Activities of Anders VISTISEN
Plenary speeches (4)
Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)
The rise of religious intolerance in Europe (continuation of debate)
EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)
Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
Oral questions (1)
The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025
Amendments (1008)
Amendment 10 #
2023/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Insists that NGOs cannot fulfil the role of a democratically-elected government and should therefore not unilaterally undertake government functions such as search and rescue operations as this effectively amounts to human smuggling;
Amendment 29 #
2023/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the scope of the anti- money laundering directive to be broadened to also apply to NGOs;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that the NGO "Fight Impunity" was a central player in the recent Qatargate scandal in the European Parliament;
Amendment 43 #
2023/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Expresses concern about the lobbying practices of certain NGOs in the European Parliament; notes that certain political groups use the texts provided by NGOs without any changes and table them in the form of motions for resolution in the Parliament, specifically when it comes to Rule 144 motions;
Amendment 134 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Tűrkiye has gradually moved away from the fundamental values and legal framework of the EU, often conflicting with the geopolitical objectives of the Member States; whereas, for this reason, Tűrkiye 's EU accession process is no longer justified, as well as all the related European funding;
Amendment 134 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Tűrkiye has gradually moved away from the fundamental values and legal framework of the EU, often conflicting with the geopolitical objectives of the Member States; whereas, for this reason, Tűrkiye 's EU accession process is no longer justified, as well as all the related European funding;
Amendment 289 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that accession to the EU must always be a merit-based procedure and that each applicant must be assessed on their own merit in fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria and in ensuring full respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law; stresses that while positive outcomes should be sought as quickly as possible, there should be no fast-track or fixed deadlines for membership; underscores that there can be no short-cuts on fundamental values; points out that alignment with the common foreign and security policy is also a way of showing full adherence to the EU’s fundamental principles and an important indicator for sustainable future membership; considers, in this regard, that Tűrkiye 's EU accession process must be definitively halted in view of the numerous episodes in which Tűrkiye has acted to the detriment of the geopolitical interests of the Member States;
Amendment 289 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that accession to the EU must always be a merit-based procedure and that each applicant must be assessed on their own merit in fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria and in ensuring full respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law; stresses that while positive outcomes should be sought as quickly as possible, there should be no fast-track or fixed deadlines for membership; underscores that there can be no short-cuts on fundamental values; points out that alignment with the common foreign and security policy is also a way of showing full adherence to the EU’s fundamental principles and an important indicator for sustainable future membership; considers, in this regard, that Tűrkiye 's EU accession process must be definitively halted in view of the numerous episodes in which Tűrkiye has acted to the detriment of the geopolitical interests of the Member States;
Amendment 127 #
2023/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that all funding to third countries should be made conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements;
Amendment 155 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an appropriate governance on soils, Member States should be required to appoint a competent authority for each soil district. Member States should be allowed to appoint any additional competent authority at the appropriate level including at national or regnational level.
Amendment 217 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthyier soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, maintain the quality of groundwater and avoid its contamination from soil sources, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination and erosion is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 240 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States, recognizing and respecting the primary jurisdiction of Member States over soil-related matters.
Amendment 249 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil, as well as its erosion control, water control, resistance to compaction, disease suppression, resilience to environmental pressures and sustainability properties, determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services;
Amendment 266 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘soil health assessment’ means the evaluation of the health of the soil based on the measurement or estimation of soil descriptors; according to a Member States’ specific soil challenges
Amendment 328 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 355 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, subject to agreement fromthe prior approval of Member States concerned, carry out regular soil measurements on soil samples taken in- situ, based on the relevant descriptors and methodologies referred to in Articles 7 and 8, to support Member States’ monitoring of soil health. Where a Member State provides agreement in accordance with this paragraph, it shall ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling.
Amendment 574 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall manage the risks for human health and the environment of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, and keep them to acceptable national minimum levels of contamination levels, taking account of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the soil contamination and of the risk reduction measures taken pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 4.
Amendment 636 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 678 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 720 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by … [OP please insert date = 2 years after date of entry into force of the Directive]2030. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 722 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. If Member States shall communicve already adopted provisions related to the Commissionfulfilling the obligations set forth in the Directive, they shall communicate the text of the mainsuch provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered byto the Commission within 2 years after the date of entry into force of thise Directive.
Amendment 208 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Decisions declaring the category 1 NGT plant status should assign an identification number to the NGT plant concerned in order to ensure transparency and traceability of such plants when they are listed in the database and for the purpose of labelling of plant reproductive material derived from them.
Amendment 221 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 ) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumers’ perception of organic products. TConversely, the use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibitbe allowed in organic production. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 1057 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
A NGT plant is considered equivalent to conventional plants when it contains only genetic modifications referred to in points 1 to 5 and when it differs from the recipient/parental plant by no more than 20 genetic modifications of the types referred to in points 1 to 54, in any DNA sequence sharing sequence similarity with the targeted site that can be predicted by bioinformatic toolsthe targeted site or sites in the haploid genome.
Amendment 221 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) As to the scope of this Regulation, the authorisation of antimicrobials is, in principle, in ththe sole interest of safeguarding patients' health at Union level and managing public health concerns related to antimicrobial resistance, and therefore it should be made possible to authorise them at Union level.
Amendment 247 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The Agency should be empowered to give scientific recommendations on whether a product under development, which could potentially fall under the mandatory scope of the centralised procedure, meets the scientific criteria to be a medicinal product. Such an advisory mechanism would address, as early as possible, questions related to borderline cases with other areas such as in particular biological products, food supplements and nutraceuticals, dietary products, biotechnology derived products, substances of human origin, cosmetics or medical devices, which may arise as science develops. To ensure that recommendations given by the Agency take into account the views of equivalent advisory mechanisms in other legal frameworks, the Agency should consult the relevant advisory or regulatory bodies.
Amendment 273 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) To allow for a more informative decision making and for exchange of information and pooling of knowledge on general issues of scientific or technical nature related to the tasks of the Agency regarding medicinal products for human use, in particular to scientific guidelines on unmet medical needs and the design of clinical trials, or other studies and the generation of evidence along the life cycle of medicinal product, the Agency should be able to have recourse to a consultation process of authorities or bodies active along the life cycle of medicinal products. These authorities could be, as appropriate, representatives from Heads of Medicines Agencies, the Clinical Trial Coordination and Advisory Group, the SoHO Coordination Board, the Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment, Medical Devices Coordination Group, medical devices national competent authorities, national competent authorities for pricing and reimbursement of medicines, national insurance funds or healthcare payers. The Agency should also be able to extend the consultation mechanism to consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, industry, associations representing payers, academia or other stakeholders from all Member States, as relevant.
Amendment 276 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In the interest of public health, marketing authorisation decisions under the centralised procedure should be taken on the basis of the objective scientific criteria of quality, safety and efficacy of the medicinal product concerned, to the exclusion of economic and, demand, trade, geopolitical, expediency or commercial interest or any other considerations. However, Member States should be able, exceptionally, to prohibit the use in their territory of medicinal products for human use, biological products, food supplements and nutraceuticals, dietary products, biotechnology derived products.
Amendment 294 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Environmental risks may arise from medicinal products containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms. It is thus necessary to subject such medicinal products to an environmental risk-assessment procedure similar to the procedure under Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council51 , to be conducted in parallel with the evaluation, under a single Union procedure, of the quality, safety and efficacy of the medicinal product concerned. Tand the risks to the environment. Where the environmental risk-s assessment should be conducted in accordance with the requirements set out in this Regulation and in [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] which are based on the principles set out in Directive 2001/18/EC but taking into account the specificities of medicinal products. _________________ 51re absent or negligible, the normal requirements for the environmental risk assessment shall apply. To ensure the Union legislation on genetically modified organisms does not impede the development and approval of novel medicines containing and consisting of genetically modified organisms, it is also appropriate to foresee the adaptation of this Regulation and [revised Directive 2001/183/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1)] to lay down specific rules for these categories of medicines on the basis on an evaluation.
Amendment 313 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) Before a medicinal product for human use is authorised for placing on the market of one or more Member States, it generally has to undergo extensive studies to ensure that it is safe, of high quality and effective for use in the target population. However, in the case of certain categories of medicinal products for human use, in order to meet unmet medical needs of patients and in the interest of public health, it may be necessary to grant a conditional marketing authorisation on the basis of less complete data than is normally the case. Such marketing authorisation should be granted subject to specific obligations. The categories of medicinal products for human use concerned should be the medicinal products, including orphan medicinal products, that aim at the treatment, prevention or medical diagnosis of seriously debilitating or life-threatening diseases, or that are intended to be used in emergency situations in response to public health threats. The decision to grant conditional authorization will be subjected to the principles of risk-mitigation, risk assessment, informed consent, close monitoring, transparency, following strict procedures of monitoring and reporting.
Amendment 322 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
Amendment 395 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
Recital 91
Amendment 397 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92
Recital 92
Amendment 403 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 93
Recital 93
(93) If a satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the condition in question has already been authorised in the Union, the orphan medicinal product will have to be of significant benefit to those affected by that condition. In this context, a medicinal product authorised in one Member State is generally deemed as being authorised in the Union. It is not necessary for it to have Union authorisation or to be authorised in all Member States toonly authorised medicinal product in the Union shall be considered as a satisfactory method. In addition, commonly used methods of diagnosis, prevention or treatment that are not subject to a marketing authorisation may be considered satisfactory if there is scientific evidence of their efficacy and safety. In certain cases, medicinal products prepared for an individual patient in a pharmacy according to a medical prescriptreatment. A medicinal product authorised in one Member State is generally deemed as being authorised in the Union. It is not necessary for it to have Union authorisation, or according to the prescriptions of a pharmacopoeia and intended to be supplied directly to patients served by the pharmacy, mayto be authorised in all Member States to be considered as a satisfactory treatment if they are well known and safe and this is a general practice for the relevant patient population in the Unionmethod.
Amendment 409 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94
Recital 94
(94) The competence to designate a medicinal product as an orphan medicinal product, in the form of a decision, is accorded to the Agency. The designation shall be valid from the day of the adoption of the decision by the Agency. This is expected to facilitate and expedite the designation procedure, while ensuring high level of scientific expertise. The orphan designation may be withdrawn at the request of the orphan medicine sponsor.
Amendment 410 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 95
Recital 95
Amendment 510 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) It is therefore appropriate to envisage a centralised assessment of the ERA involving experts from the national competent authorities before and establish a science- and risk-based approach.
Amendment 525 #
2023/0131(COD)
(7) ‘significant benefit’ means a clinically relevant advantage or a major contribution to patient care of an orphan medicinal product if such an advantage or contribution benefits a substantial part of the target population;
Amendment 627 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By derogation from this Article, where the marketing authorisation application concerns a medicinal product for human use containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms which comply with the criteria referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 5a of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014, Article 22 of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] shall apply.
Amendment 628 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
No later than [note to OP = five years after the date of entry into application of this Regulation], the Commission shall conduct an impact assessment of the Union legislation on genetically modified organisms* on medicinal products containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms and produce an evaluation report, taking into account the experience gained from the application of this Regulation, [revised Directive 2001/83/EC], Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1043. On the basis of the impact assessment and evaluation, the Commission shall come forward with a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation and [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] to lay down specific rules on environmental risk assessments for medicines containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms outside the scope of the general Union legislation on genetically modified organisations.
Amendment 639 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where within 90 days of the validation of the marketing authorisation application and during the assessment the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use considers that the submitted data are not of sufficient quality or maturity to complete the assessment, the assessment can be terminated. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use shall summarise the deficiencies in writing. On this basis, the Agency shall inform the applicant accordingly and set a time limit to address the deficiencies. The application shall be suspended until the applicant addresses the deficiencies. If the applicant fails to address those deficiencies within the time limit set by the Agency, the application shall be considered as withdrawnrejected.
Amendment 708 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In emergency situations, a conditional marketing authorisation or a new conditional therapeutic indication referred to in the first subparagraph may be granted also where comprehensive non-clinical or pharmaceutical data have not been supplied. However, this provision shall not apply to biological medicinal products.
Amendment 712 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Conditional marketing authorisations or a new conditional therapeutic indication granted pursuant to this Article shall be subject to specific obligations. Those specific obligations and, where appropriate, the time limit for compliance shall be specified in the conditions to the marketing authorisation. Those specific obligations shall be reviewed annuallyevery 3 months by the Agency for the first three years after granting the authorisation and every two years thereaftermonth thereafter. A conditional marketing authorisation cannot exceed 2 years.
Amendment 728 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Amendment 763 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. When applying paragraph 1, the Member State shall notify the Agency which shall make the notification publicly available.
Amendment 765 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When compassionate use is envisaged by a Member State, or by the applicant or sponsor, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, after consulting the manufacturer or the applicant, may adopt opinions on the conditions for use, the conditions for distribution and the patients targeted. The opinions shall be updated where necessary.
Amendment 769 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall keep an up-to- date list of the opinions adopted in accordance with paragraph 4 and shall publish it in a central repository for compassionate use on its website.
Amendment 778 #
Amendment 1055 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1057 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 3
Article 63 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shallmay adopt the necessary provisions for implementing this Article by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 173(2) in order to further specify the requirements referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1080 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. An orphan designation shall be valid for seven yearsrom the day of the adoption of the decision granting the orphan designation by the Agency. During this period, the orphan medicine sponsor shall be eligible for incentives referred to in Article 68.
Amendment 1082 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1094 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 5
Article 66 – paragraph 5
5. At any time, an orphan designation may be withdrawn at the request of the orphan medicine sponsor. The orphan medicine sponsor may provide a reasoned justification for the withdrawal request which shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 1104 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2
2. Medicinal products designated as orphan medicinal products under the provisions of this Regulation shall be eligible for incentives made available by the Union and by the Member States to support research into, and the development and availability of, orphan medicinal products and in particular aid for research for small- and medium-sized undertakings and not-for-profit organisations provided for in framework programmes for research and technological development. For the purpose of paragraph 2, the definitions set out in Article 58a paragraph 1 of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] shall apply.
Amendment 1127 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – title
Article 70 – title
Amendment 1130 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An orphan medicinal product shall be considered as addressing a high unmetdesignated as a breakthrough orphan medicinal needproduct where it fulfilscan be demonstrated at the moment of designation that the following requirements are met:
Amendment 1132 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) tThere is no medicinal product authorised in the Union for such condition orwhere, despite medicinal products being authorised for suchexists no satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the condition in the Unquestion, the applicant demonstrates that the orphan medicinal product, in addition to having a significant benefit, will bring exceptional therapeutic advancement;at has been authorised in the Union, or
Amendment 1137 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) tWhere, despite medicinal products being authorised for such condition in the Union, the applicant demonstrates that the orphan medicinal product uses a new and unique mechanism of action and the use of the orphan medicinal product results in a meaningful prevention of or reduction in disease morbidity or mortality or a major contribution to patient care for the relevant patient population.
Amendment 1147 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. A medicinal product for which an application hasBreakthrough designated orphan medicinal products shall be en submitted in accordance withtitled to enhanced scientific and regulatory support pursuant to Article 1360 of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] shall not be considered as addressing a high unmet medical needthis Regulation. The Commission shall adopt the necessary provisions for implementing this Article by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 173(2).
Amendment 1150 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3
Article 70 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Agency adopts scientific guidelines for the application of this Article, it shall consult the Commission and the authorities or bodies and other relevant stakeholders referred to in Article 162.
Amendment 1169 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) nineten years for orphan medicinal products other than those referred to in points (b) and (c);
Amendment 1184 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) twelven years for orphan medicinal products addressing a high unmet medical need as referred to in Article 70;
Amendment 1203 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) fiseven years for orphan medicinal products which have been authorised in accordance with Article 13 of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC].
Amendment 1211 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. Where a marketing authorisation holder holds more than one orphan marketing authorisations for the same active substance, those authorisations shall not benefit from separate market exclusivity periods. The duration of the market exclusivity shall start from the date when the first orphan, provided a market exclusivity period was still in force when the application for marketing authorisation was granted in the Unionsubmitted.
Amendment 1215 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1225 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1234 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1247 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The period of market exclusivity shall be prolonged by an additional 124 months for orphan medicinal products referred to in Article 71(2), points (a) and (b), if at least two years before the end of the exclusivity period, the orphan marketing authorisation holder obtains a marketing authorisation for one or more new therapeutic indications for a different orphan condition.
Amendment 1268 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. The orphan medicinal products which benefit from the prolongation of market exclusivity referred to in the Upon request from the applicant, the period of market exclusivity for orphan medicinal products referred to in Article 71(2), points (a) and (b) shall be prolonged by an additional 24 months where an application for orphan marketing authorisation is submitted in respect of a designated orphan medicinal product pursuant to [Revised Regulation] and that application includes the results of all studies conducted in compliance with an agreed paediatric investigation plan. The first subparagraph 2 shall not benefit from the additional period of data protection referred to in Article 81(2), point (d), of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC]. also apply where completion of the agreed paediatric investigation plan fails to lead to the authorisation of a paediatric indication, but the results of the studies conducted are reflected in the summary of product characteristics and, if appropriate, in the package leaflet of the medicinal product concerned. The 24-month extension of the period of market exclusivity shall be reflected in the marketing authorisation.
Amendment 1274 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4
Article 72 – paragraph 4
4. Article 71(3) equally applies ton orphan medicinal product which benefits from the prolongations of market exclusivity as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 3, shall not benefit from the rewards referred to in Article 86 [of revised Directive 2001/83/EC].
Amendment 1275 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The total period of orphan marketing exclusivity for an orphan marketing authorisation shall not exceed twenty years from the date of the initial marketing authorisation.
Amendment 1402 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it is not possible to satisfactorily develop the medicinal product or category of products in compliance with the requirements applicable to medicinalsuch products due to scientific or regulatory challenges arising from characteristics or methods related to the product;
Amendment 1406 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 113 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The regulatory sandbox shall set out a regulatory framework, including scientific requirements, for the development and, where appropriate clinical trials and placing on the market of a product referred to in paragraph 1 under the conditions set out in this Chapter. The regulatory sandbox may allow targeted derogations to this Regulation, [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] or Regulation (EC) 1394/2007 or other applicable Union legislation under the conditions set out in Article 114. By [OP please insert the date =18 months after the date of entering into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall draw up a list of applicable Union legislation for the application of this Article.
Amendment 1414 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3
Article 113 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall monitor the field of emerging medicinal products and mayshall request information and data from marketing authorisation holders, developers, independent experts and researchers, and representatives of healthcare professionals and of patients and mayshall engage with them in preliminary discussions. The Agency may set up consultation mechanism with other Union and non-Union regulatory agencies to facilitate its monitoring. The Agency shall draw up and regularly update a list of emerging medicinal or health products for which a regulatory sandbox may be established.
Amendment 1423 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where the Agency considers it appropriate to set up a regulatory sandbox for medicinal products which are likely tomay be classified as a medicinal product or other categories of products falling under the scope of this Regulationlegislation referred to in paragraph 1, it shall provide a recommendation to the Commission. The Agency shall list eligible products or category of products in that recommendation and shall include the sandbox plan referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1438 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 7 – point c
Article 113 – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) include as part of the sandbox plan the requirements of this Regulation, and of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC], and other applicable Union legislation that cannot be complied with and shall include appropriate measures to mitigate potential risks to health and to the environment.
Amendment 1455 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 3
Article 114 – paragraph 3
3. In duly justified cases, the marketing authorisation of a medicinal product developed under the regulatory sandbox may include derogations from the requirements set out in this Regulation and [revised Directive 2001/83/EC], and Regulation (EC) 1394/2007. Those derogations may entail adapted, enhanced, waived or deferred requirements. Each derogation shall be limited to what is apt and strictly necessary to attain the objectives pursued, duly justified and specified in the conditions to the marketing authorisation.
Amendment 220 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless,are set by individual Member States. Member States should beare also allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowedare free to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service, rescue service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.
Amendment 244 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The Commission should be empowered to identify third countries that ensure a comparable level of training when issuing certificates similar to the European Certificate of Competence (CPC), allowing the holders of those certificates to exchange them with a European CPC, on condition that they undertake an additional competence training.
Amendment 330 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 1622 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.
Amendment 364 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 241 years for categories D and DE.
Amendment 378 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C to 18 years and forand category D to 218 years with regard to:
Amendment 411 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and special purpose vehicles provided that it is a motor caravan as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer. __________________ 63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).
Amendment 457 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Amendment 495 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The Commission may assess whether a third country has professional driver training and/or certification rules and examination procedures that are wholly or partially comparable to those of the Union, as well as a level of road safety, which would justify allowing the holder of a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), or equivalent issued by the third country to be exchanged for a new CPC, issued by a Member State. On the basis of the assessment, the Commission may adopt an implementing act allowing this exchange on condition that the holder of the CPC completes additional competence training up to 35 hours to be conducted in the most practicable language, with, if necessary, appropriate language support, in line with the provisions of the EU Driver Training Directive (EU) 2022/2561, to ensure high level of competence and road safety. Member States shall have six months to provide their opinion on the Commission assessment regarding a third country. The implementing act shall not apply until the Commission has received an opinion from all Member States or until six months from the entry into force of the implementing act concerned, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 506 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1), points (b) and (d) respectively, Member States shall issue driving licences, in accordance with Article 10(1), for categories BC, CE and CD marked with the Union code 98.02 specified in Annex I, Part E, to applicants who have reached the age of 17 years.
Amendment 517 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from Article 7(1), points (b), Member States shall issue driving licences, in accordance with Article 10(1), for categories B marked with the Union code 98.02 specified in Annex I, Part E, to applicants who have reached the age of 15 years.
Amendment 530 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) in the case of a vehicle of category C, CE or D has the qualification and training provided by Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
Amendment 537 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) In case a driver of a vehicle category C, CE and D, has undergone a dedicated 7-hour training course to learn the necessary professional and pedagogical skills, as part of their periodic CPC training. Member States may decide to increase the duration of the training to 14 hours.
Amendment 556 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall lay down rules on penalties for novice drivers who drive with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.05g/mL and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties shall be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory.
Amendment 653 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part I – point B – point 5 – point 1 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex II – Part I – point B – point 5 – point 1 – point c – paragraph 1
The Union code (78) shall not be marked on a driving licence of category A1, A2, A, B1, B and BE issued on the basis of a test of skills and behaviour taken on a vehicle with automatic transmission shall be removed if the holder passes a dedicated test of skills and behaviour or completes a dedicated training or B, or shall be removed accordingly, if the applicant or holder passes a dedicated test of skills and behaviour or completes a dedicated training, which may take place before or after the test of skills and behaviour taken on a vehicle with automatic transmission.
Amendment 63 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to tackle the steady increase of the number and relevance of offences concerning trafficking in human beings committed for purposes other than sexual or labour exploitation, it is necessary to include forced marriage and, illegal adoption and surrogacy in the forms of exploitations explicitly listed in the Directive and to ensure that the Member States address within their national legal systems the widest range of forms of exploitation, insofar as these fulfil the constitutive elements of trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 135 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
(1) in Article 2, paragraph 3, “or forced marriage, or illegal adoption, or surrogacy” is added at the end of the paragraph.
Amendment 1 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Article 5 TEU, and Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,
Amendment 3 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite numerous announcements and requests for safe and legal pathways offering access to European territory for persons seeking international protection there is currently no harmonisation at Union level of protected entry procedures (PEPs) and no legal framework at Union level for humanitarian visas, i.e. visas issued for the purpose of reaching the territory of the Member States in order to seekhumanitarian visas are one of the existing tools that sovereign Member States may decide to use in order to ensure that people in need can legally access international protection; in Europe.
Amendment 5 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the number of persons admitted on the basis of national entry procedures for humanitarian protection or through resettlement remain low in comparison to the global needs, with significant disparities between Member States; whereas the scope of national entry procedures for humanitarian protection and resettlement is narrowly defined and, in case of resettlement, it is strictly connected to the criteria of vulnerability and registrationseveral Member States currently have or have previously had national schemes for issuing humanitarian visas to guarantee national protected entry of people in need; whereas the scope of resettlement only includes persons who have already been recognised as a refugee with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeess and who fulfil further vulnerability or geographical criteria;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular means, which laccording the UN Migration Agency (IOM), 58,158 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through 1 August 2018; whereads to them being stigmatised befohat total compares they even arrive at the external borders of the Member Stateso 113,283 at this time last year, and over 261,228 at this time in 2016;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the human cost of these policies has been put at 30 000 deaths at least at the Union's borders since 2000; whereas a Union legal framework is urgently needed as one meansin order to address the intolerable death toll in the Mediterranean, and on the migration routes to the Union, to truly combat human smuggling, exposure to trafficking in human beings, to labour exploitation and violence, to manage the orderly arrival, dignified reception and fair processing of asylum claims and to optimise Member States’ and Union budget for asylum, procedures, border control and search and rescue activities as well as to achieve coherent practito truly combat human trafficking, to labour exploitation and violence, the EU should act responsibly and to deter asylum seekers from arriving in its territory, risking their lives at sea. Such measures may include off-shore proces sin the Ung, mandatory detention, asylum acquind the use of turn backs;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Parliament has trifailed to include provisions in this vein in Regulation (EC) No 810/2009; and the second attempt to have it adopted also failed on 15th November 2018 (2017/2270(INL));
Amendment 9 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas both Council and the Commission have rejected these amendments, on the ground, among others, that such provisiona Union legal framework establish Humanitarian Visas should not be included in the Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, given its scope covering short- stay visas only;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 11 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 14 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the update of the EU visa policy, still under negotiation, should allow for improved security and increase the available means to respond to migration challenges, including new tools to return those who do not have a right to stay in the EU territory and to efficiently respond to those countries who are not willing to take their own nationals back;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas an estimated 10% of those applying for international protection are granted it; and with poor return rates in most Member States this equates to high rates of absconding from those refused;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requestsjects that the Commission to submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of point (a) of Article 77(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2271(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 32 #
Amendment 10 #
2018/2176(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing to improve the rationalisation and sound financial management, together with a better budgeting of the expenditure for individual EU election observation missions; asks the EEAS to engage in a reflection to reform the current system;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2176(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the role of the EEAS is not recognised by all Member States; recalls that EEAS must support and complement, and under no circumstances duplicate or contradict policy choices of the Member States; underlines the need for the EEAS to uphold the highest standards of accountability and transparency in all its actions;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2176(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 19 #
2018/2176(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes that the EEAS has implemented its 2017 administrative budget without being affected by material error; acknowledgnotes the decrease in the financial error rate compared to 2016; notes that the EEAS ex-post control included for the first time the expenditures of the end of the year (November- December 2016); notes the slightlyexpresses concern about higher error rate at the end of the year and encourages the EEAS to address this situation.
Amendment 34 #
2018/2167(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
30. Still strongly regrets that, accordingRegrets that, despite repeated calls from the European Parliament for establishing a single seat, and the fact that citizens of the Union do not understand why the European Parliament should divide its activities over two the Court,seats, so far the European Council did not even commence a discussion on how to meet Parliament´s requests in this respect; recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament amount to EUR 114 million per yearto be EUR 114 million per year; notes, furthermore, the finding from its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1a that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by that dispersion; reiterates its call on the Council to develop a comprehensive strategy in order to agree on a single seat for Parliament; takes note of the additional costs linked to Parliament’s 12 journeys per year to Strasburg, which can be broken down as follows for 2017: _________________ 1a OJ C 436, 24.11.2016, p. 2.
