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Activities of Andrew LEWER

Plenary speeches (18)

Hate speech, populism, and fake news on social media – towards an EU response (debate)
2016/11/22
Learning EU at school (A8-0021/2016 - Damian Drăghici)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2138(INI)
Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (A8-0049/2016 - Ernest Maragall)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2257(INI)
The role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2139(INI)
The role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2139(INI)
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (A8-0279/2015 - Ivan Jakovčić)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2214(INI)
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region - Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy - European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance - Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2052(INI)
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region - Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy - European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance - Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2052(INI)
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (A8-0260/2015 - Iskra Mihaylova)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0160(COD)
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2245(INI)
Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (A8-0207/2015 - Mircea Diaconu)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2149(INI)
Urban dimension of EU policies - Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2245(INI)
Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish
2016/11/22
European film in the digital era (A8-0123/2015 - Bogdan Brunon Wenta)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2148(INI)
Implementation of the Bologna process (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2039(INI)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (19-20 March 2015) (debate)
2016/11/22
Persecution of the democratic opposition in Venezuela
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2998(RSP)
Delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate)
2016/11/22

Shadow reports (11)

REPORT on the role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change PDF (495 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2017/2006(INI)
Documents: PDF(495 KB) DOC(93 KB)
REPORT on promoting cohesion and development in the outermost regions of the EU: implementation of Article 349 of the TFEU PDF (442 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2250(INI)
Documents: PDF(442 KB) DOC(77 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters PDF (433 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/0384(COD)
Documents: PDF(433 KB) DOC(74 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ʻEurope for Citizensʼ programme for the period 2014–2020 PDF (659 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2329(INI)
Documents: PDF(659 KB) DOC(84 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Cultural Heritage PDF (564 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2016/0259(COD)
Documents: PDF(564 KB) DOC(86 KB)
REPORT on Learning EU at school PDF (404 KB) DOC (127 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2138(INI)
Documents: PDF(404 KB) DOC(127 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund as regards specific measures for Greece PDF (396 KB) DOC (100 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/0160(COD)
Documents: PDF(396 KB) DOC(100 KB)
REPORT on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training PDF (213 KB) DOC (148 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2006(INI)
Documents: PDF(213 KB) DOC(148 KB)
REPORT on the urban dimension of EU policies PDF (211 KB) DOC (142 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2014/2213(INI)
Documents: PDF(211 KB) DOC(142 KB)
REPORT on Follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process PDF (163 KB) DOC (106 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2039(INI)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(106 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions PDF (144 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2014/0308(CNS)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(61 KB)

Opinions (1)

OPINION on Internet connectivity for growth, competitiveness and cohesion: European gigabit society and 5G
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(67 KB)

Shadow opinions (21)

OPINION on the management of the fishing fleets in the outermost regions
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2016(INI)
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(63 KB)
OPINION on Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the EIB for 2015
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2098(INI)
Documents: PDF(173 KB) DOC(64 KB)
OPINION on the Annual Report 2015 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests - Fight against fraud
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2097(INI)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(67 KB)
OPINION on an integrated European Union policy for the Arctic
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2228(INI)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(61 KB)
OPINION on investing in jobs and growth – maximising the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2016/2148(INI)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(69 KB)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2101(INI)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(64 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/0284(COD)
Documents: PDF(230 KB) DOC(871 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2016/0027(COD)
Documents: PDF(207 KB) DOC(804 KB)
OPINION on the preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/2353(INI)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(186 KB)
OPINION on the preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament’s input ahead of the Commission’s proposal
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2353(INI)
Documents: PDF(124 KB) DOC(185 KB)
OPINION on the renewable energy progress report
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2016/2041(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(183 KB)
OPINION on the activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/2284(INI)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(190 KB)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/2285(INI)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(183 KB)
OPINION on Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2154(DEC)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(181 KB)
OPINION on poverty: a gender perspective
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2228(INI)
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(192 KB)
OPINION on Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/2233(INI)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(182 KB)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2015/2210(INI)
Documents: PDF(118 KB) DOC(182 KB)
OPINION on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 – all sections
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2132(BUD)
Documents: PDF(119 KB) DOC(175 KB)
OPINION on the Annual Report 2013 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests - Fight against fraud
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2014/2155(INI)
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(312 KB)
OPINION on Draft amending budget No 3/2014: Revenue from fines and interest payments - revenue from reimbursements and repayments to FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership) - Redeployment of appropriations to the European Fisheries Fund - Increase in payment appropriations for commitments corresponding to previous annual budgets - Unforeseen actions in accordance with Article13 of the MFF Regulation - Staff of the European Commission, the Offices, the Committee of the Regions and the European Data Protection Supervisor
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2014/2036(BUD)
Documents: PDF(108 KB) DOC(172 KB)
OPINION on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2014/2040(BUD)
Documents: PDF(111 KB) DOC(173 KB)

Institutional motions (12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Italy after the earthquakes PDF (257 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2988(RSP)
Documents: PDF(257 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European Voluntary Service and the promotion of volunteering in Europe PDF (284 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2872(RSP)
Documents: PDF(284 KB) DOC(81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European Voluntary Service PDF (173 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2872(RSP)
Documents: PDF(173 KB) DOC(65 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS PDF (354 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
Documents: PDF(354 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent revelations on high-level corruption cases in FIFA PDF (162 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2730(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(87 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent revelations of high-level corruption cases in FIFA PDF (284 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2730(RSP)
Documents: PDF(284 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (234 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(234 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela PDF (143 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2582(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela PDF (220 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2582(RSP)
Documents: PDF(220 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Persecution of the democratic opposition in Venezuela PDF (134 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2998(RSP)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(60 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 PDF (132 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2946(RSP)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 PDF (121 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2946(RSP)
Documents: PDF(121 KB) DOC(58 KB)

Oral questions (3)

Increased terrorism threat PDF (97 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(97 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Access to finance for SMEs PDF (197 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(197 KB) DOC(26 KB)
Breaches of the human rights of children with disabilities PDF DOC
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF DOC

Written explanations (1)

Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme (A8-0017/2017 - María Teresa Giménez Barbat)

Today the ECR group has voted against the Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme report.Whilst we believe that a limited number of areas of this programme, such as European Remembrance projects highlighting important events in Member State history, or town twinning networks, have positive aspects to them and offer some added value, key issues outweigh them.The ECR group cannot support a call to foster a shared sense of European identity and disapproves of the critical tone used in the report to refer to Eurosceptic views and the results of democratic participation when they turn out to be unfavourable to those seeking greater European Union integration. Such attitudes hamper freedom of speech and have little respect for national sovereignty. In addition, there is no evidence to justify the call for a significant increase in the programme budget, nor is there concrete evidence to support a connection between its budget and the poor success rate. Last but not least, this report's call to allow for a greater role for the European Parliament in decision-making in respect of the programme is more likely to increase the amount of taxpayers’ money going to this programme than it is to increase democratic participation.
2016/11/22

Written questions (6)

Energy Union governance system without local and regional authorities PDF (101 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Excise duty change to allow government support for small cider producers PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Euronews funding PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Future direction of Euronews PDF (96 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(96 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Cider duty ruling PDF (98 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(98 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Swiss breach of Directive 2005/36/EC PDF (171 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(24 KB)

Written declarations (3)

Written declaration on construction of the Via Carpathia strategic transport route of EU eastern regions

Written declaration on the Carpathian Region in the EU

Written declaration on strengthening the work of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela

Amendments (574)

Amendment 57 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties (Art 2 of the TEU) and is one of the objectives and responsibilities of the Union; whereas, furthermore, mainstreaming the principle of equality between women and men in all its activities is a specific mission of the Union;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 61 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, at EU level, NEETs (not in employment, education or training) are considered to be one of the most problematic groups in the context of youth unemployment; whereas women are 1.4 times more likely to become NEET than men on average;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 83 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas, nowadays, our education systems are facing a significant challenge as a result of the digital transformationenvironment, which is impacting teaching and learning processes;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 114 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commissionattempt the Commission is making to adjust the existing skills gap by the proposed communication entitled ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe – Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness’ adopted in June 2016;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 150 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages Member States to better match the skills with the jobs in the labour market and in particular to putconsider putting in place dual systems18 which help people to be flexible in their education paths and later in the labour market; _________________ 18 A dual education system combines apprenticeships in a company with vocational education at a vocational school in one course.
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 308 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the Commission’s proposalefforts to urge Member States to draw up comprehensive national strategies for digital skills; points out however that in order for these strategies to be effective, there is a need for strong pedagogical leadership from teachers at all levels of education and an exchange of best practices;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 464 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that equipping people with a minimum set of skills is important, but not enough and thats it is crucial to ensure that every individual is encouraged to acquire advanced skills and competences in order to better adapt to the future;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 15 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about patchy implementation of country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in the European economic recovery; believes that it should remain the prerogative of Member States on whether to implement CSRs and the best way in which this should be done; highlights the role of local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders, as well as European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) themselves, in supporting the structural reforms and investment;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the potentialobjective of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is designed to support high- risk investment projects, in boosting growth and employment; icalls concerned, however, about the enormous imbalance in use of the Fund between the EU15 (91% of funding) and the EU13 (9% of funding) the EIB and the Commission to ensure that the distribution of the Funds is based on prudent financial analysis with applications assessed fairly on their merit; welcomes the Commission’s proposal to strengthen synergies between the EFSI and the ESI Funds; emphasises, however, that this should by no means undermine the role of Cohesion Policy as the main investment policy of the European Union;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the need to accelerate the implementation of the ESI Funds during the 2014-2020 financial programming period; while acknowledging that Member States should remain responsible for the designation of programmes, believes that tailor-made measurerecommendations should follow the analysis of the implementation deficiencies and be included in the CSR formulation process;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the factRecognises that the Commission’s proposal to suspend parts of the ESI Funds for Spain and Portugal has been abandonedheld in abeyance in the face of constructive criticism from Parliament which has shown conclusively that this proposal is superfluous.and an assessment from the Commission which claims both nations are making progress towards their deficit reduction targets; notes that this decision can be reversed if Spain and Portugal do not continue to make progress towards the requirements set out in the Council decision of 8 August 2016;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the Investment Plan for Europe will only deliver on its targets through improved engagement with SMEs, local authorities and other grass roots actors; calls on the EIB and Commission to ensure that these stakeholders can successfully design and lead applications for project financing, have appropriate support, and are not exposed to unnecessary regulatory burdens; in particular notes the positive impact that Community-led Local Development can have on ensuring that the voices of local actors are heard;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 50 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes support for SMEs through EFSI’s SME Window and the SME Initiative; is encouraged by the ongoing recovery of the SME sector since the 2008 financial crisis; calls on the Commission to cooperate with Member States to ensure that problem areas are addressed including the slow increases in the numbers employed by SMEs and the stagnant growth within the manufacturing, construction and retail sectors;
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2016/2306(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes that access to finance remains the primary challenge for growing SMEs; notes that the commercial banking sector, primarily regulated by Member States, remains the primary source of financing for most SMEs; notes therefore that it will be Member States who remain the primary actors in the recovery of the SME sector and that the Commission should ensure that its actions play an effective supporting role.
2016/12/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses concern that the EU is lagging behind North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to 4G access and projections for 5G uptake; believes that Europe has much catching up to do as in 2015 more than 75% of the US population had access to 4G, versus only 28% of the EU population; is further concerned that industry predictions show that by 2022 there will be over 110 million 5G subscriptions in North America, versus only 20 million in Western Europe;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the considerable amount of investment needed to secure a gigabit society and the challenges this poses for investors, operators and service providers; points out that in the next decade an additional EUR 155 billion is required to deliver gigabit connectivity for the Digital Single Market; acknowledges the critical importance of further investment to lower unit prices for consumers; industry research shows that upwards of 90% of unit price per megabyte decline is delivered by investment as opposed to static effects such as competition; notes that by using a price per megabyte measure the US is a considerably cheaper market for consumers than Europe; believes that an average revenue per user (ARPU) measure can be misleading given that this does not convey the faster speeds, larger data packages, or unlimited offers used by US consumers;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that in total the European Structural and Investment Funds will contribute €21.4 billion towards securing the digital single market in the current programming period, including €6 billion for the roll out of high speed broadband networks; acknowledges the importance of these public funds in achieving the Commission's goals but believes that significantly more capital will need to be leveraged from the private sector if the continent is to secure an additional €155 billion of investment over the next decade;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States, local authorities and other partners are able to engage with the complex range of grants, financial instruments and public-private partnerships that are available for connectivity projects; sees the value in the establishment of an online resource which enables infrastructure investors to review the full range of funding options which are available; acknowledges the establishment of the Broadband Fund but urges the EIB and the Commission to focus efforts on improving existing programmes that support the IT sector, such as Horizon 2020, rather than creating new ones;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that revenues across the telecoms industry are dwindling and that this poses a significant problem for further investment to achieve a gigabit society; financing for deals is strongly linked to share prices and in this respect loans, bonds and other financial instruments can be secured when an investment has a guaranteed return over a long-term period; further calls on the Commission to look further at how local authorities and other service providers can enter the market to provide specialised services under alternative business models;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to undertake further analysis of the demand for 5G technology given that this area has been insufficiently examined and is subject to considerable difference of opinion; notes that the Commission's primary study into this issue was undertaken by a technology research consultancy; asks in particular for more consultation with academia and infrastructure investors in order to get a reliable picture of future 5G demand; believes that the Commission should undertake and publish a literature review which aggregates all available studies of European 5G demand into a single research paper;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Observes that due to their remote location rural areas are unlikely to feel the same benefits from the gigabit society that are felt in cities; asserts the belief that we need resolute ambition for rural areas when it comes to the gigabit society, believes that a focus should be placed on the rolling out of existing technologies such as 4G in the countryside, rather than just focusing on the next generation; expresses concern that 5G technology is currently untenable except in densely populated areas and that this will further increase the digital divide; recognises that because investing in rural areas requires a significantly higher proportion of investment per head this means rural areas risk getting left behind; notes that the digital divide means that while 58% of the EU's population live in rural, remote and mountainous areas, only 25% of these are covered by speeds above 30 mbps; recognises therefore that the Commission's target of at least 100 Mbps download speeds by 2025 for all households, both rural and urban, is extremely ambitious;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Believes that it's important for member states to continue tailoring their regulation to national and local circumstances; is therefore troubled by proposed reforms to the body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) which would turn the organisation into a decentralized EU agency with permanent staff chairing expert working groups; is also concerned that the Commission will gain the power of veto over national regulatory authorities' (NRAs) regulatory remedies, as well as the Commission's proposals to introduce implementing acts into the new Code which will allow top down measures to resolve cross border disputes; believes that it is NRAs who are best placed to design, implement and review telecoms decisions; believes that up until now BEREC has played a proportionate role ensuring harmonisation across Europe and that these reforms risk upsetting this balance;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Recommends that the EU Commission pursues a policy of technology neutrality when it comes to pursuing a gigabit society; believes that technology choices should primarily be left to the markets' participants in order to ensure that the realities of demand are met; further supports symmetric regulation that does not inhibit the ability of new or smaller companies to enter the market; is therefore concerned about the Commission's proposal which would see NRAs only being able to impose symmetric access obligations when a particular request has been made to them;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 78 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Welcomes the consolidation of four existing directives into a Single Communications Code; believes that simplification and clarification can only help businesses to invest; also welcomes new rules on transparency which will see consumers provided with the most important contract information in a 'short form' document;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Is pleased that the Commission is pushing forward co-investment schemes so operators can share the risks associated with expenditure on very high capacity networks; notes that companies need more certainty on technology that would be included and reassurance that the process of co-investment is conducted in a fair and open manner;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 82 #

2016/2305(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Believes in the central importance of the availability of spectrum in the roll out of 5G networks across Europe; acknowledges that there is still a great deal of uncertainty within the industry about the spectrum bands that will ultimately be used for 5G technology; notes that there is likely to be huge demand for 5G spectrum, as there currently is for 4G spectrum, which means costs for investors will continue to rise;
2017/02/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the multi-stakeholder approach inherent in the Commission's 'digital innovation hub' model; notes that close collaboration between universities and businesses can help shape a more diverse agenda and provide on-the-job education and training opportunities;
2016/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that, as evidenced by the Europeana initiative, the digitisation of cultural goods represents a significant opportunity to improve their accessibility and that digital innovation can drive a revolution in the way that cultural goods are exhibited and accessed;
2016/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that digitisation should complement, and not substitute, physical interaction with original cultural goods, such as museum exhibits or books; insists that any commercial agreements for the digitisation of cultural goods should be framed in such a way as not to jeopardise the broadest possible public access to those goods;
2016/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, in its judgment of 15 December 2015, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice gave a complete n interpretation of Article 349 TFEU which puts an end to a long-standing and recurrent conflict over its interpretation;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the factNotes that, for nearly 20 years, the articles of thArticle 349 has been applied only in a limited manner; further notes that more Treaties concerning the outermost regions have been implemented and applied only in an extremely limited and restrictive mannersearch and analysis needs to be conducted in order to quantify the number of derogations which the outermost regions have received as a result of Article 349;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that POSEI (Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity) is the only autonomous programme covered by a regulation of its own based on Article 349 TFEU and on the dual principles of the outermost regions' belonging to the Union and the full adaptation of a common European policy to the realities of the outermost regions; notes that the POSEI scheme is not the only derogation which benefits outermost regions, the Commission has shown flexibility by citing Article 349 in numerous pieces of secondary legislation;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. DeplorNotes the fact that the small number of programmes, policies and funds specific to the outermost regions which drew on the success of POSEI have disappeared, in favour of the incorporation of provisions specific to the outermost regions in horizontal European programmes, whichcalls on the Commission to conduct further research into the merit of this approach which could dilutes the specific approach to the outermost regions, damages the objective and proportionate definition of the adjustments which are necessary in the outermost regions and considerably restricts the implementation of Article 349 TFEU;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Acknowledges that there are a significant number of other EU regions that, while not having the designation of an outermost region, suffer from similar economic and social disadvantages. Believes that these additional regions should also receive support and flexibility commensurate with their specific situation and that this should have a similar impact to the current derogations for outermost regions under Article 349;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 126 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Deplores the fact that the trade negotiations conducted by the Union failBelieves that the EU can do more to take into account either the specific characteristics or the sensitive products of the outermost regions when conducting trade negotiations;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. ConsiderBelieves that the Union's trade policy shouldn't endangers the small number of products which are exported and the traditional industries on which the economies of the outermost regions depend;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the system of tolerance of imports to be abandoned which makes it possible for goods to enter the Union that have been treated with active substances not authorised there;deleted
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 174 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Deplores the fact that, by means of this under-investment, the Union ends up almost exclusively becoming, and regarding itself as, a continental entity and not also a maritime power;deleted
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 182 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes that a previous compensation scheme for fisheries in the outermost regions was integrated into the EMFF regulation when it was revised; recognises that this decision was taken after an independent analysis procured by the Commission found that more should be done to monitor the compensation scheme, improve eligibility criteria and define additional costs for outermost regions; recognises that the decision to integrate the scheme into the EMFF regulation was partly taken to achieve these objective;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Notes that the EMFF currently provides flexibility for outermost regions through higher intensities of public aid, a compensation regime for offsetting specific costs and a financing derogation for anchored fish aggregating devices; notes that further work can be done to ensure that secondary legislation is appropriately flexible to deal with the experience of outermost regions;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 188 #

