scale of the research and innovation necessary to address the challenges in the Mediterranean area is immense due to the systemic character of the major bottlenecks. The scope of research and innovation is complex, multidisciplinary and requires a multi-actor and cross-border approach. A collaborative approach with a wide set of Participating States can help to increase the required scale and scope, by pooling financial and intellectual resources. Since the objective can therefore be better achieved at Union level by integrating national efforts into a consistent Union approach, by bringing together compartmentalised national research programmes, by helping design common research and funding strategies across national borders, and by achieving the critical mass of actors and investments required, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. The general objective of PRIMA is to ~~develop the fully piloted and demonstrated~~create social and economic development on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea by developing common innovative solutions for ~~water~~sustainable water use and provision and agri-food systems in the Mediterranean region, to make them more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable, and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well- being, water scarcity, environmental and migration problems upstream.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) the formulation of a stable, long- term, common strategic agenda in the area of water provision and agri-food systems;

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point iv

(iv) the strengthening of funding and of the implementation capabilities of all actors involved. including SMEs, academia, NGOs and local research centres.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0325(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b

(b) The proposals shall be selected following transnational calls for proposals and through a two-step procedure. Step 1 shall consist of a review at national or transnational level of proposals submitted by legal entities eligible for funding under the relevant national programmes. Step 2 shall consist of a single independent international peer review organised by the PRIMA-IS. Under step 2, the proposals shall be evaluated with the assistance of at least three independent experts, on the basis of the following award criteria: a fair balance between small and larger projects, excellence, impact, quality and efficiency of the implementation.

2017/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on ~~rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on~~ the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31

(31) A free and pluralist press is essential to ensure quality journalism and citizens' access to information. It provides a fundamental contribution to public debate and the proper functioning of a democratic society. In the transition from print to digital, publishers of press publications are facing problems in licensing the online use of their publications and recouping their investments. In the absence of recognition of publishers of press publications as rightholders, licensing and enforcement in the digital environment is often complex and inefficient.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32

(32) The organisational and financial contribution of publishers in producing press publications needs to be recognised and further encouraged to ensure the sustainability of the publishing industry. It is therefore necessary to provide at Union level a harmonised legal protection for press publications in respect of digital uses. Such protection should be effectively guaranteed through the introduction, in Union law, of rights related to copyright for the reproduction and making available to the public of press publications in respect of digital uses.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Monika VANA, Bodil VALERO, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33

(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to ~~define~~clarify the sco~~ncept~~pe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for ~~monthly magazines of general or special i~~the normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34

(34) The rights granted to the publishers of press publications under this Directive should have the same scope as the rights of reproduction and making available to the public provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC, insofar as digital uses are concerned. They should also be subject to the same provisions on exceptions and limitations as those applicable to the rights provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC including the exception on quotation for purposes such as criticism or review laid down in Article 5(3)(d) of that Directive.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Marietje SCHAAKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) The protection granted to publishers of press publications under this Directive should not affect the rights of the authors and other rightholders in the works and other subject-matter incorporated therein, including as regards the extent to which authors and other rightholders can exploit their works or other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. Therefore, publishers of press publications should not be able to invoke the protection granted to them against authors and other rightholders. This is without prejudice to contractual arrangements concluded between the publishers of press publications, on the one side, and authors and other rightholders, on the other side.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4

(4) ‘press publication’ means a fixation of a collection of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also comprise other works or subject-matter and constitutes an individual item within a periodical or regularly-updated publication under a single title, such as a newspaper or a general or special interest magazine, having the purpose of providing information related to news or other topics and published in any media under the initiative, editorial responsibility and control of a service provider.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11

Protection of press publications 1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC for the digital use of their press publications. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject- matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. 3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication.Article 11 deleted concerning digital uses

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2

~~2. The provisions of Article 11 shall also apply to press publications published before [the date mentioned in Article 21(1)].~~deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Contaminants in CE marked fertilising products, such as cadmium, ~~can potentially~~ pose a risk to human and animal health and the environment as they accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain. Their content should therefore be limited as much as possible in such products. Furthermore, impurities in CE marked fertilising products derived from bio-waste, in particular polymers but also metal and glass, should be either prevented ~~or limited to the extent technically feasible~~ by detection of such impurities in separately collected bio-waste before processing.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Contaminants in CE marked fertilising products, such as cadmium, ~~can potentially~~ pose a risk to human and animal health and the environment as they accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain. Their content should therefore be limited in such products. Furthermore, impurities in CE marked fertilising products derived from bio-waste, in particular polymers but also metal and glass, should be either prevented or limited to the extent technically feasible by detection of such impurities in separately collected bio-waste before processing.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In the event of risks to public or animal health from CE marked fertilising products derived from animal by-products, recourse to safeguard measures in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 ~~should be possible, as is the case for other categories of products derived from animal by-products~~will be required. __________________ 19 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) Where harmonised standards have not been adopted, or do not with sufficient detail cover all elements of the quality and safety requirements laid down in this Regulation, uniform conditions for implementing those requirements ~~may~~will be needed. The Commission sh~~ould~~all therefore be empowered to adopt implementing acts setting out those conditions in common specifications. For reasons of legal certainty, it should be clarified that CE marked fertilising products must comply with such specifications even if they are considered to be in conformity with harmonised standards.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) IAmmonium nitrate fertilisers of high nitrogen content will be forbidden. However, in order to ensure that CE marked ammonium nitrate fertilisers of high nitrogen content still in use do not endanger safety, and that such fertilisers are not used for purposes other than those for which they are intended, for example as explosives, such fertilisers sh~~ould~~all be subject to specific requirements relating to detonation resistance testing and to traceability.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) To ensure effective access to information for market surveillance purposes, information regarding conformity with all Union acts applicable to CE marked fertilising products sh~~ould~~all be given in the form of a single EU declaration of conformity. ~~In order to reduce the administrative burden on economic operators, t~~That single EU declaration of conformity may be a dossier made up of relevant individual declarations of conformity whose content will be made publicly available on the internet.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) The CE marking, indicating the conformity of a fertilising product, is the visible consequence of a whole process comprising conformity assessment in a broad sense. General principles governing the CE marking and its relationship to other markings are set out in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. Specific rules governing the affixing of the CE marking in the case of fertilising products sh~~ould~~all be laid down.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) ~~Certain~~The conformity assessment procedures set out in this Regulation require the intervention of conformity assessment bodies, which are notified by the Member States to the Commission.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) The system set out in this Regulation sh~~ould~~all be complemented by the accreditation system provided for in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. Since accreditation is an essential means of verifying the competence of conformity assessment bodies, it sh~~ould~~all also be used for the purposes of notification.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) Due to the variable nature of certain fertilising product component materials, and the potentially irreversible nature of some of the damages to which soil and crop exposure to impurities could lead, transparent accreditation as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, ensuring the necessary level of confidence in certificates of conformity of CE marked fertilising products containing such components, sh~~ould~~all be the only means of demonstrating the technical competence of conformity assessment bodies.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) In the interest of easing market access, it is crucial that notified bodies apply the conformity assessment procedures without creating unnecessary burdens for economic operators. For the same reason, andAppropriate coordination and cooperation between notified bodies will be needed in order to ensure equal treatment of economic operators, and consistency in the technical application of the conformity assessment procedures ~~needs to be ensured. That can best be achieved through appropriate coordination and cooperation between notified bodies~~.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47

(47) CE-marked fertilising products should be placed on the market only if they are sufficiently effective and do not present ~~unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment when properly stored and used for their intended purpose, and under conditions of use which can be reasonably foreseen, that is when such use could result from lawful and readily predictable human behaviour. Therefore, mandatory and strict requirements for safety and quality, as well as appropriate control mechanisms, sh~~ould~~all be established. Furthermore, the intended use of CE marked fertilising products should not lead to food or feed becoming unsafe.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48

(48) Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 provides for a safeguard procedure allowing the Commission to examine the justification for a measure taken by a Member State against EC fertilisers considered to constitute a risk. In order to increase transparency ~~and to reduce processing time,~~ it is necessary to improve the existing safeguard procedure, with the view to making it safer and more efficient and drawing on the expertise available in Member States.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49

(49) The existing system sh~~ould be supplemented by~~all include a procedure under which all interested parties including health and consumers stakeholders and the public in general are informed of measures intended to be taken with regard to CE marked fertilising products presenting an unacceptable risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment. It sh~~ould~~all also allow market surveillance authorities~~, in cooperation with the relevant economic operators,~~ to act at an early stage in respect of such fertilising products by preventing them from reaching the market.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53

(53) The examination procedure sh~~ould~~all be used for the adoption of implementing acts with respect to compliant CE marked fertilising products which present an unacceptable risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, since such acts fall within the ambit of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. For the same reason, it sh~~ould~~all also be used for the adoption, amendment or repeal of common specifications.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54

(54) The Commission sh~~ould~~all, by means of implementing acts, determine whether measures taken by Member States in respect of non-compliant CE marked fertilising products are justified or not. Since those acts will relate to the question whether national measures are justified, there is no need for the acts to be subject to control by the Member States.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58

(58) Member States sh~~ould~~all lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties provided for should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59

(59) It is necessary to provide for transitional arrangements that allow the making available on the market of EC fertilisers that have been placed on the market in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 before the date of application of this Regulation without those products having to comply with further product requirements. Distributors should therefore be able to supply EC fertilisers that have been placed on the market, namely stock that is already in the distribution chain, before the date of application of this Regulation.deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60

(60) It is necessary to provide for sufficient time for economic operators to comply with their obligations under this Regulation, and for Member States to set up the administrative infrastructure necessary for its application. The application should therefore be deferred to a date where those preparations can reasonably be finalised.deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products which comply with this Regulation unless they have evidence or well-founded suspicions on the impact of such products on human and animal health and on environment.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

When deemed appropriate with regard to the performance of, or the risks presented by, a CE marked fertilising product, manufacturers shall carry out sample testing of such fertilising products made available on the market, investigate, and~~, if necessary,~~ keep a register of complaints, of non- conforming CE marked fertilising products and recalls of such products, and shall keep distributors, market surveillance authorities, as well as relevant health public authorities, informed of any such monitoring.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2

Furthermore, where manufacturers consider or have reason to believe that CE marked fertilising products which they have placed on the market present ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the fertilising products available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9