Amendment 7 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of continuing to improve the rationalisation and sound financial management, together with a better budgeting of the expenditure for individual EU election observation missions, notably regarding reoccurring service providers’ procurement costs for technical equipment and visibility material; calls upon the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to engage in a reflection to reform the current system;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the need to base the assistance on their good track record and results achieved in areas such as border management, countering terrorism and curbing illegal migration flows;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that the Commission has made little use of conditionality to support reforms in the priority sectors in Turkey where progress in democracy and rule of law were unsatisfactory; stresses the importance of redirecting fuasks the Commission ands to civil society and making more use of the direct management mode; asks the Commission to implement all recommendations made by the ECA on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, notably improving monitoring and reporting on cash-assistance projects and improving with the Turkish authorities the operating environment for (I)NGOshe Council to suspend distribution of pre- accession funds and to withdraw from the accession negotiations with Turkey.
Amendment 5 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the 2018 NATO Summit Declaration,
Amendment 6 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue and ongoing crisis management and cooperative security efforts in the region,
Amendment 25 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Arab uprisings that affected the MENA region in 2011 constituted a moment of mass upheavals against authoritarian regimes while at the same time they were by no means unified or synonymous and had arisen under different circumstances; whereas a large segment of the protesters was composed of young women and men aspiring to a better and more inclusive future while also seeking different types of reforms in the various countries; whereas the overthrow of most of the regimes and the introduction of liberal reforms gave rise to great hope and expectations;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas various cases of democratization in the Middle East in recent years have resulted in devastating consequences for the region which have included militant Islamist groups taking power, civil war and in some cases, state failure; the respective cases of Algeria, Libya, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza Strip remain deeply unstable and undemocratic;
Amendment 37 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, eight years after the Arab Spring and political developments which have led countries in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions to follow many diverse evolutionary paths in terms of politics and stability, it ismany states remain in a state of perpetual political and economic turmoil, despite this it is still essential to assess how to respond to the legitimate democratic aspirations in the region; whereas it is important to take stock of the efforts and policy stance adopted by the EU and Member States in response to the Arab Spring and to assess itsdetermine a clear and responsible objective towards engagement with the MENA region and to assess their collective capacity for policy delivery; whereas it is essential to reassesslign the policy framework of the EU towards Southern Neighbourhood countries and its future objectives to better reflect the will of Member States and a series of clear and attainable objectives in the MENA region that reflect the realities on the ground;
Amendment 52 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the capacity of Member States to exert a positive influence in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions is very unequal and has often been marred by fragmentation; whereas individual Member States’ action in the region needs to be in synergy with the EU’s objectives; whereas the EU needs to increase its political leveragethe EU's efforts need to be carried out in synergy with individual Member States’ action in the region; whereas the EU needs to increase its political, economic and security interests are maintained; whereas long- term political and economic stability in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions is of fundamental strategic importance to the EU and Member States, and as such requires a longer-term approach as regards the policy framework and its objectives;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU should play a central role in promoting conflict resolution and both democratic and economic governance in the Maghreb and Mashreq regionand Member States who maintain strong political, historical, economic and cultural ties with the region may possibly play a bigger role in promoting conflict resolution and both democratic and economic governance in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions in cooperation with the United States and Canada with the objective of ensuring stable, moderate, partner nations capable of an uncompromised balance between executive, legislative and judicial authorities;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that, eight years after the upheavalprotests, most of the expectations have still not been met; condemns the persistent and continuing violations of human rights, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in several cases as well as terrorism against security forces and innocent civilians in certain instances; is worried about the socio- economic situation in the region, which continues to be dire and, in particular, about the high levels of youth unemployment and social exclusion, which cause disillusionment and disenfranchisement on a large scale often leading to mass migration movements, radicalisation and instability which results in devastating political, economic and social consequences for the EU and Member States;
Amendment 87 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with concern that the region remains home to terrorist organisations such as ISIS and al-Qai'da, which exploited and exacerbated the Arab Spring, resulting in their ability to thrive on the instability and export of violent jihadi ideology throughout the region and around the globe;
Amendment 98 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s and Member States' efforts to promote democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms in post-Arab Spring countries, and acknowledges the complexity of such a task; takes the view, however, that, despite a fifteen-year policy focus on Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, renewed policy efforts and increased budgetary resources in the wake of the Arab Spring, the EU’s goals and policies have not yet been achieved given a plurality of unrealistic policies and policy expectations; stresses that policies should take into account the realities on the ground;
Amendment 112 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses concern aboutNotes the fact that, in spite of its considerable political and budgetary investments and continuous political and economic outreach, the EU has not been able to gain realsubstantive political and economic leverage, and is no longert perceived as a game changer by the countries in the region and believes that Member States may be better placed to play an important role in this regard; points to the dissatisfaction felt by some governments, civil society and local NGOs at how the EU translates its vision into action on the ground; is concerned about the increasingly complex political situation in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions, and the emergence of newdeceptive political and economic regional players such as Russia and China, in addition to the competing narratives and financing from the Gulf countries and Iran;
Amendment 118 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses concern that widespread state failure and prolonged regional conflict has resulted in Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, to take further advantage of this instability to expand its influence through partners and proxies via enhancing its military and proxy presence in the MENA region, stimulating weapon proliferation, increasing funding to various proxy groups while continuing to develop more capable ballistic missiles and intelligence capabilities, and undertaking malicious cyber activities resulting in a perpetuation of violence in the region, causing grievous harm to civilian populations;
Amendment 126 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that for far too long the policy stance towards the Maghreb and Mashreq countries was marred by an approach which was based to too great an extent on the EU’s expectations and objectives, with little incentive for and ownership by beneficiary countries; regrets that the initial efforts after the Arab Spring to introduce stricter conditionality and delivery incentives in relation to beneficiary countries through the ‘more for more’ principle did not lead to greater leverage on the part of the EU in its ability to promote that did not fully take into account the realities on the ground; regrets that efforts to address the Arab Spring did not lead to real change in the areas of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in most countries;
Amendment 139 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. AcknowledgNotes the initial efforts by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission, in cooperation and dialogue with the European Parliament, to substantially reform the EU policy framework for post- Arab Spring countries in the hope of attaining real democratic and political leveragereform in the Maghreb and Mashreq regions; points to the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy and its added value as regards the potential for achieving synergies in actions at EU level, building on political and economic dialogue and securing adequate support and implementation through the Financial Instruments for the external action of the EU; takes note of the 2015 revision of the European Neighbourhood Policy aimed at taking into account the changing scenarios in the region;
Amendment 156 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned, however, that the complexity of managing the migration and refugee flows from and through the Maghreb and Mashreq regions, the nexus between security and migration, the challenge of terrorism and the legitimate concerns about the fragility of certain countries in the region, as well as the lack of a cohesive approach by the Member States, is encouraging the EU’s action towards the region to rely excessively on an ideology of stabilitywishful thinking; takes the view that when stability and security should become the predominant objectives, they lead to a shorter-term policy vision and deprive EU action directed atwhile also reaffirming human rights and fundamental freedoms of the required intensity; is convinced that stability and security can only be achieved through realistic longer-term objectives;
Amendment 176 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recognises and appreciated the substantive and ongoing support to maintaining stability, security and political reform and deradicalisation efforts from key regional actors such as Morocco, Egypt and Jordan;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises the continued efforts from NATO to support and advance security sector reform and stabilisation in the region with respect to its ongoing Operation Active Endeavor which among other things track and control suspect vessels with the goal to disrupt and thwart terrorist activity in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 179 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Recognises the increased efforts of NATO to prevent state collapse and encourage security sector reform via its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) agreements with key states such as Tunisia and its ongoing Capacity Building Initiatives in MENA countries like Jordan;
Amendment 192 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, as the EU struggles to come up with a renewed vision for the management of migration and assistance to refugees, there isat reflects the objectives of the Member States, creating an increasinged risk that some countries in the region might use migration containment and their role therein to seek greater leverage in their political and policy dialogue with the EU and Member States; stresses, instead, the importance of a policy framework promoting democratic, political and socio- economic inclusion as mutually reinforcing factors; is convinced that, where the prerequisites for the negotiation of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements, conditional on democratic progress, are not yet in place, the EU should provide increased access to trade and investment, and assistance for reconstruction and infrastructure modernisation in strict correlation with progressive political and economic reforms;
Amendment 199 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out the risk that the EU’s action for the region and the approach pursued by Member States through bilateral relations may not be in harmony, and that the EU’s capacity to make a political impact might be lost as a result; welcomStresses that EU action shall always be in harmony with Member States' actions; deplores, in this context, the proposal made by the President of the Commission to move beyond unanimity in Council decision-making in foreign affairs, as it could help the EU to speak with one voice in its foreign relations and have greater leverage;
Amendment 213 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls forNotes the potential for certain closer involvement of local civil society in the identification of needs in the partner countries; welcomes the efforts by the EEAS and the Commission to broaden civil society outreach and include the private sector, and encourages them to do more in this regard; takes the view that the EU should make access to available funds for smaller civil society organisations (CSOs) easier, streamline the application processes and focus on local CSOs after strict vetting procedures and recipient organisations fully underscore EU values and objectives; points out the perception among local civil society interlocutors of a primary focus by the EU on large, international CSOs; calls on the EU to invest more resources in promoting the capacity building of local CSOs and facilitating enhanced partnerships between them and large, international CSOs, with a view to increasing local ownership;
Amendment 225 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 230 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that young people should be a pcrimarytical focus of the EU’s action towards the region, with an intersectional approach; calls for youth policies to be mainstreamed in all the Union’s policies in the MENA region; proposes that each EU Delegation set up youth advisory councils comprising young political, economic, media, cultural and CSO leaders with a view to providing input on policy priorities, the capacity of EU policies to make an impact in the country and introduce an additional element of accountability in relation to policy choices; calls on European political families to engage in enhanced exchanges with active local young people from the MENA countries, with a view to promoting their empowerment, training and capacity-building to enable them to stand in local elections and become new actors of change in their respective countriessupports increased youth policies in the MENA region;
Amendment 257 #
2018/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 24 #
2018/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and all its principles, as a cornerstone document for the European and wider regional security order,
Amendment 25 #
2018/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to its recommendation of 15 November 2017 to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the Eastern Partnership, in the run-up to the November 2017 Summit,
Amendment 86 #
2018/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the European Union’s prioritisation of conflict prevention and mediation in the framework or in support of existing agreed negotiating formats and principles; underlines that such an approach is delivering a high degree of EU added value in political, social, economic and human security terms;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the integrated approach to external conflicts and crises, based on the norms and principles of international law, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act; expresses support to existing negotiating frameworks, approaches and principles; calls for further institutionalisation of this approach;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas military mobility has recently been identified as a priority area for EU-NATO cooperation in the common set of proposals for the implementation of the joint declaration, and has been reaffirmed as a priority in the new joint declaration and in the Brussels Declaration on Transatlantic Security and Solidarity; whereas NATO has transmitted to the EU its standards relating to military mobility, including NATO’s generic parameters for transport infrastructure; whereas the EU must apply NATO’s standards on military mobility and coordinate its efforts with the Alliance;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the number of private military and security companies (PMSCs) has dramatically increased over the past 20 years; whereas PMSCs are performing many activities both in and outside of situations of armed conflict armed conflict, for example demining, escorting convoys, protecting mines and oil refineries, interrogation, intelligence services, protecting commercial shipping from piracy, providing floating armouries, participating in drug-eradication efforts, working in prisons and detention centres and even conducting offensive military operations;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas PMSCs have played a major role in the progress of securing the coastline of Somalia by removing hostile outposts, thwarting hijackings, freeing hostages and in drastically reducing the threat of piracy in the area.
Amendment 25 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas PMSCs have expanded largely due to their cost-effectiveness and streamlining capabilities while having demonstrated their combat expertise in hostile environments and capacity to train forces in the areas that prevents the need for continued military deployments;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas special consideration should be given to the role of PMSC’s in advancing the hybrid warfare tactics of state and non-state actors, including but not limited to widespread disinformation campaigns, troll factories and psychological operations;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Malhama Tactical, the first jihadist PMSC, founded in 2016 by an Uzbeki jihadist, has been offering arms deals, elite warriors, consulting and training services to extremist groups, including Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham in Syria. Following the targeted assassination of Malhama Tactical founder Abu Rofiq, Malhama Tactical is now believed to be training the “Levant Liberation Organization” a former al- Qaeda affiliate;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the advent of organisations like Malhama Tactical, which is providing second hand training from veterans of the Russian Special Forces, serves as a potential foundation for new forms of highly trained and well equipped groups of Foreign Fighters presenting the need for monitoring capabilities to ensure that future jihadist organizations do not seek to replicate the PMSC business model;
Amendment 145 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 177 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of regular independent monitoring, including through randomised field visits, to ensure oversight and put an immediate end to abuse; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) delegations in countries where PMSCs are operatingMember States to ensure efforts are made to monitor their activities and provide regular feedback on their actions;
Amendment 197 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 48 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Strongly condemns Turkey for its “hostage taking policy” i.e arresting the nationals of other countries to attain political and economic gains;
Amendment 106 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Strongly condemns Turkey’s officially hosting and supporting of extremist Palestinian ideologues like the prominent Hamas members Nawaf al- Takruri and Abdelfatah al-Awaisi resulting in propagating religious incitement and terrorism in the region; underlines that Hamas is labelled by the EU as a terrorist organization;
Amendment 141 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Observes that Turkey’s military interventions in northern Syria’s Jarabulus and Afrin have turned these two enclaves into Turkish military and economic protectorates resulting in a process contradicting Turkey’s official statement of 2018 supporting the territorial integrity of Syria; is concerned that Turkey also seeks to change the demographical balance in the Afrin canton by re-settling Syrian Arab Sunni refugees from Turkey to the Kurdish populated region while by doing so Turkey seeks to have a de-Kurdified southern border;
Amendment 158 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Condemns that Turkey manipulates its emigrated population in the EU to advance its domestic and foreign policy interests, such as the consolidation of the incumbent AKP's political presence by canvassing expatriate votes; is concerned that many EU Member States have a high percentage of pro-Erdogan voters;
Amendment 175 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, taking all of the above into account and in accordance with the Negotiating Framework, to formally suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey; remains, however, committed to democratic dialogue with Turkey; asks the Commission to use, during the formal suspension of negotiations, all funds available under IPA II and the future IPA III to support, through a dedicated envelope directly managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities and media platforms for journalistsStresses that the continued erosion of democracy in Turkey accompanied with its warming relations with authoritarian powers and intermittent antagonisms with EU and NATO Members represent the abandonment of EU aspirations with the Erdogan administration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to definitive suspend the pre-accession funds and to put a definitive end to the negotiations on the accession of Turkey to the EU;
Amendment 210 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that a door should be left open for the modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to include relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not covered; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap where upgrading the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkey on democratic reforms; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union would provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Council and the Commission not to start preparatory work fornegotiations on the upgrading of thed Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government indicates its readiness for serious reforbetween Turkey and the EU until Turkey has met the EU standards on human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 234 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that visa liberalisation is of great importance for Turkish citizens, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States; encourages the Turkish Government to fully comply with the 72 criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap; stresses that the revision of Turkey’s anti- terrorism legislation is a key condition for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms, and that visa liberalisation will be possible once all the criteria have been metIs opposed to allow visa-free travel for the 75 million Turkish citizens as it will lead to increased migration and more security problems;
Amendment 256 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that Turkey’s population has shown great hospitality by offering shelter to more than 3 million Syrian refugees; calls onConsiders that the EU-Turkey agreement is a direct result of the lax EU migration policy as European leaders have paid - and still pay - insufficient attention to the European borders, making itself susceptible to blackmail by Erdogan; takes the view that no more money may go to Turkey in the framework of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey and that the EUC and itsthe Member States to keep their promise regarding a large-scale resettlement, must do all they cand to ensure adequate financial resources for the long- term support of Syrian refugees ithat they can take care of their own business again, by sealing all the routes to Europe by applying a strong push-back policy so that they are no longer dependent on Turkey;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas by implementing robust and inclusive democratic reforms and actively improving neighbourly relations, the new government is demonstrating a serious commitment to the country’s Euro- Atlantic path; whereas reform efforts should be paired with continued EU support for implementation of the Urgent Reform Priorities and measurable deliverables by the Government;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the country has already achieved a high level of alignment with the acquis; welcomes itsrecognises the sentiment of enlargement fatigue within the EU and stresses the need for continued alignment with EU declarations and Council decisions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and notes that full alignment is a prerequisite for the Euro- Atlantic future of the country;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Fully endorses the Commission’s recommendation and ensuing Council decision setting June 2019 as a date for opening accession negotiations in recognition of the encouraging reform efforts; considers that a swift opening of the screening process and accession talks will sustain and deepen the reform momentum; with a view of full alignment with the Copenhagen criteria; considers that the opening of negotiations would provide further incentives for democratisation and enhance scrutiny and accountability;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expresses concern regarding the tremendous growth of Russian investment channelled to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia via third countries that have obscured the true extent of Russia’s economic footprint and have created an energy dependency by controlling the single gas route to the country via the Trans Balkan Pipeline;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. to consider all possible means of strengthening the role of the EUSRs as an effective tool of EU external policy, capable of developing and advancing EU foreign policy initiatives and promoting synergy, while respecting that foreign affairs fall under the remit of Member States;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. to reinforce the assets that constitute the added value of the EUSR – legitimacy built on the backing of the VP/HR and the Member States, regional/thematic responsibilities, political weight, flexibility and providing a face for EUuropean diplomatic action;
Amendment 51 #
2018/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Point g
Point g
g. to require evaluation and monitoring procedures covering results attained, obstacles encountered, indication of key challenges, input to policy formulation, and assessment of the coordination of EUSR activities with other EUuropean actors, as well as to assess performance and consider the renewal and review of mandates;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Point l
Point l
l. not to appoint any further EUSRs with country-specific mandates in all cases where this would create parallel structures to existing EU Delegations and to merge the mandates of the EUSRs on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Point n
Point n
n. to consider non-proliferation and international coordination of the fight against climate changecountering foreign interference as asn areas where EU efforts could merit stronger and more focused engagement;
Amendment 1 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 86 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides an explicit formal basis for the creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) and determines the applicable legislative procedure and instrument, as well as the scope and competence, of the future EPPO;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas pursuant to Article 20 (4) TEU, acts adopted in the framework of enhanced cooperation shall bind only participating Member States;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ReaffirmsNotes that a majority in the Parliament’s strong support fors the establishingment of an efficient and independent EPPO, in order to reduce the presently fragmented nature of national law enforcement efforts to protect the EU budget, and to strengthen the fight against fraud in the European Union;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Believes that the establishment of an EPPO would duplicate powers and bodies already existing in Member States;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Believes that the objective countering fraud affecting financial interests of the Union can best be achieved by the Member States within the existing framework for coordination and cooperation throughout the EU;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the fact that 22 Member States are already participating in enhanced cooperation on the EPPO, and encourages non-participating Member States to join as soon as possible with a view to improving the Office's efficiency;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 19 #
2018/2111(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas EU citizenship is an abstract and artificial concept that should not be used as a tool to undermine the sovereignty of the Member States;
Amendment 45 #
2018/2111(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the diversity of views in the ParliamentRecalls that Member States are fully sovereign to define voting rights and, mitigates the accountability of the European institutions to Europeore generally, electoral law and citizenship;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2111(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the Member StatesRecommends Member States to consider appropriate legislative steps that recognise language discrimination as a violation of Article 2 of the TEU; calls on the Fundamental Rights Agency to start dealing with anti-regional or minority language discrimination in its work programme;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2111(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CRecalls onthat the UK Government has committed to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UK are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties.; calls on the EU negotiators to ensure that the rights of UK citizens living in the EU are equally protected;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the North Atlantic Treaty,
Amendment 3 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to the EU-NATO Joint Declaration of 2016,
Amendment 4 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)
Citation 3 c (new)
- having regard to the NATO Brussels Summit Declaration of 2018,
Amendment 61 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal anddue to its continued state sponsorship of terrorism, foreign meddling and human rights violations, and to impose secondary sanctions on European companies doing business with Iran has shown the limits of European economic sovereignty;
Amendment 63 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other international terrorist organizations still pose a significant threat to Europe and the nations of the world;
Amendment 68 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the time has come for the European Union to take its destiny into its own hands; takes the view that the EU should embrace its role as a fully- fledged, sovereignTakes the view that the EU can be a political power in international relations that helps to resolve conflicts worldwide and shapes global governance;
Amendment 81 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that no single EU Member State can respond effectively to today’s global challenges on its own; believes that, by pulling their weight together within the EU, the Member States can exert an influence on the world stage that they would not otherwise possess; is convincedRecognises that 28 Member States together, representing 500 million citizens, have more leverage in international negotiations and in setting international regulations and standards; believes, moreover, that under the protection of the EU, globalisation can represent an opportunity for EU citizens and not a threat;
Amendment 95 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that the Member States all too often prioritise their national interests, regardless of the possible consequences at a European level, thereby undermining the EU’s credibility as a global player; calls for a greater division of responsibilities andEncourages enhanced coordination between the EU and its Member States; believes that good cooperation among the Member States is essential to safeguard our democracy, our freedom, and our social and environmental standards;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
- a commitment to multilateralism, with the support of the UN system and, regional organisations and Member States at its core;
Amendment 160 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 284 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17e. Emphasises that strengthening regional security in the Indo-Pacific is of critical importance to the interests of the EU and its Member States; stresses that all disputes should be settled through peaceful means based on international laws; takes note that official dialogue between China and Taiwan has been frozen over the past two years; encourages a quick resumption of bilateral talks to de-escalate tensions between the two sides and maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait; reiterates its firm support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organisations, mechanisms and activities;
Amendment 325 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Welcomes the continued implementation of the EU-NATO Joint Declaration, and encourages further military co-operation with NATO;
Amendment 327 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Stresses the importance of NATO and transatlantic relationship to the stability and security of the European region;
Amendment 329 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 339 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 2 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotesUnderlines that tackling internal security must remain one of the Union’s main priorities and stresses the role of the Internal Security Fund (ISF) as the key financial instrument to support Member States in the area of security, including the fight against terrorism and radicalisation, serious and organised crime and cybercrime; Notes, however, the rebalancing of commitment appropriation between ISF and AMIF in favour of the latter following outcome of the mid-term review of the two programs and as a result of the continued pressure on the migration front; welcomnotes the very significant increase of AMIF commitment appropriation by 401.7 million euros (+56%) in order to finance the new Dublin legislation (assuming it is adopted by the end of 2018) and an envelope of 175 million euros requested for Greece following notably, the end of the Emergency Humanitarian Support instrument on 1 January 2019;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the establishment of a budget of 4.9 million euros for the EPPO which will prosecute cross-border crime; regrets howeverRegrets that Eurojust is the only JHA agency facing budgetary cuts in 2019, involving a counter-productive reduction of commitment appropriations for the Justice Program by -2.5 million euros (- 5.4%); expresses its concern that such a reduction is untenable given the operational growth and the political priorities in security and justice; calls on the Commission to provide Eurojust with a budget for 2019 that is at least at the same level than in 2018 (€38.6 million), while providing Eurojust with a total of 217 posts for 2019; points out as well in this context that the current Commission proposal for the funding of Eurojust in the next 2021- 2027 MFF is insufficient as iIt corresponds to a cut of 15% on an annual basis compared to 2018;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the reduction in the amount allocated to Turkey and the reorientation toward civil society in view of the continuing backsliding on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rightsCalls for an immediate suspension of all funds allocated to Turkey;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the level of funding of EASO which according to the agency matches its initial request to the Commission; regrets however that this is not the caseRegrets the insufficient funding allocated for eu-LISA; points out that 2019 will be an extremely challenging year for eu-LISA given the substantial increase of its tasks and budget allocated and that it will need an adequate reinforcement of its resources to deliver according to its new mandate;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the increase in funding for Frontex; notes, however, that the proposed establishment plan does not take into account any anticipated needs for ETIAS applications system which should amount to a total of 20 TAs and 67 CAs staff to join the EBCGA in year 2020 in order to deliver in due time the core processes and infrastructures and to enable the starting date of operations in 2021. Such a frontloading of posts would need to go hand in hand with an increase of financial resources amounting to EUR 2 million.
Amendment 26 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Underlines Europol´s increasing role in combating terrorism and organized crime, as well as in strengthening cross- border cooperation in the field of law enforcement; deeply regrets that the draft EU budget for 2019 put forward by the Commission implies a reduction of 21 million EUR and 38 temporary agent posts compared to the proposal for 2019 agreed by the Member States in the Europol Management Board; asks for financial allocations of 152,3 million EUR, in line with the Agency´s draft budget for 2019 endorsed by the Member States and the Commission in the Management Board;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned by the fact that the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) will continue to be under considerable stress in 2019, exacerbated by the use of ENI funds to finance the Syria pledge and projects under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa; calls for these new commitments to be fully compensated by reinforcementa more efficient allocation and usage of funds;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the increase (16%) of EDPS administrative expenditure to cover its new responsibilities for the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board, its additional needs in relation with the new data protection rules in the EU institutions and for the monitoring and ensuring compliance with the data protection rules of ex-third pillar agencies; regrets that the Budget of FRA was not increased as the agency is expected to beWelcomes the level of funding of FRA in order to confronted to its new tasks and responsibilities in 2019 as fundamental rights are under an ongoing pressure;.
Amendment 36 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. HighlightNotes the very significant increase from 10 billion euros in 2018 to 11.38 billion euros in 2019 (+13.1%) of commitment appropriations as well as of payment appropriations (17,0%) for heading IV (Global Europe); welcomes and the proposed full use for 2019 of the unallocated margin under heading IV, as well as 1 116,2 million euros from the Global margin for commitments in order to reinforce Humanitarian Aid and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) for the pledges made at the 2018 Syria conference; noteRegrets that 1.45 billion euros are budgeted in the EU budget to finance the “Facility for Refugees in Turkey II” (FRT II) and that 560 million euros are budgeted for addressing the Syrian Crisis; stresses the very steep increase of EU contribution of the EU budget to the FRT II; calls on the Commission to effectively monitor the proper allocation and implementation of this contribution in view of the ongoing deterioration in fundamental rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the lack of judicial independence in Turkey.