2016/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Recalls that Article 349 TFEU provides for specific access to structural funds for the outermost regions and that, on that basis, the Commission decided that through the Common Provisions Regulation all the outermost regions should be regarded as ‘least developed regions’;
2017/04/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that European territorial cooperation, including cooperation across the EU’s external borders, is important for the regions in the Arctic; highlights that the EU funding supporting the cooperation creates clear added value and should be maintained post-2020;
2016/10/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU to be included in the Arctic Council withgranted full observer status in order to reinforce the Arctic cooperation and to tackle the common challenges affecting the Arctic, should such a status be the wish of Denmark, Sweden and Finland;
2016/10/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that a European Arctic stakeholder forum shcould be set up to enhance collaboration, coordination, complementarity and synergies between the different EU funding programmes; urges the European Commission to ensure that the Arctic stakeholder forum's work is kept to schedule and within existing budget resources;
2016/10/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all relevant regional organisations with responsibility for delivering and monitoring the delivery of ESI funding are included within the stakeholder forum, this is particularly important for ensuring that lessons are learnt and value for money is delivered;
2016/10/18
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas cohesion policy is confronted in the current period with many challenges, deriving from the financial crisis, leading to a decrease in public investment in many Member States, leaving the ESI funds and co-financing by the Member States as the main tool for public investment in many Member States, and from the migration crisis;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) has failed to date to address the persisting problem of high levels of youth unemployment, which in several Member States remains at over 40 %; calls for an evaluation of the YEI following a fully fledged assessment of its performance; asks the Commission to take all necessary actions to ensure its continuation and its revision in order to promote the creation of new high-quality jobs and decent social protection for young peoplenote of the results of said evaluation and to ensure that further steps are taken to support the aim of reducing youth unemployment, including through encouraging exchange of best practice across Member States;
2016/09/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that the key communication on cohesion policy projects should focus on European added value and the visibility of success stories, whilst underlining the importance of learning from projects that fail to achieve their objectives; insists that communication on the subject of the ESI Funds should be modernised and intensified;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that in order to improve communication on, and the visibility of ESI Funds, greater focus could be placed on participation by stakeholders and recipients, and on involving citizens in cohesion policy; additionally, urges the Commission to communicate more about both the achievements of cohesion policy and where lessons can be learned;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes thematic concentration, as it has turned out to be a goodproved a helpful tool for creapromoting a focused and effective policy and resulting effectiveness for s in line withe EU priorities and the EU 2020 strategy;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the current migration crisis poses many challenges for the educational and training systems of the host Member States; calls on the EU institutions to provide, via ESIF and other Union programmes, adequate funding to host countries in order to substantially Member States with the flexibility necessary, through the ESIF and other Union programmes, to use existing funds to support the integration of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers into education and training systems;
2016/09/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 76 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines, in particular, that consideration should be given to the circumstances of the distinctively urban or rural regions, the so-called 'lagging regions' and regions with permanent natural or geographical handicaps (northernmost regions with very low population density, and cross-border, insular, mountainous or outermost regions); recalls in this context that it is important to allow sufficient flexibility for Member States and regions to support new policy challenges, such as immigration, as well as the broadly understood digital dimension of cohesion policy (including ICT and broadband access issues, which are linked to the completion of the Digital Single Market); points to the Energy Union Strategy, as the ESI Funds have an important role to play in its delivery;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that the regulatory framework for the period 2014-2020 and the PAs have led to a stronglymore results- oriented focus in cohesion programmes;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that state aid rules apply to ESI Funds, but not to EFSI and Horizon 2020, causing problems in increasing the level of synergy among the instruments; underlines the fact that if there is an ambition to extend EFSI or any similar types of financial instrument, the question of state aid rules needs to be adapted accordinglyfurther considered;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Supports a further balanced increase in financial instruments; asks the Commission, therefore, to come forward with incentives for managing authorities to achieve this; stresses that clear, consistent and focused rules on Financial Instruments to help simplify the preparation and implementation process for fund managers and recipients, which recognise the different development levels of financial markets across the EU's Member States, are key to improving their effective implementation;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recommends for the new programming period that all levels of governance work towards a system of single audit; urges the Commission to clarify the range and legal status of existing Guidance across the ESI Funds, as well as to develop, in close collaboration with Managing Authorities and all relevant audit authority tiers, a joint interpretation of audit issues; reiterates that there is a need for further steps in the area of simplification;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 191 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the potential European added value of ETC, whicgh should be reflected in an increased level of appropriations for this cohesion policy objective, to be introduced as soon as practicablequality ETC projects;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 215 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the code of conduct agreed during the negotiations, which outlines the minimum standards for a well- functioning partnership; observes, however, that while the code has improved the implementation of the partnership principle in most Member States, many Member States have centralised large parts of the negotiation and implementation of the PAs and OPs; believes that over- centralisation and lack of trust can also play a role in delaying the implementation of ESI Funds, with some Member States and Managing Authorities less keen to place greater responsibility for management of EU funds in the hands of local and regional authorities;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 900 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that youth unemployment is a perpetual challenge for Europe; notes that the employment situation varies significantly across the EU; points therefore to the need for labour market reforms that would adapt education to market demands and tackle inequalities in education and notes the recent adoption by the Commission of the new skills agenda for Europe; expresses, in this context, its further support for the Youth Employment Initiative as a tool to assist Member States in offering tailored support to young people, based on their needs;
2016/09/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that Erasmus+ contributes to mobility and cultural exchange across the EU; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognitioncomparability of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and working;
2016/09/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the major EIB shareholders, i.e. Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain, received more than 50 % of financing in 2015, while the new Member States received less than 20 %; calls on the EIB to ensure that the distribution of loans and other financial instruments continues to be based upon prudent financial analysis with applications assessed fairly on their merit; asks the EIB and the Commission to provide more technical assistance to those Member States havingthat have a lower share in total EIB financingof EIB financing, provided that this can be achieved without an increase in the proportion of operational programme funds that can be allocated to technical assistance;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the level of financing of the objectives of economic and social cohesion (EUR 17 634 billion) and rural and urban regeneration (EUR 5 467 billion);
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the quality of the loan portfolio remains high thanks to the prudent risk management policies pursued; requests the EIB, however, to increase itstherefore calls on the EIB to maintain its current level of risk appetite while maias Europe containing a high loan portfolio level; ues to recover from the economic crisis;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB and the Commission to strengthen their cooperation in order to create more synergies between the ESI Funds and EIB financing instruments and loans; urges the EIB to strengthen its dialogue with Member States' national legislatures, bureaucracies and local authorities to improve understanding of how ESI funds and EIB financing - through schemes such as EFSI - can deliver projects as seamlessly as possible;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the SME Initiative is not delivering as planned; calls on the EIF to publish a report detailing the programme's successes and failures; urges the EIF to extend the programme beyond the original four nations only if its operation within these countries demonstrates a clear return on investment and scalability to widely different markets across the EU;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Member States to make full use of their allocation of ESI Funds and additionality, thus complementing EIB loans and financial instruments; asks, moreover, forif there is to be greater blending of grants with EIB financing, that the EIB spearheads this process as it has the expertise and a responsibility to shareholders that will help it deliver a return on its investments;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EIB to increase its financing of economic and social cohesion as well as of the urban objectives; calls, moreover, for the development of special financial instruments for macroregional strategies, providing that Member States remain the primary actors in the creation of these instruments and that they are only implemented where they have Member States' approval;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes the increase in the percentage of loans granted to projects located outside the European Union; while welcoming assistance to developing nations believes that the primary investment target for the EIB should be Europe itself, particularly as the continent continues its recovery from the economic crisis; calls on the EIB to ensure that Europe remains the investment priority particularly when the Commission's External Investment Plan for Africa gets underway;
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #

2016/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Regrets that the number of impaired loan contracts increased between 2014 and 2015, with total exposure rising by EUR 455 million to EUR 1.41 billion; calls on the Commission to review its risk management and project due diligence procedures to ensure that they are effectively tackling this escalating problem and to provide an update to the European Parliament on progress in 2017.
2016/12/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2016/2097(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Annual Report of the Commission and recalls that the goal of enhancing regional cohesion should always be accompanied by the protection of the EU and Member Statess financial interests, thus ensuring that taxpayers’ money is well spent and fully accounted for; notes that the fight against fraudulent or non-fraudulent irregularities also increases the general effectiveness of EU fund management, whilst improving public perceptions of EU-funded projects;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2016/2097(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the efforts made by the Member States to detect, evaluate and report irregularities and to implement effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures; calls on the Commission also to useto make better use of existing technical assistance funds in order to help strengthen the technical and administrative capacity of managing authorities to ensure effective control systems able to reduce the risks of fraud;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2016/2097(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that steps be taken to improve the uptake of simplification measures for 2014-2020 with a view to the post-2020 regulatory framework for ESI Funds as a tool to reduce the risk of irregularities caused by errors; believes that simplification of rules and procedures will aid the reduction of non- fraudulent irregularities; encourages Member States and local and regional authorities to share best practice in this regard;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2016/2097(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to conductre-focus existing communication campaigns and take awareness-raising measures to informargeting citizens ofn the effectiveness of theimpact of anti- fraud measures put in place, so as to avoid misconceptions regarding error rates and the number of frauds committed, but also taking intoo offer greater transparency where EU funded projects have shown poor results or been affected by fraud, demonstrating follow-up action taken or lessons learned; campaigns should also take account of examples of communication best practices in the Member States.
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with disappointment that onthat approximately 4 % of EFSI funding – both under the Infrastructure and Innovation and SME Windows – has been allocated to the thematic objective set out in Article 9(2)(g) of the EFSI Regulation and that only a fraction of that 4 % has reached the culture and education sectors;
2017/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the interest among cultural and creative sector (CCS) stakeholders in EFSI funding as well as the potential of the SME Window for the sector; regrets, however, the lack of awareness of EFSI and its funding options; insists that communication efforts be scaled up, tailored to the needs of the CCS and rolled out locally in Member States, includingpredominantly through the Creative Europe Desks;
2017/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the CCS also requires targeted advice to understand the financing options and procedures under EFSI, and that financial intermediaries need support to better understand the CCS and its needs; welcomes, in this regard, the EFSI 2.0 proposal to boost the role of the European Investment and Advisory Hub and enhance its national, regional and local presence; insists that the Hub be adequately resourced so as to provide tailored support to the education and cultural sectors throughout the process;
2017/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, since schools and universities in most Member States are legally prohibited from borrowing money, EFSI is largely unsuitable for the sector, but it should remain operational for training programmes where possible; regrets that, despite funding being diverted from Horizon2020, EFSI support for research and innovation has not adequately benefited public universities; insists, therefore, that funding be restored to Horizon2020;
2017/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater synergies between EFSI and other EU funds, notably the ESI Funds, Horizon2020 and the Creative Europe Guarantee Facility; urges the Commission to frontload the Creative Europe Guarantee Facility through EFSI for the benefit of SMEs; underscores that the Hub can play a role in providing information on combining EU funds and advice and training should be provided accordingly.
2017/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the proposed increases in the draft budget for 2017 for the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;, highlights that investment in those policy areas can contributes to the Europe 2020 strategy's aim tof promotinge smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth and represents a strategic investment in people as a critical factor for growth and prosperity if appropriately targeted;
2016/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concernNotes that the Commission has made no provision for a margin for further reinforcements under which pilot projects and preparatory actions could be financed under heading 3; notes that there is a margin under heading 1a which is an improvement compared to last year´s proposal; stresses the importancepotential of pilot projects and preparatory actions as tools for the formulation of political prioritietesting of actions in EU policy areas and the introduction of new innovative initiatives that might turn into standing Union activities;
2016/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that an effective EUnion communication policy must strengthen media plurality and credibility, and promote genuine dialogue with citizens, which mustay be supported bywith appropriate provisions in the draft budget; with this in mind, recalls the positive role of pan- European networks made up of local and national media such as Euranet Plus and calls for consideration of a budgetary guarantee that wouldo help ensure its ongoing activities and stable financing;
2016/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, as well as terrorist threats, the role of cultural diplomacy; welcomes the Commission´s joint communication entitled Towards the EU strategy for international cultural relations; notes in this context that adequate funding needs to be assigned in order to make culture a powerful tool in service of Union foreign policy and making the Union a stronger global actor;
2016/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers, given the specific features of renewable energy sources and the needpotential to apply them on everya range of scales and to all across many sectors of activity and systems, from the smallest to the largest, that European regions, their cities, and their urban, peri- urban, and rural areas are the nerve-centres of the transformation to clean low-carbon societies;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund ought to do muchshould contribute as much as possible to meeting the targets set by Directive 2009/28/EC, whilst bearing in mind the EU's overarching investment priorities of supporting job creation and driving economic growth;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it disappointingNotes that systems to generate electricity and produce biogas from renewable energy sources, which accounted for 1.1% of ESI Funds for the 2007-2013 period, have risen to just 1.4% of ESI Funds for the 2014- 2020 period and that the Funds are therefore still serving only marginallye potential therefore for ESI Funds do to more to meet the targets under Directive 2009/28/EC;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it unfortunate that in some Member States, which are still far short of meeting the targets under the directive, the mobilisation of the ERDF to develop renewable energy sources remains relatively modest, whilst recognising that the different needs, resources and levels of development across EU Member States and regions must be taken into consideration;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that outermost, tropical, and island regions can set themselves the goal of self-sufficiency in energy and supports flexibility, taking into account local needs and resources, in this regard;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages European regions to continue with the measures taken or devised to move towards clean transport; considers that investment in electrical charging point systems, conceived on a regional scale, shcould constitute a priority for all European regions;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to makeensure that the uEU Urban aAgenda fully encompasses all of the targettargets agreed by Member States under Directive 2009/28/EC and the next directive covering the years up to 2030ose agreed by the Council for 2030, which contain an emissions reduction requirement with flexibility for Member States to determine their own cost effective pathways;
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2016/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, for the purposes of the new directive that will set the targets to be reached by 2030, to devise regional assessment indicators and lay down the minimum thresholds to be achieconsider, in close consultation with Member States and local and regional authorities, the impact of any new regional assessment indicators and indicative targets for renewable energy generation, bearing in mind the principle of subsidiarity and the need to reduce administratived by all regions. urden.
2016/03/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2016/2036(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the important and valuable role that sport can play in supporting international goals; underlines that sports can contribute to developing effective cultural relations based on mutual understanding, reciprocity, trust and co- operation; in this regard looks forward to the EUNIC 2016 Yearbook on the topic and its conclusions;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture, such as Erasmus+, that provide clear EU added value, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their propereffective implementation;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme, must receive increasedsufficient funding, and calls for the strengtheningfurther evaluation of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes to ensure that they too provide a similar degree of added value;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support level of support that reflects their potential to generate jobs and growth;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the essential role of the Youth Employment Initiative in combating youth unemploymNotes the need for the Commission to present, and notes the need for the Commission to present its evalu evaluation of the Youth Employment Initiationve; recalls, in that context, the importance of the joint statement of the three institutions on the Youth Employment Initiative in the framework of the 2016 budget, which reaffirmed their determination to make the best possible use of budgetary resources available to tackle youth unemployment;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importrelevance of the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015, which calls for intercultural dialogue and EU-level cooperation to prevent and tackle marginalisation, intolerance, racism and radicaliszation.;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2016/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the common fisheries policy (CFP) and the European maritime and fisheries fund (EMFF) were designed to tackle the problems and challenges encountered in the East Atlantic and the northern hemisphere, and so cannot, in their current form, be used to solvetherefore need an element of flexibility and pragmatism to meet the specific challenges and problems encountered by fisheries in the southern hemisphere and the Caribbean;
2016/12/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2016/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to be applied in full to the EUon the Commission to ensure that its policies, rules, funds and programmes related to EU fisheries policy, and in particular the EMFF, are targeted so that they meet the specific challenges experienced by the ORs and other outlying regions of the EU;
2016/12/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2016/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the EMFF should be used to replace and modernise small fishing boats that land all their catches in ports in the ORs and contribute to the sustainable local development of fisheries in the outermost regions; acknowledges that the EMFF currently offers some flexibility through higher intensities of public aid, a compensation regime for offsetting specific costs and a derogation which allows financing for anchored fish aggregating devices; calls on the Commission to further consider increasing the maximum possible aid intensities for the replacement of fleet engines, provided that taking this course of action is the choice of Member States;
2016/12/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #

2016/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the lack of consistency between European fisheries policies and points out that EU action in third countries could seriously hinder the development of the sector in the outermost regions; calls on the Commission to ensure that local stakeholders are at the heart of the decision making process when it comes to fishing fleets in the ORs, particularly through the use of community led local development; believes in the importance of ensuring that fishermen in the ORs have access to information which explains how they can make use of the existing support that the EU provides;
2016/12/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Regrets that the Commission failed to publish an implementation report on Regulation (EC) 639/2004 by the 30 June 2012 deadline; believes that this represents a lost opportunity, as this publication would have been a crucial source of insight for possible future derogations of the CFP’s entry-exit management scheme which could assist the development of fishing fleets in the ORs; demands that the Commission give further information about why the decision to not publish this report was taken;
2016/12/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2016/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that e-democracy could stimulate the democratic participation of citizens; in this regard underlines that in order to make the right decisions using the e-democracy tools, citizens should be well-informed and provided with the necessary skills;
2016/06/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2016/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU and the Member States should promote ICT-based lifelong learning programmes on both digital literacy and civic engagement and participation, with particular regard to the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged categories and people with disabilities; furthermore believes stimulation of civic participation is important to address lack of confidence in democratic principles and that e-democracy provides the potential to enhance participation, noting that representative democracy should not be replaced by direct democracy;
2016/06/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2016/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategicallyMember States look into ways to launch e- democracy tools able to provide decentralised sources of independent and objective information and innovative models of learning, and to stimulate citizens' active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy;
2016/06/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #

2016/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that e-democracy tools should be designed in the interest of all citizens and should be used to address exclusion from political life both for citizens and political parties; such tools should not benefit particular political actors nor generate division and discrimination within society;
2016/06/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2016/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, after thorough assessment, to develop and implement specific pilot projects, as provided for in the Digital Agenda, to promotesupport and reinforce responsible and active European citizenship schemes, democracy being a social experience which needs to be experienced and learned about. in its Member States;
2016/06/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) Differences in language, definitions, document formats, as well as assessment and qualification validation methods, allcan pose considerable challenges for individuals, employers and competent authorities. These challenges arise especially where individuals move between countries, including third countries, but also when looking for a new job or engaging in learning. Clear information and shared, improved transparency and better understanding is necessary to address these challenges.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 55 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
(3) Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 established a framework to address these challenges. It aimhelped to achieve better transparency and comparability of qualifications and competences through a portfolio of documents known as 'Europass', which individuals can use on a voluntary basis. Decision No 2241/2004/EC, a feature of Europass that should be retained. Decision No 2241/2004/EC, which respects national structures and governance arrangements, also established national bodies, known as National Europass Centres, to implement the Europass framework. _________________ 24 OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 6.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 69 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) A European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations framework (ESCO) has been piloted by the Commission as a possible common language and operational tool for education/training and work30 . ESCO. However, ESCO, which aims to structures concepts that are relevant for the EUMember State labour markets and education and training in three interlinked pillars: i) occupations, ii) knowledge, skills and competences and iii) qualifications. The ESCO pillars can be complemented by auxiliary vocabularies covering related domains, such as work context, fields of education and training or economic sectorss not yet sufficiently developed or tested in order to employ it as the basis for Europass referencing terminology. _________________ 30 The Europe 2020 Strategy announced that the Commission would work on such framework, Communication from the Commission on "Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", COM(2010) 2020 final.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 78 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 establishes European Employment Services (EURES), a network of employment services and a mechanism for an automated matching of people to jobs through the EURES common IT platform. To enable the exchange and the matching of job vacancies with candidates, this mechanism needsmight benefit from a common and multilingual list of skills, competences and occupations. By developing ESCO the Commission isaims to providinge a multilingual classification system ofor occupations, skills and competences and qualifications that iswould be suited to this purpose. _________________ 31 OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 91 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) There is an acknowledgedWhilst basic literacy and numeracy skills should remain a priority, there is acknowledgement of the growing importance of transversal or 'soft' skills that, which can be applied in different fields. Individuals requirecould benefit from tools and guidance on self-assessing and describing these and other skills, for example digital or language.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 97 #

2016/0304(COD)

(16) Analysis of vacancies, and other labour market trends, is an established way ofor Member States to developing skills intelligence in order to understand issues of skills gaps and shortages, as well as qualifications mismatches. The use of information technology, such as web crawling and big data, can helps to improve skills intelligence and therefore tackle skills mismatches.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 113 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
(19) The revised Europass framework approach should consider the needs of all potential users, including learners, job seekers, workers, employers, guidance practitioners, public employment services, social partners, education and training providers, youth work organisations and policy makers, whilst retaining its voluntary nature and respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 118 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
(20) Services should be provided online at Union level. Services should also include the development and use of open standards, metadata schemata and semantic assets to facilitate the effective exchange of information, appropriate authentication measures to ensure trust of digital documents, and skills intelligence and information. Such services should comply with Union and, where necessary, third- country law on data protection and privacy. In addition, support services at national level should promote and ensure access to a wide range of users, including third country nationals.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 123 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
(21) The Europass framework established by Decision No 2241/2004/EC should therefore be replaced by a new, updated framework to address evolving needs and technological advances.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 132 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
(24) The designation of National Skills Coordination Points as the main interface and beneficiary of Union funding will support simplified administration and reporting and can support a greater cooperation and coordination between national services, including the existing National Europass Centres, EQF National Coordination Points and the Euroguidance network without prejudice to national arrangements in terms of implementation and organisation.deleted
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 141 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 28
(28) Since the objective of this Decision, namely the establishment of a comprehensive, effective and interoperable framework of tools, simplified and accessible services and clear information for employment and learning purposes, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone but can rather, by reason of the effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt implementing measures, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 150 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Decision establishes a European framework, founded on a voluntary portfolio of personal documents, which comprisinges web- based tools, information and the development of open standards to better support the transparency and understanding of skills and qualifications between Member States. The framework shall be known as 'Europass'.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 155 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Europass shall be managed by the Commission and supported by the National Skills Coordination PoiEuropass Centres, respecting Member State structures and administrative arrangements.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 175 #

2016/0304(COD)