9. Manufacturers shall, further to a ~~reasoned~~ request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation, in paper or electronic form, necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the CE marked fertilising product with this Regulation, in a language which can be easily understood by that authority. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by CE marked fertilising products which they have placed on the market.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2

The report shall be submitted at least twenty five days in advance of placing those products on the market.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) further to a ~~reasoned~~ request from a competent national authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a CE marked fertilising product;

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6

6. When deemed appropriate with regard to the performance of or the risks presented by a CE marked fertilising product, importers shall carry out sample testing of such fertilising products made available on the market, investigate, and~~, if necessary,~~ keep a register of complaints, of non- conforming CE marked fertilising products and recalls of such products, and shall keep distributors informed of any such monitoring.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2

Furthermore, where importers consider or have reason to believe that CE marked fertilising products which they have placed on the market present ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the fertilising product available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Where a distributor considers or has reason to believe that a CE marked fertilising product is not in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Annex I, Annex II or Annex III, he or she shall not make the fertilising product available on the market until it has been brought into conformity. Furthermore, where the CE marked fertilising product presents ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, the distributor shall inform the manufacturer or the importer to that effect as well as the market surveillance authorities.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Furthermore, where distributors consider or have reason to believe that CE marked fertilising products which they have made available on the market presents ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the CE marked fertilising product available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. Distributors shall, further to a ~~reasoned~~ request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation, in paper or electronic form, necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the CE marked fertilising product. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by CE marked fertilising products which they have made available on the market.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

A body belonging to a business association or professional federation representing undertakings involved in the design, manufacturing, provision, or use of CE marked fertilising products which it assesses, may~~, on condition that its independence and the absence of any conflict of interest are demonstrated,~~ not be considered such a body.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1

The impartiality of the conformity assessment bodies, their top level management and of the personnel responsible for carrying out the conformity assessment tasks shall be guaranteed. Appropriate protection will be ensured for employees who report breaches committed within conformity assessment bodies against retaliation, discrimination or other types of unfair treatment at a minimum;

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall ensure that all sensitive information obtained in the course of its investigations is treated confidentially.~~deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

~~Conformity assessments shall be carried out in a proportionate manner, avoiding unnecessary burdens for economic operators.~~ Notified bodies shall perform their activities taking due account of the size of an undertaking, the sector in which it operates, its structure, the degree of complexity of the product technology ~~in question and the mass or serial nature of~~and the production process in question.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Where the market surveillance authorities of one Member State have sufficient reason to believe that a CE marked fertilising product presents ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, they shall carry out an evaluation in relation to the fertilising product concerned covering the requirements laid down in this Regulation. The relevant economic operators shall cooperate as necessary with the market surveillance authorities for that purpose.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

The Commission shall address its decision to all Member States ~~and shall immediately communicate it to them and the relevant economic operator or operators~~.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1

1. Where, having carried out an evaluation under Article 37(1), a Member State finds that although a CE marked fertilising product is in compliance with this Regulation it presents ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, it shall require the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate measures within a reasonable period to ensure that the fertilising product concerned, when placed on the market, no longer presents thatose risks, to withdraw the fertilising product from the market or to recall it.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3

On ~~duly justified~~ imperative grounds of urgency relating to the protection of human, animal or plant health, safety or the environment, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 41(4).

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes I to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress ~~and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products~~.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Susanne MELIOR, Elena GENTILE, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annex I, Part I and Annexes II to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) which are likely to be subject of ~~significant~~ trade on the internal market, and

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) for which there is scientific evidence that the they do not present ~~an unacceptable~~ risks to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, and that they are sufficiently effective.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annex I, Part I and Annexes II to IV in the light of new scientific evidence. The Commission shall use this empowerment where, based on a risk assessment, an amendment proves necessary to ensure that any CE marked fertilising product complying with the requirements of this Regulation does not, under normal conditions of use, present an unacceptable risk to human, animal, or plant health, to safety or to the environment.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall review Annex I Part II ten years after the entry into force of this Regulation or in case there is any new relevant scientific information available as regards the toxicity and carcinogenicity of relevant contaminants or any new technological progress and innovation in the field of production and use of fertilising products.

2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(A) – paragraph 2 – indent 5

- Lead (Pb) 120 mg/kg dry matter, and

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 1

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date of application of this Regulation]: 640 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 2

~~- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), an~~deleted

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring ~~twelve~~eight years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point e

(e) Lead (Pb) 120 mg/kg dry matter.

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 1

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date of application of this Regulation]: 640 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 2

~~- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), an~~deleted

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3

- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring ~~twelve~~eight years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) Lead (Pb) 1520 mg/kg dry matter,

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1

- Cadmium (Cd) 31,5 mg/kg dry matter,

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5

- Lead (Pb) 200 mg/kg dry matter, and

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(A) – paragraph 2 – indent 1

- Cadmium (Cd) 31,5 mg/kg dry matter,

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(A) – paragraph 2 – indent 5

- Lead (Pb) 120 mg/kg dry matter.

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(B) – paragraph 2 – indent 5

- Lead (Pb) 1520 mg/kg dry matter.

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 4 – paragraph 2 – indent 1

- Cadmium (Cd) 31,5 mg/kg dry matter,

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 4 – paragraph 2 – indent 5

- Lead (Pb) 1520 mg/kg dry matter.

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1

- Cadmium (Cd) 31,5 mg/kg dry matter,

2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Where the CE marked fertilising products has a total phosphorus (P) content of 5 % phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) equivalent or more by mass (‘phosphate fertiliser’) (a) if the content of cadmium (cd) is equal to or higher than 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) the actual cadmium (Cd) content in mg/kg shall be declared, and (b) the phrase “low cadmium content” or similar, or a logo with that message, may only appear if the content of cadmium (Cd) is lower than 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5)

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Tibor SZANYI, Stefan ECK, Martin HÄUSLING, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Fertilising products that contains less than 5ppm of Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead, Chromium VI and Mercury, respectively, shall be eligible to use a visible “Green Label” in their packaging and label. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to adopt the technical standards of such label

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Pavel POC, Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Stefan ECK, Elena GENTILE, Susanne MELIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Where the CE marked fertilising product has a total phosphorus (P) content of 5 % phosphorus pentoxide (P205) equivalent or more by mass (‘phosphate fertiliser’) (a) if the content of cadmium (Cd) is equal to or higher than 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P205), the actual cadmium (Cd) content in mg/kg (P205) shall be declared, and (b) the phrase ‘low cadmium content’ or similar, or a logo with that message, may only appear if the content of cadmium (Cd) is lower than 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P205).

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Frédérique RIES, José Inácio FARIA, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Most mercury emissions and associated exposure risks result from anthropogenic activities, including primary mercury mining and processing, the use of mercury in products, industrial processes and artisanal and small-scale gold mining ("ASGM") and mercury emissions originating in particular from coal combustion and the management of mercury waste. Fossil fuel combustion in power plants and industrial boilers together with residential heating constitute almost half of global mercury emissions. Therefore, the transition to renewable energy production along with energy efficiency measures should be hastened in order to significantly reduce the release of mercury into the atmosphere.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Pilar AYUSO, Stefan ECK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) As Union legislation already transposes many of the obligations of the Convention, this Regulation should ~~only~~ lay down provisions that complement the Union acquis and that are needed to ensure its full alignment with the Convention and, accordingly, to enable the Union and its Member States to ratify and implement it. This Regulation should also lay down new provisions that go beyond the Convention, in keeping with the Strategy and Union legislation on the environment and protection of human health, particularly in the field of waste.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Pilar AYUSO, Stefan ECK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The permanent storage without pre-treatment of metallic mercury that is considered as waste should be ruled out owing to the risks it poses, as an extremely hazardous substance in its liquid state. Prior to the permanent storage of mercury waste, the relevant operations to stabilise and solidify such waste must be carried out in order to reduce these risks, in keeping with Article 6 of Directive 1999/31/EC. The permanent storage (or disposal) of mercury waste will be permitted only after it has been solidified.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Pilar AYUSO, Stefan ECK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)

(18b) The safety of permanent storage underground or in salt mines should be carefully analysed, since there are no studies that adequately assess the risks linked to this form of storage for mercury waste. The Commission may draw up recommendations for the characteristics of facilities for the permanent storage of mercury waste. It may also propose a revision of Directive 1999/31/EC.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The Commission shall identify the financial and technical means for contributing to the capacity-building and the transfer of technical assistance and technology pursuant to the obligations deriving from the Minamata Convention. The Commission in collaboration with Member States and relevant stakeholders shall promote and facilitate the development, transfer and diffusion of, and access to, up-to-date environmentally sound alternative technologies to developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries, so as to strengthen their capacity to effectively implement the Minamata Convention. This obligation shall include all areas and phases of the elaboration of mercury, including the disposal as waste.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Pilar AYUSO, Stefan ECK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – indent 1 a (new)

- evidence showing that there are no technological alternatives to the use of mercury for the product or process,

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Pilar AYUSO, Stefan ECK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

The Commission shall adopt decisions, by means of implementing acts, in view of specifying whether the relevant new mercury-added product or new manufacturing process is allowed. The Member State concerned may not authorise the new product or process before the Commission has adopted its decision.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2016/0023(COD)

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Frédérique RIES, Ulrike MÜLLER, José Inácio FARIA, Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Stefan ECK

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

1a. From one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, dental amalgam shall not be used for the treatment of pregnant or breastfeeding women or children who undergo treatment on their deciduous teeth.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/2353(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Given that the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment must be ensured, considers that the MFF should recognise this value by allocating sufficient resources in the upcoming budgets to preserve this biodiversity, mainly in rural areas, but not only. In the light of the current EU's commitments to halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in Europe by 2020, we must make sure that the overall EU spending has no negative impacts on biodiversity and supports the achievement of our biodiversity targets. Consequently, with environmental protection being an integral part of all EU policies under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, there is a direct link between biodiversity protection with the expenses of major EU policies such as agriculture and forest policies; fisheries, marine and water policies; regional policy; and climate change policy;

2016/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2015/2353(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the revision of the MFF should make provision for the fact that food safety will be a challenge in the coming years given the increased pressure on resources – this provision could be used to tackle malnutrition trends in Member States. and, also, to enhance food quality and food safety, namely by improving the effectiveness, efficiency and reliability of official controls, as a vital tool for maintaining a high level of safety for humans, animals and plants along the food chain whilst ensuring a high level of protection of the environment. Furthermore, the revision of the MFF is a unique opportunity to provide extra money to improve animal welfare in line with current and future EU laws on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes recognized as "sentient beings" under Article 13 of title II of the Lisbon Treaty;