Amendment 47 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls forNotes the Union's support for the Middle East Peace Process, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA to be strengthened.calls for ensuring that funds are not used in any way towards terrorist activity, incitement or murder;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the existing agencies, infrastructures and capabilities created to address the threat of terrorism within the EU and the Member States are robust and can be utilized more effectively without the need for the creation of additional entities;
Amendment 80 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in recent years the EU Member States have suffered major terrorist attacks, perpetrated or inspired by jihadist groups such as Daesh, Hezbollah or Al-Qaeda; whereas far right, far left and ethno- nationalist separatist extremism are also matters of concern;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas terrorists continue to use small arms (of which almost all are illegal firearms brought illegally into the EU; hence, do not originate from legal gun owners within the EU) and explosives and have increasingly resorted to ad hoc weapons such as vehicles, trucks and knifes; whereas recent attacks have been prepared thoroughly or carried out spontaneously;
Amendment 172 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within society; “right-wing” extremism in many countries has inspired a number of attacks and represents a threat that needs to be addressed for the protection of society at large and not least to reassure Muslim citizens, who are often, but not exclusively, the target of such attacks; whereas nevertheless the threat is not at all of the same scale, frequency or nature as that posed by Islamist terrorists, who must remain the main focus of counter- terrorism efforts;
Amendment 217 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. whereas a violent radicalised discourse has been increasingly present in the territory of the EUmany EU Member States, often in the form of books, teaching or audiovisual content, including satellite TV channels; whereas this discourse opposes European values, undermines pluralism, promotes violence and intolerance against all other religions, is openly anti-Semitic, refuses equality between men and women, and rejects the science and education which have been promoted by Islam during centuries;
Amendment 237 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD a (new)
Recital AD a (new)
AD a. whereas in many Muslim countries, the activities of imams, the message they convey and the language they speak, is controlled by law in order to prevent extremism; whereas in European countries there is little control over such activity, the word is spoken in a foreign language, imams are trained abroad, and extremist mosques and madrassahs often rely on foreign sources of funding;
Amendment 239 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD b (new)
Recital AD b (new)
AD b. whereas the teachings of extremist imams in certain mosques and madrassahs have been a factor in radicalisation; whereas these same institutions reinforce the sense of alienation of many young people of immigrant origin, particularly young men;
Amendment 246 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas Daesh’sIslamist terror groups such as Daesh’s possess a sophisticated web communication strategy of marketing terrorism by glorifying, it also offers alternative social and cultural opportunities to followers and design copied from the global ‘youth culture’ such as online gaming, and thus has a strong appeal to minors;
Amendment 300 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK a (new)
Recital AK a (new)
AK a. whereas excessive coverage by the media of terrorist attacks may serve the terrorists’ purpose in two ways - by multiplying the impact of a terrorist attack, spreading terror and weakening public confidence; and by unintentionally giving terrorists heroic status through publication of their names, images, and justificatory statements and suicide notes;
Amendment 343 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AU
Recital AU
Amendment 448 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR
Recital BR
BR. whereas the fact thatsome Member States, especially in Schengen, and more specifically the airport operators on their territory, aredo not yet obliged to conductdemand conformity checks on passengers’ personal data on their ticket and ID card or passport, which makesmaking it difficult to ascertain whether the given identity matches the true identity of the person;
Amendment 553 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CW
Recital CW
CW. whereas regions which are not direct EU neighbours but are areas of interest, such as the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, the Middle East, the Gulf and Central Asia, have also experienced the development of terrorist networks; whereas in these regions religious radicalism benefiting from external financing is also a serious concern;
Amendment 645 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the importance of Europol continuing its close cooperation with relevant authorities of non-EU countries, international organisations and other relevant entities, as well as with EU Member States with a special membership status with whom a Strategic and Operational Agreement has been concluded;
Amendment 656 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for clarification of the status and role of the Counter Terrorism Coordinator, as a bridge between the EU Counter Terrorism institutions and Member State agencies;
Amendment 663 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recommends that Member States should emulate best practice of, for example, the UK and set up a specialised team of lawyers trained to prosecute terrorism cases, while judges selected to hear terrorism cases should have the appropriate background and training to preside over them;
Amendment 672 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recommends that Member States prioritize the training of their respective counter-terrorism personnel to ensure exhaustive familiarity with the rationale of enemy terrorist organizations: their ideology, motivations, goals, cost-benefit analysis, and decision making processes including how they address conflicts, rivalries and competition within their leadership and the external and internal influences on them;
Amendment 684 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Encourages Member States to ensure that convicted persons of terrorist activities in possession of a non-EU citizenship are expulsed from their country and have their citizenship revoked;
Amendment 725 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the European Council (at 27) Guidelines of 23 March 2018 in which it expresses “determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the UK in the future […] in particular the fight against terrorism and international crime[…]”; recognises that the Directors of both EUROPOL and the EU Intcen have called for uninterrupted continuation of UK engagement in their organisations in the post-Brexit arrangements; urges negotiation of special arrangements to underpin the future internal security relationship between the EU and the UK;
Amendment 739 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 751 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notesing that the European Court of Auditor’s report of 2018 on deradicalisation found that the Commission does not maintain a complete overview of EU-funded measures, and that no indicators or targets for EU funds are used to measure to what extent the approach is successful;, calls on the Commission to propose a new financial instrument in the forthcoming MFF for introduce impreoventing and countering radicalisation, which would streamline resod coordination on measurces currently fragmented across different funds and programmes and allow for better coordination and visibility as well as higher impactto evaluate the effectiveness and to report to Parliament accordingly;
Amendment 785 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to encourage and tolerate only ‘practices of Islam’ that are in full accordance with EUliberal democratic values; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communities
Amendment 798 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains and to consistently blacklist any hate preachers; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch list so as toUrges discouragement of foreign imams and blacklisting, on a case by case basis of known hate preachers, with better exchange of information on radical chaplainbetween Member States on this;
Amendment 802 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 814 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recommends the establishment of a publicly accessible database of organisations whose charitable status has been removed due to links with terrorism;
Amendment 818 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 832 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to design a legal framework for mosques and places of worship that provides for prior as well as regular follow-up inspections of finances so that such organisations can be vetted if harmful foreign influences are detected; Urges the Member States to close without delay mosques and places of worship and ban associations that do notupon further inspection do not appear to adhere to EU values and incite to terrorist offences, hatred, discrimination or violence;
Amendment 913 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the creation of an online European platEncourages Member States to create practical and easy practices form thateir citizens can use in order to enable them to flag terrorist and extremist content online;
Amendment 945 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Recommends Member States establish isolation measures and specialized 'dispersal prisons' to ensure that radicalized inmates can be removed from the general population;
Amendment 962 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
10 a. Considers that a responsible contact for radicalisation in the prison system might be useful, as the observed information would be placed in the right context and could then be dealt with by the competent internal and external authorities; urges the Member States to examine whether such a legal framework would bring added value in the context of their national security apparatus;
Amendment 969 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges Member States to implement, fully and on time, the existing legislation, and calls on the Commission to provide the necessary support; calls on the Commission to use its powers to initiate infringement proceedings when Member States fail to properly implement legislation;
Amendment 996 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 1058 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Urges arrangements to be put in place to enable continued full involvement of the UK with the EU in terms of PNR data, SIS II and the Prüm system;
Amendment 1066 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on Member States to strengthen the Prüm network by updating their national processing systems to adapt to modern information technology; urges the Commission to further develop a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model to link national systems more efficiently via a central routlign these in terms of ICT, not to mention the advisability of containing the fragmentation of competencies among internal services, so that data could be processed faster and thus be exchanged with European partners;
Amendment 1121 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57 a. Calls on Member States to ensure that all initiatives taken in the fight against terrorism are open to all members to engage on equal footing and maintains the position that Member States with opt- ins and opt-outs such as Ireland and Denmark maintain their right to use them when and where appropriate;
Amendment 1197 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72 a. Recommends that Member States re-evaluate Directive 2016/680 to address data retention regulations to ensure that Europol and third countries can retain data related to criminal networks and activities older than 3 years to maintain the counter-terrorist agencies’ corporate memory and understanding, and to ensure that previous case work can be utilised in anticipation of a ‘reunion’ of terrorist organisations with organised criminal groups and activities;
Amendment 1200 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 b (new)
Paragraph 72 b (new)
72 b. Recommends that Member States re-evaluate Directive2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities and its subsequent directives on the transfer of data to third countries for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences to ensure that Member States, Europol and third countries are able to share data in real time;
Amendment 1277 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Calls for the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia to be extended and modified, to focus fully on the prevention of illegal migration, traffickers and irregular movements by third country nationals, its territorial scope enlarged with a view to better responding to changing irregular migration patterns such as ghost landings from Tunisia, and for the fight against terrorism to be specifically included in its mandate;
Amendment 1433 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 a (new)
Paragraph 125 a (new)
125 a. Recommends that Member States further enhance cooperation with NATO and contribute political, financial, operational and logistical support towards Joint Force Command Centres in Europe and NATO's Capacity Building Initiatives in MENA countries;
Amendment 1437 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 b (new)
Paragraph 125 b (new)
125 b. Recommends that Member States support, finance and coordinate joint training exercises to regional security bodies such as G-5 Sahel, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and provide assistance on a case by case basis to developing countries fighting terrorism to ensure that committed forces combating terrorist organisations and insurgencies are given the political, financial, logistical and operational support they need to expel and defeat them;
Amendment 1441 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 c (new)
Paragraph 125 c (new)
125 c. Recommends that Member States support efforts to maintain closer security cooperation with the United Kingdom following Brexit via a Security Treaty that emphasises farsighted intelligence cooperation in counter-terrorism;
Amendment 1442 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 d (new)
Paragraph 125 d (new)
125 d. Recommends that Member States work closely with the United States and Canada in areas of intelligence sharing and joint training;
Amendment 1443 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 e (new)
Paragraph 125 e (new)
125 e. Recommends that Member States allocate resources to track and monitor ongoing ideological and dawa campaigns from religious elites and key opinion formers, with particular emphasis towards campaigns emanating from Iran;
Amendment 1444 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 f (new)
Paragraph 125 f (new)
125 f. Recommends that the EU and Member States sanction any State providing proscribed terrorist organisation with sponsorship, safe haven or any form of political, operational, religious, financial or logistical support;
Amendment 84 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to intensify cooperation with all international organisations, particularly NATO, African Union, the Arab League and other actors on the ground in order to strengthen the coherence of international action; to step up diplomatic efforts with all regional actors and neighbouring countries, especially Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt, to ensure they contribute to a positive solution to the crisis in Libya in line with the UN Action Plan – the only possible framework for a solution to the crisis;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to support via the deployment of law makers, judges and specialized prosecutors in Libya that can assist in the revision of Libya's counter-terrorism laws and ensure they are properly equipped to preside over and carry out counter- terrorism cases in adherence to the rule of law;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) to ensure a permanent and active involvement in counter-terrorism and counter-trafficking efforts, not only through intelligence integration, financial cooperation and tactical support, but also with social and educational programs for healthcare and education that support the training and deployment of social actors and key opinion formers to counter violent extremism and promote a message of coexistence and peaceful cooperation;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) to enhance operational support to Libyan border and coast guard authorities via enhanced cooperation and coordination in specialized areas of maritime security such as: situational awareness, freedom of navigation, maritime interdiction, protection of critical infrastructure, thwarting of illegal migration and supporting Libyan maritime security capacity building via the training, advising and assisting of naval forces to ensure that they are properly equipped to secure nautical borders;
Amendment 159 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to investigate allegations of migrant smuggling and to intensify efforts to combat this crime and bring the perpetrators to justice; to continue and intensify the work of EUNAVFOR Med and support to NATO's Operation Sea Guardian along with enhanced cooperation with Frontex and Interpol in order to prevent the loss of life at sea and to aid the fight against smuggling;
Amendment 129 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The absence of internal borders in the Union results in a logical consequence whereby irregular migration across the external borders affects all Member States in the Schengen area. It is consequently in the interest of all Member States to control and protect the external borders together.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union has been renamed the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the ‘Agency’) and its tasks have been expanded with full continuity in all its activities and procedures. The key role of the Agency should be to establish a technical and operational strategy as part of the multiannual strategic policy cycle for implementation of European integrated border management, to oversee the effective functioning of border control at the external borders, to carry out risk analysis and vulnerability assessments, to provide increased technical and operational assistance to Member States and third countries through joint operations and rapid border interventions, to ensure the practical execution of measures in a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, to provide technical and operational assistance in the support of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea, to organise, coordinate and conduct return operations and return interventions and provide technical and operational assistance to return activities of third countries.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 175 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Nothing in this Regulation should be construed as providing for or enabling the creation of a centralised Union academy for border guards.
Amendment 281 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Where control of the external border is rendered ineffective to such an extent that it risks jeopardising the functioning of the Schengen area, either because a Member State does not take the necessary measures in line with a vulnerability assessment or because a Member State facing specific and disproportionate challenges at the external borders has not requested sufficient support from the Agency or is not implementing such support, a unified, rapid and effective response should be delivered at Union level. For the purpose of mitigating these risks, and to ensure better coordination at Union level, the Commission shouldproposes to the Council a decision identifying the measures to be implemented by the Agency and requireing the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. The Agency should then determine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Commission decision. An operational plan should be drawn up by timplementing power to adopt such a decision should be conferred on the Council because of the potentially politically sensitive nature of the measures to be decided, which are likely to touch on national executive and enforcement powers. The Agency togshould dether with the Member State concerned. The Member State concerned should facilitate the implementation of the Commission decision and the operational plan by implementing among others its obligations provided for in Articles 44, 83 and 84mine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Council decision. It should then draw up an operational plan with the Member State concerned. If a Member State does not comply within 30 days with that Commissionuncil decision and does not cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of the measures contained in that decision, the Commission should be able to trigger the specific procedure provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 to face exceptional circumstances putting the overall functioning of the area without internal border control at risk. _________________ 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 306 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62 a (new)
Recital 62 a (new)
(62 a) It is necessary to revise the envelope reserved for the Agency by the Commission in the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework before the establishment of the following multiannual financial framework in order to provide the Agency with sustainability after 2027 and to maintain comprehensive European Integrated Border Management.
Amendment 309 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) The long-term development of new capabilities within the European Border and Coast Guard should be coordinated between the Member States and the Agency in line with the multiannual strategic policy cycle, taking into account the long duration of certain processes. This includes the recruitment and training of new border guards, (which could during their career serve both in Member States and as part of the standing corps), the acquisition, maintenance and disposal of equipment (for which opportunities for interoperability and economies of scale should be sought) but also the development of new equipment and related technologies including through research.
Amendment 312 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66 a (new)
Recital 66 a (new)
(66 a) Little progress has been made in increasing the effectiveness of returns. On the contrary, Eurostat statistics show a decrease in the return rate throughout the Union from 45,8% in 2016 to a mere 36,6% in 2017.
Amendment 348 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83 a (new)
Recital 83 a (new)
(83 a) The Agency processes personal data of persons who are suspected of involvement in cross-border crime (e.g. migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings or terrorism) as well as personal data of persons who cross the external borders without authorisation collected by the Agency's teams. The Agency experiences difficulties in monitoring illegal activities of persons and criminal groups involved in cross-border crime, including terrorism, due to the short storage period of personal data of only 90 days as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/1624. In practice, after 91 days, the personal data that was already processed by the Agency is deleted and only appears as anonymised data in the results of risk analyses. That demonstrates the need for specific legal framework for the Agency to process and retain personal data in order to fulfil its tasks of prevention and detection of cross-border crime, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking inhuman beings and terrorism and analysis of the risks for internal security and analysis of the threats that might affect the functioning or security of the external borders and in order to share information with Europol and law enforcement authorities of the Member States.
Amendment 368 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 101
Recital 101
Amendment 461 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Agency shall, by decision of the management board based on a proposal of the executive director, establish a technical and operational strategy for European Integrated Border Management. The Agency shall take into account, where justified, the specific situation of the Member States, in particular their geographical location. This strategy shall be in line with Article 3. It shall promote and support the implementation of European Integrated Border Management in all Member States.
Amendment 462 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
(2 b) The national authorities which are responsible for border management, including coast guards to the extent that they carry out border control tasks, shall establish their national strategies for integrated border management. Those national strategies shall be in line with Article 3 and the strategy referred to in paragraph 2a of this Article.
Amendment 475 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall ensure the management of their external borders and the enforcement of return decisions, in their own interests and in the common interest of all Member States in full compliance with Union law and in line with the multiannual strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Managementtechnical and operational strategy referred to in Article 85(2a), in close cooperation with the Agency.
Amendment 485 #
Amendment 510 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(1) On the basis of the multiannual strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Management referred to in Article 8, tThe European Border and Coast Guard shall establish an integrated planning for border management and returns.
Amendment 517 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) Each plan of the integrated planning shall contain the scenario against which it is developed. Scenarios shall be derived from risk analysis and shall reflect the possible evolution of the situation at the external borders and in the area of illegal migration and the challenges identified in the multiannual strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Managementtechnical and operational strategy referred to in Article 5(2a).
Amendment 519 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
(4) The Agency’s management board shall meet at least once a year to discuss and approve the capability roadmap of the European Border and Coast Guard in accordance with 67 (6). Once the capability roadmap is approved by the management board, it shall be annexed to the technical and operational strategy referred to in Article 8 (55(2a).
Amendment 520 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
(4) The Agency’s management board shall meet at least once a year to discuss and approve the capability roadmap of the European Border and Coast Guard in accordance with 67 (6). Once the capability roadmap is approved by the management board, it shall be annexed to the technical and operational strategy referred to in Article 8 (55(2a).
Amendment 523 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) The Agency shall perform the following tasks with a view to contributing to an efficient, high and uniform level of border control and return: and ensuring a high level of internal and external security of the Union.
Amendment 599 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall communicate on its own initiative on matters falling within its mandate. It shall provide the Member States and the public with accurate and comprehensive information about its activities.
Amendment 610 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall appoint a national contact point for communication with the Agency on all matters pertaining to the activities of the Agency. The national contact point shall be reachable at all times and ensure the timely dissemination of all information from the Agency to all the relevant authorities within the Member State concerned, in particular the members of the management board and the National Coordination Centre.
Amendment 686 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall monitor migratory flows towards and within the Union, trends and other possible challenges at the external borders of the Union and with regard to return. For this purpose, the Agency shall, by a decision of the management board based on a proposal of the executive director, establish a common integrated risk analysis model, which shall be applied by the Agency and the Member States. The common integrated risk analysis model shall be updated based on the outcome of the evaluation of the multiannual Strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Management referred to in Article 8 (7). The Agency shall also carry out the vulnerability assessment in accordance with Article 33.
Amendment 692 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall prepare general annual risk analyses, which shall be submitted to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission in accordance with Article 91, and tailored risk analyses for operational activities. Every two years, the Agency shall prepare and submit to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission a strategic risk analysis for European Integrated Border Management which shall be taken into account for the preparation of the multiannual Strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Management.
Amendment 757 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
In case of a risk of delay in the implementation of a recommendation by a Member State within the set time-limit, the Executive Director shall immediately inform the member of the Management Board from the Member State concerned and the Commission and enquire with the relevant authorities of that Member State on the reasons for the delay and offer support by the Agency to facilitate the implementation of the measure.
Amendment 762 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 10
Article 33 – paragraph 10
10. Where a Member State does not implement the necessary measures of the recommendation within the time limit referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article, despite the support offered by the Agency in accordance with the second subparagraph of paragraph 9, the executive director shall refer the matter to the management board and notify the Commission. The management board shall adopt a decision on a proposal of the executive director setting out the necessary measures to be taken by the Member State concerned and the time limit within which such measures shall be implemented. The decision of the management board shall be binding on the Member State. If the Member State does not implement the measures within the time limit foreseen in that decision, the management board shall notify the Council and the Commission and further action may be taken in accordance with Article 43.
Amendment 780 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The national coordination centre shall constantregularly assess whether there is a need to change the impact level of any of the border sections by taking into account the information contained in the national situational picture and inform the Agency accordingly.
Amendment 880 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
the Commission, after consulting the Agencyuncil, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, may adopt without delay a decision by means of an implementing act in accordance with the procedure as referred to in Article 117(3), identifying measures to mitigate those risks to be implemented by the Agency and requiring the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. The Commission shall consult the Agency before making its proposal.
Amendment 888 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 896 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. To mitigate the risk of putting in jeopardy the Schengen area, the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for one or more of the following measures to be taken by the Agency:
Amendment 915 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 43 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The executive director shall, within two working days from the date of adoption of the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1,:
Amendment 928 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 6
Article 43 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall, without delay and in any case within five working days from establishment of the operational plan, deploy the necessary operational staff from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps referred to in Article 55 for the practical execution of the measures identified in the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Additional teams shall be deployed as necessary at a second stage and in any case within seven working days from the deployment of the first teams deployed in the operational area.
Amendment 934 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall, without delay and in any case within 10 working days from establishment of the operational plan, deploy the necessary technical equipment for practical execution of the measures identified in the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 940 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 8
Article 43 – paragraph 8
8. The Member State concerned shall comply with the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1. For that purpose it shall immediately cooperate with the Agency and take the necessary action, in particular by implementing the obligations provided in Articles 44, 83 and 84, to facilitate the implementation of that decision and the practical execution of the measures set out in that decision and in the operational plan.
Amendment 948 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
If the Member State concerned does not comply with the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1 within 30 days and does not cooperate with the Agency pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Article, the Commission may trigger the procedure provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399.
Amendment 1079 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may also launch return interventions in third countries, based on the directions set out in the multiannual strategic policy cycletechnical and operational strategy referred to in Article 5(2a), where such third country requires additional technical and operational assistance with regard to its return activities. Such intervention may consist of the deployment of return teams for the purpose of providing technical and operational assistance to return activities of the third country.
Amendment 1100 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. On a proposal by the executive director taking into account the Agency's risk analysis, the results of the vulnerability assessment and the multiannual strategic policy cycle, and building on the numbers and profiles available to the Agency through its statutory staff and ongoing secondments, the management board shall decide by 31 March of each year:
Amendment 1117 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4
Article 57 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June each year, each Member State shall nominate for secondment their operational staff in accordance with the specific numbers and profiles decided by the Management Board for the following year as referred to in Article 55(4). The Agency mayshall verify whether the operational staff proposed by Member States correspond to the defined profiles and possess the necessary language skills. By 15 September, the Agency shall accept the proposed candidates or request that a Member State propose another candidate for secondment in case of incompliance with the required profiles, insufficient language skills, misconduct or infringement of the applicable rules during previous deployments.
Amendment 1135 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the agreement of the host Member State or of the host third country, the Agency may set up antenna offices on its territorythe territory of that Member State or third country, in order to facilitate and improve coordination of the operational activities, including in the field of returns, organised by the Agency in that Member State or in the neighbouring regionthird country and to ensure the effective management of the human and technical resources of the Agency. The antenna offices shall be temporary establishments set up for the period of time necessary for the Agency to carry out significant operational activities in that specific Member State or the neighbouring region concerned or in that third country. That period of time may be prolonged, if necessary.
Amendment 1136 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2
Article 60 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency and the host Member State or the host third country where the antenna office is set up shall endeavour to make the necessary arrangements in order to provide the best possible conditions needed to fulfil the tasks assigned to the antenna office.
Amendment 1138 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) provide operational support to the Member State or the third country in the operational areas concerned;
Amendment 1139 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) cooperate with the host Member State(s) or host third country on all issues related to the practical implementation of the operational activities organised by the Agency in that Member State(s) or third country, including any additional issues that might have occurred in the course of these activities;
Amendment 1140 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 60 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) support the coordinating officer in facilitating, if necessary, the coordination and communication between the Agency's Teams and the relevant authorities of the host Member State or the host third country;
Amendment 1160 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Nothing in this Regulation shall be construed as providing for or enabling the creation of a centralised Union academy for border guards.
Amendment 1162 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Based on a proposal of the executive director after receiving the positive opinion of the Commission, the management board shall establish a comprehensive multiannual strategy on how the Agency's own technical capabilities shall be developed taking into account the multiannual strategic policy cycle for the European Integrated Border Management including the capability roadmap referred to in Article 9(4) as available and the budgetary resources made available for this purpose in the multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 1187 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall cooperate with Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, and may cooperate with relevant international organisations, within their respective legal frameworks and make use of existing information, capabilities and systems available in the framework of EUROSUR.
Amendment 1208 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2
Article 69 – paragraph 2
2. Cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 shall take place within the framework of working arrangements concluded with the entities referred to in paragraph 1. Such arrangements shall have received the Commission's prior approval. In every case, tThe Agency shall inform the European Parliament of any such arrangements.
Amendment 1231 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3
Article 73 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1272 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 6
Article 77 – paragraph 6
6. Before any working arrangements with third parties or third countries are concluded, the Agency shall notify them to the Commission, which shall give its prior approval. Once working arrangements are concluded, the Agency shall notify them to the Commission, which shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof.
Amendment 1304 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1
Article 83 – paragraph 1
1. Members of the teams deployed from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps shall have the capacity to perform all tasks and exercise all powers for border control and return as well as those which are necessary for the realisation of the objectives of Regulations (EU) No 656/2014 and (EU) 2016/399, ands well as Directive 2008/115/EC.
Amendment 1390 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 3
Article 89 – paragraph 3
3. Personal data shall be deleted as soon as they have been transmitted to EASO, Europol or Eurojust or to the competent authorities of Member States or used for the preparation of risk analyses. The storage period shall, in any event, not exceed 90 days after the date of the collection of those data. In the results of risk analyses, data shall be anonymised. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to data processed for the purpose of performing return-related tasks. and to data processed for the purpose of analysing and researching involvement in cross- border crime. For the latter, relevant personal data can be retained as long as is deemed necessary.
Amendment 1406 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Article 91 – paragraph 2
2. The security rules shall be adopted by the Management Board following approval by the Commission.
Amendment 1414 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Agency shall be liable for the activities falling within its mandate but shall not be liable for the Member States' sovereign actions.
Amendment 1426 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 98 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) adopt a technical and operational strategy for the European Integrated Border Management in accordance with Article 8 5(55(2a);
Amendment 1429 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point bb
Article 98 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point bb
(bb) adopt, after the prior approval of the Commission, the security rules of the Agency on protecting EU classified information and sensitive non-classified information as referred to in Article 91;
Amendment 1562 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 4
Article 117 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1564 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118
Article 118
Amendment 1578 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5
Annex II – point 5
Amendment 1589 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 1 – paragraph 1
Annex V – part 1 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation, the ‘use of force’ refers to recourse by the Agency’s statutory operational staff to reasonable physical means for the purposes of performing its functions or to ensure self- defence, that include the use of hands and body, the use of any instruments, weapons or equipment and firearms.
Amendment 1594 #
2018/0330(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 3 – paragraph 6
Annex V – part 3 – paragraph 6
Any incidents involving the use of force shall be immediately reported through the chain of command to the coordination structure relevant for each operation and to the Fundamental Rights Officer and Executive Director of the Agency. The report shall provide full details of the circumstances in which such use arose.
Amendment 9 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Supporting the creation of an adequate and equivalent level of customs controls at the Union’s external borders allows maximising the benefits of the customs union. Although the implementation of EU legislation in the field of customs control remains with the individual Member States, a dedicated Union intervention for customs control equipment correcting current imbalances would moreover contribute to the overall cohesion between Member States. In view of the challenges facing the world, in particular the continued need to protect the financial and economic interests of the Union and its Member States while easing the flow of legitimate trade, the availability of modern, interoperable and reliable control equipment at the external borders is indispensable. EU intervention should take forms of grants to Member States supporting the purchase, maintenance and evolution of customs control equipment, while national authorities should continue to own directly the equipment.
Amendment 11 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) As customs authorities of the Member States have been taking up an increasing number of responsibilities, which often extend to the field of security and safety, and take place at the external border, ensuring equivalence in carrying out border control and customs control at the common external borders needs to be addressed by providing adequate Union financial support to the Member States. It is equally important to promote inter-agency cooperation at Union bordersTherefore, cooperation between customs authorities as well as other departments of agencies such as police, the border guards, and health and consumer authorities is vital. It is equally important to promote inter-agency cooperation at Union borders, in particular among EU agencies in the field of border control and police, as regards controls of goods and controls of persons among the national authorities in each Member State that are responsible for border control or for other tasks carried out at the border.
Amendment 16 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. As part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Instrument has the general objective to support the customs union and customs authorities to protect the financial and economic interests of the Union and its Member States, to ensure security and safety within the Union, to promote inter-agency cooperation at Union borders as regards controls of goods and persons, and to protect the Union from unfair and illegal trade while facilitating legitimate business activity.
Amendment 18 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Instrument has the specific objective of contributing to adequate and equivalent customs controls through the purchase, maintenance and upgrade of relevant, state-of-the-art, interoperable and reliable customs control equipment.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. When the action supported involves the purchase or upgrade of equipment, the Commission shall set up a coordination mechanism ensuring efficiency and interoperability between all the equipment purchased with the support of Union programmes and instruments, which shall allow for the consultation and participation of relevant EU agencies, in particular the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Amendment 21 #
2018/0258(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Any funding in excess of that ceiling shall only be granted in duly justified exceptional circumstances, which may include the purchasing and submitting of new equipment to the technical equipment pool of the European Border and Coast Guard.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. As part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the policy objective of the instrument shall be ensuring strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders while safeguarding the free movement of persons within it, in full compliance with the Union’s commitments on fundamental rights, thereby contributing to guaranteeing a high level of security and safety in the Union.