(i) 'semantic asset' means a collection of highly reusable metadata or reference data such as code lists, taxonomies, dictionaries or vocabularies which are used for system development;deleted
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 188 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Europass shall provide information on the followingthe following information, in cooperation with, and after consulting, Member States:
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 193 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) opportunities to validate non-formal and informal learning, as appropriate;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 196 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) comparability or recognition practices and decisions in different countries, including third countries, to help individuals and other stakeholders understand qualifications;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 201 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) appropriate analysis of trends in skills supply and demand and other types of skills intelligence including at geographical and sectoral level, using technological means such as big data analysis and web crawling;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 206 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) any additional information on skills and qualifications that could be relevant to the particular needs of migrantthird-country nationals arriving or residing in the Union, by legal means, to support their integration.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 209 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Europass shallmay support cooperation on the development, use and dissemination of open standards, comprising metadata schemata and semantic assets, to facilitate more effective exchange of information on skills and qualifications at EU level and by Member States and third parties. The multilingual classification system ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) referred to in article 6 shall be used to support this work.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 216 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The iInformation and open standards offered through Europass shall be published, free of charge, for reuse by Member States and other stakeholders on a voluntary basis.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 227 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) shallmay be used as a supporting framework to provide information in Europass. The EQF will be referred to in information on qualifications, descriptions of national education and training systems and other relevant topics.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 234 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Once fully tested and approved by Member States, Europass shallmay use the European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) established in Article 6 to ensure semantic interoperability between the tools for documentation and information. ESCO shallmay also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 245 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 10
10. Europass shall be operated to support and ensure synergies with other instruments and services offered at Union level and national level. The development of open metadata schemata shall be compatible with the technical standards applied under Regulation (EU) 2016/589.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 261 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. All Europass Qualification Supplement documents issued by authorised bodies shall be issued automatically and free of charge in electronic form, in the national language and/or in a major European language, in accordance with the procedures agreed between the issuing bodies and the National Skills Coordination Points referred to in Article 8Europass Centres, and in conformity with any procedures agreed between the European Commission and stakeholders.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 268 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6
Classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and 1. The Commission shall manage a multilingual classification of concepts that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training system known as the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO). 2. The ESCO classification shall directly support the functioning of Europass by providing a common reference language for exchanging information and documents on skills and qualifications and for the purpose of job searching, job matching, searching for education and training opportunities and providing learning and career guidance.Article 6 deleted Occupations (ESCO)
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 275 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, in cooperation with, and after consulting, the Member States:
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 284 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that adequate promotion and information activities are carried out at Union and national level in order to reach relevant users and stakeholders, including persons with disabilities;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 288 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) regularly update the ESCO classification, in close cooperation with Member States and with stakeholders, such as social partners, professional associations, education and training institutes, research institutes, statistics institutes and employment services.deleted
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 295 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) monitor the effectiveness of support for development of open standards, metadata schemata and semantic assets for interoperability;deleted
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 303 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) support the implementation of article 14 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in relation to the ESCO classification, and support the continuous update of ESCOdevelopment and further testing of ESCO following further assessment of its impact and added value;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 307 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) support the exchange of information on comparability and recognition practices and decisions;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 313 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) monitor the activities of the National Skills Coordination Points,Europass Centres and the consistency of information they provide for the analysis of trends in skills supply and demand, and the information provided on learning opportunities to the relevant portal at Union level;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 317 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) set up peer reviews and best practice exchanges between Member States.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 321 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) designate and manage, in accordance with national circumstances, a National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centre, to support the coordination and cooperation among the national serviceof activities relating to the Europass framework, as referred to in this Decision;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 327 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure, through the National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centres, the timely and effective provision of data and information available at national level for the updating of the Europass framework;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 331 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide Europass users with simple and cost-effective access to the relevant information or data available within the Member State, in particular access to information on learning opportunities, qualifications and qualification systems and to semantic assets on national level;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 338 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Each National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centre shall:
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 341 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) promote and, where appropriate, provide information on guidance for learning and career purposes and make information on learning opportunities publicly available, in an accessible manner, at national level and in the Union web-based tool;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 342 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) monitor the collection and dissemination of evidence based and real- time information on skills at national and regional level, as appropriate;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 343 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) support the transparent referencing of levels of qualifications within national qualifications frameworks to the EQF, provide information on the EQF to national stakeholders and communicate the results of the referencing process and on qualifications to the Union web-based tool, as appropriate, taking into account cost and administrative burden;
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 352 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centres shall be the beneficiary of Union financing awarded for the implementation of this Decision.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 360 #

2016/0304(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The implementation of this Decision shall be co-financed through Union programmes. Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council within the limits of the financial frameworkmulti-annual operational grants to the National Europass Centres.
2017/04/26
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 24 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) BEREC and the BEREC Office have made a positive contribution towards a consistent implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic communications. Notwithstanding, there are still significant disparities between Member States as regards regulatory practice. Moreover, the governance structure of BEREC and the BEREC Office is cumbersome and gives rise to unnecessary administrative burden. In order to ensure efficiency gains and synergies and to further contribute to the development of the internal market for electronic communications throughout the Union as well as to the promotion of access to, and take-up of, very high capacity data connectivity, competition in the provision of electronic communications networks, services and associated facilities and the interests of the citizens of the Union, this regulation aims to strengthen the role of BEREC and the BEREC Office and enhance itstheir governance structure by establishing BEREC as a Union decentralised agency. This also corresponds to the need to reflect the significantly enhanced role played by BEREC following Regulation (EC) No 531/2012 which establishes tasks for BEREC in relation to Union-wide roaming, Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120 which establishes tasks for BEREC in relation to open internet access and Union-wide roaming, and the Directive which establishes a significant number of new tasks for BEREC such as issuing decisions and guidelines on several topics, reporting on technical matters, keeping registers and delivering opinions on internal market procedures for draft national measures on market regulation as well as on assignments of rights of use for radio spectrum, Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120 and Directive [...] ('Electronic Communications Code').
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The need for the regulatory framework for electronic communications to be consistently applied in all Member States is essential for the successful development of an internal market for electronic communications throughout the Union and the promotion of access to, and take-up of, very high capacity data connectivity, of competition in the provision of electronic communications networks, services and associated facilities and of the interests of the citizens of the Union. In view of market and technological developments, which often entails an increased cross-border dimension, and to the experience so far in ensuring a consistent implementation in the electronic communications field, it is necessary to build on the work of BEREC and the BEREC Office and further develop them into a fully-fledged agencywell-established governance structure composed of BEREC and the BEREC Office.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The agency should be governed and operated in line with the principles of the Joint Statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission of 19 July 2012 on decentralised agencies (‘Common Approach’)28 . Due to the established image of BEREC and the costs that a modification of its name would entail, the new agency should retain the name of BEREC. _________________ 28Joint Statement of the Parliament, Council and the Commission on decentralised agencies of 19 July 2012.deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The BEREC Office should be independent as regards operational and technical matters and should enjoy legal, administrative and financial autonomy. To that end, it is necessary and appropriate that it should be a body of the Union having legal personality and exercising the powers conferred upon it. As a decentralised Union agency, the BEREC Office should operate within its mandate and the existing institutional framework. It should not be seen as representing a Union position to an outside audience or as committing the Union to legal obligations.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The tasks of BEREC, as a technical body with expertise on electronic communications and composed of representatives from NRAs and the Commission, is best placed to be entrusted wiare without prejudice to the tasks such as deciding on certain issues witestablished for NRAs, which are crloss-border dimension, contributing to efficient internal market procedures for draft national measures (both as regards market regulation and assignments of rights of use for radio spectrum), providing the necessary guidelines to NRAs in order to ensure common criteria and a consistent regulatory approach, and keeping certain registries at Union level. This is without prejudice to the tasks established for NRAs, which are closest to the electronic communicest to the electronic communications markets and their local conditions. In order to carry out its tasks, BEREC should continue to pool expertise from the NRAs. To make BEREC more powerful and more representative and to safeguard expertise, experience and knowledge of the specific situation from variety of nationsal markets and their local conditions. In order to carry out its tasks, the agency would require adequate financial and human resources and would also continue the pooling of expertise from NRA, each Member State should ensure that its NRA has adequate financial and human resources required to participate in the work of BEREC, in particular in the work of the Working Groups and chairmanship of the Board of Regulators.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The organisational structures of BEREC and of the BEREC Office should be streamlined and suitable for the tasks they are to perform. Taking into account settled procedures and new set of tasks assigned to BEREC, it is necessary to make minor changes in the organisation with a view to strengthening the effectiveness of both BEREC and the BEREC Office.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Compared to the situation in the past where both a Board of Regulators and a Management Committee were running in parallel, having a single board giving general orientations for the activities of BEREC, deciding on regulatory and operational as well as on administrative and budgetary management matters should help improving the efficiency, coherence and performance of the agency. To this end, the Management Board should carry the relevantThe Management Board should carry the relevant administrative and budgetary management matters functions and should consist, in addition of two representatives of the Commission, of the Head, or otherwise a member of the collegiate body, of each NRA, who and of a re protected by dismissal requirementsesentative of the Commission.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) BEREC should be composed of the Board of Regulators, which is supported by the Contact Network and the Working Groups. The existing model of chairmanship of the Board of Regulators, based on a 'Troika' system of annual rotation of Chairs and Vice-Chairs, has helped to ensure continuity of BEREC's work and has thus contributed to the smooth operation of the Board of Regulators. An appointee as Chair must first serve a one-year term as Vice-Chair, followed by a one-year term as Chair, and thereafter, where possible, a further one- year term as Vice-Chair.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Experience has shown the usefulness of an intermediate level between the Working Groups and Board of Regulators. The Contact Network should prepare documents for the plenary meetings of the Board of Regulators.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) The BEREC Office should provide all necessary professional and administrative support, including financial, organisational and logistical support, for the work of BEREC, such as preparation of agendas and minutes, reimbursement of the travel costs as well as, where necessary, the costs relating to the meetings of the Board of Regulators, Contact Network and Working Groups, workshops and other meetings, financing of studies and communication activities.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) BEREC should be independent as regards operational and technical matters and should enjoy legal, administrative and financial autonomy. To that end, it is necessary and appropriate that BEREC should be a body of the Union having legal personality and exercising the powers conferred upon it.deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) As a Union decentralised agency, BEREC should operate within its mandate and the existing institutional framework. It should not be seen as representing a Union position to an outside audience or as committing the Union to legal obligations.deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to further extend the consistent implementation of the provisions of the regulatory framework for electronic communications within the scope of BEREC, the new agency, BEREC and the BEREC Office should be open to the participation of regulatory authoritieNRAs of third countries competent in the field of electronic communications that have entered into agreements with the Union to that effect, in particular those of EEA EFTA States and candidate countries.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The BEREC Office, which was established as a Community body with legal personality by Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009, is succeeded by BEREC as regards all ownership, agreements, legal obligIn order to ensure continuity in the work of BEREC and the BEREC Office, it is necessary that their representationves, employment contracts, financial commitments and liabilities. BEREC should take over the staff of the BEREC Officnamely the Executive Manager and Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Board of Regulators and Management Committee, serve for the whosle rights and obligations should not be affected,period of their current term of office.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications ('BEREC') isand the 'BEREC Office' are hereby established.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. BEREC shall carry out its tasks independently, impartially and transparently.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 64 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. BEREC shall draw upon expertise available in the NRAs. Each Member State shall ensure that its NRAs have adequate financial and human resources to participate in the work of BEREC.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assist, advise and cooperate with the Commission as well as NRAs, on request or on its own initiative, on any technical matter within its mandate, and assist and advise the European Parliament and the Council on request, including by means of reports, and cooperate with the NRAs and the Commission, on request or on its own initiative, on any matter regarding electronic communications within its competence;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) assist and advise, including by means of reports, the European Parliament and the Council, following a reasoned request or on its own initiative, on any matter regarding electronic communications within its competence;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 71 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) assist, on request, the NRAs, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, with regard to their relationship, discussions and exchanges with third parties, and assist the NRAs and the Commission in the dissemination of regulatory best practices to third parties;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 74 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) promote cooperation among the NRAs, and between the NRAs and the Commission;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(ad) issue recommendations and disseminate regulatory best practices addressed to the NRAs in order to encourage consistent implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic communications;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(ae) assist the Commission, where relevant, as a consultative body in relation to the preparation and adoption of legal acts in the field of electronic communications;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a f (new)
(af) carry out tasks conferred on it by legal acts of the Union in particular by Directive [...]('Electronic Communications Code'), Regulation (EC) No 531/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) issue decisions: – transnational markets in accordance with Article 63 of the Directive; – on a contract summary template in accordance with Article 95 of the Directive;deleted on the identification of
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 83 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) develop an economic model in order to assist the Commission in determining the maximum termination rates in the Union in accordance with Article 73 of the Directive;deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) issue opinions as referred to in the Directive and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012, in particular: – on the resolution of cross-border disputes in accordance with Article 27 of the Directive; – to the internal market procedures for market regulation in accordance with Articles 32, 33 and 66 of the Directive; – to the internal market procedures for radio spectrum peer review in accordance with Article 35 of the Directive; – recommendations on harmonisation in accordance with Article 38 of the Directive;deleted on draft national measures related on draft national measures related on draft decisions and
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) issue guidelines as referred to in the Directive, Regulation (EC) No 531/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120: – obligatideleted on the implementation of NRAs’ on commons as regards geographical surveys in accordance with Article 22 of the Directive; – identification of the network termination point in different network topologies in accordance with Article 59pproaches to the on common approaches to meet ofn the Directive; – transnational end-user demand in accordance with Article 64 of the Directive; – reference offer in accordance with Article 67 of the Directive; – model to be applied by NRAs when setting maximum symmetric termination rates in accordance with Article 73 of the Directive; – assessment of the ability to manage numbering resources and the risk of exhaustion of numbering resources in accordance with Article 87 of the Directive; – parameters and the applicable measurement methods in accordance with Article 97minimum criteria for a on the technical details of the cost on common criteria for the on relevant quality of service ofn the Directive; – obligations as regards open internet access in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120; – accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012;implementation of NRAs’ on wholesale roaming access in
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 93 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. BEREC shall also carry out the following tasks: (a) monitor and coordinate the action of NRAs in applying Regulation (EU) No 531/2012, in particular as regards the provision of regulated retail roaming services at domestic prices in the interests of end-users; (b) report on technical matters within its competence, in particular: – opinions and guidelines referred to in Article 2(1)(d) and 2(1)(e); – between interpersonal communications services, threat to effective access to emergency services or to end-to-end connectivity between end-users in accordance with Article 59 of the Directive; – wholesale charges for roaming services and on transparency and comparability of tariffs in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012; – reports that NRAs shall provide in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120, through the publication of an annual synthesis report. (c) practices addressed to the NRAs in order to encourage consistent impledeleted on the practical application of the on the level of interoperability on the evolution of retail and on the outcomes of the annual issue recommentdation on any technical matter within its mandate; (d) – communications networks and services in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive. BEREC shall also issue standardised declarations on notifications by undertakings in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive; – extraterritorial use in accordance with Article 87 of the Directive; (e) it by legal acts of the Union in particular by the Directive, Regulation (EC) No 531/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120. best keep a register of: undertakings providing electronic numbers with a right of carry out other tasks conferred on
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 97 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. BEREC may, upon a reasoned request from the Commission, take on other specific tasks necessary for the accomplishment of its role in accordance with Article 1(2).
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 98 #

2016/0286(COD)

2b. Composition of the Board of Regulators 1. The Board of Regulators shall be composed of one member for each Member State. That person shall be the head or other high-level representative of the NRA established in the Member State with primary responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the markets for electronic communications networks and services. In Member States with more than one NRA in accordance with Directive [...] ('Electronic Communications Code'), those NRAs shall agree on a common representative and the necessary coordination between the NRAs shall be ensured. 2. When carrying out the tasks conferred upon it by this Regulation, the Board of Regulators shall act independently. The members of the Board of Regulators shall neither seek nor accept any instruction from any government, from the Commission, or from any other public or private entity. 3. The NRAs shall nominate one high-level alternates as member for each Member State. 4. The Commission shall attend the meetings of the Board of Regulators as an observer and shall be represented at an appropriately high level. 5. Any third-country regulatory authorities that are invited by the Board of Regulators shall have observer status and shall be represented at an appropriately high level. 6. The Board of Regulators may invite any person whose opinion may be of interest to attend its meetings on a case-by-case basis as an observer.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Tasks of the Board of Regulators 1. The Board of Regulators shall fulfil the tasks of BEREC set out in Article 2 and shall take all decisions relating to the organisation of the work of BEREC. 2. The Board of Regulators may adopt decisions unanimously on behalf of BEREC with regard to other specific tasks referred to in Article 2(2a). 3. The Board of Regulators shall adopt, on behalf of BEREC, the special provisions on the right of access to documents held by BEREC, in accordance with Article 27. 4. The Board of Regulators shall give guidance to the BEREC Office regarding its professional and administrative support to BEREC. 5. The Board of Regulators shall, after consulting interested parties in accordance with Article 2(4a), adopt BEREC's annual work programme before the end of the year preceding that to which the work programme relates. The Board of Regulators shall transmit the annual work programme to the European Parliament, the Council and to the Commission as soon as it is adopted. 6. The Board of Regulators shall adopt BEREC's annual activity report and shall submit it to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee by 15 June each year. 7. The European Parliament may invite, while fully respecting his independence, the Chair or a Vice-Chair of the Board of Regulators to make a statement before its competent committee on relevant issues relating to BEREC's activities and answer questions put by the members of the European Parliament.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Functioning of the Working Groups 1. Where justified and in particular to implement BEREC's annual work programme, the Board of Regulators may set up the necessary Working Groups. 2. The members of the expert Working Groups shall be designated by the NRAs, the Commission, the BEREC Office and third-country regulatory authorities that participate as observers in the work of Board of Regulators. The Board of Regulators may invite individual experts recognised as competent in the relevant field to participate in the Working Groups if necessary on a case-by-case basis. 3. Where appropriate to safeguard the independence of BEREC or to avoid the conflict of interest, the Co-Chairs may decide that certain items are to be discussed in the absence of the experts of the Commission, third-country regulatory authorities and other invited bodies. 4. The Board of Regulators shall appoint two Co-Chairs from different NRAs to each Working Group unless exceptional and temporary circumstances warrant otherwise. 5. The Board of Regulators shall adopt rules of procedure laying down the practical arrangements for the operation of the Working Groups.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. The BEREC Office shall, in particular, have the following tasks: (a) to provide professional and administrative support services to BEREC; (b) to collect information from NRAs and exchange and transmit information in relation to the tasks of BEREC set out in Article 2; (c) to disseminate regulatory best practices among NRAs, in accordance with point ad of Article 2(1); (d) to assist in the preparation of the work and provide other support to ensure the smooth functioning of the of the Board of Regulators, the Contact Network and the Working Groups. (e) to participate in the technical activities of the Working Groups upon decision by their Co-Chairs; (f) to assist in the preparation and provide other support to ensure the smooth functioning of the Management Board; (g) to assist BEREC in public consultations.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. In so far as is necessary in order to achieve the objectives set out in this regulation and perform its tasks, BEREC may, where appropriate, consult the relevant NRAs and cooperate with competent Union bodies, agencies, offices and advisory groups, with competent authorities of third countries and/or with international organisations, in accordance to Article 26.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 109 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. BEREC may, where appropriate, consult interested parties and give them the opportunity to comment within a reasonable period. BEREC shall, without prejudice to Article 28, make the results of such consultations publicly available.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The administrative and management structure of the BEREC Office shall comprise:
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– an Executive Director, which shall exercise the responsibilities set out in Article 9;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 114 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– Working Groups;deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– a Board of Appeal.deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 116 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall be composed of one representativemember from each Member State and twoone representatives of the Commission, all with voting rights. Each NRA shall be responsible for nominating its respective representative amongst the Head or members of the collegiate bodyother high-level representative of the NRA.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 121 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest as referred to in Article 31, as well as in respect of members of the Board of Appeal;
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) appoint the members of the Board(s) of Appeal;deleted
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 123 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The term of office of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson shall be four years, with the exception of the first term of office of the Deputy Chairperson elected after the entry into force of this regulation which shall be two yearsone year. Their term of office may be renewed once.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Appointment of the Director 1. The Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, following an open and transparent selection procedure, on the basis of merit, management skills and the skills and experience relevant to electronic communications networks and services. For the purpose of concluding the contract with the Director, the BEREC Office shall be represented by the Chairperson of the Management Board. Before appointment, the suitability of the candidate selected by the Management Board may be subject to a non-binding opinion of the European Parliament. To that end, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the candidate selected by the Management Board to make a statement before its competent committee and to answer questions put by its members. 2. The term of office of the Director shall be three years. By the end of that period, the Management Board shall undertake an assessment that takes into account an evaluation of the Director's performance and BEREC's tasks and challenges. 3. The Management Board, taking into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, may extend the Director's term of office once, for no more than six years. 4. The Management Board shall inform the European Parliament if it intends to extend the Director's term of office. Within one month before any such intended extension, the Management Board may be subject to a non-binding opinion of the European Parliament. To that end, the Director may be invited to make a statement before the competent committee of the European Parliament and to answer questions put by its members. 5. A Director whose term of office has been extended shall not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period. 6. Where the Director's term of office is not extended, he or she shall remain in office until the appointment of a successor. 7. The Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from one-third of its members. 8. The Management Board shall reach decisions on appointment, extension of the term of office or removal from office of the Director on the basis of a two-thirds majority of its members with voting rights.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 128 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – section 3
working groups Functioning of the working groups 1. Where justified and in particular to implement the work programme of BEREC, the Management Board, may set up the necessary working groups. 2. The Management Board shall appoint the members of the working groups, which may be participated in by experts from the NRAs, the Commission, BEREC staff and the NRAs of third countries participating in the work of BEREC. In the case of the working groups which are set up to carry out the tasks referred to in the third indent of Article 2(1)(d), their members shall be appointed from the lists of qualified experts provided by the NRAs, the Commission and the Executive Director. In the case of the working groups which are set up to carry out the tasks referred to in the second indent of Article 2(1)(d), their members shall be appointed exclusively from the lists of qualified experts provided by the NRAs and the Executive Director. The Management Board may invite individual experts recognised as competent in the relevant field to participate in the working groups if necessary on a case-by-case basis. 3. coordinated and moderated by a member of the staff ofdeleted The working groups shall be The Management Board shall BEREC, who shall be designated according to the internal rules of procedure. 4. adopt internal rules of procedure laying down the practical arrangements for the operation of the working groups. 5. the working groups.provide support to
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The BEREC shall be a body of the Union. ItOffice shall have legal personality.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. In each of the Member States the BEREC Office shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws. It may, in particular, acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property and be party to legal proceedings.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 141 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The BEREC Office shall be represented by the Executive Director.
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 144 #