2016/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that agricultural development must be based on the local domestic food production to ensure the local population an equal access to food;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Underlines the importance of food sovereignty principle as the right of people to decide upon their own food and agricultural production;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Underlines that at least 80% of agricultural land in world is currently used for livestock feed production instead of food crops production, depriving millions of hungry people in developing countries of sources of nutrition. Emphasizes that instead of proposing growth in food production more attention needs to be given to food distribution, tackling food waste, and reducing intensive livestock farming for the production of meat and dairy;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that small-scale farmers, which produce around 70% of the food consumed in Africa, play a crucial role in local livelihoods and are indispensable for inclusive agricultural development and stand to benefit most from direct development aid;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Stresses that access to agricultural land and use of traditional farming methods by small-scale farmers are seriously endangered by agribusiness investors and their model of agricultural production based on public-private partnerships;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Emphasizes its deep concern regarding the land grabbing carried out by foreign investors which strikes the local small-scale farmers and contributes to local, regional and national food insecurity and poverty;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the need to shift to sustainable farming, moving away from intensive farming and extractive monocultures that increase input dependency and land degradation, including susceptibility to the effects of climate change;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses that millions of people in Africa, especially children, are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, which are the main causes of human mortality in the continent;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls for a development of new tailor- made agricultural and food policies that respond to the interest of the whole of society aiming to eradicate hunger and malnutrition;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes~~It is concerned that the NAFSN’'s commitment to food security~~, but is concerned that the means used are based on outdated models of agricultural development;~~ might be beneficial to big businesses rather than to the small-scale family farmers and it is likely to increase poverty and inequality in Africa; stresses that the NAFSN's commitment to food security must first and foremost benefit small-scale farmers;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2

- monitor land titling and certification schemes to ensure that they protect the interests of smallholder farmers and do not concentrate land ownership or dispossess communities of the resources they rely upon; enact binding national measures against land grabbing, corruption based on land transfer and the use of land for speculative investment,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)

- consult domestic stakeholders and establish a cooperation with domestic farmers and local communities, local authorities and civil society organisations to tackle food insecurity and improve their livelihoods,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 5

- encourage a wide variety of local and seasonal food crops, including fruit and vegetables, to improve nutrition,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2

- ensure that EU-based investors respect the rights of local communities and provide highest standards of transparency regarding their investment plans;, along with environmental, social and human rights safeguards,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 a (new)

- recognise and defend the necessity for participating countries to achieve food security and their right to be as self- sufficient as possible,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 b (new)

- encourage participating countries to democratically implement their own agricultural and food policies, priorities and strategies by means of a sustainable agricultural model,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 c (new)

- focus their development programmes and policies towards shifting from support for intensive livestock farming to support for sustainable local plant-based agriculture,

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 2 d (new)

- eliminate agricultural export subsidies, which are distorting the local markets and destroying livelihoods in developing countries;

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2277(INI)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on participating governments and investors to enter into a dialogue with civil society ~~on the NAFSN~~, local communities, and other institutions on the NAFSN, as well as to ensure that agreements concluded are available to the public domain in a transparent manner.

2016/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas a European Implementation Assessment study by the European Parliamentary Research Service of May 2016 concludes that stakeholders - across businesses, consumers, environmental and health NGOs, researchers, as well as Member States' competent authorities - are in favour of specific measures at EU level for the FCMs that are not yet harmonised at EU level;

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that, while the major focus should be on the adoption of specific measures for those 13 materials not yet regulated at EU level, shortcomings exist in the implementation and enforcement of the legislation in place; as current EU legislation of food contact materials permits chemicals that are prohibited in other products under other EU law and ignores today's science on endocrine disrupting chemicals, the EU shall seek proper regulation of all types of food contact materials, including a prohibition on the use of both endocrine disrupting chemicals and "Substances of Very High Concern", or SVHCs, as defined under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH);

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Awaits the upcoming review by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre of the national provisions adopted by Member States for non-harmonised materials; calls on the Commission to use this review as a starting-point for drawing up the required measures; noting that some of the migrating chemicals falling through the gaps in the legislation and threatening human health, include carcinogens, neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors.

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. however, the re-use of materials under the principles of circular economy and resource-efficiency should, in no way, lead to a higher number of contaminants added to the final product.

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. The 58 chemicals that have been placed on the list of most harmful chemicals under the REACH Regulation1a (SVHC) are currently permitted in food contact materials; they include chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, or are bio-accumulative (i.e. capable of building up and persisting in the body), or have hormone disrupting or other harmful properties; FCMs-related concern also refers to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are associated with hormonal cancers (breast, prostate, testes) as well as reproductive problems (infertility, adverse pregnancy outcomes), metabolic disorders (diabetes, obesity), allergies, and neurodevelopmental problems (learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders). In addition to known hazardous chemicals, there are other chemicals (so- called non intentionally added substances) that migrate, and their identity and structure is not known (especially in plastics). _________________ 1a OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1–849

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Supports research and innovation initiatives that seek to develop new substances for use in FCMs that are proven to be safe for human health; however, and for the time being, any safer alternatives should not include bisphenol S (BPS) as a substitute to bisphenol A (BPA). According to the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of ECHA, BPS may have a toxicological profile similar to BPA and thus RAC advises against substitution with BPS. For the RAC, if substitution trend towards BPS is observed, the need to propose a restriction on BPS should be considered 1a. _________________ 1a Source of the citation: Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC), Opinion on an Annex XV dossier proposing restrictions on Bisphenola. p.13. http://www.echa.europa.eu/documents/10 162/13641/bisphenol_a_seac_draft_opinio n_en.pdf

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2259(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses its concern that the level of enforcement of the legislation on FCMs varies greatly across the EU; highlights the importance of developing ~~EU guidelin~~legally binding EU rules for FCMs which would ~~facilitate a more uniform~~ensure a harmonised implementation and better enforcement in the ~~Member States~~EU internal market in the absence of harmonised legislation; Member States shall apply mutual recognition in such a way that when two national regulations are in contradiction with each other the one that prevails is the one ensuring a higher level of protection of health;

166/01/03
Committee: ENVI

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. having regard to the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD) on ‘Gender Equality and Women´s Empowerment: Transforming the lives of Girls and Women through EU External relations 2016-2020’1 a __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco /files/staff-working-document-gender- 2016-2020-20150922_en.pdf

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. having regard to the EP´s resolution of 8 October 2015 on the renewal of the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women´s Empowerment in Development1 b; __________________ 1b http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P8-TA- 2015- 0350+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language= EN

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas the World Health Organisation (WHO) constitution states that ‘the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition’1 c; __________________ 1c http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publica tions/Factsheet31.pdf

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the surge in terrorism and armed conflicts ~~in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region~~all over the world has led to a ~~significant~~n increase in these forms of violence, with rape and enslavement of women and girls being used systematically as a weapon of war~~, and trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, as a source of financing terrorist activities~~; whereas the participation of women in peacebuilding processes and democratic reform is critical to their success;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates that religious, cultural and traditional differences can never justify violence against women and girls, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), early and forced marriages, domestic violence and honour killings; and can never be used to maintain women and girls from the right to safe and legal abortion;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the lack of gender equality in the political realm of a lot of third countries as well as some countries within the EU; recalls that women and men are equal and should enjoy the same political rights and civil liberties;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2229(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Deplores the fact that women and girls are the most affected by extreme poverty, while it is factually proven that ~~investment in women and girls~~the promotion of gender equality and women´s empowerment is one of the most efficient ways of combating poverty;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Tackling factory farming, one of the greatest sustainability concerns of our time, presents a unique opportunity to resolve some of the world’s most pressing economic, environmental and ethical challenges;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognises that consumers across EU demand a better food quality and safety while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture and farming;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recognises that meat and dairy overconsumption might cause health problems and their massive production is highly energy intensive, resources consuming and has a considerable impact on GHGs emission;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses the need to launch educational campaign on healthy diets and habits to prevent food induced diseases;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost, and the need to address the wasteful use of cereals as animal feed in intensive production systems - which is an inefficient and environmentally damaging use of land and resources - instead of using these crops to feed people directly;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas population growth, higher average incomes and changing consumer behaviour will lead to revised dietary preferences, in particular resulting in higher demand for processed foods and animal proteins such as meat and dairy;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency ~~and productivity while ensuring~~, food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Underlines that farm management is key to ensure food security (at local, regional, national and world level), to help reduce climate change and to make a sustainable use of natural resources; and that it plays a crucial role in looking after the countryside across the EU territory and keeping the rural economies alive; environmentally sustainable farming, which uses natural resources prudently and respects animal welfare, is essential for our food production and for our quality of life – today, tomorrow and for future generations;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. A broad cultural shift is needed or, in other words, a food and farming revolution that provides healthy, affordable food for all produced from farming systems that promote our welfare and that of farm animals, support rural livelihoods and relieve poverty, protect the planet and its precious natural resources;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water ~~and~~, soil quality and ~~minimise~~ biodiversity ~~loss~~;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the key role played by organic and biodynamic farming in preserving natural resources , preventing environmental pollution and directly and indirectly preserving biodiversity;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas owing to pressure on natural resources, climate change, the scarcity of land, the vulnerability of the environment, the growth of the world population and changing consumer behaviour, it is essential that farmers produce more ~~with less~~sustainably, meaning a smaller ecological footprint per kg of product produced;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas, a more ~~productive and~~ resource-efficient agriculture is key to addressing the challenges of sustainability for all farms of whatever size and to making them better equipped to preserve natural resources;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that livestock husbandry practices that protect animals’ health and wellbeing are inherent to modern sustainable farm management models; acknowledges that animal welfare should be further improved and that coherent animal welfare standards across the EU are critical to the definition of good animal husbandry;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the EU is the biggest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, making the agri-food sector a key economic pillar of the Union employing 47 million people in 15 million downstream enterprises in fields such as food processing, retail and services, and contributing to a positive trade balance of EUR 17 802 euro that represents 7.2 % of total value of EU exports;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that by raising livestock on pasture, farmers enable their animals to move freely, engage in instinctive behaviours, consume a natural diet, and avoid the stress and illness associated with confinement;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing productivity and ensuring reasonable prices as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU can be best achieved through innovation;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to discourage industrial intensive farming because of its huge environmental impact;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Urges the European Union to invest more public funds in the strategic sector of organic farming by developing farming techniques to increase soil microbial activity and biodiversity - including the use of composting techniques and of companion planting and cover crops; the collective purchase and use of machinery and the development of machines adapted to the needs of organic farming; the selection of locally appropriate robust varieties; the identification of new sources or organic fertilisers and the protection of plants against insects naturally;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)

(1) Asks the European Commission to put forward proposals for dissemination, training and education programmes on greener and animal-welfare compatible farming systems;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)

(2) Underlines that bringing farmers and consumers closer together through local food networks, often characterised by personal, direct contact between the producer and the customer, offers values such as food being fresh and locally produced with less impact on environment, and represents an opportunity to increase the farmer’s income; the positive role played by short supply covers a range of direct selling (from selling on the farm, at farmers’ markets, or via the internet);

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the agricultural sector has been subject to frequent cycles of change aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, which have contributed significantly to the economic development of agriculture to its current level; whereas the incorporation of the latest technologies into farming practices ~~will bring significant benefits for all farm sizes;~~ is leading to increased debt among farmers and increased dependence on fossil fuels and banks, as well as having a hugely negative social and environmental impact; whereas this has led to the closure of many farms, concentrating production in increasingly large farms based on an industrial model;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Eleonora EVI, Marco AFFRONTE, Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco ZULLO, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls upon the Commission and Member State to invest on the improvement of the varieties of endemic plant species which could be suitable for animal feeding in order to reduce the dependence on the import of animal feed often made up of genetically engineered plants;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture and water management practices to climate change. and sees an urgent need to reduce cattle livestock climate emissions by adopting new farm management practices and strategies related to housing and feeding which, in some cases, are already available;

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – indent 1 (new)

- Calls on the European Union to develop and explore integrated strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics to protect human and animal health and animal welfare notably by looking into alternative treatments (e.g. adapted housing systems, feeding, use of herbs).

2015/11/30
Committee: ENVI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is strongly convinced that economic development ~~and~~must be based on sustainable production a~~re not mutually exclusive and are~~nd is achievable mainly through ~~innovation~~agroecology; stresses the need to support innovation ~~in technology~~ and governance by providing regulatory coherence, ~~clarity and room for entrepreneurship,~~ and urges the Commission to ensure that ~~innovation is explicitly taken into account~~agroecological farming is supported in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products ~~together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing an~~with which to feed Europe’s population, giving priority to the production of food mfor~~e demanding world population~~ the internal market;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Encourages the Commission to come forward with solutions to stimulate the uptake of ICT-based management systems, real-time data monitoring, sensor technology and the use of detection systems ~~for the optimisation of production systems or precision agriculture, which inter alia could mean adapting to changing production and market conditions leading to~~designed to promote progress towards agroecology, which inter alia could mean more efficient use of natural resources, ~~increased crop performance~~better crops, reduction of the environmental footprint, better understanding of animal behaviour, and improved animal health and welfare;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Is convinced that information gathered by robotics, sensor technology, automatic control and other technological innovations in the context of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and Big Data will enable real-time monitoring, better decision-making, and improved operations management along the whole food chain; welcomes the creation of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) Working Group 06 on ‘smart farming and food safety’, and stresses in this respect the importance and relevance of the European Digital Single Market for agriculture in terms of tackling problems of interoperability, standards for better convergence and questions of data ownership;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is concerned at the low level of awareness concerning the potential of Big Data and IoT and the fragmentation of the related technology systems, which increase the barriers to uptake and slow down deployment, and is disappointed at the slow take up of GPS technologies; notes that in the EU currently only 10 % of aided guidance, less than 1 % of real time kinematic movement and less than 1 % of variable rate application techniques are being used; encourages the Commission to quantify environmental and production benefit and to ensure awareness, knowledge and technology transfers;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the uptake of precision agriculture that provides new whole-farm management approaches, such as GPS/GNSS-technology driven machinery which, in combination with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs, or drones) , can work arable land to the nearest centimetre; agrees that these techniques could significantly reduce both the use of plant protection products and fertiliser and water use, and combat soil erosion; calls on the Commission to remove the barriers to adopting precision farming, in particular those linked to complex and fragmented ICT systems and investment level issues; encourages Member States to support these practices, in particular by using the opportunities under the new rural development rules under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the increased use of RPASs for farming purposes, since this can lead to savings in crop protection material and water usage; notes that a proposal for legislation is forthcoming in the revision of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s basic regulation, so that all drones would fall under EU competence; calls on the Commission to ensure that there are clear and unambiguous EU- wide standards and rules for the civil use of RPASs and that forthcoming legislation takes into account the specific conditions under which drones operate in agriculture;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the production of animal protein for feed and food through growing insects that can deliver an efficient conversion of organic residual streams into protein and nutrients with a lower climate impact and using less water than most conventional farm animals; is concerned that the current legislation on processed animal protein does not take into account the specificities of the production process for insects, since use of insect proteins is obstructed by outdated regulatory frameworks that make slaughterhouse requirement applicable to insects; urges the Commission to clarify this issue;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the enormous potential of ~~technology~~research and innovation for the development of ~~new products and services~~a less oil-dependent form of farming and job creation along the whole agri-food value chain; highlights the creation of new jobs in the agricultural sector, which is of pivotal importance for rural development, and considers that developing ~~modern~~environmentally friendly agricultural practices will make agriculture more attractive to young farmers ~~and entrepreneurs alike~~; calls on the Commission to look into the possibilities of incentivising farmers to raise public awareness concerning the workings of the agri-food chain and ~~new~~agroecological production methods;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights that a sizeable proportion of biotic waste streams are already used as, for example, animal feed or base material for biofuels; considers, however, that these materials should generate even higher outputs by aiming for the most added value and by using new technologies such as biorefining, insect breeding, solid state fermentation, biogas extraction and the extraction of minerals from manure; notes the lack of economies of scale for agricultural by-products and waste streams, and encourages the Commission to support their reuse by facilitating EU-wide recognition systems and special rural development programmes, to facilitate cross-border circulation and to improve synergy and coherence with other EU policiese need to reduce biotic waste streams by developing a form of farming grounded in the principles of agroecology;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Points out that ~~climate-smart farming~~agroecological practices ~~could~~ have a ~~triple-win effect by increasing sustainable production, ensuring climate-resilient farming that is better able to cope with changing and adverse~~much more beneficial effect, since they improve soil quality, require less weather ~~patterns, and reducing emissions from the agricultural sector by encouraging productive, resource- efficient and circular systems; stresses~~and increase sustainable production, ensuring a form of farming that the ~~agricultural sector has the unique opportunity to actively capture CO2 by means of forestation, use of cover crops and leguminous crops, and absorbing greenhouse gases in the soil (carbon sinking)~~lps mitigate the effects of climate change by cutting the amount of emissions generated by the farming sector;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers soil quality to be of economic and ecological importance since a depletion of the ecological state would result in less productive soil, lower nutrient availability, increases in susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases, lower water holding capacity and diminished biodiversity; calls on the Commission to support innovative practices and the sharing of best practices such as crop rotation systems or fertilising with green legumes to avoid further soil degradation; believes that the interplay between organic matter and production needs to be better understood; welcomes research into innovative practices such as the use of microbial interventions, in line with agroecological principles, and plant-soil interactions which could lower the environmental impact and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides; recognises the importance of a sustainable soil use that takes account of site-specific needs;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for ~~a continuous development of innovative new breeding techniques for plants, as this is of vital importance for the efficient development of new~~measures to promote the recovery of local and traditional varieties, contributing to the development of plants with higher yields, greater nutritional value and better resistance to pests, diseases and adverse weather conditions; believes that many new breeding techniques provide unprecedented opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agriculture; disapproves of the current administrative and regulatory burdens; urges the Commission to encourage new techniques and ensure access to biological materials for SMEs in the breeding sector, and expects it to give primacy to innovation in this respect and safeguard the right of farmers to use and exchange their seeds;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Acknowledges that there is a great potential for better risk management and s~~Sees the current risk management tools as underdeveloped, a situation which could result in short-term loss of productivity and long-term loss of innovation; calls on the Commission to ~~investigate and report on the possibility of stimulating private insurance schemes covering adverse climatic events, animal or plant~~establish a range of aid decoupled from the obligation to pay crop insurance to offset losses caused by adverse weather conditions or natural diseas~~es, pest infestations or environmental incidents, as mentioned in Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013~~ters of all kinds; calls, too, for crop insurance be adapted to suit small and medium-sized farms;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers that economic development ~~and~~must be linked to ecological sustainability a~~re complementary provided enough room is left for innovation and entrepreneurship and provided action is~~nd action must be taken to prevent the appearance of differences in national implementation, so as to ensure a genuine level playing field, also by exploring new and relevant techniques ~~such as satellite imaging~~; calls on the Commission to ensure a genuine level playing field for the agricultural sector by actively monitoring relevant legislation such as the Birds and Habitats Directives and the implementation thereof and reporting back to Parliament every two years;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that the CAP should be ~~more~~principally focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy, stresses further that a market-oriented CAP will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurshipmaintaining and promoting small and medium-sized farms, environmental conservation and high- quality, healthy food, and ensuring remunerative prices;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Considers innovation to be an essential tool and a key horizontal policy priority for ~~the CAP to develop, implement and achieve the objectives of the CAP reform 2014-2020~~a new CAP a new agroecological PAC that accords priority to the domestic market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a more ambitious overarching strategy with measurable outcomes in order to align and focus research ~~and innovation vis-à-vis policy priorities; stresses that the CAP should provide more flexibility for the use of newly developed techniques and prac~~for the provision of infrastructure for the local community, such as abattoirs and industrial facilitices ~~without an increase in burdensome rules and procedure~~for the processing and sale of agricultural products; believes that a horizontal priority for the European legislative framework should be to ensure sufficient leeway for pilot programmes and testing for innovative techniques;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas agriculture accounts for 70 % of the world’s fresh water use, and water availability is already a major limitation on agricultural production in some regions of the EU and globally, however, that market competitive pressure has shown that technical solutions alone will not alleviate the pressure on natural resources, it will merely increase the financial incentive to produce more;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas global energy demand is predicted to rise by 40 % by 2030 and research has shown that shorter agro- food chains can lead to reduced energy inputs with cost and environmental benefits;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is of the view that the loss of genetic diversity over the past century threatens food/feed security and undermines EU policies on sustainable agriculture, biodiversity protection and adaptation strategies under climate change; believes that the move to mono cultures and the lack of crop rotations is the biggest single factor in this loss; considers all plant and animal varieties, including landraces and their wild relatives, as essential for maintaining genetic diversity, breeding programmes and the production of nutritious and sufficient food;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Emphasises that it is crucial not to hamper the application of high-precision breeding techniques – without scientific reason – by subjecting them to unnecessary regulatory oversight;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers it essential for the Commission and the Member States to develop projects ~~which focus exclusively on the~~, aimed both at develop~~ment of~~ing more resource- efficient crop varieties and focusing on soil improving cropping systems, especially given the increasing scarcity of water availability and certain key components of fertilisers such as phosphate;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Member States to make better use of the financial instruments (FI) created under the joint EC-EIB Memorandum of Understanding in respect of agriculture and rural development for the period 2014-2020, believes however that this should not be a substitute for ensuring a viable return from the marketplace and urges the commission to address the imbalance in the food chain;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Notes that rural areas, and in particular agriculture, are most exposed to actual and potential climate change; recognises that agriculture must be allowed to adapt to meet changing circumstances using all available technological solutions, this highlights the need to broaden the definition of "productive agriculture" and to fully support and respect those farming lands which provide public goods in climate mitigation and carbon sequestration;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2220(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Peter Burian, has a responsibility to promote the rights of women and gender equality;

2015/11/17
Committee: FEMM

2015/2220(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that despite all five Central Asian countries ratifying the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, significant inequalities between men and women still exist in Central Asia; is concerned that ~~29% of women in the region are victims of physical or sexual violenc~~violence against women is still widespread in many parts of Central Asia and takes many forms, including domestic violence, bride kidnapping, trafficking, early marriages and physical abuse;

2015/11/17
Committee: FEMM

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

– having regard to the Eurobarometer survey published in October 2015 on the attitudes of people in Europe towards biodiversity (‘Special Eurobarometer 436’), according to which at least eight out of ten Europeans consider the various effects of biodiversity loss to be serious while more than three-quarters of Europeans believe that mankind has a responsibility to look after nature and that it is important to stop biodiversity loss;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. considering Europe's high ecological footprint that relies heavily on the import of resources and goods from all over the world;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

Is of the opinion that further and future European efforts to halt biodiversity loss on the European continent should ensure that pressures are not transferred to other parts of the world thereby increasing global biodiversity loss;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers political will, implementation, enforcement and further integration of biodiversity into other policy areas - such as transports, industry, energy, tourism, external trade, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, regional development and cohesion - to be essential;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that, according to the European Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella, one in six jobs in the EU depends to some extent on nature and biodiversity;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Reminds that the European Commission estimates that biodiversity loss costs the EU 3% of its GDP annually;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Points out that protecting and valuing biodiversity and natural resources in a more efficient way is not only key to our life and that of future generations, but makes also sense from an economic point of view;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the EU leaders to listen to the half a million citizens who have called for our strong nature protection laws to be upheld and better implemented;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Asks the EU Commission and Member States to address the major direct causes of biodiversity namely human activities such as land-use change, intensive agriculture, pollution, unsustainable natural resources use and climate change;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines that action must be taken to set higher standards of biodiversity and ecosystem protection in relevant sector policies. In particular, the Common Agricultural Policy must be transformed into a real sustainable rural development policy that awards public money to land users for the delivery of needed public goods, instead of distributing untargeted subsidies, as it is partly the case today;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes and regrets that there has not yet been a measurable improvement of the biodiversity status in agriculture; urges the Commission and Member States to monitor, assess and increase the effectiveness of greening measures and other rural development measures of the CAP; underlines that food production depends on nature and needs to contribute to its preservation not to its disappearance; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid- term review of the CAP;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Highlights that Natura 2000, the European network of protected natural areas, is still a relatively young network, whose full potential is far from having been achieved; considers that the Nature Directives remain relevant and that best practices on implementation demonstrate their effectiveness; the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives, including Natura 2000, is and should remain a core element of the EU biodiversity strategy;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Unfortunately, the mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy showed that the contributing decline in the status of species and habitats of EU importance associated with agriculture indicates that greater efforts need to be made;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses that the issues relating to biodiversity, agriculture and notably intensive livestock production, climate change and scarcity of raw materials are inseparably linked; calls on the Commission and Member States to take this into account in the further discussions on a new international agreement on climate change;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2129(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Is concerned that the non- consensual distribution of erotic or pornographic material, including the phenomenon of so-called ‘revenge porn’– a rapidly increasing form of abuse – overwhelmingly affects women and girls, some of whom are under the legal age of consent; emphasises the urgent need to educate and train young girls on the possible consequences of taking intimate photographs of themselves; underlines the importance of supporting programs for digital and media literacy for children and online safety courses in schools as prevention and awareness raising are indispensable and parents and those in contact with children have to be educated of the increasing risks posed by online activities related to child sexual abuse;

2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM

2015/2129(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to step up the provision of resources for professionals working with children as well as for investigative experts, who should be aware of how gender differences affect the ways in which girls and boys respond to sexual abuse; underlines the necessity of fighting the reproduction of gender stereotypes and the increased sexualisation of children in the media.

2017/05/22
Committee: FEMM

2015/2113(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Underlines that EU plans to source most of its ‘renewable’ energy by burning biomass as well as its policies are leading to widespread land-grabbing and forest destruction;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Notes that current EU biofuels policy has been widely criticised for not taking into account greenhouse gas emissions associated with indirect land use change (ILUC) which can be triggered when existing agricultural production shifts to uncultivated land, both inside and outside the EU;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Considers that a sustainable approach for meeting the EU’s energy security targets should not expand further the use of biofuels grown on land and that improving fuel efficiency of vehicles, reducing transport demand, reducing intensive livestock, increasing the use of biofuels from waste and residues that do not cause additional land use change are better options;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls the EU decision makers to take into account the fact that biofuels reduce world food supply – mandating hunger and that it is only by counting on people to eat less food can carbon savings be achieved.

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

– having regard to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) 2013 Report ‘Tackling Climate Change through Livestock: a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities’;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)

– having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production- consumption systems in Europe’;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 c (new)

– having regard to joint research undertaken by the universities of Cambridge and Aberdeen in 2014 which estimated that greenhouse gases from food production would go up 80% if meat and dairy consumption continued to rise at its current pace and that this would make it harder to meet global targets on limiting emissions;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines that, according to the FAO1 a, the livestock sector also has the potential to significantly reduce its emissions as an important emitter of greenhouse gas; ___________ 1a http://www.fao.org/3/a- i3437e/index.html

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Urges the EU and its Member States to take into account the following FAO estimates: - GHG emissions along the livestock supply chains represent 14,5 % of all human-induced emissions; - feed production-processing and fermentation from ruminants are the two main sources of livestock GHG emissions; - included in feed production, land-use accounts for about 9% of the livestock GHG emissions;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Highlights the following assessment of the EEA1 a: ‘food is the household consumption category with the highest embedded environmental pressures, causing more than one third of acidifying air pollutant emissions and one sixth of greenhouse gas and ozone precursor emissions’; ___________ 1a European Environmental Agency (EEA) 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in Europe’, p. 51

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emission budgets which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition; stresses that in line with the IPCC’s findings, land use (agricultural, forest and other land uses) has significant cost-effective potential for mitigation and enhancing resilience; highlights that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF); reiterates that, according to the EEA, nearly one third of the world’s cultivated land is being used to grow animal feed and emphasises that, in the EU alone, 45% of wheat production is used for this purpose; notes moreover, that the demand for food requires significant natural resources, in particular land, water and energy;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Stefan ECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Notes that adaptation in the agriculture and food sectors is particularly urgent, and for example, that the consumption of meat and dairy products is responsible for a significant fraction of the global environmental impacts caused by EU consumption as a whole1: it contributed, on average, close to 25% of the environmental impacts from the total consumption (domestic final use) of all goods and services in the EU-27, while constituting only 6% of the economic value; 1 European Environmental Agency 2014 Report ‘Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in Europe’.

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2065(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Recognis~~Notes that CAP reform introduced measures aimed at addressing the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain, measures which have so far proved ineffective;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that CAP reform introduced measures aimed at addressing the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain, urges the commission to prioritize these initiatives;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that short Food Supply Chains and Local Food Systems should be encouraged as such types of food chains has specific social impacts, economic impacts at both regional and farm level as well as environmental impacts translating themselves into clear benefits for producers and consumers;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Matt CARTHY, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points to the limitations of the Supply Chain Initiative (SCI), and specifically the absence of farmers’ organisations owing to lack of trust, restriction of anonymous complaints, absence of meaningful mechanisms to adequately combat well- documented unfair trading practices (UTPs), and, in particular, ~~the lack of enforcement measures and~~given its lack of statutory power its inability to apply any meaningful sanctions;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out reducing prices for the primary producer are not reflected in consumer prices which highlight the imbalance in the food supply chain and the need for regulation;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Matt CARTHY, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Doubts whether~~Believes that voluntary initiatives are inadequate for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers and must be complemented by regulatory action combined with a fundamental rebalancing of the market to give parity to the primary producer;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the Supply Chain Initiative (SCI), which is purely voluntary in nature, does not address the real problem arising from the highly concentrated structure of large-scale distribution and the supply-side rigidity that applies to most agricultural producers;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights that as supermarkets have acquired increasing reputation and market power, they have developed their own brands, this has given the retailer a new role – in addition to their traditional role as purchaser, they have become a direct competitor This widens the scope for buyer power abuse in that it can adversely affect choice for consumers and could also affect innovation;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Matt CARTHY, Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Questions the Commission’s unwavering support for the SCI, given its limited success and also given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre- emptive conclusion that regulatory action at EU level is not foreseen;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national law to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; ~~notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as a potential model for adaptation at EU level;~~

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that framework legislation at EU level ~~is essential~~may help to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers, given that it has an impact on specific issues such as pricing policies and payment deadlines and reflects the social and economic situation in each Member State; urges the Commission to consider this when assessing the SCI;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Matt CARTHY, Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that framework legislation at EU level is ~~essential~~necessary to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers; urges the Commission to consider this an essential part of a long term solution when assessing the SCI;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Miguel VIEGAS, Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Argues that such legislation would complement the SCI and protect ~~stakeholders who are fully engaged with the Initiative~~the production side, which is considered the most vulnerable bearing in mind the supply-side rigidity arising from long production cycles and the perishable nature of products, while ensuring that UTPs are eradicated from the food supply chain and providing primary producers with the necessary legal certainty to address their concerns.

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2051(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. considering the exponential increase of reports of sexual and gender based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse during and in the aftermath of emergencies;

2015/09/29
Committee: FEMM

2015/2051(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas conflict often leads to more single or child-headed households and creates additional workload for women;

2015/09/29
Committee: FEMM

2015/2051(INI)

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages the promotion of feminist self-defence training within the scope of education programs;

2015/09/29
Committee: FEMM

2015/0275(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) In a circular economy farm animals' main role is to convert materials that cannot be eaten by people, such as pasture, by-products and crop residues, into meat, milk and eggs. The current use of over 50% of EU cereal production as animal feed runs counter to circular economy principles as animals convert these crops very inefficiently into meat, milk and eggs.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0028(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) Seals are sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering. The hunting of seals has led to expressions of serious concerns and outrage by members of the public and governments sensitive to animal welfare considerations due to the pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering which the killing and skinning of seals, as they are most frequently performed, cause to those animals. In accordance with Article 13 TFEU, the Union and its Member States are to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals when formulating and implementing the Union's agriculture, fisheries, transport, internal market, research and technological development and space policies. The harmonised rules provided for in this Regulation should accordingly take fully into account considerations of the welfare of animals.

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/0028(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) At the same time, seal hunting is an integral part of the culture and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities and makes a major contribution to their subsistence. For those reasons, seal hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities do not raise the same public moral concerns as the hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Moreover, it is broadly recognised that the fundamental and social interests of Inuit and other indigenous communities should not be adversely affected, in accordance with United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international instruments. ~~For those reasons, by way of exception, Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows the~~Because since 2009, there have been very few seal products resulting from traditional hunts by indigenous communities that have been plac~~ing~~ed on the Union market ~~of seal products which result from hunts traditionally con~~, it is reasonable to conclude that exports of seal producteds by ~~Inuit and other~~ indigenous communities ~~and which~~do not substantially contribute to their subsistence.

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/0028(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) A genuinely humane killing method cannot be effectively and consistently applied in the hunts conducted by the Inuit and other indigenous communities, just like in the other seal hunts. ~~Nonetheless,~~Therefore it is appropriate, in light of the objective pursued by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, to make the placing in the Union market of products resulting from hunts by the Inuit and other indigenous communities conditional upon those hunts being conducted in a manner which reduces pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering of the animals hunted to the extent possible, while having regard to the traditional way of life and the subsistence needs of the Inuit and other indigenous communities. The exception granted in respect of seal products resulting from hunts conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities should be limited to hunts that contribute to the subsistence need of those communities and are therefore not conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Thus, the Commission should be enabled to limit, if necessary, the quantity of seal products placed on the market under that exception in order to prevent the use of the exception by products resulting from hunts which are conducted primarily for commercial purposprohibit the placing in the Union market of products resulting from hunts by the Inuit and other indigenous communities.

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Stefan ECK, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1

By 31 December 20260, the Commission shall on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).

2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI

2014/0011(COD)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Stefan ECK, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1

Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.

2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) Member States should specifically look at the agricultural sector for possibilities of reducing emission of atmospheric pollutants. The vast majority of EU ammonia emissions and around half of EU methane emissions originate from agriculture. Member States should consider reducing high density intensive livestock farming, promotion of livestock grazing and promotion of agroecology principles and legally binding emission reduction commitments for ammonia and methane, as effective measures of emission reduction.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) Member States ~~should~~must comply with the emission reduction commitments set out in this Directive for 2020, 2025 and 2030. So as to ensure demonstrable progress towards the 2030 commitments, Member States should meet intermediate emission levels in 2025, set on the basis of a linear trajectory between their emission levels for 2020 and those defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030, unless this would entail disproportionate costs. Where the 2025 emissions cannot be so limited, Member States should explain the reasons in their reports under this Directive.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) In order to promote cost-effective achievement of the national emission reduction commitments and of the intermediate emission levels, Member States should be entitled to account for emission reductions from international maritime traffic if emissions from that sector are lower than the levels of emissions that would result from compliance with Union law standards, including the sulphur limits for fuels set in Directive 1999/32/EC of the Council.21 Member States should also have the possibility to jointly meet their commitments and intermediate emission levels regarding methane (CH4) and of making use of Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for so doing.22 For the purpose of checking compliance with their national emission ceilings, emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels, Member States could adjust their national emission inventories in view of improved scientific understanding and methodologies regarding emissions. The Commission could object to the use of any of these flexibilities by a Member State, should the conditions set out in this Directive not be met. __________________ ~~21 Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13).~~ 22 Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) In order to reduce atmospheric NH3 and PM2,5 emissions from the main contributors, national air pollution control programmes should include measures applicable to the agricultural sector. Member States should be entitled to implement measures applicable to the agricultural sector other than those set out in this Directive with an equivalent level of environmental performance owning to specific national circumstances.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) In order to assess the effectiveness of the national emission reduction commitments laid down in this Directive, Member States should also monitor~~, where practicable,~~ the effects of such reductions in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, in accordance with internationally established guidelines and report these effects.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020, 2025 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. The following emissions are not accounted for the purpose of complying with paragraphs 1 and 2: (a) aircraft emissions beyond the landing and take-off cycle; (b) emissions in the Canary Islands, the French overseas departments, Madeira, and the Azores; (c) emissions from national maritime traffic to and from the territories referred to in point (b); (d) emissions from international maritime traffic, without prejudice to Article 5(1).deleted

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. In order to comply with the intermediate emission levels determined for 2025 in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2, and the national emission reduction commitments set out in Annex II applicable from 2030 onwards for NOX, SO2 and PM2,5, Member States may offset NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions achieved by international maritime traffic against NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions released by other sources in the same year, provided that they meet the following conditions: (a) the emission reductions occur in the sea areas that fall within the Member States' territorial seas, exclusive economic zones or in pollution control zones if such zones have been established; (b) they have adopted and implemented effective monitoring and inspection measures to ensure a proper operation of this flexibility; (c) they have implemented measures to achieve lower NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions from international maritime traffic than the emissions levels that would be achieved by compliance with the Union standards applicable to emissions of NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 and have demonstrated an adequate quantification of the additional emission reductions resulting from these measures; (d) they have not offset more than 20% of the NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions calculated in accordance with point (c), provided that the offset does not result in non-compliance with the national emission reduction commitments for 2020 set out in Annex II.deleted

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall draw up and adopt a national air pollution control programme in accordance with Part 2 of Annex III in order to limit their annual anthropogenic emissions in accordance with Article 4. Member States shall in particular take into consideration the role of the agricultural sector and its emissions of ammonia and methane when drawing up and adopting national air pollution control programmes.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure~~, if practicable,~~ the monitoring of adverse impacts of air pollution upon ecosystems in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex V.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – title

Measures which ~~may~~shall be included in the National Air Pollution Control Programme

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1 – point d a (new)

(da) reduction of intensive livestock farming practices;

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1 – point e

~~(e) low-emission manure processing and composting systems;~~deleted

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1 – point f

~~(f) low-emission animal housing systems;~~deleted

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) promotion of grazing, extensive farming and enhancing the pasture biodiversity.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1 – point g b (new)

(gb) promotion of agroecology principles;

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0443(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section B a (new)

Ba. Measures to control methane emissions Member States shall establish a national advisory code of good agriculural practice for reducing methane emissions, covering at least the following items: (a) reduction of intensive livestock farming practices; (b) livestock feeding strategies (e.g improved forage quality, incorporation of leguminous crops in the diet, larger proportion of concentrates in diet, rumen resistant starch, etc); (c) promotion of grazing, extensive farming and enhancing the pasture biodiversity; (d) promotion of agroecology principles.

2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Younous OMARJEE, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) The Union is signatory to the Minamata Convention which aims to control and where feasible reduce emissions of mercury in order to protect human health and the environment from its adverse effects.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) TWithout prejudice to the attainment of health and environmental protection objectives, the requirements of this Directive should not apply to energy related products covered by implementing measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2009/125/EC or by Chapter III or IV of Directive 2010/75/EU. Certain other combustion plants should also be exempted from the scope of this Directive, on the basis of their technical characteristics or their use in particular activitiesto medium combustion plants that are regulated by Chapter III or IV of Directive 2010/75/EU provided that they are subject to stricter requirements than set under this Directive.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)

(9 a) This Directive should apply to medium combustion plants, including a combination formed by two or more combustion plants, with a total rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 MW and less than 50 MW. In order to avoid regulatory gaps, the provisions of this Directive should also apply to a combination formed by medium combustion plants where the total rated thermal input is equal to or more than 50 MW, without prejudice to stricter provisions set pursuant to Chapter II and Chapter III of Directive 2010/75/EU.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Younous OMARJEE, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) In order to ensure the control of emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides ~~and~~, particulate matter ~~into the air, each medium combustion plant should operate~~, mercury, dioxins and furans, formaldehydes, methane, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia into the air, each medium combustion plant should operate in accordance to emissions levels achievable using best available techniques and only if it is at least registered by the competent authority, based on notification by the operator.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) For the purposes of controlling emissions into air from medium combustion plants, emission limit values and requirements for monitoring should be set out in this Directive. Without prejudice to the attainment of health and environmental protection objectives requiring stricter conditions, for medium combustion plants covered by Chapter II of Directive 2010/75/EU, the emission limit values and monitoring requirements set out in this Directive should be considered to represent the Union-wide minimum requirements and may not be exceeded when applying Article 15 of Directive 2010/75/EU.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) It is necessary to ensure that new medium combustion plants conform to best available techniques as regards energy efficiency, and apply cogeneration technology. Existing medium combustion plants should be provided with more time to conform to energy efficiency levels based on best available techniques.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) To ensure the consistency and coherence of the Member State information on the implementation of this Directive and promote exchange of information between Member States and the Commission, the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, should develop an electronic reporting tool also available for internal use by Member States for national reporting and data management and active dissemination purposes.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) In order to ~~adapt to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts~~establish the energy efficiency standards for medium combustion plants, and to adjust the provisions on emission monitoring set out in Annex IV to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1

This Directive lays down rules to prevent and control emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides ~~and~~, particulate matter, mercury, dioxins and furans, formaldehydes, methane, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia into the air from medium combustion plants, and thereby reduce emissions to air and the potential risks to human health and the environment from such emissions. It aims to achieve a high level of environmental and human health protection.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

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

~~(a) combustion plants which are covered by Chapter III or Chapter IV of Directive 2010/75/EU;~~deleted

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

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

(f) combustion plants which are covered by implementing measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 where those implementing acts are setting stricter emission limit values or compliance provisions for the pollutants listed in Annex II of this Directive. __________________ 22 Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1.)

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)

(4 a) 'dioxins and furans' means all polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans listed in Part 2 of Annex VI of Directive 2010/75/EU;

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) ’existing combustion plant’ means a combustion plant put into operation before [~~1 year after the date of transposition~~date of entry into force];

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b – point e

(e) wood waste with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals or other hazardous contaminants as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coating and which includes, in particular, such wood waste originating from construction and demolition waste;

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16

(16) ‘'operating hours’' means the time, expressed in hours, during which a combustion plant ~~is discharging emissions into the air~~, in whole or in part, is operating and discharging emissions into the air, including start-up and shut-down periods;

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)

Article 3 a Aggregation rules The combination formed by two or more new medium combustion plants shall be considered as a single medium combustion plant for the purpose of this Directive and their rated thermal input added for the purpose of calculating the total rated thermal input of the plant, where: - the waste gases of such medium combustion plants are discharged through a common stack; or - taking into account technical factors, the waste gases of such medium combustion plants could be discharged through a common stack.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. The competent authority shall consider the impact on the environment and human health when granting a permit or registering the medium combustion plant within one month following the notification by the operator. The competent authority shall evaluate the information listed in Annex I and assess the compatibility of the operation conditions proposed under paragraph 3 with the following: a) compliance with ambient air quality concentrations of 10 μg/m3 (annual mean) for PM2.5, 40 μg/m3 (annual mean) for NO2, 20 μg/m3 (24-hour mean) for SO2 in the air quality zone where the plant is located; b) compliance with critical loads and levels for the protection of ecosystems. The competent authority may require the operator to provide further evidence for the purpose of the assessment and shall inform the operator thereof.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6

6. For each medium combustion plant, the register held by the competent authorities shall be made publicly accessible and at least include the information listed in Annex I, as well as any information obtained through the verification of monitoring results or other compliance checks referred to in Articles 7 and 8.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Without prejudice to ~~the~~any stricter provisions of Chapter II of Directive 2010/75/EU, where applicable, the emission limit values set out in Annex II shall apply to individual medium combustion plants.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

From 1 January 20250 emissions into air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides ~~and~~, particulate matter, mercury, dioxins and furans, formaldehydes, methane, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia from an existing medium combustion plant ~~with a rated thermal input above 5 MW~~ shall not exceed the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

From 1 January 2030 emissions into air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of 5 MW or less shall not exceed the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II.deleted

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 500 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply.deleted

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

From [1 year after the date of ~~transposition~~entry into force] emissions into air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides ~~and~~, particulate matter, mercury, dioxins and furans, formaldehydes, methane, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia from a new medium combustion plant shall not exceed the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Member States may exempt new medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 500 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 100 mg/Nm³ shall apply.deleted

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. In zones at risk of not complying with EU air quality limit values laid down in Directive 2008/50/EC, Member States shall apply, for individual medium combustion plants in those zones, emission limit values based on the benchmark values laid down in Annex III or on stricter values established by the Member States, unless it is demonstrated to the Commission that applying such emission limit values would entail disproportionate costs and that other measures ensuring compliance with the air quality limit values have been included in the air quality plans required under Article 23 of Directive 2008/50/EC and shall consider additional measures such as reduced operating hours.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission shall organise an exchange of information with Member States and environmental and health protection stakeholders on the benchmark values for more stringent emission limit values referred to in paragraph 4.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

The competent authority may exceptionally grant a derogation for a maximum of six months from the obligation to comply with the emission limit values provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 for sulphur dioxide in respect of a medium combustion plant which normally uses low-sulphur fuel, in cases where the operator is unable to comply with those limit values because of an interruption in the supply of low- sulphur fuel resulting from a serious shortage and only when it is absolutely necessary to ensure supply security.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall immediately inform the Commission of any derogation ~~granted~~ under the first subparagraph, if it is granted for a time period exceeding 10 days.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)

Article 5 a Energy efficiency 1. From 1 January 2018 new medium combustion plants with a rated thermal input above 20 MW shall achieve energy efficiency in line with best available techniques. 2. From 1 January 2020 all new medium combustion plants shall achieve energy efficiency in line with best available techniques. 3. From 1 January 2025 all existing medium combustion plants shall achieve energy efficiency in line with best available techniques. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 in order to set the minimum energy efficiency standards for medium combustion plants in line with best available techniques. The standards applicable to new medium combustion plants with rated thermal input above 20MW shall be adopted by 31 December 2016.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that the operators carry out monitoring of emissions at least in accordance with Annex IV. Emissions into air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia shall be monitored continuously.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Michèle RIVASI, Dario TAMBURRANO, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. All monitoring results shall be recorded, processed and presented in such a way as to enable the competent authority to verify compliance with the emission limit values. The monitoring results and compliance assessments shall be actively disseminated to the public and all related documents shall be provided for free public consultation on the web page of the competent authority even including through electronic databases.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the emission limit values are met during the periods of start- up and shut-down of the medium combustion plants and that periods of any malfunctions are kept as short as possible. In case of a malfunction or a breakdown of secondary abatement equipment, the operator shall immediately inform the competent authority.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

If compliance cannot be restored within ten days, the competent authority shall suspend immediately the operation of the plant and withdraw its registration or operating permit.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Michèle RIVASI, Dario TAMBURRANO, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4

4. Data listed in paragraph 2 shall be made available to the competent authority upon request to verify compliance with the requirements of this Directive and shall be actively disseminated to the public, including through electronic databases, within one month of reception.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. The operator shall notify the competent authority of any planned change to the medium combustion plant which would affect the applicable emission limit values. Such notification shall be provided at least ~~one~~six months before the change takes place.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Upon~~The competent authority shall take note of the notification ~~from~~by the operator ~~in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authority shall register any such change within one month~~and shall inform the operator within 3 months about additional measures required related to Article 5(4) and whether the changes are accepted.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Michèle RIVASI, Dario TAMBURRANO, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

Without prejudice to Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the Aarhus Convention, the competent authority shall make available to the public, including via the Internet, the register of medium combustion plants and all information held by the competent authority pursuant to Articles 4, 6, 7 and 8 of this Directive. __________________ 24 Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26).

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall, by [2 years after the date of ~~transposition~~entry into force], report to the Commission a summary of the data listed in Annex I, with an estimate of the total annual emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides ~~and~~, particulate matter ~~from these plants, grouped by fuel type and capacity class~~, mercury, dioxins and furans, formaldehydes, methane, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia from these plants, grouped by fuel type and capacity class. The summaries shall be made publicly available by the Commission one month after that date.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall send to the Commission a second and third report containing the update of the data referred to in paragraph 1 by respectively 1 October 20262 and 1 October 203127.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall, ~~within twelve months from the receipt of the reports from Member States in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2~~by 1 January 2020 at the latest, and taking into account information made available in accordance with Articles 5 (6), 5(7) and Article 10, submit a ~~summary~~full report to the European Parliament and to the Council, which is made publicly available.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5

5. The ~~second summary~~ report of the Commission shall review the implementation of this Directive, with special regard to the need to ~~establish~~review or extend the benchmark values laid down in Annexes II and IIII as Union- wide emission limit values~~, and~~ in light of the developments of best available techniques in the sector concerned. The report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal where appropriate.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6

6. When carrying out its duties under paragraphs 3 to 5, the Commission shall be assisted by the European Environment Agency and the non governmental organisations promoting environmental and health protection.

2015/03/10
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 8

~~8. In case the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) is used, a declaration signed by the operator to operate the plant not more than 300 hours per year;~~deleted

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1

All emission limit values set out in this Annex are defined at a temperature of 273,15 K, a pressure of 101,3 kPa and after correction for the water vapour content of the waste gases and at a standardised O2 content of 6 % for combustion plants using solid fuels, 3 % for combustion plants~~, other than engines and gas turbines,~~ using liquid and gaseous fuels ~~and 15 %~~ for engines and gas turbines.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 1 – table 1

Emission limit values for existing medium combustion plants 1. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for medium combustion plants other than engines and gas turbines Pollutant Solid Other solid Liquid Heavy fuel Natural Gaseous biomass fuels (1a) fuels other oil (1a) gas fuels other than heavy than fuel oil (1a) natural gas SO2 250 100 4100 ~~170~~100 - 350 NOX - 100 ~~35 NOX 650~~ 100 (1b) 100 (1b) 100 (1b) 70 65 70 Particulate 10 20 10 ~~650~~ 5 ~~200~~5 ~~250 Particula~~ - - matter 30 Mercury (1c) 10 3 10 - ~~30 30 - - matter~~ - - - Dioxins and 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 - - Furans (1d) Carbone 200 100 - - - - monoxide Total 10 10 - - - - organic carbon (1a) sulphur content in fuels should not exceed 0,05% (1b) 45350 mg/Nm~~3 for plants with a thermal input below or equal to 5 MW~~ ³ in case it is technically impossible to use abatement techniques (1c) emission limit values expressed in µg/Nm³ (1d) emission limit values expressed in ng/Nm³

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 1 – table 2

2. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for engines and gas turbines Pollutant Type of installation Liquid fuels Natural gas Gaseous fuels other than (1a) natural gas SO2 Engines and gas ~~turbines~~ 60 5 - 15 ~~NOX~~ turbines NOX Engines ~~190 (1)~~30 30 ~~190 (2)~~30 ~~190 (2)~~ (3) Gas turbines ~~(3)~~ 2030 1530 20 30 Particulate matter Engines and gas ~~turbines~~ 10 5 - - ~~matter~~ ~~(1) 1850 mg/Nm³ in the following cas~~ turbines: ~~(i) for diesel engines the construction of which commenced before 18 May 2006; (ii) for dual fuel engines in liquid mode. (2) 380 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in gas mode.~~Formaldehydes Engines and gas 1 1 1 turbines Methane Engines and gas 300 300 300 turbines Carbon monoxide Engines and gas 35 35 35 turbines (1a) sulphur content in fuels should not exceed 0,05% (3) Eemission limit values are only applicable above 70 % load.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 2 – table 1

Emission limit values for new medium combustion plants 1. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for medium combustion plants other than engines and gas turbines Pollutant ~~Solid~~ Solid Other solid Liquid fuels Heavy fuel Natural gas Gaseous biomass fuels (1a) other than ~~oil~~ oil (1a) fuels other heavy fuel than natural oil (1a) gas SO2 2050 4 100 1700 35100 - 350 NOX 3070 30 70 20 70 30 70 10 70 20 70 Particulate ~~20(1)~~5 5 20 5 20 205 - - matter Mercury(1b) ~~25 mg/Nm3 for plants with a thermal input below or equal to 5 MW~~ 3 3 - - - - Dioxins and 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 - - furans (1c) Carbon 200 100 - - - - monoxide Total 10 10 - - - - organic carbon (1a) sulphur content in fuels should not exceed 0,05% (1b) emission limit values expressed in µg/Nm³ (1c) emission limit values expressed in ng/Nm³

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex II –part 2 – table 2

2. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for engines and gas turbines Pollutant ~~Type of installation~~ Type of Liquid ~~fuels~~ Natural gas Gaseous fuels other ~~than~~ installation fuels (1a) than natural gas SO2 Engines and gas 5 - 15 turbines 60NOX - Engines 15 30 30 30 ~~1 2 NOX~~ Gas turbines (3) 30 30 30 Particulate matter Engines and gas 5 ~~190 ( )~~ - ~~95 ( )~~ - ~~190~~ ~~Gas~~ turbines ~~(3)~~ Formaldehydes Engines and gas 751 50 1 ~~75 Particulate Engines and gas turbines 1~~1 turbines Methane Engines and gas 300 300 300 - ~~- matter (1) 225 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in liquid mode. (2) 190 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in gas mode.~~ turbines Carbon monoxide Engines and gas 35 35 35 turbines (1a) sulphur content in fuels should not exceed 0,05% (3) Eemission limit values are only applicable above 70 % load.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – table 1

Emission limit value benchmarks (mg/Nm³) for medium combustion plants other than engines and gas turbines Pollutant ~~Rated~~ Solid Other solid Liquid Natural gas Gaseous fuels other ~~thermal~~ biomass fuels fuels than natural gas input (MW) NOX 1-5 200 100 120 70 120 > 5 - 50 145 100 120 70 120 Particulate 1-5 ~~10 10~~ 5 105 - - matter ~~> 5 - 50 5 5 5 - -~~

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – table 2

Emission limit value benchmarks (mg/Nm³) for engines and gas turbines Pollutant Type of installation Liquid fuels Natural gas Gaseous fuels other than natural gas NOX Engines 150 35 35 1 Gas turbines ( ) 50 20 5Natural gas NOX Gas turbines (1) 20 (1) benchmark is only applicable above 70 % load.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – title

Emission monitoring and assessment of compliance

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – subtitle 1 a (new)

Part 1: monitoring methods

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – point 1

1. ~~Periodic~~Continuous measurements of SO2, NOx ~~and~~, particulate matter shall be required at least every three years for medium combustion plants the rated thermal input of which is greater than 1 MW and less than 20 MW, and at least annually for medium combustion plants the rated thermal input of which is equal to or greater than 20 MW but less than 50 MW, carbon monoxide, total organic carbon and ammonia shall be required for medium combustion plants.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – point 2

2. ~~Measurements are only required for pollutants for which an emission limit value is laid down in Annex II for the plant concerned~~Continuous measurements of mercury shall be required for medium combustion plants the rated thermal input of which is equal to or greater than 20 MW, and at least monthly for medium combustion plants the rated thermal input of which is less than 20 MW. In the case of continuous measurements, the automated measuring systems shall be subject to control by means of parallel measurements with the reference methods at least once per year and the operator shall inform the competent authority about the results of those controls.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – point 2 a (new)

2a. Periodic measurements of dioxins and furans, formaldehydes and methane shall be required at least annually.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – point 4

4. As an alternative to the measurements of SO2 referred to in point 1, othe~~r procedures, verified and approved by the competent authority, may be used to determine the SO2 emissions~~ certification of the use of ultra-low sulphur fuels may be used to determine the SO2 emissions and to allow for an exemption from continuous measurements set pursuant to point 1.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0442(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Stefan ECK, Eleonora FORENZA

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part 2 (new)

Part 2: Assessment of compliance 1. In the case of periodic measurements referred to in point 3, the emission limit values referred to in Article 5 shall be regarded as having been complied with if the result of each individual measurement, does not exceed the relevant emission limit value. 2. In the case of continuous measurements, compliance with the emission limit values referred to in Article 5 shall be assessed as set out in point 1 of Part 4 of Annex V to Directive 2010/75/EU. The validated average values are determined as set out in points 9 and 10 of Part 3 of Annex V to Directive 2010/75/EU. For the purpose of the calculation of the average emission values, the values measured during the periods referred to in Article 5(6) and Article 5(7) as well as during the start-up and shut-down periods shall be included.

2015/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) A high level of protection of human health and of consumers’ interests and the effective functioning of the internal market should be assured in the pursuit of Union food policies, whilst ensuring transparency. Due attention should be given to the protection of the environment.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union and the Member States are to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals when formulating and implementing, inter alia, the Union's agriculture, fisheries and internal market policies. When implementing this Regulation, therefore, due attention should be given to the welfare of animals and implementation should be fully in line with all relevant provisions of Union law on animal welfare, including Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes and Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Novel foods are subject to the general labelling requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers and other relevant labelling requirements in Union food law. In certain cases it may be necessary to provide for additional labelling information, in particular regarding the description of the food, its source or its conditions of use to ensure that consumers are sufficiently informed of the nature of the novel food. Therefore, when a novel food is included in the Union list or in the list of traditional foods from third countries, specific conditions of use or labelling obligations may be imposed, which might, inter alia, relate to any specific characteristic or food property, such as composition, nutritional value or nutritional effects and intended use of the food, or to ethical considerations or implications for the health of specific groups of the population. It is appropriate to lay down in this Regulation specific labelling obligations in respect of food ingredients present in the form of engineered nanomaterials which fall within the scope of this Regulation.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation lays down rules for the placing of novel foods on the market within the Union in order to ensure a high level of protection of human health and consumers' interests and the effective functioning of the internal market, whil~~e providing a high level of protection of human health and consumer interests~~st ensuring transparency and, where relevant, the protection of the environment and animal health and welfare.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

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

(c) food falling within the scope of Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones]. Until Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones] enters into force, foods derived from cloned animals and their descendants shall not be authorised and/or placed on the Union list of novel foods authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

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

(ea) "cloned animals" means animals produced by means of a method of asexual, artificial reproduction with the aim of producing a genetically identical or nearly identical copy of an individual animal;

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

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

(eb) "descendants of cloned animals" means animals produced by means of sexual reproduction, in cases in which at least one of the progenitors is a cloned animal;

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) where relevant, no significant risk for animal health and welfare or for the environment has been established.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

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

(c) food falling within the scope of Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones]. Until Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on the placing on the market of food from animal clones enters into force, food derived from cloned animals and their descendants shall not be authorised and/or placed on the Union list of novel foods authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) additional specific labelling requirements to inform the final consumer of any specific characteristic or food property, such as the composition, nutritional value or nutritional effects and intended use of the food, which renders a novel food no longer equivalent to an existing food or of implications for the health of specific groups of the population; if a novel food consists of, or contains ingredients in the form of engineered nanomaterials, this shall be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients, and the names of such ingredients shall be followed by the word 'nano' in brackets;

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c

(c) scientific evidence demonstrating that the novel food does not pose a safety risk to human health, and where relevant, no safety risk for animal health and welfare or for the environment;

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission ~~may~~shall request EFSA to render its opinion if the update is liable to have an effect on human health. , animal health and welfare, or the environment.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) whether the composition of the novel food and the conditions of its use do not pose a safety risk to human health, animal health and welfare, or the environment in the Union.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

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

(b) ‘traditional food from a third country’ means novel food, other than the novel food as referred to in point (a)(i) to (iii), which is derived from primary production, and is either unprocessed or has gone through a primary process without a secondary process that involves the combination of foods in a particular way to change the properties of the food, with a history of safe food use in a third country;

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

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

(ea) 'new production process' means a process not used for food production within the Union before 15 May 1997

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

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

(eb) 'Cloned animals' means animals produced by means of a method of asexual, artificial reproduction with the aim of producing a genetically identical or nearly identical copy of an individual animal

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

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

(ec) 'descendants of cloned animals' means animals produced by means of sexual reproduction, in cases in which at least one of the progenitors is a cloned animal

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Food business operators shall consult athe Member State where they first intend to place the novel food in the market if they are unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within the Union falls within the scope of this Regulation. In that case, food business operators shall provide the necessary information to the Member State on request to enable it to determine in particular the extent to which the food in question was used for human consumption within the Union before 15 May 1997.

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d

(d) ~~a summary of~~ the studies submitted by the applicant;

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Anja HAZEKAMP, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Until Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones] enters into force, foods derived from cloned animals and their descendants shall not be authorised and/or placed on the Union list of novel foods authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.

2014/10/14
Committee: AGRI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. The entry for a novel food in the Union list provided for in paragraph 2 shall include ~~where relevant~~:

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

4. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 3 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, ~~it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to it~~the procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) ~~where applicable,~~ the conditions of use and specific labelling requirements, which do not mislead the consumer. and, where applicable, the maximum recommended intake and any possible adverse effects for specific groups

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5

5. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 4 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, ~~it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to it~~the procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0435(COD)

Lynn BOYLAN, Stefan ECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission ~~may~~shall, for food safety reasons and ~~taking into account the opinion of EFSA,~~in line with the precautionary principle impose a requirement for post- market monitoring ~~of a~~for all novel food, taking into account the opinion of EFSA for establishing the necessary period, in order to ensure that the use of the authorised novel food is within safe limits.

2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI

2013/0433(COD)

Stefan ECK, Anja HAZEKAMP

Proposal for a directive
Title

Proposal for a ~~directive~~regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council onprohibiting the cloning of animals ~~of the bovine,~~ kept and reproduced for farming purposes or for sporctin~~e, ovine, caprine and equine species kept and reproduced for farming purposes~~g or cultural events (The first part of this amendment, namely the change from Directive to Regulation, applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)