Amendment 48 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegal immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively managecurb migratory flows;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0249(COD)
Amendment 57 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 123 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of evolving migratory challenges in the European Union, as well as security concerns, preserving the careful balance between free movement of persons on the one hand, and security on the other is of utmost importance. The Union’s objective of ensuring a high level of security within an area of freedom, security and justice pursuant to Article 67(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union (TFEU) should be achieved, among others, through common measures on the crossing of internal borders by persons and on border controls at external borders and the common visa policy.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Pursuant to Article 80 TFEU, these policies and their implementation should be governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial implications, between the Member States. These principles should never prevail over the sovereignty of the Member States, in particular their right to determine the volumes of admission of third-country nationals in accordance with Article 79 TFEU.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Facilitating legitimate travel, while preventing irregularllegal migration and security risks, was identified as one the main objectives of the Union’s response to the challenges in these areas in the Commission’s Communication on A European Agenda on Migration14 . _________________ 14 COM(2015) 240 final of 13 May 2015.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) To reinforce security of EU's external borders and to preserve the integrity of the Schengen area and to strengthen its functioning, Member States have, since 6 April 2017, been obliged to carry out systematic checks against relevant databases on EU citizens who are crossing the EU’s external borders, in addition to the systematic checks already being carried out on all third-country nationals entering the Schengen zone. Furthermore, the Commission issued a Recommendation to Member States to make better use of police checks and cross-border cooperation.
Amendment 147 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The instrument should contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of visa processing in terms of detecting and assessing security and irregularllegal migration risks, as well as facilitating visa procedures for bona fide travellers. In particular, the instrument should deliver financial assistance to support digitalisation of visa processing with the objective to provide fast, secure and client- friendly visa procedures for the benefit of both visa applicants and consulates. The instrument should also serve to ensure wide consular coverage across the world. The uniform implementation of the common visa policy and its modernisation should also be covered by the instrument.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point a – introductory part
Annex V – point a – introductory part
(a) Specific objective 1: Supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegal immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively managecurb migratory flows:
Amendment 154 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) With a view to improving the management of the external borders, to contribute to preventing and combating irregularllegal migration and to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union, the instrument should support the development of large-scale IT systems, based on existing or new IT systems. It should also support the setting-up of interoperability between those EU information systems (Entry-exit system (EES)23 , the Visa Information System (VIS)24 , the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)25 , Eurodac26 , the Schengen Information System (SIS)27 and the European Criminal Records Information System for third- country nationals (ECRIS-TCN))28 in the Member States, in order for these EU information systems and their data to supplement each other. The instrument should also contribute to the necessary developments at national level following the implementation of the interoperability components at central level (European search portal (ESP), a shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), a common identity repository (CIR) and a multiple- identity detector (MID))29 . _________________ 23 Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third- country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 327, 9.12.2017, p. 20). 24 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60). 25 COM(2016) 731 final of 16 November 2016. 26 COM(2016) 272 final/2 of 4 May 2016. 27 COM(2016) 881 final, 882 final and 883 final of 21 December 2016. 28 COM(2017) 344 final of 29 June 2017. 29 COM(2017) 794 final of 12 December 2017.
Amendment 157 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point a – introductory part
Annex VIII – point a – introductory part
(a) Specific objective 1: Supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegal immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively managecurb migratory flows;
Amendment 157 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The instrument should support the implementation of the hotspot approach as outlined in the Commission’s Communication on A European Agenda on Migration and endorsed by the European Council of 25 and 26 June 201530 . The hotspot approach provides operational support to Member States affected by disproportionate migratory pressure at the Union’s external borders. It offers integrated, comprehensThe instrument should also support future initiatives and targeted assistance in a spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility as well as with a view to safeguarding the integrity of the Schengen areaimed at definitely breaking the business model of smugglers, such as regional disembarkation platforms located outside the territory of the Union and in close cooperation with relevant third countries, as outlined in Council Conclusions of 28 June 2018. _________________ 30 EUCO 22/15 CO EUR 8 CONCL 3.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) The instrument should contribute to supporting operating costs related to border management, common visa policy and large-scale IT systems and should thereby enable Member States to maintain capabilities which are crucial for the Union as a whole. Such support consists of full reimbursement of specific costs related to the objectives of the instrument and should form an integral part of the Member States’ programmes.
Amendment 210 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 373 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point h
Annex III – point 1 – point h
(h) identification, fingerprinting, registration, security checks, debriefing, provision of information, medical and vulnerability screening and, where necessary, medical care as well as referral of third country nationals to the appropriate procedure at the external borders, in particular in hotspot areas; and /or in regional platforms located outside the territory of the Union in close cooperation with third countries.
Amendment 388 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7 a (new)
Annex IV – point 7 a (new)
(7a) Measures for setting up and running regional platforms located outside the territory of the Union in close cooperation with third countries for the identification, fingerprinting, registration, security checks, debriefing, provision of information, medical and vulnerability screening and, where necessary, medical care as well as referral of third country nationals to the appropriate procedure.
Amendment 393 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point a – point 1 – introductory part
Annex V – point a – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Number of irregularllegal border crossings detected at the EU external borders a) between the border crossing points; and b) at the border crossing points
Amendment 84 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Assistance should also be provided in compliance with the agreements concluded by the Union with the beneficiaries listed in Annex I. Assistance should mainly focus on assisting the beneficiaries listed in Annex I to strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law, reform the judiciary and public administration, respect fundamental rights and promote gender equality, tolerance, social inclusion and non-discrimination. Assistance should also support the key principles and rights as defined in the European Pillar of Social Rights.17 Assistance should continue to support their efforts to counter-terrorism and advance regional, macro-regional and cross-border cooperation as well as territorial development, including through implementation of Union macro-regional strategies. It should also enhance their economic and social development and economic governance, underpinning a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth agenda, including through implementation of regional development, agriculture and rural development, social and employment policies and the development of the digital economy and society, also in line with the flagship initiative Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans. _________________ 17 European Pillar of Social Rights solemnly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the Gothenburg Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth, Gothenburg 17 November 2017.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Enhanced strategic and operational cooperation between the Union and the beneficiaries listed in Annex I on security is pivotal to addressing effectively and efficiently security and, terrorism threatsand organised crime.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration including border management, ensusharing access to international protection, sharing relevant information, strengthening the development benefits of migration, facilitating legal and labour migration, enhancing border control andrelevant information, enhancing border control capabilities and strengthening cooperation with third countries of origin and transit in order to jointly pursuinge our effort in the fight against irregularllegal migration, trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is in the Union's interest to assist the beneficiaries listed in Annex I in their efforts to reform with a view to Union membership. Assistance should be managed with a strong focus on results and with incentiveson a results-based approach and for those who demonstrate their commitment to reform through efficient implementation of pre- accession assistance and progress towards meeting the membership criteria.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) To strengthen the rule of law, democracy, the respect of human rights, fundamental rights and international law, civil society and security as well as improve illegal migration management including border management and strengthen cooperation with countries of origin and transit;
Amendment 158 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) To reinforce the effectiveness of public administration and support, transparency, structural reforms and good governance at all levels;
Amendment 323 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Establishing and promoting from an early stage the proper functioning of the institutions necessary in order to secure the rule of law. Interventions in this area shall aim at: establishing independent, accountable and efficient judicial systems, including transparent and merit-based recruitment and promoting judicial cooperation, evaluation and promotion systems and effective disciplinary procedures in cases of wrongdoing; ensuring the establishment of robust systems to protect the borders, manage migration flows and provide asylum to those in need; developing effective tools to prevent and fight organised crime, trafficking in human beings, migrants smuggling, money laundering/financing of terrorism and corruption; promoting and protecting human rights, rights of persons belonging to minorities including Roma as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the media and data protection.
Amendment 338 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Strengthening the capacities and transparency of civil society organisations and social partners' organisations, including professional associations, in beneficiaries listed in Annex I and encouraging networking at all levels among Union-based organisations and those of beneficiaries listed in Annex I, enabling them to engage in an effective dialogue with public and private actors.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The implementation of this Regulation should be guided by the five priorities established in the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy (the 'Global Strategy')59 , presented on 19 June 2016, which represents the Union's vision and the framework for united and responsible external engagement in partnership with others, to advance its values and interests. The Union should enhance partnerships, promote policy dialogue and collective responses to challenges of global concern. Its action should support the Union’s interests and values in all its aspects, including preserving peace, preventing conflicts, strengthening international security, fighting root causes of irregular migration and preventing irregular migration to the territory of the Union, and assisting populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man-made disasters, supporting trade policy, economic diplomacy and economic cooperation, promoting digital solutions and technologies, and fostering the international dimension of Union’s policies. In promoting its interests, the Union should comply with, and promote, the principles of respect for high social and environmental standards, for the rule of law, for international law and for human rights. Moreover, the Union should apply the principle of conditionality on development aid for partner countries, against their compliance with returns and readmissions, migration management and border control. _________________ 59 "Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe. A global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy", June 2016.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries, reaping the benefits of well- managed and regular migration and effectively addresstackling irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to ensuring access to international protectionpromoting national resettlement programmes, addressing the root causes of irregular migration, enhancing border management and pursucontrol and strengthening efforts in the fight against irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligatwhile stepping up return and readmissions. Therefore, third countries' effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element in the general principles of this Regulation. An increased coherence between migration and development cooperation policies is important to ensure that development assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively, while preventing irregular migration to the territory of the Union. This Regulation should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising the synergies and applying the necessary leverage.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) This Regulation should enable the Union to respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migrationgrowing migratory pressures, in complementarity with Union migration policy. To contribute to that end, and without prejudice to unforeseen circumstances, 10% of its financial envelope is expected to be dedicated to addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement and to supporting migration management and governance including the protection of refugees and migrants' rights within the objectives of this Regulationpreventing irregular migration to the territory of the Union, as well as supporting migration management and control.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council72 , Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/9573 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9674 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193975 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through effective and proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union, as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137176 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests and grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF and the European Court of Auditors, and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights; for this reason, agreements with third countries and territories and with international organisations, and aAny contract or agreement resulting from the implementation of this Regulation should contain provisions expressly empowering the Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections, according to their respective competences and ensuring that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funding grant equivalent rights. _________________ 72 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p.1) 73 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1). 74 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p.2) 75 OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p.1. 76 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ 198, 28.7.2017, p.29)
Amendment 85 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) at global level, to consolidate and support democracy, rule of law and human rights, support civil society organisations, further stability and peace and address other global challenges including tackling irregular migration and mobility;
Amendment 92 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Cooperation between the Union and the Member States, on the one hand, and partner countries, on the other hand, shall be based on and shall promote the development effectiveness principles, where applicable, namely: conditionality on aid for EU migration control objectives, ownership of development priorities by partner countries, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. The Union shall promote effective and efficient resource mobilisation and use.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. A more coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migrationtackling irregular migration and human smuggling shall be pursued with partners and its effectiveness be regularly assessed.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the partner's capacity and commitment to promote shared interests and values, and to support common goals and multilateral alliances, as well as the advancement of Union priorities, in particular in the field of countering irregular migration and border control.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Indicatively 10 % of the financial envelope set out in Article 4(2)(a) to supplement the country financial allocations referred to in Article 12 shall be allocated to partner countries listed in Annex I in order to implement the performance-based approach. The performance-based allocations shall be decided on the basis of their progress towards democracy, human rights, rule of law, cooperation on migrationpreventing irregular migration and border control, economic governance and reforms. The progress of partner countries shall be assessed annually.
Amendment 2 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses theat there is no need to substantially increase appropriations for EU external action under the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) while preserving the EU’s values-based foreign policy; welcome; regrets the modest real-term funding increase proposed by the Commission, which needs to be preserved in the interinstitutional negotiations;
Amendment 20 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that reform of the current architecture of external financing instruments should enhance accountability, transparency, efficiency and coherence; stresses that these objectives cannot be achieved without a solid governance structure that allows for political control, is strategy-driven, inclusive and accountable, and includes clear objectives, benchmarks and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms including a performance-based budgeting approach; regrets that the Commission’s proposal for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) contains virtually no such provisions on governance aspects;
Amendment 23 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the need for enhanced flexibility; insists, however, that funds used under the proposed ‘emerging challenges and priorities’ cushion cannot be used to serve other objectives such as migration management and security, and that enhanced flexibility cannot come at the expense of reduced possibilities for the European Parliament to exercise its political steering and scrutiny rights; urges the Commission to incorporate fully a performance-based budgeting approach;
Amendment 72 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) In its Communication on “Enhancing security in a world of mobility: improved information exchange in the fight against terrorism and stronger external borders” (COM(2016)602), the Commission stressed the crucial importance of secure travel and identity documents wherever it is necessary to establish beyond doubt a person’s identity and announced that it would be presenting an action plan to tackle the phenomenon of travel document fraud. An improved approach will rely on robust systems to prevent abuses and the threats to internal security arising from failings in document security.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The 2016 Action Plan on document security of December addressed the risk from fraudulent identity cards and residence documents35 , and clearly states that the increasingly significant problem of travel document fraud has come under the spotlight in the context of the recent terrorist attacks in Europe and current migration flows. Document fraud has become an enabler of terrorism and organised crime, and is linked to the trafficking of human being and migrant smuggling. Therefore it is vital that the Union enhance the security of travel documents, including the underlying identity management infrastructure. Also, the 2017 Citizenship report committed to analysing policy options to improve the security of identity cards and residence documents. _________________ 35 COM(2016) 790 final.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) According to Frontex, 40682 EU ID cards and 13512 fraudulent EU residence permits (all types) were detected and reported within the European Document Fraud Risk Analysis Network (EDF-RAN) between 2013-April 2018. These figures include detections at the external EU borders as well as those on the secondary intra-EU/Schengen movements. In particular, in 2017 there were more than 8100 fraudulent ID cards reported by Member States representing the second highest since the beginning of 2013. The developments in 2018 indicate that the overall number for the whole 2018 will most probably not be lower than in 2017.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Interoperability of EU information systems for security, borders, and migration management is highly depending on enhanced document security, including for conducting identity checks by competent authorities within the Union.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) A considerable contrast is present between high and low level of security in Member States’ ID documents and related issuing procedures which cause difficulties in document checks and enlarges the risk of counterfeiting and fraud of these documents. European Document Fraud Risk Analysis Network statistics show that fraudulent European ID cards have increased over time.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Fingerprints should be taken for children aged 6 and above, the age at which research shows that fingerprint recognition of children can be achieved with a satisfactory level of accuracy. The study conducted by the Commission's Joint Research Centre, on 'Fingerprint Recognition for children” of September 2013 indicates that fingerprints taken from children age six and above can be used in automated matching scenarios when sufficient care is taken to acquire good quality images. Moreover, a second study “Automatic fingerprint recognition: from children to elderly”, made available the data on the ageing and age effects on fingerprint recognition further reinforcing the conclusions of the previous study from 2013 that the recognition of children fingerprints from the age 6 years old is possible. Furthermore, the VIS study on lowering the age for fingerprinting and the COM proposal on Eurodac recast, go in the same direction.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should report on the implementation of this Regulation after threefour years after its date of application, including on the appropriateness of the level of security. In accordance with paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making41 the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring arrangements in order to assess the actual effects of the Regulation and the need for any further action, including the use of more advanced and higher accuracy biometric technologies against new types of fraud such as the iris-recognition technology proposed in the European Court of Justice´s case law41a which puts the technology forward as the only real alternative to taking fingerprints and less intervening on the rights recognised by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter. _________________ 41 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14. 41a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 17 October 2013, Schwarz v Stadt Bochum, C-291/12,ECLI:EU:C:2013:670.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) children under the age of 126 years;
Amendment 136 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) persons whose fingerprinting is permanently physically impossible.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Where the taking of the biometric data is temporarily impossible due to the condition of the fingertips or face, Member States may issue an identity card having a validity of a maximum of three months. Those persons, shall be subject to the issuance of a new ID card, as soon as those conditions no longer prevail.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Period of validity 1. Identity cards shall have a maximum period of validity of ten years. 2. Identity cards issued to minors that do not contain fingerprints shall be valid until their holder has reached the age of 6 years. 3. Where it is temporarily impossible to take fingerprints or a facial image in accordance with Article 3 paragraph 5 point a, identity cards shall have a maximum period of validity of 3 months.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) Where difficulties are encountered inFor the purpose of ensuring compliance with the collection of biometric identifiers, Member States shall ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to guarantee the dignity of the person concerned, including administratives measures in according with national law. These measures shall be effective and proportionate and in full compliance with EU fundamental rights.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3 a) The provisions of this Article are without prejudice to the obligation of a residence card holder to use that document in conjunction with a valid passport, when entering the Union without a visa when they accompany or join an EU citizen, as provided for in Article 5 of Directive 2004/38/EC.
Amendment 195 #
2018/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
(2) No sooner than six years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation and present a report on the main findings, in particular on the effectiveness of the combination of the two types of biometric technology in ensuring the security of travel and identity documents, with statistics of their success rates in detecting identity fraud and the necessity to further propose more advanced and higher accuracy biometric technologies against new types of identity fraud to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. The evaluation shall be conducted according to the Commission's better regulation Guidelines.
Amendment 22 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market of the Union, enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Free movement rights are, however, not absolute and an abusive reliance on these rights should be prevented.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Pursuant to Article 3 TEU, the Union is to work for a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress and promote social justice and protection. In accordance with Article 9 TFEU, the Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, is to take into account requirements linked to, inter alia, the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of an adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and the promotion of a high level of education, training and the protection of human health. Pursuant to Article 5 TEU the limits of Union competences are governed by the principle of conferral. The use of Union competences is governed by the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the Social Summit in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017. That Social Summit recalled the need to put people first, in order to further develop the social dimension of the Union, and to promote convergence through efforts at all levels, as confirmed during the conclusions of the European Council of 14 December 2017. The Social Pillar is of a political nature, and does not confer new competences on the European Union.
Amendment 38 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services. It should also enhance cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work. In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third- country nationals, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Labour mobility creates economic benefits for the EU as a whole. However, public support for the internal market is eroding due to persisting abusive and unfair practices such as letterbox companies, illegal postings and social fraud. The enforcement of existing rules has been moving forward slowly, and cooperation and exchange of information between Member States are currently inadequate. The enforcement of existing European rules needs to be improved, however, without creating additional administrative burdens. Bureaucracy and multiplication of EU bodies should be avoided. Therefore, improving existing EU-level structures should be given preference over creating a new EU body. The EU should always strive for the most efficient and cost-effective way in achieving its aims, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The individuals covered by the activities of the Authority should be persons who are subject to the Union law within the scope of this Regulation, including workers, self-employed persons, jobseekers, and economically non-active persons; this should cover both Union citizens and third-country nationals who are legally resident in the Union, such as posted workers, EU Blue Card holders, intra-corporate transferees or long-term residents, as well as their family members upon the condition that they are mobile in the EU.
Amendment 49 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The establishment of the Authority should not create new rights and obligations for individuals or employers, including economic operators or non-profit organisations, as the activities of the Authority should cover them to the extent to which they are covered by the Union law within the scope of this Regulation. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure they can benefit from a fair and effective internal market, the Authority should promote opportunities for individuals and employers to be mobile or provide services and recruit anywhere within the Union. This includes supporting thefair cross-border mobility of individuals by facilitating access to cross-border mobility services, such as the cross-border matching of jobs, traineeships and apprenticeships and by promoting mobility schemes such as 'Your first EURES job' or 'ErasmusPRO’. The Authority should also contribute to improving transparency of information, including on rights and obligations stemming from Union law, and access to services to individuals and employers, in cooperation with other Union information services, such as Your Europe Advice, and taking full advantage and ensuring consistency with the Your Europe portal, which will form the backbone of the future single digital gateway53 . _________________ Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – 53 COM(2017)256]
Amendment 52 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For these purposes, the Authority should cooperate with other relevant Union initiatives and networks, in particular the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES)54 , the European Enterprise Network55 , the Border Focal Point56 and SOLVIT57 , as well as with relevant national services such as the bodies to promote equal treatment and to support Union workers and members of their family, designated by Member States under Directive 2014/54/EU, and national contact points designated under Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58 to provide information on healthcare. The Authority should also explore synergies with the proposed European services e-card59 , notably with regard to those cases in which Member States opt for the submission of declarations regarding posted workers through the e-card platform. The Authority should replace the Commission in managing the European network of employment services (‘EURES’) European Coordination Office established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, including the definition of user needs and business requirements for the effectiveness of the EURES portal and related IT services, but excluding the IT provision, and the operation and development of the IT infrastructure, which will continue to be ensured by the Commission. Overlaps in competences between the Authority and EURES should be avoided. _________________ 54 Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). 55 European Enterprise Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/ 56 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions, COM(2017) 534. 57 Commission Recommendation of 17 September 2013 on the principles governing SOLVIT (OJ L 249, 19.9.2011, p. 10). 58 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45). 59 COM(2016) 824 final and COM(2016) 823 final.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of the fair, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should support cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should support Member States’ compliance with cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities. Data exchange, in particular of social security data, should take into account cyber criminality and security aspects, and should be strictly regulated.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market of the Union, enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Free movement rights are, however, not absolute and an abusive reliance on these rights should be prevented.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To increase Member States' capacity to tackle irregularities with a cross-border dimension in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities in carrying out concerted and joint inspections, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon their agreement to the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections should be carried out in agreement with the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the concerted and joint inspections according to national law. The Authority should never take up the role of national authorities and respects the principle of subsidiarity. There is no legal basis in the Treaty that allows for a European inspection system in the labour domain.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Pursuant to Article 3 TEU, the Union is to work for a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress and promote social justice and protection. In accordance with Article 9 TFEU, the Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, is to take into account requirements linked to, inter alia, the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of an adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and the promotion of a high level of education, training and the protection of human health. Pursuant to Article 5 TEU the limits of Union competences are governed by the principle of conferral. The use of Union competences is governed by the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to keep track of emerging trends, challenges, or loopholes in the areas of labour mobility and social security coordination, the Authority should develop an analytical and risk assessment capacity. This should involve carrying out labour market analyses and studies, as well as peer reviews. The authority should monitor potential imbalances in terms of skills and cross-border labour flows, including their possible impact on territorial cohesion. The Authority should also support the risk assessment referred to in Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. The Authority should ensure synergies and complementarity with other Union Agencies or services or networks. This should include seeking input from SOLVIT and similar services on recurring problems encountered by individuals and businesses in the exercise of their rights in the areas under the scope of the Authority. The Authority should also facilitate and streamline data collection activities provided for by the relevant Union laws within its scope, while respecting data protection rules and taking into account cybersecurity risks. This does not entail the creation of new reporting obligations for Member States.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To strengthen the capacity of national authorities and improve consistency in the application of Union law within its scope, the Authority should provide operational assistance to national authorities, including by developing practical guidelines, establishing training and peer learning programmes, promoting mutual assistance projects, facilitating staff exchanges such as those referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2014/67/EU, and supporting Member States in organising awareness-raising campaigns informing individuals and employers of their rights and obligations. The Authority should promote the exchange, dissemination and uptake of good practices. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the Social Summit in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017. That Social Summit recalled the need to put people first, in order to further develop the social dimension of the Union, and to promote convergence through efforts at all levels, as confirmed during the conclusions of the European Council of 14 December 2017. The Social Pillar is of a political nature, and does not confer new competences on the European Union.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 62 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chair, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, should adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers. The Member States retain full scrutiny and control over the remit and work programme of the Authority.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To guarantee its full autonomy and independence, the Authority should be granted an autonomous budget, with revenue coming from the general budget of the Union, a by identifying underutilised existing budget lines. Any voluntary financial contribution from the Member States and any contribution from third countries participating in the work of the Authority can co-finance the budget of the Authority. In exceptional and duly justified cases it should also be in the position to receive delegation agreements or ad hoc grants, and to charge for publications and any service provided by the Authority.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Within the framework of their respective competences, the Authority should cooperate with other agencies of the Union, in particular those established in the area of employment and social policy, building on their expertise and maximising synergies, such as: the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU- OSHA), and the European Training Foundation (ETF), as well as, as regards the fight against organised crime and trafficking in human beings, with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and, European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
Amendment 71 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to bring an operational dimension to the activities of existing bodies in the areas of cross-border labour mobilityavoid multiplication of EU bodies, the Authority should take over the performance of tasks carried out by the Technical Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers set up by Commission Decision 2009/17/EC68 and the European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work set up by Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and the Council69 . With the establishment of the Authority, those bodies should cease to exist if the Authority can prove to have a clear European added value compared to these existing structures. _________________ 68 Commission Decision 2009/17/EC of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers (OJ L 8, 13.1.2009, p. 26). 69 Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work (OJ L 65, 11.3.2016, p. 12).
Amendment 72 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The Authority should complemensupport the activities of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems created by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (‘the Administrative Commission’) in so far as it exercises regulatory tasks related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009. The Authority should however take over operational tasks currently carried out under the framework of the Administrative Commission, such as providing a mediation function between Member States, ensuring a forum for handling financial matters related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, replacing the function of the Audit Board set up by those Regulations, as well as matters related to electronic data exchange and IT tools to facilitate the application of those Regulations, replacing the function of the Technical Commission for Data Processing set up by those Regulations. However, the shifting of tasks to a new European agency is only budgetary sound if there is a proven European added value in shifting these tasks.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0064(COD)
(c) mediate and facilitate a solution in cases of cross-border disputes between national authorities or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access to information by individuals and employers on rights and obligations in cross-border situations as well as access to cross-border labour mobility services, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7;
Amendment 85 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 87 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall improve the availability, quality and accessibility of information offered to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 589/2016 on EURES and Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 89 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide relevant information to employers on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross- border labour mobility situations, including posted workers;
Amendment 91 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support Member States in streamlining the provision of information and services to individuals and employers pertaining to cross-border mobility on a voluntary basis, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TWithout duplicating already existing mechanisms, the Authority shall provide services to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 95 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services. It should also enhance cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work. In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third- country nationals, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote the development of initiatives supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals, including targeted mobility schemes;
Amendment 96 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall manage the EURES European Coordination Office and ensure that it fulfils its responsibilities in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589, except for the technical operation and development of the EURES portal and related IT services, which shall continue to be managed by the Commission. It shall be evaluated if this separation of powers is not resulting in a more complex structure. The Authority, under the responsibility of the Executive Director as set out in Article 23(4)(k), shall ensure that this activity fully complies with requirements of the applicable data protection legislation, including the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer, in accordance with Article 37.
Amendment 99 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall promote the use of electronic tools and procedures for message exchange between national authorities, including the Internal Market Information (IMI) system and the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system, while fully respecting data protection regulation.
Amendment 102 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of one or several Member States, tThe Authority shall coordinate concerted or joint inspections in the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences. The request may be submitted by one or several Member States. The Authority may also suggest to the authorities of the Member States concerned that they perform a concerted or joint inspection.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. In the event that the Authority, in the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyondwithin the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Authority should contribute to ensuring fair labour mobility while facilitating the free movement of workers governed by Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council40 and Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council41 . It should facilitate the enforcement of the rules on posting of workers governed by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and the Council42 and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and the Council43 , including by supporting the enforcement of those provisions implemented through universally applicable collective agreements in line with the practices of Member States. It should also help the coordination of social security systems governed by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council44 , Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council45 , Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council46 ; as well as Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/7147 and Council Regulation (EC) No 574/7248 . __________________ 39 Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1). 40 Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8). 41 Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers’ access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.04.2016, p. 1). 42 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1). 43 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.05.2014, p. 11). 44 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p.1, corrigendum OJ L 200, 7.6.2004, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by these Regulations solely on the ground of their nationality (OJ L 344, 29.12.2010, p. 1). 47 Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (OJ L 149, 5.7.1971 p. 2). 48 Council Regulation (EC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons, and to their families moving within the Community (OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1).