2016/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee (‘the Communications Committee’). That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. 3. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by a written procedure, the procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides.Article 36 deleted Committee
2017/04/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, cross-border provision of online services that are ancillary to broadcast, and retransmissions of television and radio programmes originating in other Member States, should be facilitated by adapting the particular legal framework on the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for those specific activities.
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the clearance of rights for the provision of ancillary online services across borders it is necessary to provide for the establishment of the country of origin principle as regards the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for acts occurring in the course of the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service. That principle of country of origin should apply exclusively to the relationship between right holders (or entities representing right holders such as collective management organisations) and broadcasting organisations and solely for the purpose of the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service. The principle of country of origin should not apply to any subsequent communication to the public or reproduction of content which is protected by copyright or related rights and which is contained in the ancillary online service.deleted
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Since the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service is deemed to occur solely in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment, while de facto the ancillary online service can be provided across borders to other Member States, it is necessary to ensure that in arriving at the amount of the payment to be made for the rights in question, the parties should take into account all aspects of the ancillary online service such as the features of the service, the audience, including the audience in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment and in other Member States in which the ancillary online service is accessed and used, and the language version.deleted
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Through the principle of contractual freedom it will beremains possible to continue limiting the exploitation of the rights affected by the principle of country of origin laid down in this Regulation, especially as far as certain technical means of transmission or certain language versions are concerned, provided that any such limitations of the exploitation of those rights are in compliance with Union lawnd the necessarily territorial nature of certain contracts are concerned.
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Operators of retransmission services offered on satellite, digital terrestrial, closed circuit IP-based, mobile and similar networks, provide services whichthat are equivalent to those provided by operators of cable retransmission services when they retransmit simultaneously, in an unaltered and unabridged manner, for reception by the public, an initial transmission from another Member State of television or radio programmes, where this initial transmission is by wire or over the air, including by satellite but excluding online transmissions, and intended for reception by the public. They should therefore be within the scope of this Regulation and benefit from the mechanism introducing mandatory collective management of rights. Retransmission services whichthat are offered on the open internet should, however, be excluded from the scope of this Regulation as thosesuch services have different characteristics. They are not linked to any particular infrastructure and their ability to ensure a controlled environment is limited when compared for example to cable or closed circuit IP-based networks.
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 102 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to prevent circumvention of the application of the country of origin principle through the extension of the duration of existing agreements concerning the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for the provision of an ancillary online service as well as the access to or the use of an ancillary online service, it is necessary to apply the principle of country of origin also to existing agreements but with a transitional period.deleted
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 118 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) AIn line with the principles of better regulation, a review of the Regulation should be undertaken after the Regulation has been in force for a period of time, in order to assess, among others, the impact of the Regulation, in particular on investment in European content, and to what extent the cross-border provision of ancillary online services has increased to the benefit of European consumers and hence also to the benefit of improved cultural diversity in the Union.
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 125 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “ancillary online service” means an online service consisting in the provision to the public, by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation, of radio or television programmes simultaneously with or for a defined period of time after their broadcast by the broadcasting organisation as well as of any material produced by or for the broadcasting organisation which is ancillary to such broadcast;deleted
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 158 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(1) The acts of communication to the public and of making available occurring when providing an ancillary online service by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation as well as the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of the ancillary online service shall, for the purposes of exercising copyright and related rights relevant for these acts, be deemed to occur solely in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment.deleted
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 195 #

2016/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Agreements on the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for the acts of communication to the public and the making available occurring in the course of provision of an ancillary online service as well as for the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service which are in force on [the date mentioned in Article 7(2), to be inserted by OPOCE ] shall be subject to Article 2 as from [the date mentioned in Article 7(2) + 2 years, to be inserted by OPOCE] if they expire after that date.rticle 5 deleted Transitional provision
2017/03/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled of 27 June 2013;
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Union Directives in the area of copyright and related rights provide legal certainty and a high level of protection for rightholders. This harmonised and harmonise essential rights of authors, performers, producers and broadcasters. This Union legal framework contributes to the proper functioning of the internal market and stimulates innovation, creation, investment and the production of new content, including in the digital environment. It also aims to promote access to knowledge and culture by protecting works and other subject-matter and by permitting exceptions or limitations that are in the public interest. A fair balance of rights and interests between rightholders and users should be safeguarded.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled continue to face many barriers in accessing books and other print material which are protected by copyright and related rights. Measures need to be taken to increase the availamprove accessibility tof those works in accessible formats and to improve their circulation in the internal market, as well as to increase availability where necessary and where the conditions set forth in this Directive are met.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The exception should allow authorised entities to make and disseminate online and offline within the Union accessible format copies of works or other subject-matter covered by this Directive in line with relevant existing Union law.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) It should be possible for accessible format copies made in one Member State to be available in all Member States, in order to ensure their greater availability across the internal market for persons with disabilities. This wcould reduce the demand for redundant work in producing accessible format copies of the same work or other subject matter across the Union, thus generating savings and efficiency gains. This Directive should therefore ensure that accessible format copies made in one Member State may be circulated and accessed in all Member States, if the criteria set forth in the Directive are met. An authorised entity should thus be able to disseminate those copies, offline or online, to beneficiary persons and authorised entities in any Member State. Moreover, authorised entities and beneficiary persons should be allowed to obtain or have access to those copies from any authorised entity in any Member State.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In view of the specific nature of the exception, its targeted scope and the need for legal certainty for its beneficiaries, Member States should not be allowed to impose additional requirements for the application of the exception, such as compensation schemes orwhere these are consistent with the objectives of the Directive and justified in light of the three-step test. Otherwise, additional requirements would run the prior verification of the commercialsk of going against the purpose of the exceptions provided for by this Directive, and avgailabilitynst the purpose of facilitating the cross- border exchange of accessible format copies within the internal market.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) 'beneficiary person' means, regardless of any other disabilities, any of the following:
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #

2016/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
No sooner Withain [five years after the date of transposition], the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive and present the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for the amendment of this Directive.
2017/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2010/13/EU should remain applicable only to thoseaudiovisual media services, the principal purpose of which is the provision of programmes in order to inform, entertain or educate, and which are intended for reception by, and which could have a clear impact on, a significant proportion of the general public. The principal purpose requirement should be also considered to be met if the service has audiovisual content and form which is dissociable from the main activity of the service provider, such as stand-alone parts of online newspapers featuring audiovisual programmes or user-generated videos where those parts can be considered dissociable from their main activity. Social media services are not included, except if they provide a service that falls under the definition of a video-sharing platform. Similarly, audiovisual media services that are not primarily economic in their purpose and do not compete with television broadcasting but, for example, provide and distribute the audiovisual content of private users for sharing in communities of interest, should not be included. A service should be considered to be merely an indissociable complement to the main activity as a result of the links between the audiovisual offer and the main activity. As such, channels or any other audiovisual services under the editorial responsibility of a provider may constitute audiovisual media services in themselves, even if they are offered in the framework of a video- sharing platform which is characterised by the absence of editorial responsibility. In such cases, it will be up to the providers with editorial responsibility to abide by the provisions of this Directive.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) On-demand audiovisual media services compete for the same audience as television broadcasts. The nature and means of access to those on-demand audiovisual media services would therefore lead the user reasonably to expect regulatory protection within the scope of Directive 2010/13/EU. In light of this fact, and in order to prevent disparities with regard to free movement and competition, the concept of "programme" should be interpreted in a dynamic way, taking into account developments in the provision of the content of audiovisual media services that are directed at a significant audience and considered mass media.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 119 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Establishing jurisdiction requires an assessment of factual situations against the criteria laid down in Directive 2010/13/EU. The assessment of such factual situations might lead to conflicting results. In the application of the cooperation procedures provided for in Articles 3 and 4 of Directive 2010/13/EU, it is important that the Commission can base its findings on reliable facts. The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) should therefore be empowered to provide opinions on jurisdiction, in conjunction with national regulatory authorities, upon the Commission's request.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 157 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) In order to remove barriers to the free circulation of cross-border services within the Union, it is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of self- and co-regulatory measures aiming, in particular, at protecting consumers or public health. When well enforced and monitored,Codes of conduct at Union level may be of interpretative assistance to national regulatory authorities in the drafting of codes of conduct at Unational level might be a good means of ensuring a more coherent and effective approachand may help to improve coherence as regards the implementation of Directive 2010/13/EU.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 162 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Whilst potentially a beneficial tool in the interpretation and implementation of Directive 2010/13/EU, it is important that Union codes of conduct comply fully with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. Further public information, clarification and consultation on the functioning of Union codes of conduct is necessary before the Commission considers facilitating the development of such codes of conduct.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 173 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) The market for TV broadcasting has evolved and that there is a need for more flexibilgreater clarity with regard to audiovisual commercial communications, in particular for quantitative rules for linear audiovisual media services, product placement and sponsorship. The emergence of new services, including without advertising, has led to a greater choice for viewers, who can easily switch to alternative offers.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 177 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Independent audience measurement for audiovisual media services, including commercial communications, is needed to ensure adequate and transparent information to audiovisual media service providers and national regulatory authorities.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 191 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) Product placement should not be admissible in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and children's programmes, with a significant children’s audiencehich should be understood as programmes that are primarily produced for and aimed at children. In particular, evidence shows that product placement and embedded advertisements can affect children's behaviour as children are often not able to recognise the commercial content. There is thus a need to continue to prohibit product placement in programmes with a significant children's audienceprogrammes. Consumer affairs programmes are programmes offering advice to viewers, or including reviews on the purchase of products and services. Allowing product placement in such programmes would blur the distinction between advertising and editorial content for viewers who may expect a genuine and honest review of products or services in such programmes.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 211 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) While this Directive does not increase the overall amount of admissible advertising time during the period from 7:00 to 23:00, it is important for broadcasters to have more flexibility and to be able to decide when to place advertising in order to maximise advertisers' demand and viewers' flow. The hourly limit should thus be abolished while a daily limit of 20% of advertising within the period from 7:00 to 23:00 should be introduced.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 235 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Providers of on-demand audiovisual media services should promote the production and distribution of European works by ensuring, where practical and by appropriate means, that their catalogues contain a minimum share of European works and that those are given enough prominence.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 240 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure adequatseek to improve levels of investment oin European works, Member States should be able tomay impose financial obligations ton on-demand service providers established owithin their territory. Thosejurisdiction. Those financial obligations can take the form of direct contributions to the production of and acquisition of rights in European works. The Member States could also impose levies payable to a fund, on the basis of the revenues made with on-demand services that are provided in and targeted towards their territory. This Directive clarifies that, given the direct link between financial obligations and Member States' different cultural policies, Member States are also allowed toIn accordance with the country of origin principle, Member States should only impose such financial obligations on providers of on- demand service providers established in another Member State which are targeted towards its territory. In this case financial obligations should only be charged on the revenues generated through the audience in that Member Statewithin their jurisdiction.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 244 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) When assessing on a case-by-case basis whether an on-demand audiovisual media service established in another Member State is targeting audiences in its territory, a Member State shall refer to indicators such as advertisement or other promotions specifically aiming at customers in its territory, the main language of the service or the existence of content or commercial communications aiming specifically at the audience in the Member State of reception.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 246 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) When Member States impose financial contributions to providers of on- demand services such contributions shall seek an adequate promotion of European works, while avoiding risks of double imposition for service providers. With this view, if the Member State where the provider is established imposes a financial contribution, it shall take into account any financial contributions imposed by targeted Member States.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 259 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) There are new challenges, in particular in connection with video-sharing platforms, on which users -, particularly minors -, increasingly consume audiovisual content. In this context, harmful content and hate speech stored on video-sharing platforms have increasingly given rise to concern. It is necessary, in order to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred, to set out proportionate rules on those matters without prejudice to Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council33a . __________________ 33aDirective 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ L 178, 17.07.2000, p. 1).
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 278 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) An important share of the content stored on video-sharing platforms is not under the editorial responsibility of the video-sharing platform provider. However, where it is demonstrated that those providers typically determine the organisation of the content, namely programmes or user- generated videos, including by automatic means or algorithms. Therefore, those providers, they should be required to take appropriate measures to protect minors from content that may impair their physical, mental or moral development and protect all citizens from incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 284 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) In light of the nature of the providers' involvement with the content stored on video-sharing platforms, those appropriate measures should relate to the organisation of the content and not to the content as such. The requirements in this regard as set out in this Directive should therefore apply without prejudice to Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34 , which provides for an exemption from liability for illegal information stored by certain providers of information society services. When providing services covered by Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC, those requirements should also apply without prejudice to Article 15 of that Directive, which precludes general obligations to monitor such information and to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity from being imposed on those providers, without however concerning monitoring obligations in specific cases and, in particular, without affecting orders by national authorities in accordance with national legislation. __________________ 34Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ L 178, 17.07.2000, p. 1).
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 335 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) The rights of persons with disabilities and of the elderly to participate in and be integrated into the social and cultural life of the Union is inextricably linked to the provision of accessible audiovisual media services. It is therefore important to ensure that accessibility is properly addressed in Directive 2010/13/EU, in line with the general principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The horizontal Commission proposal for a European Accessibility Act36a aims to enshrine these principles in Union law by removing barriers to access created by divergent legislation. While this is a welcome development and is considered appropriate in respect of the consumer equipment necessary to access audiovisual media content, the unique nature and cultural specificity of audiovisual media content itself is such that the regulation of existing and future access services that enable access to such content should remain in Directive 2010/13/EU, which is sector-specific. __________________ 36a COM(2015)615 final.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 336 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 b (new)
(38b) The means to achieve accessibility should include, but not be limited to, access services such as sign language interpretation, subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, spoken subtitles, audio- description, and easily understandable menu navigation. Audiovisual media service providers should be transparent and proactive in improving such access services for persons with disabilities and for the elderly.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 379 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 'programme' means a set of moving images with or without sound constituting an individual item within a schedule or a catalogue established by a media service provider, including feature- length films, videos of short duration, sports events, situation comedies, documentaries, children's programmes and original drama; that target a significant audience as mass media;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 389 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(da) The following point is inserted: (bb) 'editorial decision' means a decision taken on a day-to-day basis for the purpose of exercising editorial responsibility;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 394 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a
(da) 'video-sharing platform provider' means the natural or legal person, without editorial responsibility, who provides a video-sharing platform service;;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 395 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ea) The following point is inserted: (ga) 'access service' means, but is not limited to, an add-on feature of an audiovisual media service that improves the accessibility of a programme for people with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities. Access services include, but are not limited to: (i) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing: synchronized visual text alternative for both speech and non- speech audio information needed to understand the media content; (ii) audio description: additional audible narrative, interleaved with the dialogue, which describes the significant aspects of the visual content of the programme that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone; (iii) spoken subtitles or audio subtitles: read aloud of subtitles in the national language when the audio speech is in a different language; (iv) sign language interpretation: simultaneous translation of both speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the programme, provided in the national sign language.´
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 432 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) if a media service provider has its head office in one Member State but editorial decisions on the audiovisual media service are taken in another Member State, it shall be deemed to be established in the Member State where the majority of the workforce involved in the pursuit of the audiovisual media service activity operates;;deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 445 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a
5a. Member States shall communicate to the Commissiomaintain a list of the audiovisual media service providers under their jurisdiction and the criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 on which their jurisdiction is based. They shall subsequently inform the Commission without undue delay of any changes to that list. The Commission shall ensure that Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities share such lists with the Commission and with other competent independent regulatory authorities have acc, via a central database, or by other appropriate means. Member States shall update such lists, without undue delay, whenever changess to this informatione audiovisual media service providers under their jurisdiction occur.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 580 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 a
(9) the following Article 6a is inserted: ‘Article 6a 1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers about content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service. 2. Article, Member States shall encourage co-regulation. 3. encourage media service providers to exchange best practices on co-regulatory systems across the Union. Where appropriate, the Commission shall facilitate the development of Union codes of conduct.;’deleted For the implementation of this The Commission and ERGA shall
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 600 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 7
(10) Article 7 is deleted;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 615 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 7 a (new)
(10a) The following article is inserted: 'Article 7a 1. Member States shall take steps to develop codes of conduct applicable to media service providers under their jurisdiction intended to ensure that their services are made progressively more accessible to persons with visual and/or hearing disabilities. 2. Such codes of conduct may be a self- or co-regulatory measure. The Commission and ERGA shall facilitate the exchange of best practice between audiovisual media service providers. 3. Such codes of conduct shall include a requirement that media service providers report on an annual basis to Member States about the steps taken and progress made in respect of progressively making their services more accessible to persons with visual and/or hearing disabilities. Member States shall ensure that this information is made publically available. 4. Such codes of conduct shall encourage audiovisual media service providers to develop, and make publicly available, accessibility action plans made in respect of progressively making their services more accessible to persons with visual and/or hearing disabilities. Such action plans shall be communicated to national regulatory authorities.';
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 636 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States and the Commission shall encourage the development of self- and co- regulatory codes of conduct regarding inappropriate audiovisual commercial communications, accompanying or included in programmes with a reasonable expectation of a significant children's audience, of foods and beverages containing nutrients and substances with a nutritional or physiological effect, excessive intakes of which in the overall diet are not recommended, in particular fat, trans-fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 648 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission and ERGA shall encourage the exchange of best practices on self- and co-regulatory systems across the Union. Where appropriate and in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, the Commission shall consider facilitateing the development of Union codes of conduct.;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 658 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission and ERGA shall encourage the exchange of best practices on self- and co-regulatory systems across the Union. If considered appropriateWhere appropriate and in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, the Commission shall consider facilitateing the development of Union codes of conduct.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 683 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Product placement shall be admissible in all audiovisual media services, except in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and children's programmes, with a significant children's audience. hich should be understood as programmes produced for and aimed at children.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 707 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 12 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers about content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service. For the implementation of paragraph 1, Member States shall encourage co-regulation. The Commission and ERGA shall encourage media service providers to exchange best practices on co-regulatory systems across the Union. Where this results in the recognition of common approaches, the Commission shall consider facilitating the development of Union codes of conduct, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that programmes provided by audiovisual media service providers under their jurisdiction, which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors are only made available in such a way as to ensure that minors will not normally hear or see them. Such measures may include selecting the time of the broadcast, age verification tools or other technical measures. They shall be proportionate to the potential harm of the programme.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 731 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, where practical and by appropriate means, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction secure at least a 20% share of European works in their catalogue and ensure prominence of these works.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 736 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services established under their jurisdiction to contribute financially to the production of European works, including via direct investment in content and contributions to national funds. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, targeting audiences in their territories, but established in other Member States to make such financial contributions. In this case, the financial contribution shall be based only on the revenues earned in the targeted Member States. If the Member State where the provider is established imposes a financial contribution, it shall take into account any financial contributions imposed by targeted Member States. Any financial contribution shall comply with Union law, in particular with State aid rule within their territory, including via direct investment in content or contributions to national funds.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 811 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The daily proportion of television advertising spots and teleshopping spots within the period between 7:00 and 23:00a given clock hour shall not exceed 20 %.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 821 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) self-promotional and cross- promotional announcements made by the broadcaster in connection with its own programmes, audiovisual services and ancillary products directly derived from those programmes or with programmes from other entities belonging to the same media group;
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 829 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
‘(ca) neutral frames used to distinguish between editorial content and commercial communications, and between commercial communications.’
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 842 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure that video-sharing platform providers take appropriate measuresset out in a code of conduct the measures they will take to:
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 871 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
What constitutes an appropriate measure for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be determined in light of the nature of the content in question, the harm it may cause, the characteristics of the category of persons to be protected as well as the rights and legitimate interests at stake, including those of the video-sharing platform providers and the users having created and/or uploaded the content as well as the public interest.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 881 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those measuresMeasures outlined in such a code of conduct shall consist of, as appropriate:
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 894 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) establishing and operating systems through which providers of video-sharing platforms explain to users of video- sharing platforms what effect has been given to the reporting and flagging referred to in point (b);
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 904 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) establishing and operating systems through which providers of video-sharing platforms explain to users of video- sharing platforms what effect has been given to the reporting and flaggingtransparent, easy to use and effective procedures for the handling and resolution of disputes between the video- sharing platform provider and its users in relation to the implementation of the measures referred to in points (b) to (e) and the extent to which those measures conform with the code of conduct.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 907 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. What constitutes an appropriate measure for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be determined in light of the nature of the content in question, the harm it may cause, the characteristics of the category of persons to be protected as well as the rights and legitimate interests at stake, including those of the video- sharing platform providers and the users having created and/or uploaded the content as well as the public interest.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 914 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that video-sharing platform providers conduct and publish regular audits of their performance in accordance with the code of conduct referred to in paragraph 1.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 922 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall establish the necessary mechanisms to assess the appropriateness of the measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 taken by video- sharing platform providersreport on the delivery and effectiveness of the measures taken in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 2a. Member States shall entrust this task to the authorities designated in accordance with Article 30.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 933 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that complaint and redress mechanisms are available for the settlement of disputes between users and video-sharing platform providers relating to the application of the appropriate measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.deleted
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 946 #

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 8
8. Video-sharing platform providers or, where applicable, the organisations representing those providers in this respect shall submit to the Commission draft Union codes of conduct and amendments to existing Union codes of conduct. The Commission may request ERGA to give an opinion on the drafts, amendments or extensions of those codes of conduct. The Commission may give appropriate publicity to those codes of conductshall give appropriate publicity to those codes of conduct in order to promote the exchange of best practice.
2016/10/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
(1) In the multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (RSPP) established by Decision No 243/2012/EU20 , the European Parliament and the Council set the objectives of identifying at least 1 200 MHz of spectrum suitable for wireless broadband electronic communications services in the Union by 2015, of supporting the further development of innovative audiovisual mediabroadcasting services by ensuring sufficient spectrum for the satellite and terrestrial provision of such services, if the need is clearly substantiated, and of ensuring sufficient spectrum for programme making and special events (PMSE). _________________ 20 Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 7).
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) In its strategy for the digital single market (DSM)21, the Commission highlights the importance of the 694-790 MHz ('700 MHz') frequency band for ensuring the provision of broadband services in rural areas and stresses the need for a coordinated release of that frequency band, while accommodating the specific needs of audiovisual mediabroadcasting services distribution. _________________ 21 See http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital- single-market/index_en.htm.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) For Region 1, which includes the Union, the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 have allocated the 700 MHz frequency band to the broadcasting and the mobile (except aeronautical mobile) service on a co- primary basis, and the 470-694 MHz ('sub- 700 MHz') frequency band exclusively to the broadcasting service, on a primary basis, and to wireless audio PMSE use, on a secondary basis.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) Spectrum sharing within a common frequency band between bidirectional wireless broadband use (uplink and downlink), on the one hand, and unidirectional television broadcasting or wireless audio PMSE use, on the other hand, is technically problematic where their coverage areas overlap or are in close proximity. This means that repurposing the 700 MHz frequency band for bidirectional terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services would deprive DTT and wireless audio PMSE users of part of their spectrum resources. The DTT and PMSE sectors therefore need long- term regulatory predictability on the availability of sufficient spectrum, so that they can secure their investments and safeguard the sustainable provision and development of their services, in particular free-to-view television. Measures may be needed at national and Union level to ensure additional spectrum resource for wireless audio PMSE use outside the 470-790 MHz frequency band.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) In his report to the Commission (7) (the 'Lamy report')22 , Pascal Lamy, the Chairman of the high-level group on the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band, recommended that the 700 MHz frequency band be made available for wireless broadband by 2020 (+/- two years). This would help achieve the goal of long-term regulatory predictability for DTT in having access to the sub-700 MHz frequency band until 2030, although this would have to be reviewed by 2025. The Lamy Report also recommended national flexibility in spectrum use of the sub-700 MHz frequency band, which is limited to downlink-only. Downlink-only is the restriction of all transmissions in a wireless system, independent of its technology, to unidirectional transmission from central infrastructure stations such as a TV broadcasting tower or a mobile base station to portable or mobile terminals such as TV sets or mobile phones. _________________ 22 Report by Mr Pascal Lamy, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/report-results-work-high- level-group-future-use-uhf-band.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) recommends in its opinion on a long-term strategy on the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union (the 'RSPG opinion') the adoption of a coordinated approach across the Union to make the 700 MHz frequency band available for effective use for wireless broadband electronic communications services by the end of 2020, noting that Member States should be able to decide, on the basis of reasonable grounds, to delay the availability of the band for up to two years. This would be in conjunction with ensuring long-term availability until 2030 of the sub-700 MHz frequency band for the downlink-only provision of audiovisual media services. The RSPG particularly recommends introducingprimarily for the provision of broadcasting services. The RSPG recommends that Member States should have the flexibility sto thatuse the sub-700 MHz frequency band can also be used for downlink-only wireless broadband electronic communications servicfor wireless broadband electronic communications services and that there is a need to study this option in more detail, provided that such use is compatible with the broadcasting needs of relevant Member States and does not constrain DTT operations in neighbouring countries.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) As sSome Member States have already launched or completed a national process to authorise the use of the 700 MHz frequency band for bidirectional terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services, the Union should take immediate action in order to prevent fragmentation of the single market. What is needed is a. A coordinated approach to the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band, which should also is needed to help provide regulatory predictability, balance Member State diversity with singleternal market objectives and promote a coherent Union position on the international sceneEuropean leadership in technological innovation. In this context, Member States should be required to repurpose the 700 MHz frequency band in a timely manner in accordance with Union and national law.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Member States unable to allow the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications by 30 June 2020 should provide reasonable grounds for any delays. Administrative delays or existing rights of use should not be considered to be reasonable grounds for delaying such use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band beyond 2020. Member States concerned by such delays and the Commission should be informed accordingly.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) In line with Articles 9 and 9a of Directive 2002/21/EC, Member States should apply a flexible approach where possible and may allow the introduction of alternative downlink-only uses such as terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services in the sub-700 MHz frequency band in accordance with national needs for distribution of audiovisual media services to a mass audience. When allowing use within the sub-700 MHz frequency band for downlink-only terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services, Member States should ensure that such use does not affect the use of sub-700 MHz band for digital terrestrial broadcasting in neighbouring Member States, as provided for in the agreement at the Regional Radiocommunication Conference of 200625 . _________________ 25 Regional Radiocommunication Conference of 2006 for planning of the digital terrestrial broadcasting service in parts of Regions 1 and 3, in the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz (RRC-06) in Geneva.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
(13) In any caseAs recommended in the Lamy report, spectrum usage in the 470-694 MHz frequency band should be reassessed at Union level no later than 2025. Such an assessment should also take into account the planned review of this frequency band at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023. Changes in the use of the sub-700 MHz frequency band should take into consideration technological developments, consumer behaviour, the importance of continuing the delivery of free television26 services and social, economic and cultural general interest objectives. In this context, studies on technical and regulatory conditions for co-existence between incumbent and new spectrum uses in the sub-700 MHz frequency band are necessary. These would ensure coherence between the approaches taken by different Member States on flexible and efficient spectrum use and would enable technical harmonisation measures for use and co- existence in this band. Such studies and measures may be developed pursuant to Decision No 676/2002/EC. _________________ 26 In the meaning of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Audiovisual Media Services Directive).
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) Member States should adopt coherent national roadmaps to facilitate the use of the 700 MHz frequency band for terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services while ensuring continuity for the television broadcasting services that vacate the band. Once adopted, Member States should communicate the roadmaps in a transparent manner around the Union. The roadmaps should cover activities and timescales for frequency re-planning, technical developments for network and end-user equipment, co-existence between radio and non-radio equipment, existing and new authorisation regimes and information on the possibility to offer compensation for migration costs, where these wcould arise, in order to avoid, inter alia, costs for end- users. Where Member States intend to maintain DTT, the roadmaps should give particular attention toconsider facilitating upgrades of broadcasting equipment to more spectrum- efficient technologies such as advanced video formats (e.g. HEVC) or signal transmission technologies (e.g. DVB-T2).
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) By 30 June 2020, Member States shall allow the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services only under harmonised technical conditions set by the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of Decision 676/2002/EC. Member States may decide to delay the availability of the band on the basis of reasonable grounds, for up to two years, ensuring that the Commission is informed accordingly. Where necessary, Member States shall carry out the authorisation process or amend relevant existing rights to use the spectrum in accordance with Directive 2002/20/EC, in order to allow that use.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
By 30 June 2022the date of allocation of the use of the band to terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services, Member States shall allow the transfer or leasing of the rights of use of spectrum for electronic communications services in the 694-790 MHz frequency band.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
When Member States authorise the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band or amend existing rights to use the 694-790 MHz frequency band, they shall take all necessary measures to ensure a high-due account of the opportunity to increase the level and quality level of coverage of their population and territory at speeds of at least 30 Mb/s, both indoors and outdoors, includingthrough services deployed in the band. This may include measures aimed at services in pre- determined national priority areas where necessary, and along major terrestrial transport paths. Such measures may include conditions facilitating or encouraging sharing network infrastructure or spectrum in compliance with Union law.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
To that end, Member States shall assess and, where appropriate, consult on the need to attach conditions to the rights of use for frequencies within the 694-790 MHz frequency band.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure availability at least by 31 December 2030 of the 470-694 MHz frequency band or parts of the band for the terrestrial provision of audiovisual mediabroadcasting services to mass audiences, including free television, and for use by wireless audio PMSE equipment, based on national broadcasting needs. Member States shall ensure that any other use of the 470-694 MHz frequency band on their territory is compatible with the broadcasting needs in the relevant Member States and does not cause harmful interference withto the terrestrial provision of audiovisual mediabroadcasting services in a neighbouring Member State. Such use shall be without prejudice to obligations resulting from international agreements.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 49 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) If Member States authorise the use of spectrum in the 470-694 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communication services other than television broadcasting networks, such use shall be limited to downlink-only. Such use shall be without prejudice to obligations resulting from international agreements and Union law.deleted
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
By 30 June 20178, Member States shall adopt and make public their national plan and schedule ('national roadmap') for fulfilling their obligations under Articles 1 and 4 of this Decision.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2016/0027(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may, where appropriate and in accordance with Union law, ensure that the direct cost of migration or reallocation of spectrum usage is adequately compensated in accordance with national law.
2016/05/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that one of the main objectives of the European Union is to promote economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity among Member States; underlines that cohesion policy set out for the long term is the Union's main tool for reducing disparities between all EU regions, and that it plays an important role in the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy;
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the RAL (reste à liquider) is an inevitable by-product of multi-annual programming and differentiated appropriations; notes that the RAL was significantly higher than expected at the end of the financial framework for 2007- 2013, and stresses that current gaps between commitments and payments will inevitablmay lead to new difficulties for ongoing programmes and that this must be avoided;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the continuaNotes the introduction of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), proposed by the European Council of 7-8 February 2013 as a reaction to the persisting problem of high levels of youth unemployment, following; underlines the need for a fully-fledged assessment of its performance and an ex ante impact assessment of any subsequent adjustments to overcome existing implementation impediments;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for effectiveness and result-orientation of cohesion policy; recalls that European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds are at an early stage of implementation in 2016 and that at the time of the MFF review/revision only limited evidence is available as to results; therefore calls on the Commission to assess and communicate to REGI committee the state of play with regard to the implementation of ESI Funds as early as possible, to include a detailed analysis on risks of decommitment, with indicated amounts per Member State, and an analysis of payment forecasts submitted by Member States following the 31 January and 31 July deadlines set by Article 112(3) of the CPR;
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. SupportNotes the creation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and highlights the need to minimise the impact of the cuts onransfers from the Horizon 2020 programmes and theand Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programmes to establish EFSI in order to allow them to accomplish their respective objectives;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned by the slower-than-planned take-off of new programmes under the 2014-2020 MFF period owing to the late approval of the legal bases and of the operational programmes, as well as to the shortages in payment appropriations in 2014; expresses its concern for how the important programmes whichthat seek to make investments in education and in human skills -, skills and the EU's cultural and creative industries, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens -, will manage to reach cruising speed; takes note that these experiences should be included as an important basis forreviewed as part of the coming MFF;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the opportunity of the mid- term review of the MFF 2014-2020 to assess the effectiveness and added value of all EU culture and education programmes, in line with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, and to ensure their effective management by executive agencies;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that grants are an effective form of support in many areas of public intervention; recognises the potential of financial instruments as a form of support for ESI Funds; calls for a more simplified use of financial instruments in future, underlining that clear, consistent and focused rules on Financial Instruments to help simplify the preparation and implementation process for fund managers and recipients, which recognise the different development levels of financial markets across the EU's Member States, are key to increasing their use;
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to take into accountnote of the extraordinary efforts made by Member States and regions in providing appropriate reception conditions and integrating asylum seekers and other migrants, and to explore the possibility, in full compliance with the agreed expenditure ceilings set out in the MFF, of providing additional assistance toflexibility within the ESI Funds in order to support such Member States and regions when reviewing the functioning of the MFF; stresses, however, the long-term nature of ESI Fund projects to support economic growth and territorial cohesion and underlines the availability of alternative tools for providing short-term, emergency assistance;
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that avoiding a backlog of payments in future is crucial to ensuring successful implementation of EU cohesion policy and preventing negative impacts on beneficiaries, in particular SMEs, in receipt of ESI Funds;
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Points to the fact that a seven-year period of the multiannual financial framework has proved itsof some worth in the past and that the programming period should not be shorteand can be advantageous to the public sector, providing a stable source of funding for local and regional authorities in particular.
2016/04/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas young people should be helped to tackle the challenges they face through a more coordinated and targeted use of resources at local, regional, national and EU level;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas education and training, youth and employment policy are primarily areas of Member State competence, thus the Open Method of Coordination is applied in the youth field at EU level, inspired by European Member States cooperation in the field of employment;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas more than 5.3 million Europeans aged under 25 years of age cannot find a job;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it is important to underline that young people are politically engaged in many ways, but their participation in elections is decreasing;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas it is important to ensure that young people receive the best possible training as today’s European youth is facing high unemployment rin light of continued high unemployment rates in many EU Member States, and in particular young people with poor qualifications who are more likely to be unemployed;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Views the Open Method of Coordination as an appropriate means for framing youth policies; reiterates its call for closer cooperation and exchange of best practice on youth issues at local, regional, national and EU level;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends to Member States and the EU to implement an impact assessment of policies that are targeted to the young people;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of the validation of skills that have beendeveloping the transparency and comparability of skills acquired through informal, non- formal and lifelong learning as their validationis is crucial into their endorsement and to making visible the diverse and rich learning of individuals and contributes to the development of values, aptitudes and skills for young people as well as for learning about citizenship and democratic involvement;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 146 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing the mutual cross-border recognition and compatibility of qualifications and academic degrees for strengthening the system of quality assurance at European levelfurther developing mutual understanding of qualifications and academic degrees in order to assist with quality assurance across EU Member States and in all countries that have joined the European Higher Education Area;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 171 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of strategic investment, including from the European Structural and Investment Funds, for regional development, competitiveness and the creation of high-quality traineeships, apprenticeships and sustainable jobs; notes that special attention should be paid to young people who are neither in employment nor in education and training, so-called NEETs;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 185 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Member States to make full use of the Erasmus+ programme in order to improve the employment prospects of young people, foster cross-border career andlearning from different prospective in order to go back to their country and bring an added value within the national labour mobilityarket;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 188 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Member States to invest more and not to cut their national budget funding for youth policies and education;deleted
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the need to encourage civic participation and to launch an in-depth debate on European values, while highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EU;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme should encourage a dialogue on the current problems of the European Union and recognize a diversity of views on the topic, whilst giving an equal weight to Eurosceptic views;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. UnderlinNotes that the overall funding available (EUR 185.47 million) to the only programme entirely dedicated to European citizenship, i.e. the Europe for Citizens programme, is negligible in comparison withlower than other education and culture programmes, such as Creative Europe (EUR 1.46 billion) and Erasmus + (EUR 14.7 billion);
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the main obstacle to the successful implementation of the programme is the insufficient financial allocation and deeply regrets that it was cut by 13.7 % under the MFF 2014-2020, which has dramatically reduced the number of financeable projects and means that the high demand cannot be met, causing frustration among candidates with valuable projects;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, owing to budgetary constraints, the total number of funded projects is too small to achieve the programme’s ambitious goals and that only around 6 % of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects were able to be financed in 2015, which is very low in comparison to the Creative Europe programme results for the same year (19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA); indicates that the funding for these two strands of the Europe for Citizens programme should be substantially increased;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, given the low rate of success of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects in the Europe for Citizens programme (6 %, as against 19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA in the Creative Europe programme), a 60 % increase in the current budget would be necessary in order to achieve a target rate of 20 % of funded projects; calls, therefore, on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to consider a total financial envelope of approximately EUR 300 million for the Europe for Citizens programme under the next MFF;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that another source of funding be found forthe principal purpose and implementation of the Europe for Citizens Initiative (ECI), which is currently financed under the Europe for Citizens budget is re-evaluated prior to considering further funding recommendations;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2015/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need to develop – within the ‘European Remembrance’ strand – a Europeaconstructive debate on identity that should be oriented towards the future of EU Member States and not only the past, with a view to achieving common secular integration;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 158 #

2015/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of ensuring connectivity and accessibility for all the inhabitants of the Alpine region; is of the view that this strategic goal can be achieved only by building 'active infrastructure', namely major transport routes; believes that newly-built roads should become proper 'technological corridors' within which to build all the 'passive infrastructure', namely electrical power lines, telephone lines, broadband and ultra-wideband lines, gas pipelines, fibre-optic networks, water pipes, etc.
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2015/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Maintains that however important public participation may be in decision- making processes, as provided for in particular by the EU directives concerning EIA and SEA, strategic cross- border works should meet national and transnational interests (and thus follow an appropriate authorisation procedure), subject to a cost-benefit analysis which should always take account of the inevitable local economic impact;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 163 #

2015/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Points out that the aim of the new EU transport infrastructure policy (TEN- T) is to bridge the gaps between the transport networks of the Member States, eliminate the bottlenecks which still prevent the internal market from functioning properly and overcome technical barriers; considers it a matter of priority for Europe, in keeping with those aims, to extend the Italian A27 motorway up to Austria;
2016/04/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2015/2321(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists on exhaustive analysis through studies, research and statistics in order to assess the potential for integration of refugees currently residing in the EU into the EU labour market and in order to make the best suggestions for policy initiatives and action, with a view to ascertaining what their education, specifically adult learning strategy should be, whilst taking note of their current qualifications;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 85 #

2015/2321(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. AskSuggests theat Member States to promoteevaluate potential initiatives to foster cooperation among public authorities, NGOs and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2015/2321(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to establish ‘education corridors’ by promoting agreements with European universities and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) to host refugee students coming from conflict areas.deleted
2016/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy isies of many EU member states are still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita; stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge in some Member States;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review, in the context of the European Semester, as well as by proposing measures and methodology fories to better monitoring of the EU European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds expenditures related to Europe 2020 goals; believes that the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) review will provide an opportunity to analyse, evaluate and t, wherefore enhance the value added by EU funding necessary, improve the added value of the ESI Funds to the goals of Europe 2020 Strategy;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined that ESI Funds can play a vital role in supporting reform implementation and injecting investment directly into the real economy, if targeted wisely and effectively implemented; acknowledges that there is an urgent need to focus on improving the investment environment and points out that both CSRs and ex ante conditionalities within cohesion policy 2014-2020 have a key role to play in this context, as they have important positive spillover effects on the broader investment environment; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU funding is used to its full potential and in the most effective and efficient way, whilst adhering to the principle of subsidiarity;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that an efficient allocation of resources means respecting the principle of subsidiarity and not duplicating support that could be better provided by Member States; in this regard calls on the Commission to ensure that direct cash payments from the EGF neither replace nor supplement national unemployment benefits and to give further consideration to Recommendation 2 of the European Court of Auditors Special Report No 7 (2013);
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that innovation is key for industrial renewal and economic diversification, which in turn are essential for countering the effects of structural changes in the regions and sectors mostly affected by globalisation or the economic and financial crisis, and recalls the role of smart specialisation strategies in this context, whilst acknowledging the potential negative effects of over specialisation when demand falls;
2016/01/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased, as have long-term unemployment, youth unemployment and social inequalities, and Europe’s SMEs are key totherefore, SMEs can play relevant and important role in Europe’s recovery;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased in many Member States, as have long-term unemployment, youth unemployment and social inequalities, and Europe’s SMEs are key to Europe’s recovery;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas European SMEs are very diverse and include a vast number of micro-enterprises based at local level, which often operate in traditional sectors, and a growing number of new start-ups and fast-growing innovative enterprises; whereas these business models have different problems and, therefore, have different needs;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account the added value of SME projects for the development and innovation of traditional sectors, as this will not only stimulate job creation, but also maintain local and regional business specificities; highlights the need to also take into account the context of such sectors and not to disrupt the delicate balance between traditional knowledge- based production techniques and innovation;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. EReminds that in a highly regulated environment, with many financing institutions deleveraging and seeking to avoid risk, many SMEs, especially small start-ups, have found it hard to gain access to external funding, therefore, encourages the Member States and regional authorities to make full use of the financial instrument opportunities; emphasises the need to ensure the transparency, accountability and scrutiny of such financial instruments; calls for simplified access to credit, taking into account the particular characteristics of micro- enterprises;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that European small businesses tend to lean heavily on financing sources such as banks, and are often unaware of the existence of additional funding sources; reminds, therefore, that two thirds of EU SME business finance is bank-led, while in the US the majority of SMEs rely on other forms of finance than bank debt, including capital markets finance;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Urges the Commission to make cohesion policy an integral part of the 'better regulation' strategy, with the aim of reducing bureaucratic burdens for SMEs;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights that the poor quality of key infrastructure such as roads, telecommunications, distribution networks of electricity and water often leads to low amounts of private investments for projects that depend on such infrastructures;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 130 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the High Level Group on Simplification to draw attention to the need for SMEs to reduce the administrative burden and simplify procedures in the management of ESI FundHighlights that the main obstacles that hamper a broad access of SME's to ESI Funds include administrative burden, a large number and high diversification of aid schemes, complexity of rules and procedures, delays in introducing executive acts and gold plating risk; therefore, asks the High Level Group on Simplification to promote the necessary measures including the promotion of aid schemes closer to enterprises, a better coordinated and more shared management system and more coherence with competition rules and other EU polices;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 143 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights that these strategies should not only target science and technology-led innovation but also foster innovation that is non-science based (i.e stimulating entrepreneurship, innovation in the public sector and service innovation);
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses that governance capacities are as important as techno-economic potentials; asks the Commission how to resolve the particular challenge of the implementation of smart specialization in non- metropolitan areas which may lack the critical mass of supporting infrastructure;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 157 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to establish a participatory platform within existing budgets for the dissemination of SME project results, including examples of good practice also carried out under the ERDF during the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programming periods;
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that, in light of the current migration and asylum crises, SMEs can deliver innovative opportunities for the integration of refugees and migrants entering the EU labour market;deleted
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 165 #