Amendment 108 #
2018/0064(COD)
(a) develop commonnon-binding guidelines for use by Member States, including guidance for inspections in cases with a cross-border dimension, as well as sharednon-binding definitions and common concepts, building on relevant work at the Union level; the Authority does not have any regulatory powers or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 109 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Upon request of one of the Member States concerned by a dispute, the Authority shall launch a mediation procedure before its Mediation Board set up for this purpose in accordance with Article 17(2). The use of the mediation procedure shall remain voluntary for the Member States involved. The Authority may also launch a mediation procedure on its own initiative before the Mediation Board, including on the basis of a referral from SOLVIT, subject to the agreement of all Member States concerned by that dispute.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. When presenting a case for mediation by the Authority, Member States shall ensure that all personal data related to that case is anonymised and the Authority shall not process the personal data of individuals concerned by the case at any point in the course of the mediation procedure. Personal data shall only be kept for as long as they are necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 113 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 114 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Labour mobility creates economic benefits for the EU as a whole. However, public support for the internal market is eroding due to persisting abusive and unfair practices such as letterbox companies, illegal postings and social fraud. The enforcement of existing rules has been moving forward slowly, and cooperation and exchange of information between Member States are currently inadequate. The enforcement of existing European rules needs to be improved, however, without creating additional administrative burdens. Bureaucracy and multiplication of EU bodies should be avoided. Therefore, improving existing EU-level structures should be given preference over creating a new EU body. The EU should always strive for the most efficient and cost-effective way in achieving its aims, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The individuals covered by the activities of the Authority should be persons who are subject to the Union law within the scope of this Regulation, including workers, self-employed persons, jobseekers, and economically non-active persons; this should cover both Union citizens and third-country nationals who are legally resident in the Union, such as posted workers, EU Blue Card holders, intra-corporate transferees or long-term residents, as well as their family members upon the condition that they are mobile in the EU.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The establishment of the Authority should not create new rights and obligations for individuals or employers, including economic operators or non-profit organisations, as the activities of the Authority should cover them to the extent to which they are covered by the Union law within the scope of this Regulation. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 140 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure they can benefit from a fair and effective internal market, the Authority should promote opportunities for individuals and employers to be mobile or provide services and recruit anywhere within the Union. This includes supporting thefair cross-border mobility of individuals by facilitating access to cross-border mobility services, such as the cross-border matching of jobs, traineeships and apprenticeships and by promoting mobility schemes such as 'Your first EURES job' or 'ErasmusPRO’. The Authority should also contribute to improving transparency of information, including on rights and obligations stemming from Union law, and access to services to individuals and employers, in cooperation with other Union information services, such as Your Europe Advice, and taking full advantage and ensuring consistency with the Your Europe portal, which will form the backbone of the future single digital gateway53 . __________________ 53 Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]
Amendment 155 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For these purposes, the Authority should cooperate with other relevant Union initiatives and networks, in particular the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES)54 , the European Enterprise Network55 , the Border Focal Point56 and SOLVIT57 , as well as with relevant national services such as the bodies to promote equal treatment and to support Union workers and members of their family, designated by Member States under Directive 2014/54/EU, and national contact points designated under Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58 to provide information on healthcare. The Authority should also explore synergies with the proposed European services e-card59 , notably with regard to those cases in which Member States opt for the submission of declarations regarding posted workers through the e-card platform. The Authority should replace the Commission in managing the European network of employment services (‘EURES’) European Coordination Office established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, including the definition of user needs and business requirements for the effectiveness of the EURES portal and related IT services, but excluding the IT provision, and the operation and development of the IT infrastructure, which will continue to be ensured by the Commission. Overlaps in competences between the Authority and EURES should be avoided. __________________ 54 Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). 55 European Enterprise Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/ 56 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions, COM(2017) 534. 57 Commission Recommendation of 17 September 2013 on the principles governing SOLVIT (OJ L 249, 19.9.2011, p. 10). 58 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45). 59 COM(2016) 824 final and COM(2016) 823 final.
Amendment 163 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of the fair, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should support cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should support Member States’ compliance with cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities. Data exchange, in particular of social security data, should take into account cyber criminality and security aspects, and should be strictly regulated.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To increase Member States' capacity to tackle irregularities with a cross-border dimension in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities in carrying out concerted and joint inspections, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon their agreement to the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections should be carried out in agreement with the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the concerted and joint inspections according to national law. The Authority should never take up the role of national authorities and respects the principle of subsidiarity. There is no legal basis in the Treaty that allows for a European inspection system in the labour domain.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to keep track of emerging trends, challenges, or loopholes in the areas of labour mobility and social security coordination, the Authority should develop an analytical and risk assessment capacity. This should involve carrying out labour market analyses and studies, as well as peer reviews. The authority should monitor potential imbalances in terms of skills and cross-border labour flows, including their possible impact on territorial cohesion. The Authority should also support the risk assessment referred to in Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. The Authority should ensure synergies and complementarity with other Union Agencies or services or networks. This should include seeking input from SOLVIT and similar services on recurring problems encountered by individuals and businesses in the exercise of their rights in the areas under the scope of the Authority. The Authority should also facilitate and streamline data collection activities provided for by the relevant Union laws within its scope, while respecting data protection rules and taking into account cybersecurity risks. This does not entail the creation of new reporting obligations for Member States.
Amendment 182 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To strengthen the capacity of national authorities and improve consistency in the application of Union law within its scope, the Authority should provide operational assistance to national authorities, including by developing practical guidelines, establishing training and peer learning programmes, promoting mutual assistance projects, facilitating staff exchanges such as those referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2014/67/EU, and supporting Member States in organising awareness-raising campaigns informing individuals and employers of their rights and obligations. The Authority should promote the exchange, dissemination and uptake of good practices. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of competences as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 198 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 209 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chair, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, should adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers. The Member States remain full scrutiny and control over the remit and work programme of the Authority.
Amendment 220 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To guarantee its full autonomy and independence, the Authority should be granted an autonomous budget, with revenue coming from the general budget of the Union, a by identifying underutilised existing budget lines. Any voluntary financial contribution from the Member States and any contribution from third countries participating in the work of the Authority can co-finance the budget of the Authority. In exceptional and duly justified cases it should also be in the position to receive delegation agreements or ad hoc grants, and to charge for publications and any service provided by the Authority.
Amendment 228 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Within the framework of their respective competences, the Authority should cooperate with other agencies of the Union, in particular those established in the area of employment and social policy, building on their expertise and maximising synergies, such as: the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU- OSHA), and the European Training Foundation (ETF), as well as, as regards the fight against organised crime and trafficking in human beings, with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and, European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
Amendment 230 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to bring an operational dimension to the activities of existing bodies in the areas of cross-border labour mobilityavoid multiplication of EU bodies, the Authority should take over the performance of tasks carried out by the Technical Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers set up by Commission Decision 2009/17/EC68 and the European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work set up by Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and the Council69 . With the establishment of the Authority, those bodies should cease to exist if the Authority can prove to have a clear European added value compared to these existing structures. __________________ 68 Commission Decision 2009/17/EC of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers (OJ L 8, 13.1.2009, p. 26). 69 Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work (OJ L 65, 11.3.2016, p. 12).
Amendment 239 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The Authority should complemensupport the activities of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems created by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (‘the Administrative Commission’) in so far as it exercises regulatory tasks related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009. The Authority should however take over operational tasks currently carried out under the framework of the Administrative Commission, such as providing a mediation function between Member States, ensuring a forum for handling financial matters related to the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, replacing the function of the Audit Board set up by those Regulations, as well as matters related to electronic data exchange and IT tools to facilitate the application of those Regulations, replacing the function of the Technical Commission for Data Processing set up by those Regulations. However, the shifting of tasks to a new European agency is only budgetary sound if there is a proven European added value in shifting these tasks.
Amendment 322 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) mediate and facilitate a solution in cases of cross-border disputes between national authorities or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 338 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access to information by individuals and employers on rights and obligations in cross-border situations as well as access to cross-border labour mobility services, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7;
Amendment 374 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 394 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall improve the availability, quality and accessibility of information offered to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 589/2016 on EURES and Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 411 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide relevant information to employers on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross- border labour mobility situations, including posted workers;
Amendment 433 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support Member States in streamlining the provision of information and services to individuals and employers pertaining to cross-border mobility on a voluntary basis, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 442 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TWithout duplicating already existing mechanisms, the Authority shall provide services to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 448 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote the development of initiatives supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals, including targeted mobility schemes;
Amendment 461 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall manage the EURES European Coordination Office and ensure that it fulfils its responsibilities in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589, except for the technical operation and development of the EURES portal and related IT services, which shall continue to be managed by the Commission. It shall be evaluated if this separation of powers is not resulting in a more complex structure. The Authority, under the responsibility of the Executive Director as set out in Article 23(4)(k), shall ensure that this activity fully complies with requirements of the applicable data protection legislation, including the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer, in accordance with Article 37.
Amendment 519 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall promote the use of electronic tools and procedures for message exchange between national authorities, including the Internal Market Information (IMI) system and the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system, while fully respecting data protection regulation.
Amendment 528 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 541 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of one or several Member States, tThe Authority shall coordinate concerted or joint inspections in the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences. The request may be submitted by one or several Member States. The Authority may also suggest to the authorities of the Member States concerned that they perform a concerted or joint inspection.
Amendment 647 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. In the event that the Authority, in the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyondwithin the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.
Amendment 684 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) develop commonnon-binding guidelines for use by Member States, including guidance for inspections in cases with a cross-border dimension, as well as sharednon-binding definitions and common concepts, building on relevant work at the Union level; the Authority does not have any regulatory power or interpretation capacity, and respects the division of powers as enshrined in the Treaty.
Amendment 722 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Upon request of one of the Member States concerned by a dispute, the Authority shall launch a mediation procedure before its Mediation Board set up for this purpose in accordance with Article 17(2). The use of the mediation procedure shall remain voluntary for the Member States involved. The Authority may also launch a mediation procedure on its own initiative before the Mediation Board, including on the basis of a referral from SOLVIT, subject to the agreement of all Member States concerned by that dispute.
Amendment 731 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. When presenting a case for mediation by the Authority, Member States shall ensure that all personal data related to that case is anonymised and the Authority shall not process the personal data of individuals concerned by the case at any point in the course of the mediation procedure. Personal data shall only be kept for as long as they are necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.
Amendment 740 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 761 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Article 14
Amendment 24 #
2017/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Warmly welcomes the progress made in implementing the Association Agreement and calls on the Georgian authorities to keep up the momentum and to ensure stability, further democratic reforms, an independent judiciary and economic improvements as a key factor in winning hearts and minds on the path towards re-establishing Georgia’s sovereignty over the whole of its internationally recognised territory;
Amendment 106 #
2017/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Supports Georgia’s continuing dialogue with and robust contributions to NATO as an Enhanced Opportunities Partner and the ongoing security sector reform taking place within Georgia as a result of NATO’s Capacity Building Initiative;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the good cooperation on CFSP matters and the symbolic participation in common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions and operations; welcomes Moldova’s enduring cooperation with NATO via its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and the recent opening of the NATO Liaison office in Chisinau; takes note of the progress in adopting a new Defence Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2021 following the withdrawal of the National Security Strategy by the President of Moldova;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 h (new)
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11h. Encourages continuing the efforts of Moldovan security services to thwart and deter organized crime, arms smuggling and human trafficking;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned, however, about a variety of other findings, including the lack of political guidance and overarching vision, inconsistent implementation of EU values and partnership principles, the slow or non-existent progress of objectives related to social and juridical reform in the wider Neighbourhood, the absence of evaluation mechanisms and the lack of flexibility;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomEncourages efforts to make IPA II more strategic and results-orientated through long-termally relevant in the long term and deliver concrete results through beneficiary-specific planning and a sectoral approach;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the current systemic and political inabilitinability and lack of political resilience necessary to suspend or reroute IPA II funds in cases where countries do not meet their commitments or exhibit severe political backsliding;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that IPA II was intended to secure crucial social and juridical reforms, inter alia, in beneficiary countries, with a view toward improving regional security in the long-term; notes that in many beneficiary countries these reforms have yet to materialise and that the extent of clearly observable positive results directly linked to IPA II is not at all evident;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls for tangible progress on crucial reform-related goals in neighbouring countries, particularly where those reforms have stalled or otherwise been delayed; notes that in the absence of such reforms the validity and efficacy of IPA II as a whole is called into question;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the need to take into account the link between stabilisation, conflict prevention, respect for human rights, education that promotes the values of peace and tolerance, and socioeconomic development;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates that reform of the current instrument architecture is required in order to regulate conflicts of interest, provide more flexibility, efficiency, coherence and responsiveness, and would also increase cost-effectiveness, accountability, transparency and public oversight;
Amendment 274 #
2017/2280(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Underlines the importance of the more-for-more and conditionality principles; considers that stronger conditionality mechanisms should be set up under which direct budget support to state authorities and, government bodies and non- state actors can be suspended in cases where such institutionbeneficiaries do not comply with the objectives of the dispersed funding, or violate the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU isMember States of the EU are better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in ongoing crisis management missions, would be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a truly coordinated manner and make the most of their expertise and resources;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 84 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure; whereas they can expand the existing cooperation between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability currently aimed at facilitating the exchange of information and logistical support into areas of shared threat assessments, personnel acquisition and the sharing of best practices in order to respond to threats in real time;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values and 22 Member States, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding and continue efforts such as joint briefings, intelligence sharing, civil emergency response training and shared threat assessments of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2276(INI)
6. Stresses that the EU-NATO strategic partnership is equally fundamental for the EU’s evolving CSDP and for the future of the Alliance, as well as fornd reiterates that no duplication of efforts or capabilities will be made regardless of EU-UK relations before or after Brexit;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for working together on joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to ensure prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information and intelligence sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions;
Amendment 188 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CWelcomes NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in NATO’s Eastern flank and considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be further strengthened oin the Eastern flankis area for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;
Amendment 197 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes NATO’s stated 360 degree approach and the establishment of a Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) and the Initial Follow on Forces Group (IFFG) designed to respond to an unfolding crisis and underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the continued expansion in cooperation on cyber defence, including through regular expert talks and the participation in each other’s flagship cyber defence exercises;
Amendment 227 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; welcomes the recent joint inauguration of NATO’s Hybrid Centre of Excellence by the NATO Secretary General and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats;
Amendment 229 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recognises NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee’s current metric of measuring resilience among its Member States is based on seven base line requirements of resilience comprising: assured continuity of government and critical services, protection of energy supply, ability to handle uncontrolled population movements, preservation of water and food resources, ability to deal with mass casualties, protection of transportation systems, and preservation of civil communications systems and thus encourages further efforts of NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee to continue its work in creating a deployable expert team that will be made up of joint NATO & EU experts that will engage in joint assessments of each member country;
Amendment 232 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the NATO Warsaw Summit’s decision to enhance resilience by calling on governments to increase investment designed to prepare, deter and defend against hybrid warfare threats via creation of arrangements, policies, legislation, procedures and collection of resources;
Amendment 283 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the continuing trend of increased defence spending among NATO Allies and strongly believes that as the primary security guarantor for the Euro- Atlantic, Member States must continue to meet their membership obligations by respecting the 2% & 20% defence spending guidelines;
Amendment 285 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Considers that Member States committed to NATO’s defence spending guidelines should consider allocating a specified sum within the 20% guideline on procurement to be allocated specifically towards research and development to guarantee a minimum expenditure is used towards innovation that can create a ‘spillover’ of technologies to the civil sector,
Amendment 287 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Considers that Member States should be instrumental in facilitating transatlantic technological and industrial base cooperation by ensuring barriers to industries and protectionism are avoided and export licensing, processes and technology transfer policies should be harmonised among the 22 shared Member States of NATO and the EU to provide a more efficient and less time consuming procurement process that will aim to improve Member State defence capabilities;
Amendment 293 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. SReiterates the NATO Warsaw Summit Declaration calling on members to ‘facilitate a stronger defence industry and greater defence research’ and strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under various studies conducted by the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;
Amendment 346 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Welcomes EU and NATO efforts to provide political and practical support to aspirant countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and suggests Member States continue these efforts to ensure continued democratic development and security sector reform;
Amendment 350 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Welcomes enhanced counter- terrorism support in both political and practical terms towards Mediterranean and Gulf countries via NATO’s Capacity Building Initiatives, Mobile Training Teams, Individual Partnership Action Plans and Centres of Excellence that continue to provide training and transfer of best practices in areas including crisis management, counter-IED removal and disposal, operational awareness, environmental security, border security and other key areas of security sector reform;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the joint EU- NATO Declaration of 2016,
Amendment 4 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the European Reassurance Initiative,
Amendment 52 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EU-US relationship is the fundamental guarantor for global stability and has been the cornerstone of our efforts to ensure peace and stability for our societies since the end of the Second World War, and stronger multilateral economic cooperation and trade; believes that the ‘America first’ policy will harm the interests of both the EU and the UStransatlantic bond should continue as the foundation of EU foreign policy objectives;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the diverging views on addressing global issues and regional conflicts that have appeared since the election of President Trump; seeks clarity as to whether the transatlantic relationship, which was defined over decades, still has the samebelieves that despite recent differences, the EU’s partnership with the US is as relevancet today as ever; stresses that the values- based overarching framework of our partnership is essential to securing the architecture of the global economy and security;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the diverging views on addressing global issues and regional conflicts that have appeared since the election of President Trump; seeks clarity as to whether the transatlantic relationbelieves that despite recent differences, the EU’s partnership, which was defined over decades, still has the same relevance todayith the U.S. is today as relevant as ever; stresses that the values- based overarching framework of our partnership is essential to securing the architecture of the global economy and security;
Amendment 187 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of cooperation, coordination and synergy effects in the field of security and defence and insists that burden sharing should not be solely focused on the target of spending 2 % of GDP on defence; states that NATO is still crucial for the collective defence of Europunderlines that contributions to the Alliance consist of a combination of cash, capabilities and contributions; states that NATO remains the bedrock of Euro-Atlantic defence;
Amendment 200 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the significance and positive contribution that the US European Reassurance Initiative has for the security of EU Member States;
Amendment 202 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 222 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines that the growing significance of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning requires enhanced EU- US cooperation and that measures should be taken to advance cooperation among US and European tech companies in order to ensure partnering on development and application is best used;
Amendment 225 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Underlines the importance of achieving quantum computing capabilities and stresses the need to enhance EU-US cooperation in this area to ensure that quantum computing is first realized among partners sharing warm relations and supporting objectives;
Amendment 236 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that an important part of strengthening EU-US counter-terrorism efforts includes supporting and coordinating regular joint training exercises and simulations with the ATLAS Network, ensuring an emphasis on emergency preparedness and civil emergency response, advancing EU- NATO cooperation, enhancing cooperation with third countries, sharing biometrics and assisting in the protection of critical infrastructure as well as a comprehensive approach to fighting terrorism, also via coordination in global forums;
Amendment 254 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls the widespread transatlantic solidarity in reaction to the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury, resulting in the expulsion of Russian diplomats by 20 EU Member States, Canada, United States, Norway and 5 EU aspirant states;
Amendment 263 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses concern regarding Nord- Stream II and its potentially divisive role in the energy security and solidary of Member States;
Amendment 307 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the EU is determined to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran as a key pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture, with relevance also for the North Korean question, and as a crucial element for the security and stability of the region; reiterates the need to address more critically Iranian destabilising activities related to ballistic missiles and regional stability, including support for terror groups like Hezbollah, that are separate from the JCPOA, in the relevant formats and forums; stresses that transatlantic cooperation in addressing this issue is key; criticises strongly President Trump's decision to leave the JCPOA unilaterally and to put extraterritorial measures on EU companies which are active in Iran;
Amendment 308 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the EU is determined to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran as a key pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture, with relevance also for the North Korean question, and as a crucial element for the security and stability of the region; reiterates the need to address more critically Iranian destabilising activities related to ballistic missiles and regional stability including support for terror groups like Hezbollah, that are separate from the JCPOA, in the relevant formats and forums; stresses that transatlantic cooperation in addressing this issue is key; criticises strongly President Trump's decision to leave the JCPOA unilaterally and to put extraterritorial measures on EU companies which are active in Iran;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Article 5 TEU, and Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
Amendment 8 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite numerous announcements and requests for safe legal pathways for persons seeking international protection there is currently no legal framework at European level for humanitarian visas, i.e. visas issued for the purpose of reaching the territory of the Member States in order to seekhumanitarian visas are one of the existing tools that sovereign Member States may decide to use in order to ensure that people in need can legally access international protection; in Europe.
Amendment 12 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to recent case law 'Member States are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to persons who wish to enter their territory with a view to applying for asylum, but they remain free to do so on the basis of their national law' (Case C- 638/16 PPU X and X v État belge);
Amendment 17 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of persons admitted on the basis of national protected entry procedurseveral EU Member States currently have or have previously had national schemes for through resettlement remain low in comparison to the need; whereas the scope of these possibilities is equally narrow and in casissuing humanitarian visas to guarantee national protected entry of people in need; whereas the scope of resettlement only includes persons who have already been recognised as refugees and who fulfil further vulnerability or geographical criteria;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular meansaccording the UN Migration Agency (IOM), 58,158 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through 1 August 2018. Whereas that total compares to 113,283 at this time last year, and over 261,228 at this time in 2016;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas less than half (47%) of those applying for international protection are granted it at first instance; and with poor return rates (36%) this equates to high rates of absconding from those refused;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a Union legal framework is urgently needed as one means toin order to effectively address the intolerable death toll in the Mediterranean, and on the migration routes to the Union, to truly combat human smuggling, human trafficking, exposure to labour exploitation and violence on the black market, to manage the orderly arrival, reception and processing of asylum claims and to reduce Member States’ and Union costs for asylum, law enforcement, border control, surveillance and search and rescue activities as well as to avoid fragmentation through diverging national practices risking to undermine common policies and the Uniohe EU should act responsibly and to deter asylum seekers from arriving in its territory, risking their lives at sea. Such measures may include offshore processing, mandatory detention, and the use of turn bacquis;ks.
Amendment 31 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament has trifailed to include provisions in this vein in Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)1 ; _________________ 1 OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1. OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1.
Amendment 33 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas both Council and the Commission have rejected these amendments, on the ground, among others, that such provisiona Union legal framework establishing Humanitarian Visas should not be included in the Visa Code, given its scope covering short-stay visas only;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 38 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 39 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas intensive work was undertaken, including with the help of experts, to draw up the recommendations which are annexed to this motion, the result is a proposal which encourages the smugglers' business model, with a fast- track route to the EU territory provided at the expense of EU taxpayers;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requesjects that Commission submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex to this resolution;a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa.