2015/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that, in light of the current migration and asylum crises, SMEs can deliver innovative opportunities for the integration of refugees and migrants entering the EU labour market;deleted
2016/03/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Draft 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020), 'New priorities for European cooperation in education and training' (COM(2015)0408), 1 Text pending adoption in April Plenary
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020), 'New priorities for European cooperation in education and training' (2015/C 417/04),
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas ET2020 cooperation, while respecting the competence of Member States, should complement national actions and support Member States in their efforts to develop education and training systems;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas education and training should not be aimed onsolely at meeting labour market needs, but should constitute a value in themselves, since education has an equally important role in developensuring ethicale safeguarding of shared human and civic virtalues and honouring the democratic principles on which Europe is foundedopen and democratic societies;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas existing low levels of knowledge and basic skills are worrying and require that primary and secondary education deliver the necessary basis for further learning and integration in the labour market; whereas trends on low basic skills of adults make it necessary to reinforce adult learning which is a tool for up-skilling and re-skilling;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas public budgets remain under severe pressure, with several Member States having cut their education and training expenditures further investments in this field should be made more efficient as a decisive factor for productivity, competitiveness and growth;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas deterioratingconcerns about teaching conditions and, quality of learning, a decline in academic freedom and growing criticismaspects of the Bologna process arehave been reported acrosswithin the European Higher Education Area (EHEA);
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the ET2020 stocktaking exercise, and underlines the need to take its conclusions into account in order to increase the added value and optimise the effectiveness of the framework;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the proposed extension of the work cycle from 3 years to 5, aimed at reducing the reporting workload and enhancing implementation of the long-term strategic goals of Member States and the EU;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 73 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that, notwithstanding the importance of acquiring employability skills, the value of knowledge and academic rigour should not be overlooked, and emphasises that blanket prescriptive approaches must be avoided; underlines that the forthcoming European Skills Agenda should not overstate employability skills, whilst rightly focusing on economic and employment challenges, should not do so at the expense of subject knowledge;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the role of education and training in transmission of regional, national and European traditions which constitute Europe and its nations; stresses that development of the sense of political and cultural identity of citizens and connectedness to community should receive more attention in educational policies; draws attention that in some Member States religious education has been a significant agent in preserving nation's identity, values, traditions and language and this feature should be respected by European policy makers;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Draws attention that there are numerous educational establishments in Europe run by churches and other religious institutions which perform excellent academic results and show peculiar ability to help disadvantaged students; stresses that the potential of these establishments should not be overlooked and they should receive adequate representation in ET2020 platform works;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 88 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points out the value of a community- based approach to education and strong links between schools and families; emphasises that without cooperation of school with families, social services, religious and other civic institutions the transmission of values and principles of a society to its children will be incomplete; calls for the wider participation of relevant actors (such as the European Parents Association) in the work of ET2020;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 93 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that school-parent communication strategies and character education programmes implemented in schools in cooperation with families can contribute to upward social convergence and the prevention of radicalisation; underlines that a supportive home environment is crucial in shaping children's proficiency in basic skills and points to the value of courses for parents which prove effective in countering educational poverty; encourages the exchange of best practices within the ET2020 framework;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned at the fact that the quality of teacher education is lagging behind in some EU Member States, in terms of range and complexity, with regard to competences that are necessary for teaching today, and welcomes the choice of support for educators as a priority area for ET2020; encourages Member States to adapt their initial teacher training and in- service development programmes and to make better use of peer-learning activities between Member States;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. EUnderscores that the issue of raising learning outcomes relative to resources available should receive greater attention within the ET2020 framework, particularly with regards to adult learning; encourages the Commission and the Member States to review the existing rules for the evaluation of education and training programmes funded by the European financial instruments, putting greater focus on impact assessment;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need for better concentration of efforts in the area of education and training through merging and streamlining existing programmes and initiatives;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 141 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the shortcomings of standardised tests and of quantitative approaches to educational accountability, such as narrowing the teaching syllabus to test material and neglecting the intrinsic values of education; points out that the education and training have an important role in developing ethical and civil virtues and humanness whereas teachers' work and students' achievements in this field are overlooked by test scores;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 154 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that although, whilst the Bologna process has spearheaded significant achievements, it has also led, in some cases, to the fragmentation of university programmes and the standardisation of inefficient processes; takes the view that, without prejudice to the concept of single-tier unified programmes, studying at a European university should be based on a two-tier modelfurther consideration should be given to the development of two-tier models at European universities, with the initial phase lasting no less than three years, and that educational institutions should be given more flexibility in the use of modules and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS);
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 156 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned that the current trend making financial output a prerequisite for all academic activities could mean that the humanities risk being wiped off the research landscape;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 166 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Advocates a shift to conceiving mobility programmes in terms of qualitative outcomes that respond to priorities and primarily serverespond to learning objectives; calls for the proper implementation of the proposals of the European Quality Charter for Mobility and for better use of the tools of internationalisation at home;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 183 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that Member States should look at ways to address the challenges posed by migration to European educational systems should be addressed at both European and national level, since failure to provide migrants with education and training constitutes a risk to their future employability, their development of knowledge of the host country’s cultural canons and values, and their integration into society;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 189 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the decision to mainstream migrant education across the work of ET2020 Working Groups and to hold respective peer-learning activities in their initial lifespan;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 191 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need to designate specific contact persons for migrant and refugee education within Member States’ education ministries and the Commission’s DG EAC;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 196 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends that Member States and education providers offer advice and support for refugee children seeking to access education services through the provision of clear information and contact points;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 200 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for measures to integrate migrant children, both intra- and extra- European,and refugee children into education systems by helping them adjust to the curricula and learning standards, providing them of the Member State in question, providing them, where necessary, with language assistance, and enabling them to become familiar withintegrate in the host country's culture and society, whilest preserving their own cultural heritage;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 205 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Expresses concern that half of teacher trainers in OECD countries feels that teacher training does not sufficiently prepare them to handle diversity effectively and would encourage Member States to guarantee teachers ongoing professional support in this field, including peer-learning activities among the Member States;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 207 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Supports the idea of setting up helpdesks for teachers offering them timely support in handling various types of diversity in the classroom and guidance when they are confronted with students at risk of being radicalised; calls forCalls for further exchange of best practice between Member States and the creation of synergies between the ET2020 Working Groups and the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) Working Group on Education;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 216 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for more language- based learning programmes; calls for efforts to develop validation and accreditation mechanisms for the qualmechanisms to improve the understanding and identifications of migrants' qualifications, since many of those entering the EU come with no proof of their formal qualifications; calls on Members States to see how existing recognition of professional qualification might be developed, including the appropriate background checks;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 224 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate measures for migrant students enrolling at university levelMember States and education facilities to look at ways to enable migrant students to access education, including at university level, without prejudice to national rules and competences on access to education and training; welcomes the initiatives adopted in this regard by a number of European universities;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 234 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that the Science4Refugees programme should be further developed as regards its efficiency evaluationevaluated and, if necessary, developed; advocates support at the EU and national level for non-profit institutions providing assistance to migrant academics in science and other professional areas;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the overarching objective of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) is to lessen the influence ofreduce the obstacles to investment and cooperative working across national borders in order to promote a harmonious economic, social and culturterritorial development of the Union as a whole21 ; __________________ 21 Objective of European Territorial Cooperation - http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/poli cy/cooperation/european-territorial/
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas there is a possibility for Member States to make use of ETC to respond to challenges due to the migration crisis;deleted
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas following the principles of shared management, multilevel governance and partnership, ETC programmes have been developed through a collective process bringing together a wide range of European, national and regional bodies to tackle common challenges across borders and to facilitate the exchange of good practice;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that ETC has become one of the two goals of cohesion policy 2014-2020, with its own regulation; underlines, however, that the ETC budget of EUR 10.1 billion, representing a meres 2.8 % of the cohesion policy budget, does not match the great challenges that ETC has to meet;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that while it is possible to identify inputs and outputs from ETC Programmes, it has been found in the past to be difficult to assess the impact and outcomes from such programmes: therefore calls for better evaluation of ETC Programmes to demonstrate their impacts and added value;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that for 2014-2020 about 41 % of the ETC ERDF budget22 will be invested in measures to improve the environment, while 27 % will be invested in strengthening smart growth, including research and innovations, and 13 % will go to promote inclusive growth through activities linked to employment, education and training and 33 programmes will be aimed at improving general connectivity across borders; further notes that EUR 790 million will be allocated to enhancing institutional capacity through setting up or strengthening cooperation structures and improving the efficiency of public services; __________________ 22 Annex I (European Territorial Cooperation/Interreg) to the Commission communication ‘Investing in jobs and growth – maximising the contribution of ESI Funds’.
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the lack of reliable cross- border data and evidence on the effectiveness of cross-border integcooperation with regard to reporting on performance framework; calls, accordingly, on the Commission, Eurostat and the managing authorities to jointly coordinate and set out methodologies for the provision and use of reliable data;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Points out the role of ETC in island regions, outermost regions and sparsely populated regions, as an important tool for strengthening their regional integcooperation;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out the complementary nature of ETC and macro-regional strategies in enhancing regional integrationaddressing common challenges in larger functional areas, as well as the positive role that macro-regional strategies can play in helping to address common challenges faced by macro-regions;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 78 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that better coordination, synergy and complementarity should be sought between cross-border and transnational strands with a view to improving cooperation and integration over wider strategic territories; calls for better coordination between managing authorities and macro- regional strategies' actors;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is aware that investments for strengthening smart growth, including research and innovation, represent 257 % of ERDF allocation to CBC programmes for 2014-202023 ; notes also that 35 % of the budget of the transnational programmes goes to support smart growth by strengthening research and innovation; __________________ 23 Annex I (European Territorial Cooperation/Interreg) to the Commission communication ‘Investing in jobs and growth – maximising the contribution of ESI Funds’.
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges all simplifications made in the EGTC Regulation, and calls on Member States to facilitate the creation of EGTCs in their countries; points out, however, that this regulation is not sufficient to overcome all legal obstacles existing to cross-border cooperation; welcomes, therefore, the initiative of the Luxembourg Presidency, which proposed a specific legal tool for border regCommission's initiative to carry out, by the end of 2016, an analysis of the barriers to cross-border cooperations, giving Member States the opportunity to agree on specific legal provisionwhich will look at solutions and examples of good practices;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 110 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of carrying out, by the end of 2016, an analysis of the barriers to cross-border cooperation that will look at solutions and examples of good practices;deleted
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 113 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that ETC programmes may, in complementarity with other appropriate funding, support responses to migration- related challenges within the framework of their existing intervention logic;deleted
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Encourages broader use of financial instruments (FIs) as flexible mechanisms to be used alongside grants; urges, therefore, the involvement of financial institutions, and in particular the EIB, so as to provide specific expertise and know-how; highlights that financial instruments, if implemented effectively, can significantly increase the impact of financing; stresses, in this regard, the need for clear, consistent and focused rules on FIs to help simplify the preparation and implementation process for fund managers and recipients;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 151 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that ETC has proved its effectiveness, and regrets that it's potential has not yet been fully deployed owing to insufficient resourcesmonstrated; highlights its potential beyond regional policy, in areas such as the single market, the digital agenda, employment, mobility, energy, research, education, health and the environment, and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider preserveing ETC as an important instrument, allocating it a more distinct role within cohesion policy post-2020 and increasing its budget;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 155 #

2015/2280(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that the basic cooperation philosophy and current structure of ETC should be maintained, as well as the emphasis on the cross-border componentreviewed, drawing on the experience of its 25 year history; stresses that there should be a fair distribution of funds under ETC programmes, on the basis not only of population size but also of a set of harmonised criteria, considering territorial specificities;
2016/04/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2015/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantial increase in reallocations of ESI Funds at national level fto support undeveloped mountainous areas, using a multi-sectoral policy approach, where possible;
2016/01/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2015/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the Carpathians - Europe's second largest mountain range, with the highest mountain population - comprises some of the poorest areas of the EU, which have immediate need of infrastructure, transport and environmental investment and support for local entrepreneurship, which could be ensured by a separate European strategy;
2016/01/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2015/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Union remains confronted with persistent innovation gaps, both internationally and internally where innovation performance differences between Member States are still relatively high and at the global level, the Union is still lagging behind its main competitors;
2016/02/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas initial assessments of smart specialisation strategies, carried out in early 2015, have so far delivered a mixed picture, notably regarding the choice of priorities, often considered as too generic or insufficiently connected to regional economic and innovation structures;
2016/02/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2015/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all actors involved to develop RIS3 on the basis of analyses of each region's relative strengths and potential, to focus on productive specialisation to detect emerging niches for smart specialisation to avoid forced and artificial overspecialisation, and to enhance a stronger partnership between the public and private sectors;
2016/02/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2015/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that smart specialisation strategies should be designed through the entrepreneurial discovery process with the full involvement of regional and local authorities; underlines that the RIS3 process must be interactive, regionally- driven and consensus-based, which can be achieved through better coordination between all levels of governance;
2016/02/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 137 #

2015/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that procedures should be simplified and bottlenecks in the administrative process of the strategies reduced.
2016/02/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) and the principle of integrationfull and effective participation and inclusion in society of persons with disabilities (Article 263 of the CharterCRPD); asks the Commission and the Member States therefore to reinforce measures aimed at ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to key areas such as education, culture and sport;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Commission to act accordingly within the limits of its competences and through coordination towards improvement of access and ideally for guaranteed access for all children with disabilities to inclusive and quality education in European schools;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; askencourages the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that providing access to education to persons with disabilities should also include access to lifelong learning, including the provision of needs-based reasonable accommodation;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that Youth strategies after 2018 should mainstream the needs of young persons with disabilities;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to continue working on the inclusion of the persons with disabilities through financial support for a range of grassroots projects and organisations;
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD, which focuses on the exchange of good practices; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities.
2016/02/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas access to and participation in lifelong learning for all, including disadvantaged people, and the use of qualifications should be promoted and improved at regional, national and community level;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the existing mobility initiatives have contributed to improving not only learners’ civic values and sense of belonging to Europe, but also their academic skills and job prospects, more specifically those skills linked to problem- solving capacity, planning and structuring, capacity to act and adapt in face of new situations, decision making, knowledge of foreign languages, and communication, as well as those related to personal skills that impact employability such as confidence, motivation, curiosity, critical thinking and assertiveness;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the European Union to define a statute of the ‘European Apprentice’Commission to analyse the implications of the introduction of a statute of the ‘European Apprentice’, through consultation with all the relevant stakeholders;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that early school leaving is one of the most distinct problems faced by mobility target groups, and that better vocational options lead to fewer dropouts from education and training, which can solve the emerging problem of early school leaving;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 116 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that even short periods of mobility in VET can be profitable for individuals and society and therefore encourages their implementation;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 121 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to compensate for the obstacles that derive from the lower socioeconomic status of students in VET through measures such as a possible increase in the amounts of individual grants from the Commission, or an increase in the contributions made by Member States and regional and local administrations, intermediate institutions or NGOs, whether funded from their own budgets or via partnership schemes involving businesses, foundations and organisations that collaborate in the system of qualification and vocational training in their region or territoryproblem of participating in mobility programmes for students in VET from lower socioeconomic situations and suggests that measure should be taken, in cooperation with Member States, to tackle this problem;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 156 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define and strengthen the role ofanalyse the possibility of introducing intermediary institutions – both territorial and sectoral – involved in the preparation, management and follow- up of mobility, and to assist in the setting-up of such institutions at national, regional and local leveltaking into account the budgetary impact that this may imply and the suggestion that these institutions could guarantee the involvement of the network of vocational training schools;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 161 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need for such intermediary institutions with adequate budgetary and human resources to enable mobility organisation and management structures to guarantee the involvement of the network of vocational training schools, and to have the power and capacity to establish operational alliances and agreements with potential partners both at home and among the participating states in mobility programmes;deleted
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 203 #

2015/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Asks for the setting up ofEncourages the Commission to assess the value of creating a one-stop- shop mechanism and its implication for pooling data and communication tools in order to provide a convenient and efficient service for those seeking information and support on the various mobility programmes existing at EU, national, regional and local level;
2015/12/07
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. UWelcomes the continued negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), which should focus not only on providing EU businesses and consumers with new market access opportunities, but also on creating new and enhanced regulatory disciplines, while remaining WTO compatible and open to multilateralisation; notes that employment growth in the EU from 2015 to 2025 will be driven by service sector jobs, with 90 per cent of new jobs in the EU in service sectors, especially in higher-skilled such as professional services, business services and computing; notes also that services make up around 70 per cent of the EU economy, underlining the crucial relevance of finding new market access opportunities for service exports in third countries; urges the Commission and the Member States to fully respect and pursue the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion as set out in Article 174 of the TFEU in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA);
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EU’s cohesion policy is its main investment tool not only for achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, but also for addressing urgent socio-economic needs; is of the strong opinion that its underlying principles and standards must not be weaktherefore be strengthened inby the context of future trade agreements negotiated by the EUnegotiation of balanced deep and comprehensive FTAs;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is concernedReminds that the competences of local and regional authorities (LRAs), which are responsible for a large share of public investment under the EU’s cohesion policy and are also actively involved in the delivery of key public services across the territory, will be limited by TiSA, thus reducing their ability to foster local and regional development and to protect the gmust remain unaffected by EU trade agreements, as is already the case with agreements concluded with South Korea, Cenetral interest of their citizenAmerica and the Andean Countries;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement; calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3in particular on Services of General Interest, calls on the Commission to include reservations concerning public services, allowing Member States and local authorities to continue to manage;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to involve and consult LRAs – alongside economic and social partners and civil society organisations – in the context of the TiSA negotiations so as they will be the ones most affectedo ensure their participation in ongoing negotiations; in this vein, welcomes the establishment by the Commission of Civil Society Dialogue meetings and ongoing efforts to make the EU's position in the TiSA talks as transparent as possible.
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that equal access to affordable childcare and free, high-qualityregardless of gender differences equal access to various forms of affordable, high-quality childcare and education is central tofor securing equal opportunities and breaking poverty cycles; however notes that an increase in accessibility to education does not necessarily imply an increase in quality of education;
2015/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that gender mainstreaming at all levels of the education system is needed, including assessing the implications for girls and boys, women and men of any planned action and the need to let the coa successful fight against poverty has to take into account gender differences and gender specificity and that the fundamental equality of chancerns cand experiences of all, form the design, implementation and evaluation of policinot be achieved by ideologically neglecting or ignoring these differences;
2015/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Highlights that promoting the idea of a family-friendly workplace, improving the availability and quality of part-time and flexible working, and investing in various forms of childcare are vital in increasing women employability and in combating feminine poverty;
2015/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 71 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Affirms that in comparison to girls, boys are almost twice as likely to leave school with low or no qualifications but that socio-economic background and status seem to be a stronger predictor of educational condition and achievement than gender alone., hence the need to focus on social and economic challenges in establishing high-quality educational opportunities for all;
2015/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester 2015 to focus on the four key priorities for economic growth: boosting investment, implementation of structural reforms, fiscal responsibility and improving employment policy; welcom, notes the country-specific recommendations (CSRs) 2015, which address the growth drivers that can allow sustainable recovery and through which progress can be achieved within a shorter timeframe (12- - 18 months);
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds 2014-2020, and especially the systematic references to CSRs and NRPs (National Reform Programmes) in the programming exercise; considers that cohesion policy investments could play a very important role in supporting structural reforms by following up the relevant CSRs; calls for steps to be taken to ensure compleimentarity and synergies between the ESI Funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and the other EU-subsidised programmes and initiatives, as well as national public investments and private financial instruments, in order to obtain maximum added value from the investments effected;
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with great concern the persistently high unemployment rates across mostin some Member States, especially as regards youth and long-term unemployment; stresses the need forto implement structural reforms to be implemented at regional, national and EU level in order to create employment opportunities and boost job creation;
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to ensure swift and effective implementation of the respective CSRs for 2015 and those outstanding from previous years in order to achieve sustainable growth and jobs; deplores, in this connection, the non- binding natures of the recommendations; recalls that the quality of ESI Funds intervention as as policy responses to the challenges identified in the CSRs will depend on how Member States connect their structural reforms, better spending and the use of ESI funds through the National Reform Programmes and the ensuing programme implementation;
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomAcknowledges the entry into force of the regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI);, underlines the Commission's opinion that there is strong combined potential of the Investment Plan for Europe and the ESI Funds in terms of boosting competitiveness, sustainable economic growth and job creation; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to step up the structural reforms and to improve the regulatory and administrative environment in order to substantially improve the business and investment climate and reap the full benefits of scarceachieve maximum output/leverage from limited public finances;
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2015/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider innovative ways to encourage investment in the EU and highlights the fact that the increased use of financial instruments within the 2014-2020 cohesion policy canould help to produce a multiplier effect with the EU budget and also to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of ESI Funds investment.
2015/09/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with satisfaction that a cooperation agreement between the Committee, the EESC and Parliament was signed on 5 February 2014 with the objective of developing political and administrative cooperationcooperation; notes that an appendix on administrative cooperation was signed between the Committee, the EESC and Parliament;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 24 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Finds that there is still room for improvement in the collaboration between the three parties toParliament and the Committee based on the cooperation agreement, particularly in the political side; believes that the three institutions are capable of developinginvites these two institutions to examine whether further synergies that will enhance productivity in the domains covered by the cooperation agreement can be found and asks to be kept informed of its follow-up;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 52 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that insufficient action is being taken to fulfil the Committee’s main mandate, to "engage participation" from Union citizens; requires examples of situations where mutual exchanges with citizens and their involvement have occurred and where direct results - measurable, focused, and with a visible impact - have been obtained through such participation;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with appreciationoval that in its first year the Erasmus+ programme has achievretained its intended aim of creatingkey focus on boosting skills and employability, achieved closer links between Union programmes and policy developments in education, training and youth, and structured Union action in such a way as to respond better to the goal of lifelong learning paradigm;
2016/01/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the added value that Erasmus+ delivers to the citizens of EU Member States through its student and youth mobility programmes, highlighting the importance of such programmes as tools to better prepare young people for a competitive global marketplace and promote intercultural dialogue;
2016/01/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern that the European Schools have not addressed the issues raised by the Court of Auditors and it has therefore needed to reiterate its recommendation to the Board of Governors of the European Schools to implement a rotation system for sensitive posts and other weaknesses, which may put at risk the basic principles of sound financial management; believes that a comprehensive review of the governance, management and organisation of the European Schools system would be timely given the concerns raised and the fact that 60 per cent of the European Schools budget, €177 million, comes from the European budget;
2016/01/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the upcoming mid-term review of the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF) is a key point in the management of EU spending.; acknowledges the value of the mid-term review in ensuring EU investment programmes remain efficient and on target, whilst underlining the need for total MFF expenditure ceilings to remain unchanged;
2016/01/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, encouragaligning linear and non-linear services, by levelling-up for the benefit of consumer protection, continuing theo use ofthe distinction of whether or not content is editorially screened content to whichand protecting the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulationof audiovisual regulation; takes the view that any modification of the audiovisual media services directive should take into account new ways of accessing audiovisual content and should be consistent with the current reform of legislation relating to copyright; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of the creative sector to the economy and its contribution to growth and employment; recalls that copyright intensive activities account for a significant part of the creative sector's economy;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that the creative sector has specificities and different challenges, notably arising from the different types of content, creative works and business models used; therefore calls on the Commission to better identify these specificities and take them into account when proposing modifications and solutions;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Strongly believes that creators should be granted appropriate remuneration and that copyright should keep its primary function of allowing creators to gain rewards for their efforts through others making use of their work, thus encouraging future creativity;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule outeduce discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of legal, editorially screened content; and services; believes that consideration should be given to how internet service providers and online intermediaries, along with other actors in the supply chain, such as payment providers, could play a greater role in facilitating action against illegal content and tackling copyright abuses on a commercial scale;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all mediareform copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media; points out that the rapid rate of technological development in the digital market calls for a technologically neutral framework for copyright; underlines that any modification of the current legal framework on copyright should be considered in a targeted way and with a focus on economic growth, competitiveness and enhanced consumer experience; calls on the Commission to make sure that any reform of the copyright directive is evidence based and carefully assessed; considers that it should take into account the results of the ex-post impact assessment of the Directive of 2001, and be based on solid evidence, including an assessment of the possible impact of the modifying elements; takes the view that a proper economic analysis, including the impact on jobs and growth, must be carried out, in line with the Commission's objective of better regulation;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of ensuring accessibility of the Digital Single Market for people with disabilities; in this regard, notes the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty, which will facilitate access for the visually impaired to books, and encourages swift ratification thereof;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to contentkey principle of portability of goods and services in the single market should be promoted and that consumers should be able to access a wide range of lawfully available content on fair and reasonable terms across the EU, recognising that portability of goods and services is fundamental to the Single Market that should be reflected in the digital single market.phere; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 145 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that copyright law is essential to enabling Europe's creative and cultural industries to compete on a global scale and that the economic benefit of copyright is only as effective as the means to enforce it; stresses that an effective and balanced civil enforcement system against infringement of copyright is therefore central to investment in innovation and job creation;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 155 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends a continued focus on improving how children are protected online, through transparent self- regulatory measures in accordance with existing national and EU legislation where appropriate, such as flexible parental controls based on the informed consent of parents, and by collaboration between stakeholders including regulatory authorities, industry, charities and other appropriate entities, including through the implementation of proportionate "notice and takedown" policies in accordance with Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the role of education goes beyond fulfilling the economic targets of EU and national strategies; whereas the objectives of education include preparing individuals for life and active citizenship in increasingly complex, demanding and integrated societies; whereas education remains an area of exclusive Member State competence, in which the EU should never interfere;
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;deleted
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas increased awareness about the free movement of people and services within the Union and EU mobility programmes can help to create a sense of belonging to the EU, community spirit and acceptance of multicultural and multinational societies;deleted
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that, according to the Treaties, education remains a competence of Member States, which shall remain absolutely free and sovereign in defining the content of school programs and that the EU should then not interfere in their area of sovereignty;
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 97 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;deleted
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 199 #

2015/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;deleted
2015/11/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern the decrease of payment appropriations under heading 1b to EUR 49 billion (-4% as compared to 2015), and questions whether the amounts proposed in the Draft Budget (DB) 2016 for heading 1b are indeed sufficient to face the current unprecedented level of payments needed under this heading;
2015/08/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the Commission's proposal for a preparatory action under heading 1b, which is open to all Member States, and is intended to finance capacity development and institution building to support the implementation of reforms identified as priorities in the lifecycle of the macroeconomic surveillance, and calls for furthera full impact assessment of this preparatory action before funding is extended to similar initiatives in the future.
2015/08/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that persistent problems such as financial barriers result in a lack of investment within the EU cand often undermine SME activities and their full growth potential, stresses the urgent need to mobilise investment in order to boost the real economy; welcomes, in this regard, the proposal for an Investment Plan for Europe and the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); recalls that there is a need to ensure consistency and complementarity between the EFSI and other EU policies and instruments, in particular the ESI Funds;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the enlarged role the EIB Group will play in implementing cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 programming period; believes this is a step in the right direction towards improving synergies between the EIB and ESI funds;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers administrative burdens and a lack of administrative capacity a serious obstacle to successfully achieving cohesion policy goals; stresses the importance of the EIB’s advisory role and recognises the efforts undertaken in this context; welcomes the partnership between the Commission and the EIB in setting up the fi-compass advisory platform, particularly in the agricultural sector, with easier access to finance for farmers wishing to modernise their production processes;
2015/10/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that culture is a powerful instrument for European diplomatic relations, fostering EU core values and global citizenship, and that it should be incorporated consistently into the EU's external action; calls for a fruitful cooperation between the European Commission – more specifically its Directorate-General (DG) for Education and Culture and its DG for International Cooperation and Development –, the European External Action Service and the UN in areas such as cultural heritage at risk and illicit trade in cultural property, conflict prevention, the development of creative industries, the mobility of culture professionals, cultural goods and services, and education in emergencies, noting that external relations are first and foremost a Member State competence;
2015/07/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Encourages the EU and the Member States to promote common interests together with third countries, through an equal-based partnership focused on mutual exchange and intercultural cooperation; recommends the development of a dynamic role for culture on the international stage as a "soft power" that can benefit the EU and its Member States in their relations with the wider world;
2015/07/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the consolidated cooperation between the EU and UNESCO, based on the adoption of the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement between the European Union and the United Nations (FAFA) of 2003 and the EU's participation in the UN General Assembly following the UN General Assembly resolution adopted in 2011; calls, however, for more effective EU representation within the UN, particularly in the fields of culture and education and in line with the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that a genuine EU-UN strategic partnership could be achieved by having EU representatives with voting rights on the boards of UN agencies in the areas of culture and education and by taking action jointly with UNESCO – and with UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNRWA and UNWOMAN – in the form of financial cooperation and common project management, in agreement with the beneficiary partner countri, following the UN General Assembly resolution adopted in 2011, where the remit of the EU is to present the agreed position of its Member States;
2015/07/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the EU's observer status can be beneficial to its Member States provided that clear lines of communication are employed between the EU and the Member State governments, having in mind the important role the EU already plays in developing and implementing UN Conventions and Protocols and its active part in UN global conferences; notes the possibility to review some common projects in the areas of culture and education jointly with UNESCO – and with UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNRWA and UNWOMAN – in agreement with beneficiary partner countries;
2015/07/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the cohesion policy should further aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the addressing the challenges of the least favoured regions through the investments achieving maximum impact on the stimulation of growth and jobs across Europe;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the migrants should not only be considered a humanitarian phenomenon but also an opportunity for the EU to enhance economic and social development; askituation is a pressing humanitarian phenomenon; urges the Member States, al in collaborationg with regional and local authorities, to promote a sustainable set of measures, such as access to the labour market to address this situation;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that migrants tend to arrive and often – despite the efforts of the authorities to promote even distribution – tend to settle in urban areas; recognises the important role of cities in the short, medium and long term with regard to the reception, accommodation and integration of migrants;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the Luxemburg EU Council Presidency’s conclusions of 27 November 2015 on the occasion of the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Urban Policy which ‘consider providing cities and municipalities with adequate support to deal with the refugee situation, in particular by mobilising [...] the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) dedicated to sustainable urban development and [by] accommodating the issue of migration and refugees within the EU Urban Agenda’;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. SupportNotes the allocation of the designated amounts from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) during 2014- 2020 programming period to help with the integration of migrants and, in particular, the use of the ERDF for emergency measures concerning their accommodation;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to be flexible in using existing programmes to address the current additional challenges for cohesion policy; welcomnotes the Commission’s readiness to examine proposals by the Member States to make use of EU support, and its willingness to examine and rapidly approve amendments to the 2014-2020 Operational Programmes in order to better integrate migrants; urges the Member States accordingly to take advantage of the funding available through the ESI Funds;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that any decisions on reallocation of the amounts from structural funds on migration issues should be left to the exclusive competence of the Member States and regions;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the ESI Funds, in synergy with the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), are useful tools for addressing the scale of the migratory challenges in areas such as accommodation, relocation, skills training, and issues relating to poverty;
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to develop an approach to migration similar to that of the macro-regional strategy; emphasises that such an integrated and comprehensive approach should be based on INTERREG and include specific targets, and should also make use of instruments such as Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD);deleted
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to make full use of its discretionary powers, under Article 23(9)-(14) of the Common Provisions Regulation, regarding the level and scope of any suspension of commitments or payments in cohesion policy, whenever additional public expenditure by individual Member States is needed for the accommodation and integration of large numbers of migrants.
2016/01/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to encourage a cross-sectoral approach between different areas within educational institutions, such as joint programmes between arts, science, ICT, engineering, business and other relevant fields;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the importance of internships as part of secondary and higher education curricula for the acquisition of work experience and transversal skills;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 88 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that humanities and general humanistic knowledge are indispensable in making effective use of the opportunities presented by STEM disciplines and thus should receive effective support within their institutions and play an explicit role in developing institutional curricula;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 89 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that crafts and professions with traditional and cultural elements are preserved and effectively passed down to younger generations through the implementation of specialised programmes.
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the importance of programs in the field of education and culture and their need for sufficient commitment and payment appropriation in order to ensure that programs reach the intended number of beneficiaries and thus impact while ensuring that focus on transparency remains, keeping in mind the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
2015/05/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the Paris Declaration adopted by the EU Education Ministers on 17 March 2015, calling for enhanced cooperation by Member States to promote respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, human rights, equality, the rule of law, social inclusion, and active citizenship through the education of children and young people;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the real purpose of the Bologna Process is to support mobility and internationalisation, as well as to ensure compatibility and comparability in standards and quality of different higher educational systems while respecting the autonomy of universities;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas continuous and increased financial support for education and training is crucial;deleted
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Bologna reforms resulted in the launching of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA), and have allowed significantome achievements in the past 15 years in making higher education structures more comparable, increasing mobility, adjusting educational systems to labour market needs, and improving overall employability and competitiveness as well as the attractiveness of higher education in Europe;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a dialogue to be pursued between governments and higher education institutions (HEIs) in order to target and maximise the use of available funds and to seek new models for funding; stresses in this regard the importance of Horizon 2020 in driving collaborative research projects amongst European HEIs and is concerned at continued attempts to cuts its funding while other areas of the budget remain unchallenged;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights the potential funding opportunities for higher education, vocational education and training provided by the EFSI; expresses its strong concerns about the planned cutting of funds for Horizon 2020 in favour of the EFSI;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 71 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the further development of study programmes with clearly defined objectives, providing the knowledge and mix of skills, both general and professional, needed to prepare graduates for the requirements of the labour market and to build their capacity for LLL;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 109 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for more flexible learning paths that promote joint degree programmes and interdisciplinary studies, and that support innovation, creativity, vocational education and training (VET), dual education, and entrepreneurship in higher education, and calls for the potential offered by new technologies and digitalisation to be explored in order to develop new models for learning, teaching, and assessment;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on HEIs, public administrations, social partners and enterprises to lead an on-going dialogue facilitating and enhancing employability; in this regard stresses the need to focus the discussion on an unused potential of higher education in stimulating growth and employment; calls on EHEA countries and HEIs to enhance cooperation regarding traineeships and apprenticeships;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 119 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the Member States, the Union and the HEIs are responsible for providing quality education that responds to social challenges;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for more involvement of secondary school teachers in the Bologna Process in terms of promoting quality in teacher training and professional mobility in order to meet the new educational and training demands of a knowledge-based society, and to contribute to increased student performance;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2015/2011(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. SupportNotes the Commission's proposal on the DAB 1/2015, which proposes the provisioning of a guarantee fund and possible calls on a EUnion guarantee, as well as the budgeting of appropriations for the provision of advisory support, in line with the legislative proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI);
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2015/2011(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Expresses concern that EFSI may be deployed to support projects with a questionable rate of return which private investors have been unwilling, with good reason, to undertake;
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2015/2011(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines both that EFSI should not contribute to a culture of ‘picking winners’ and that while synergies with Cohesion spending could be welcome, this should not come at the expense of Union- level research and innovation programmes.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas entrepreneurship is an importantthe critical driver of economic growth and job creation as it creates new companies and jobs, opens up new markets, improves productivity and creates wealth;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas recent studies showuggest that entrepreneurship can be learned and that entrepreneurship education, if correctly designed, can have a positive impact on employment rates, start-up rates and survival rates of enterprises;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 73 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas education and training are mainly national competencies and mshould remain so. The EU’s main contribution to fostering entrepreneurship should be in encouraging and facilitating the exchange of best practice and not trying to broaden its scope to encroach upon the freedom of its Member State’s educational policies through EU regulation. Most Member States have yet to develop a cross- cutting policy or a strategic approach to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial curricula and teaching methods; whereas teachers and education leaders in Europe are not sufficiently trained in entrepreneurship education, either through continuous professional development or through their initial training, which has a negative impact on the potential for entrepreneurship to become embedded in education systems13 ; __________________ 13 Budapest and Istanbul European Training Foundation symposium conclusions.
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 94 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the role of lifelong learning as a key measure in European Member Statess response to globalisation and the shift to knowledge-based economies, and specifically the importance of ‘a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’, which is among the eight ‘Key Competences for Lifelong Learning ‒ A European Reference Framework’ which it suggests are needed by all individuals for personal fulfilment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employment;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 137 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission, within their respective competences, to develop methodological support and tools forto be available to national education systems in the area of entrepreneurship education and training;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 144 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to increase the focus on improving entrepreneurship skills within the Erasmus+ programme and to promote education policy reforms in Member States in this regard;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 156 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to use the European Fund for Strategic Investment to support entrepreneurship education at national and local level;deleted
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 168 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to create a European Entrepreneurship Education Network to gather together and make available good practice to be shared by schools, organisations, businesses, authorities and other stakeholders at European, national and local levels provided the funds are sourced from existing budgets and by reallocating departmental priorities, not simply adding to them;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 171 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to provide more effective coordination and leadership in the area of entrepreneurship education in the context of the EU’s global strategies and the Juncker Commission’s plan;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Since the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers relying, inter alia, on the free movement of services and persons, it is necessary to provide that consumers can use online content services which offer access to content such as music, games, films or sporting events not only in their Member State of residence but also when they are temporarily present in other Member States of the Union travelling for leisure or business. Therefore, barriers that hamper access and use of suchlegally acquired online content services cross border should be eliminated.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The technological development leading to a proliferation of portable devices such as tablets and smartphones increasingly facilitates the use of online content services by providing access to them regardless of the consumers' location. There is a rapidly growing demand on the part of consumers for access to content and innovative online services not only in their home countryMember State of residence but also when they are temporarily present in another Member State of the Union.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Consumers increasingly enter into contractual arrangements with service providers for the provision of online content services. However, consumers that are temporarily present in another Member State of the Union often cannot access and use the online content services that they have legally acquired the right to use in their home countryMember State of residence.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) There are a number of barriers which hinder the provision of these services to consumers temporarily present in another Member State. Certain online services include content such as music, games or films which are protected by copyright and/or related rights under Union law. In particular, the obstacles to cross- border portability of online content services stem from the fact that the rights for the transmission of content protected by copyright and/or related rights, such as audiovisual works, are often licensed on a territorial basis or are already sold on an exclusive basis within that territory as well as from the fact that online service providers may choose to serve specific markets only.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the objective of this Regulation is to adapt the legal framework in order to ensure that the licensing of rights no longer presents barriers to cross-border portability of online content services in the Union and that the cross- border portability can be ensuredpermit cross-border portability of online content services to consumers that have legally acquired content and that are temporarily present in a Member State other than that of their Member State of residence within the Union, whilst maintaining, and in accordance with, the principle of territoriality.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) This Regulation should, therefore, apply to online content services that a service provider, after having obtained the relevant rights from right holders in a given territory, provides to its subscribers on the basis of a contract, by any means including streaming, downloading or any other technique which allows use of that content. ANeither the registration to receive content alerts or a mere acceptance of HTML cookies nor the exchange or transfer of data should not be regarded as a contract for the provision of online content service for the purposes of this Regulation.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation should apply only to online content services which subscribers can effectively access and use in the Member State of residence in which they habitually reside without being limited to a specific location, as it is not appropriate to require service providers that do not offer portable services within their home country Member State of residence of the subscriber to do so across borders.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Providers of online content services are already in a position to authenticate the Member State of residence of their subscribers at the time of the initial subscription but also have the ability to verify the continual access of content from outside the Member State of residence. The practice of geoblocking currently demonstrates the ability of service providers to deem whether usage is within a specific Member State of residence or outside that Member State, without hampering consumer privacy.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 55 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Online content services which are provided without payment of money are also included in the scope of this Regulation to the extent that providers verify the Member State of residence of their subscribers. Online content services which are provided without the payment of money and whose providers do not verify the Member State of residence of their subscribers should be outside the scope of this Regulation as their inclusion would involve a major channormally do not verify the Member State of residence of their subscribers. The inclusion of such online content services in the scope of this regulation would involve a major change to the way these services are delivered and involve disproportionate costs. On the other hand, the exclusion of these services from the scope of this Regulation would mean that these services would not be able to take advantage tof the way these services are delivered and involve disproportionate costs. As concernslegal mechanism provided for in this Regulation and enabling online content providers to offer their services on a portable basis across the Union even when they decide to invest in means allowing the verification of their subscriber's' Member State of residence, information such as a payment of a licence fee for other services provided in to the same degree of certainty as services which are provided against payment of money. This is why providers of online content services which are provided without payment of money should have an option to be included in the scope of this Regulation if they so decide and provided that they comply with the requirements on the verification of the Member State of residence, to the existence of a contract for internet or telephone connection, IP address or other means of authentication,same degree of certainty as content which is provided against payment of money. If providers of online content services which are provided without payment of money wish to exercise that option, they should be reobliged upon, if they enable the provider to have reasonable indicators as to the Member State of residence of its subscribersto comply with the provisions of this Regulation in the same way as providers of online content services which are provided against payment of money.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that providers of online content services which are provided against payment of money comply with the obligation to provide cross-border portability of their services without acquiring the relevant rights in another Member State, it is necessary to stipulate that those service providers which lawfully provide portable online content services in the Member State of residence of subscribers are always entitled to provide such services to those subscribers when they are temporarily present in another Member State. This should be achieved by establishing that the provision, the access to and the use of such online content service should be deemed to occur in the Member State of the subscriber's residence. This legal fiction shall not prevent the provider from offering its subscriber, who is temporarily present in another Member State, online content that the provider lawfully provides in that Member State.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Service providers should ensure that their subscribers are properly informed about the conditions of enjoyment of online content services in Member States other than the Member State of residence of the subscribers. The Regulation enables right holders to require that the service provider make use of effective means in order to verify that the online content service is provided in conformity with this Regulation. It is necessary, however, to ensure that the required means are reasonable and do not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this purpose. Examples of the necessary technical and organisational measures may include sampling of IP address instead of constant monitoring of location, transparent information to the individuals about the methods used for the verification and its purposes, and appropriate security measures. Considering that for purposes ofConsidering that for purposes of the verification what matters is not the specific location or country, but rather whether the individual accessing the vserification what matters is not the location, but rather, in which Member State the subscriber is accessing the service, precise location data should not be collected and processed for this purpose. Similarly, where authentication of a subscriber is sufficient in order to deliver thevice is in his or her Member State of residence or not, precise location data should not be collected and processed for this purpose. The list of verification means, as provided for in this Regulation, provides the sufficient and flexible means by which service provided, idrs can authentification of the subscriber should not be requirede and verify subscribers' access and Member State of residence.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 81 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The list of verification means, provided for in this Regulation, aims to provide legal certainty as to the verification means to be used by service providers. In each case, account should be taken of a particular verification means in the given Member State and of the given type of online content service. Unless the Member State of residence can be established to a sufficient degree of certainty on the basis of a single verification means, providers should rely on a combination of these means. Furthermore, this Regulation should allow agreements between service providers and right holders as to which particular verification means could be used by providers. This should allow for flexibility as to the choice of the verification means. Such means should also be effective, reasonable and should not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of establishing the Member State of residence. However, holders of copyright and related rights, or other rights in content of online content services should remain able to permit their content to be accessed and used under this Regulation without verification of the Member State of residence provided they do so equally across all Member States. Right holders should be able to take such decisions freely and individually when entering into agreements with providers. Service providers may request the subscriber to provide necessary information in order to sufficiently authenticate or verify a subscriber's Member State of residence. If the subscriber fails to provide such information and as a result the provider is unable to establish or verify the Member State of residence as required under this Regulation, the provider should not provide cross-border portability of online content service to this subscriber.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 93 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the adaptation of the legal framework so that cross-border portability of online content services is provided in the Union, cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States and can therefore, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve its objective. Therefore, this Regulation does not substantially affect the way the rights are licensed and does not oblige right holders and service providers to renegotiate contracts. Moreover, this Regulation does not require that the provider takes measures to ensure the quality of delivery of online content services outside the Member State of residence of the subscriber. Finally, this Regulation does not apply to service providers who offer services without payment of money and who do not verify the subscriber's Member State of residenceexercise their option to comply with this Regulation. Therefore, it does not impose any disproportionate costs,.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation introduces a common approach to ensuring that subscribers to legally acquired online content services in the Union, when temporarily present in a Member State, can access and use these services other than that of their Member State of residence can access and use these services whilst respecting all the relevant copyright and related rights of the content accessed and used.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point c
(c) "Member State of residence" means the Member State where the subscriber is habitually residing, established on the basis of Article 3b, where the subscriber has his or her actual and stable residence to which he or she returns regularly;
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) For the purposes of this Regulation, a consumer has one Member State of residence;
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point d
(d) "Temporarily present" means athe transitory presence of a subscriber in a Member State other than the Member State of residence;
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 112 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point e
(e) "Online content service" means a service as defined by Articles 56 and 57 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that a service provider is lawfully providing online in the Member State of residence on a portable basis and which is an audiovisual media service within the meaning of Directive 2010/13/EU or a service the main feature of which is the provision of lawful access to and use of works, and other protected subject matter or transmissions of broadcasting organisations, whether in a linear or an on- demand manner,.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 114 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) "Portable" means that subscribers can effectively access and use the legally acquired online content service in the Member State of residence without being limited to a specific location;
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point e – subparagraph 2
(e) "Online content service" means a service as defined by Articles 56 and 57 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that a service provider is lawfully providing online in the Member State of residence on a portable basis and which is an audiovisual media service within the meaning of Directive 2010/13/EU or a service the main feature of which is the provision of access to and use of works, other protected subject matter or transmissions of broadcasting organisations, whether in a linear or an on-demand manner, which is provided to a subscriber on agreed terms either: (1) (2) provided that the subscriber's Member State of residence is verified by the provider;; against payment of money; or without payment of money
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 117 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point f
(f) "Portable" means that subscribers can effectively access and use the online content service in the Member State of residence without being limited to a specific location.deleted
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 131 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Providers of online content without payment of money 1. Providers of online content services provided without payment of money may decide to enable its subscribers who are temporarily present in a Member State to access and use the online content service in accordance with this Regulation should they be able to verify and authenticate a subscriber's Member State of residence to a reasonable degree of certainty. 2. Providers of online content services provided without payment of money, equivalent to the obligation on those providers who do receive payment of money, shall notify subscribers, the relevant holders of copyright and related rights and those holding any other rights in the content of online content service provision, of its decision to provide portability of content in accordance with paragraph 1. This notification shall be made by means that are adequate and proportionate. 3. Any decision made by providers of online content services provided without payment of money pursuant to paragraph 1 shall mean that those providers shall be subject to this Regulation.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 134 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Verification of the Member State of residence 1. Providers of online content services which are provided against payment of money shall make use of effective means in order to verify the Member State of residence of its subscribers. These means shall be reasonable and not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve their purpose. 2. In order to comply with the obligation set out in paragraph 1, the provider shall rely on the following verification means or alternative means as agreed between right holders and service providers: (a) an identity card or equivalent, which shall include electronic identification means; (b) the billing address or postal code of the subscriber, or equivalent; (c) financial account information such as a bank account, local credit or debit card of the subscriber, or equivalent; (d) physical visitation to the place of installation of a set top box or a similar device used for supply of services to the subscriber, or equivalent; (e) a subscriber being party to a contract for internet or telephone connection in the Member State of residence, or an equivalent contract; (f) payment of a licence fee by a subscriber for other services provided in the Member State of residence, or equivalent payment; (g) sampling or periodic checking of the Internet Protocol (IP) address to identify whether a subscriber accesses content within the Member State of residence or outside the Member State of residence using technology already used to geoblock, or an equivalent geo- locational mechanism; (h) registration on local electoral rolls, if available, or an equivalent national, regional or local roll; (i) the payment of local or poll taxes, if available, or an equivalent national, regional or local payment; (j) an identity card or equivalent electronic means of identification. Where the Member State of residence cannot be sufficiently established on the basis of a single verification means, the provider shall rely on a combination of such means. 3. The provider and the holders of copyright and related rights or those holding any other rights in the content of an online content service may agree on the use and number of the particular means referred to in paragraph 2 or of any other means in accordance with paragraph 1 to verify the Member State of residence. 4. Online content service providers, using the verification means as referred to in paragraph 2 and proportional and reasonable means, shall ensure that subscribers are accessing content in their Member State of residence to satisfy the definition of habitual residence, which demonstrates regular return, therefore preventing the abuse of cross-border portability of online content and services. 5. The provider shall be entitled to request the subscriber to provide additional information if necessary for the verification of the Member State of residence both in the process of authenticating the initial Member State of residence and the verification of continued access to content. If the subscriber fails to provide that information and as a result the provider is unable to authenticate or verify the Member State of residence, the provider shall prevent, on the basis of this Regulation, the subscriber from accessing or using the online content service when he or she is temporarily present in a Member State other than the Member State of residence.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(1) Any contractual provisions including those between holders of copyright and related rights, those holding any other rights relevant for the use of and access to content in online content services and service providers, as well as between service providers and subscribers which are contrary to Articles 3(1) and 4this Regulation shall be unenforceable.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 148 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, hHolders of copyright and related rights or those holding any other rights in the content of online content services may require assurances that the service provider makeis making use of effective means in order to verify that the online content service is provided in conformity with this Regulation and in line with Article 3(1b(4), provided that the required means are reasonable and do not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve their purpose or infringe the telecoms rules currently into force, in particular in the area of general data protection, or require any change in contracts concluded between right holders and service providers.
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 155 #