Amendment 50 #
2017/2270(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 53 #
Amendment 2 #
2017/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the Joint Declarations of the Eastern Partnership Summits, notably of 2015 in Riga and of 2017 in Brussels,
Amendment 23 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the permanent reintroduction of border controls would have serious impacts on citizens’ lives and seriously undermine their trust in European integration; whereas Schengen countries would face tremendous direct operational and investment costs, with crippling effecit is the Member States’ undeniable right to decide to impose border controls in order to ensure the safety and security of its own their economies; whereas the estimations of those costs alone amount to more than EUR 18 billion per year for cross-border workers, tourists, road freight transporters and public administrationscitizens as a matter of utmost priority;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregular migration and raise awareness of the risks of irregular migration among those societies; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search-and- rescue aspects and capabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers cooperation with third countries, in particular in the context of development policy and readmission agreements, as one of the most essential elements in finding the solution to irregular migration while noting there has not been sufficient progress in that regard;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the ongoing reform of the SIS and the establishment of other large-scale information systems, as well as the objective of improving their interoperability while preserving the necessary safeguards, namely with regard to data protection and privacy without prejudice to ensuring safety for EU citizens against the terrorist threat;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are not due to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself but rather to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomings in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and control of the external borders;
Amendment 172 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the urgent need to address the identified critical security shortcomings without delay in order to return to the normal functioning of Schengen without internal border controls;
Amendment 180 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all Member States to implement fully the existing regulations and calls on the Commission to act decisively in matters of violations of commonly agreed rules by imposing proportionate and necessary measures on the Member States in question, in order to safeguard the interests of the other Member States and of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to further develop mutual cross-border police cooperation through joint threat assessment, risk analysis and patrols; calls for the full implementation of the Prüm Convention and adhesion to the European Information Exchange Model and the Swedish Initiative; calls on the Member States to improve their national law enforcement cooperation and information sharing structures and to improve practical cooperation, in particular with neighbouring Member States;
Amendment 214 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to ensure the independent nature of the national data protection authorities, namely by providing sufficient financial resources and staff to fulfil their increasing tasks; calls on the Member States to ensure the necessary audits of information systems and their use; calls on the Member States to enable the rights of data subjects to launch complaints and request their personal information, and to raise public awareness regarding information systems while ensuring a high level of security against terrorist threats;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that multipurpose operations be conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the aim of responding to the need for maritime search-and-rescue assets (as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014) to be present in the relevant areas; requires the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to take a more active role in supporting the Member States in coordinated return operations, as well as organizing its own return operations;
Amendment 228 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls that the high priority given to the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as part of the holistic approach to tackling the refugee and migration crisis and the Commission’s Agenda on Migration; calls on the Council to swiftly follow Parlia must be implemented in adopting a mandate for negotiations on every proposal in this regard; highlline with the Member States’ sovereign rights that the new European Agency for Asylum has still to be approved and urges the Council to unblock this file as a matter of urgenco decide on granting asylum status on its territory;
Amendment 247 #
2017/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. calls on the Member States to increase efforts and the amount of allocated resources to ensure an appropriate level of security at their borders;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Commends Australia´s Office of National Assessments for its support in the provision of international, political, strategic and economic analysis and its liaison with international partners to ensure responses to matters of common interest;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recognizes Australia´s critical role in the ´Five Eyes Intelligence Community´ and its support towards the security of both EU Member states and transatlantic partners, commends Australia´s operational agreement with Europol and highlights the potential towards further expansion of intelligence sharing and operational cooperation with the Australian government;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Commends the Australian model of migration and border managements and welcomes the strong commitment of Australia in advancing a proactive, intelligence-led, mobile and technologically enabled border security force that deploys operational resources to both on and offshore zones to thwart illicit smuggling and illegal migration and recognises the added value of the Australian model´s adaption by the EU;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Welcomes Australia´s advancement in the use of biometrics for enhanced entry control, expansion of automated entry systems and its continuously evolving contributions to cyber security in a matter that ensures sophisticated risk assessments and strong cooperation with international partners that yield enforcement outcomes;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Commends Australia´s Maritime Border Command and Border Force Counter-Terrorism Unit´s contributions to intelligence analysis, coordinated surveillance and on-site responses as an active and continuous demonstration of Australia´s capacity to maintain the integrity of the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of regional frameworks of cooperation – such as the Bali Process – with countries of origin, transit and destination in order to save lives, to break smuggler networks and to manage migration and refugee flows; welcomes Australia’s strong commitment with the UNHCR regarding the resettlement of refugees and the increase in its global humanitarian funding; encouragecommends Australia to continue to contribute to finding a positive sol´s contributions to the situation ofresettling asylum- seekers and migrants retained in Papua New Guinea and Nauru and underlines the added value that the adoption of similar policies by the EU would bring to Member States external border security management;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls to enhance counter-terrorism cooperation via joint-training exercises between Member State emergency response teams and EU agencies such as Europol and its European Counter- Terrorism Centre (ECTC) with key elements of the Australian national security architecture such as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), Australian Defence Forces (ADF) and the Australian Federal Police;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas one of the key elements of the fight against terrorism is to cut off its ideology and sources of financing;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas that financing can be used in two ways: for terrorist attacks requiring large-scale funding, or for other attacks which, although their effects are equally brutal, require smaller amounts of money; whereas the response must be effective in addressing both situationall situations, including those that can be defined as lone wolf attacks, in which the terror act requires very little pre-planning or money, such as the use of kitchen knives and vehicles;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies and Financial Intelligence Units involved in combating the financing of terrorism, that is permitted to extend to evolving trends in international finance that includes but is not limited to Bitmap, SWIFT coding, cryptocurrency and its corresponding regulatory mechanisms;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, some of them located in Gulf countries and Iran, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that states, institutions, such as Iran and the IRGC, and individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; that mandates that high value data collected by any national security agency is transmitted within 24 hours of recording to said central system which is permitted to cover non-EU nationals, that emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, illicit trade, smuggling, counterfeiting and fraudulent practices, via the formulation of joint investigation teams with Europol, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i (new)
(i) suggests that part of the funding and assets seized from terrorist networks and individuals is made available for the funding of peace education, prevention and counter-radicalisation programmes, which have a proven successful track record, to ensure a holistic counter- terrorism approach which includes strategic communications and shifts part of the financial burden to the perpetrators;
Amendment 177 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments including officially recognised and non-officially recognised currencies, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;
Amendment 191 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities including forces engaged in proxy wars in Iraq and Syria operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;
Amendment 207 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring and clearing system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations, charities and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;
Amendment 220 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i
(i) all intermediaries and/or individuals involved in said activity (controllers or brokers, middlemen and fixers, coordinators, collectors and transmitters) to be required to register with the relevant national authority;
Amendment 230 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) the Commission to propose the legislation required to preventbetter monitor all electronic financial transactions and e- money issuing companies and, including intermediaries from allowing, in order to prevent funds to be converted for users who are not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers; in this respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account;
Amendment 240 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadistsany armed non-state actors as well as organisations, groups and individuals included in the EU terror list; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;
Amendment 251 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of ensuring that financial institutions are required to ask for information on the reason why suspicious small and large- scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to terrorist organisations;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2145(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes that the European External Action Service (EEAS) has implemented its 2016 administrative budget without being affected by a material error; notes the increase in the error rate compared to 2015, as indicated by the ex- post controls; underlinstrongly emphasises the need to strengthen efforts to reduce the significant rate of anomalies detected in ex-ante verifications of financial transactions;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2145(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the role of the EEAS is not recognised by all Member States and reiterates that significant improvements in the activities pursued by the EEAS can be made; recalls that procedures undertaken by the EEAS must support and complement, and under no circumstances duplicate or contradict, those of the Member States; holds that, if the EEAS is to continue as an entity, it must prove its internal practices ascribe to the highest standards of accountability and transparency and act in line with existing controls and forms of verification;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2145(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the establishment of the Mission Support Platform to provide centralised administrative support to CSDP missions; draws attention to the importance of addressing itsthe financing, in order to allow for its simplification of the Platform, with a clear and transparent framework dictating the allocation and utilisation of its funding, maximising the effect of pre-existing levels of expenditure, in order to ensure a strong and observable effect where it is deployed;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2145(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is pleased to note that, building upon the findings of the European Court of Auditors in 2015-16 that certain weaknesses existed in the recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations and in procurement procedures organised by delegations, there have been some steps taken to improve the quality of procedures undertaken by the EEAS from 2018;however, notes that these improvements must be substantive and show a clear and measurable advancement in accountability and transparency on the part of the EEAS;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. UnderlinesNotes with concern that, when excluding the budget support operations and the projects financed by several donors, the estimated level of error is significantly higher; stresses that the Commission could have reduced the estimated level of error by a further 0.7% if all information at their disposal would have been used, and encourages the Commission to improve upon past progress by redoubling its efforts to reduce error;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the persisting deficiencies in the quality of expenditure verifications of second Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA II), carried out by the audit authorities only in some candidate countries; calls on DG NEAR to closely assist national authorities concerned in improving the training and recruitment of their staff, as well as their audit methodology, supervision and planning; notes that historically IPA II has failed to meet quality expenditure checks where applied and that its value to the Member States and Union must be reassessed, with stricter controls put in place and a clear roadmap for defining its longer-term utility established;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit also address, where possible, the security threats that affect the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, fundamental human rights, equal rights and the right of peoples to self-determination, and political, social and economic development of the partners and of the region as a whole;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) to call for anon the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides to immediately end to military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan which unnecessarily claim the lives of civilians and soldiers whilst hampering socioeconomic development; to reaffirm support to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countriesprinciples and commitments of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act as well as to the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs’ efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to their 2009 Basic Principles; to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to re-launch negotiations in good faith with a view to implementing these principles to solve the conflict; to make the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties conditional on meaningful commitments to solving the conflict through maintainand supporting the ceasefire and supporting the implementation of the 2009 Basic Principlesinvestigative mechanism and Minsk Group Co-chairs’ proposals based on the principles of territorial integrity, equal rights and self-determination of peoples and the non-use of force or threat of force;
Amendment 240 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that preserving peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region is of substantial interest to the EU and its member states; calls for all parties concerned in the region to solve differences through peaceful means and to refrain from taking unilateral actions to change the status quo, including in the East and South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, in order to safeguard regional security; acknowledges the continued good will and flexibility shown by the government of Taiwan in maintaining cross-Strait relations and encourages the resumption of bilateral dialogues, which will be conducive to regional peace and stability; reiterates its commitment to supporting Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations and activities;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 11 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas these provisions must be read in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and Article 4 of the TEU, which requires that competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States and that the Union shall respect Member States' national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 16 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 20 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. States that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has to be applied with full respect for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), while also recognising the importance of the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights and calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR and to give greater priority to the examination of the possibility of the EU’s accession to the European Social Charter; Calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 40 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the Charter’s application also extends to the EU agencies; encourages in particular Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to work on a culture of fundamental rights, not only for application in their general policies but also in the daily activities of the border and coast guards, as well as the asylum officers, assigned to these agencies;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 61 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the proposal for Charter- conditionality of EU fundtates that EU funds for third countries under the multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027, which should be achievconditioned, inter alia by introducing strong and consistent fundamental rights clauses into the operational texts of the draft regulations establishing the largose EU funds.
Amendment 3 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, once implemented, the EU-Africa strategy should address all aspects of migration, international protection and forced displacement, with a focus on the principrorism, corruption and good governance, with a view to improving rules of solidarity, partnership and shared responsibility, and mutual accountability in respect of human rightlaw and human rights of citizens of African countries;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that migration and mobility within Africa and between Africa and the EU are benefIn the light of uncontrolled migration from the African Continent to Europe, points out that the EU must adapt its policiales to both continents, and that a holistic approach to migration and mobility is paramount forreduce pull factors and to assist the stability and prosperity of the countries of migration, this will be beneficial to both continents with the effect of boosting sustainable development, promoting democracy, the rule of law, good governance and human rights;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that violent conflicts, corruption, criminality, persecution, inequality, terrorism, repressive regimes, natural disasters and chronic poverty have led to increased mobilitybeen major push factors in migration in recent years; stresrecognises that while refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedomsnevertheless the security, stability and cohesion of European countries must be the first priority;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of addressing the root causes of large movements of refugees and migrants, but acknowledges the insufficient efficiency of this solution in the short term;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 49 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the promotion of alternatives to irregular migration among African societies;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for comprehensive dialogue and cooperation with African countries with regards to readmission agreements in order to fight against trafficking and smuggling of human beings;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 59 #
2017/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to remind the Azerbaijani authorities about the European Parliament position expressed in the same resolution according to which the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflictAzerbaijan must be made conditional on meaningful commitments to and substantial progress towards solving the conflict, such as maintaining the ceasefire and supporting as well as the implementation of the OSCE 2009 Basic Principles and the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co- Chairs;
Amendment 127 #
2017/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k q (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k q (new)
(kq) to underline the importance of refraining from resorting to hate speech, war threats and inflammatory xenophobic rhetoric by Azerbaijani authorities, including at the highest level;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StresRecognises that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affect global stability and that can only be tackled withboth internal and external, many of which affect regional and global stability, which require long- term and holistic external actionsaction to resolve; recalls the ambition of EU leaders as expressed in the Rome Declaration to strive towards a Union that is ‘big on big issues and small on small ones’; and calls for the multi- annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a reality by substantiallysupport this ambition in optimising existing funding to address the stated challenges, with targeted increases ing external action appropriations (under Heading 4), thereby making common foreign policy a core EU function only where necessary to safeguard Member State interests where existing funding is not already sufficient;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased funding is needed forexisting funding must be optimised to enable an effective EuropeanMember State response to modern challenges, and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, which are reflected in the EU Globalhat increases in funding should be unlocked as and when deemed strictly necessary to tackle potential threats to Member Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy security and integrity in the future, including development aid, human rights violations, bad governance, security threats and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issuesccording to the priorities laid out in the EU Global Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that there is great scope for existing instruments to improve their efficiency before further funding is to be deployed; in this regard, emphasises that the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) has, at the time of its mid-term review, not proven its efficiency over and above that of its predecessor (IPA I), nor has it justified its total allocation of EUR 11.5 billion, in the context of improvements for Member State security, Union integrity or in achieving social, juridical and financial reforms in pre-accession countries;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the wider enlargement policy of the Union has functioned as a siphon for Member State funding for many years, with lamentably less benefit than might have been hoped, and points to the misappropriation of existing Union funding by potential enlargement countries, notably in the Eastern Neighbourhood, as clear evidence that increased funding for external aid must only come once existing instruments and funding allocations have been maximised upon; considers that the procedure for improving the efficiency of existing funding instruments constitutes a critical concern that has not been adequately addressed; and considers furthermore that the entire policy of Union enlargement ought to be reconsidered in view of historic failures and misappropriations of Union funding;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the existing EU Trust Funds should also prove their added value in their ability to mobilise additional funding; notes that a simple relabeling of existing EU funding for political purposes does not represent increases per se, and creates an additional layer of complexity in terms of democratic oversight and budgetary scrutiny; emphasises the need for increased parliamentary scrutiny of activities under EU Trust Funds and the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 56 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strengthened support for the rule of law, democracy and human rights as a cross- cutting issue in EU instruments in view of ongoing developments in the European Neighbourhood and beyond.; given the critical nature of these issues, recommends that the deployment of financial aid through such instruments be reassessed with a view toward maximising benefit for Member States and target countries from existing funding, recalling that increasing funding alone does not solve humanitarian crises, rule of law inadequacies or improve Member State security, and that a more concerted effort to sensibly allocate existing funding must be made;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UnderlinRecognises the strategic importance of both the Southern and Eastern neighbourhood for the Union and demandsuggests that the proposed decrease of resources for the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) is avoidedbalanced by funding allocated elsewhere, particularly to instruments contributing to Union security and Member State border integrity;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the proposed appropriations for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) return to their pre-2017 levels and are further strengthened in view of new capacity building tasks which should result from the ongoing revision of the IcSP regulation, and furthermore recognises the potential inherent in the IcSP for promoting Union security and border integrity;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recommends that the final Budget for 2018 reflect the serious concerns expressed by Member States regarding EU-Turkey relations, specifically by withdrawing the allocation of funds that may support undemocratic rule, oppression of citizens or the general abuse of power in any form by the Turkish government;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,
Amendment 10 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the historical, economic and cultural ties linkingexist between Europe and Cuba are characterised by their depth and strength;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Union maintains relations with the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean and there is broad consensus among its 33 member states on the desirability of(CELAC), which welcomed expanding relations between the European Union and Cuba;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas what is known as the ‘common position of the EU’, adopted in 1996, has been superseded by the bilateral agreements with Cuba that have been signed during this period by 2018 EU Member States, although not all these agreements are in force;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the PDCA emphasises the areas of shared interestdefines general principles and objectives for the relationship between for the EU and Cuba, including three main chapters on political dialogue, cooperation and sectoral policy dialogue, as well as trade and trade cooperation;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas democracy, human rights feature in both the political dialogue and cooperation chaptersand good governance feature in the Agreement;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas Cuba is willing to accept cooperation with the EU within the framework of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, the key objectives of which are supporting, developing and consolidating democracy in third countries, and enhancing respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the human rights dialogue between the EU and Cuba, led by the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, beganwas established in 2015;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas issues discussed at the second meeting of the human rights dialogue held in Cuba in June 2016 with the participation of line ministries and agencies included freedom of association and human rights issues in a multilateral context, such as the death penalty; whereas the next meeting of the human rights dialogue is due to be held in Brussels during the first half of 2017included freedom of association, the role of civil society, treatment of vulnerable groups and human rights issues in a multilateral context;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas issues discussed at the second meeting of the human rights dialogue held in Cuba in June 2016 with the participation of line ministries and agencies included freedom of association and human rights issues in a multilateral context, such as the death penalty; whereas the next meeting of the human rights dialogue is due to be held in Brussels during the first half of 2017; whereas participation in it by independent civil society in Cuba, as an autonomous player, is of fundamental importance both for EU-Cuba relations and in terms of respect for human rights in Cuba;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the fundamental right to freedom of religious belief is being seriously violated by the Cuban Government in that a special state institution ('Oficina de Asuntos Religiosos') carries out checks on priests and church organisations;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas Cuba has not ratified several important UN conventions and independent human rights organizations and mechanisms do not have access to Cuba; whereas the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons visited Cuba in April 2017 in what was the first visit to the country in ten years by an independent expert of the UN Human Rights Council;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas both Parties have agreed on the broad modalities and areas for cooperation in the cooperation chapter, including on issues such as rule of law, human rights, good governance, justice and, combating corruption and organized crime and participation in civil society;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas allegations of human rights abuses taking place in Cuba targeting, inter alia, human rights defenders, independent journalists, academics, artists and political activists are highly alarming; whereby such allegations describe the use of beatings, public shaming, short-term arbitrary arrests and detentions without trial;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas domestics human rights groups face extreme difficulties in performing their duties; notably, the domestic legal organisation Cubalex was raided by state authorities in September 2016 and its staff subjected to intimidation, detention and harassment according to the Human Rights Watch 2017 Report;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) devotes a chapter to the principles of international trade and addresses customs cooperation, trade facilitation and diversification, standards and technical rules, sustainable trade and promotion of a stable, transparent and non-discriminatory business and investment regime;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the ‘Economic and social policy guidelines’ for Cuba, adopted following a pCublic debate procedure in 2011, contained proposals for reform, updating and modernisationan Communist Party organised debate procedure in 2011 from which civil society partners were excluded, contained proposals for reform, updating and modernisation; whereas the adviser in connection with those guidelines, Cuban economist Ómar Everleny Pérez, was dismissed from a Cuban state economic studies centre in 2015 because of his criticism of the slow progress being made;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the ‘Economic and social policy guidelines’ for Cuba, adopted following a public debate procedure in 2011, contained proposals for reform, updating and modernisation; whereas the "socialist property of the entire people" remains the foundation of the economic system;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas Cuba is a signatory to 11 of the 18 United Nations human rights conventions and has ratified only eight of them;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas Cuba has ratified all eight core conventions of the International Labour Organisation; whereas there are no free trade unions in Cuba in spite of the fact that the Cuban Constitution guarantees right of association and right of assembly, provided that those rights are not contrary to the objectives of the socialist state;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 71 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
Amendment 75 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas religious discrimination remains a significant factor in Cuba, notably in the harassment, intimidation and defamation of Christian religious leaders and communities, especially those involved or having dealings with human rights advocates;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the signing in Brussels, on 12 December 2016, of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Cuba and states that it constitutes an instrument that will offer an appropriate framework for relations, in keeping with the EU’s interests in its relationship with between the EU and Cuba;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms the high strategic value of the relationship between the EU and Cuba;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 95 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the high level of commitment that the Republic of Cuba is undertaking with the European Union in a wide range of fields and through a sophisticated system of political dialogue;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Affirms the European Parliament’s aspiration to see relations between the EU and Cuba develop to the greatest possible extentfurther, with full respect for the independence and autonomy of the parties;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the efforts made by Cuba to incorporate the United Nations fundamental principles on human and labour rights into its national legislation, and cCalls on Cuba to ratify the United Nations human rights conventions still pending, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the process of normalising relations that has been achieved between Cuba and the United States of America with the restoration of diplomatic ties in 2015 and encourages further efforts;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact thatEmphasises the importance of the human rights dialogue between the EU and Cuba and welcomes the fact that it was launched before the conclusion of the PDCA negotiations;
Amendment 136 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the PDCA can contribute to the reform, adjustment and modernisation processes already proposed in Cuba, in particular with regard to the diversification of Cuba’s international partners and the establishment of a general framework of political and economic development, including a more rigorous observance of international norms of human rights;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 146 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the relevance of the inclusion of the political dialogue chapter and the establishment of an institutionalised EU-Cuba Human Rights dialogue; notes, however, that the human rights dialogue has not to date put an end to the persecution and arrest of human rights activists and political opposition activists in Cuba and that, on the contrary, according to information from the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN), there have been more and more crackdowns in recent years, as is illustrated by the fact that, on average, 500 dissidents are detained every month, their homes are searched, and computers, books, cameras, recording equipment and even cash are taken away, which severely limits the activities of what are peaceful opposition activists;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the churches in Cuba to be given their freedom so that, as recognised institutions, they can develop social welfare activities and provide childcare, disability and elderly care, and meals services;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for the Cuban churches to be given their freedom so that they can receive spiritual and material assistance directly from churches in Europe without Cuban state interference;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Parties to highlight the importance of gradually strengthening the private sector in Cuba; stresses that this requires the development of independent, transparent and impartial institutions and a quality infrastructure to ensure that standards are observed; points out that Cuba can draw on the experience of EU Member States in this respect;
Amendment 43 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular point (e) of Article 778(2) and Article 84 thereof,
Amendment 48 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In an area where persons may move freely, the reintroduction of border control at internal borders should remain an exception. The reintroduction of internal border control should be decided only as a measure of last resort, for a limited period of time and to the extent that controls are necessary and proportionate to the identified serious threats to public policy or internal security. However, the Member States have complete sovereignty over who is allowed to enter their territory across intra-Schengen borders beside the persons having the right to move freely within the area without internal border controls.
Amendment 54 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The identified serious threats can be addressed by different measures, depending on their nature and scale. The Member States have at their disposal also police powers, as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)8 , which, subject to some conditions, can be used in the border areas. The Commission Recommendation on proportionate police checks and police cooperation in the Schengen area9 provides guidelines to the Member States to that end. However, the conditions such as requirement for non- discrimination severely limiting the efficiency of such measures, the internal border controls should be used when deemed less burdensome or more effective a means to addressing the threat. _________________ 8 OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p.1. 9 C(2017) 3349 final of 12.05.2017.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) However, experience has shown that certain serious threats to public policy or internal security, such as cross-border terrorist threats or specific cases of secondary movements of irregular migrants within the Union that justified the reintroduction of border controls, may persist well beyond the above periods. It is therefore needed and justified to adjust the time limits applicable to the temporary reintroduction of border control to the current needs, while ensuring that this measure is not abused and remains an exception, to be used only as a last resort. To that end, the general deadline applicable under Article 25 of the Schengen Borders Code should be extended to onetwo years.
Amendment 66 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) To maintain the control over large number of persons arriving to the Member States´ intra-Schengen borders, migration flows and the related enduring risk of terrorism and other serious crime should be acknowledged as legitimate reasons for reintroducing internal border controls.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Reintroduction of internal border controls should be deemed necessary and proportionate when the influx of persons into or irregular movements within the Union puts a strain on a Member State´s capacity to manage the numbers of arrivals.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) With the rise of the phenomenon of radicalisation and recruitment by terrorist organisations of Union citizens and of other persons having the right to move freely within the area without internal border controls, reinstating internal border controls should be deemed necessary and proportionate when used against risks related to the intra-Schengen movements of persons with terrorist associations.
Amendment 73 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to guarantee that these internal border controls remain an exception, Member States should submit a risk assessment concerning the intended reintroduction of border control or prolongation thereof. The risk assessment should, in particular, assess for how long the identified threat is expected to persist and which sections of the internal borders are affected, demonstrate that the prolongation of border controls is a last resort measure and explain how border control would help in addressing the identified threat. In case of internal border control going beyond six months, the risk assessment shcould also demonstrate retrospectively the efficiency of the reintroduced border control in addressing the identified threat and explain in detail how each neighbouring Member State affected by such prolongation was consulted and involved in determining the least burdensome operational arrangements, where applicable, involved in operational arrangements. Sharing especially terrorist-related sensitive information should be subject to the Member State´s decision whether to classify parts of the information.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The quality of the risk assessment submitted by the Member StateEuropean Border and Coast Guard Agency and Europol as wiell be very important for the assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the intended reintroduction or prolongation of border control. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Europol should be involved in that assessmentas the Member States affected by the planned reintroduction of internal border controls should be consulted.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The power of the Commission to issue an opinion under Article 27(4) of the Schengen Borders Code should be modified to reflect the new obligations on the Member States related to the risk assessment, including the cooperation with Member States concerned. When border control at internal borders is carried out for morOther Member States issuing an opinion should be required to provide than six months, the Commission should be obliged to issue an opiniongible proof of the disadvantages, such as considerable economic loss incurred to them by internal border control. Also the consultation procedure as provided for in Article 27(5) of the Schengen Borders Code should be modified in order to reflect the role of the Agencies (European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Europol) and focus on the practical implementation of different aspects of cooperation between the Member States, including the coordination, where appropriate, of different measures on both sides of the border. The procedures provided for in Article 27 and 27a should stress the cooperation of the Member States in the fight against common cross-border threats by considering, where appropriate, the use of concurrent internal border controls in various Member States.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to make the revised rules better adapted to the challenges related to persistent serious threats to public policy or internal security, a specific possibility should be provided to prolong internal border controls beyond onetwo years. Such prolongation should accompany commensurate exceptional national measures also taken within the territory to address the threat, such as a state of emergency. In any case, such a possibility should not lead to the further prolongation of temporary internal border controls beyond twohree years.
Amendment 95 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Third-country nationals, who do not satisfy the entry conditions laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and who do not request asylum at the border of the Member State, irrespective of their intention to do so in another Member State, should be refused entry into the territory of the Member State.
Amendment 97 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The possibility to carry out temporary internal border controls in response to a specific threat to public policy or internal security which persists beyond atwo years should be subject to a specific procedure.
Amendment 102 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To that end, the Commission should issue an opinion on the necessity and proportionality of such prolongation and, where appropriate, on the cooperation with the neighbouring Member States, including possible concurrent introduction of internal border controls in various Member States.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 107 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Council, taking account of the Commission's opinion, may recommend such extraordinary further prolongation and where appropriate determinapprove the conditions for cooperation between the Member States concerned, with a view to ensuring that it is an exceptional measure, in place only for as long as necessary and justified, and consistent with the measures also taken at the national level within the territory to address the same specific threat to public policy or internal security. The Council recommendation should not be a prerequisite for any further prolongation beyond the period of one year and hence be of the same nature as the one already provided for in Article 29.
Amendment 122 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Border control at internal borders shall only be reintroduced as a last resort, and in accordance with Articles 27, 27a, 28 and 29. The criteria referred to, respectively, in Articles 26 and 30 shall be taken into account in each case where a decision on reintroduction of border control at internal borders is considered pursuant, respectively, to Article 27, 27a, 28 or 29.
Amendment 127 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. If the serious threat to public policy or internal security in the Member State concerned persists beyond the period provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, that Member State may prolong border control at its internal borders, taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 26 and in accordance with Article 27, on the same grounds as those referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and, taking into account any new elements, for renewable periods corresponding to the foreseeable duration of the serious threat and not exceeding sixnine months.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
The total period during which border control is reintroduced at internal borders, including any prolongation provided for under paragraph 3 of this Article, shall not exceed onetwo years.
Amendment 137 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In the exceptional cases referred to in Article 27a, the total period may be further extended by a maximum length of twohree years in accordance with that Article.
Amendment 145 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The maximum periods of internal border controls referred to in this Article, Article 27a, Article 28 and Article 29 may cumulate.
Amendment 146 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 25 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. While internal border controls are in place, third-country nationals who do not satisfy the entry conditions laid down in Article 6 of this Regulation and who do not request asylum at the border of the Member State, irrespective of their intention to do so in another Member State, shall be refused entry into the territory of the Member State.
Amendment 153 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 1
a risk assessment assessing how long the identified threat is expected to persist and which sections of the internal borders are affected, demonstrating that the prolongation of border control is a last resort measure and explaining how border control would help address the identified threat. Where border control has already been reintroduced for more than six months, the risk assessment shallmay also explain how the previous reintroduction of border control has contributed to remedying the identified threat.
Amendment 156 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 2
The risk assessment shallmay also contain a detailed report of the coordination which took place between the Member State concerned and the Member State or Member States with which it shares internal borders at which border control has been performed.
Amendment 158 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a – subparagraph 3
Amendment 164 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iii
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – last sentence
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – last sentence
Where necessary, the Commission may request additional information from the Member State(s) concerned, including on the cooperation with the Member States affected by the planned prolongation of border control at internal borders as well as additional information needed to assess whether this is a last resort measure.
Amendment 174 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Following notification by a Member State under paragraph 1 and with a view to consultation provided for in paragraph 5, the Commission or any other Member State may, after one year of internal border control and without prejudice to Article 72 TFEU, issue an opinion.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 177 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 179 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point iv
Amendment 184 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point v
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point v
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
The information referred to in paragraph 1 and any Commission or Member State opinion referred to in paragraph 4 shall be the subject of a consultation led by the Commission. Where appropriate, the consultation shall include joint meetings between the Member State planning to reintroduce border control at internal borders, the other Member States, especially those having presented tangible proof of being directly affected by such measures and the relevant Agencies. The proportionality of the intended measures, the identified threat to public policy or internal security as well as the ways of ensuring implementation of the mutual cooperation between the Member States shall be examined. The Member State planning to reintroduce or prolong border control at intern, including effective use of the bilateral readmission agreements or other arrangements between the Member States and, where appropriate, removing legal or operational barriers from cross-border cooperation and information exchanges shall borderse examined. The Member States taking part in the consultation shall take the utmost account of the results of such consultation when carrying out border controls. in accordance with their national law.
Amendment 185 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point v
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point v
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Ways to minimise the disadvantages to other Member States, including by making use of modern technologies for surveillance and detection facilitating the performance of border control shall also be subject to consultation.
Amendment 186 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 a – title
Article 27 a – title
Specific procedure where the serious threat to public policy or internal security exceeds one yearpersists
Amendment 190 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 a – paragraph 1
Article 27 a – paragraph 1
1. In exceptional cases, where the Member State is confronted with the same serious threat to public policy or internal security beyond the period referred to in Article 25(4) first sentence, and where commensurate exceptional national measures are also taken within the territory to address this threat, the border control as temporarily reintroduced to respond to that threat may be further prolonged in accordance with this Article.
Amendment 193 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 a – paragraph 2
Article 27 a – paragraph 2
2. At the latest six weeks before the expiry of the period referred to in Article 25(4) first sentence, the Member State shall notify the other Member States and the Commission that it seeks a further prolongation in accordance with the specific procedure laid down in this Article. The notification shall contain the information required in Article 27(1)(a) to (e). The risk assessment shall in particular focus on consultations and cooperation with other Member States, including, where appropriate, proposals for reintroduction of internal border controls in other Member States. Article 27 paragraphs 2 and 3 shall apply.
Amendment 196 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 a – paragraph 3
Article 27 a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall issue an opinionBased on the notification by the Member State, the Commission shall issue an opinion, including, where appropriate, a recommendation for other Member States to reintroduce internal border controls to strengthen the common response to the threat.
Amendment 200 #
2017/0245(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 27 a – paragraph 4
Article 27 a – paragraph 4
4. The Council, taking due account of the opinion of the Commission, may recommend that the Member State decide to further prolong border control at internal borders for a period of up to sixtwelve months. That period may be prolonged, no more than threewo times, for a further period of up to sixtwelve months. In its recommendation, the Council shall at least indicate the information referred to in Article 27(1) (a) to (e). Where appropriate, it shall determinmay approve the conditions for cooperation between the Member States concerned. Before a Member State reintroduces border control at its internal borders under this paragraph, it shall notify the other Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission accordingly. In the event that the recommendation referred to in paragraph 3 is not implemented by a Member State, that Member State shall without delay inform the Commission in writing of its reasons.
Amendment 29 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas reforms and accession preparations are being hampered by political polarisation; whereas backsliding in some important areas can be observed; whereas democracy and the rule of law have been constantly challenged, in particular due to state capture affecting the functioning of democratic institutions and key areas of society;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas fighting organised crime and corruption remains fundamental to countering criminal infiltration of the political, legal and economic systems;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the electoral process has improved, including the legal framework, voters’ lists and the media environment; hopes that the alleged irregularities and shortcomings, including voter intimidation, vote buying, abuse of public resources, will also be addressed effectively by the competent authorities in view of the local elections in May 2017; stresses the need for areiterates its view that ensuring separation of state and party activities, balanced media reporting and continuously updating voters' list are essential for holding credible elections; stresses the need for greater transparency and de-politicisation of the electoral administration in order to increase the public’s trust in future elections;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the continuous backsliding in the reform of the judiciary and the lack of progress on previous recommendations or on the outstanding issues and the "Urgent Reform Priorities"; deplores recurrent political interference in its work including in the appointment and promotion of judges and prosecutors, as well as the cases of selective justice in certain high-profile and politically sensitive court cases; urges once again that the political will be demonstrated to progress in judicial reform including by improving transparency in the appointment and promotion procedures and by reducing the length of court proceedings; calls on the authorities to ensure the professionalism of the Judicial Council and the functional independence of the justice system as a whole;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Special Prosecutor has raised the first criminal indictments concerning wrongdoings arising from the wiretaps; is concerned about attacks andthe political attacks and the administrative and judicial obstructions against her work and the lack of cooperation from other institutions; considers it essential for the democratic process to enable the Special Prosecutor’s Office to carry out thorough investigations in full autonomy and prolong its mandate till the alleged wrongdoings are fully investigated;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is concerned by the merging of media, political and government activities, particularly regarding public spending; strongly condemns the existence of unlawful links between economic, political and family ties in relation to the spending of public funds; calls on the government to adopt a legislative framework regulating conflicts of interest and making public the assets of persons occupying high state positions as an additional measure to fight corruption;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the fact that the legislative framework and strategies for fighting organised crime are in place; welcomes the dismantling of criminal networks and routes related to people smuggling, human trafficking and drug trafficking and calls for further stepping up the efforts in fighting organised crime; encourages further improvement of cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the strengthening of the powers and resources of the courts; considers it important to further develop the law enforcement capacity to investigate financial crimes and confiscate assets;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Appreciates the continued efforts to fight Islamic radicalisation; welcomes the adoption of the 2013-2019 strategy to fight terrorism, which also defines the concepts of violent extremism, radicalisation, prevention and reintegration; calls for more cooperation between security agencies and civil society organisations (CSOs) and, local communities and religious leaders; further calls for continued monitoring of returning foreign fighters by security services and improve the capacity to detect and stop financial flows feeding terrorism;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Remains concerned about radical and unjustified public attacks on CSOs and foreign representatives by politicians and the media; deplores the use of targeted investigations and infringement of privacy by law enforcement agencies on CSOs opposing the government; is concerned about limited government commitment to dialogue and insufficient cooperation with CSOs at all levels; urges the competent authorities to include CSOs in policymaking in a regular and structured manner, structured and unbiased manner; calls on the authorities not to discriminate CSOs on any grounds such as political affiliation, religious views or ethnic composition; believes that freedom of assembly and association should not be denied to any group of people without a serious justification;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned over freedom of expression and the media, the use of hate speech, political interference and pressure, including through government advertising; underlines the need to ensure full transparency on government advertising, in particular the spending of public finances, its recipients and contents; calls on the government to ensure that intimidation or violence against journalists is investigated and that those responsible be brought to justice; underlines the need for the sustainability and autonomy of the public service broadcast to ensure its financial and editorial independence;
Amendment 266 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the authorities to strengthen the administrative and financing capacities in order to procure and implement EU funds properly and in a timely manner; notes with concern that the Commission has yet again reduced the IPA financial assistance by approximately EUR 27 millionis concerned about the findings of the Special Report of the European Court of Auditors of June 2016, which concluded that limited progress was made in strengthening the country's administrative capacity using IPA funds mainly due to the insufficient political will of the national authorities; notes with concern that the Commission has yet again reduced the IPA financial assistance by approximately EUR 27 million due to the inability of the government to deliver on necessary reforms in public financial management; calls on the Commission to include information about IPA support for FYRoM and the effectiveness of implemented measures in its reports, in particular the IPA support allocated to implementation of the key priorities and relevant projects;
Amendment 279 #
2016/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the country for constructive cooperation in addressing the migration crisis; recommends further actions to ensure capacities to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling; calls for ensuring effective border management and welcomes the cooperation with neighbouring countries in dealing with the mixed migration flows;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
— having regard to the fact that respect for the rule of law, including, in particular, the separation of powers, democracy, freedom of expression, human rights, the rights of minorities and religious freedom, freedom of association and peaceful protest, are at the core of the negotiation process, according to the Copenhagen Criteria for membership of the European Union of 1993,
Amendment 46 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that 2016 was a difficult year for Turkey’'s population as a result of the direct military involvement of its country in the continuing war in Syria, the high numbers of refugees, a string of heinous terror attacks, and a violent coup attempt in which 248 people were killed; reiterates its strong condemnation of the coup attempt of 15 July and was dubbed "a gift of Allah" by president Erdogand, expresses its solidarity with the people of Turkey; recognises the right and the responsibility of the Turkish government to take action in bringing the perpetrators to justice, points, nevertheless, to the public statements of leading politicians of the government party AKP that long before the coup of 15 July lists were drawn up with the names of 2.700 judges and public prosecutors, who should be suspended;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that under the ongoing state of emergency in Turkey arrested citizens have no right to legal aid during the first five days of their detention and when they at last can speak with a lawyer these consultations are bugged or sometimes even filmed;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that due to a presidential decree of 1 Sepember 2016 more than 800 Turkish companies were confiscated by the state authorities, at the value of 10 billions euros according the calculation of Vice-Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli in January 2017, and this process of confiscation is going on; notes also that in December 2016 the property of 54 arrested "Gülenist" journalists was seized, but underlines that the present confiscation gulf also hits other independent forces in Turkish society as "Radyo Özgur";
Amendment 72 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that boRecommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced withish Government to a summit to discuss in an honest and open way realistic political alternatives to the disenchanting and even more improbable negotiation process on Turkey's accession to the EU;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the outcome of the referendum that took place onStresses that since August 28, 2014, the day Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office and became the 12th President of the Republic of Turkey, Erdogan has been ruling de facto as the executive President, acting with complete impunity upon the capacities the referendum of 16 Aapril 2017 granted the Turkish President; takes note of the outcome of the referendum, held under the state of emergency and in circumstances that prevented a fair campaign; supports an independent evaluation of all claims regarding irregularities; notes the remarks of the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform,; and underlines that the proposed constitutional amendments do not respect the fundamental principles of the separation of powers and sufficient checks and balances, and are not in line with the Copenhagen criteria; underlines that the Turkish regime needed the referendum as a seal of democratic legitimacy; deplores that the referendum also served to further polarize and consolidate the bipolar hegemony in Turkish politics around the figure of President Erdogan;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Deplores the agressive islamist rethoric during the referendum campaign in Turkey, illustrated by posters on social media which posed the islamic crescent as "yes" against the christian cross as "no"; condemns strongly the description of the leaders of the European Union by President Erdogan during a meeting at 2 April in Ankara as "an alliance of crusaders"; condemns also strongly the referendum-call of President Erdogan that "the war between the cross and the crescent has begun"; recommends all European Institutions to clearly distance themselves from the islamist-nationalist mindset of the AKP-regime in Turkey and to compare this prevailing Turkish state- ideology with the basic political principles of the European Union to revise drastically its relations with the Turkey of President Erdogan;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 193 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minoritiesarable groups and of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities; deplores that all proposals resulting from the "report of the working party on minority and cultural rights", commissioned by the "prime ministries advisory council on human rights" and presented to his body on 22 October 2004, have since been abandoned; deplores that Christian minority groups obviously come under pressure as they have been engaged in interreligious-dialogue activities with the Gülen movement, which for quite some time has de facto been commissioned by state authorities of the Republic of Turkey like the presidency for religious affairs (Diyanet) with activities in the field of interreligious dialogue, given so, state authorities have no reason to blame Christian minority groups for having been active in the field of interreligious dialogue with the Gülen movement representing at that stage the Republic of Turkey in the field of such activities; deplores that in the aftermath of July 15th all activities of state authorities of the Republic of Turkey like the presidency for religious affairs (Diyanet) in the field of interreligious dialogue have been abandoned obviously as a result of the actual policies of the Government of Turkey in respect of the Gülen movement now denounced as Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ); regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul were banned for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discrimination, hate speech against minorities, hate crime and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’'s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’'s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2308(INI)
11 a. Is concerned that the Christian minority still faces hate crimes and verbal and physical attacks, stigmatization and social pressure at schools, discrimination due to the use of the religion section on identity cards and problems regarding the ability to legally establish a place of worship; calls on the Turkish government to enter into a dialogue with the Christian churches to overcome prejudice and to solve problems in line with international rights obligations; stresses the need to actively place on the agenda and encourage the idea of a culture where understanding is shown to people of other religions and recognition that these people are citizens of the Republic of Turkey who possess the same rights;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Condemns strongly the obvious anti-Semitic message in the new television series "Payitaht – Abdülhamid" (Capital – Abdülhamid) on Turkey's state run TRT-1 which fuels anti-Semitic comments; urges therefore the Turkish authorities to combat seriously all manifestations of anti-Semitism in society by giving a good example itself;
Amendment 212 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Notes that on March 29, 2017, President Erdogan gathered beauticians at his 1.100-room palace as he signed into law an unprecedented emergency decree on hair removal; notes that this rally "For a beautiful Turkey, of course, yes", was aired live on television; remarks that who will not enjoy the graciously by emergency decreeted beauty session are the thousands of Turkish women, many with small children, who languish in Turkish prisons and jails; urges the European Institutions to take seriously notice of the recent report (April 2017) of the "Stockholm Center for Freedom" on "Jailing Women In Turkey: Systematic Campaign Of Persecution And Fear" as part of the government´s systematic campaign of intimidation and persecution of critics and opponents and strongly condemn the Turkish authorities for this intolerable and unacceptable suffering of thousands of women in Turkish prisons and jails;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomUrges the deepening of EU- Turkey relations in key areas of joint interest, such as counter-terrorism, migration, energy, the economy and trade; believes EU-TurkeyCouncil and the Commission to use the economic leverage on Turkey for setting clear political conditions to Ankara for the cooperation in thesand future areas to be an investment in the stability and prosperity of both Turkey and the EUlationship between the EU and the Republic of Turkey;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supportsakes note of the Commission’'s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’'s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmuncil and the Commission not to start the negotiations on the upgraded Customs Union between Turkey and the EU until Turkey has met the EU standarkds on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union;
Amendment 255 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 321 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan accusing some EU leaders of ‘Nazi practices’ and warns that the continuation of such unwarranted statements undermines Turkey’s credibility as a political partner; notes with concern the reports of alleged pressure on members of the Turkish diaspora living in the Member StatExpresses its great concern about the issue that in the past several years the Turkish government has engaged in a systematic effort to mobilize the Turkish diaspora in Member States of the European Union for the purposes of Erdogan's regime – as voters in Turkish elections, as a pressure group in the politics of their countries of residence, and as informants and bullies against Erdogan's opponents; condemns also strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan accusing some EU leaders of ‘Nazi practices,’ and condemns the Turkish authorities’ surveillance of citiztakes the opinion that such unwarranted statements with dual nationtotally disqualitfy living abroadTurkey as a political partner; is concerned at the revocation of a large number of passports, leaving people stateless; points at the revealing figures of requests of asylum by Turkish officials in especially Germany (more than 7.700);
Amendment 351 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would have a positive impact on the entire region, while first and foremost benefiting both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots; praises the leaders of the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus for having achieved major progress in the settlement talks; welcomes the exchange of preferred maps, thus far unprecedented, and the first international conference held with the guarantor powers; supports the settlement based on a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities, in line with the joint declaration of 11 February 2014 by the two leaders and in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; welcomes the intensified engagement by the parties to achieve the settlement of the Cyprus problem; expects Turkey to show active support for the negotiations, and reiterates that Turkey’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive settlement remain crucial; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), and calls on Turkey to allow access to all relevant sites and to assist the CMP by providing information from its military archives; reiterates the importance of an urgent solution of the decades-long Cyprus problem for the whole region, and for the European Union; calls on all parties concerned to actively support the negotiation process, contribute to a positive outcome, and use the current window of opportunity;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Rule 87 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the report prepared by the Secretary-General on the basis of which the Bureau shall draw up the preliminary draft estimates.
Amendment 900 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
Amendment 9 #
2016/2033(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Council - while aAcknowledginges the progress made by the co-legislators in negotiations for the adoption of the Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’'s financial interests by means of criminal law (the ‘'PIF Directive’) - to renew its efforts to find agreement on the matter by including VAT in the scope of that directive;'). Believes that VAT fraud should remain outside the scope of the Directive as it is a matter already covered in all national systems.
Amendment 16 #
2016/2033(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 48 #
2016/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include political benchmarkand the Council not to start the negotiations ion the upgraded Customs Union between Turkey and the EU until Turkey has met the EU standards on human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Amendment 104 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the area of unemployment benefits, the rules on the aggregation of periods of insurance should be applied uniformly by all Member States. With the exception of cross-border workers referred to in Article 65(2), the rules on the aggregation of periods for the purpose of conferring entitlement to unemployment benefits should be subject to the condition that an insured person has most recently completed at least threesix months of insurance in that Member State. The previously competent Member State should become competent for all insured persons who do not satisfy this condition. In this case, registration with the employment services of the Member State of most recent insurance should have the same effect as registration with the employment services of the Member State, where the unemployed person had been previously insured.
Amendment 359 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. Except in the cases referred to in Article 65(2), the application of Article 6 shall be conditional on the person concerned having most recently completed a period of at least threesix months of insurance, employment, or self- employment in accordance with the legislation under which the benefits are claimed.
Amendment 370 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
2. Where an unemployed person does not satisfy the conditions for the aggregation of periods in accordance with paragraph 1 because the total duration of his or her most recently completed periods of insurance, employment or self- employment in that Member State is less than threesix months that person shall be entitled to unemployment benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State where he or she had previously completed such periods under the conditions and subject to the limitations laid down in Article 64a..
Amendment 437 #
2016/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 67 a (new)
Article 67 a (new)
22a. The following article is inserted: “Article 67a Indexation of family benefits The competent Member States may index the exportation of family benefits for family member residing in another Member State. "
Amendment 9 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 105
Recital 105
(105) It is appropriate that different cases usually referred to as situations of conflict of interest be identified and treated distinctly. The notion of a ‘conflict of interest’ should be solely used for cases where an entity or person with responsibilities for budget implementation, audit or control or an official or an agent of a Union institution is in such a situation. All persons or entities potentially subject to conflict of interest should be encouraged to publish their declarations of interest, instead of a declaration of absence of conflict of interest. A self-evaluation of conflict of interest is a conflict of interest in itself. Therefore, the evaluation of conflict of interest should be done by an independent third party. In cases where an economic operator attempts to unduly influence a procedure or obtain confidential information, this should be treated as grave professional misconduct. In addition, economic operators may be in a situation where they should not be selected to implement a contract because of a professional conflicting interest. For instance, a company should not evaluate a project in which it has participated or an auditor should not be in a position to audit accounts it has previously certified. A record of all cases of conflict of interest and revolving door identified in the Union institutions should be published on a regular basis.
Amendment 10 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 108
Recital 108
(108) Union public procurement should ensure that Union funds are used in an effective, transparent, and appropriate way. In that regard, electronic procurement should contribute to the better use of Union funds and enhance access to contracts for all economic operators. All Union institutions conducting public procurement should publish clear rules on their websites regarding acquisition, expenditure and monitoring, as well as all contracts awarded, including their value.
Amendment 11 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 113
Recital 113
(113) A contracting authority should be able to cancel a procurement procedure before the contract is signed, including on grounds of suspicion of conflict of interest, revolving doors or grave professional misconduct, without the candidates or tenderers being entitled to claim compensation. This should be without prejudice to situations where the contracting authority has acted in such a way that it may be held liable for damages in accordance with the general principles of Union law.
Amendment 24 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 165 – paragraph 1
Article 165 – paragraph 1
The contracting authority may, before the contract is signed, cancel the procurement procedure, including on grounds of suspicion of conflict of interest, revolving doors or grave professional misconduct, without the candidates or tenderers being entitled to claim any compensation.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 183 – paragraph 2
Article 183 – paragraph 2
2. All grants awarded in the course of a financial year shall be published in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 36. In addition, all Union institutions conducting public procurement shall publish on their websites clear rules regarding acquisition, expenditure and monitoring, as well as all contracts awarded, including their value.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The EFSD shall contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda with a particular focus on sustainable growth, job creation, socio-economic sectors and on the support to micro, small and medium sized enterprises, thus addressing root causes of migration and contributhereby helping to limit the overload of European migration channels, and furthermore promoting tohe sustainable reintegration of returned migrants in their countries of origin while maximising additionality, delivering innovative products and crowding in private sector funds.
Amendment 316 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States may contribute to the EFSD Guarantee Fund in the form of guarantees or cash. Subject to Commission approval, and that of Member States where relevant, other contributors may contribute, in the form of cash.
Amendment 319 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and, the Council and Member States where relevant about the contributions confirmed.
Amendment 320 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
At the request of the Member States, the contributions made by them may be earmarked for the initiation of projects in specific regions, countries, sectors or investment windows, and the Member States shall be kept informed of the ongoing status and effects of such projects in question.
Amendment 343 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall submit an annual report to the European Parliament and, to the Council and to contributing Member States where relevant on the financing and investment operation covered by the EFSD Guarantee. This report shall be made public. It shall include the following elements:
Amendment 28 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Supporting security sector actors, including the military under exceptional circumstancewhere necessitated by the nature of the crisis, in third countries in a conflict prevention, crisis management or stabilisation context is essential to ensure appropriate conditions for poverty eradication and development. Those actions are particularly necessary to ensure the protection of civilian populations in the areas affected by conflict, crises or fragility. Good governance and effective democratic control and civilian oversight of the security system, including the military, as well as compliance with human rights and the rule of law principles are essential attributes of a well-functioning State in any context, and should be promoted through a wider security sector reform support to third countries.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) recurrent military expenditure in excess of what is required for resolving crisis and instability;
Amendment 77 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 84 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) training which is solely designed to contribute to the fighting capacity of the armed forces. beyond that which is necessary to combat instability and threats to security;
Amendment 87 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) in the context of financial aid delivered through the instrument contributing to stability and peace, any activity not required for the promotion of peace and stability as provided for by that instrument.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 5
Article 3a – paragraph 5
5. When designing and implementing measures pursuant to this Article, the Commission shall promote ownership by the partner country. It shall also develop the necessary elements and the good practices required for ensuring sustainability in the medium and long term and promote the rule of law and established international law principles, within a reasonable budgetary framework that is complementary to the investment of partner countries themselves.
Amendment 7 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the results of the evaluation undertaken of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 604/2013 , it is appropriate, at this stage, to confirm the principles underlying Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, while making the necessary improvements, in the light of experience, to the effectiveness of the Dublin system and the protection granted to applicantsreinforcing the conventions for crisis management and migrant flow set out under thate Dublin system. Based on this evaluation and on consultation with Member States, the European Parliament and other stakeholders, it is also considered appropriate to establish in the Regulation measures required for a fair share of responsibility between Member States for applications for international protection, in particular to ensure that a disproportionate burden is not placed upon some Member States.
Amendment 16 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The definition of a family member in this Regulation should include the sibling or siblings of the applicant. Reuniting siblings is of particular importance for improving the chances of integration of applicants and hence reducing secondary movements. The scope of the definition of family member should also reflect the reality of current migratory trends, according to which applicants often arrive to the territory of the Member States after a prolonged period of time in transit where the sibling or siblings is or are proven to be under the legal age of maturity. Reuniting siblings is of particular importance in order to increase the chances of integration of applicants and hence reduce secondary movements. The definition should therefore include families formed outside the country of origin, but before their arrival on the territory of the Member State. This limited and targeted enlargement of the scope of the definition is expected to reduce the incentive for some secondary movements of asylum seekers within the EU.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 46 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) A Member State of allocation may decide not to accept the allocated applicants during a twelve months-period, in which case it should enter this information in the automated system and notify the other Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. Thereafter the applicants that would have been allocated to that Member State should be allocated to the other Member States instead. The Member State which temporarily does not take part in the corrective allocation should make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per applicant not accepted to the Member State that was determined as responsible for examining those applications. The Commission should lay down the practical modalities for the implementation of the solidarity contribution mechanism in an implementing act. The European Union Agency for Asylum will monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the financial solidarity mechanism.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
– the sibling or siblings of the applicant under the legal age of majority;
Amendment 131 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Union Agency for Asylum should provide adequate support in the implementation of this Regulation, in particular by establishing the reference key for the distribution of asylum seekers under the corrective allocation mechanism, and by adapting the figures underlying the reference key annually, as well as the reference key based on Eurostat data.
Amendment 160 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 164 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42
Amendment 177 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the aims of this Regulation are achieved and obstacles to its application are prevented, in particular in order to avoid absconding and secondary movements between Member States, it is necessary to establish clear obligations to be complied with by the applicant in the context of the procedure, of which he or she should be duly informed in a timely manner. Violation of those legal obligations should lead to appropriate and proportionate procedural consequences for the applicant and to appropriate and proportionate consequences in terms of his or her reception conditions. In line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Member State where such an applicant is present should in any case ensure that the immediate material needs of that person are covered.
Amendment 205 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Proper registration of all asylum applications in the EU under a unique application number should help detect multiple applications and prevent irregular secondary movements and asylum shopping. An automated system should be established for the purpose of facilitating the application of this Regulation. It should enable registration of asylum applications lodged in the EU, effective monitoring of the share of applications of each Member State and a correct application of the corrective allocation mechanism.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty, Union acts should, whenever necessary, contain appropriate measures to give effect to the principle of solidarity. A corrective allocation mechanism should be established in order to ensure a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Regulation.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 233 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 242 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 249 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 264 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The [General Data Protection Regulation (EU) .../2016] applies to the processing of personal data by the Member States under this Regulation from the date set out in that Regulation; until this date Directive 95/46/EC applies. Member States should implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure and be able to demonstrate that processing is performed in accordance with that Regulation and the provisions specifying its requirements in this Regulation. In particular those measures should ensure the security of personal data processed under this Regulation and in particular to prevent unlawful or unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration or loss of personal data processed. The competent supervisory authority or authorities of each Member State should monitor the lawfulness of the processing of personal data by the authorities concerned, including of the transmission to and from the automated system and to the authorities competent for carrying out security checks.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 324 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
- the sibling or siblings of the applicant, where the proof of the relationship is provided;
Amendment 338 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 341 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 343 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 366 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Any Member State shall retain the right to send an applicant to a safe third country, subject to the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 2013/32/EU.
Amendment 615 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and only as long as no Member State has been determined as responsible , each Member State may decide to examine an application for international protection lodged with it by a third-country national or a stateless person based on family grounds in relation to wider family not covered by Article 2(g) , even if such examination is not its responsibility under the criteria laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 655 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Member State with which an application for international protection is lodged shall enter in the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) within the period referred to in Article 10 (1) of Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) 603/2013] that:
Amendment 658 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Upon entry of the information pursuant to paragraph 1, the automated system referred to in Article 44 shall register each application under a unique application number, create an electronic file for each application and communicate the unique application number to the Member State of application.
Amendment 659 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall provide the European Union Agency for Asylum with information on the number of third country nationals effectively resettled on a weekly basis. The Agency shall validate this information and enter the data in the automated system.
Amendment 666 #
Amendment 667 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall indicate in real time:
Amendment 671 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 672 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 674 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point h
Amendment 675 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Amendment 776 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
Article 34
Amendment 815 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 822 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The reference key referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on the following criteria for each Member State, according to Eurostat figures:
Amendment 825 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the size of the population (50 % weighting);
Amendment 829 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the total GDP (50% weighting);
Amendment 832 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) number of migrants already living in the Member State;
Amendment 841 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) integration capacity of the Member State;
Amendment 847 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Article 36
Application of the reference key 1. Where the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall apply the reference key referred to in Article 35 to those Member States with a number of applications for which they are the Member States responsible below their share pursuant to Article 35(1) and notify the Member States thereof. 2. Applicants who lodged their application in the benefitting Member State after notification of allocation referred to in Article 34(5) shall be allocated to the Member States referred to in paragraph 1, and these Member States shall determine the Member State responsible; 3. Applications declared inadmissible or examined in accelerated procedure in accordance with Article 3(3) shall not be subject to allocation. 4. On the basis of the application of the reference key pursuant to paragraph 1, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall indicate the Member State of allocation and communicate this information not later than 72 hours after the registration referred to in Article 22(1) to the benefitting Member State and to the Member State of allocation, and add the Member State of allocation in the electronic file referred to in Article 23(2).rticle 36 deleted
Amendment 872 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 924 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38
Amendment 934 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 941 #
2016/0133(COD)
Amendment 955 #
2016/0133(COD)
Amendment 961 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42
Amendment 970 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43
Amendment 981 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – title
Article 44 – title
Amendment 982 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the registration and monitoring the share of applications for international protection pursuant to Article 22 and of the application of the allocation mechanism set out in Chapter VII an automateda system shall be established.
Amendment 983 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. The automated system shall consist of the central system and the communication infrastructure between the central system and the national infrastructures.
Amendment 985 #
Amendment 987 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. The competent asylum authorities of the Member States referred to in Article 47 shall have access to the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) for entering the information referred to in Article 20(7), Article 22(1), (4) and (5), Article 37(1) and point (h) of Article 39.
Amendment 989 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 3
Article 45 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in Article 23(2), Article 36(4) and point h of Article 39 shall be accessible for consultation only shall be accessible by the competent asylum authorities of the Member States referred to in Article 47 for the purposes of this Regulation and of Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) No 603/2013].
Amendment 990 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall notify the Commission without delay of the specific authorities responsible for fulfilling the obligations arising under this Regulation, and any amendments thereto. The Member States shall ensure that those authorities have the necessary resources for carrying out their tasks and in particular for replying within the prescribed time limits to requests for information, requests to take charge, take back notifications and, if applicable, complying with their obligations under the allocation mechanism .
Amendment 995 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2
Article 50 – paragraph 2
2. The competent supervisory authority or authorities of each Member State shall monitor the lawfulness of the processing of personal data by the authorities referred to in Article 47 of the Member State in question, including of the transmission to and from the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) and to the authorities competent for carrying out checks referred to in Article 40.
Amendment 999 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1007 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
Article 58 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1011 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1013 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 38 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 3
Citation 3
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, and the subsequent 11 reasoned opinions by the national parliaments,
Amendment 66 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) According to Article 3 TEU, the Union shall promote social justice and protection. Article 9 TFEU givrequires the Union the task to promote ao take into account requirements linked to the promotion of high level of employment, tohe guarantee anof adequate social protection and to combat social exclusion, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 115 #
2016/0070(COD)
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignmentshigh risk of social dumping in certain sectors (as defined in the Annex) and the need to ensure a level playing field, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 24six months, in so far as it concerns the activities referred to in the Annex, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in which the work is carried out. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law of the host Member Sates therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulation.
Amendment 160 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of the posting of workers directive raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). It would be most suited for tThese challenges toshould be addressed through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport market. Yet, as long as sector-specific legislation is not provided for, the rules of this Directive apply in full.
Amendment 185 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is within Member States' exclusive competence to set rules on remuneration in accordance with their law and practice. However, national rules on remuneration applied to posted workers must be justified by the need to protect posted workers and must not disproportionately restrict the cross-border provision of servnational law and/or practices.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Laws, regulations, administrative provisions or collective agreements applicable in Member States may ensure that subcontracting does not confer on undertakings the possibility to avoid rules guaranteeing certain terms and conditions of employment covering remuneration. Where such rules on remuneration exist at national level, insofar as it concerns the activities referred to in the Annex, the Member State may apply them in a non- discriminatory manner to undertakings posting workers to its territory provided that they do not disproportionately restrict the cross-border provision of services.
Amendment 282 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – title
Article 2a – title
Posting exceeding twenty-four monthsix months in risk sectors
Amendment 300 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1
Article 2a – paragraph 1
1. WhenIn so far as it concerns the ancticipated orvities referred to in the Annex, when the effective duration of posting exceeds twenty-foursix months, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted shall be deemed to be the country in which his or her work is habitually carried out.
Amendment 327 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 2
Article 2a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same task at the same place, the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
Amendment 437 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
For the purposes of this directive, the concept of remuneration is defined in accordance with national law and /or practice of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 439 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
For the purposes of this directive, the concept of remuneration is defined in accordance with national law and /or practice of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 459 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
1a. If undertakings established in the territory of a Member State are obliged by law, regulation, administrative provision or collective agreement, to sub-contract in the context of their contractual obligations only to undertakings that guarantee certain terms and conditions of employment covering remuneration,, the Member State may, in so far as it concerns the activities referred to in the Annex, on a non– discriminatory and proportionate basis, provide that such undertakings shall be under the same obligation regarding subcontracts with undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) posting workers to its territory.
Amendment 485 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Amendment 492 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the Member states' ability to apply or introduce laws and administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or allow or promote the use of collective agreement provisions that are more favourable to workers.
Amendment 519 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Annex – paragraph 1a (new)
Annex – paragraph 1a (new)
(3a) the following paragraph 1a is added to the Annex: 1a. Member States shall decide for their own territory which risk sectors this annex shall be extended to.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2206(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that hearings not only with Commission and EEAS officials but also with beneficiaries and independent experts will provide a more comprehensive assessment of EuropeAid's contribution to Union goals;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2206(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that outcomes of the evaluations are key elements to be fed into the policy and political review process to adjust strategic political objectives and enhance the overall coherence with other Union policies; in this respect, believes that it is crucial that evaluations are independent, transparent and available to the public;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2206(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages the Court to look into all funding mechanisms of EuropeAid in order to ensure that the value for money is achieved and that Union funding is efficient in advancing Union goals and values; believes that Union funded projects should be aligned with its policy goals in neighbourhood countries, taking into consideration grantees' accountability, and that EU money is fungible;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2204(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2204(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2203(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2203(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2202(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2202(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2201(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2201(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2200(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (formerly the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting discharge to the Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (formerly the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2200(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (formerly the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (formerly the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2199(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2199(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2198(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2198(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2196(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2195(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Agency for the Οperational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2195(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovesPostpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Οperational Management of Large- Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2194(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2194(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovesPostpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2193(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2193(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2192(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GrantsPostpones its decision on granting the Management Committee of the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications discharge in respect of the implementation of the Body’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2192(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovesPostpones its decision on granting the closure of the accounts of the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2191(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2191(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2190(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2190(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2189(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Autority’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2189(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2188(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2188(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2187(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2187(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovesPostpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2186(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director ofPostpones its decision on granting the European Police Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2186(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Police Office for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2185(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2185(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2184(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2184(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2183(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2183(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2182(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2182(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2181(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2181(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2180(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2180(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovesPostpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2179(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Railway Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2179(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2178(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2178(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2177(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2177(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2176(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2176(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2175(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2175(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2174(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2174(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2173(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2173(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2172(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2172(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2171(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2171(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2170(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2170(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2169(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2169(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2168(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2168(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2167(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2167(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2166(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budgetbudget of the Agency for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2166(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2165(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2165(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2164(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2164(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ApprovPostpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2161(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Takes note of the Ombudsman´s calculations with regard to potential savings of EUR 195 000 should there be only one seat of the institution; takes into account that the seat of the Ombudsman is tied with the seat of the Parliament and therefore deems it necessary that the Ombudsman is included in any debate on centralisation of the Parliament´s seat; stresses that such centralization should be actively promoted;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2159(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that these weaknesses were found in EESC directorates other than the logistics directorate, which normally deals with procurement procedures, and that the EESCWelcomes the fact that the EESC, in response to the observations made by the Court of Auditors, has set up a specific support service for public procurement to assist those directorates; expects this service other than the logistics directorate, which already has such a service; expects it to be fully operational in 2016;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2159(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with satisfaction that thea cooperation agreement between the EESC, the Committee of the Regions and Parliament (the "agreement") and Parliament, with two annexes on administrative cooperation and budgetary impact in common with a parallel agreement between Parliament and the Committee of the Regions, was signed on 5 February 2014 with the objective of developing political and administrative cooperation;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2159(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. NoteFinds the 1 % reduction in outsourced translation compared with last year surprising; expects this trend to continue in the near futurehange as a consequence of the agreement which foresees more outsourcing of translation after the transfer of translation staff to Parliament;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants itsPostpones its decision on granting the President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Expresses concern that the GEA is not audited and that it is paid without proper supporting documents;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is deeply concerned that the expenditure for visitor's groups in 2014 is still being paid mostly in cash: expenditure of EUR 24 593 928,16 in 2013 was paid 73,14 % in cash and 26,86 % by bank transfer, while expenditure of EUR 22 281 749,46 in 2014 was paid 71,15 % in cash and 28,85 % by bank transfer;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Notes that VoteWatch received two grants (EUR 149 172 in 2012 and EUR 350 000 in 2013) for the co-financing of specific projects related to the European elections; requests details of the concrete advantages of these sponsored projects for Parliamentan added value assessment of these projects;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls for the abolition of the House of European History in a context of heavy burden of public debt and fiscal consolidation;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 / Postpones its decision on granting the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 3
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (formerly the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (formerly the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 4
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (formerly the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (formerly the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 5
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the European Research Council Executive Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Research Council Executive Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 6
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the Research Executive Agency discharge in relation to the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the Research Executive Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 7
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (formerly the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014/Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (formerly the Trans- European Transport Network Executive Agency) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 8
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014/Postpones the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
Amendment 156 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118
Paragraph 118
118. ObservesIs deeply concerned that the Court analysed 166 transactions out of which 79 were affected by error; notes that based on 53 quantified errors the estimated level of error is 5,6%;
Amendment 215 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 165
Paragraph 165
165. ObservesIs alarmed that the Court analysed 161 transactions in the regional and urban policy area and 170 transactions in the employment and social affairs policy out of which 135 were affected by errors (75 for the regional and urban policy area and 60 for the employment and social affairs policy area); notes that based on 25 quantified errors the estimated level of error is to be 6,1% for the regional and urban policy area and based on 28 quantified errors the estimated level of error is to be 3,7% for the employment and social affairs policy area, leading to a most likely error rate for cohesion as a whole at 5,7%;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 211
Paragraph 211
211. ObservesIs deeply concerned that the Court analysed 183 transactions in EAGF involving market and direct support and 176 transactions in rural development, environment, climate action and fisheries, out of which 177 were affected by errors (93 for agriculture concerning market and direct support and 84 for rural development, environment, climate action and fisheries); notes that based on 88 quantified errors, the estimated level of error is to be 2,9% for EAGF market and direct support and that based on 41 quantified errors the estimated level of error is to be 6,2% for the rural development, environment, climate action and fisheries, leading to the most likely error rate for 'natural resources' as a whole being 3,6%; observes with satisfaction that the situation has improved, as without cross-compliance, the most likely error rate for 'natural resources' as a whole would be 3%;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 212
Paragraph 212
212. Finds it frustratingunacceptable that in 26 cases of quantifiable errors in EAGF market and direct support made by beneficiaries, national authorities had sufficient information to prevent or detect and correct the errors before declaring the expenditure to the Commission; observes that had all this information been used to correct errors, the estimated level of error for this subchapter would have been 0,6 percentage points lower; notes in addition that the Court found that for 34 cases, the error that it detected was made by national authorities; and that these errors contributed 0,7 percentage points to the estimated level of error; that in 15 cases of quantifiable errors in rural development, environment, climate action and fisheries made by beneficiaries, national authorities had sufficient information to prevent or detect and correct the errors before declaring the expenditure to the Commission; and that had all this information been used to correct errors, the estimated level of error for this subchapter would have been 3,3 percentage points lower; notes also that the Court found that for three cases, the error that it detected was made by national authorities; that these errors contributed 0.6 percentage points to the estimated level of error; considers that this situation, which has remained unchanged for some years now, proves a lack of diligence;
Amendment 265 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 227 – introductory part
Paragraph 227 – introductory part
227. Points outBelieves it is unsustainable that according to the annual activity report of DG AGRI96 , 44,7% of all Union farms are semi- subsistence farms, i.e. having an income of less than EUR 4.000 per year; notes also that according to the report on the distribution of direct aids to agricultural producers for the financial year 2014 adopted by the Commission on 15.12.2015: __________________ 96 Annual activity report of Director General of DG AGRI p17.
Amendment 289 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 244
Paragraph 244
244. NoteDeeply regrets that the overall performance of Union delegations in implementation of external assistance programs as measured by the KPI utilised in the EAMR of 2014 has worsened compared to 2013; notes however that these reports present an assessment of ongoing projects and that the performance is influenced by factors outside the control of the Union delegations, including quality of governance in beneficiary countries, security situation, political crises, commitment of implementing partners, etc.;
Amendment 329 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 275
Paragraph 275
275. Points toIs concerned about the ongoing migration crisis and underlines the need to address it with a coherent Union solutionimprove coordination amongst Member States; notes the funds allocated to migration and external-border management in 2014 and asks the Court to consider preparing a quick special report focusing on the effectiveness of these funds drawing conclusions to be reflected in the ongoing process of upgrading the Union migration and border control policy;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that Member States’ recovery for the EAGF is below the overall average, and fewer than half of the irregularities detected in 2009 had been recovered by the end of 2014; points to significant differences between the abilities of Member States to recover sums for irregular payments detected under the CAP and urges Bulgaria, France, Greece and Slovakia to significantly improve their results; stresses the need for faster recovery of funds;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that the failure to comply with public procurement rules was a significant source of error for the 2009- 2013 programming period; points out that the new public procurement directives have to be implemented by April 2016; emphasises that reducing the incidence of irregularities requires correct implementation of the directives by the Member States; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of these directives; is of the belief that ex ante conditionalities have the potential to improve public procurement; emphasizes the need for transparent and accessible rules;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 89 #
2015/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 119 #
2015/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the fact that cross-border police and judicial cooperation involves excessively lengthy, bureaucratic procedures that hamper its efficiency and jeopardise the effectiveness of the fight against organised crime at EU level; calls on the Member States to increase the resources they devote toir efforts to strengthen cross-border police and judicial cooperation, to guarantee the mutual admissibility of evidence between Member States, to ensure that greater use is made of joint investigation teams and to employ a common system for communication and for exchanging information relevant to the fight against organised crime and corruption;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regards it as essential to strengthen legislative provisions designed to guarantee greater transparency and traceability of financial flows, in particular as far as EU funds are concerned, including by means of a final audit to check that the funds have been properly used; the European Commission should closely monitor the use of EU founds and to regularly report to the European Parliament;
Amendment 188 #
2015/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for a thorough study on the security risks related to the links between terrorism and massive migration flows;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 9 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the abolition of the House of European History in the context of a heavy burden of public debt and fiscal consolidation; considers that the resources invested in the House of European History should be reallocated to other areas and running costs saved;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. NotesIs concerned that the level of the preliminary draft estimates for the 2016 budget, as suggested by the Secretary- General's Report, amounting to EUR 1 850 470 600, represents a 3,09 % increase on the 2015 budget and 19,51 % of heading V of the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the share of Parliament's budget in the total MFF heading V in 2016 shouldmust be maintained under 20 %;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point ii
Paragraph 10 – point ii
ii) the level of exceptional expenditure needed in 2016notes with concern that cuts in other areas are necessary to reinforce the security of the European Parliament's buildings and cybersecurity;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, in order to ensure adequate support to the Members for the accomplishment of their parliamentary activities, a new balance needs to be foundis necessary between accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants; requests the Secretary-General to present a proposal for a decision to the Bureau to this end as soon as possible; expects that the final decision shall enter into force as of January 2016;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes with concern that EUR 17 800 000 were spent in promotion activities referred to as an institutional campaign before the 2014 European elections while voter turnout continues to decrease;
Amendment 19 #
2015/0302M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas since 2002 the EU has provided EUR 3.66 billion in development and humanitarian aid, making it the fourth largest donor in support of the Afghan people; and another EUR 1.2 billion until 2020 in the framework of Multiannual Indicative Programme for Afghanistan (MIP 2014-2020);
Amendment 24 #
2015/0302M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas a stable independent Afghanistan that can provide for itself and deny safe haven to terrorist groups is still in the vital security interests of NATO, the EU, and its Member States;
Amendment 131 #
2015/0302M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges all relevant partners to enhance their efforts in dismantling all terrorist financing networks, especially hawala networks, along with any international donors in an effort to cut off the support that Afghan terrorist organizations continue to rely upon;
Amendment 42 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and shoulding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivat be able to keep and acquire firearms classified in category A subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 47 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 66 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 86 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should bare adopted in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 99 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breach block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
1e. For the purposes of this Directive, "broker" shall mean any natural or legal person, other than a dealer whose trade or business consists wholly or partly in buying, selling or arranging the transfer within a Member State, from one Member State to another Member State or exporting to a third country or importing to a Member State from a third country fully assembled firearms, their parts and ammunition.
Amendment 104 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Amendment 112 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It should be specified in this Directive that the activities of a dealer include not only the manufacturing but also the modification or conversion a firearm, such as the shortening of a complete firearm, and in addition the commercial modification or conversion of parts of firearms and of ammunition, and that, therefore, only authorised dealers should be permitted to engage in those activities. This Directive should not apply to reloading of ammunition for personal use or making legal modifications and conversions to a firearm for which a person has an authorization.
Amendment 113 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognized as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 122 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or parand any essential component placed on the market has been marked and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 130 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import to the Union or as soon as possible thereafter, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark.
Amendment 131 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 152 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and shoulding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivat be able to keep and acquire firearms classified in category A subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 155 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are at least 18 years of age, except in relation to the acquisition, other than through purchase, and possession of firearms for hunting and target shooting, provided that in that case persons of less than 18 years of age have parental permission, or are under parental guidance or the guidance of an adult with a valid firearms or hunting licence, or are within a licenced or otherwise approved training centre;
Amendment 170 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it was granted is no longer met.
Amendment 172 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 173 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive is without prejudice to the ownership of firearms and ammunition acquired through inheritance; Member States shall restrain the possession of such firearms by owners who are not duly authorised.
Amendment 181 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those. In exceptional and duly reasoned cases, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for the acquisition and possession of such firearms and ammunition wheld in violation of this provision and seizedre this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 188 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise persons or bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in theiracquire and possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)when this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 198 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
The acquisition of firearms and their paressential components and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member States.
Amendment 204 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Amendment 220 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 231 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, including a fitness check of the new provisions, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted two years after the entry into force of this Directive."
Amendment 237 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Amendment 244 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Amendment 247 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Amendment 258 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
5. Alarm and signal weaponsFirearms under categories A, B and points 1 to 4 of category C, after having been converted to alarm, signal, salute and, acoustic weapons as well as replicas;, gas, paintball or airsoft, Flobert, or percussion lock weapons.
Amendment 260 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Amendment 263 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Amendment 269 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Amendment 279 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should be adopted in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 316 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 330 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 –paragraph 1e
Article 1 –paragraph 1e
1e. For the purposes of this Directive, "broker" shall mean any natural or legal person, other than a dealer whose trade or business consists wholly or partly in buying, selling or arranging the transfer within a Member State, from one Member State to another Member State or exporting to a third country or importing into a Member State from a third country fully assembled firearms, their parts and ammunition.
Amendment 361 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Amendment 406 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 434 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or parand any essential component placed on the market has been marked and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 452 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import into the Union or as soon as possible thereafter, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark.
Amendment 460 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 519 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 536 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The acquisition and possession of firearms shall only be permitted if, inter alia, there is good cause. Member States, whilst not being under any obligation in that regard, may decide that the acquisition and possession of firearms for the purpose of, for example, hunting, target shooting, self-defence, reservist training, various scientific, technical and testing activities and re-enactment of historical events, filmmaking or historical study constitutes good cause.
Amendment 549 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted is no longer met.
Amendment 578 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Directive is without prejudice to the ownership of firearms and ammunition acquired through inheritance. Member States shall prohibit the possession of such firearms by owners who are not duly authorised.
Amendment 590 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those. In exceptional and duly reasoned cases, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for the acquisition and possession of such firearms and ammunition wheld in violation of this provison and seizedre this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 620 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise persons or bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in theiracquire and possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)when this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 660 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Amendment 731 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, including a fitness check of the new provisions, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Amending Directive].
Amendment 748 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Amendment 751 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
6. Automatic firearms which have been converted into semi-automatic firearms; which have not been authorised in accordance with Article 10ba, with the exception of firearms converted prior to ... [the date of entry into force of this Amending Directive1a]; __________________ 1a In this case, Article 10ba shall be amended as follows: "Member States shall take measures to ensure that long semi-automatic firearms which have been converted from originally automatic firearms cannot be reconverted into automatic firearms. Mechanical design of any particular type of long semi- automatic firearms including conversions of any particular type of originally automatic firearms into semi-automatic firearms must be authorised for civilian use by a competent public authority before being placed on the market."
Amendment 755 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
6. AComponents with which a semi- automatic firearms which have can been converted into semi-an automatic firearm without sophisticated skills and tools;
Amendment 762 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
Amendment 778 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 8
Amendment 811 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
5. Alarm and signal weaponsFirearms under categories A, B and points 1 to 4 of category C, after having been converted to alarm, signal, salute and, acoustic weapons as well as replicas;, gas, paintball or airsoft, Flobert, or percussion lock weapons.
Amendment 822 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 6
Amendment 830 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part III – point a
Annex I – part III – point a
Amendment 838 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point c
Article 1 – point 14 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part III – paragraph 2
Annex I – part III – paragraph 2
Amendment 843 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive [36 months after publication toin the OJ]. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 6 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 9 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes a significant reduction of all CAP subsidies is necessary and possible;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Fearsinds it unacceptable that the most likely error rate determined by the Court of Auditors will increase in the common agricultural policy direct payments area during the period 2014-2020, owing in particular to the fact that the next framework for cross- compliance does not yet correspond to a reduction in the level of complexity of this policy for the managing authorities or for the beneficiaries;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an integrated approach to CAP controls so that costs can be cut;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotesIs utterly concerned that the costs of the common agricultural policy controls already amount to EUR 4 billion a year and that they concern 50 million transactions with a budget for agriculture of around EUR 58 billion;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the best performing Member States in each policy area should be rewarded by a reduction in Union controlsSupports the approach of reducing controls in well-performing Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls for stricter controls and sanctions in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2135(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2013 / Refuses to grant the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2132(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2013 / Refuses to grant the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2129(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned that the Chair of the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking refers in the 2013 annual activity report to the project delays, as well as to the need to seek cost savings; notes furthermore that the Executive Director refers to the risks associated to a potential budget downshortfall by 2020, mainly related to the increased scope in relation to the ITER buildings and to the current schedule; acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that the budget allocated for the current MFF until 2020 will be respected by continuing to develop and implement a broad range of cost containment measures;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2125(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision onRefuses to granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes with concern the decline in turnout in the 2014 European elections to 42,54 % (2009: 43 %), in spite of the considerable efforts made to reinforce Parliament's institutional election campaign, which cost EUR 17 800 000 over the period 2013 to 2014Is deeply worried that the European Parliament allocated EUR 17 800 000 to promotional activities described as institutional election campaign over the period 2013 to 2014 while turnout in the 2014 European elections declined again to 42,54% (2009: 43%);
Amendment 31 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reiterates that maintaining the security of Parliament's buildings and their immediate surroundings must be given the highest priority; requests that as part of this work security in the car parks should be improved, and the access to the parts of the buildings containing Members' offices in Parliament should be controlled;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Expresses concern that the general expenditure allowance is not audited and that it is paid without proper supporting documents;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Notes with concern that the distance allowance for MEPs is paid without sufficient proof;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Working places of Parliament (subtitle) 33b. Notes that the European Council whilst justifiably calling for austerity on the part of Parliament, continuous to deny in the opportunity to make the considerable savings that would arise from ceasing to hold meetings in Strasbourg;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Reminds that the budget for the EuroparlTV was EUR 8 000 000 in 2013 and EUR 5 000 000 in 2014 while the performance of the service has been improved with a number of new activities and projects; notes that between 2012 and 2014 the average monthly number of videos watched has gone up from 53 000 to 400 000; remarks that the cost of this project is still very high;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39c. Calls for efficiencies to be found in its budget;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Notes with concern that mission expenses in 2013 of the Information Offices amounted to EUR 1 839 696, with missions to Strasbourg accounting for EUR 1 090 290; regrets that the cost of missions from Information Offices to Strasbourg increased by around 7 % from 2012, with a further 2 % increase being due to the creation of the new Information Office in Croatia; insists that priority should be given to the use of videoconferences, making both structural cost reductions to the Parliament's budget and environmental improvements, which do not detract from Parliament's work;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Notes that the property portfolio of Parliament has substantially increased over recent years; insists that no additional buildings be purchased or leased during the next multiannual financial framework period;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2077(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the factBelieves it is unacceptable, that despite the corrective action plan which was set up in May 2013, the typology of errors identified is, to a large extent, similar to previous years, namely a lack of supporting documents, non-compliance by beneficiaries with procurement provisions and ineligible expenditure; observes that these errors were also related to transactions linked to the following activities (i) programme estimates, (ii) grants and (iii) contribution agreements between the Commission and international organisations;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2077(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onUrges the Commission to intensify its efforts in these specific areas of cooperation by refining the existing corrective action plan which was set up, especially when quantifiable errors point to shortcomings in the checks by international organisations on compliance with contractual provisions as a part of the general effort to improve the risk management methods and overall controlling and management systems;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deeply regretsBelieves it is unacceptable that payments remain, for the twentieth year in a row, materially affected by error;
Amendment 449 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 200
Paragraph 200
200. Regrets that despite some progress reported by the Court of Auditors126 the fourth evaluation report as provided for in Article 318 TFEU is not yet a useful contribution to the discharge activity while according to the TFEU it should be part of the evidence when Parliament gives discharge each year to the Commission in respect of the budget; is concerned that the lack of focus on performance is a major problem of the EU budget; __________________ 126 See Court of Auditors' Annual Report for 2013, point 10.24.
Amendment 1 #
2012/0134(NLE)
Draft opinion
last paragraph
last paragraph
Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council, before the Protocol expires or before negotiations for its possible replacement begin, an ex-post evaluation of the Protocol, including a cost-benefit analysis and an explanation of how the funds allocated to Guinea- Bissau are used and monitored.
Amendment 8 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas parliamentary elections are scheduled for 12 May 2018; whereas the US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused Iran of trying to influence Iraq’s election;
Amendment 12 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a significant improvement in the security situation is needed to promote stabilisation, reconciliation and economic and social progress in the country; whereas Tehran-backed Shiite militias, created as an emergency measure to confront ISIS, have established themselves in Baghdad’s belt areas and in Sunni and some Kurdish regions;
Amendment 17 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Kurdistan, a region of about 6 million people in northern Iraq, had tried and failed to break away from the rest of the country; whereas Baghdad had dismissed the September 25, 2017 independence referendum and sent in troops, including Shia militias to seize control of key oilfields, including around the city of Kirkuk;
Amendment 23 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important to tackle unemployment, especially among young people, in order to prevent them from becoming easy recruits for terrorist organisations as well as foreign-sponsored militias in Iraq and Syria;
Amendment 24 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Fa. whereas Russia, which was the only power that has not called on Iraq’s Kurds to cancel the referendum on independence, bought via Rosnieft the Kurdistan oil export pipelines and together with Iran offered to facilitate the Kurds’ negotiations with Baghdad to get some punitive measures lifted;
Amendment 25 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Services who were the primary actor in the liberation of Mosul, suffered heavy casualties and must receive proper recognition and support in order to enhance its recruitment capabilities and return to an equitable and sustainable force size;
Amendment 26 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas NATO continues to carry out its Capacity Building Initiative in Iraq that focuses on countering improvised explosive devices, explosive ordnance disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, Soviet-era equipment maintenance, military medicine and reform of Iraqi security institutions;
Amendment 30 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Russia has remerged as a key weapons supplier to Iraq; whereas on February 20, 2018 Iraq had received 36 contracted T-90S tanks, with another 37 tanks scheduled for delivery by late April; whereas Iran recruits young Iraqi Shia men to fight for Iran in Shia militias in Syria;
Amendment 34 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas in 2016 Iraqi Parliament passed a law that effectively made the constellation of Shiite militias a permanent fixture of Iraq’s security forces; whereas this ensures Iraqi funding for the groups while effectively maintaining Iran’s control over some of the most powerful units;
Amendment 38 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) is an agglomeration of 40 Shiite armed groups which officially became part of the Iraqi Defence forces in December 2016 and which continuously are used for sectarian reasons inside Iraq;
Amendment 44 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas an Arabization process in disputed areas is ongoing through deliberate attempts to change the demography of disputed areas by forcibly displacing Kurds, Christians and Yezidis from original areas of residence and preventing them from returning;
Amendment 57 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports Iraq’s territorial integrity and Kurdistan’s autonomy within Iraq; believes that Iraq and Kurdistan autonomy should be able to benefit from oil exports without outside interference;
Amendment 58 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the EU to work with global and regional allies to remain engaged to foster a quick formation of an Iraqi government and prevent outside powers from distorting the outcomes of the Parliamentary elections;
Amendment 68 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the EU and the Member States to provide urgent financial assistance for the reconstruction of priority infrastructure and the restoration of essential public services, such as access to water and sanitation, electricity, education and healthcare; financial assistance should be designed and distributed to local entrepreneurs and businesses to ensure provision of capital for small and medium enterprises with a particular focus on foodstuffs and basic textiles;
Amendment 79 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to improve civilian justice systems in the country by ensuring citizen involvement and access in the reform building process to ensure transparency and due process with a focus to prevent retaliatory violence and revenge killings;
Amendment 81 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on EU Member States to support an urban reconstruction planning process that permits citizen engagement in the decision making processes related to reconstruction to ensure inclusivity in urban planning and recovery with the aim to improving trust between citizens and state;
Amendment 128 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the launch, at the request of the Iraqi authorities and as part of the Iraqi security strategy, of a mission to support security sector reform in Iraq (EUAM Iraq); hopes that this will help strengthen the public institutions and allow an impartial and inclusive police force to be established to gradually eliminate foreign controlled militias;
Amendment 131 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that Iraq is a potentially important partner in ensuring greater diversification of energy sources and thus contributing to Europe’s energy security; believes that the EU could help Iraq to regain control of pipelines and revenues from oil that are essential for rebuilding the country after conflict;
Amendment 134 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Condemns the use of the PMF for sectarian uses and calls for the rights of all Iraqis to be respected;
Amendment 136 #
2010/0310M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Strongly condemns the Arabization process in disputed areas and calls on the Iraqi authorities to allow Kurds, Christians and Yezidis to return to their original areas of residence and to ensure it is safe for them to do so;