2015/0284(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
It shall apply from [date: 6The legal fiction as outlined in recital 20 shall apply from ... [6 months following the date of publication of this Regulation] with the obligation to offer portability for online content services which are provided against payment of money, and the Regulation in its entirety, shall apply from 12 months following the dayte of its publication].
2016/05/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance, awareness on regional specificities and disparities and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission and the EIB shall note that projects that the market has not wished to embark upon unaided is often due to said projects not being viable. The Commission and the EIB shall put fiscal prudence ahead of trying to reach headline grabbing targets or to see spending public money on the EFSI as a positive end in itself.
2015/03/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for a common definition of ‘public domain’ so as to ensure the widespread dissemination of cultural content across the EU;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to address the problematic boundaries that existHighlights that the inter-play between the reproduction right and the right of communication to the public of works, and to clarify the concept of ‘communication to the public’ in light of the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Unions seen by the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, would benefit from further analysis, particularly in light of the continued growth online services;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that embedding and linking should not be considered acts of communication to the public and thus should not be subject to Article 3 of the directive; There have been recent cases, in particular Svensson, that have dealt with this point and which should be part of the Commission's analysis when it comes forward with proposals.), though encourages further work to be carried out to clarify how to protect from embedding works subject to paywalls and other types of content restrictions; Or. en (Justification
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 49 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to update the concept of ‘reproduction of works’ by taking into account the possibilities offered by digital technologies in terms of communication to the public;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges for the establishment of mandatory limitations and exceptions to copyright, at least with regard to the most important excepEncourages the Member States to take up the limitations and exceptions provided for in existing copyright legislations, such as those in the field of education, research and, libraries, and museums to allow for the more widespread dissemination of cultural contentresources across the EUnion;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that a general exception should be introduced to offer a broader interpretation of the current exceptions based on the analogue model, while taking into account the freedom of expression and information, freedom of the arts and sciences and cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, as referred to in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 102 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that digital levies should be modernised in light of the development of digital technologies to safeguard rightholder and consumer rights and by taking into account Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal markephased out across the Union as part of modernised approach to copyright;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests a review of the liability of service providers to guarantee the dissemination of culture across the EU and in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights.deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2014/2250(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that women and girls are free to decide on their choice of educational path, professional life and career, including when the decision they take is to devote themselves to family and motherhood;
2015/04/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the thematic concentration supporting investments in smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; maintains, at the same time, the requirement of somegreater flexibility for the regions, depending on local and regional specificities, especially in the context of the severe crisis; calls for a genuinely integrated and territorial approach to target programmes and projects that address the needs on the ground;
2015/03/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2014/2241(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the potential of sport tourism is not sufficiently exploited and suggests to the Commission to make an assessment and propose an adequate way of improving citizen's benefits;
2015/05/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #

2014/2241(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that Europe's cultural heritage makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and that cultural tourism, which is of key importance in boosting growth and employment, accounts for 40 % of European tourism, where the touristic sector, accounting for some 1.8 million businesses, primarily SMEs, employs approximately 3.3 % of EU workforce (about 8 million jobs) and generates about 2.9% of EU GDP and the linked to it sectors indirect contribution is even greater, estimated to provide around 8.5% of all jobs (approximately 18.8 million people employed) and generates about 7.9% of the European Union's GDP1 a; emphasises that, in order to maintain current tourist volumes and attract new tourists, Europe's cultural and natural heritage needs to be conserved and showcased and the right balance needs to be struck between expanding the tourism sector and protecting cultural heritage; __________________ 1aCouncil recommendations on European Tourism Quality Principles
2015/05/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #

2014/2241(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to bolster European measures and programmes relating to cultural tourism and cultural heritage that have proved effective, to look into the feasibility of, using a thorough impact assessment, of the voluntary introducingtion of a 'European cultural card' which would offer reduced entrance fees for museums, monuments, archaeological sites, libraries, theatres and so on, and to provide targeted financial support under the relevant EU instruments, including the Structural Funds.;
2015/05/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. recognising that cultural diversity is a distinctive feature of the EU because of Europe's history, its rich variety of traditions and strong cultural and creative industries, and that the promotion of cultural diversity will remain a guiding principle, just as it has been in other EU trade agreements;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. recalling that cultural and creative industries contribute around 2.6% of EU GDP with a higher growth rate than the rest of the economy;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Dc. underlining that, with a decline in the EU's competitiveness in traditional industries, the development of trade in cultural and creative-industry goods and services will constitute an important driver of economic growth and job creation in Europe; observing that, according to estimates, world trade in cultural and creative goods and services has nearly doubled in the past ten years;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D d (new)
Dd. strongly believing that greater trade openness in the cultural and creative industries sector would greatly benefit both the European and US economies and could contribute to cultural richness and diversity of both - the US and Europe;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D e (new)
De. recalling that the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights is an issue central to securing the European cultural and creative industries while maintaining incentives for companies to develop new service and business models and for artists and creators to innovate;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D f (new)
Df. maintaining that international cooperation is the only way to combat piracy, counterfeiting and the violation of IPRs.
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure, via a general clause in thethat the TTIP agreement, is in full compliance with the GATS and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, that the parties to the agreement reserve the right to adopt or maintain any measure (in particular of a regulatory and/or financial nature) with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, media pluralism and media freedom, and to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) look to establish in TTIP the right balance between the necessary protection and sustainability of creation with the need to foster the development of new services and business models;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) ensure that the EU cultural and creative sector maintains and enhances its ability to access a large market of 300m consumers with high purchasing power and that EU producers and creators are guaranteed, wherever possible, non- discriminatory market access or equivalent treatment to US producers;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 134 #

2014/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to develop a new model of multi-level governance, combining formal governmental structures with informal flexible governance structures that correspond to the new realities of the digitalised ‘network’ society, and which is adapted to the scale at which the challenges exist, a model which improves multi-level cooperation, both vertical and horizontal, with governmental and non-governmental actors at local, regional, national and European level, thus bringing government closer to the citizens and improving the democratic legitimacy of the European project; recommends that this model become the working method of the future European Urban Agenda;
2015/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2014/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to appoint a special EU urban envoy within existing budgets to monitor and evaluate the practical implementation of such coordination by closely following the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and the territorial agenda of the EU in a horizontal (engaging all relevant policy sectors) and vertical (engaging all levels of government) manner; is of the opinion that the special EU urban envoy should, with the help of the Commission’s Inter-service Group on ‘Urban Development’, perform a systematic impact assessment of policy proposals, ensuring that the urban dimension of future legislation is adequately addressed;
2015/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2014/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue identifying the main obstacles and to initiate policiesencourage a friendly regulatory environment which would encourage SMEs to invest in green growth and eco- innovation, in order to promote opportunities for employment and the enhancement of sustainable growth;
2015/03/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2014/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends to the Member States that they include, when drafting the selection criteria for EU-funded projects, elements that should incentivise projects geared towards sustainable and smart growth, and ensure a balanced representation of environmental stakeholders, local and regional authorities and business groups when establishing the monitoring committees;
2015/03/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #

2014/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the extensionNotes the use of innovative support schemes in some Member States, such as green innovation vouchers, which can promote the introduction of sustainable technologies and environmentally friendly solutions into the market;
2015/03/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2014/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote the creation of thematic and geographic/regional platforms, where appropriate, through which incremental or breakthrough eco- innovative projects would attract private investments, and to encourage stakeholder cooperation in order to enrich the European value chain;
2015/03/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 50 #

2014/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States (at the level of national and regional policy-makers and managing authorities) to continuously promote sustainable growth under the smart specialisation strategies with the engagement of key stakeholders; asks the Commission to report to Parliament on the implementation of smart specialisation strategies at national and/or regional level, where appropriate, and especially as regards the various patterns of ‘downstream actions’ used at EU and Member State level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide information on the practical meaensures taken in order to develop competencies for eco-innovative SMEs throughhat eco-innovative SMEs are fully informed of interconnecting regional innovation centres and the key support networks, which could help develop their business.
2015/03/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 270 #

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at leasttargets for recycling and reuse combined to 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;
2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that this statistical data still only gives an approximate indication of the impact of irregularities on the EU budget; believes that the inaccuracy may stems from different approaches between and within Member States to the detection and classification of irregularities; believes also however, that a reduction in irregularities would also result from the Commission placing a less onerous workload of complex requirements, regulations and bureaucracy upon recipients, together with taking more seriously subsidiarity principles and the simplification of process that ought to accompany that;
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that most of the errors and irregular payments arise because of non- compliance with public procurement rules; stresses in this regard - in order to guarantee proper financial management of EU funds and avoid fraud as well as illegitimate spending - the necessity to ensure the transparency of public procurements, particularly in the selection of contractors;
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the Council to support the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).deleted
2014/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the promotion of culture, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue acts as a catalyst for cooperation between Member States;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas enhancing European cultural and linguistic diversity, promoting Europe’s cultural heritage, and strengthening the competitiveness of the European cultural and creative sectors aim to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cultural heritage projects are often examples of innovative and sustainable economic activities which develop businesses and research capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas policies for the maintenance, restoration, accessibility and exploitation of cultural heritage are primarily national or local responsibilities, but cultural heritage is nonetheless directly addressed in several EU policies, including those concerning agriculture and research and innovation;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it of paramount importance to use the available resources for supporting, enhancing and promoting cultural heritage on the basis of an integrated and holistic approach, while taking into account the cultural, economic, social, environmental and scientific components;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) in line with the current Commission working methods of working across sectors and in a flexible manner, establish a common approach within the Commission through improved cooperation between the different policy areas dealing with cultural heritage; report back to Parliament on the results of this closer cooperation;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 89 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that economic potential of culture should not be seen as ancillary to the tourism sector; warns Member States against this narrow tourist-oriented view on cultural heritage and encourages them to approach heritage objects and areas with a sustainable local development model, where touristic development is integrated within a wider development strategy thereby encouraging less invasive and higher value-added forms of tourism;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 97 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages Member States to work together with regional and local authorities in order to maximise the value of cultural heritage in our societyies and its contribution to jobs and growth in the EU;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the need to promote mobility opportunitiand exchange of experiences for those working in the cultural heritage sector;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 134 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the potential of the digitisation of cultural heritage, both as a tool for preserving our past and as generating research opportunities, job creation and economic development; recognises that the development of innovative techniques brings new opportunities for heritage promotion and better social inclusion, as they enable access to stories embodied in heritage to those deprived of such possibilities (disabled people or those living in remote areas); stresses that digital access can never replace part of the pleasure of traditional, analogue access to original heritage, nor the social benefits which brings access to museums, historic sites, libraries, theatres, such as intergenerational transmission of heritage, and encourage Member States to promote and support citizens’ participation in traditional cultural activities;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Affirms that religious heritage constitutes an intangible part of European cultural heritage; stresses that importance of places, practices and objects linked to religious practices should not be disregarded in a discourse of European cultural heritage or be subjected to any form of discriminative treatment;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses the importance to develop a true democratic and participative narrative for European heritage, including that of religious and ethnic minorities; draws attention to the presence of heritage sites which embed different or contested pasts and highlights that reconciliation processes should not lead to a suppression of historical consciousness of communities; invites the Member States to reflect on the ethics and methods of presentation of the cultural heritage and take into account diversity of interpretations;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 146 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Draws attention to the threats raised by climate changeserious environmental threats, affecting an important number of sites within the European Union; urges that the consequences of climate change and human pressure on heritage preservation and restoration methods should be takes into account by Members States in their long-term funding strategies for culture, education and research;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 155 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of preserving traditional forms of promoting culture;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 157 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Highlights the importance in improving accessibility to cultural heritage sites for people with disabilities;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 158 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Stresses that increased centralisation of cultural heritage policies could result in reduced creativity, plurality and diversity;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 159 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Stresses the importance in preventing cultural discrimination of religious and ethnic minorities;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT