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Activities of Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Plenary speeches (11)

Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2134(INI)
Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2020/2505(RSP)
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (B9-0224/2019, B9-0225/2019, B9-0226/2019)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2855(RSP)
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (RC-B9-0197/2019, B9-0197/2019, B9-0198/2019, B9-0201/2019, B9-0203/2019, B9-0204/2019, B9-0206/2019, B9-0208/2019)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2895(RSP)
Crisis of the WTO Appellate Body (B9-0181/2019)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2918(RSP)
International day to end impunity for crimes against journalists (debate)
2016/11/22
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2016/11/22
Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group (debate)
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2817(RSP)
Recent developments in the political situation and the implementation of the peace process in Colombia (debate)
2016/11/22
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2016/11/22

Institutional motions (1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the negative impact of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook on EU tourism PDF (153 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2854(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(53 KB)

Written explanations (1)

Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (B9-0108/2019, B9-0111/2019)

Given the increasing influence of disinformation, electoral fraud and reports of foreign interference in many of our Member States, Labour MEPs voted for this report for an urgent reform of our electoral laws to defend our elections against foreign interference and manipulation, and to win the fight against offline and online disinformation. We welcome measures such as the Code of Conduct that have been introduced to respond to this interference, but it is clear that this is not enough and that there is an urgent need for new rules before our national and European elections can be free and fair.
2016/11/22

Written questions (9)

Deforestation in Colombia PDF (43 KB) DOC (9 KB)
2016/11/22
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Rules of origin for certain metal sectors in EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement PDF (36 KB) DOC (9 KB)
2016/11/22
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EU Pilot 2079/11/EMPL and the discrimination against foreign lecturers in Italian universities PDF (40 KB) DOC (9 KB)
2016/11/22
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EU ban on imports of goods produced using slavery PDF (42 KB) DOC (10 KB)
2016/11/22
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Discrimination against the foreign language teaching staff of Italian universities PDF (39 KB) DOC (9 KB)
2016/11/22
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The EU's position at the fifth session of the OEIGWG PDF (42 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
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VP/HR - EU action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (42 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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Environmental refugees PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
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Human rights provisions in the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the potential EU-US trade deal PDF (39 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
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Amendments (1863)

Amendment 84 #

2018/2974(RSP)


Paragraph 9
9. Notes however that those pathways rely to a large extent on carbon removal technologies, including through carbon capture and storage that needs to be further deployed, and direct air capture, that yet havehas yet to prove theirits feasibility at a large scale; considers that the EU net-zero strategy should not overly rely on suchnegative emissions technologies, which should complement direct emissions reductions; believes that further action by 2030 is needed if the Union is to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security as confirmed by the IPCC 1.5 report;
2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

2018/2974(RSP)


Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Highlights that CCS is essential to all 2050 pathways demonstrated in the analysis in support of the Commission Communication "A Clean Planet for All"; acknowledges the progress made on CCS technology globally and the need for Europe to develop strong leadership and ambition in this area;
2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that EU institutions should enhance efforts to ensure greater effectiveness of the electoral rights of Union citizens with the view to effectively tackle the problem of decreasing levels of voter turnout; highlights the fact that electoral laws in many Member States remain complex and urges the Commission to call on the Member States to actively uphold best practices which help citizens to vote in and stand for EU elections pursuant to Article 22(2) TFEU, including the publication of electoral laws one year before EU elections, the combating of fake news and any populist rhetoric, and the promotion of media pluralism;
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 26 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers the exercise, pursuant to Article 22(1) TFEU, by Union citizens of electoral rights at municipal level to be a crucial corollary to the right to free movement and Union citizenship, and holds that participatory democracy at EU level would be rendered more effective were citizens first convinced of the effectiveness of political involvement in local communities; urges the Commission, in that regard, to further best practices in promoting higher voter turnout in municipal and local elections across the Union; recognises that the current situation by which citizens of some Member States lose their right to vote in national elections in their country of origin, while also not being entitled to vote in the national elections of their country of residence, must be addressed; This disenfranchisement of EU citizens is incompatible with their treaty right to "fully participate in the democratic life of the Union".
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 31 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that freedom of movement for workers is one of the founding principles of the EU; calls on Member States to fully and effectively implement Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems in order to ensure the portability of social security benefits (e.g. state pensions, health insurance, unemployment benefits and family benefits) and consequently reduce barriers to labour mobility
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets the existing opt-outs from parts of the EU treaties by some Member States which undermine and generate de facto differences in citizens' rights that are intended to be equal under the EU Treaties
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 53 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises that Brexit will be the first time EU citizens have been stripped of their EU citizenship and its associated rights, privileges and protections. Once EU citizenship has been granted we must ensure those who have utilised its privileges are not left in legal limbo when it is removed, particularly when against their own will, as we have witnessed during the UK´s withdrawal from the Union; Call for citizens’ rights to be secured in a separate agreement from the ongoing Brexit negotiations to remove them from the political process and ensure their protection even in a “no- deal” scenario; Consider the possibility of life long EU citizenship or a form of associate citizenship for those who have had EU citizenship removed from them
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 57 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages Member States to give more space to political education on EU affairs, inter alia on EU citizens' rights, in their school curricula and to adapt teacher training accordingly
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 61 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Member States to better inform EU citizens as to their rights and duties, and to facilitate entitlement to these rights being respected equally both in their country of origin and in any other Member State
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 63 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls Article 1 of the TEU which provides that decisions should be taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen; democratic and transparent decision-making at European level is indispensable to increase citizens' trust in the European project and the EU institutions; fully endorses the European Ombudsman's recommendations on the transparency of the Council legislative process
2018/10/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to its report of 27 June 2016 on the implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (2015/2038(INI));
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas promoting international human rights standards must be at the core of the GSP+ system; whereas, accordingly, independent civil society and human rights defenders must play a central role in the monitoring and assessment of GSP+ schemes, including raising complaints of violations and seeking redress;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas Parliament recalls it has previously requested a series of reforms from the Commission, including but not limited to (1) standardised definitions for ‘serious failure to effectively implement’ an international convention and ‘serious and systematic violation of principles’ contained in an international convention, (2) to enhance the monitoring of commitments undertaken by beneficiary countries, better assessing their compliance with the international conventions, and (3) to include Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the GSP Regulation in order to ensure compliance by transnational corporations with national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the simplified GSP+ entry mechanism to make it more attractive for Standard GSP beneficiary countries; highlights the fact that many of the candidate countries for GSP+ ratified several of the international conventions needed for GSP+ admission; stresses that the constant and systematic monitoring of the implementation process is of paramount importance; calls on the Commission to ensure the highest standards of monitoring transparency, using all available resources that involve civil society and social partners in the process;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that, overall, the GSP scheme appears to have created incentives for ratifying international conventions and has therefore created a better framework for progress; stresses the importance of putting in place thorough measures to ensure that GSP enhances positive environmental development;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to address issues of civil society space and protection for human rights defenders at risk in its engagement with GSP+ beneficiary countries, including by raising individual cases of defenders at risk, visiting and meeting with human rights defenders when on GSP+ missions; Insists that there must be a binding mechanism through which independent civil society and human rights defenders can raise complaints of human rights violations;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 99 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for a targeted approach for the withdrawal of preferences and that such withdrawal could be limited to specific sectorsthat will reduce the negative economic impact in Least Developed Countries (LDC) and that such withdrawal could be limited to specific sectors; calls on the Commission to proactively investigate allegations of non-compliance by GSP+ beneficiaries; reiterates the need for suspension of preferences for non- compliant beneficiaries in order to preserve the credibility of the scheme;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the number of beneficiary countries has significantly decreased due to the reformed eligibility criteria, which, together with product graduation, has resulted in an overall decrease in the volume of EU imports from GSP countries; acknowledges that these reforms allow preferences to be focused on the countries that are most in need; notes that consequently some countries previously subject to GSP+ screening are now covered by trade and sustainable development chapters of bilateral trade deals, making the case for better enforcement of these chapters crucial;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 105 #

2018/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for further measures to enhance the diversification of exports from GSP countries; regrets the fact that diversification among beneficiaries seems to have been hampered by removing the possibility of cumulation with countries that have graduated from GSP, as they can no longer benefit from the Rules of Origin for GSP beneficiaries; callfirmly demands for this possibility to be reintroduced in a revision of the regulation; notes the significant decrease in export diversification at all sector levels for Standard GSP beneficiaries;
2018/12/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 123 #

2018/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the EU Ombudsman’s commitment to openness and transparency throughout the Brexit negotiations; underlies the positive response received by the EU Ombudsman from both the Council and Commission recognising the importance of transparency; calls on the UK government to match this commitment;
2018/09/07
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas petitions are a useful source of information with regard totools for detecting breaches of EU law and enable Parliament and other EU institutions to assess the transposition and application of EU law and its impact on EU citizens and residents;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 39 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas the Committee on Petitions considers the European Citizens’ Initiative an important instrumentnstrument of utmost importance of direct and participatory democracy, enabling citizens to become actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 44 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the fundamental role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between EU citizens and the European institutions, through which EU citizens and residents can formally alert the European Parliament of cases of misapplication of EU law and bring their concerns and ideas to the attention of their elected representatives, thereby allowing for the timely examination and resolution of citizen requests wherever possible; Reminds the Commission that petitions offer a unique means to identify situations in which EU law is not upheld and to investigate such situations by means of the political scrutiny of the European Parliament;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that petitions constitute both an opportunity and a challenge for Parliament and other EU institutions to reconnect with EU citizens and to maintain dialogue with them, particularly if they are affected by the application of EU law and seek an effective and efficient redress mechanism;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 55 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a continuous public debate about the competences of the EU, its limits and its future in order to ensure that citizens are well informed about the levels at which decisions are taken and to prevent the "blame Brussels" phenomenon used by some irresponsible Member States; considers that a broader public debate about the EU and everyday media reporting would reduce the number of inadmissible petitions, as citizens would be better aware of the competences of the EU; emphasises that the subject matter of an inadmissible petition can play an important role for policymaking even though it falls outside the scope of the Committee;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 60 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between the Commission and other EU institutions with Member States’ national, regional and local authorities on inquiries regarding the implementation of and compliance with EU law; underlines the need for more active cooperation with Member States’ representatives at committee meetings and for swifter follow- up on requests sent from the Committee; calls therefore for a strong commitment from all the authorities involved at national and European levels in handling and resolving petitions as a matter of priority;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 63 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Commission to use properly its powers stemming from its role as Guardian of the Treaties as such a role is of utmost importance in the functioning of the EU with regard to citizens and to European legislators; calls for a timely handling of infringement procedures in order to put an end, without delay, to situations where EU law is not respected;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 77 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Repeats its call on the Commission for regular information on developments with regard to ongoing infringement procedures; welcomes the centralised platform created by the Commission in 2014 on which infringement decisions are published1 ; demands access to the relevant Commission documents on infringements, and to EU pilot procedures pertaining to petitions, especially when they were fully or partly opened on the basis of petitions; asks the Commission to receive, on a systematic basis, the documents exchanged in the course of EU pilot and infringement procedures once these are closed in application of the jurisprudence of the European Court of justice; _________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu- law/infringements- proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_ code=en
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 88 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the role of protection of the Committee on Petitions within the EU framework of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; points to a workshop on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that took place at the committee meeting on 12 October 2017, which included the presentation of a study on inclusive education; calls on the European institutions to lead by example on this subject and to ensure that national authorities are correctly implementing, without delay, the legislation adopted in this field;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 105 #

2018/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the important role of the SOLVIT network, which provides a means for citizens and enterprises to address concerns about possible breaches of EU law by public authorities in other Member States; calls on the Commission, and on the Member States, to promote SOLVIT in order to make it more helpful and visible to citizens; welcomes, in this regard, the Action Plan to reinforce the SOLVIT network published by the Commission in May 2017; calls on the Commission to report back to the European Parliament on the results of the Action plan to reinforce the SOLVIT network published by the Commission in May 2017;
2018/10/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 67 #

2018/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11 Points out that this lack of information also hampers the ability of national parliaments to control the actions of national governments in the Council, and enables members of national governments to distance themselves in the national sphere from decisions made at the European level which they shaped and took themselves; considers it irresponsible on the part of members of national governments to undermine trust in the European Union by ‘blaming Brussels’ for decisions they themselves were involved in; demands an immediate end to this practice; notes that this practice plays into the hands of populist politicians, who seek to delegitimise the EU in the eyes of the public, and was a major contributing factor to the Brexit vote in June 2016;
2018/11/06
Committee: AFCOPETI
Amendment 7 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru (the Agreement) is a rules-based relationship, anchored on common values and international standards for sustainable development, that has the potential of having a strong positive impact on the socio-economic development of the parties to the Agreement, on economic integration, on sustainable development, human rights and on bringing the countries and their citizens closer together;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Colombia continues to register the highest number of killings of trade unionists in the world, with 20 trade unionists killed in 2016, 19 in 2017 and 14 in 2018 (up to 27 August); whereas overall 2,200 violations against the right to life, freedom and integrity have been perpetrated against trade unionists between 2012 and 2017, according to the National School of Union Workers; whereas crimes committed against trade unionists remain all too often unpunished, with the Attorney General's office acknowledging impunity rate as high as 95% in 2015;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the importance of strengthening cooperation to preserve and to reinforce the multilateral trade system, as an essential pillar to achieve the SDG and to ensure an economic governance based on rules, ensuring a more fair, inclusive and sustainable trade; in particular, recalls its support for the WTO, stressing its role in creating economic stability and supporting growth and development, and calls on the Parties to make use of the dialogue fostered by the Agreement to identify and to develop joint strategies towards the necessary modernization of the WTO;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the opportunity that the Agreement offers to reinforce cooperation andnot only interregional, but also interaregional cooperation and trade between Colombia, Peru and Ecuador;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the integration of Ecuador into the Agreement and stresses the constructive role played in this process by Colombia and Peru, as an additional element to help strengthening regional integration, and stresses the constructive role played all parties to make of this process a success; recalls that the Agreement is still open to further accessions;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that the Agreement is an opportunity to foster the peace agreement in ColombiaRecalls the potential benefits and the need to make the best possible use of the Agreement to help implementing the peace agreement and reconciliation process in Colombia, including specific challenges such as the diversification of the economy, productive development or the implementation of the land-use planning; Recalls that continuous and structured support to, and dialogue with, civil society is also key for the sustainability of peace from the ground up, particularly in rural areas;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Agreement opens markets for, inter alia, goods, services, government procurement and investment, thereby creating new empwhich built upon the principles of sustainable develoypment can create opportunities and contributing tofor quality employment, improved working conditions and living standards by liberalising and expanding trade and investment;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that the Agreement has contributed to the modernisation and diversification of exports from Colombia and Peru and that it has had a positive impact on Colombian and Peruvian SMEs; Calls on the Parties to provide with regular and accurate data on the sectors and the degree of consolidation of the SMEs' activities to this regard;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that since the provisional entry into force of the Agreement, 1 155 Colombian companies – of which 328 are SMEs – and 2 328 new Peruvian companies – of which 90 % are SMEs – have begun to export to the EU; Calls on the Parties to further support the internationalization process of the SMEs and their reciprocal market access;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that many SMEs in the EU, Colombia and Peru are not aware of the opportunities that the Agreement brings; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member StatParties to study the preference utilisation rate of SMEs in particular, and to take effective steps to better communicate the opportunities and benefits offered by the Agreement, including through the setting up of contact points and the establishment of a specialised website for SMEs; considers that a future revision of the trade agreement should consider the inclusion of a dedicated chapter on SMEs;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that EU exports of agricultural products to both countries have increased significantly since the provisional application of the Agreement; Recalls the importance of making trade more inclusive and facilitating an appropriate integration of small-scale farmers into value chains;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that safeguard clauses have been set for sensitive agricultural sectors and that, in this regard, more thorough and regular information on market developments should be made available by the Commission, both to the European Parliament and the industrial sectors concerned;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introductory part
13. Points out that further progress is needed, among others, on the following issues:
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 66 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that both countries have raised specific concerns about their ability to meet certain food safety standards required for the EU market, in particular as regards recent EU legislative proposals on cadmium levels in cacao, endocrine disruptors, novel foods, and palm oil, which risk having a social impact in some of the countries’ poorestmost vulnerable areas, where such production tends to be concentrated; Calls on the EU, Colombia and Peru to strengthen and to make the best use of financial and technical cooperation in order to help meeting the given challenges;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement includes legally binding provisions to effectively implement human rights, labour and environmental protection standards; Welcomes the fact that the Agreement has set the path for a regular dialogue on the implementation of the shared commitments; Regrets, however, the lack of enforceability of this chapter; Calls on the Parties to make use of the review clause included in the Agreement to introduce a suitable and effective dispute settlement mechanism, including sanctions as a deterrent measure to be used, as last resort, in the case of serious breaches, and enabling social partners and civil society to participate appropriately;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 72 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Insists on the effectiveneed to implementation of, effectively and through concrete action plans, the specific provisions related to the road map on human, environmental and labour rights, as called for in its resolution of 13 June 2012 on the EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru, such as enforcing and implementing legislation and policy measures that guarantee; In particular, recalls the commitment by the Parties to implement and to enforce standards on freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively and, strict and effective labour inspections, violence against social and ethnic leaders and the protection of the environment through the appropriate prevention, control and enforcement mechanisms;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the efforts made by Colombia to fight impunity in cases of criminal offences including through improved investigations; Condemns, however, the persisting violence against human rights defenders, environmental activists, trade unionists, ethnic and community leaders, with an increased rate of offences against women;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Likewise, condemns the violence against human rights defenders, social and ethnic community leaders, and particularly violence against women in Peru and calls for increased efforts to solve this persisting scourge;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Recalls the obligation of the EU, as enshrined in Art. 8 of the TFUE, to mainstream a gender perspective in all its policies, including Trade; Welcomes the fact that all the EU, Peru and Colombia have signed the Joint Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment issued on the Occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, in December 2017; Calls on the Parties to visibly reinforce the gender focus of the Agreement and, particularly, stresses the need to carry out evaluations on the basis of gender- disaggregated data; Call on the Parties to include, in a future revision of the Agreement, a specific chapter on gender and trade;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 80 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges that an agreement concluded in 2017 between the Colombian Government and the public sector trade unions brought about improvements for more than one million workers; Expresses its concern about the particularly low level of trade Union membership and the increase of the unilaterally determined salary and benefit schemes ("pactos colectivos") over collective bargaining agreements;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that, according to the OECD’s Trade Union Advisory Committee, there has been an increase in the number of inspectors in Colombia; Stresses the need for increased resources in order to guarantee effective labour inspections; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support Colombia in its efforts to strengthen labour inspections, which represent an enormous challenge for the Colombian Government given that the state had lost control of parts of the country during the long armed conflict, and expects that additional and effective controls are carried out, especially in rural areas;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 86 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. ExpressesWelcomes the efforts and commitments expressed by Peru to reinforce the implementation of its commitments under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the Agreement; Expresses, however, its concerns over the lack of effective implementation in Peru of certain aspects of the chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD) with regard to both labour and environmental provisions, and e; Especially as regards thregrets the lack of effective implementation of ILO conventions 87 and 98, which are fundamental; on the Freedom of Association, the Right to Organise and to Collective Bargaining, which are fundamental, as well as the Right to Prior Consultation of the Indigenous peoples and expresses its concerns over recent legislative changes that may lead to the weakening of environmental protection;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the latest measures taken in Peru to improve labour inspections and encourages the country to keep on reinforcing efforts, following the ILO recommendations;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the TSD chapter of the Trade Agreement envisages that each Party shall establish Domestic Advisory Groups or committees relevant for matters related to labour, the environment and sustainable development, comprising independent representative civil society organisations, with balanced representation of economic, social and environmental stakeholders; Welcomes the decision of Colombia to create a consultation group independent of the government; calls on Peru to establish a similarly independent domestic advisory group, as an indispensable and essential element for the full implementation of the Agreement;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 98 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the decision by the representatives of the EU and Andean Domestic Advisory Groups to hold annual joint meetings, that will allow for an improved exchange of information and best practices and the preparation of joint recommendations to be presented to the Parties; Considers that this practice should be included in the institutional setting all EU Trade Agreements;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 99 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls onNotes the Commission to continue to implement fully the 15-point plan to make TSD chapters more effective and recalls the need to continue its dialogue with the different actors involved, including the European Parliament in order to design and ensure an effective enforcement mechanism for the human rights, labour and environmental protection commitments;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 104 #

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes with concern the significant share of the informal economy in both Peru and Colombia, especially among women; emphasises the need to develop effective policies in order to reduce its share and considers that the Agreement could help in that regard, by helping to create more formal jobs, among others, by reinforcing measures to facilitate the economic activities SMEs;
2018/10/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the course of globalisation, international value chains have emerged; points out that these value chains restructure the international division of labour as well as the interdependence of countries; recalls that their extremely complex nature, lack of transparency and dilution of liabilities may lead to a higher risk of human and labour rights violations, factual impunity for environmental crimes and large-scale tax avoidance and tax fraud;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that as a side effect of globalisation, finance has tended to generate huge private rewards disproportionate to its social returns and non-financial corporations have also become adept at using rent-seeking strategies to bolster their profits, therefore contributing to rising inequality; Notes with concern that despite the efforts since 2009 to address the excesses of the financial sector the underlying macro- financial structures have remained broadly intact and there has been almost no effort to tackle the connections between inequality and instability that have marked the rise of unregulated finance;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the benefits of globalisation are unequally distributed between regions and within societies; some regions and sectors profit to a large extent, while others suffer from structural change and rising unemployment; notes that this is a reason for the rising scepticism or rejection of globalisation within societies; notes that the financial and economic crises had a particularly negative effect on mid-range incomes; notes that the middle class has shrunk in many EU Member States, while their share of the overall income equally decreased; expresses the view that the combination of a declining middle class, citizens’ fears over losing their social and economic position, and scepticism towards globalisation, can result in nationalist and authoritarian tendencies, which then lead to the promotion of protectionism as an easy answer to common fears; notes that in this context, neither nationalist-protectionist nor business-as-usual policies are the adequate response;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the economic importance of China and other Southeast Asian countries is growing significantly; points out that this trend will persist within the next years, while understands that this leads to a relative loss of importance for the present global economic centres of Europe and North America;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the Chinese new silk road strategy is China’s attempt at becoming the leading world economic power, while the America First strategy is an attempt at confronting the United states’ downturn that willingly accepts its own destructive force for the rule-based world economic order;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the multilateral world economic order with the WTO in its centre does not achieve the incorporation of these profound changes as well as the changed interests of countries in international agreements; notes that the increasing protectionism in the United States and beyond, as well as the lack of consideration for the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements, shows the weakness of the WTO; underlineregrets the lack of integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agenda;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. NThe EU is presented with the challenge to function successfully in this changed world economic setting, meaning that it needs to assure its competitiveness and increase its cooperation with the rising economies in South East Asia as well as India and China and to meet the increasing arbitrary protectionism of the United States; notes the importance of engaging 6. in the restructuring of the world economic order and of respecting the needs of developing countries, while stressing that the aim of fulfilling the SDGs and the conditions of the Paris Agreement must provide the overarching framework;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 95 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. NAgrees with the Commission that the preservation of the international competitiveness is a prerequisite for a successful European strategy; notes that strengthening the EU’s internal market as well as consolidating the economic union is vital, since a solid internal market is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of international strategies; points out that being internationally competitive depends strongly on shaping digitalisation successfully and in a socially and environmentally responsible manner; notes that the shift to renewable energies needs to happen as soon as possible;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points out that in accordance with article 12 of the Treaty on the functioning of the EU which recognises that consumer protection requirements shall be taken into account in defining and implementing other Union policies and activities, a dedicated chapter on consumer protection could contribute to achieve a high level of consumer protection by means of legal safeguards, for instance on the right to regulate and the precautionary principle but also to deliver tangible benefits to consumers and foster consumer trust, including online services, to promote sustainable consumption, integrate the consumer interest in the implementation of the whole agreement and to contribute to the effective enforcement of consumer law, also in cross border situations;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 108 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. APoints out that there is no level playing field for SMEs; asks the Commission to create a European trade strategy for SMEs in order to integrate SMEs into international value chains and overcome trade-specific hurdles such as non-tariff barriers; points out that access to information is one of the biggest obstacles to the market participation of SMEs, meaning that transparency and support need to increase; notes that the utilization rate of Free Trade Agreements, especially by SMEs, needs to increase as well;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that effective trade defence instruments are needed, welcomes the recent reform of EU trade defence instruments which must be checked regarding its capacity as a protective measure against arbitrary protectionism, on top of its ability to protect against dumpingeffectively implemented in order to protect industries and jobs from dumped and unfairly subsidised imports; supports the Commission's measures put in place following the US imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs; points out that the rules on investment screening need to be put in place as soon as possible in order to prevent foreign investments that are merely motivated by industrial policy and serve to acquire European technologies;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 122 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that, as a minimum reply to globalisation-induced job losses, a reform of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is needed; stresses that the EGF must become more proactive tool aiming at preparing workers and companies to fight the negative impacts of globalisation; points out that the Commission needs to reform the preconditions for receiving support; notes that employees of smaller enterprises must have access to EGF funding; notes that the resources of the fund must be increased ; points out that its scope should be widened to other policy-induced adjustments; calls for a reform of the programs monitoring and evaluation- mechanism;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 130 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to meet scepticism towards globalisation with a credible initiative on transparencywhich strengthens transparency on trade agreements, monitoring of EU rules and legislations and inclusiveness towards its citizens; Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations in full transparency, through constant dialogue with European Parliament, national parliaments, social partners and civil society; Calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments and civil society before the approval of the negotiating mandate and during the negotiations until after the implementation of a new agreement; ; Regrets that the Council has decided, in its 22 May Conclusions, to maintain the status quo by deciding to publish the negotiating directives of EU FTAs on a case by case basis; calls on the Council to make all negotiating mandate's public;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to make the SDGS and the Paris agenda the guiding principles of trade policy, notes that in order to do so, reforms that were mentioned in the trade for all strategy are not sufficient; Calls on the Commission to include sustainability-related measures in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 148 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to include sustainability-related measureobligations in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 149 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that the European Court of Justice stated, in its 2/15 Opinion on EU- Singapore FTA, that sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy of the EU and therefore the EU has a legal obligation to integrate the objective of preserving and improving the quality of the environment and the sustainable management of global natural resources into the EU’s common commercial policy, that trade and sustainable development chapters have a direct and immediate effect on trade and that a breach on sustainable development provisions authorises the other Party to terminate or suspend the liberalisation provided for on other provisions of the FTA;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 158 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that impact assessments conducted before the start of negotiations must take their possible effects on the fulfilment of the SDGs into account; notes that national sustainability strategies and implementation plans for the Paris Agreement must form the starting point for impact assessments; points out that every single provision of an agreement and its possible impacts must be checked on its compatibility with the SDGs; notes that if parts of an agreement hamper the fulfilment of the SDGs or the Paris Agreement, adjustments must be made; notes that breaches of sustainability provisions must be counterweighted by corrective measures or lead to a sanction- based dispute settlementwithin the monitoring process the effect of the agreement on the fulfilment of the SDGs equally needs to be checked; calls for corrective measures or a sanction based dispute settlement in case of infringements of all trade and sustainable development related provisions throughout the entire agreement; Therefore reiterates its call on the EU to always include in its TSD-chapters binding and enforceable provisions which are subject to suitable and effective dispute settlement mechanisms, and consider, among various enforcement methods, a sanctions-based mechanism;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 163 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, in lincoherence with SDG 17, the Commission mustneeds to reform its system foron implementing policy coherence for development; points out that the reciprocal effects of trade-, agricultural-, external-, fisheries-,environmental-, tax- and other policy areas must be evaluated on an equal footing between civil society, commission and parliaments; notes that breaches of sustainability provisions must be counterweighted by corrective measures and lead to a sanction-based dispute settlement;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 176 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. ANotes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals and several Member States have developed due diligence frameworks in different sectors, showing the need to develop a broad EU framework in order to ensure a level playing field; therefore asks the Commission to meet the growing complexity of value chains and the increasing interdependence of producers with clear transparency and due diligence obligations for the whole supply chain; since the weak enforcement of existing labour laws and occupational safety standards – introduced to protect workers from exhaustive working hours and unacceptable conditions – in sourcing countries remains a pressing issue; notes that GVCs have also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, reallocate their economic activities outside the EU, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour and environmental standards, and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to study the impact of the rise of GVCs and to present concrete proposals to improve conditions in them and to work towards a legally binding framework for corporate accountability and responsible business conduct (RBC) with regard to decent work, environmental sustainability and respect for human rights in close cooperation with the ILO and the OECD;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 183 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by an FTA are necessary to reach the goal of gender equality; calls for trade agreements that include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women's empowerment, foreseeing to provide for measures aimed at, inter alia, a better work-family life balance and access to social and health services, to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement, to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in Mode 4 opportunities;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 189 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Underlines that tax fraud and tax evasion limit the capacity of EU countries to raise money and implement their economic and social policies; it represents a huge problem and affects all European citizens; notes that tax fraud and evasion knows no borders; therefore trade agreements should include binding tax good governance clauses and transparency standards that reaffirm the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation and that includes obligations for country-by- country reporting, automatic exchange of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership; asks the Commission to start leading by example regarding tax havens and start working with Member States towards this aim;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 192 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Urges the Commission to include in its FTAs anti-corruption provisions that are enforceable and which must be effectively and fully implemented;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 194 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that, in view of attacks on the multilateral world economic order, it is vitally important to preserve this order since any backsliding into protectionism would be damaging and would lead to trade war; notes that the multilateral order can only be upheld if it is reformed; notes that it is not the goal to secure free trade but to secure fair trade that fulfils the SDGs and gives room to the needs of developing countries, as referenced in the trade for all strategy; notes that, since multilateral initiatives currently bare little chance for success, the EU should strive for bilateral and plurilateral agreements in the meantime, in which fair trade is one of the guiding principles;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 201 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that free, fair and sustainable trade is economically desirablerelevant and has vital political implications; notes that it isn the light of the America First strategy as well as the new silk-road strategy it is of vital strategic importantce for Europe, to use trade as an instrument for the promotion of a democratic and sustainable development in the states of the Eeastern Ppartnership as well as the African states; points out that trade and investments need to be interlinked with strategies for sustainable development, both in the eastern and the African states; calls on the Commission to push for coherent implementation of the association agreements with the states of the eastern partnership in order to develop stable economic relations with the Eurasian economic union; notes that in the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreements with the African regions and states not only the trade related aspects are important but that interlinking them with the requirements of sustainable development in the African states is the vital element;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU ranks fifth out of 80 foreign direct investors in Vietnam; whereas Hong-Kong, which invested in Vietnam more than all EU member states combined in 2018, recently concluded an Investment Agreement with the ASEAN which does not include ISDS or any other type of arbitration-based dispute settlement;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the agreement builds on the investment protection provisions included in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which was ratified by Parliament on 15 February 2017; whereas this new ‘Investment Court System’ remains untested as neither the relevant provisions in CETA nor the IPA with Singapore are currently in force;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the agreement will replace and supersede the existing bilateral investment treaties between 212 EU Member States and Vietnam, which do not include the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism, the Investment Court System (ICS); whereas 6 EU member states currently have no investment treaty with Vietnam (CY, HR, IE, MT, PT, SI) and would therefore be subject to an arbitration-based dispute settlement with Vietnam for the first time as a result of the EVIPA;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the Parties have stated their commitment to pursuing a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC) – an initiative strongly supported by Parliament; whereas this approach was only fully supported by 7.8% of all respondents to the public consultation organised by the Commission in 2017;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism (ICS), which has replaced the investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS); underlines the fact that ICS represents a modern, innovative and reformed investment resolution mechanism; notes that it marks significantintroduces some changes in the level of substantive protection afforded to investors and the manner in which investor-state disputes are resolved although it fails to address the main flaws of ISDS in that ICS remains at odds with the principles of legal equality and legal certainty which are both cornerstones of the rule of law;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the agreement willis presented as a means to ensure a high level of investment protection and legal certainty while safeguarding the right of the Parties to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as public health and environmental protection; emphasises that the agreement will ensure transparency and accountability but also notes that this system - including the 'right to regulate’ clause - remains entirely untested and subject to substantial public criticism;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the agreement guarantees that EU investors in Vietnam will get fair and equitable treatment and will suffer no discrimination in relation to Vietnamese investors; notes that the agreement properly protects EU investors from illegitimate expropriationspecial treatment not accessible to domestic investors; notes that the agreement contains provisions to protect EU investors from illegitimate expropriation, which already exist in Vietnamese domestic legislation; notes that Chapter II of the Vietnamese Law on Investment gives foreign investors similar investment protection available to local investors, such as protection of assets and properties, investment capital, income and other investor's lawful rights and interest; notes that the Vietnamese law already prohibits expropriation by administrative measures, and provides for a right to fair compensation in cases of expropriation for national defence or security purposes (article 18.1, Law No. 15/2008/QH12); recognises that there are substantial problems in accessing remedy in the Vietnamese judicial system for foreign and domestic investors;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the ICS plans to establish a Permanent Investment Tribunal of First Instance and an Appeal Tribunal, whose members will have to possess comparable qualifications to those held by judges of the International Court of Justice, and will have to demonstrate expertise in public international law and not just commercial law, in addition to satisfying strict rules of independence, impartiality, integrity and ethical behaviour through a binding code of conduct designed to prevent direct or indirect conflicts of interests; notes that the European Association of Judges has stated that "neither the appointment, nor the term of office nor the retainer fee [provided for by the ICS model] meet with [the] requirements" of the 2010 Council of Europe's "Magna Carta of Judges"; recalls the United Nation's 1985 resolution on "Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary" which states: "Tribunals that do not use the duly established procedures of the legal process shall not be created to displace the jurisdiction belonging to the ordinary courts or judicial tribunals";
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the transparency rules applying to proceedings before the tribunals, which include provisions guaranteeing that case documents will be publicly available, hearings will be held in public, and interested parties will be allowed to make submissions; believes that increased transparency willcan help to instil public trust in the system, as well as ensuring that all human rights and sustainable development aspects are effectively heard by the investment tribunals although with no guarantee that these concerns will be properly taken into account in any ICS Tribunal ruling;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. StressNotes that third parties such as labour and environmental organisations can contribute to ICS proceedings through amicus curiae briefs;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. NoteRegrets that the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) does not contain a separate trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapter, as the latter applies to investment by virtue of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EUVFTA) that liberalises it; stress; notes that the EVIPA also contains a provision establishing a legal link to the PCA, as well as specific references in its preamble to the TSD values and principles as enshrined in the EUVFTA and to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; regrets that the EVIPA places no obligations on investors to be eligible to the protection it affords, beyond disqualifying fraudulent investments; also regrets that this new system does not provide any access to remedy to the victims of human rights abuses resulting from operations of foreign investors; calls for an accompanying comprehensive EU framework on investor obligations, including mandatory due diligence provisions and respect for OECD Guidelines for multinationals;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that the agreement will replace the existing 21 bilateral investment treaties between EU Member States and Vietnam; considers that this constitutes an important step in increasing the legitimacy and acceptance of the internation and create new obligations for the 6 EU Member States that do not have a bilateral investment tregimeaty in place with Vietnam;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Commission to continue its work on making the ICS more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and calls on the Commission to include access to remedy for human rights abuses victims and Civil Society Organisations;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2018/0358M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the approval of this agreement will robustly protect investors and their investments on both sides while safeguarding the governments’ rights to regulate;deleted
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Vietnam is a strategic partner for the European Union, and whereas the EU and Vietnam share a common agenda to stimulate growth and employment, improve competitiveness, fight poverty and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as a strong commitment to open trade and the multilateral trading system; whereas Vietnam still faces important challenges in relation to sustainable development, human rights and the environment, notably with respect to the situation of minorities, fundamental freedoms, the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources such as sand, fisheries and timber, waste management and pollution;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas despite the economic and political reforms initiated in 1986, Vietnam remains a one-party state which does not recognise fundamental freedoms such as freedom of association, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press; whereas the repressive nature of the regime and the grave and systematic violation of human rights in Vietnam have been documented by the European External Action Service in the 2018 EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world, highlighting in particular the growing number of political prisoners in the country;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EP resolution of 15 November 2018 called on the government of Vietnam "to repeal, review or amend all repressive laws, notably its Criminal Code"; whereas this call was not responded to by Vietnam; whereas none of the recommendations to amend or repeal abusive provisions in the Penal Code made in the framework of the latest Universal Periodic Review in March 2019 were accepted by Vietnam;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas forced labour of prisoners remains a concerns in Vietnam; whereas the recent decision of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to send 7,000 inmates to work for private companies was criticised by the Vietnamese National Assembly in August 2019;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas Vietnam’s timetable for the ratification of ILO core Conventions has been pushed back, with the ratification of Convention 87 now foreseen for 2023, against 2020 as stated by the Vietnamese Ambassador to the EU at the European Parliament International Trade Committee meeting of 20 February 2018;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas Vietnam joined the WTO in 2007 and is now one of the most open and pro-free trade economies in the world, as shown by its 16 trade agreements with 56 countries; recognises that the EU and Vietnam continue to have widely differing stances on political and civil rights, the recommendations of international human rights bodies concerning Vietnam as well as the implementation of said recommendations; recognises that freedom of expression is restricted in Vietnam.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas Vietnam is a booming, competitive and connected economy with almost 100 million citizens, a growing middle class and a young and dynamic workforce; although it remains a lower- middle income economy faced with specific development challenges, as illustrated by its position on the UNDP human development index which currently stands at 116 out of 189 countries;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that negotiations began in June 2012 and were concluded in December 2015 after 14 negotiating rounds, and regrets subsequent delays in bringing forward the agreement for signature and ratification;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the economic and strategic importance of this agreement, as the EU and Vietnam share a common agenda and common valueswhich will only succeed if it manages to align the EU and Vietnam's agenda and values in relation to sustainable development – to stimulate growth and employment, boost competitiveness, fight against poverty and, make progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support workers’ rights and fundamental freedoms;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is convincedHopes that the agreement will make further strides towards setting high standards and rules in the ASEAN region, helping to pave the way for a future region- to-region trade and investment agreement; stresses that theis agreement also sends a strong signal in favour of open and free trade at times of protectionist tendencies and the questioning ofhas been concluded in a context of growing protectionism and serious challenges to the multilateral rules-based trade;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the improved access under this agreement to Vietnamese public procurement in line with the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as Vietnam is not yet a member of the GPA; underlines that the government procurement chapter of the EVFTA achieves a degree of transparency and procedural fairness comparable to other FTAs that the EU has signed with developed and more advanced developing countries; underlines that the agreement must not restrict the political room for manoeuvre in procurements when it comes to setting requirements on what is to be procured and demands on e.g. environment, labour and employment conditions;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the improved access under this agreement to Vietnamese public procurement in line with the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as Vietnam is not yet a member of the GPA; underlines that the government procurement chapter of the EVFTA achieves a degree of transparency and procedural fairness comparable to other FTAs that the EU has signed with developed and more advanced developing countries; underlines that the agreement must not restrict the ability of the parties to implement their domestic procurement rules, in particular with respect to labour and employment conditions;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that, in terms of services, Vietnam goes beyond its WTO commitments, provides for substantially better access in a number of business subsectors and offers new market access to sectors such as packaging services, trade fair and exhibition services or rental/leasing; underlines that Vietnam has opened up cross-border higher education services for the first time; welcomes the use of a positive list in the services schedule, being the most appropriate way to guarantee the full exclusion of public services in trade agreements;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

9. Recalls that the EVFTA will help Vietnam go further in improving IPR protection, to the benefit of IPR owners and consumers, as Vietnam will accede to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Internet Treaties, which set standards to prevent unauthorised online access to or use of creative work, protect the rights of owners, and address the challenges that new technologies and methods of communication pose to IPR; is concerned however that the IPR provisions contained in the agreement in relation to pharmaceutical products, such as regulatory data protection and the extension of patent protection up to two years in certain cases may hamper the development and availability of generic drugs, which currently represent half of the Vietnamese pharmaceutical market;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the provisions for cooperation on animal welfare, including technical assistance and capacity building for the development of high animal welfare standards, and encourages the Parties to make full use of these; urges the Parties to develop an action plan for the cooperation on animal welfare as soon as possible, including a programme of training, capacity building and assistance in the framework of the Agreement to safeguard animal welfare at the time of killing and better protect animals on farm and during transport in Vietnam;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EU and Vietnam to set up a clear action plan to help SMEs make use of the opportunities offered by the agreement, starting by increasing transparency and disseminating all the relevant information;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 122 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the agreement safeguards the EU’s right to apply its own standards to all goods and services sold in the EU and upholds the EU’s precautionary principle; underlines that the EU’s high standards, including in national laws, regulations and collective agreements, should never be seen as trade barriers;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 123 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the agreement safeguardtates the EU’s right to apply its own standards to all goods and services sold in the EU and upholdsrefers to the EU’s precautionary principle; underlines that the EU’s high standards, including in national laws, regulations and collective agreements, should never be seen as trade barriers;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 128 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EVFTA includes a robust, comprehensive and binding chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) dealing with labour and environmental matters; regrets that this chapter does not significantly improve the current EU approach to TSD, failing to take into account repeated European Parliament demands for greater enforceability and monitoring of commitments, for instance through the use of sanctions and a reform of the Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) system; stresses that the TSD chapter is designed to contribute to broader EU policy objectives, notably on inclusive growth, the fight against climate change, the promotion of human rights, including workers’ rights and more generally in upholding EU values; emphasises that it is also an instrument for development and social progress in Vietnam to support Vietnam in its efforts to improve labour rights and to enhance protection at work and protection of the environment; calls for the establishment of an inter- parliamentary supervisory body to ensure the enforcement of the FTA’s TSD Chapter;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the commitments made by Vietnam in the TSD chapter of the Agreement but calls for additional efforts in order to demonstrate effective progress and the full implementation of commitments therein, inter alia, by giving evidence of tangible action aiming at eradicating persecution of community leaders, including human rights defenders, environmental activists and workers' rights activists;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that the efforts to improve the enforceability of the TSD chapter, as repeatedly called for by the European Parliament and also mentioned in the mission letter for the new EU Trade Commissioner, are not yet reflected in this agreement. Calls on the Joint Committee to immediately begin work on strengthening the enforcement of TSD provisions.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 139 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that Article 8 in the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union states that “in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women”; welcomes that both Vietnam and the EU have signed the WTO Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade and calls on the Parties to put in value and practice the responsibilities undertaken therein, by strengthening and improving the commitments on gender and trade in this agreement; recalls the Commission´s engagement to include Gender Chapters in future EU trade agreements; is aware that this commitment was taken after the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam was concluded, notwithstanding, calls on the EU and Vietnam to commit themselves to evaluate its implementation on the basis of gender disaggregated data and to include a specific Chapter on Gender and Trade in its future review;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 141 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for the establishment of a Joint Committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly and the European Parliament to improve coordination and review of the measures of the TSD chapter and the implementation of the agreement as a whole, welcomes the favourable position of the Chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam towards this call for action and calls for a Memorandum of Understanding between both parliaments to be negotiated rapidly.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

11c. Calls the EU and Vietnam to cooperate to develop an action plan, accompanied by available EU programmes, to fight child labour, including the necessary due diligence framework for enterprises;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 144 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the concrete steps taken by the Vietnamese Government so far, including amending labour legislation and the legal framework on the minimum age at work, aimed at abolishing child labour and making commitments on non- discrimination and gender equality at work; encourages the Vietnamese National Assembly to finalise these steps as announced at the end of November 2019
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 150 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses, however, that despite this progress, important challenges remain and urges the Vietnamese authorities to signal their willingness to continue to engage on a progressive workers rights agenda through concrete measures, such as the adoption of the reformed labour code and implementing measures that would incorporate the principles of ILO Convention 105 (abolition of forced labour) and 87 (freedom of association); stresses that specific criteria included in implementing legislation, such as thresholds and registration formalities, should not result in effectively precluding independent organisations from competing with state-run organisations; welcomes in this regard the ratification of fundamental ILO Convention 98 (collective bargaining) on 14 June 2019 and the commitment by the Vietnamese Government to ratify two remaining fundamental Conventions, namely 105 (abolition of forced labour) in 2020 and 87 (freedom of association) in 2023, following the imminent adoption of the new Labour Code; calls on the Vietnamese authorities to provide a credible roadmap for the ratification of the missing ILO core Conventions ahead of the vote on consent by the European Parliament;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the Parties to make full use of the provisions for cooperation on improving animal welfare and on capacity building for the development of high animal welfare standards; calls on the Parties to develop an action plan for the cooperation on animal welfare as soon as possible;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the central role of implementing decrees in the implementation of the revised labour code and ratified ILO conventions, stresses the European Parliament's willingness to engage in an active dialogue on this issue and calls on the EU to support necessary capacity building measures.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 164 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and to act in favour of the conservation and sustainable management of wildlife, biodiversity and forestry; recalls that the Agreement provides for specific measures to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) and to promote a sustainable and responsible fishery sector, including aquaculture; recognises in this context the yellow card Vietnam has been given as well as the measures already taken to improve the situation; calls for further action in line with the findings of the November 2019 review mission.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 166 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and to act in favour of the conservation and sustainable management of wildlife, biodiversity and forestry; recalls that the Agreement provides for specific measures to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) and to promote a sustainable and responsible fishery sector, including aquaculture; recalls that this is an area of great concern as Vietnam has been under an EU ‘yellowcard’ procedure under the IUU regulation since October 2017, which is currently under review;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 168 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and to act in favour of the conservation and sustainable management of wildlife, biodiversity and forestry; underlines the importance of both Parties’ effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and of cooperation on these matters; recalls that the Agreement provides for specific measures to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) and to promote a sustainable and responsible fishery sector, including aquaculture;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 192 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, and calls for the swift establishment of domestic advisory groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for the balanced representation of civil society therein;therein, including independent organisations from the labour and environmental sectors; supports the efforts of civil society organisations in Vietnam to develop proposals in this regard and will support capacity building efforts; calls on the government of Vietnam to swiftly begin preparations for the establishment of DAGs.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 195 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the involvement of independent civil society and social partners in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, and calls for the swift establishment of domestic advisory groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for the balanced representation of civil society thereiindependent, free and diverse civil society organisations therein, including representatives for organisations for human rights, labour rights and environmental protection;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 199 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, and calls for the swift establishment of domestic advisory groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for thea broad and balanced representation of civil society therein, including independent Vietnamese Civil Society Organisations;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 201 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Renews its concerns regarding the implementation of the new Cyber security Act, specifically on localisation and disclosure requirements as well as the protection of personal data. Welcomes the willingness to engage in an intensive dialogue, including the commitment of the Chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam to include both parliaments in the discussion and deliberation of the implementing decrees.
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 204 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the institutional and legal link between the FTA and the PCA, which ensures that human rights are placed at the core of the EU-Vietnam relationship; stresses in this respect that the deteriorating human rights situation in the country is not favourable to a swift ratification of this agreement; recalls its demand of 15 November 2018 notably with respect to the reform of the penal code, the death penalty, political prisoners and fundamental freedoms; believes that the new cyber-security law is fostering a greater online surveillance, control and repression regime in Vietnam and as such is not compatible with the EU’s value- based trade agenda; calls on the Vietnamese authorities to take concrete measures ahead of the consent vote in the European parliament to improve the situation as a signal of goodwill;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the institutional and legal link between the FTA and the PCA, which ensures that human rights are placed at the core of the EU-Vietnam relationship; urges the Parties to make full use of the agreements in order to improve the urgent human rights situation in Vietnam; underlines the importance of an ambitious Human Rights Dialogue between the EU and Vietnam;
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 209 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the government of Vietnam to publicly announce its commitment, with a clear timeline, to repeal or amend articles 109, 116, 117,118 and 331 of the Penal Code and articles 74 and 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code, bringing the criminal legislation in conformity with the country’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
2019/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2018/0226(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Nuclear research can contribute to social well-being, and economic prosperity and environmental sustainability by improving nuclear safety, security and radiation protection. RNuclear research makes an important contribution to environmental sustainability and the fight to combat climate change by reducing Europe’s dependence on imported energy, while radiation protection research has led to improvements in medical technologies from which many citizens benefit and that research can now lead to improvements in other sectors such as industry, agriculture, environment and security. Equally important is the potential contribution of nuclear research to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2018/0226(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) By supporting nuclear research, the Programme should contribute to achieving the objectives of the Horizon Europe - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (‘Horizon Europe’') established by Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council20, in particular by promoting excellence and open science, and should facilitate implementation of the Europe 2030 strategy and strengthening of the European Research Area. __________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] establishing EU FP9 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 (OJ […]).
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2018/0226(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Programme should seek synergies with Horizon Europe and other Union programmes, from their design and strategic planning, to project selection, management, communication, dissemination and exploitation of results, to monitoring, auditing and governance. It is vital that the key principles of excellence and open science are maintained across programmes. With a view to avoiding overlaps and duplication and increasing the leverage of EU funding, transfers from other Union programmes to Horizon Europe activities can take place. In such cases they will follow Horizon Europe rules.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2018/0226(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to potentially contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2018/0226(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 4
The priorities of the work programmes are to be established by the Commission on the basis of its policy priorities, inputs from national public authorities and nuclear research stakeholders grouped in bodies or frameworks such as European technology platforms, associations, initiatives and technical forums for current and future nuclear systems and safety, management of radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel and radiation protection/low-dose risk, nuclear safeguards and security, fusion research, or any relevant organisation or forum of nuclear stakeholders.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 273 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) strengthening Europe’s scientific base and reinforcing and spreading excellence;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) increasing collaboration across sectors and disciplines, including social sciences and humanities;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 291 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) connecting and, developing and facilitating transnational and virtual access to research infrastructures across the European research area;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 305 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) attracting, training and retaining, in particular young researchers and innovators in the European Research Area, including through mobility of researchers;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 320 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) reinforcing the link between research and, innovation and education, and other policies, including Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) involving citizens, from various age ranges and end-users in co-design and co-creation processes;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) improving skills for research and innovation;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 359 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science' with the following components:
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 430 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For each mission, a mission board mayshall be established. It shall be composed of around 15 independent, high level individuals from various sectors and disciplines, including relevant end-users' representatives and academic experts from different disciplines. Any mission board will be established following an open call for nominations or for an expression of interest. The mission board shall advise upon the following:
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 463 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish a European Research Council ("ERC"), for implementing the actions under Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science' which relate to the ERC. The ERC shall succeed the ERC set up by Decision C(2013) 18957 . _________________ 7 OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 23
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 491 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish a European Innovation Council (EIC) for implementing actions under Pillar III 'Open Innovation' which relate to the EIC. The EIC shall operate according to the following principles: focus on breakthrough and disruptive innovation, incremental innovation, autonomy, ability to take risk, efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 512 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The EIC Board shall be composed of 15 to 20 high level individuals drawn from various parts of Europe's research and innovation ecosystem, including entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, investors, academic experts and researchers. It shall contribute to outreach actions, with EIC Board members striving to enhance the prestige of the EIC brand.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 675 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 1
The EU needs a strong, resilient and creative human resource base, with the right combination of skills to match the future needs of the labour market, to innovate and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for scientific, economic and social benefit. This can be achieved through training researchers to further develop their core research competences as well as enhance their transferable skills such as a creative and entrepreneurial mindset. This will allow them to face current and future global challenges, and improve their career prospects and innovation potential.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 712 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Networks of pan EU-European, national and regional research infrastructures addressing global challenges for the provision of access to researchers as well as for the harmonisation and improvement of the infrastructures' services;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
These health challenges are complex, interlinked and global in nature and require multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial and transnational collaborations. Research and innovation activities will build close linkages between discoverybasic, clinical, epidemiological, environmental and socio- economic research as well as with regulatory sciences. They will harness the combined skills of academia and industry and foster their collaboration with health services, patients, policy-makers and citizens in order to leverage on public funding and ensure the uptake of results in clinical practice as well as in health care systems. They will foster strategic collaboration at EU and international level in order to pool the expertise, capacities and resources needed to create economies of scale, scope and speed as well as to share the expected benefits and financial risks involved.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 780 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 1
People in vulnerable stages of life (birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, mature and late adulthood), including people with disabilities or injuries, have specific health needs that require better understanding and tailorpersonalised solutions. This will allow reducing related health inequalities and improving health outcomes to the benefit of active and healthy ageing throughout the life course, in particular through a healthy start of life reducing the risk of mental and physical diseases later in life.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 811 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 1
Improved understanding of health drivers and risk factors determined by the social, economic and physical environment in people’s everyday life and at the workplace, including the health impact of digitalisation, pollution, climate change and other environmental issues, will contribute to identify and mitigate health risks and threats; to identify and to reducinge death and illness from exposure to chemicals and environmental pollution; to supporting environmental-friendly, healthy, resilient and sustainable living and working environments; to promoting healthy lifestyles and consumption behaviour; and to developing an equitable, inclusive and trusted society.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 832 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- Infrastructure and capabilities to harness the potential of genomic medicine advances into standard clinical practice;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 847 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Drivers for the emergence or re- emergence of infectious diseases and their spread, including transmission from animals to humans (zoonosis), or from other parts of the environment (water, soil, plants, food) to humans and the implementation of empirical preventative solutions that minimize transmission;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 848 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Drivers for the emergence or re- emergence of infectious diseases and their spread, including transmission mechanisms from animals to humans (zoonosis), or from other parts of the environment (water, soil, plants, food) to humans;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 873 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 1
Health technologies and tools are vital for public health and contributed to a large extent to the important improvements achieved in the quality of life, health and care of people, in the EU. It is thus a key strategic challenge to design, develop, deliver and implement suitable, trustable, safe, and cost-effective tools and technologies for health and care, taking due account of the needs of people with disabilities and the aging society. These include artificial intelligence and other digital tools and technologies, offering significant improvements over existing ones, as well as stimulating a competitive and sustainable health-related industry that creates high-value jobs. The European health-related industry is one of the critical economic sectors in the EU, accounting for 3% of GDP and 1.5 million employees.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1587 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- Open data systems which foster sharing of plant, pathogen and environmental data and knowledge that enable further scientific research, environmental planning and development of commercial products;
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 583 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the UnionEuropean Research Area and foster its competitiveness, including in its research excellence, fundamental research and industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 594 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to promote scientific excellence and to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, skills, technologies and solutions to global challenges;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 622 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to strengthen the impactrole of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, social and economic innovation, and strengthen market deployment of knowledge and innovative solutions;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 645 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) to optimise the Programme's delivery for increased impact within a strengthening thed European Research Area.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 653 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) to strengthen international cooperation which is crucial to ensure access to talent, knowledge, facilities and markets worldwide.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 655 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) to support research excellence, researcher mobility, fundamental and frontier research, European research collaboration and strengthening international collaboration and networking.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 664 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science', pursuing the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) and also supporting specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b) and (c), with the following components:
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 754 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The implementation of the specific programme29 shall be based on a transparent and strategic multiannual planning of research and innovation activities, in particular for the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness', following consultations with stakeholders about priorities and the suitable types of action and forms of implementation to use including through advice provided by independent advisory groups of high-level experts. This shall ensure alignment with other relevant Union programmes. __________________ 29 … …
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 776 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
All pillars and their respective components should foresee ample room for basic research in pursuit of its contribution towards a knowledge-based learning society and the related objective set out in Article 3(2)(a).
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 811 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) deliver R&D&I results with pan- European benefits;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 813 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) be bold and inspirational, and hence havedelivering wide societal or economic relevance, and focused solely on delivering the mission outcome;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 831 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) be centered on ambitious but realistic, excellence-driven research and innovation activities across all stages of development;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 839 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) spark activity across disciplines (including social science and humanities), sectors and actors;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 848 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) be centred on ambitious but realistic research and innovation activities with the sole focus being to deliver the mission outcome;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1097 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Open access to scientific publications resulting from research funded under the Programme shall be ensured in accordance with Article 35(3). Open access to research data shall be ensured in line with the principle 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'. Open access to other research outputs shall be encouraged.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1108 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Open access to other research outputs shall be encouraged. The effective re-use of research data in publicly available, open access core data resources will be supported.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1121 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) acceding countries, candidate countries and, potential candidates and members of previous Framework Programmes, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements and Association Council decisions, or similar agreements, and in accordance with the specific conditions laid down in agreements between the Union and those countries;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1135 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The conditions determining the level of financial contribution shall ensure an automatic correction of any significant imbalance compared to the amount that entities established in the associated country receive through participation in the Programme, taking into account the costs in the management, execution and operation of the Programme. The balance of the financial contribution of associated countries shall be considered over the life span of the Programme. Associated countries and the Commission shall review the balance at the interim evaluation of the Programme referred to in Article 47 (2) and any adjustment will be indicated in the subsequent statement of appropriations for the Programme.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1140 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Associated countries shall have the right to coordinate an action and the right to participate in mono-beneficiary parts of the Programme.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1177 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Entities shall be part of a consortium that shall include at least three independent legal entities each established in a different Member State or, associated country or former Member State and with at least one of them established in a Member State, unless:
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1186 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. For actions related to Union 5. strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security, identified at an early stage in the strategic plan or work programme, the work programme may provide that the participation can be limited to those legal entities established in Member States only, or to those legal entities established in specified associated or other third countries in addition to Member States.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1260 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Proposals which shall be evaluated by the evaluation committee which mayshall be :
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1261 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
fully or partially composed of external independent experts, including, as appropriate, from social sciences and humanities disciplines.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1266 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
in the case of the EIC, composed of representatives of Union Institutions or bodies as referred to in Article 150 of the Financial Regulation.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1276 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– the evaluation scores based on how the proposal meets the criteria of the call,
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1280 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
for missions, their contribution to the achievement of specific policy objectives, including the constitution of a consistent portfolio of projects.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1286 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
TFor missions, the evaluation committee may also propose any substantial adjustments to the proposals in as far as needed for the consistency of the portfolio.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1300 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The grant agreement may establish milestones and related pre-financing installments. If milestones are not met, the action may be suspended, amended or terminated, upon evaluation by independent experts.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1309 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. TFollowing consultation with independent experts and provided sufficient notice is given to beneficiaries, the action may also be terminated where expected results have lost their relevance for the Union due to scientific, technological or economic reasons, including in the case of EIC and missions, their relevance as part of a portfolio of actions.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1326 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the criteria set out in Article 197 of the Financial Regulation, for beneficiaries with project-based remuneration, costs of personnel are eligible up to the remuneration that the person is paid for work in similar projects funded by national schemes or by schemes of international European research organisations.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1349 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Beneficiaries having received Union funding shall use their best efforts to exploit their results, in particular in the Unioncountries that have contributed to the Programme. Exploitation may be done directly by the beneficiaries or indirectly in particular through the transfer and licensing of results in accordance with Article 36.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1358 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Open access to research data underlying published research findings shall be the general rule under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement, but exceptions shall apply if justified, taking into consideration the legitimate interests of the beneficiaries and any other constraints, such as data protection rules, security rules or, intellectual property rights, or where the costs of preserving or supplying the data are disproportionate.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1398 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Specific rules on ownership, exploitation and dissemination, transfer and licensing as well as access rights and portability may apply for ERC actions, training and mobility actions, pre- commercial procurement actions, public procurement of innovative solutions actions, programme co-fund actions and coordination and support actions.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1416 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. The beneficiary of the EIC Accelerator shall be a legal entity qualifying as a start-up, an SME or as a mid-cap, established in a Member State or, associated country, EFTA country or a former member of previous Framework Programmes. The proposal may be submitted by the beneficiary, or by one or more natural persons or legal entities intending to establish or support that beneficiary.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1449 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. By derogation from Article 237(3) of the Financial Regulation, external experts may be selected without a call for expressions of interest, if justified and the selection isonly if a call for expressions of interest did not identify suitable external experts. Any selection of external experts without a call for expressions of interest must be duly justified and carried out in a transparent manner.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1482 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall publish annually a monitoring report on progress to integrate the humanities and social sciences into the Programme.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1488 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 5
5. Audits may be carried out up to two years after the paymentend date of the balanceproject.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1502 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Equipping early career researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility and exposure across borders, sectors and disciplines, as well as structuring and improving institutional and national recruitment, training and career development systems; in so doing, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions help to lay the foundations of Europe's excellent research landscape, contributing to boosting jobs, growth, and investment, and solving current and future societal challenges.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1507 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) Research Infrastructures: Endowing Europe with world-class sustainable research infrastructures which are open, and accessible to the best researchers from Europe and beyond. In so doing the potential of the infrastructure to support primarily scientific advance and innovationexplore possibilities for co-development and co- innovation of advanced technologies, and to enable open science, will be enhanced, alongside activities in related Union policy and international cooperation.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1509 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Consolidating the landscape of European research infrastructures; Ostrengthening pan- European virtual and transnational access to existing research infrastructures, opening, integrating and interconnecting research infrastructures; Reinforcing European research infrastructure policy and international cooperation
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1535 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
(a) Cluster 'Health': Improving and protecting the health of citizens at all ages, by developing innovative personalised solutions to prevent, diagnose, monitor, treat and cure diseases; mitigating health risks, protecting populations and promoting good health; making public health systems more cost- effective, equitable and sustainable; and supporting and enabling patients' participation and self- management.
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1540 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Health throughout the life course; Individual, Environmental and social health determinants; Non- communicable and rare diseases; Infectious diseases; underlying microbiological causes of diseases, Tools, technologies and digital solutions for health and care; Health care systems
2018/09/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to identify the type of activities which can be supported by the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, specific policy objectives for providing support from those funds should be drawn from information at a local level in the Member States and laid down to ensure that they contribute to one or more of common policy objectives set out in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxx [new CPR].
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iva) the determination of programmes and the distribution of funds must be made at, and informed by, socioeconomic information at a local level, to optimise economic and social growth;
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
With regard to the specific objectives set out in paragraph 1, the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund, as appropriately informed by local information and statistics, may also support activities under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, where they either:
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2018/0095(NLE)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
1. GDeclines to gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement;
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers this agreement to be of major strategic importance and that it could represents a timely signal in support of open, fair and rules-based trade, while promoting high standards at a time of challenges to the international orderbut regrets that it fails to properly address the necessity to rebalance the EU’s trade strategy towards sustainable development;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes positively the ambitious and comprehensive nature of the EPA, which partly delivers on the priorities set out in European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2012 on EU trade negotiations with Japan; albeit this EPA does not reflect the European Parliament’s most recent demands for the inclusion of binding and enforceable labour, environmental and corporate social responsibility standards in trade agreements; notes that Japan had agreed to such binding and enforceable standards in the 2016 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) agreement, which demonstrates clearly that failure to include similar provisions in the EU- Japan EPA rests with the European Commission;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the commitment to the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement to combat climate change and of other multilateral environmental agreements, as well as to the sustainable management of forests (including fighting illegal logging) and fisheries (combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing); calls on both parties to cooperate closely under the sustainable development chapter to exchange best practices and to strengthen the enforcement of legislation in these matters; believes however that only a reformed trade and sustainable development approach, as promoted by the European Parliament in numerous resolutions, would achieve lasting progress in the future and can therefore only regret that the EU-Japan EPA is a missed opportunity in this respect;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 138 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of a review clause in the chapter on sustainable development and calls on the Commission to trigger this clause as soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability and effectiveness of labour and environmental provisions, which should include the possibility of sanctions as a last resort; regrets that this agenda has not been pursued by the Commission and that insufficient efforts have been made to secure the ratification of ILO Conventions 105 and 111 by Japan during the actual negotiations of the EPA;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 177 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes key innovative elements such as dedicated chapters to enhance benefits for SMEs and promote corporate social responsibility based on the principles of the G20 and the OECD; notes that with respect to corporate social responsibility the Commission has unfortunately failed to promote an innovative model based on mandatory commitments, and remains stuck with an insufficient voluntary approach;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Takes note that negotiations continue on a separate investment agreement and reiterates that it is unacceptable to return to the old, private ISDS mechanism; Welcomes the absence of investment protection provisions in the EPA, as these have proven to be highly divisive, unfair and unnecessary; Regrets that negotiations continue on a separate investment agreement;
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to special paragraph in the ILO Committee on Application of Standards of the ILO Conference of 2016, the ILO High Level Tripartite Mission Report and the 2017 observations of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations concerning Conventions 87 and 98
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard for the complaint filed in 2017 with the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association concerning the government's crackdown on garment workers in Ashulia in December 2016 and the complaint filed with the UN special mandates concerning the crackdown in Ashulia
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas approximately 10% of the workforce in the RMG sector is employed in Export Processing Zones (EPZ), whereas under the EPZ Labour Act falls short of granting sufficient basic rights to workers in comparison to those elsewhere in Bangladesh, whereas a vast expansion of EPZ is planned.
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s generous unilateral trade preference under the so- called “Everything, but arms” initiative for least-developed countries (LDCs) enshrined in the EU GSP regulation granting tariff-free access for Bangladesh textiles under flexible rules of origins have significantly contributed to this success story;growth in export and employment
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas Bangladesh will cease to be eligable for EBA in 2021, due to its good growth performance, and will have to apply for GSP+ to maintain the current level of market access; whereas GSP+ obligates the receiving country to strict compliance with 27 international conventions on, among others, good governance, labour law and freedom of association; whereas Bangladesh does not meet all of these criteria at the present;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Directorate-Generals of EMPL, DEVE and TRADE of the European Commission send a letter on March 16 2017 to the Goverment of Bangladesh demanding tangible progress by May 18 2017 on the following four points: 1) Undertake amendments to the 2013 Labour Act, 2) ensure that the law governing the EPZs allows for full freedom of association, 3) investigate as a matter of urgency all acts of anti-union discrimination and 4) ensure that applications for union registration are acted upon expeditiously and are not denied unless the fail to meet clear and objective criteria set forth in law;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital F b (new)
F b. Whereas the International Labour Organisation gave Bangladesh a special paragraph in the ILO Committee on Application of Standards of the ILO Conference in 2016 stating that the country is in serious breach of its obligations under convention 87 (freedom of association); Whereas in 2015, the ILO reported that 78% of trade union registration applications were rejected due to a mix of hostility to unions by factory managers, certain politicians and an administrative incapacity to register them.
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital G
G. whereas, according to various reports, hundreds of garment workers died in various factory fires in Bangladesh since 2006, for which regrettably many culpable factory owners and managers have never been brought to justice, whereas it is estimated that 11.7 thousand workers suffer from fatal accidents and a further 24.5 thousand die from work related diseases across all sectors each year;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital I
I. whereas since 21st December 2016, following strikes and demonstrations by Bangladeshi garment workers seeking higher wages, the Bangladeshi authorities havearbitrarily arrested orand detained at least 1435 unions leaders and worker rights advocatesadvocates, shut union and NGO offices and put them under police surveillance, and suspended or dismissed 1600 workers for protesting the low wages in the garment industry;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital K
K. whereas a number of promising initiatives led by the private sector such as the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety (the Accord) have contributed moderately positively to improving supply chain standards and workforce safety over the last 20 years in terms of increasing workers’ rights in the garment supply chain;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital L
L. whereas the conclusions of successive reviews of the Compact in 2014, 2015 and 2016 are reporting tangible improvements achieved by the Bangladeshi authorities in some areas, and are recognizing the contribution of the Compact in moderately improving health and safety in factories and working conditions in the RMG industry; whereas progress relating to worker's rights has been more challenging and no substantial progress has been witnessed for the last monthyears in this area;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas global trade unions (ETUC, ITUC, Uni Global Union, IndustriAll) have been calling for the European Commission to carry out a GSP investigation due to, as the unions state: 'the government [of Bangladesh] has demonstrated beyond any doubt that continued dialogue mechanisms have failed and will do little if anything to improve conditions of the more than 4 million garment workers and the many millions more in other sectors'
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Supports the Commission's stated intent to launch an official GSP investigation when by May 18 2017 if no tangible progress is put in place by the GOB;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the European Commission to use the leverage granted by the future GSP+ negotiations with Bangladesh to the fullest extend and firmly hold the country to the international obligations it has to meet before being considered for GSP+;
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2017/2636(RSP)


Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Underlines that failure to improve the security situation and systematically confront the threats posed by extremists in Bangladesh will have a direct effect on investment in the country, which will ultimately hold back long term development and the lives of ordinary people.
2017/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Chinathe People's Republic of China, hereinafter PRC, is the EU’s second-largest trading partner and that the EU is Chinathe PRC’s largest trading partner, and that the trade balance has a significant deficit in China’s favour;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that Chinathe PRC is a major global trade player and that this could represent a good opportunity for EU businesses;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that EU outward foreign 3. direct investment in Chinathe PRC has steadily decreased since 2012, while Chinathe PRC’s investment in the EU has grown exponentially over the past years, including some high profile takeovers such as the port of Piraeus, has grown exponentially over the past years; acknowledges that since 2016 the PRC became a net investor into the EU; takes note that in 2017 68 percent of Chinese investments into Europe came from state-owned enterprises; is concerned about state-orchestrated acquisitions that might hinder European strategic interests, public security objectives, competitiveness and employment; in this regard welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an investments’ screening mechanism and calls for its swift adoption;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on China to act onthe PRC to fulfil the commitments enshrined in China’s Accession Protocol to the WTO and those made by President Xi Jinping’s commitments, as a result of increased trade tensions, to further open up the Chinese market to foreign investors, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and level the playing field by making China’s market more transparent and better regulated, and by ceasing all the discriminatory practices against foreign investors, in this respect recalls that those reforms will benefit both Chinese and European businesses, especially MSMEs;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that Chinese companies benefit from the openness of European public procurement market while, on the contrary, European businesses suffer discrimination and lack of access to the Chinese market; calls on the PRC to allow non-discriminatory access to European businesses and workers on public procurement; calls on the Council for a swift adoption of the International Procurement Instrument; calls on the Commission to be vigilant and eventually take action against contracts awarded to foreign enterprises suspected of dumping practices;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for coordinated cooperation with Chinathe PRC on the Belt and Road Initiative on the basis ofbased on reciprocity, sustainable development, good governance, and open and transparent rules, in particular regarding public procurement; in this respect regrets that the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the European Investment Fund and China’s Silk Road Fund (SRF) and the one signed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the New Development Bank, and the World Bank have not yet improved the business environment for European enterprises and workers;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the on-going negotiations on a comprehensive EU-China PRC Investment Agreement; calls for further reciprocity in market access that were launched in 2013; calls on the Parties to renew efforts to advance in the negotiations aimed at achieving a genuine level playing field for European businesses and workers and to ensure reciprocity in market access; calls for the inclusion of a binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapter;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 72 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Chinathe PRC to strive to play a responsible role on the global stage, including giving its active support to the multilateral rules-based trading system and the WTO; in the context of increasing bilateral trade tensions, reiterates the need to pursue multilateral solutions; in this respect calls for the fulfilment of WTO obligations and the protection of its operative mechanisms;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 75 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the resumption of negotiations, in line with the European Parliament’s resolution, on the Trade in Service Agreement (TiSA) and on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), building on the fruitful EU-PRC cooperation in the fight against climate change and the strong joint commitment towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regrets that the PRC, despite the conclusion of the procedure on the reform of the European calculation methodology for anti-dumping duties, has not yet withdrawn its case against the EU at the WTO appellate body;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses concern about the number of restrictions that European companies, and MSMEs in particular, continue to face in Chinathe PRC, especially in sectors covered by the ‘Made in China 2025’ plan; in this regard takes note of the PRC’s preference towards the creation of an alternative economic model rather than the integration of China into the existing global trade system;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses concern about market access being increasingly conditional on forced technology transfers, as stated in the EU Chamber of Commerce in China’s 2017 position paper;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes note with concern of the conclusions of the Commission’s report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries that indicates the PRC as the chief concern; reiterates the need to ensure protection to European knowledge-based economy; calls on the PRC to fight the illicit use of European licences by Chinese companies;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the EU-PRC’s 2017 joint announcement over a list of 200 Chinese and European GIs whose protection will be negotiated; however, considering that negotiations were launched in 2010, considers it a very modest result and regrets the lack of progress in this regard;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses concern about industrial overcapacity in Chinathe PRC’s steel sector; recalls the commitments made at the first ministerial meeting of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity in 2017 to refrain from providing market-distorting subsidies. ; regrets that the Chinese delegation has failed to deliver the data on capacity at the Global Forum on Excess Capacity; calls on the PRC to fulfil its commitment to identify and disclose data on its subsidies and support measures to the steel and aluminium industries by June 2018; takes note of the proposed tripartite action by the US, Japan and the EU at the WTO level;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 98 #

2017/2274(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls its 2015 report on the relations between the EU and China with which it called for the launch of negotiations for a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan; points out that the Commission has announced on more than one occasion the launch of negotiations about investment with Hong Kong and Taiwan, and deems it regrettable that no such negotiations have yet begun;
2018/05/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the right to petition the European Parliament is a cornerstone of European citizenship, as enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, ranking second in importance to citizens according to recent surveys; underlines the importance of petitions as a means for citizens to feel involved in the activities of the Union and to express their concerns about instances of misapplication or violation of EU law and on potential lacunae, while at the same time highlighting these deficiencies to the Commission in recognition of its role as guardian of the Treaties;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes the increase in EU infringement procedures for 2016 which show that the timely and correct implementation of EU legislation remains a challenge;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that petitioners very frequently refer to violations of EU law, in the year 2016 many petitions were registered in the fields of internal market, justice, fundamental rights and environment;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 11 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to involve petitioners in the EU pilot procedures initiated in relation to their petitions, inter alia to facilitate dialogue between the petitioner and the national authorities concerned;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 12 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that many petitions received in 2016 relate to precarious work, such as the use of zero hour contracts; Calls on the Commission to check the compatibility of these contracts with EU employment legislation, including the part time workers directive;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 18 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reiterates its call on the Commission to include in its annual report the rate of implementation also of EU regulations in same way as for directives;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 27 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increased transparency of, and the provision of more statistical information in, the Commission report for 2016, as compared to previous reports; regrets the fact, however, that it provides no precise information on the number of petitions that have led to the initiation of EU Pilot or infringement procedures and asks the Commission to provide specific information about this; notes with regret that Parliament is not involved in these procedures; reiterates its call on the Commission to share with Parliament information on all EU Pilots opened and infringement procedures initiated in order to improvmote transparency, and reduce the time frame for dispute settlement through the Committee on Petitions, build citizens’ trust in the EU project and, ultimately, enhance the legitimacy of the EU Pilot procedure; acknowledges the Court of Justice’s ruling on cases C-39/05 P and C- 52/05 P of May 2017, according to which documents within the EU Pilot procedure should not be disclosed publicly if there is a risk that such disclosure would affect the nature of the infringement procedure, alter its progress or undermine the objectives of that procedure;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 31 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets there is no publicly available information about how the 3783 complaints submitted to the Commission in 2016 were treated and calls for a more transparent implementation of the enforcement policy;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Asks the Commission to report on its priority-setting regarding its enforcement policy announced in the Communication ‘EU Law: Better results through better application’ where it states that it will focus its enforcement action where it can make a real difference, and on policy priorities pursuing cases which reveal systemic weakness in a Member State’s legal system;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 61 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, according to Standard Eurobarometer 86, free movement of EU citizens, who can live, work, study and do business anywhere in the EU, is the most positive result of the EU, and a majority of EU citizens favours a common EU policy in areas such as defence, migration and terrorism; recalls that, in order for such policies to be successful, it is paramount that they are implemented in a timely and uniform manner in all Member States; notes with concern that certain Member States are disregarding their obligations with regard to asylum and migration, in particular where relocation of asylum seekers and immigrants is concerned; underlines that the lack of solidarity between some Member states with regard to asylum and migration should be addressed so that all Member States meet their obligations;
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 67 #

2017/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proactive work of the Commission on the application of union law under the Better Regulation Package, and the support offered to Member States through implementation plans for new directives; points out, however, that Member States should live up to their responsibility to enforce the rules they have jointly adopted and avoid the practice of gold plating when implementing EU law to avoid citizens’ confusion on the distinction between EU and national law and citizens’ impression that the EU over legislates.
2018/03/01
Committee: PETI
Amendment 28 #

2017/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU and the US to pool resources to fight unfair trade policies and practices, while respecting the dispute settlement process in the WTO and avoiding unilateral actions; deeply regrets, therefore, the uncertainty in the international trading system caused by the US’s reliance on instruments and policy tools (e.g. Section 232 from 1992, Section 301 from 1974) created before the creation of the WTO and its dispute settlement system; also stresses that any sanctions that may be taken by the US in the form of countermeasures on European goods following the publication of the Compliance Appellate Body report in the frame of the US complaint against the EU on measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft would not be legitimate, as 204 of the 218 claims put forward by the US were rejected by the WTO and a further report on the related case against US illegal subsidies remains expected;
2018/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2017/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its support for the EU’s comprehensive strategy that considers all legitimate policy responses to address the threat to the EU economy and the global trading system; stresses the importance of preserving the unity of EU member states in this respect, as joint actions of the EU in the frame of the CCP and the EU customs union at international level, as well as bilaterally with the US, has proven to be far more effective than any initiative undertaken by individual member states;
2018/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the number of petitions received is modest compared to the EU’s total population; whereas the number nevertheless indicates that a portion of EU citizens are aware, and make use, of the right to petition, and expect to draw the attention of the EU institutions to matters which they are concerned about, through the petition procedure; whereas, however, more needs to be done to promote the right to petition the European Parliament;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Parliament has long been at the forefront of the development of the petitions process internationally and it still has the most open and transparent system in Europe, which allows in particular, full participation of petitioners in its activities;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 8 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the role of the committee in empowering European citizens is one of the essential characteristics that contributes to a reinforcement of the image and authority of the Parliament in the eyes of the electorate, by allowing the institution to bring to account and better scrutinise the way in which EU law is implemented by the Member States and the other EU institutions;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 11 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas active participation is only possible on the basis of a democratic and transparent process allowing Parliament and the Committee of Petitions to render its work citizen-friendly and comprehensiblemeaningful;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it is noted that citizens often turn to the Petitions Committee as a last resort when other bodies and institutions at regional and national levels are unable to resolve their concerns;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 24 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas each petition is carefully assessed and dealt with, and whereas each petitioner has the right to receive a reply from the Committee of Petitions that addresses their issue fully within a reasonable period of time;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 28 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the main subjects of concern raised in petitions in 2016 pertained to the internal market (in particular the provision of services and the free movement of people), fundamental rights (especially the rights of the child and of people with disabilities), social affairs (working conditions) and, environmental issues (waste management, pollution and environmental protection) and the specific issue of Brexit (loss of acquired rights and the mandate of the referendum);
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 36 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas the European Citizen’s Initiative is potentially an important tool for strengthening citizens’ participation in the EU political decision-making process and should be exploited fully;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 44 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital role that the Committee on Petitions has to play as a contact point where EU citizens and residents can submit their grievances, and where the requests of citizens are examined, investigated and resolved wherever possible and within a reasonable timeframe;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital role that the Committee on Petitions has to plays as a contact point where EU citizens and residents can submit their grievances, and where the requests of citizens are examined and resolved wherever possible and within a reasonable timeframe;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 57 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that petitions allow Parliament and other EU institutions to reconnect with EU citizens who are affected by the application of EU law at different administrative levels; considers enhanced cooperation of EU institutions and other EU bodies with national, regional and local authorities on matters linked to the application of EU law to be a vital means of strengthening the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Union’s decision-making process; calls therefore for a strong commitment from all the authorities involved at national and European levels in handling and resolving petitions as a matter of priority;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 58 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that petitions allow Parliament and other EU institutions to reconnect with EU citizens who are affected by the application of EU law at different administrative levels; considerurges enhanced cooperation of EU institutions and other EU bodies with national, regional and local authorities on matters linked to the application of EU law to be a vital means of strengthening the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Union’s decision-making process;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 60 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Commission that petitions offer a unique means to refer situations where EU law is not respected and to investigate with the help of political scrutiny of the European Parliament; reminds the Commission that requests for assistance from the Committee on Petitions should be followed up properly, and reiterates its call on the Commission to improve the quality of its replies, in substance as well as depth, to ensure that the concerns of European citizens are addressed properly; insists that the Commission identifies the means for enhancing cooperation with Member States’ authorities when it comes to responding to inquiries regarding the implementation of, and compliance with, EU law;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 63 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Commission that requests for assistance from the Committee on Petitions should be followed up properly, and reiterates its call on the Commission to improve the quality of its replies, in substance as well as depth, to ensure that the concerns of European citizens are addressed properly and transparently; insists that the Commission identifies the means for enhancing cooperation with Member States’ authorities when it comes to responding to inquiries regarding the implementation of, and compliance with, EU law;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 69 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to inform the Committee on Petitions regularly on developments with regard to ongoing infringement proceedings, and to guarantee its timely access to relevant Commission documents on infringements, and to EU pilot procedures pertaining to petitions in this regard; asks to receive, on a systematic basis, the documents exchanged in the course of EU pilot and infringement procedures once these are closed in application of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 72 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to use properly its powers stemming from its role as Guardian of the Treaties as such a role is of utmost importance in the functioning of the EU with regards to the citizens and to the European legislators; calls for a timely handling of the infringement procedures in order to put an end without delay to situations where EU law is not respected;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 74 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for enquiries to be made as to the possibility of the use of teleconferencing services to allow more petitioners to present their petition to the committee;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers cooperation with other parliamentary committees essential; refers, in this regard, to the adoption of the Committee on Petitions guidelines, which spell out the principle of establishing a petitions network with the other committees; notes that guidelines for such a network have been adopted; draws attention to the questionnaire submitted to all committees with a view to understanding better their procedures for dealing with petitions submitted for opinion or information; notes with satisfaction that the first network meeting at staff level took place in 2016 and at Members’ level in early 2017; recommends that staff of the Members of the European Parliament should be offered specific guidance on the right to petition to enable them to better assist constituents interested in pursuing the process;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 81 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the anxiety of petitioners concerned about their future rights following the referendum in the United Kingdom on withdrawal from the European Union; notes the unresolved concerns about voting rights and disenfranchisement of UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU for over 15 years; supports the Commission’s commitment to fully guarantee the rights of European citizens residing in the United Kingdom during the Brexit negotiations and following its exit from the EU and calls on the Commission to guarantee the full acquired rights for UK citizens residing in the rest of the European Union to ensure that citizens are not used as bargaining chips or see their rights eroded as a result of the negotiations;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 86 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the important ongoing work carried out by the Committee on Petitions in connection with petitions pertaining to issues on disabilities, and underlines the willingness of the committee to continue its support to efforts to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities; calls on the European institutions to lead by example on this subject and to ensure that national authorities are correctly implementing without delay the legislation adopted in this field;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 95 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points to the committee’s support of the European Citizens’ Initiative; notes the Commission’s proposal for a revision of the regulation with a view to maintaining its relevance as a tool for democratic participation; inviturges the Commission to consider Parliament’s substantive input, in particular the opinion of the Committee on Petitions on the European Citizens’ initiative;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 101 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the wide range of subjects raised in the petitions filed, from the internal market, justice, energy and transport to fundamental rights, health, environmental law, disability and animal welfare; and on the various implications of Brexit on citizens;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 107 #

2017/2222(INI)

16. Deplores the fact that although Petition 2214/2014 on German war reparations owed to Greece was declared admissible on 7 September 2015, the majority of PETI coordinators in the end decided, on 8 September 2016, to close this petition, alleging that the subject matter falls outside the scope of EU competences;deleted
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 113 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the important role of the SOLVIT network, which provides a means for citizens and enterprises to address concerns about possible breaches of EU law by public authorities in other Member States; calls on the Commission, and on the Member States themselves, to promote SOLVIT in order to make it more helpful and visible to citizens; welcomes, in this regard, the Action Plan to reinforce the SOLVIT network published by the Commission in May 2017; calls on the Commission for a swift implementation of this Action Plan and to report back to the European Parliament on its results;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 115 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises that there has been an unacceptable delay in the expansion of the secretariat of the committee; calls for the recruitment of experienced officials to enhance the working capacity of the committee;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 116 #

2017/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for a more focused and active press and communications service and a more active social media presence, making the work of the Committee more responsive to public concerns;
2017/10/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 1 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the overriding importance of consistency between commercial policy, competition policy and all other Union policies; adds that EU competition policy must take account of developments in international competition, not least since the spread of ICTs and the emergence of the digital economy has led to excessive market and power concentration in some sectors; stresses that trade policy should not contribute to an intensification of these negative aspects at the detriment of consumers; adds that EU competition policy must take account of developments in international competition; welcomes in this context the EU’s continued engagement in multilateral fora aimed at fostering the cooperation of competition authorities, such as the Competition Committee of the OECD, the World Bank and UNCTAD, as well as the International Competition Network;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that combating unfair trading practices will benefit bothStrongly supports the Commission’s statement in the Annual Report on Competition Policy 2016 that “as companies go global, so must competition enforcers”; believes that global rules on competition and the highest level of coordination between competition authorities, including with respect to exchange of information in the course of competition proceedings, is a precondition for the development of global fair trade; believes that such global rules should also provide for access to justice for consumers; Points out that combating unfair trading practices, including through competition policy, is necessary to ensure a global level playing field which benefits workers, consumers and businesses and is one of the priorities of the EU’s commercial strategy; emphasises that the reflection paper on harnessing globalisation states that the Union must take steps to restore fair conditions of competition but fails to propose concrete policies in this respect;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for trade defence instruments to be updated to make them stronger, faster and more effective; stresses the importance of the Union devising a reliable new method of calculating anti-dumping duties; emphasises in particular the importance of the anti-subsidy instrument in tackling unfair global competition, and establishing a level playing field with EU state aid rules;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that reciprocity must be one of the key principles underpinning Union commercial policy, with a view to ensuring that our trading partners open up their markets more to EU firms, in particular in the area of public procurement; stresses that efforts aimed at securing greater access to foreign public procurement markets must not undermine the development of EU rules in relation to social and environmental criteria; emphasises the importance for the Union of an international instrument on public procurement; takes the view that the Commission proposal on the monitoring of foreign investment should make for greater reciprocity in the area of access to markets;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the inclusion in recent trade agreements, such as CETA and the agreement in principle with Japan of provisions on competition policy; regrets however that these provisions remain limited in scope and do not provide for effective enforcement and dispute resolution; Draws attention to the importance of maintaining constant dialogue with trading partners and incorporating ambitious provisions on competition in all trade agreements with a view to guaranteeing fair rules; emphasises the need to comply with and enforce these provisions;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take account of the needs of SMEs when conducting negotiations and trade, with a view to making the firms in question more competitive; in this respect, acknowledges the Commission’s effort to combat unfair competition in high-profile cases against well-known companies, but stresses that the enforcement of fair competition in the case of SMEs is also of the utmost importance;
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2017/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Union to continue to promote fair competition rules at international level; recalls the work undertaken at the WTO between 1996 and 2004 on the interaction between trade and competition policy and regrets that this issue has not been part of the WTO work programme since; stresses that provisions in WTO agreements such as GATS Article IX provide a basis to further cooperation amongst WTO members on competition matters; therefore calls for fresh progress to be made at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference towards guaranteeing fair international competition, although account should also be taken of the sensitive nature of certain sectors, in particular agriculture. which benefits from a special status with respect to the application of competition rules in the EU.
2017/10/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the 2015 ‘Trade for All strategy’ sets out the EU's commitment to binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD);
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas, despite over a decade of negotiations, only one regional EPA has been concluded and fully ratified out of the five foreseen with African regional groupings;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU always to take account of the different levels of development among African countries and to support measures which enhance production and processing capacity, particularly in agriculture; stresses in this context the need for any trade agreement or unilateral trade arrangement between the EU and African countries or regional groupings to provide for sufficiently asymmetrical liberalisation schedules, protections for infant industries, development-supportive rules of origins and effective safeguard clauses;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to support Africa’s ambitions of creating a genuine intra- African market and avoid taking steps which might hinder these ambitions; stresses that interim Economic Partnership Agreements with individual countries that are members of regional customs and economic unions should not become permanent in the absence of ratified region-to-region EPAs;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. insists on a structured and well- financed civil society monitoring process concerning the existing and future trade agreements between the EU and Africa in order to be able to counteract negative consequences of the agreements;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. points out that the successes of the regional Economic Partnership Agreements and the post-Cotonou agreement are highly dependent on the transparent information policy and dialogue with civil society of the European Commission and its counterparts in African states since transparency gives small and medium sized participants of the economy the chance to reap the benefits of the agreements;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the principles of policy coherence for development to be fully incorporated in the EU’s trade relationship with Africa, which entails the inclusion of enforceable ‘Trade and Sustainable Development’ clauses in all EU trade agreements with African countries, in line with the commitment undertaken by the European Commission in the ‘Trade for All' strategy;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that without ownership any EU-Africa strategy cannot succeed; therefore calls on the European Commission to reflect on its repeated failure to convince African countries of the relevance of EPAs; strongly condemns the use of coercion as an instrument to secure approval for EPAs;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. expects additionally the development of a strategy for the fight against corruption and illegal capital flight from Africa and insists that the development of the regional African markets is being taken into consideration in the future;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. insists that the aid for trade global review makes sure that least developed countries and fragile states benefit more from the effects of development cooperation than in the past;
2017/09/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2016 on the implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (2015/2038(INI));
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2016 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (2015/2233(INI));
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2017 on the impact of international Trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains (2016/2301(INI));
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2017 Towards a Digital Trade Strategy (2017/2065(INI));
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Commercial Policy comprises a body of trade agreements and legislative measures to safeguard the Union’s offensive and defensive trade interests, contribute to sustainable shared growth and decent job creation, ensure that EU rules and standards are observed, safeguard states’ right to regulate and citizens’ well-being, and promote EU values; and whereas adherence to these aims requires that Union trade policy be implemented and monitored fully and effectively;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the implementation and enforcement phase is of crucial and fundamental importance in ensuring that Union trade policy is effective;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the involvement of civil society and social partners in the implementation of trade agreements can benefit the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Common Commercial Policy;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the questions raised in public debate about the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Common Commercial Policy and the way it is implemented need to be answered clearly and precisely by the European Institutions;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the Union’s trade policy must be consistent with its other external and internal policies and the Union’s overarching principle of policy coherence for development;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the international context has changed profoundly since the Trade for All strategy was published and that new trade challenges now need to be addressed; is concerned to see protectionist practices being pursued and reiterates its support for an open, balanced, fair, sustainable and rules- based tradeing system;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the growing might of Asia and of the USA’s gradual withdrawal on the trade front, as well as increasing domestic criticisms to the EU trade agenda, which were made evident by developments such as the decision of the ECJ to authorise a European Citizens’ Initiative against the TTIP negotiations, a referendum in the Netherlands which rejected the Ukraine-EU association agreement, or the referral of CETA to the ECJ by Belgium generating uncertainty for trade internationally; calls on the Commission to adapt its trade policy to address these developments at international level and to be more responsive;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the growing importance of services, especially digital services, and of e-commerce in international trade, and underscores the need to strengthen the domestic and international rules governing these sectors, in particular with respect to data flows and labour rights so as to secure real benefits for European workers and consumers, improve European companies’ access to international markets and safeguard the observance of fundamental rights in the EU and throughout the world; insists that rules for cross-border data transfers must fully comply with the EU’s existing and future data protection and privacy rules; calls on the Commission to incorporate into the EU’s trade agreements a horizontal, unambiguous and legally binding provision, which fully maintains the right of a party to protect personal data and privacy, provided that such a right is not unjustifiably used to circumvent rules for cross-border data transfers for reasons other than the protection of personal data; stresses that any disciplines in this regard should be exempted from the scope of application of any chapter dealing with investment protection;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU will have consequences for internal and external trade; calls on the Commission to take immediate steps to anticipate the impact of Brexit on the Union’s trade policy so as to ensure continuity in its implementation; calls on the Commission to publish impact assessments of the various options envisioned for the future EU-UK relationship prior to the conclusion of the article 50 negotiations;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of Opinion 2/15 of the CJEU, of 16 May 2017, establishing that, apart from the question of portfolio investment and the arrangements for investor-state dispute settlement, the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore lies within the exclusive competence of the Union; asks the Commission and Member States to clarify at the earliest possible date itstheir decision on the structure of free trade agreements in the future, taking account of the limits of EU exclusive competence set by the Court ruling; points out that Parliament must be involved from the onset of all trade negotiations, prior to the adoption of negotiating guidelines and must be kept fully informed, in a timely manner, at all stages in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements; demands that the necessary arrangements are made through an inter-institutional agreement to enhance the legitimacy and accountability of the EU’s CCP;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the failure to reach agreement at the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires; recalls its previous demands to the Commission to actively engage in framing the WTO agenda, in particular with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility and Trade and Sustainable Development; reiterates its support for the multilateral system and calls on the Union actively to advance proposals for updated, multilateral rules; welcomes the entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement; considers it regrettable that certain multilateral agreements are not being observed and calls on the Commission to work harder, within the WTO, on the effective implementation of multilateral rules and agreements;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned at the stand-off in plurilateral negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and the Environmental Goods Agreement; asks the Union to take the initiative to get the negotiations moving again on the basis of the European Parliament’s position on TiSA;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the agreements concluded and the Union’s ongoing and forthcoming bilateral negotiations represent opportunities for market access and the lifting of trade barriers while at the same time they should prevent threats and challenges to the EU’s social model and the environment; issues a reminder that priority must be given to the substance of the negotiations rather than their pace, that the aims of reciprocity and mutual benefit must be guiding threads, that EU rules and standards cannot be watered down, and that current and future public services including services of general interest and services of general economic interest, as well as audiovisual services, must be fully excluded from the scope of all trade agreements, in line with Articles 14 and 106 TFEU and Protocol 26, irrespective of how the public services are provided and funded; stresses that the Commission must ensure in all trade negotiations that EU, national and local authorities retain the full right to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal any measures with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public services;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission and Member States to update their negotiating mandates every five years to reflect the changing context and challenges, and to include review clauses in trade agreements to ensure that they are implemented as effectively as possible and that they are adaptable, provided that full parliamentary scrutiny and transparency are guaranteed;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of its recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes (MIC); highlights the importance to the European economy of internal and external investment and the need to ensure that EU investors abroad are protected; asks the Commission to pursue its work on the new system for ruling on investment disputes, which must be based, inter alia, on a guarantee of states’ right to regulate and on transparency while points out that this can be normally achieved through the domestic legal systems of our trading partners when they respect the rule of law; also acknowledges that, while the MIC will benefit developing countries which have concluded old-fashioned BITs with ISDS, those countries will have to continue to strengthen their judiciary systems; asks the Commission to pursue its work on the new system for ruling on investment disputes, which must be based, inter alia, on a guarantee of states’ right to regulate and on transparency, and provide for an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct, sanctions in case of non-compliance and to explicitly allow for the possibility of counterclaims; this new system must address investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee judicial equality (with particular attention to micro- enterprises, SMEs and domestic investors), judicial independency, transparency and accountability and the possibility for other actors, such as civil society organisations and trade unions, to use the system if their rights are infringed by investors;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 98 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to finally unblock the procedure regarding the Mauritius Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor- State Arbitration now that the European Court of Justice has brought clarity regarding questions of competence and on the Commission to redouble its efforts in this respect; also request to bring forward from 2020 the review of the grandfathering regulation for bilateral investment treaties maintained by the Member States and to couple it, if opportune, with a legislative proposal discontinuing the application of Chapter III;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Expects a reinforced engagement of the EU and its Member States in deliberations within the UN regarding a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges that an updated and easily applicable rules-of-origin system be developed; cConsiders it regrettable that no progress has been made on negotiating the Regional Convention on pan-Euro- Mediterranean rules of origin; reiterates its call to the Commission to draw up a report on the state of play with regard to rules of origin, and to endeavour to provide a rules of origin calculator tailored to SMEs that should specifically enable them to use the preferences available under existing agreements with a view to increasing the preference utilisation rate;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 104 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that, in the implementation of Union trade policy, special attention needs to be paid to agricultural products and to the interests of European producers and consumers, in particular in light of the cumulative impact of all FTAs on the sector; emphasises that trade agreements, and notably the agreement with Japan, can open up new business horizons for the agrifood sector; highlights the importance of striking the right balance between protecting sensitive agricultural products and advancing the Union’s offensive interests in relation to agrifood exports, with provision for, inter alia, transition periods and suitable quotas, and in certain cases for the exclusion of the most sensitive products; points out that it is essential to safeguard a robust system of health and plant-health rules while combating any form of discriminatory treatment in this area;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 115 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the multiple references to the principle of reciprocity in the report on implementation of the Union trade strategy; reiteratdeplores that reciprocity must beis still not guaranteed as a pillar of Union trade policy; emphasises the importance for the Union of having an international instrument on public procurement, and deplores the fact that the relevant proposal has been held up in the Council; takes the view that the Commission proposal on the monitoring of foreign investment could make for greater reciprocity in the area of access to markets;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that trade policy must be implemented in such a way as to help ensure that companies can compete fairly on a level playing field; welcomes the adoption of the new method for calculating anti-dumping duties in cases of distortion of competition in third countries; takes note of the interinstitutional agreement reached on the modernisation of trade defence instruments; highlights the importance of ensuring that these new instruments are implemented properly by intervening immediately to rectify any dysfunctions or abusesencourages the Commission to make the most of these reforms and use the new possibility they offer, in particular with respect to imposing duties above the injury margin; highlights the importance of ensuring that these new instruments are implemented properly by intervening immediately to rectify any dysfunctions or abuses; welcomes the Commission pro-active stance in the deployment of trade defence instruments in 2016, and calls for similar resolve and reactivity when these instruments are used unduly against EU exports by some of our trading partners, in particular the United States of America;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers it regrettable that the Commission report on the implementation of the trade policy strategy makes scarcely any mention of the task of coordination which needs to be undertaken with customs services; makes the point that trade policy must work to combat unlawful trading in order to keep EU companies competitive and to underpin consumer safety; also points to the important role of competition policy in this respect, and the need for bilateral and multilateral negotiations to this end;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 123 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission, in cases of dysfunction or hindrance or where a partner fails to observe a commitment, to make immediate use of the tools at its disposal, particularly through recourse to the disputes settlement procedure as well as the existing ad-hoc processes foreseen for Trade and Sustainable Development provisions in the Union’s FTAs;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 129 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to invest more human and financial resources in improvinge the way that trade policy is implemented, and asks that a special trade policy implementation monitoring unit be set up within the Commission;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 130 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and Member States to do more, particularly through the use of IT, to eliminate all administrative obstacles and red tape, to simplify technicalsimplify technical and administrative procedures and to support companies taking steps to benefit from trade agreements and instruments;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 131 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the vital work done by Union delegations, in conjunction with Member State embassies, enabling swift and direct action to be taken to ensure that trade provisions are properly implemented; believes that Union delegations would benefit from a streamlined system based on a single set of rules and guidance in this respect, as the effectiveness of delegations in the monitoring of FTAs varies markedly from country to country; encourages the Commission and the EEAS to pursue their work in the field of economic diplomacy;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 135 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to conduct a study of the cumulative impact of trade agreements, sector by sector and country by country, as a contribution to the evaluation of our trade policy and with a view to anticipating and amending its effects;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the fact that certain sectors may experience economic difficulties which are trade related; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop effective support policies such as social flanking measures in order to maximise the benefits and minimise the potential negative effects of trade liberalisation, and to re- evaluate the EU’s trade strategy in this light; asks the Commission, in this context, to reinforce the effectiveness of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and make it more pro-active, anticipating those cases where negative effects have to be accounted for instead of purely reactive;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 138 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to pursue and intensify its cooperation with international organisations and forums, including the G20, the United Nations, the OECD, the ILO and, the World Bank and the International Organisation for Standardisation, on the development of international standards, their implementation and the monitoring of trade; in particular with respect to its social and environmental impact;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 140 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of the first report on implementation of FTAs; asks the Commission to continue publishing the report annually and to cover the topic in greater depth, including interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information; but regrets its many shortfalls, in particular the lack of qualitative analysis and concrete recommendations; notes that while the Commission is increasingly acknowledging the negative impact of trade liberalisation on certain sectors, the report is entirely biased towards presenting “success stories” and therefore fails at providing a balanced and comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the EU’s FTAs; asks the Commission to continue publishing the report annually and to cover the topic in greater depth, including interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information, most importantly on the implementation of the rule parts of FTAs such as TSD and Government Procurements, so as to make this report effective in guiding the EU institutions in the definition and conduct of the Union’s trade strategy;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that various elements of information, as well as figures, are missing from the report; notes that, when it comes to quantitative analyses the implementation report fails to provide an economic assessment of: the impact on growth and jobs of all FTAs; the contribution of FTAs to the evolution of trade flows, compared to other factors such as internal demand in the EU partners’ domestic markets; the impact of trade and investment agreements on investment flows and Mode 3 trade in services; asks the Commission to work more closely with the Member States and partner countries in order to obtain more data and information on the implementation of the agreements;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 144 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Is concerned by the fact that European companies are making relatively poor use of trade preferences by comparison with companies in partner countries which can therefore be deemed to benefit more from the EU’s FTAs than the EU itself; asks the Commission to determine the causes of the imbalance as quickly as possible and to address them; calls on the Commission and Member States to move swiftly on developing measures to give economic operators more information about the trade preferences provided for in the FTAs; believes that detailed information, including at micro level, is required in order to properly assess the implementation of the EU’s FTA, and that the experience of companies failing to use the possibility offered by FTAs matters just as much as the experience of those companies benefiting from them;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 148 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Invites the Commission to take a diversified approach to the various sectors studied and to set out the consequences of the implementation of trade agreements for those sectors which are considered sensitive, including an analysis of the cumulative impact of all FTAs;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 149 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the announced introduction of implementation roadmaps for all trade agreements, and asks the Commission to involve all the interested parties in preparing them including civil society and social partners; calls on the Commission to set out intended objectives as well as specific criteria on which to base a clear evaluation, such as the state of progress on the removal of non-tariff barriers, the rate of use of quotas, or the situation with regard to regulatory cooperation; asks that the state of progress with the roadmaps be published to coincide with publication of well as progress in terms of Trade and Sustainable Development ; expects the implementation roadmaps to be transmitted to Parliament in parallel to the saisines for concluded agreements so that they may be taken into account during the consent procedure and asks that the state of progress with the roadmaps be incorporated into the annual report on implementation of FTAs;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 153 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. CWelcomes the introduction of specific chapters dedicated to SMEs in FTAs currently in negotiation; calls on the Commission to evaluate the entire toolkit for SMEs, with a view to developing a more integrated overall approach and a real SME internationalisation strategy, supporting them in becoming exporters; encourages the Commission to promote this approach in international forums;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 158 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Notes that the protection of geographical indications is one of the Union’s offensive points in trade agreement negotiations; highlights the finding in the report on implementation of FTAs that certain partners are not complying with provisions on the protection of geographical indications, and calls on the Commission to act without delay to ensure compliance with these provisions; also calls on the Commission to reassess its communication on the benefit of trade agreement, in light of these poor compliance outcomes;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 162 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that the Union’s public procurement markets are the most open in the world; is concerned at certain partners’ non-compliance with provisions on public- procurement market access, to the detriment of EU companies; asks the Commission to work to secure greater access to third countries’ public procurement markets and to consider, as part of a range of measures, the introduction of rules al measures directed at third countries which give domestic companies priority access to their public procurement markets; also calls ong the lines of a ‘Buy European Act’, directed at third countries which give domestic companies priority access to their public procurement marketCommission to collect and publish company-level data on the use of public procurement provisions in FTAs (e.g. percentage of EU companies applying for and winning tenders abroad), so as to better understand the difficulties encountered by EU businesses;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 165 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that the Common Commercial Policy must contributes to the promotion of the values for which the Union stands, set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and to the pursuit of the aims enumerated in Article 21, including the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law, respect for human rights, as well as fundamental rights and freedoms, equality, respect for human dignity and the protection of the environment and of social rights; believes that achieving these objectives requires resolute and sustained actions from the Commission, and a radical change in the way human rights and sustainable development are dealt with in FTA negotiations;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the Commission systematically to monitor the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), particularly the GSP+, and to continue publishing reports every two years; calls on the Commission to work harder with beneficiary countries, the EEAS, the Union delegations, international organisations, companies, the social partners and civil society in order to improve its information gathering and provide more in-depth analysis of the monitoring exercise so that the implementation of all aspects of the system can be clearly evaluated; stresses that the credibility and thus effectiveness of the GSP rests on the ability of the Commission to implement the provisions of the legislation in full in cases of failure to implement international labour or environmental conventions, including conducting formal investigations when required and removing or suspending preferences;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 169 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Points out that the new-generation agreements include human rights clauses and sustainable development chapters, to be implemented comprehensively in their entirety in order to safeguard and promote the observance of human rights, the Union’s values and high social and environmental standards; notes thetherefore calls for a timely implementation of existing TSD provisions; regrets the insufficient evaluation of the sustainable development chapters included in the Commission report on implementation of FTAs; asks the Commission to develop a precise and specific method of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these chapters, given that such an evaluation cannot be made on the basis of quantitative data only; recalls in this context the important role of Domestic Advisory Groups and calls on the Commission for a more inclusive involvement of civil society in monitoring processes; underlines in particular the importance of civil society contributions regarding the negative consequences of Free Trade Agreements, especially when they concern developing countries or regions; also reiterates its call to strengthen the enforcement of TSD chapters, in particular through a greater involvement of social partners and civil society organisations, as well as the use of sanctions as a last resort in case of non- compliance; expresses in particular concern about the ineffective implementation of the TSD provisions in the case of the EU-Korea FTA;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 172 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the review of the Aid for Trade strategy and supports the aim of capacity building for developing countries so that they can take greater advantage of the opportunities offered by EU trade agreements; emphasises, too, that the strategy must help to promote fair and ethical trade, and retain sufficiently asymmetrical liberalisation schedules to support economic development in the EU partner countries;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 175 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Reaffirms its support for the inclusion in all future trade agreements of ambitious provisions on combating corruption and protecting whistle-blower; welcomes the inclusion of anti- corruption provisions in the ongoing negotiations on updating the EU-Mexico FTAand EU-Chile Association Agreements; stresses that FTAs must address the fight against money laundering, tax fraud and evasion while remaining within the scope of the Union’s exclusive competence;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 179 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Welcomes the fact that gender equality has been taken into account in the Commission’s report on the implementation of its trade strategy; underscores the aim of ensuring that women benefit from trade to the same extent as men; stresses that this requires a proactive approach by the Commission, and as a first step the application of a gender mainstreaming strategy to trade policy;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 182 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Emphasises that the Common Commercial Policy must be implemented in such a way as to ensure that the global value chain is managed responsibly; asks the Commission to continue including and promoting corporate social responsibility as part of its trade policy; reiterate its demand to the Commission to include CSR in all trade agreements and to work on new provisions for greater enforcement; reasserts its support for international initiatives such as the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact, and asks the Commission to concentrate as of now on the implementation of that initiative;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 184 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Recalls, however, that voluntary CSR may also lead to unfair competition for suppliers that have chosen to comply with international labour and environmental standards and is not sufficient per se to ensure that companies fully comply with international standards and obligations by implementing due diligence policy; reiterates its call for seeking ways to develop global value chains transparency strategies and rules, including the possible consideration of immediate action towards developing binding and enforceable rules, associated remedies and independent monitoring mechanisms involving the EU Institutions, Member States and civil society;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 186 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Repeats its call to the Commission to framtable a proposal for banning the importation of goods produced using child labour or any other form of forced labour or modern slavery;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 187 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Reiterates its call on the EU to work towards adequate and efficient solutions for the introduction of a transparent and functioning mandatory ‘social and environmental traceability’ labelling system along the entire production chain, in compliance with the WTO TBT Agreement, while in parallel promoting similar action at international level;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 189 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Takes note of the Commission’s work on transparency; believes that achieving full transparency must become the top priority for the Commission; calls on the Commission and Member States to publish moreall of the relevant documents relating to the negotiation and implementation of agreements;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 190 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a proper strategy for communication about trade policy and about each agreement, so that as much information as possible is transmitted and information is adapted for specific stakeholders, enabling them to benefit from the agreements; stresses that such a strategy must address the issue of availability of information prior to and during trade negotiations, and reiterates its call to the Commission to conduct extensive consultations with civil society and social partners and publish Sustainability Impact Assessments in a timely manner, i.e. in time for them to be used in the course of parliamentary debates; calls on the Commission and Member States to come up with measures for raising economic operators’ awareness about agreements concluded and for sustaining dialogue on a regular basis with professional associations, companies, social partners and civil society;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 191 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Welcomes the publication by the Council of the negotiating mandates for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and for the agreements with Japan, Chile and Tunisia, as well as the Commission’s publication of its draft negotiating mandates for agreements with Australia and New Zealand and for the creation of the MIC; calls on the Council and the Member States to publish all negotiating mandates, and on the Commission to publish all draft mandates for the opening of future negotiations; asks the Council and the Commission, when they are drafting and adopting negotiating mandates, to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations; supports the opening of negotiations for an inter-institutional agreement to lay out a formal process to that effect;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 194 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Reiterates its request that Member States, Parliament, national parliaments, economic operators and representatives of civil society and social partners should be more closely involved in trade policy monitoring including on but not limited to TSD provisions; calls on the Commission to publish an action plan and details of the ‘Enhanced Partnership’ model for the implementation of trade agreements;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 195 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
52. Asks the Commission to improve the quality of the impact studies carried out for each trade agreement and to include in them sectoral and geographical analysis; stresses that better and more timely communication about the information contained in ex ante and ex post impact studies on trade agreements is essential;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 197 #

2017/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Welcomes the announcement that a consultative group is being set up to monitor trade policy; stresses the importance of establishing the new body rapidly and in a transparent, public and inclusive way; asks the Commission to publish the consultative group’s meeting and working documents on a regular basis; also calls on the Commission to define processes to ensure that issues raised by the consultative group are properly responded to and contributions are taken into account during negotiations;
2018/01/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 2 February 2017 on recommendations to the Commission on cross border aspects of adoptions
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Petitions of 23 February 20171a and to the opinion of the Committee on Constitutional affairs of 01 June 20171b on the report from the European Commission monitoring the application of EU law 2015 _________________ 1a PE597.698v03-00 1b PE603.107v02-00
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 4 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 29 February2017 on the Single Market strategy1cand especially to the document on the Outcome of the informal meeting of SOLVIT Centres held in Lisbon on 18 September 20151d _________________ 1c Council document 6622/16 1d Council document 14268/15
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
– having regard to Articles 2, 6 and 9-12 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), to Articles 18-25 of the TFEU and to Articles 11 and 39-46 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights,
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the prospect of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) has highlighted the importance of EU citizenship rights and their crucial role in the everyday lives of millions of EU citizens, and has raised awareness in the EU about the potential loss of rights that Brexit would entail on both sides with special regard to the 3 million EU citizens resident in the UK and the 1.2million UK citizens resident in the EU;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas as petitions and complaints addressed to the European Commission and to SOLVIT have shown, EU citizens face notable difficulties in exercising this right, owing to administrative burdens and bureaucracy in Member States, and to misinformation and/or a lack of cooperation by Member State authorities;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 51 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the principle ofArticle 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights explicitly prohibits non- discrimination on the basis of nationality, sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefbased on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation is as the primary expression of EU citizenship; whereas it forms at the same time a crucial component of the successful exercise of the freedom of movement, as evidenced in petitions;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 71 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2017 EU Citizenship Report, which contains an enumeration of priorities by field of activity; expresses its doubt as to whether these priorities will effectively answer citizens’ concerns; regrets the lack of well-defined, concrete commitments and actions for the next three years;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Urges the Commission to speed up its EU law enforcement policy by using all available tools mechanisms in order to bring a correct application of EU law closer to the citizens.
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong regret that for almost a decade now little progress has been made in the adoption of the EU-wide Anti- Discrimination Directive; calls upon all EU institutions and especially upon the Council of the European union to conclude the relevant negotiations as soon as possiblean utmost priority;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 99 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Regrets the existing opt-outs from parts of the EU treaties by some Member States which undermine and generate de facto differences in citizens’ rights that are intended to be equal under the EU Treaties
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 103 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission to take more active steps against LGBTI discrimination and to combat homophobia by defining concrete action to be taken at national and European levels; calls at the same time for the EU institutions to monitor LGBTI rights closely and to promote the recognition of cross-border rights for LGBTI persons and their families in the EU; calls upon legislators to expedite their activities with regard to the adoption of a comprehensive directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services including different modes of transportation;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 120 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its deep concern about the number of Roma people in Europe, who are victims of discriminatory birth registration, have therefore no identity documents, are denied access to essential basic services in their countries of residence, which also lead to their denial of access to any rights in the EU; calls on Member States to take immediate corrective measures in this regard to safeguard the enjoyment of their fundamental human rights and all the rights provided by EU citizenship; calls on the Commission to assess and monitor the situation in Member States and initiate legally binding legislation on the identification and protection of people whose citizenship have not been recognised and have no access to identity documents
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 123 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with appreciation the Commission’s efforts to make multiple information and assistance outlets about the EU and Citizenship rightthe rights it confers to its citizens, such as the Europe Direct network, the Your Europe portal and the e- justice portal, available and more accessible; urges the Commission to systematise the information and possibly plan for a single, EU-wide information window; at the same time, invites the Member States to promote the SOLVIT network and its services among EU citizens, as well as other redress mechanisms, both at EU level, such as the Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman and at national level, such as the local ombudsman;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 129 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the SOLVIT network by improving the interaction between its services and national centres in order to ensure a better follow-up of unresolved and repetitive cases as well as a greater articulation between the different EU law enforcement tools such as EU PILOT and CHAP ;at the same time, invites the Member States to promote the SOLVIT network and its services among EU citizens, as well as other redress mechanisms, both at EU level, such as the Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman and at national level, such as the local ombudsman;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 130 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to better inform EU citizens as to their rights and duties, and to facilitate entitlement to these rights being respected equally both in their country of origin and in any other Member State
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 136 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that citizens should have access to all the necessary information, which should be presented in a clear and comprehensible way, in order to be able to make informed decisions on the exercise of their Treaty rights, and especially their right to free movement, which is one of the key elements of EU citizenship, and residence within the EU; recommends the promotion of transparency and proactive publishing as the most appropriate tools to that end;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 139 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Recalls that access to health services, coordination of social security schemes and recognition of professional qualifications in other Member States are the areas where EU citizens are often facing difficulties and calls for a vigorous enforcement by the Commission in order to redress those situations ;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 142 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Encourages Member States to give more space to political education on EU affairs, inter alia on EU citizens’ rights, in their school curricula and to adapt teacher training accordingly; considers that Member States should promote school visits to EU institutions in their educational systems; emphasises that accessible education plays a vital role in informing future citizens
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 147 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on European political parties to effectively tackle the problem of decreasing levels of voters turnout and the widening gap between citizens and the EU institutions; considers the nomination of Europe wide candidates for Commission president by European political parties an important step towards building a genuine European public space, but is convinced that the prospect of a Europeanisation of the electoral campaign can only be achieved through pan-European activities and networks of local and national media, especially public ones in the fields of radio, TV, seminars and the internet
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 154 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the reform of the Electoral Act on the basis of Parliament’s legislative initiative is an unmissable opportunity for the Union to become more democratic; highlights the fact that thousands of Europeans share this view, as evidenced by the ‘Let me Vote’ European Citizens’ Initiative, which aims to allow citizens to vote in their place of residence; commends the Commission for exploring the possibilities for non-national EU citizens who have exercised their right to free movement to vote in national elections in the country in which they reside; whereas various complaints have been received with regard to the exercise of the right to vote in European and municipal elections, and also with regard to disenfranchisement in relation to national elections after a period of time spent abroad; urges the Commission to devise a concrete action plan for the introduction of electronic voting with a view to the 2019 European Parliament elections;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 168 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. ERecalls the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information enshrined in article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ; expresses its conviction that free media and access to a plurality of voices in society and in the media are an indispensable part of a healthy democracy and constitutes therefore a constitutional foundation of EU membership as enshrined in Articles 2 and 6 of the TEU; underlines the need for a defined EU policy to tackle anti- European propaganda and false information; proposes that EU institutions proceed with the creation of a European television channel broadcasting in all Member Statesunderlines the need for a defined EU policy to tackle anti-European propaganda and false information;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 175 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Deplores any populist rhetoric that aims to create discriminatory practices based on grounds of nationality
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 178 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Maintains that transparency is a key tool for bringing citizens closer to the EU and involving them in its activities; notes that access to documents represents 30% of the inquiries closed by the European Ombudsman in 2016 and therefore recommends the promotion of the right to access documents and the translation of as many documents as possible into all EU languages; calls for an horizontal directive on whistle-blowing which sets out appropriate channels and procedures for reporting cases; supports the intensification of dialogue with citizens and the encouragement of public debates in order to improve EU citizens’ understanding of the impact of the EU on their daily lives and to allow them to take part in an exchange of views, through slots in television programmes for targeted audiences;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 184 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the promotion of a culture of service among EU and national institutions and considers that the EU should lead by example through the highest administrative and transparency standards, as envisaged elsewhere inin accordance with Article 41 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; proposes that local EU offices in the Member States be transformed into one- stop shops, offering comprehensive services for EU citizens, so as to reduce bureaucracy and the obstacles it poses to the exercise of EU citizenship rights; highlights the importance of the ‘once only’ project, which eliminates unnecessary burdens for European businesses that are asked to present the same data and documents repeatedly in their operations across borders;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 185 #

2017/2069(INI)

14a. Recognises that the UK withdrawal from the EU will be the first instance in the history of the EU that citizens will have their rights, that have been acquired through the treaties, removed, and highlights the impact this loss of rights will have on citizens on both sides;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 186 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recommends to both the European Union and the UK that the acquired rights of citizens to live, work, have recognition of qualifications, and to own a business are maintained to the fullest possible extent following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 189 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. To establish a European public holiday on May 9 in order to reinforce a European feeling of belonging to the European family; and the creation of a single European identity card
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 193 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to guarantee that their national legislation is sufficiently clear and detailed to ensure that the right to free movement of citizens and their families is respected; to proceed with the proper training of competent national authorities in this respect on the basis of an electronic learning tool and to disseminate accurate information to interested parties in a precise manner; to foster, furthermore, good cooperation and a swift exchange of information with other national administrations, especially where cross-border insurance and old age pensions are concerned; urges the Commission to submit a proposal for an act on the cross-border recognition of adoption orders;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 196 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Regrets the existence of cross- border obstacles in civil or social matters, such as family law or pensions, that prevent many citizens from enjoying full EU citizenship
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 197 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Regrets that the options for redress open to parents and children in the event of separation or divorce are not the same in each Member State, with the result that hundreds of parents in Europe have contacted the Committee on Petitions to urge it to be more active despite it having very limited competences in this area
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 199 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15f. Welcomes the launch of the EU solidarity corps for young European citizens and asks for the initiative to be properly funded and that quality jobs are not replaced by unpaid volunteering;
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 201 #

2017/2069(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)
15h. Calls on the Member States to put in place coordination and cooperation measures in order to efficiently tackle the issues of double taxation in car registration, tax discrimination and double taxation in any cross-border context and to take better account of the realities of cross-border worker mobility; considers that double taxation issues are insufficiently addressed through existing bilateral tax conventions or unilateral action by a Member State and would need concerted, timely action at EU level
2017/10/06
Committee: PETI
Amendment 15 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that trade agreements should be seen as a key mechanism for promoting anti-corruption measures and good governance; calls for such agreements to include commitments to multilateral anti-corruption conventions in all trade deal, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti- bribery Convention; calls on the Commission to consider developing assistance projects to help states overcome constraints complying with these international conventions;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises the major role of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in fighting corruption at ports of entry which was adopted in Bali in 2013 and entered into force in February 2017;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for whistle-blower protection to be addressed in EU trade deals; therefore recalls that proper European legislation is needed and urges the Commission to propose legislative instruments ensuring effective measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing confidential information of companies and public bodies; stresses that signatory parties of trade agreements should take measures to promote the active participation of the private sector, civil society organisations and domestic advisory groups in the implementation of anti-corruption programmes and clauses in international trade and investment deals;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is of the opinion that special provisions on SMEs should be foreseen in trade agreements in order to enable them to tackle corruption, as they often do not have the means;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recognises that some chapters of trade agreements are more exposed to corruption than others and therefore require tailored solutions; recalls that ambitious transparency provisions in trade agreements can help fighting corruption;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the lack of effective enforcement and monitoring of the implementation of anti-corruption provisions in current EU trade agreements; calls on the Commission to negotiate enforceable anti-corruption and anti- money-laundering provisions in all future trade agreements and to explore possibilities on the establishment of an independent monitoring body for an effective implementation of the provisions;
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2017/2028(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that EU trade partners lose benefits granted by trade agreements where they fail to comply with anti-corruption commitments or with international standards in the field of anti-corruption such as the Common Reporting Standard of the OECD, the Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting of the OECD, the central register of beneficial ownership and FATF recommendations; calls on the Commission to set clear and relevant conditions and performance indicators allowing better assessment and demonstration of results; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to respond firmly, proportionally and quickly where the beneficiary government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has been agreed.
2017/05/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is of critical importance to consider the inevitable social impacts of the low-carbon transition in the automotive sector and to be proactive in addressing the unavoidable job implications that will be particularly pronounced in the most affected regions
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) An evaluation of Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 in 2015 concluded that those Regulations have been relevant, broadly coherent, and have generated significant emissions savings, whilst being more cost-effective than originally anticipated. They have also generated significant added value for the Union that could not have been achieved to the same extent through national measures. However, that evaluation also concluded that actual CO2 savings achieved are considerably less than those suggested by the type-approval test performance and that the ‘emissions gap’ between type- approval test and real-world performance has considerably undermined the effectiveness of the CO2 performance standards as well as consumers' trust in the potential fuel savings of new vehicles.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Commission’s evaluation of Directive 1999/94/EC1a in 2016 identified a need for further clarification and simplification of the legislation, which could increase its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence. Commission Recommendation (EU) 2017/9481b aims to encourage a harmonised application of Directive 1999/94/EC. Nevertheless, better designed and further harmonised Union requirements on car labelling providing consumers with comparable, reliable and user friendly information about the benefits of low emission cars, including information concerning air pollutants and running costs in addition to CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, could support the uptake of the most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly cars across the Union. The Commission should therefore review Directive1999/94/EC no later than 31 December2019 and put forward a relevant legislative proposal. __________________ 1aDirective 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ L12, 18.1.2000, p. 16). 1bCommission Recommendation (EU)2017/948 of 31 May 2017 on the use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 142, 2.6.2017, p.100).
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Recharging and refuelling infrastructure needs to be put in place quickly in order to provide confidence to consumers of zero- and low- emission vehicles, and different support instruments at both Union and Member State level need to effectively work together mobilising significant public and private investment.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) A successful transition to zero- emission mobility requires a comprehensive enabling landscape through the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, robust car labelling schemes, strong enforcement of air quality and climate change mitigation standards. Strong support schemes for workers in the automotive industry are needed for a just transition. That transition further requires a common policy framework for vehicles, infrastructures, electricity grids.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to distribute the emission reduction effort in a competitively neutral and fair way that reflects the diversity of the market for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, and in view of the change in 2021 to WLTP-based specific emission targets, it is appropriate to determine the slope of the limit value curve on the basis of the specific emissions of all newly registered vehicles in that year, and to take into account the change in the EU fleet-wide targets between 2021, 2025 and 2030 with a view to ensuring an equal reduction effort of all manufacturers. With regard to light commercial vehicles, the same approach as that for car manufacturers should apply to manufacturers of lighter, car derived, vans, while for manufacturers of vehicles falling within the heavier segments, a higher and fixed slope should be set for the whole target perio, an equal reduction effort of all manufacturers should be ensured.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The procedure for granting derogations from the 95 g CO2/km fleet target to niche car manufacturers ensures that the reduction effort required by niche manufacturers is consistent with that of large volume manufacturers with regard to that target., However, eExperience shows that niche manufacturers have the same potential as large manufacturers to meet the CO2 targets and with regard to the targets set from 2025 onwards, therefore, it is not considered appropriate to distinguish between those two categories of manufacturers.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) It is of critical importance to consider the inevitable social impacts of the low-carbon transition in the automotive sector and to be proactive in addressing the unavoidable job implications that will be particularly pronounced in certain most affected regions. It is paramount therefore that current measures facilitating the low- carbon transition are also accompanied by targeted programmes for redeployment, re-skilling and up-skilling of workers, as well as education and job-seeking initiatives conducted in close dialogue with the social partners. Such efforts should be co-financed by earmarked revenues from the collected excess emissions premiums.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions in reality is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the official test procedure. In accordance with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)23 and the recommendation of the European Parliament, following its inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector24 , a mechanism should be put in place to assess the real world representativeness of vehicle CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. The Commission should have the powersmost reliable way to ensure the real world representativeness of type-approval values is by introducing a real-world CO2 emissions test, which the Commission should be empowered to develop. That test should be developed by means of delegated acts and introduced at the latest two ensure the public availability of such data, and, where necessary,years after the date of application of this Regulation. However, in the meantime, and until it becomes applicable, compliance should be ensured by using data from the fuel consumption meters to be reported by manufacturers coupled with a not-to-exceed (NTE) limit of a maximum of 15 % above the type- approval values measured as of 2021using the WLTP test. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data, and to develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the fuel consumption data required for performing such assessments. __________________ 23 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 "Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing" 24 European Parliament recommendation of 4 April 2017 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (2016/2908(RSP))
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Currently, there is no harmonised way to assess life-cycle emissions from light duty vehicles. It is appropriate that the Commission should provide such analysis by the end of 2026 to present a broad picture of carbon emissions from the light duty vehicles sector. For that purpose, the Commission should develop, by means of delegated acts, a common Union methodology for the consistent data reporting, as of 2025, by manufacturers of the lifecycle CO2 emissions of all fuel types and vehicle powertrains they put on the market. The methodology should also be in line with the relevant ISO standards and account for the global warming potential (GWP) of vehicle’s well-to-wheel, tank-to-wheel and end-of-life emissions. The analysis by the Commission should be based on the data reported by manufacturers as well as any other available relevant data.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In 2024 it is foreseen to review the progress achieved under the [Effort Sharing Regulation and Emissions Trading System Directive]. It is thereforet is appropriate to assess the effectiveness of this Regulation in that same yearalready in 2023 to allow a coordinated and coherent assessment of the measures implemented under all these instruments and the progress made towards achieving the set targets within the set timeline.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) In order to amend or supplement non-essential elements of the provisions of this Regulation the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending Annexes II and III as regards data requirements and data parameters, establishing the rules and procedures for reporting life-cycle emissions referred to in Article 7(8a), supplementing the rules on the interpretation of the eligibility criteria for derogations from the specific emissions targets, on the content of applications for a derogation and on the content and assessment of programmes for the reduction of specific emissions of CO2, adjusting the figure of M0 and TM0, referred to in Article 13 , the 7 g CO2/km cap referred to in Article 11, developing areal-world CO2 emissions test referred to in Article 12(1a) and the adjustment of the formulae in Annex I referred to in Article 14(3) . It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making26 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts should systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 26 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I;
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) for the share of zero- and low- emission vehicles, a benchmark equal to a 20 % market share of the sales of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles in 2025, determined in accordance with point 6.3 of Part A of Annex I and point 6.3 of Part B of Annex I.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) for the share of zero- and low- emission vehicles, a benchmark equal to a 50 % market share of the sales of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles in 2030, determined in accordance with point 6.3 of Part A of Annex I and point 6.3 of Part B of Annex I.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
The Commission mayshall adopt detailed rules on the procedures for reporting such deviations and for taking them into account in the calculation of the average specific emissions. Those procedures shall be adopted by way of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. From 1 January 2025 onwards manufacturers shall report to the Commission on the lifecycle CO2 emissions of the vehicle types they put on the market as of that date based on a harmonised Union methodology. For that purpose, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to supplement this Regulation by developing detailed rules on the procedures for reporting lifecycle CO2 emissions of all fuel types and vehicle powertrains found on the Union market. No later than 31 December 2026, the Commission shall provide an analysis of the overall life-cycle emissions from new light duty vehicles in the Union in order to better direct future policy efforts in emissions cuts in the sector. The analysis shall be made publicly available.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The amounts of the excess emissions premium shall be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union. and shall be earmarked for policy measures, conducted in close cooperation with social partners, promoting re-skilling and redeployment in the automotive sector in order to contribute to a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that the manufacturer is eligible for a derogation applied for under paragraph 1 and is satisfied that the specific emissions target proposed by the manufacturer is consistent with its reduction potential, including the economic and technological potential to reduce its specific emissions of CO2, and taking into account the characteristics of the market for the type of passenger car or light commercial vehicle manufactured, the Commission shall grant a derogation to the manufacturer. The application shall be submitted at the latest by 31 October of the first year in which the derogation shall apply.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 242 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. An application for a derogation from the specific emissions target calculated in accordance with points 1 to 4 of Part A of Annex I may be made by a manufacturer which is responsible, together with all of its connected undertakings, for between 10 000 and 300 000 new passenger cars registered in the Union per calendar year. Such application may be made by a manufacturer in respect of itself or in respect of itself together with any of its connected undertakings. An application shall be made to the Commission and shall include: (a) all of the information referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and (c) including, where relevant, information about any connected undertakings; (b) on the average specific emissions of CO2 in 2007 or, where a single application is made in respect of a number of connected undertakings, a 45 % reduction on the average of those undertakings’ average specific emissions of CO2 in 2007. Where information on a manufacturer's average specific emissions of CO2 does not exist for the year 2007, the Commission shall determine an equivalent reduction target based upon the best available CO2 emissions reduction technologies deployed in passenger cars of comparable mass and taking into account the characteristics of the market for the type of car manufactured. This target shall be used by the applicant for the purposes of point (b). The Commission shall grant a derogation to the manufacturer where it is demonstrated that the criteria for the derogation referred to in this paragraph have been met.deleted a target which is a 45 % reduction
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Such technologies shall be taken into consideration only if the methodology used to assess them is capable of producing verifiable, repeatable and comparable results, and only until the WLTP- measured value is not complemented or replaced by other data that are more representative of real world emissions.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor and assess the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. It shall ensure that the public is informed of how that representativeness evolves over time.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 262 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In order to ensure the representativeness referred to in paragraph 1, compliance shall be measured by means of a real-world CO2 emissions test. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to supplement this Regulation by developing the real-world CO2 emissions test, at the latest two years after the date of application of this Regulation.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that the public is informed of how the real world representativeness evolves over time.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall adopt the measures referred to in this Articledetailed rules on the procedures for reporting data from fuel consumption meters by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall in 20243 submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, where appropriate, accompanied by a proposal for amending the Regulation, to confirm or revise upwards, as necessary, the Union fleet- wide CO2 emissions target and zero- and low-emission benchmark in accordance with Article 1. This report wishall consider, inter alia, the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles and the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure reported under Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . __________________ 29 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall take into account the assessments performed pursuant to Article 12 and mayshall, where appropriate, review the procedures for measuring CO2 emissions as set out under Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. The Commission shall, in particular, make appropriate proposals to adapt those procedures to reflect adequately the real world CO2 emissions of cars and light commercial vehicles.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall by 31 December 2019 review Directive 1999/94/EC, and where appropriate, submit a relevant proposal in order to provide consumers with accurate, robust and comparable information on the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and air pollutant emissions of new passenger cars placed on the market.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 329 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 335 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 1520% in the years 2025 to 2029 and 350% in 2030 onwards.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 366 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 1520%
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 3050%
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) To guide Member States and the Commission in the application of the Regulation, it is appropriate to provide a list of factors that may be taken into consideration when screening foreign direct investment on the grounds of security or public order. This list will also improve transparency of the screening process for investors considering making or having made foreign direct investments in the Union as well as providing a basis for the authority to respond to any potential judicial review of the screening. This list of factors that may affect security or public order should remain non- exhaustive.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In determining whether a foreign direct investment may affect security or public order, Member States and the Commission should be able to consider all relevant factors, including the effects on critical infrastructure, implications for national defence and the European defence industry, critical technologies, including key enabling technologies, and inputs which are essential for security or the maintenance of public order, and the disruption, loss or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State or in the Union. In that regard, Member States and the Commission should also be able to take into account whether a foreign investor is controlled directly or indirectly (e.g. through significant funding, including subsidies) by the government of a third country. Effective control may also arise through the use of extended credit and lending by the government of a third country or a state-owned financial institution, or any other state-owned enterprise of a third country.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The authority should be able to assess the financial strength and stability of the undertaking carrying out the foreign investment so as to prevent the investing undertaking from asset stripping or funnelling income back to the parent company so as to endanger the financial health of the EU undertaking.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) A mechanism which enables Member States to cooperate and assist each other where a foreign direct investment in one Member State may affect the security or public order of other Member States should be set up. Member States should be able to provide comments to a Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether the Member States providing comments or the Member States in which the investment is planned or has been completed maintain a screening mechanism or are screening the investment. The comments of Member States should also be forwarded to the Commission. The Commission should also have the possibility, where appropriate, to issue an opinion to the Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether this Member State maintains a screening mechanism or is screening the investment and irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments. The possibility of setting up voluntary cooperation agreements between the relevant national authorities and the Commission on the one hand and third countries with similar equivalent screening mechanisms should be included in the Economic and Partnership Agreements adopted as part of the Union’s external action.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall maintain, amend or adopt mechanisms to screen foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order, under the conditions and in accordance with the terms set out in this Regulation.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– critical infrastructure, including energy, energy security, transport, water, communications, public health provision, data storage, space or financial infrastructure, as well as sensitive facilities; and any security and defence infrastructure;
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– critical technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, technologies with potential dual use applications, cybersecurity, aerospace, defence, space or nuclear technology;
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– the security of supply of critical inputs; or, rare and strategic materials and food supply;
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
– the role that the undertaking plays in collaborative research and development projects and the access to technology, IPR and know-how associated with the research and development programme;
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 189 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– access to sensitive national and European security and defence information or the ability to control sensitive security information.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
– the defence industry, including undertakings in the supply chain for defence products and technologies, the risk of military technology being transferred to a country that poses a global or regional security threat including links to terrorism.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
– defence infrastructure such as military bases and foreign direct investment in land and real estate that may affect use of that defence infrastructure.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 c (new)
– access to sensitive personal data of European citizens such as health data and private and public life as well as the ability to control sensitive public and private life such as through news providers, social networks and messaging services.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order, Member States and the Commission may take into account whether the foreign investor is controlled by the government of a third country, including through significant funding, opaque ownership structures where the ultimate owner is not clear or any other form of leverage, in particular in third countries that do not meet European standards of democracy and the rule of law.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
In determining whether foreign direct investment in the defence industry is likely to affects security, the Member States and the Commission may take geopolitical factors into account including when foreign direct investment in the defence sector originates from an undertaking in a NATO member country.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The opinion of the Commission shall be communicated to the other Member States. Where the Commission has provided an opinion under this article, it shall inform the European Parliament as part of a structured dialogue on foreign direct investment that affects security and public order.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 320 #

2017/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall appoint a foreign direct investment screening contact point ('FDI screening contact point') for the screening of foreign direct investment. The Commission and other Member States shall involve these FDI screening contact points on all issues related to implementation of this Regulation. The Commission and the Member States shall meet regularly to discuss best practice in investment screening and coordinate on factors for the purposes of Article 4 with a view to harmonising those factors.
2018/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) There is a need to provide business statistics structured by sector of activity, in order to measure the productivity of businesses in the Union. In particular, there is an increasing demand of statistics on the services sector, which is the most dynamic sector of modern economies, especially in terms of that sector's potential for growth and employment creation and taking into account the relations with the manufacturing sector. New digital services further enhance this trend. Statistics on trade in services are essential for monitoring the functioning of the internal market for services and the digital single market and assessing the impact of barriers on trade in services.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts. Together with the integrated framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, this data will also contribute to achieving the targets of the European Pillar of Social Rights. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earnings are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are needed for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Statistics on innovation, research and development activities are needed for the development and monitoring of policies that aim to strengthen the competitiveness of Member States and increase their medium and long term potential for smart growth and employment. An expanding digital economy and the increased use of information and communication technologies are also among the important drivers of competitiveness and growth in the Union, and statistical data are needed to support the related strategies and policies, including the completion of the digital single market.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Where appropriate the Commission should conduct cost-benefit analysis and ensure any action it puts forward does not impose a significant additional burden on Member States or respondents, in particular for SMEs, taking into account the expected user benefits and increase in statistical quality.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. When the required statistics cannot be produced by means of the data sources referred to in paragraph 1 which comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16, Member States may use scientifically based and well documented methods, such as statistical estimation and, imputation methodsand modelling, to produce those statistics.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2). While preparing such implementing acts the Commission shall asses any increase or reduction of costs or administrative burden on Member States or the respondents together with the projected increase of statistical quality and any other direct or indirect benefit resulting from the additional proposed action.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Access to the exchanged confidential data mayshall be granted to researchers carrying out statistical analyses for scientific purposes, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. The approval of the national statistical authority of the Member State of export which provided the data is required.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts specifying the modalities, content and deadlines for the transmission of the metadata and quality reports. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2). While preparing such implementing acts the Commission shall asses any increase or reduction of costs or administrative burden on Member States or the respondents together with the projected increase of statistical quality and any other direct or indirect benefit resulting from the additional proposed action.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The national statistical authorities shall, upon the request of the importer or the exporter, shall decide whether to disseminate the statistical results which may make it possible to identify the saidat importer or exporter, or whether theto amend such statistical results are to be amended in order not to prejudice statistical confidentiality, in accordance with Article 20(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Before the national statistical authorities disseminate any statistical results in accordance with the first subparagraph, they shall inform the importer or exporter of the risk of identification and provide reasonable time to these operators to react.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) development or enhancement of processes, IT-systems and similar support functions with the aim of producing higher quality statistics or to lower the administrative burden and costs.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 6, 9 and 12 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time period of five years, to be extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Country level business statistic – line 3
Topics Periodicity R&D inputs biennially; annually for sector of performance breakdown of intramural R&D expenditure, R&D personnel and number of researchers as well as for government budget appropriations or outlays on research and development (GBAORD) and national public funding to transnationally coordinated R&DAnnually
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2017/0048(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Country level business statistic – line 7
Topics Periodicity Innovation Bieanniually
2017/12/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) stipulates that the EU’s trade policy must be built on the principles and objectives of EU external policy; whereas Article 208 of the TFEU establishes the principle of policy coherence for development and sets the eradication of poverty as the main objective; whereas the ‘Trade for All’ communication bases EU trade policy on three key principles – effectiveness, transparency and values – and has a dedicated section on the responsible management of supply chains;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. Whereas today free trade has come under increasing public scrutiny and concerns about the inequitable distribution of the benefits and loads of trade have brought to the forefront a largely shared view that trade policy needs to put social and environmental values, as well as transparency and accountability at its core;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas trade policy must contribute to ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environmental, social and safety standards;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas EU trade policy must strengthen Europe’s place in global supply chains, but must also be a tool with which to establish clear rules and liabilities for governments and multinational companies (MNCs) in order to ensure compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals; Whereas sustainability and transparency are not only a matter of values but should also be seen as real drivers of increased added value in global trade and investment in the context of Global Value Chains
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the EU is the world’s largest exporter and importer of goods and services taken together, the largest foreign direct investor and the most important destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).Whereas the EU should use this strength to benefit both its own citizens and those in other parts of the world, particularly those in the world’s poorest countries.
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas most, but not all, recently concluded EU trade and investment agreements contain trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters; whereas such chapters have displayed differences in their level of ambition in successive EU trade agreements; whereas labour and environmental standards are not limited to Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters but must be effective throughout all areas of trade agreements;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in some countries are exempt from local labour laws, ban or limit union activity and do not provide legal redress to workers, which constitutes clear violations of ILO standards;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. Whereas, due to its global mandate, expertise and experience, the ILO, in collaboration with its Members, is well placed to lead global action for decent work in global supply chains; whereas the ILO Committee on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains called for assessing the failures which lead to decent work deficits in global supply chains and reflecting on initiatives and standards needed to promote decent work and facilitate the reduction of decent work deficits in global supply chains;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas a global holistic approach to corporate liability for human rights abuses is needed in the context of GVCs; Whereas the EU has positioned itself as a front runner in reforming the investors to state dispute settlement mechanism, notably through the development of a Multilateral Court System, and equal progress is expected in other critical areas of concern such as setting up a mechanism to enforce investors obligations in relation to Human Rights;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas the he UN Environment Programme estimates that up to 90% of e- waste is dumped in Africa, with a large proportion of this coming from the EU; whereas despite the EU's commitment to policy coherence and promoting sustainable development in third countries, many EU rules are being circumvented so that tonnes of e-waste are falsely declared as second-hand goods and exported to developing countries, being falsely described as plastic or scrap metal; whereas this poses serious public health risks, severe environmental degradation and a barrier to development;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas production in GVCs takes place in different jurisdictions with different levels of human rights protection and social, labour and environmental law enforcement; whereas victims of human rights abuses involving transnational companies may face multiple obstacles to accessing judicial remedies;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects in terms of money laundering and tax evasion and avoidance; Whereas trade and investment agreements offer a good opportunity to increase cooperation in the fight against corruption, money laundering, tax fraud and tax evasion and avoidance
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 82 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the full observance of human rights in the production chain and full respect of food safety standards of goods released for free circulation in the European market should be respected by both States and enterprises and whereas the burden of responsibility should not only lay on consumers, whose choice is constrained by both individual resources (economy, time, knowledge) and external elements (information, offer);
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas Rules of Origin (RoO) have become increasingly important in the context of GVCs in which the production spans across several countries; whereas lax rules of origin can create additional hurdles towards establishing full transparency and accountability throughout supply chains;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 86 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas better, harmonised and more efficient customs procedures in Europe and abroad help facilitate trade and meet respective trade facilitation requirements, and help prevent forgeries and illegal, dumped and counterfeit goods from entering the single market, which undermines EU economic growth, and seriously exposes EU consumers; whereas making customs data on imports entering the EU publicly available would increase GVC transparency and accountability;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the GSP+ is a key EU trade policy instrument accompanied by stringent monitoring mechanism to promote human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance in vulnerable developing countries
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 103 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reiterates its call to the Commission and Member states to adopt reinforced trade defence instruments to combat unfair commercial practices, taking into account social and environmental dumping
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 105 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively promote further reforms of the WTO in order to define and enforce multilateral rules for the sustainable management of GVCs; which should in particular include: - mandatory supply chain due diligence and transparency requirements, building on the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human rights; - a social protection floor, including minimum living wages;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the ongoing negotiations on a binding UN Treaty for Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; calls for the EU to engage constructively in these negotiations and to encourage trading partners to equally engage ;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work within the ILO towards the adoption of a new international labour standard for decent work on GVCs, requiring in particular all companies to undertake on-going risk management of the impact of their activities on the human rights of workers and communities and take appropriate measures to prevent, mitigate and provide remedy to those affected by these activities;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges the smart mix of regulatory and voluntary action, but recalls that voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) creates unfair competition for suppliers that have chosen to comply with international labour and environmental standards; reiterates its call for the systematic inclusion of binding and enforceable rules, associated sanctions, remedies and independent monitoring mechanisms; therefore reiterates its call for binding due diligence obligations to be put in place; Stresses that mandatory human rights due diligence should follow the steps required in the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines related to the proactive identification of risks to human rights, the drawing up of rigorous and demonstrable action plans to prevent or mitigate these risks, adequate response to known abuses, and transparency;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 135 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. welcomes the fact that most recently concluded trade agreements contain specific provisions committing the parties to promote CSR; regrets however that not all EU trade agreements benefit yet from the inclusion of such provisions; calls on the Commission to give more prominence to such provisions and promote also the uptake of sectorial OECD guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and human rights; emphasises the need to engage civil society in a formal way in the implementation process through structures set up under Trade and Sustainable Development chapters; calls on the Commission to support the work of international standardization bodies such as the International Standardization Organization -ISO 2600- and the Global Reporting Initiative, in order to encourage businesses to report on sustainability and value-creation throughout the supply chain
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regretscalls that the European Parliament requested in 2010 that companies should publish their CSR balance sheets, the introduction of due diligence requirements for all undertakings, and the consolidation of the CSR concept on the basis of a harmonised definition of the relations between parent companies in order to establish the legal liability of each them; therefore takes note with satisfaction that the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information will be required from large companies as from 2017 according to the Non- Financial Reporting Directive; regrets however that the disclosure of non- financial information by large companies has not yet been extended to cover all actors operating in GVCs;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the EU to step up international cooperation and legislative coherence regarding end of life products and materials at the very end of the GVC and help partner countries develop stronger national regulations and enforcement capacities ;calls on the EU to ensure that traceability applies to this spectrum of the GVC;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 166 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
a) implementing fully Parliament’s recommendations of 2010 and 2016 with respect to TSD chapters in FTAs, including by developing an upgraded TSD chapter model with binding and enforceable provisions; and particularly with following features:
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 173 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
b) including enforceable anti- corruption and whistle-blower protection provisions in all future FTAs; in this regard, stresses that signatory parties of trade agreements should take measures to promote active participation of the private sector, of the civil society organisations as well as of the domestic advisory groups in the implementation of the anti-corruption programmes and clauses in international trade and investment deals
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 202 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that social and environmental standards subscribed to in FTAs apply throughout the territory of trade partners, including in Export Processing Zones (EPZs);
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 225 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. stresses the need for harmonised rules and a reinforced EU coordination and supervision of the application of import duties by Member States (including conventional, anti-dumping and countervailing duties) on all types of commodities and goods, especially involving false declarations of origin (in both preferential and non-preferential regimes) and undervaluation and wrong description of goods;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 233 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reaffirms the urgent need to effectively address human rights abuses by transnational corporations when they appear, and to address the legal problems resulting from the extra-territorial dimension of companies in particular through the establishment of joint legal liabilities throughout supply chains; calls on Member States to take appropriate steps to tackle the financial and procedural hurdles faced in civil litigation by victims of human rights infringements;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 276 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that human rights conditions linked to unilateral trade preferences granted under the General Scheme of Preferences (GSP) are effectively enforced and monitored, and that procedures foreseen for cases of possible non-compliance with these conditions are implemented, in full compliance with the GSP Regulation;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 277 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, with view to limit the scope for arbitrary decisions and enhance the credibility of GSP+ in adopting a delegated act to clarify the definitions of a "serious failure to effectively implement" an international conventions and "serious and systematic violation of principles" contained in an international convention;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 278 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the GSP mid-term review to clarify definitions and include additional tariff preferences for sustainably produced products; takes the view that trade policy must be a way to encourage the EU’s partner countries to adopt higher social, labour and environmental standards and therefore calls on the Commission to implement corrective measures such as the inclusion of CSR in the revision in the GSP Regulation in order to ensure compliance by transnational corporations with national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 279 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the GSP mid-term review to clarify definitions and include additional tariff preferences for sustainably produced products; takes the view that trade policy must be a way to encourage the EU’s trade partners to adopt higher social, labour and environmental standards; believes that this objective requires a revision of the GSP Regulation, in particular to include CSR conditions within its scope, in order to ensure compliance by transnational corporations with national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour and environmental standards;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 290 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recognises that digital innovation and data flows are crucial drivers of the services economy and an essential element of the GVC of traditional manufacturing companies and therefore forced localisation requirements should be curbed to the extent possible within and outside Europe while accommodating necessary exemptions based on legitimate public purposes such as consumer protection and the protection of fundamental rights; recalls that data flows protection and the right to privacy are not a trade barrier but fundamental rights, enshrined in Article 39 TEU, Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union as well as Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 291 #

2016/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recognises that digital innovation and data flows are crucial drivers of the services economy and an essential element of the GVCs in traditional manufacturing sectors; believes therefore that forced localisation requirements should be curbed to the extent possible within and outside the EU while accommodating necessary exemptions based on public purposes such as consumer protection and the protection of fundamental rights; recalls that data flows protection and the right to privacy are not a trade barrier but fundamental rights, enshrined in Article 39 TEU, Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union as well as Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
2017/06/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 162 #

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights in this context the need to advance investment in connectivity through 5G and fibre opticvery high capacity broadband networks as an instrument for convergence and ensuring a robust digital infrastructural backbone for Europe’s industry;
2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that European leadership in 21. industrial digitalisation requires a strong standardisation strategy; emphasises the important and unique make-up of Europe’s standardisation bodies, including their inclusive approach; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open standards and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory) conditions; calls for an EU coordinated approach and recognises that this is essential for promoting innovation and research and development in the EU; calls for an EU coordinated approach through the European Standards Organisations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI towards international fora and consortia such as the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC);
2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2016/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the fact that the digital transformation of industry will have a major societal impact on areas ranging from employment, working conditions, workers’ rights to education and skills; calls on the Commission to adequately study the social effects of industrial digitalisation; underlines that the digitisation of European industry should provide an opportunity to promote an improvement of working conditions and employment opportunities;
2017/02/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that palm oil accounts for about 40 % of global trade in all vegetable oils and that the EU, with around 7 million tonnes per year, is the second largest global importer; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to reduce the amount of imported unsustainably produced palm oil from third countries by applying different customs duty schemes for certified sustainable palm-oil productsproposing similar legislation to the one adopted in order to stop the imports of conflict minerals or illegal timber;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Malaysia and Indonesia are the main producers of palm oil, with an estimated 85-90 % of global production, and that the growing demand for this commodity puts pressure on land use and has significant effects on local communities, health and climate change; stresses, in this context, that the EU- Indonesia Free Trade Agreement should noto cover palm oil and its derivatives within the current negotiations with Indonesia and Malaysia;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to include binding labour and environmental commitments in a sustainable development chapter in trade agreements and to provide strong and enforceable measures to tackle human rights abuses, child and forced labour, forced evictions, discrimination of indigenous communities and unsustainable forestry practices in palm oil production; demands the Commission to include such binding commitments in the FTA-negotiations with Indonesia and Malaysia;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of improving the situation through appropriate certification, easily accessible for SMEs, confirming that the palm oil in question has been produced without undue harm to the environment and society, biodiversity, local communities, indigenous people and workers and that the product is effectively and transparently traceable throughout the entire supply chain;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the key role of sustainable palm oil certification but stresses the need for the current certification schemes to be further strengthened, using stricter criteria than current standards;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a mandatory due diligence system in the whole supply chain in the palm oil production, similar to the FLEGT and to the Conflict-Minerals- Regulation;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ban EU imports of biodiesel derived from palm oil and to introduce a mandatory labelling scheme for biodiesel ingredients and their origins, and for other palm oil products;deleted
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to push for the use of vegetable oils including palm oil as a component of biodiesel to be phased out by 2020 the latest;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that sustainability of palm oil is legally defined in the Renewable Energy Directive for bioliquids and in the Fuel Quality Directive for biofuels while no legal criteria exist for palm oil used in food industry; therefore calls for an EU sustainable palm oil definition in food industry;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to launch information campaigns and to provide consumers with comprehensive information on the consequences of the unsustainable production of palm oil; urges the Commission to ensure that information about the sustainable production of vegetable oils including palm oil is provided on products including food, cosmetics or fuels;
2016/12/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dualmultiple values, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustainingbuild social cohesion, andct as a driver of sustainable economic growth, contributinge substantially to investment, growth, innovation novation and create significandt employment opportunities in the EU economy;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 18 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion and contributing substantially to investment, sustainable growth, innovation and employment in the EU economy;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 37 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full- time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU's work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU's total GVA) and in specific regions, creative industries represent a significantly higher percentage of GDP and employ a higher percentage of the local workforce;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 45 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas CCIs play an important role in creating vibrant and distinctive regions, which can help to improve the quality of life of citizens and be an important inward investment factor;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 55 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it is connected to specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post- 2008 economic crisis; recognises the important role of the European Social Fund in promoting youth employment and skills development;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 62 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas culture-based initiatives and industries have a multiple role to play in local and regional development, traditionally playing a role in raising the attractiveness of regions, ensuring the economic and social development of rural and isolated areas and allowing an integrated sustainable urban regeneration;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 68 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas CCIs play a key role in reindustrialising Europe, are a driver for growth and are in a strategic position to trigger innovative spill-overs in other industrial sectors, such as tourism, retail, and digital technologies, in both rural and urban areas;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 71 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas creative industries are amongst the most entrepreneurial sectors, developing transferable skills such as creative thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and resourcefulness;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 86 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas despite the fact that more creative content is being consumed today than ever before, in particular on services such as user-uploaded content platforms and content aggregation services, the cultural and creative sector has not seen a comparable increase in revenues from this increase in consumption and artists and primary creators do not benefit from it in a fair manner;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 159 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an significant improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators and greater public awareness;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 227 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘learning labs’, creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centreheritage organisations, tourism sector, research centres, vocational education, schools, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 232 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to promote and support the creation, improvement and expansion of infrastructure which is key to supporting creative industries in Europe, particularly ensuring the expansion of high speed broadband to rural and remote areas;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 247 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recognises that many cities and regions across Europe have developed substantial plans for their local CCIs; calls on the Commission to draw on best practice from these strategies;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 249 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that creative skills need to be learnt from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talents; encouragesstresses that learners of all ages should also be able to refresh and update their skills and achieve new ones, notably through lifelong learning programmes; encourages therefore the Member States to improve their training, learning and qualification systems, enabling students in cultural and arts disciplinof all ages to acquire comprehensive training in creative arts disciplines;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 272 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youthe employment andof disadvantaged individuals, including young people, as well as reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sector;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 295 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness about career opportunities in manufacturing jobs linked to CCS through awareness campaigns and policies promoting the transmission of knowledge in order to preserve craftsmanship in these sectors;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 302 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Members States to promote cross-sectorial approaches between different areas in formal education, non-formal and in non-formal learning; recommends the creation within higher education institutions of joint programmes between arts and culture, science, engineering, technology, business and other relevant fields; stresses the need to support centres of excellence;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 312 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Members States to promote cooperation between artistic schoolss education and businesses in the field of CCS, including through artists residencies in business settings and education settings; recommends the development of work- learn trajectoridual education schemes;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 319 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates the enormous potential of synergies between STEM and ICT sectors and the fields of arts and design, and the creative industries, making STEM education into STEAM education, emphasizing the potential of such synergies bringing more young people, particularly women and girls into STEM fields;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 334 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs and collecting and promoting best practices examples, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 343 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the important role played by not-for-profit, cooperative and social enterprises in the CCIs and therefore, calls for any distinction in EU structural and social funding, which could limit the eligibility of these structures, to be avoided;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 358 #

2016/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the vital multiplier effect that EU funding can have for CCIs, particularly in specific regions; Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industries as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in particular Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 43 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the negative impact of Member States' austerity policies and stresses that budgetary cuts should not prevent any EU citizenparticularly as they hit the poorest, sickest and least healthy regions of the EU hardest, stresses that budgetary cuts invariably have negative health impacts on citizens therefore action is needed to ensure that no EU citizen is prevented from being able to access medicines;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 50 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that austerity is undermining citizens right to health in Europe, notably by Member States contravening the principle of non- regression with regards to their own health care policies and funding of health care systems;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 68 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support research and development (R&D) that focuses on the medical needs of all citizens and to guarantee affordable and non-discriminatorypricing for citizens, guarantees non-exclusive licensing where R&D is largely publicly funded, and that access to medical advances in the European Union is non- discriminatory;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 70 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines the importance of information-sharing and cooperation between Member States on pricing, reimbursement and procurement policies, as well as cooperation between stakeholders in order to facilitate better balancing of the value of innovation with equitable, affordable patient access.
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 72 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for a new Transparency Directive following the withdrawal of Directive 89/105/EEC, which aims to ensure the measures established by EU countries to control the pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products are transparent; and ensures that the cost of production of medicines is transparent;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 74 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the European Commission to promote measures to stimulate the uptake of generic medicines, which can effectively lower costs and reduce overall expenditure on medicines;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on member states to investigate the benefits of potential cooperation of lower costs of medicines for citizens via joint purchasing mechanisms;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the European Commission to develop a European framework, to provide reliable, timely and transparent, comparable and transferable information on the relative efficacy of health technologies to support Member States' decisions;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 79 #

2016/2057(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that free trade agreements such as TTIP and TiSA may seriously damage Member States’ healthcare systems, paving the way for wider liberalisation and privatisation in vital sectors and further undermining the principle of universal access to healthcare; therefore reiterates the European Parliament's call for a full carve out for services of general economic interest including healthcare; from their scope of application;
2016/07/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an effective post-Cotonou framework adapted to global challenges, based on ownership by the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; highlights that the post-Cotonou framework must be defined in close cooperation with ACP states, including civil society, and drawn on the lessons learnt from the Cotonou Partnership Agreement; stresses that a revised general framework agreement, with legal binding value, together with the regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and other trade instruments, namely the "Everything But Arms", must support fair and sustainable trade and, ultimately, sustainable development and poverty reduction;
2016/06/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement made in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU as a whole is on track to reach the 2020 targets but further action is required in several Member States; whereas the plunging price of fossil fuels, coupled with technological advances in renewable energy and storage, offer a unique chance to rationalize European energy policy, which is currently heavily dependent on imports;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the development of renewable energy must ensure energy sovereignty, eliminate energy poverty and foster economic development in the EU; whereas renewable energy sources should provide European citizens with stable, affordable, sustainable, fair and transparent energy, with special attention to the most vulnerable; whereas renewable energy sources should enable citizens to benefit from self-generation and predictable energy supply;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas investment in renewables requires a long-term framework consistent with the EU’s 2050 climate commitments and the COP21 agreement;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas public participation in the energy market through consumer choice and supervision, clear policy guidelines at regional, national and European level and the engagement of social partners are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European renewable energy industry employs 1.15 million people; whereas according to the Commission up to 20 million jobs could be created between now and 2020 in the green economy;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the Energy Union should be based on a transition towards a sustainable, forward-looking energy system with energy efficiency, renewable energy and smart infrastructure as major pillars; whereas a long-term stable regulatory framework is needed to create economic growth and jobs and ensure the EU's leading role in these areas;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas binding national and EU targets have been the key drivers for renewable energy capacity development in the EU; whereas binding national and EU targets for renewable energy create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU's technological leadership by providing certainty for investors;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas EU companies in the renewable energy sector, many of which are SMEs, employ 1,15 million people in Europe and have a share of 40 % of all world patents for renewable technologies, which makes the EU a global leader; whereas this leadership must be maintained in the future by means of a solid EU strategy for renewable energy;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas the EU imports more than half of all the energy it consumes, at a cost of more than €1billion every day; whereas energy imports make up over 20% of total imports;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas money spent on importing fossil fuels and other forms of conventional energy sources and technologies contributes little to investment, jobs or growth in the Union, and whereas redirecting this money to internal investments in renewable energy would stimulate growth and create high- quality, high-skilled local jobs;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E h (new)
Eh. whereas certain Central-Eastern Member States are more exposed to a single supplier of fossil fuels; whereas due to renewables 30 billion euros worth of imported fossil fuels was saved, and natural gas consumption was reduced by 7% thus strengthening the energy independence and energy security of Europe which remains the largest energy importer in the world;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concern at the large number of countries (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom) which may have to revise their policies and tools to ensure they meet their 2020 objectives; notes that one Member State has already failed to achieve the 2013-2014 interim targets; regrets the fact that the achievement of the 2020 renewable energy targets is also not certain in the case of Hungary and Poland;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that some Member States have already met or will very shortly meet their 2020 targets, well ahead of time, such as Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Romania, Finland and Sweden;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for an integrated approach to public investments and credit in technical improvement, grid adaptation, storage, smart metering, energy efficiency and new forms of energy production to avoid potential bottlenecks;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that grids in many Member States are simply unable to receive power generated from variable renewables; stresses that modernization of the energy grids is essential to accommodate changes in production and transmission;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the changes in working conditions in the energy sector; stresses that action is needed to ensure labour standards are not lowered as a result of energy transitionat the energy transition should never lower labour standards but on the contrary should provide higher levels of skilled and quality employment;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterategrets the disappointingly weak proposal from the European Council for a 27% renewable energy target for 2030; recalls Parliament's call for binding targets of at least a 30 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030 to be implemented by means of continued national targets in order to ensure the necessary investor and legal certainty; believes that in light of the recent COP21 agreement significantly higher ambition is desirable;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policiesfor an ambitious, strong, robust and transparent governance system for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework that will ensure the attainment of the EU renewable energy target and that should be enshrined in EU legislation; believes, that for elements related to renewable energies, the governance principles should be embedded in the Renewable Energy Directive; believes that in the regrettable absence of binding national targets for the period post 2020, the Commission should present an indication of necessary national contributions to the EU renewable energy target; urges all Member States to deliver their 2030 renewable energy pledges in their national energy and climate plans and present their enabling policies in due time before 2020; calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure effective democratic oversight by the European Parliament in establishing an energy union governance system by ensuring that all related proposals follow the ordinary legislative procedure;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need for a differential treatment between micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensuring financial and administrative facilities for ‘prosumers’ (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non- commercial entities that engage in energy production)Recommends reducing to an absolute minimum the administrative barriers to new self-generation capacity, in particular through removing market access restrictions; suggests shortening and simplifying authorisation procedures by moving to a simple notification requirement; suggests that the revision of the renewable energy directive could include specific provisions to remove barriers and promote community/cooperative energy schemes via "one-stop-shops" dealing with project permits and providing financial and technical expertise, and/or specific information campaigns at local and community level as well as guaranteeing prosumers' access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; suggests this could take the form of a new Citizen and Community Energy chapter;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to strike a balance between the development of centralised and decentralised energy production that ensures that consumers that cannot afford to become ‘prosumers’ are not discriminated against; stresses the need to provide technical and administrative facilities for the collective management of energy production; emphasizes that self- generation and renewable sources are not the cause of higher European energy prices, which can be rather attributed to the lack of diversification, reliance on a single supplier and the incomplete internal energy market;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. NotWelcomes the Commission’s strategy to increase demand-response mechanisms as a valuable way of helping balance an electricity system with ever-increasing shares of renewable energy in a cost- effective and efficient manner; stresses that this should not create an additional financial burden for citizens and participating in demand-response or dynamic pricing should always remain strictly on an opt-in basis only;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that developing electricity storage solutions will be an indispensable element for the development and integration of high levels of renewable energy, assisting in balancing the grid and providing a means to store excess renewable power generation; calls for the revision of the existing regulatory framework to promote the deployment of energy storage systems and remove existing barriers;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and mayit is necessary to ensure they will not be negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that ‘prosumers’ should be allowed to access the energy grid and market at a fair price and should not be penalised with additional taxes or charges; expresses its concern at the initiatives taken by some Member States to create obstacles to the exercise of the rights to self-consumption and self-production; regrets the fact that certain Member States introduced harmful taxes, such as environmental product fee on renewable energy generating devices;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 342 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Urges European Union institutions, as a way of showing their firm commitment to renewable energies, to develop renewable energy capacities of their own to cover their own buildings' energy demand; stresses that until such capacities are developed the EU institutions should purchase green energy in order to meet its needs;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the development of an efficient legislation geared to developing employment protection and European competitiveness with particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprisesacross all sectors of the economy;
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. States that impact assessments of new legislative proposals should systematically take account of the actual effects, including in the short term, on employment and, social inclusion and the cost of non-Europe in the European Union and include an SME test case;
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Amendment 26 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the independence of the Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) should be strengthenedhas an important role to play and that its role should be more clearly defined and suggests the establishment of a common body for the three institutions, for example a Better Regulation Advisory Body;; points out that the legislators may also carry out their own impact assessments where they consider this necessary; notes that impact assessments do not replace the political decision-making process
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Amendment 28 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. SupportWelcomes the participation of EP experts at the Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board meetings and the systematic publication of draft delegated or implementing measures and the creation of a register of delegated acts scheduled for 2017;
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the European Ombudsman’s investigation which led to establishing this mechanism and her ongoing work of ensuring that EU institutions respect fundamental rights. Welcomes her inquiry into whether the Charter of Fundamental Rights is being respected when Member States spend money using the EU Cohesion Fund on projects that institutionalise people with disabilities rather than integrating them into society;
2016/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 60 #

2016/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, immigrants and asylum seekers, as well as restrictions on the freedom of the media regularly reflected in petitions; calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to these issues; welcomes the unblocking of the anti-discrimination directivecalls for the Anti- Discrimination Directive, which seeks to implement the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, to be unblocked in the European Council;
2016/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 95 #

2016/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the advances made in LGTBTI rights in 2015; remains concerned about ongoing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and limits to the freedom of speech of LGTBTI people;
2016/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 40 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity marketsfocuses on the inclusion of low-income households in order to address energy poverty. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 46 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Member States' obligations to draft renewable energy action plans and progress reports and the Commission's obligation to report on Member States' progress are essential in order to increase transparency, provide clarity to investors and consumeconsumers and investors and allow for effective monitoring. Regulation [Governance] integrates those obligations in the Energy Union governance system, where planning, reporting and monitoring obligations in the energy and climate fields are streamlined. The transparency platform on renewable energy is also integrated in the broader e- platform established in Regulation [Governance].
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 47 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) Lengthy administrative procedures constitute a major administrative barrier and are costly. The simplification of permit-granting processes, associated with a clear time-limit for the decision to be taken by the respective authorities regarding the construction of the project should stimulate a more efficient handling of procedures thus reducing administrative costs. Establishing shorter time limits for granting projects and improving the notification procedure would improve transparency for permit applicants.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 49 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53 a (new)
(53a) Since energy poverty affects around 11% of the population of the Union, renewable energy policies have an essential role to play in addressing energy poverty and consumer vulnerability;
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 50 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53 b (new)
(53b) Member States should therefore guarantee to support proactive policies that focus especially on low-income households at risk of energy poverty or in social housing;
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 67 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, iIn order to reachfulfil the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed sto as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity marketssist renewable self- consumes and renewable energy communities, but especially to help low- income households affected by energy poverty and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 68 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall avoid any retroactive change to renewable energy support schemes. Therefore Member States shall also ensure legal certainty for consumers and investors to establish a strong and transparent legal framework.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 71 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed soto assist renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities, but especially to help low-income households affected by energy poverty as well as to integrate electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and ensure that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximise their market revenues.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 79 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to adaptations necessary to comply with State aid rules, Member States shall ensurguarantee that the level of, and the conditions attached to, the support granted to new or existing renewable energy projects are not revised in a retroactive way that negatively impacts the rights conferred thereunder and the economics of supported projects. Member States therefore shall also ensure the improvement of legal certainty for consumers and investors to establish a strong legal framework.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 80 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that any modification of support schemes is made public at least 12 months before its entry into force and is subject to a transparent and inclusive public consultation process. Any substantial change to an existing support scheme shall include an adequate transitional period before the new support scheme enters into force.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 81 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall guarantee that projects supported receive adequate compensation, when the rights and economics are significantly affected by other regulatory changes which impact energy projects in a discriminatory manner.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 101 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering at least the following threfive years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocated, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 105 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three years, except for the cases set out in Article 16(4a) and (5) and Article 17.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 106 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For installations with an electricity capacity between 50kW and 1MW, the permit granting process shall not exceed a period of one year.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 115 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) are entitled to consume their self- generated renewable electricity without it being subject to any charge, fee or tax.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 116 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2740% share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance], to be accompanied by national binding targets.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities, especially including communities with low-income households affected by energy poverty.
2017/06/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 139 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2740% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Member States should be encouraged to pursue all appropriate forms of cooperation in relation to the objectives set out in this Directive. Such cooperation can take place at all levels, bilaterally or multilaterally. Apart from the mechanisms with effect on target renewable energy share calculation and target compliance, which are exclusively provided for in this Directive, namely statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects and joint support schemes, cooperation should also take place within the framework of macro-regional partnership as established by Regulation [Governance] and can also take the form of, for example, exchanges of information and best practices, as provided for, in particular, in the e-platform established by Regulation [Governance], and other voluntary coordination between all types of support schemes. The European Commission's Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) strategy should support the objectives of this Directive and set out additional incentives for cross-border cooperation as well as regional cooperation between Member States in the area of renewable energy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showing to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, with a view to ensuring that a unit of renewable energy is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been sold separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources. National Regulatory Authorities should ensure that adequate information is provided to consumers to make them aware of the function of guarantees of origin.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) With the growing importance of self-consumption of renewable electricity, there is a need for a definition of renewable self-consumers and a regulatory framework which would empower self-consumers to generate, store, consume and sell electricity without facing disproportionate burdens. Collective self-consumption should be allowed ion certain ca voluntary baseis so that citizens living in apartments for example can benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes. The participation to collective self-consumption should be voluntary for tenants and owners at the individual household level for those households within the reach of the collective project, for example, those households within an apartment building.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 287 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 a (new)
(59a) Household consumers and communities engaging in the trading of their flexibility, self-consumption or selling of their self-generated electricity, shall maintain their rights as consumers, including the rights to have a contract with a supplier of their choice and switching supplier.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 329 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2740% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, 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 Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Unionminimum targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2030. The Union target is to be collectively achieved by Member States through binding national targets. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, andnergy, renewable energy communities and their cross-border cooperation, renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation betweenamong Member States ands well as with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 467 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a 'renewable energy community means' a local energy community as defined by Article 2.7 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that meets the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 1, of this Directive.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 483 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 2740%.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 752 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of renewable energy sources and of the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment should specifically consider the potential for small-scale households projects. It should also include an evaluation of the potential and barriers to engage with the energy transition of the vulnerable citizens affected by energy poverty. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 776 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish an accessible manual of procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and, renewable self- consumers projects and renewable energy community projects.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 818 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. Member States, with the participation of local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising, guidance or training programmes in order to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of developing and using energy from renewable sources, including by self- consumption or in the framework of renewable energy communities, as well as of the benefits of cooperation mechanisms between Member States and different kinds of cross-border cooperation.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 983 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be a local energy community as defined in [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that is an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, fulfillingrenewable sources while this cooperation may take place across Member States' borders. To benefit from treatment as a renewable energy community, at least 51% of the seats in the board of directors or managing bodies of the entity are shall be reserved for local members, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts. In addition, they must fulfil at least four out of the following criteria:
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 995 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) shareholders or members, of which there shall be multipal, are natural persons, local authorities, including municipalities, or SMEs operating in the fields or renewable energy;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 997 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the community's predominant aim, as determined in its founding statutes, is to provide local community environmental, social or economic benefits rather than generate profits for its members
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1015 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) participation is open to all potentially interested local shareholders, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts, that are eligible under criteria (a);
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1016 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing and amending support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities. Member States shall design and amend support schemes in order to promote, but not to discriminate against renewable energy communities. Member States should encourage the cross-border cooperation of renewable energy communities.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) In order to assist consumers' active participation in the electricity market, the smart metering systems to be deployed by Member States in their territory should be interoperable, not represent a barrier to switching of supplier, and should be equipped with fit-for-purpose functionalities that allow consumers to have near-real time access to their consumption data, modulate their energy consumption and, to the extent that the supporting infrastructure permits, offer their flexibility to the network and to energy services companies, be rewarded for it, and achieve savings in their electricity bill. Smart meters shall be free of charge to energy-poor final household consumers.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) have the right to a good standard of service and complaint handling by their electricity service provider. Electricity service providers shall handle complaints in a simple, fair and prompt manner. If the service provided is either bundled with or relies upon software, hardware or communication technology, final customers shall have a single contact point through which they can launch complaints;
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 371 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) shall, in accordance with the concept of vulnerable consumers as described in Article 28, prohibit the disconnection of electricity and gas to vulnerable consumers;
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 380 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) the disconnection of the electricity supply to final customers can never be justified through the lack of payment for additional products and/or services provided by the supplier;
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point j b (new)
(jb) shall ensure that all suppliers provide an efficient, fair and effective complaint handling procedure. National Regulatory Authorities can ensure this and best practices and standards of complaint handing may be introduced.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 556 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. final household customers have easy and clear access to information, including through their single point of contact in Article 25, on their rights that apply to their participation in the market as active consumers.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 616 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) final household and public customers are entitled to voluntarily participate as members in a local energy community. SME final customers may be allowed to become a member of a local energy community, provided that this participation does not constitute their primary economic activity;
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 625 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) final household customers have easy access to information, including through their single point of contact in Article 25, on their rights to participate in a local energy community, including how to exercise their entitlement to join, participate in, and leave an energy community, and how to access alternative dispute mechanisms.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 743 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Billing shall take place on the basis of actual consumption at least once a year. Billing information shall be made available at least once every three months, upon request or where the final customers have opted to receive electronic billing at any time or else twice a year.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 747 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
This obligation may be fulfilled by a system of regular readings by the operator or voluntary self-reading by the final customers whereby they communicate readings from their meter to the supplier. Only when the final customer has not been provided a meter reading for a given billing interval may billing be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate. The estimated consumption shall be based on a transparent calculation of either the previous year's consumption or the consumption of a comparable household.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 772 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall require that information and estimates for electricity costs, as well as demand response data or data on electricity sold or fed into the grid are provided to final customers on demand in a timely manner and in an easily understandable format. In the case that there will be a future change of product or price in the contract, then this information should be clearly included in the bill, along with the date of this change. A separate notification of this change shall also be sent in advance to the final customer.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 776 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Bills and settlement statements shall provide the most important information for consumers on the first page. The first page may contain a shortened version of the key information, with further details included in the in subsequent pages of the bill or settlement statement. Final customers will also be able to access more detailed information both online and through an offline format that is free of charge, consumer friendly and easily accessible so that household consumers without internet access are not at a disadvantage.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 780 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Suppliers shall inform final household customers when a cheaper tariff is available through clearly stating this on the first page of their bill. They shall then provide more detailed information and how customers can switch in the subsequent pages of the bill.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 782 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Consumer organisations shall be consulted by Member States when they consider changes to the format of bills, as keeping the clarity of information for consumers is fundamentally important. Consumer organisations shall also be involved for the testing of new bill formats.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 795 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that proceed with smart metering deployment shall ensure that final customers contribute to the associated costs of the roll-out in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Member States shall regularly monitor this deployment in their territories to track the evolution of costs and benefits for the whole value chain, including the delivery of net benefits to consumers. Energy-poor final household customers shall not be required to contribute to the associated costs and shall have the same access to smart meters as other final customers.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 881 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. . Member States shall take appropriate measures to protect final customers and shall, in particular, ensure that there are adequate safeguards to protect vulnerable customers. In this context, each Member State shall define the concept of vulnerable customers which mayshall refer to energy poverty and, inter alia, to ensure the prohibition of disconnection of electricity to such customers in critical timunder any circumstances. Member States shall ensure that rights and obligations linked to vulnerable customers are applied. In particular, they shall take measures to protect customers in remote areas. They shall ensure high levels of consumer protection, particularly with respect to transparency regarding contractual terms and conditions, general information and dispute settlement mechanisms.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1145 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ensuring that tariffs are reflective of the costs, risks and benefits that each final customer has to the network, including active customers and those engaging in demand response;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1156 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) actively monitoring the level and effectiveness of market opening and competition at wholesale and retail levels, including on electricity exchanges, prices for household customers including prepayment systems, dynamic price contracts and the benefits from the use of smart meters, switching rates, disconnection rates, charges for and the execution of maintenance services, andthe relationship between household and wholesale prices, the evolution of grid tariffs and levies, complaints by household customers, as well as any distortion or restriction of competition, including providing any relevant information, and bringing any relevant cases to the relevant competition authorities;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1180 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) helping to ensure, together with other relevant authorities, that the new and existing consumer protection measures, including rights of active customers and, in particular, final household customers are effective and enforced;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 198 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Cooperation with third countries through the internal energy market can bring significant benefits to EU consumers by way of enhanced security of supply, market efficiencies and integration of low-carbon energy. The European Commission and Member States should seek to closely cooperate with third countries connected to the EU electricity network, to foster the development of integrated markets, harmonised trading mechanisms and regulatory convergence with these countries.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) market rules shall deliver appropriate investment incentives forwith a long-term view for generation, including low-carbon generation, storage, energy efficiency and demand response to meet market needs and thus ensure security of supply;
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 443 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) The TSOs of a synchronous area may jointly request an exemption from the requirement laid down in paragraph 1.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 445 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point 2 (new)
(2) Where the relevant regulatory authorities of a synchronous area grant an exemption from the requirement laid down in paragraph 4 upon a joint request of the TSOs in the concerned synchronous area or at their own initiative, they shall perform, in cooperation with the Agency and at least every three years, a cost-benefit analysis concerning the harmonisation of the imbalance settlement period within and between synchronous areas.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 832 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In Member States or third countries which use interconnector revenues as income to be taken into account when calculating network tariffs as part of a policy explicitly designed to attract new investment into interconnection capacity, any revenues resulting from the allocation of capacity on interconnectors that are owned and operated by a separate legal entity from the main transmission system may be used, subject to approval by the regulatory authorities of the Member States concerned, up to a maximum amount to be determined by those regulatory authorities, as income to be taken into account by the regulatory authorities when approving the methodology for calculating network tariffs and/or fixing network tariffs.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1546 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 a (new)
Article 60 a Cooperation with third countries In conjunction with this Regulation, the Commission shall develop mechanisms to foster cooperation and market integration with third countries which are physically connected to the EU electricity market.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will benefit the environment, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs for households and companies, benefit public health, help alleviate energy poverty and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity. This is in line with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In DecemberJune 20156, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of apropose a binding 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at both national and Union level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of a binding 340 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict (when compared to projections for 2030 based on PRIMES modelling using a 2007 baseline). Although Member States ashould retain their freedom is kept to setto set the level of their national contributiontargets based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States, they should set their binding national indicative energy efficiency contributiontargets taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321129 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987825 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 234 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 317 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) In view of the climate and energy framework for 2030 and the Union's long- term decarbonisation goals in line with the Paris Agreement, the energy savings obligation should be extended beyond 2020. Extending the commitment period beyond 2020 would create greater stability for investors and thus encourage long term investments and long term energy efficiency measures, such as the renovation of buildings and moving towards 'nearly zero energy buildings'.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings should benefit in particular vulnerable consumers affected byt risk of energy poverty. Member States can already require obligated parties to include social aims in energy saving measures, in relation to energy poverty, and this possibility should now be extended to alternative measures, strengthened to require a significant share to be implemented as a priority, and transformed into an obligation while leaving full flexibility to Member States with regard to the size, scope and content of such measures. In line with Article 9 of the Treaty, the Union's energy efficiency policies should be inclusive and therefore also ensure accessibility of energy efficiency measures for energy poor consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Union's building stock will need to become ‘nearly zero energy buildings’ by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Present building renovation rates are insufficient and those buildings occupied by low- income citizens at risk of energy poverty are the hardest to reach. Therefore, the measures laid down in Articles 7, 7a and 7b are of particular importance.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) In order to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU, a requirement for a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council by 28 February 2024 should be introducedEnergy and climate law is complementary and should be mutually reinforcing. Thus, as part of the obligations under the Paris Agreement, within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023 the Commission should undertake a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council should be introduced assessing the general effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy according to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Such a review should be undertaken in subsequent global stocktakes thereafter.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Whereas workplaces are primary sites for the development and implementation of the measures proposed, and workers engagement and participation in energy efficiency programmes is therefore crucial for their success. To ensure implementation, involvement of workers through social dialogue in the formulation of policy and the development of skills and education programmes is of paramount importance, as well as measures ensuring good working conditions and health and security at work. National Energy Efficiency Funds (NEEFs), as provided for in Article 20 of Directive 2012/27/EU, should therefore remain oriented towards these objectives.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 340 % binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates, in line with the EU's long-term decarbonisation goals and the UNFCC Paris Agreement of December 2015. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.; national energy efficiency targets for 2020 and 2030. This Directive contributes to the implementation of the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and ensures that energy efficiency and demand side response can compete on equal terms with generation capacity. Energy efficiency needs to be considered whenever energy system relevant planning or financing decisions are taken.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1a. Article 2 shall be amended as follows: (a) point 1 is replaced by the following: (1) 'energy' in the context of this Directive means all forms of energy products, combustible fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity, or any other form of energy, as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 273 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1– point 2
(2) 'primary energy consumption'In Article 2, point 2 is replaced by the following: (2) 'primary energy consumption' in the context of this Directive means gross inland consumption, excluding non-energy uses;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 275 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(1a) In Article 2, point 3 is replaced by the following: (3) 'final energy consumption' in the context of this Directive means all energy supplied to industry, transport, households, services and agriculture. It excludes deliveries to the energy transformation sector and the energy industries themselves;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 276 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
1b. In Article 2, point 4 is replaced by the following: (4) 'energy efficiency' in the context of this Directive means the ratio of output of performance, service, goods or energy, to input of energy;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(1b) In Article 2, point 6 is replaced by the following: (6) 'energy efficiency improvement' in the context of this Directive means an increase in energy efficiency as a result of technological, behavioural and/or economic changes;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘total useful floor area’1c. In Article 2, point 10 is replaced by the following: (10) ‘total useful floor area’ in the context of this Directive means the floor area of a building or part of a building, where energy is used to condition the indoor climate;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(1c) In Article 2, point 16 is replaced by the following: (16) ‘participating party’ means an enterprise or public body that has committed itself in the context of this Directive to reaching certain objectives under a voluntary agreement, or is covered by a national regulatory policy instrument;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 281 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) ‘energy distributor’ means1d. In Article 2, point 20 is replaced by the following: (20) ‘energy distributor’ means in the context of this Directive a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘final customer’ means1e. In Article 2, point 23 is replaced by the following: (23) ‘final customer’ means in the context of this Directive a natural or legal person who purchases energy for own end use;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(1d) In Article 2, point 28 is replaced by the following: (28) ‘smart metering system’ or 'intelligent metering system' means in the context of this Directive an electronic system that can measure energy consumption, providing more information than a conventional meter, and can transmit and receive data using a form of electronic communication;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘power-to-heat ratio’1f. In Article 2, point 36 is replaced by the following: (36) ‘power-to-heat ratio’ in the context of this Directive means the ratio of electricity from cogeneration to useful heat when operating in full cogeneration mode using operational data of the specific unit;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 286 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 45
(45) ‘aggregator’1e) In Article 2, point 45 is replaced by the following: (45) ‘aggregator’ in the context of this Directive means a demand service provider that combines multiple short-duration consumer loads for sale or auction in organised energy markets.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
4. Each Member State shall set bindicativeng national energy efficiency contributions towardstargets which shall cumulatively be in line with the Union's 2030 target referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 in accordance with Articles [4] and [6] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union]. When setting those contributione level of their targets, Member States shall take into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321129 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987825 Mtoe of final energy. Member States shall notify those contributiontargets to the Commission as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with the procedure pursuant to Articles [3] and [7] to [11] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union].;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 345 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 5
(2a) Article 5 shall be amended as follows: “Article 5 Exemplary role of public bodies' buildings 1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, each Member State shall ensure that, as from 1 January 2014, 3 % of the total floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned and occupied by its central governmentpublic authorities is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements that it has set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 2500 m 2 owned and occupied by the central government of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. That threshold shall be lowered to 250 m 2 as of 9 July 2015. Where a Member State requires that the obligation to renovate each year 3 % of the total floor area extends to floor area owned and occupied by administrative departments at a level below central government, the 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m 2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m 2 owned and occupied by central government and by these administrative departmentpublic authorities of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. When implementing measures for the comprehensive renovation of central governmentpublic authority buildings in accordance with the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to consider the building as a whole, including the building envelope, equipment, operation and maintenance. Member States shall require that central governmentpublic authority buildings with the poorest energy performance be a priority for energy efficiency measures, where cost- effective and technically feasible. 2. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings: (a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance; (b) buildings owned by the armed forces or central government and serving national defence purposes, apart from single living quarters or office buildings for the armed forces and other staff employed by national defence authorities; (c) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities. 3. If a Member State renovates more than 3 % of the total floor area of central government buildings in a given year, it may count the excess towards the annual renovation rate of any of the three previous or following years. 4. Member States may count towards the annual renovation rate of central governmentpublic authority buildings new buildings occupied and owned as replacements for specific central governmentpublic authority buildings demolished in any of the two previous years, or buildings that have been sold, demolished or taken out of use in any of the two previous years due to more intensive use of other buildings. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 31 December 2013, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled central governmentpublic authority buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m 2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m 2 , excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2. The inventory shall contain the following data: (a) the floor area in m 2 ; and (b) the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data. 6. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States may opt for an alternative approach to paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article, whereby they take other cost- effective measures, including deep renovations and measures for behavioural change of occupants, to achieve, by 2020, an amount of energy savings in eligible buildings owned and occupied by their central governmentpublic authorities that is at least equivalent to that required in paragraph 1, reported on an annual basis. For the purpose of the alternative approach, Member States may estimate the energy savings that paragraphs 1 to 4 would generate by using appropriate standard values for the energy consumption of reference central governmentpublic authorities buildings before and after renovation and according to estimates of the surface of their stock. The categories of reference central governmentpublic authority buildings shall be representative of the stock of such buildings. Member States opting for the alternative approach shall notify to the Commission, by 31 December 2013, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, showing how they would achieve an equivalent improvement in the energy performance of the buildings within the central governmentpublic authorities estate. 7. Member States shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local level, and social housing bodies governed by public law, with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up, to: (a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving and efficiency objectives and actions, with a view to following the exemplary role of central governmentpublic authority buildings laid down in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6; (b) put in place an energy management system, including energy audits, as part of the implementation of their plan; (c) use, where appropriate, energy service companies, and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 1.52 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019. These savings shall be cumulative and additional to savings achieved under point (a).
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 402 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that all savings counted are new and additional. In particular, where earlier policy measures, programmes and/or individual actions are no longer delivering savings, the loss of these earlier savings shall be accounted for in calculating the overall amount of end-use energy savings to be achieved at the end of each period, and the loss replaced by new savings from new actions. Savings in each period shall build cumulatively upon the amount of savings to be achieved in the previous period(s).
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 416 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
TFor the purposes of point (a) only, the sales of energy, by volume, used in transport may be partially or fully excluded from these calculations. However, sales of energy used in transport shall be fully included in the calculations for the post- 2020 period referred to in point (b).
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) allow energy savings achieved in the energy transformation, distribution and transmission sectors, including efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure, as a result of implementing the requirements set out in Article 14(4), point (b) of Article 14(5) and Article 15(1) to (6) and (9), to be counted towards the amount of energy savings required under paragraph 1; the savings shall be properly accounted for via a common methodology, favouring the benchmarking of technologies;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 493 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall express the amount of energy savings required of each obligated party in terms of eitherboth final orand primary energy consumption. The method chosen to express the amount of energy savings required shall also be used to calculate the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors set out in Annex IV shall apply.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 504 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) shall include and make public requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring a significant share of energy efficiency measures to be implemented as a priority in vulnerable households affected byt risk of energy poverty and in social housing;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 523 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 1
1. Where Member States decide to fulfil their obligations to achieve the savings required under Article 7(1) by way of alternative policy measures they shall ensure that the energy savings required under Article 7(1) are fully achieved among final customers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 526 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy poverty and ensure a significant share of such measures are implemented as a priority in vulnerable households at risk of energy poverty and in social housing, and make this information public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 12
12. The Commission shall evaluate this Directive by 28 February 2024 at the latest, and every five years thereafter, and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Councilundertake a general review this Directive within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023, and after subsequent global stocktakes thereafter, and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the general effectiveness of this Directive and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy in accordance with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals for further measures.;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the 2030 long- term objectives and targets of the Energy Union through complementary, coherent and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union's Better Regulation principlesa resilient Energy Union in line with the Paris Agreement.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 217 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) This Regulation aims to establish the necessary partnerships between the Union, the Member States individually and grouped into macro-regional partnerships, and the local level to promote jointly the energy transition.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 222 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The European Energy Union should ensure the shift to a highly energy efficient and highly renewables-based energy system cover five key dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonisation; and research, innovation and competitiveness.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 234 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union, local and national level as well as within the frame of macro-regional partnerships.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 244 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Commission's proposal was developed in parallel to and is adopted together with a series of initiatives in sectorial energy policy, notably with regard to renewable energy, energy efficiency and market design. Those initiatives form a package under the overarching theme of energy efficiency first, the Union’s global leadership in renewables, and a fair deal for energy consumers including by eradicating energy poverty.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 251 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Union based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 27% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15% for electricity interconnection. It specified that the target for renewable energy is binding at Union level and that it will be fulfilled through Member States’ contributions guided by the need to deliver collectively the Union target. This Regulation must take into account the increased targets expressed in the sectorial legislations. The European Council specified on 24 October 2014 that the target for electricity interconnection should be at least 15%.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 277 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and fully respecting their freedom to determine their energy mix. It emphasized that sSuch governance system should build on existing building blocks, such as goals of the Paris Agreement, national climate programmes, national plans for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as the need to streamline and bring together separate planning and reporting strands. It also agreed to step up the role and rights of consumers, transparency and predictability for investors, inter alia by systematic monitoring of key indicators for an affordable, safe, competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to facilitate coordination of national energy and climate policies and foster regional cooperation between Member States. In this regards, it is necessary to enhance the sinks in the LULUCF sector. Any renewable energy policy developments compromising this goal should be followed up by recommendation and corrective action. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 278 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and fully respecting their freedom to determine their energy mix. It emphasized that such governance system should build on existing building blocks, such as national climate programmes, national plans for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as the need to streamline and bring together separate planning and reporting strands. It also agreed to step up the role and rights of consumers, transparency and predictability for investors, inter alia by systematic monitoring of key indicators for an affordable, safe, competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to facilitate coordination of national energy policies and foster regional cooperation between Member States. and macro- regional partnerships between Member States. For the purposes of promoting regional cooperation between the Member States, national regulators should liaise with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 284 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Without prejudice to previous paragraph, the renewable energy policy and strategies should in particular deploy tools to further strengthen the position of renewable energy sources which in principle do not compete with other sectors for natural resources, and have undisputedly positive results compared to fossil fuels.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 288 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Commission's Energy Union Strategy of 25 February 2015 states the need for an integrated Governance to make sure that energy-related actions at Union, macro-regional, national and local level all contribute to the Energy Union's objectives, thereby broadening the scope of Governance – beyond the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy – to all five key dimensions of the Energy Union.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 296 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 201516 recognised that the Governance of the Energy Union will be an essential tool for the efficient and effective construction of the Energy Union and the achievement of its objectives. They underlined that the governance system should be based on the principles of integration of strategic planning and reporting on the implementation of climate and energy policies and coordination between actors responsible for energy and climate policy, at Union, regional and national level. They also underlined that the Governance should ensure that the agreed energy and climate targets for 2030 are met; and that the Governance would monitor the Member States' and the Union's collective progress towards the achievement of theargets and policy objectives across the five dimensions of the Energy Union. __________________ 16 Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 2015 (14632/15).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 302 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competitionwith the principle of cascading use due to increased competition for natural resources between energy and material use, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 318 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The transition to a low-carbonhighly energy- efficient and highly renewables-based economy requires changes in investment behaviour and incentives across the entire policy spectrum. Achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions requires a boost to efficiency and innovation in the European economy and in particular should also lead to improvements of air quality.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 328 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and nationmacro-regional, national and local level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a low-carbonhighly energy-efficient and highly renewables-based economy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 337 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The achievement of the Energy Union targets and objectives should be ensured through a combination of Union initiatives and coherent national policies set out in integrated national energy and climate plans. Sectorial Union legislation in the energy and climate fields sets out planning requirements, which have been useful tools to drive change at the national level. Their introduction at different moments in time has led to overlaps and insufficient consideration of synergies and interactions between policy areas. Current separate planning, reporting and monitoring in the climate and energy fields should therefore as far as possible be streamlined and integrated.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 340 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) An assessment of the overlapping impacts of the planned policies and measures to achieve decarbonisation is necessary, namely impacts on the supply- demand balance of the EU ETS.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 341 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Member States shall ensure policy coherence between their national energy and climate plans and their long term low emission strategies with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 344 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The integrated national energy and climate plans should cover ten-year periods and provide an overview of the current energy system and policy situation. They should set out national targets and objectives for each of the five key dimensions of the Energy Union and corresponding policies and measures to meet those objectives and have an analytical basis. The national plans covering the first period from 2021 to 2030 should pay particular attention to the 2030set out the 2030 national binding targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, renewable energy, energy efficiency and electricity interconnection. Member States should aim to ensure that the national plans are consistent with and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 346 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The integrated national energy and climate plans should cover ten-year periods and provide an overview of the current energy system and policy situation. They should set out national objectives for each of the five key dimensions of the Energy Union and corresponding policies and measures to meet those objectives and have an analytical basis. The national plans covering the first period from 2021 to 2030 should pay particular attention to the 2030 targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, renewable energy, energy efficiency and electricity interconnection, and no net emissions target in the land use, land use change and forestry sector. Member States should aim to ensure that the national plans are consistent with and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 350 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) For each of the five key dimensions of the Energy Union, Member States should ensure that EU funding from the 2014 - 2020 multiannual financial framework is included into integrated national energy and climate plans. National allocations from the post- 2020 multiannual financial framework should actively contribute to the achievement of national binding targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and to the enhancement of the sink of LULUCF accounting categories in particular via agricultural policy fully addressing climate and ecosystem- resilience related challenges and via other funding instruments.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 357 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of the energy and climate has an impact on the environment. Member States should therefore ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans and long-term climate and energy strategies in accordance, where applicable, with the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ("UNECE") Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (the "Aarhus convention"). Member States should also ensure involvement of social partners in the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. __________________ 24 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p.30).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 363 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Regional cooperation is key to ensure an effective achievement of the objectives of the Energy UnionThe Commission should facilitate the establishment of partnerships between Member States and identify the costs of non-acting together. Member States should also get the opportunity to comment on other Member States' plans before they are finalised to avoid inconsistencies and potential negative impacts on other Member States and ensure that common objectives are met collectively. Regional cooperation in elaborating and finalising national plans as well as in the subsequent implementation of national plans should be essential to improve effectiveness and efficiency of measures and foster market integration and energy security.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 410 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) In view of the collective achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy, itt will be essential for the Commission to assess draft national plans as wiell be essential for the Commission to assessas the implementation of notified national plans and, basedby means onf progress reports, their implementation. For the first ten-year period, this concerns in particular the achievement of the Union-level in view of the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy for the first period, in particular with regard to the binding Union-level and national binding 2030 targets for energy and climate and national contributions to those targets. Such assessment should be undertaken on a biennial basis, and on an annual basis only where necessary, and should be consolidated in the Commission's State of the Energy Union reports.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 433 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 20302030 binding national targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, t. The Commission should, in addition to issuinge recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should takerequest additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. In the area of renewable energy, such measures can also include financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 468 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) iImplement strategies and measures designed to meet the objectives and targets of the Energy Union, and for the first ten- year period from 2021 to 2030 in particular the EU's 2030 targets for energy and climatlong-term climate and energy strategies and measures to achieve by 2050 a highly energy efficient and highly renewables-based energy system, which fully reflects the Energy Efficiency First principle;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 480 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) structure new partnerships between Member States at macro-regional level to achieve the targets and objectives of the Energy Union in a cost-optimised manner and between Member States, their city regions and local authorities;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 482 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) ensure predictability, transparency and effective public participation in climate and energy planning undertaken by Member States to build-up a broad societal consensus around climate change and the energy transition as well as to contribute to greater investor’s certainty;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 484 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 487 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The governance mechanism shall be based on integrated national energy and climate plans covering ten-year periods starting from 2021 to 2030, corresponding integrated national energy and climate progress reports by the Member States and integrated monitoring arrangements by the European Commission. It shall define a structured, transparent, iterative process between the Commission and Member States ensuring full participation of citizens, social partners and local authorities in view of the finalisation of the national plans and their subsequent implementation, including with regard to regional cooperation, and corresponding Commission action.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 492 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In conjunction with this Regulation, the Commission shall develop mechanisms to encourage coordination of energy and climate policies between relevant third countries and the EU, including, where appropriate, the sharing of long-term strategies and national energy and climate plans.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 503 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union- wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union- level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and the 15% electricity interconnection target for 2030 or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 517 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘macro-region’ means a grouping of two or more Member States engaged in a structured partnership covering at least one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 518 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18 b (new)
(18b) ‘just transition’ means a comprehensive effort to support workers and communities which could be adversely impacted by the transition to a low-carbon economy;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 521 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2019 and every tenfive years thereafter, each Member State shall notify to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plans from 2026 to 2035, from 2031 to 2040, from 2036 to 2045 and from 2041 to 2050.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 537 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an overview of the process followed for establishing the integrated national energy and climate plan consisting of: (i) an executive summary, a description of the consultation and involvement of stakeholders and their results, and of regional cooperation with other Member States in preparing the plan; (ii) an overview of current policy situation; (iii) a description of the consultation and involvement of local authorities, civil society, social partners, citizens and their results; (iv) a description of macro-regional partnerships established pursuant to Article 11 of this Regulation and of regional cooperation with other Member States in preparing the plan and in organising together a cost-optimised highly energy-efficiency and highly renewables-based energy system;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 542 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 545 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the national objectives, targets and contribution and, where applicable, targets for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union, including on energy poverty;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 549 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a description of the policies and measur, measures and investment strategies foreseen to meet the corresponding objectives, and targets and contributions set out under point (b)s set out under points (b) and (c), including a description of the way Energy Efficiency First principle is integrated into these policies and measures;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 557 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a description of the current situation of the five dimensions of the Energy Union including with regard to the energy system and greenhouse gas emissions and removals as well as projections with regard to the objectives and targets referred to in point (b) and (c) with already existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 561 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of the impacts of the planned policies and measur, measures and investment strategies to meet the targets and objectives referred to in point (b) and (c); a description of the planned policies and measures and their individual and aggregated environmental, health, macro- economic, skills and social impact on workers and communities;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 570 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) a list and a description of renewable energy projects of Energy Union interest elaborated pursuant to Article 11a of this Regulation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 571 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Targets and objectives submitted by Member States shall only be at least equal to the ones set out in Article 4 and reflect an increased level of ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest integrated national energy and climate plan;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 582 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union notably the Energy Efficiency First principle and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant.;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 587 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take into account the long-term greenhouse gas reduction target set out in Article 1 and ensure consistency with the national long-term strategies in Article 14;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 594 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 595 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall set out in their integrated national energy and climate plan the following main objectives, and targets and contributions, as specified in Section A.2. and A.3 of Annex I:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 597 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii a (new)
iia. targets of the policy areas affecting land use and their incentivising tools, including result-based payments, to contribute to goals to maintain and enhance the carbon sink of managed cropland, managed grassland, managed forest land and managed wetland
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 599 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point iii
iii. where applicable, other national objectives and targets consistent with existingthe Paris Agreement and the long-term low emission strategies;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 609 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 2735% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 627 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i a (new)
ia. the Member State's binding national target of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a binding linear trajectory to achieved the target from 2021 onwards starting from the share of energy from renewable sources in the year 2020 as set out in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, and pursuant to [Article 3] of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767];
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 628 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i b (new)
ib. the Member State's linear trajectories for the overall share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2030 onwards consistent with the long-term energy and climate strategies; as well as long-term strategy and trajectory for renewable energy produced and self-consumed by household consumers to facilitate consumers' small-scale renewable self- generation projects;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 629 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i b (new)
ib. the Member States interim targets based on a linear trajectory starting in 2022 and then every two years up to 2028, which is compatible with the Member State's binding national target of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 631 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
ii. the Member State's trajectories for the sectorial share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the heating and cooling, electricity, and transport sectors;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 636 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii a (new)
iia. the Member State's share of as well as trajectories and objectives for energy from renewable sources produced by cities, renewable energy communities and self-consumers in 2030 and renewable energy trajectories from 2021 to 2030 including expected total gross final energy consumption
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 644 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Unionwith a view to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of at least 40% in 2030 and the Member State's binding national energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. The Union's 2020 energy consumption shall be no more than 1483 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 1086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union's 2030 energy consumption shall be no more than 1132 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 846 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten-year period.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 648 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Unionwith a view to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of at least 40% in 2030 and the Member State's binding national energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 664 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contributionenergy efficiency targets in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a binding linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 679 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4 a (new)
(4a) Share of energy efficiency measures (under Article 7a and 7b of the Energy Efficiency Directive) to be implemented as a priority in households affected by energy poverty and in social housing;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 697 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to deployment of domestic renewable energy sources (notably renewable energy);, demand response and storage and the uptake of energy efficiency measures.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 711 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 2
(2) key national objectives for electricity and gas transmission and distribution infrastructure that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under any of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 716 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3 a (new)
(3a) indicators on flexibility from generation, demand-side, storage, and interconnection, measured in terms of flexible capacity available (MW) and volumes valorised in the different markets (MWh);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 718 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3 b (new)
(3b) national objectives related to the deployment of smart grids and storage, the growth of demand response and smart self-consumption; objectives related to the advancement of aggregation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 719 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3 c (new)
(3c) national objectives related to the non-discriminatory participation of renewable energy, demand response and storage, including via aggregation, in all energy markets;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 720 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3 d (new)
(3d) national objectives with regard to ensuring consumer participation in the energy system and consumer outcome and benefits from new technologies, including smart meters. This shall include all residential, commercial and industrial consumers, and shall measure various indicators including self-generation and community projects, selling demand response in the markets, and access to smart meters and real-time price signals and user-friendly information to shift demand. These indicators shall be measured in terms of the number of consumers engaged, net revenue for consumers, the capacity of the consumer participation (MW) and the volumes shifted (MWh);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 723 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 a (new)
(4a) national objectives with regard to energy poverty and vulnerable consumers, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met and a national action plan to achieve those objectives which could include providing benefits in social security systems to ensure the necessary energy supply to vulnerable customers or providing for support for energy efficiency improvements to address energy poverty where identified; for this purpose Member States shall : (a) define the concept of vulnerable customers and energy poverty based on the EU indicators of low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of houses; (b) continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and share those data in the European Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 738 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
(2) national 2050 objectives for the deployment of low carbon technologies ensuring a highly efficiency and highly renewable-based system;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 750 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Member States' contribution setting process in the area of renewable energy 1. their share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 and the last year of the period coverArticle 5 deleted When setting their contribution for the measures provided for in the subsequent national plans, pursuant to Article 4(a)(2)(i), Member States shall take into account the following: (a) [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767]; (b) energy efficiency target adopted pursuant to Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761]; (c) renewable energy within Member States and at Union level; and (d) energy deployment, such as: (i) deployment across the European Union; (ii) (iii) geographical and natural constraints, including those of non- interconnected areas and regions; and (iv) between Member States. 2. ensure that the sum of their contributions adds up to at least 27% of energy produced from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at Union level by 2030.measures adopted to reach the other measures to promote circumstances affecting renewable equitable distribution of economic potential; the level of power interconnection Member States shall collectively
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 753 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) equitable distribution of deployment across the European Union while taking into account the climate change mitigation potential of different sources of energy, the level of impact on levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and payback time;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 762 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the target for enhancing removals by sinks and the robustness of accounting rules in the LULUCF sector should not be undermined;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 770 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Member States' contribution setting process in the area of energy efficiency 1. national energy efficiency contribution forArticle 6 deleted When setting their indicative the Union’s 20320 and the last year of the period covered for the subsequent national plans pursuant to Article 4(b)(1), Member States shall enenergy the measures provided for in other measures that: (a) consumption is no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’s 2030 energy consumption is no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten-year period; (b) the Union’s binding target for 2030 referred to in Articles 1 and 3 of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761] is met. In addition, Member States shall take into account: (a) Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761]; (b) efficiency within Member States and at Union level. 2. referred to in paragraph 1 Member States may take into account circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption, such as: (a) saving potential; (b) domestic product; (c) exports; (d) renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage; and (e)o promote energy When setting their contribution remaining cost-effective energy- evolution and forecast of gross changes of energy imports and development of all sources of early actions.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 798 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 802 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall describe, in accordance with Annex I, in their integrated national energy and climate plan, the main existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures to achieve in particular the objectives set out in the national plan, including measures to ensure regional cooperation and appropriate financing at national, local and regional level.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 804 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The description of the main existing and planned policies and measures to achieve the objectives set out in the national plans shall be accompanied by an overview of the investments needed to achieve these objectives;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 810 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall describe, in accordance with the structure and format specified in Annex I, the current situation for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union including of the energy system and greenhouse gas emissions and removals at the time of submission of the national plan or on the basis of the latest available information. As of 1st January 2019, the expected effect on the supply- demand balance of the ETS of planned policies or significant changes to existing policies shall be calculated as specified in Annex of this Regulation. Member States shall also set out and describe projections for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union for the first ten-year period at least until 2040 (including for the year 2030) expected to result from existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 812 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall describe in their integrated national energy and climate plan their assessment, at national and where applicable macro-regional level, of:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 819 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the macroeconomic, health, environmental, skills and social impact on workers and communities of the planned policies and measures referred to in Article 7 and further specified in Annex I, for the first ten-year period at least until the year 2030 including a comparison with the projections based on existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures referred to in paragraph 1;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 825 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) interactions between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures within a policy dimension and between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures of different dimensions for the first ten- year period at least until the year 2030.This shall also include a quantitative assessment of the extent to which each of the Member State's planned policies and measures affect the supply-demand balance of the ETS. Projections concerning security of supply, infrastructure and market integration shall be linked to robust energy efficiency scenarios.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 836 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2018 and every tenfive years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 847 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission may issue recommendations on the draft plans to Member States in accordance with Article 28. Those recommendations shall in particular set outshall assess the draft plans and issue country-specific recommendations to Member States in accordance with Article 28 in order to:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 851 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the level of ambition of objectives, targets and contributions in view ofensure the collectively achievingement by Member States of the Energy Union objectives and notably the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiencytargets of all dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 853 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 854 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improve existing and planned policies and, measures relating to Member States' and Union level objectives and other policies and measuresand investment strategies included in national energy and climate plans including those of potential cross-border relevance;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 856 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 858 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) interactions between andensure consistency of existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures included in the integrated national energy and climate plan within one dimension and among different dimensions of the Energy Union.;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 863 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) ensure the consistency of the investment strategies and instruments with the Member State's policies and measures foreseen to meet the corresponding objectives and targets set out under Article 3.2 (b) and (c).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 885 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In a spirit of partnership, Member States shall establish a permanent Energy Dialogue to support active engagement of local authorities, civil society, social partners, investors, any other relevant stakeholders and the general public in managing the energy transition, including energy poverty and promoting a just transition.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 888 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall submit to this Energy Dialogue different options and scenarios envisaged for their short, medium and long-term energy and climate policies, together with a cost- benefit analysis for each option
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 889 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1b. Member States shall include in the submission of their final integrated national energy and climate plan and of their progress reports to the Commission a summary of the public's views and the way they have been take into consideration;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 903 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall cooperate with each other at macro-regional level to effectively meet the targets, and objectives and contributions set out in their integrated national energy and climate plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 912 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall, well before submitting their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission pursuant to Article 9(1), identify opportunities for macro-regional cooperationpartnerships and consult neighbouring Member States and the other Member States expressing an interest. Member States shall set out in their draft integrated national energy and climate plans the results of such regional consultation, including where applicable how comments have been taken into account.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 922 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes specified in paragraph 1, Member States shall continue to cooperate at macro-regional level when implementing the policies and measures of their plans.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 925 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Identification and financing of Renewable energy projects of Energy Union interest (RPEI) 1. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 347/2013, this Regulation establishes five opportunity-based macro- regional partnerships ('partnerships') as set out in Annex Ib (new). Building on the Commission's assessment realised pursuant to Article 11 (1), each partnership shall draw a regional list of renewable energy projects of Energy Union interest ('RPEI') contributing to the achievement of the target referred to in article 4 paragraph 2. This list shall be part of the national energy and climate plans referred to in Article 3 and subsequently jointly submitted to the European Commission by Member States composing each partnership. 2. When drawing their list of RPEI, partnerships shall take into account the following criteria: (a) the potential overall benefits of the project; (b) the project involves at least two Member States gathered in a cooperation mechanism that can be inter alia a joint project or a joint cooperation mechanism or a cross-border cooperation as set out in article [5] of [recast of the RES Directive; (c) the project is located on the territory of one Member State or in international waters and has a significant cross-border impact. 3. Upon reception of integrated national energy and climate plans, the Commission shall establish a Union list of RPEI by 31 December 2020. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 to establish the Union list of RPEI. 4. When establishing the Union list, the Commission shall: (a) ensure that only those projects that fulfil the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article are included; (b) ensure cross-regional consistency; (c) aim for a manageable total number of RPEI; (d) ensure a favourable treatment of RPEIs in sectors where the Member States have produced joint regional deployment trajectory to 2030; 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 to establish the methodology to be used by partnerships when conducting the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraph 2(a) of this Article, factoring in environmental, health, macro-economic, skills and social impacts. 6. By 30 June 2021, each Member State shall designate one national competent authority which shall be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the permit granting process for RPEI included in the Union list. The competent authority shall take actions to facilitate the issuing of the comprehensive decision. 7. Where a RPEI encounters significant implementation difficulties, the Commission may designate, in agreement with the Member States composing the partnership concerned, a European coordinator for a period of up to one year renewable twice. For the purpose of this Regulation, provisions of Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) 347/2013 shall apply. 8. Provisions laid down in Article 10 of this Regulation shall apply to the RPEI selection process undertaken by partnerships. 9. RPEI included in the Union list are eligible for Union financial support in the form of grants, loans, equity, financial instruments and guarantee funds. In addition, the Commission shall set-up a financing platform at Union level directly contributing to financial support to RPEI included in the Union list and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission. This financing platform shall mobilise EU and national funds, notably Member States contributions pursuant to Article 27 (4) of this Regulation.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 931 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the targets, objectives and contributionrelated investment strategies are sufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and for the first ten-years period in particular the targets of the Union's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 935 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the existing and foreseen policies, measures and related investment strategies are sufficient for the achievement of the national binding targets referred to in Article 4 of this Regulation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 943 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Just transition initiative for workers and communities 1. This Regulation establishes a just transition initiative to support workers and communities which could be adversely impacted by the transition to a low carbon economy. The initiative should take the form of a board of representatives coming from Member States national authorities, European Commission, local and regional representatives as well as social partners developing calls for projects in the area of the just transition. 2. Calls for projects shall aim to make green opportunities real and to support workers and communities in the context of the energy transition. When drawing their calls for projects, board members should aim to: (a) retain and create decent and sustainable jobs; (b) strengthen the training and up scaling of workers in clean processes and technologies; (c) enhance social protection schemes, including active labour market policies; 3. The Commission shall set up a financing platform at Union level directly contributing financial support to the Just Transition Initiative.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 944 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Update of the integrated national energy 1. years thereafter, Member States shall submit to the Commission a draft update of the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 or confirm to the Commission that the plan remains valid. 2. years thereafter, Member States shall notify to the Commission an update of the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3, unless they have confirmed that the plan remains valid pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan. 4. to mitigate in the updated plan any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting pursuant to Articles 15 to 22. 5. consideration the latest country-specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester when preparing the update referred to in paragraph 2. 6. Article 9(2) and Article 11 shall apply to the preparation and assessment of the updated integrated national energy and climate plans.Article 13 deleted and climate plan By 1 January 2023, and every 10 By 1 January 2024, and every 10 Member States shall only modify Member States shall make efforts Member States shall take into The procedures laid down in
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 984 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall prepare and report to the Commission by 1 January 202019 and every 10 years thereafter their long-term low emission strategies with a 50 years perspective as set out in Annex II (new), however, for the purposes of meeting the Paris Agreement goals, the first long-term low emission strategies shall have 2050 as a starting point, to contribute to:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1010 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including electricity, industry, transport, the buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)including for after 2030 a separate target for enhancing removals by sinks going beyond the commitment of no net emissions in land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) that is consistent with pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1024 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1029 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the investments, differentiated between public and private investments, required to effectively implement the long- term low emission strategies.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1031 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The long-term low emission strategies and the integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Article 3 shouldmust be consistent with each other.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1039 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall support Member States in their preparation of long-term strategies by providing information on the state of the underlying scientific knowledge and technological development relevant to achieving the objectives referred to in Article 1. The Commission shall also provide opportunities for Member States and other stakeholders to provide additional information and discuss their perspectives and produce best practice and guidance for Member States to use during the development and implementation phase of their strategies.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1052 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) information on the progress accomplished towards reaching the targets, and objectives and contributions set out in the integrated national energy and climate plan, and towards implementing the policies and measures necessary to meet them;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1053 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the information referred to and on the progress accomplished towards reaching the targets, objectives and commitments set out in the long-term energy and climate strategies in Article 14;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1058 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) progress towards financing measures and policies foreseen to meet the targets and objectives set out in the national energy and climate plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1065 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1107 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Integrated reporting on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Sector Member States shall include in the integrated national energy and climate progress reports the information on the trajectories and on implementation of the policies and measures: a) to restore degraded forest areas & to protect existing natural forests b) to restore degraded wetland and to protect existing wetlands c) to restore degraded natural and semi-natural grasslands and to protect existing grasslands d) to increase the carbon sink capacity of the LULUCF accounting categories falling in the Member State under the utilized agricultural area or forest, in particular, by means of restoration of ecosystems associated with agroforestry and introduction of agroforestry systems e) to increase the carbon sink of LULUCF accounting categories falling under the utilized agricultural area in particular via baseline requirements and measures under the agricultural policy; f) to include in their accounts a carbon pool of harvested wood products from managed grassland and managed cropland
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1109 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) the trajectory for primary and final energy consumption from 2020 to 2030 as the national energy savings contributionbinding targets to achieving the Union-level 2030 target including underlying methodology;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1118 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1
(1) implemented, adopted and planned policies, measures and programmes to achieve the indicative national energy efficiency contributionnational binding targets for 2030 as well as other objectives presented in Article 6, including planned measures and instruments (also of financial nature) to promote the energy performance of buildings, measures to utilise energy efficiency potentials of gas and electricity infrastructure and other measures to promote energy efficiency;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1122 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4
(4) long-term strategy for the renovation of the national stock of both public and private residential and commercial buildings, including policies and measures to stimulate cost-effective deep and staged deep renovation; as well as the planned renovation rate and the summarised results of the public consultation according to Article 2 (a) (3) of [EPBD recast];
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1125 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4 a (new)
(4a) policy and measures specially targeting the worst performing segments of the national building stock, energy poor consumers, social housing and households subject to split-incentive dilemma according to Article 2 (a) of [EPBD recast];
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1127 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5 a (new)
(5a) policies and measures to develop the economic potential of high efficient cogeneration and efficient heating and cooling systems in line with Article 14 of the EED;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1147 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) key national objectives for electricity and gas distribution and transmission infrastructure that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under any of the five key dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1165 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) national objectives with regards to energy poverty, inclu and vulnerable consumers and data shared in the European Poverty Observatory (EPOV) regarding the number of households in energy poverty;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1201 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall use the online platform for the purposes of submitting to the Commission the reports referred to in this Chapter once the platform becomes operational. The final reports shall be made available to the public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1205 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By 31 October 2021 and every second year thereafter, the Commission shall assess, in particular on the basis of the integrated national energy and climate progress reports, of other information reported under this Regulation of data from the European Environment Agency, of the indicators and of European statistics where available:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1209 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the progress made at Union level towards meeting the objectives of the Energy Union, including for the first ten- year period the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate, notably in view of avoiding any gaps to the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency and enhancement of sinks under the LULUCF accounting categories in view of commitments under the Paris Agreement;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1213 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the progress made by each Member State towards meeting its national binding targets, and objectives and contributions and implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national energy and climate plan;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1222 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the appropriateness of the investment strategies and instruments for the Member States’ policies and measures foreseen to meet the corresponding objectives and targets.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1229 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a binding linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 2735% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1242 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In the area of energy efficiency, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess progress towards collectively achieving a maximum energy consumption at Union level of 1 1321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption and 987846 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(1)(a)4(b), on the basis of a linear trajectory, starting from 1483 Mtoe of primary energy consumption and 1086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1256 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) considerassess whether individual Member States are on track to meet their national binding target and whether the Union's milestonetarget of no more than 1483 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 1086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020 is achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1263 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the accuracy of the Member State estimates of the effect of national level overlapping policies and measures on the supply-demand balance of the EU ETS, or, in absence of such estimates, conduct its own assessment of the same impact;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1264 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) the overall effect of Union level overlapping policies and measures on the supply-demand balance of the EU ETS.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1265 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
assess whether the trends in development of the sinks in the LULUCF accounting categories and carbon pools may be affected by the developments in use of bioenergy in the renewable energy mix.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1279 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Follow-up in case of inconsistencies with overarching Energy Union objectives and targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation and the Directive [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767].
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1281 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Based on the assessment pursuant to Article 25, the Commission shall issue recommendations to a Member State pursuant to Article 28 if policy developments in that Member State show inconsistencies with the overarching objectives of the Energy Union and targets of the Regulation [ ] [ESR] .
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1283 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Based on the assessment pursuant to Article 25, the Commission shall issue recommendations to a Member State pursuant to Article 28 if policy developments in the sphere of renewable energy in that Member State show inconsistencies with the targets of the Regulation [ ] [LULUCF]. The Commission may issue a corrective action as appropriate.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1284 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall issue opinions on the action plans submitted by Member States according to Article 8(1) of Regulation [ ] [ESR] and a comprehensive review of the compliance report by Member States according to Article 12 of Regulation [ ] [LULUCF].
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1293 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. If, on the basis of its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans and their updates pursuant to Article 12, the Commission concludes that the targets, objectives and contributions of the national plans or their updates are insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, for the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, it shall take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those objectives and targets. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union's 2030 target by Member States set out in the national plans and their updates.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1313 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate assessment of Member States' integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), and supported by other information sources, as appropriate, the Commission concludes that the Union is at risk of not meeting the objectives of the Energy Union and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, the targets of the Union's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, it mayshall issue recommendations to all Member States pursuant to Article 28 to mitigate such risk. The Commission shall, as appropriate, take measures at Union level in addition to the recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1326 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the linear Union trajectory referred to in Article 25(2)and every two years thereafter, that a Member State is not making sufficient progress to comply with its not collectively met, Member States shall ensure by the year 2024ational binding target, the Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission by the year 2024 and every two years thereafter an action plan ensuring that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1368 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making a financial contribution to athe financing platform set up at Union level pursuant to Article 11 a of this Regulation, contributing to renewable energy projects and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1380 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Such measures shall take into account the level of ambition of early contributions to the Union's 2030 targetcompliance with their national binding target and trajectory for renewable energy by the Member State concerned.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1398 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. If, in the area of energy efficiency, without prejudice to other measures at Union level pursuant to paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (3), in the year 2023 that progress towards collectively achieving the Union’s energy efficiency target mentioned national binding the first subparagraph of Article 25(3)argets is insufficient, it shall take measures by the year 2024 in addition to those set out in Directive 2010/31/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016) 765] and Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016) 761] to ensure that the Union's binding 2030 energy efficiency targets are met. Such additional measures may in particular improve the energy efficiency of:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1449 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point k b (new)
(kb) an overall assessment of the contribution of local authorities to the achievement of the targets and objectives of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1498 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 1 – point 1.3 – point iii
iii. Consultations with stakeholders, including social partners, and engagement of civil society and citizens
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1500 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1502 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1504 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1
2.1.1. GHG emissions and removals (for the plan covering the period from 2021 to 2030, the 2030 Framework target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy- wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990)1 __________________ 1. Consistency to be ensured with long-term low emission strategies pursuant to Article 14
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1505 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point i
i. The Member State's binding national 2030 target for greenhouse gas emissions in the non-ETS-sectors, the annual binding national limits2 and, the commitments under the LULUCF Rleguislation3 __________________ 2. Forthe plan covering the period from 2021 to 2030: Member State's binding and the national post-2030 target for greenhouse gas emissions in the non-ETS sectors and the annual binding limits as set under Regulation [ ] [ESR]. __________________ 3. Regulationenhancing removals by sinks going beyond the commitment of no net emissions in the LULUCF sector [ ] [LULUCF].
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1506 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point i a (new)
ia. The Member State’s national 2030 target and trajectories from 2021 onwards for enhancing removals from sinks
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1508 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point ii
ii. If applicable, oOther national objectives and targets consistent with existingthe Paris Agreement and the long-term low emission strategies leading to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within the Union by 2050 at the latest. If applicable, other objectives and targets, including sector targets and adaptation goals
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1511 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point i
i. The Member State's planned share ofbinding national target for energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 as its national contribution to achieve the binding EU-level target of at least 27% in 2030set out in Annex Ia (new)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1512 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point ii
ii. A linear trajectory for the overall share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030; as well as long-term strategy and trajectory for renewable energy produced and self- consumed by household consumers to facilitate consumer's small-scale renewable self-generation projects;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1513 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point ii a (new)
iia. The Member State’s interim targets based on a linear trajectory starting in 2022 and then every two years up to 2028
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1516 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point iii a (new)
iiia. The Member State's share of as well as trajectories and objectives for energy from renewable sources produced by cities, renewable energy communities and self-consumers in 2030 and renewable energy trajectories from 2021 to 2030 including expected total gross final energy consumption
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1518 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point vi a (new)
via. Other national objectives and targets consistent with the Paris Agreement and the long term emissions strategies
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1525 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point i
i. The indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union's bindingMember State's binding national target for energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and, Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity; and Annex XX (new), expressed in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards; including the underlying methodology and the conversion factors used
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1527 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point ii
ii. Cumulative amount of energy savings to be achieved over the period 2021-2030 and following periods up to 2050 under Article 7 on energy saving obligations of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761],
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1528 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iii
iii. Objectives for 2030 and 2040 for the long-term renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings (both public and private), with the aim of providing for the decarbonisation of the building stock by 2050 and delivering affordability for tenants and owners of the buildings including policies and actions to target the worst performing segments of the national building stock.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1533 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iv a (new)
iva. Share of energy efficiency measures (under Article 7a and 7b of the Energy Efficiency Directive) to be implemented as a priority in households affected by energy poverty and in social housing;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1537 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.3 – point ii
ii. National objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas), from third countries
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1539 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.3 – point iv
iv. National objectives with regard to deployment of domestic renewable energy sources (notably renewable energy), demand response and storage and the uptake of energy efficiency measures
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1548 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – point i a (new)
ia. Indicators on flexibility from generation, demand-side, storage, and interconnection, measured in terms of flexible capacity available (MW) and volumes valorised in the different markets (MWh)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1550 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – point i b (new)
ib. National objectives related to the deployment of smart grids and storage, the growth of demand response and smart self-consumption; objectives related to the advancement of aggregation
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1552 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – point i c (new)
ic. National objectives related to the non-discriminatory participation of renewable energy, demand response and storage, including via aggregation, in all energy markets
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1556 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – point ii a (new)
iia. National objectives with regard to ensuring consumer participation in the energy system and consumer outcome and benefits from new technologies, including smart meter. This shall include all residential, commercial and industrial consumers, and shall measure various indicators including self-generation and community projects, selling demand response in the markets, and access to smart meters, real-time price signals and user-friendly information to shift demand. These indicators shall be measured in terms of the number of consumers engaged, net revenue for consumers, the capacity of the consumer participation (MW) and the volumes shifted (MWh)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1559 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.4
2.4.4. Energy poverty National objectives with regard to energy poverty and vulnerable consumers, including a timeframe for when the objectives shall be met ould be met and a national action plan to achieve those objectives which could include providing benefits in social security systems to ensure the necessary energy supply to vulnerable customers or providing for support for energy efficiency improvements to address energy poverty where identified; for this purpose Member States shall: i. define the concept of vulnerable customers and energy poverty based on the EU indicators of low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of the building stock ii. continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and share this data in the European Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1562 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.5 – point ii
ii. If appropriate, national objectives including long-term targets (2050) for the deployment of low-carbon technologies ensuring a highly energy efficient and highly renewable-based system, including for decarbonising energy - and carbon- intensive industrial sectors and, if applicable, for related carbon transport and storage infrastructure
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1563 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1565 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – point i
i. Policies and measures to achieve the target set under Regulation [ ] [ESR] as referred to in 2.1.1 and policies and measures to comply with Regulation [ ] [LULUCF ], covering all key emitting sectors and sectors for the enhancement of removals, with an outlook to the long-term vision and goal to become a low-carbon economy with a 50 years perspectivenear-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy and achieving a balance between emissions and removals in accordance with the Paris Agreement
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1566 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – point i
i. Policies and measures to achieve the target set under Regulation [ ] [ESR] as referred to in 2.1.1 and policies and measures to comply with Regulation [ ] [LULUCF ] and the target for enhancing removals from sinks, covering all key emitting sectors and sectors for the enhancement of removals, including incentives to implement and support, including through result-based payment, actions relating to mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, cropland, grassland and wetland going beyond standard good practice and set baseline, with an outlook to the long-term vision and goal to become a low-carbon economy with a 50 years perspective and achieving a balance between emissions and removals in accordance with the Paris Agreement
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1568 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – point iii a (new)
iiia. Overview of the investments needed to achieve the target
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1570 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point i
i. Policies and measures to achieve the 2030 national contribution to the binding EU-level 2030binding target for renewable energy and trajectories as presented in 2.1.2 including sector - and technology-specific measures6 __________________ 6. When planning these measures, Member States shall take into account the end of life of existing installations and the potential for repowering.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1574 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iv
iv. Specific measures to introduce a one-stop-shop, streamline administrative procedures, provide information and training, and empower renewable self- consumers and energy communities. Expected impact in terms of triggered new renewable energy capacity
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1578 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iv a (new)
iva. Specific measures to confer the right to and encourage all consumers to become renewable self-consumers, individually and collectively, producing, storing, self-consuming and selling their renewable energy, and expected impact in terms of triggered new renewable energy capacity
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1579 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point vi a (new)
via. Overview of the investments needed to achieve the target
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1580 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iv b (new)
ivb. Specific measures to facilitate the growth of the purchase of energy from renewable sources by corporate customers in accordance with article 15.9 of Recast RES Directive
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1585 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.3 – point iv a (new)
iva. National policies and measures foreseen to phase out fossil fuel and its related subsidies
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1588 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
Planned policies, measures and programmes to achieve the indicative national energy efficiency target for 2030 as well as other objectives presented in 2.2, including planned measures and instruments (also of financial nature) to promote the energy performance of buildings, in particular as regards the following:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1593 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point iii a (new)
iiia. Description of measures to promote energy savings in households affected by energy poverty, in social housing as well as for tenants
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1595 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point iv
iv. Other planned policies, measures and programmes to achieve the indicative national energy efficiency target for 2030 as well as other objectives presented in 2.2 (for example measures to promote the exemplary role of public buildings and energy-efficient public procurement, measures to promote energy audits and energy management systems9, consumer information and training measures10, and other measures to promote energy efficiency)11 __________________ 9 In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU. 10 In accordance with Articles 12 and 17 of Directive 2012/27/EU 11 In accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2012/27/EU.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1597 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point vii a (new)
viia. Overview of the investments needed to achieve the target
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1609 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – point 3.4.3 – point ii
ii. Measures to increase the flexibility of the energy system with regard to renewable energy production, including the roll-out of intraday market coupling and cross- border balancing markets, adjustment of product definitions, equal treatment for all market actors, and the removal of barriers to aggregation
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1611 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – point 3.4.3 – point ii a (new)
iia. Measures to ensure the non- discriminatory participation of renewable energy, demand response and storage, including via aggregation, in all energy markets
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1613 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – point 3.4.3 – point iii
iii. Measures to ensure priority access and dispatch of electricity produced from renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration and prevent the curtailment or re-dispatch of this electricity18 __________________ 18In accordance with [recast of Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864 and recast of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 as proposed by COM(2016) 861]related to the adaptation of system operation rules and practices to enhance system flexibility; measures related to the use of dispatching rules which serve the achievement of the national renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; measures related to the use of rules which minimise and compensate renewable energy re-dispatching and curtailment; measures to advance aggregation
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1615 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – point 3.4.3 – point iii a (new)
iiia. Measures for the deployment of smart grids and storage, the growth of demand response and smart self- consumption
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1617 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – point 3.4.3 – point iv a (new)
iva. Measures related to the adjustment of charges for access to and use of the network, to support the uptake of storage, self-generation, self-consumption, demand response, including through aggregation
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1625 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.5 a (new)
3.5a. Energy Efficiency First Principle Description of how the dimensions and the policies and measures are taking into account the Energy Efficiency First Principle
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1630 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 4 – point 4.4 – point i
i. Current energy mix, domestic energy resources, including demand response, import dependency, including relevant risks
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1632 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 4 – point 4.4 – point ii
ii. Projections of development with existing policies and measures at least until 2040 (including for the year 2030) while fully taking into account the achievement of the 2020 and 2030 energy efficiency and renewable energy targets
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1636 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 4 – point 4.6 a (new)
4.6a. Energy Efficiency First Principle Description of how the dimensions and the policies and measures are taking into account the Energy Efficiency First Principle
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1638 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.1
5.1. Impacts of planned policies and measur, measures and investment strategies described in section 3 on energy system and greenhouse gas emissions and removals including comparison to projections with existing policies and measures (as described in section 4).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1640 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.1 – point ii
ii. Assessment of policy interactions (between existing and planned policies and measures within a policy dimension and between existing and planned policies and measures of different dimensions) at least until the last year of the period covered by the plan, in particular to establish a robust understanding of the impact of energy efficiency / energy savings policies on the sizing of the energy system and to reduce the risk of stranded investments in energy supply
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1647 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.2.1 (new)
5.2.1. Consumer, competitiveness and economic impacts i. Expected trends in long term consumer energy prices and/or energy costs ii. Energy poverty impacts and related policy measures iii. Trade impacts, industrial competitiveness iv. Relevant industrial strategies or restructuring plans v. Assessment of distributive impact of the costs and benefits of support schemes for renewables and of network costs
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1649 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.2.2 (new)
5.2.2. Social impacts and the ‘just transition’ i. Employment implications of strategy (sectors likely to grow or contract) ii. Development of alternative industries, regional development, state aid implications, educational and skills aspects (retraining etc.)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1651 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.2.3 (new)
5.2.3. Health and wellbeing i. Implications for air quality and related health effects ii. Other health and wellbeing impacts (e.g. water, noise or other pollution, walking and cycling expansion, commuting or other transport changes etc.)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1653 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.2.4 (new)
5.2.4. Environmental impacts i. Details of any strategic environmental assessment or environmental impact assessments related to the strategy or national plans ii. Water-related aspects e.g. water demand or extraction (taking account of potential future climate change), impacts on water or marine habitats of hydro or tidal power etc. iii. Environmental (and climate) impacts of any increased mobilisation of bioenergy use (crop-based biofuels, forest biomass etc.) and relationship to strategy for removals in the land use sector
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1655 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1658 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 a (new)
OUTLINE STRUCTURE FOR NATIONAL LONG TERM ENERGY AND CLIMATE STRATEGIES 1. FOREWORD AND/OR INTRODUCTION 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3. CONTEXT AND PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE STRATEGY 3.1. Legal and procedural context a. National, EU and international policy context for the long term strategy (latest climate science and UNFCCC context, international and EU targets, coordination with existing national or EU strategies and plans, details of any devolved regional powers etc.) b. Legal and procedural context (national climate law if any, other relevant laws on climate or energy security and resilience, legal status of strategy, process for its development and updating, any underlying principles etc.) c. Administrative structures involved in development and implementation of the strategy (Ministries, public bodies or agencies and their responsibilities) d. Independent oversight and advice (details of any independent national advisory or review bodies) e. References to any climate change adaptation and/or sustainable development strategies or plans. 3.2. Public and stakeholder engagement a. Involvement of the national Parliament b. Involvement of local and regional authorities and city regions c. Public engagement d. Engagement of other stakeholders (for example in participative processes) including businesses, trades unions, civil society, investors and other relevant stakeholders e. Consultations with the European Commission, European Parliament or other EU bodies 3.3. Regional cooperation in development of the strategy a. Consultations with other Member States and any third countries b. Aspects of the strategy subject to joint or coordinated planning with other Member States c. Explanation of how regional cooperation has been taken into account in developing the strategy 4. NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS FOR THE THREE PILLARS OF THE ENERGY UNION 4.1. Climate change / GHG emission reduction objectives and targets a. 2030 GHG target for non-traded sector (under the ESR) b. Implications of the EU ETS and any existing national carbon pricing measures for national emissions in the traded sector c. 2030 or longer term national targets or goals for renewable energy and energy efficiency d. Any national 2050 GHG target, contribution or ambition range e. Any other (e.g. shorter or longer term) GHG emissions reduction or carbon intensity objectives f. Any targets (short or long term) for the LULUCF sector, including removals /carbon sequestration g. Any national provisions on emissions trajectories from 2030 to 2050 and beyond, including intermediate targets, reduction factors or carbon budgeting approaches h. Any national objectives on an overall maximum carbon budget Objectives of relevant research and innovation strategies 4.2. Energy security and resilience objectives and targets a. EU and national objectives or targets related to energy security and resilience (e.g. targets relating to interruption to supplies of electricity or other energy sources, targets relating to proxy indicators for future interruptions such as capacity margins, levels of redundancy etc.) b. Objectives for drivers of energy security and resilience, on the supply and demand sides (e.g. targets for demand reduction through energy efficiency or for flexibility of energy demand (i.e. demand side response), targets for reliability of supply (taking account of diversity, import dependency, readiness to cope with emergencies, market functioning, interconnection levels etc.) 4.3. Socio-economic objectives and targets a. Objectives on affordability, energy poverty, consumer prices etc. b. Objectives on competitiveness, employment and job creation etc. c. Other social or environmental objectives relevant to energy and climate change policy 5. CLIMATE / DECARBONISATION STRATEGY 5.1. Overview a. References to any system-level modelling or analysis drawn on in developing the strategy b. Common themes or principles (electrification, demand reduction etc.) c. Interactions (e.g. synergies and trade-offs) between different sectors (e.g. between electrification of transport and demand side response, use of industrial waste heat in buildings etc.) 5.2. Power a. Current and likely future demand, by source, and expected extent or role of demand side response / flexibility b. Current and likely future supply capacity, including centralised and distributed storage, by technology c. Intended or likely future emissions trajectory or range; any sectoral targets or objectives d. Any planned retirement or phase out plans for fossil plant e. Intended or projected deployment trajectories for renewable energy technologies f. Potential future policy approaches or strategies and relationship to ETS g. Implications for grid development, electricity storage, links to other issues such as heat storage, electric vehicles etc. h. Research and innovation needs and/or strategies, scope for EU support or joint action i. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.3. Buildings (Member States should ensure consistency here with their long- term renovation strategy required under Article 2a of the revised EPBD) a. Current energy demand in buildings, differentiated by building category, including commercial, residential and public buildings b. Current energy supply sources c. Potential for energy demand reduction through renovation of existing buildings and related societal, economic and environmental benefits d. Policy approaches to stimulate renovation of the existing building stock, including on how to target the worst performing buildings first. e. Quantification of investment requirements for renovation, identification of existing funding sources and possible new funding mechanisms. f. Existing and potential future options or policy approaches to increase penetration of renewable energy and energy storage technologies, and links to other issues (grid issues, heat storage, transport etc.) g. Research and innovation needs and/or strategies, scope for EU support or joint action i. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.4. Industry a. Emissions by sector and sources of energy supply b. Potential decarbonisation options or policy approaches and any existing targets, plans or strategies, including energy efficiency, electrification using renewable energy sources, CCS, bioenergy etc. c. International aspects e.g. global sectoral strategies d. Research and innovation needs and/or strategies, scope for EU support or joint action e. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.5. Transport a. Current emissions and energy sources by transport type (e.g. cars and vans, heavy duty road transport, shipping, aviation, rail) b. Current and future decarbonisation options or policy approaches e.g. demand reduction (through town planning and increased public transport, cycling or walking) and other approaches (CO2 differentiated road charging, electrification, synthetic fuels such as hydrogen produced using renewable electricity, biofuels etc.) c. Linkages with other sectors and issues e.g. grid reinforcement, demand side response etc. d. International aviation and shipping e. Research and innovation needs and/or strategies, scope for EU support or joint action f. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.6. Agriculture a. Current emissions by source b. Potential emissions reduction options and policy approaches c. Links to agricultural and rural development policies d. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.7. LULUCF a. Scope for and timing of potential emissions removals through forest restoration, reforestation, increases in soil carbon etc. b. Potential policy options or approaches c. Research and innovation needs and/or strategies, scope for EU support or joint action d. Implications for National Energy and Climate Plan (i.e. for nearer term action) 5.8. Cross-cutting issues a. Grids (electricity, gas, heat) b. Spatial / geographical considerations c. Other infrastructure issues 6. ENERGY SECURITY AND RESILIENCE 6.1. Current situation a. Historical and current performance in terms of ability of system to balance supply and demand, current market functioning etc. b. Demand side (energy demand by fuel or vector, by sector, extent of demand flexibility by sector) c. Supply side (supply capacity and reliability of supply), 6.2. Future strategy a. Demand side strategy (e.g. infrastructure or other policy and market changes to increase demand flexibility) b. Supply side strategy (e.g. infrastructure required for a shift to a 100% renewable energy system, market reforms or other likely changes) c. Research and innovation needs or implications 7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY SECURITY AND RESILIENCE STRATEGY 7.1. Consumer, competitiveness and economic impacts a. Expected trends in long term consumer energy prices and/or energy costs b. Energy poverty impacts and related policy measures, including energy efficiency c. Trade impacts, industrial energy efficiency and competitiveness d. Relevant industrial strategies or restructuring plans 7.2. Social impacts and the 'just transition' a. Employment implications of strategy (sectors likely to grow or contract) b. Development of alternative industries, regional development, state aid implications etc. c. Educational and skills aspects (retraining etc.) 7.3. Health and wellbeing a. Implications for air quality and related health effects b. Other health and wellbeing impacts (e.g. water, noise or other pollution, walking and cycling expansion, commuting or other transport changes etc.) 7.4. Broader environmental impacts a. Details of any strategic environmental assessment or environmental impact assessments related to the strategy or national plans b. Water-related aspects e.g. water demand or extraction (taking account of potential future climate change), impacts on water or marine habitats of hydro or tidal power etc. c. Environmental (including climate) impacts of any bioenergy use (crop-based biofuels, forest biomass etc.) and relationship to strategy for removals in the land use sector d. Any other environmental issues 8. FINANCING 8.1. Financial priorities and guiding investment 8.2. Public finance issues a. High level budgetary implications b. Taxation c. Investment d. Any relevant laws or climate finance tracking systems 8.3. Private investment a. Any capital raising plans b. Other measures to ensure investor certainty 9. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REVIEW 9.1. Monitoring and evaluation a. Details of how implementation of the strategy will be monitored and evaluated at national level, and any links to MRV b. Information on national reporting processes (timetable, content of reports, responsibility for production, audiences (e.g. parliament, EU institutions) etc.) c. Details of any independent statutory bodies established to provide evidence-based independent advice and to assess progress made 9.2. Review / revision a. Process for review and revisions to the strategy b. Consistency with EU processes and UNFCCC 5-yearly review c. Details of any 'ratchet' mechanism (i.e. mechanism for ensuring targets can only be raised, not lowered) 10. ANNEXES (AS NECESSARY) 10.1. Supporting analysis a. Details of any 2050 modelling (including assumptions) and/or other quantitative analysis, indicators etc. b. Data tables or other technical annexes 10.2. Other sources a. References to external research or analysis b. Detailed outputs from participative exercises, consultations etc.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1662 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex Ia Opportunity-based macro-regional partnerships: 1. Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden 2. Central and South-Eastern Europe Connectivity (CESEC): Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia 3. Central-West Regional Energy Market (CWREM): Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain 4. Euro-Mediterranean partnership (Euromed): Croatia, Cyprus, France, Italy, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain 5. Northern Seas Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 9 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Articles 2(7)(a) and 2(7)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 stipulate the basis on which normal value should be determined in the case of imports from non-market economy countries. In view of developments with respect to certain countries that are Mmembers of the WTO, it is appropriate that, for those countries, normal value should be determined on the basis of paragraphs 1 to 6a of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, with effect from the date on which this Regulation enters into force, and subject to the provisions of this Regulation. In the case of countries which are, at the date of initiation, not Members of the WTO and listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2015/7552 , norma1 value should be determined on the basis of paragraph 7 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, as amended by this Regulation. This Regulation should be without prejudice to establishing whether or not any WTO Member is a market economy. Furthermore, it should be without prejudice to the terms and conditions set out in protocols and other instruments in accordance with which countries have acceded to the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation. _________________ 2 Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 33).
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to clarify the circumstances in which significant distortions affecting to a considerable extent free market forces may be deemed to exist. In particular, it is appropriate to clarify that this situation may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials, are not the result of free market forces because they are affected by government intervention. It is further appropriate to clarify that in considering whether or not such a situation exists regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives. It is further appropriate to provide that the Commission services may issue a report describing the specific situation concerning these criteria in a certain country or a certain sector; that such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector; and that interested parties should have ample opportunity to comment on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. and other factors of production, are not the result of free market forces because they are affected by government intervention, or when there is a situation of overcapacities 1a. It is further appropriate to clarify that in considering whether or not such a situation exists regard should be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: government influence over the allocation of resources and decisions of enterprises, whether directly or indirectly (e.g. public bodies), for example through the use of state-fixed prices, or discrimination in the tax, trade or currency regimes; state- induced distortions in the operation of enterprises linked to privatisation and the use of non-market trading or compensation system; the lack of a transparent and non-discriminatory company law which ensures adequate corporate governance (application of international accounting standards, protection of shareholders, public availability of accurate company information); the lack of a transparent and effective set of laws that prevents the respect of property rights and the operation of a functioning bankruptcy regime; the lack of a genuine financial sector which operates independently from the state and which in law and practice is subject to sufficient guarantee provisions and adequate supervision; wage rates are not the result of free bargaining between labour and management; the absence of a transparent set of laws produces discriminatory effects with regards to joint-ventures and other foreign investments and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives; the lack of ratification and of correct implementation of core International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions and of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) to which the Union is party; the non- compliance with the relevant OECD recommendations pertaining to the field of taxation (e.g. the BEPS initiative); and any other circumstance the Commission considers appropriate in order to evaluate the existence of significant distortions. For indicative purposes, a detailed list of the examples of significant distortions is available in the Annex. That list should be updated after each case. The existence of one or more significant distortions in the economy as a whole or in one or several sectors of the economy of the exporting country should lead automatically to the use of undistorted third country, international or Union prices, costs or benchmarks for each and every factor of production in the construction of the normal value, as well as to the disapplication of the lesser-duty rule for the calculation of the anti-dumping duty to be imposed on imports from exporting producers from that country. In the absence of undistorted third country or international costs or benchmarks, the Commission should determine the normal value on any other reasonable basis, including on the basis of relevant prices and costs in the Union. This is especially the case where a significant portion of the complaining industry is made up of SMEs. The reliability of the costs and prices of a given factor of production to be considered undistorted should be assessed, inter alia, by reference to the quantities involved, their proportion in relation to the total costs of that factor, and actual use in production. Under this methodology, the burden of proving the absence of significant distortions on every factors of production falls on the exporting country's producers. If an exporting producer from a country where one of more significant distortions exist conclusively demonstrates at an early stage of the investigation that the costs of one or more of its factors of production are not distorted, those individual factors of production costs should be used in the construction of the normal value, without prejudice to the use of undistorted third country, Union or international prices, costs or benchmarks for those individual factors of production that are significantly distorted. It is further appropriate to provide that the Commission services should, at their own initiative or on the request of the European Parliament, of a Member State or of the Union industry (including Trade Unions and SMEs), issue a report describing the specific situation concerning these criteria in a certain country (departing from horizontal country distortions and then focussing on factors of production and sector distortions) or a certain sector; for those countries for which a substantial number of anti-dumping cases have been recorded, the report should be completed three months before the entry into force of this Regulation and adopted fifteen days within its entry into force. Union industry, including Trade Unions and SMEs, should be consulted during the report drafting process. When drafting a report, the Commission shall coordinate with the Union's major trading partners. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector; interested parties should have ample opportunity to comment on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. In accordance with its role, the European Parliament is to monitor the report drafting process. On the request of the European Parliament, of a Member State, of the Union industry (including Trade Unions and SMEs) or in the case of a change of circumstances in a specific country or sector, the Commission should adopt a specific report or update an existing one. In any event, the Commission should carry out a review of the report every two and a half years. _________________ 1a Overcapacities are defined when the commercial surpluses start being structural without any comparative advantage in the country, when domestic prices and costs are lower than the prices in the world market or when investments in new production capacities are realised in discordance with a growing commercial surplus
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
Having regard to the resolution on China’s Market Economy Status adopted in the European Parliament on 12 May 2016,
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Articles 2(7)(a) and 2(7)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 stipulate the basis on which normal value should be determined in the case of imports from non-market economy countries. In view of developments with respect to certain countries that are Members of the WTO, it is appropriate that, for those countries, normal value should be determined on the basis of paragraphs 1 to 6a of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, with effect from the date on which this Regulation enters into force, and subject to the provisions of this Regulation. In the case of countries which are, at the date of initiation, not Members of the WTO or members of WTO but not market economies and listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2015/7552 , norma1 value should be determined on the basis of paragraph 7 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, as amended by this Regulation. This Regulation should be without prejudice to establishing whether or not any WTO Member is a market economy in order to establish a level playing field with the EU market. _________________ 2 Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 33).
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) It is appropriate to recall that in order to have effective anti-dumping measures that the Lesser Duty Rule unjustly reduces the anti-dumping duties at a level below the dumping margin. Asks in this purpose the removal of the Lesser Duty rule as proposed by the European Parliament in its position adopted at first reading on 16 April 2014 on TDIs modernization. Welcomes the proposal of accelerating the proceedings but maintains that provisional duties shall be maintained. Insists that the EU should impose stiffer duties on dumped or subsidised imported goods or put in place a border adjustment mechanism if the exporting third country that does not have a sufficient level of social standards like fundamental worker rights including freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike or neither the same environmental standards such as REACH or ETS models assessed on the basis of environmental and labour rights conventions compared to what it is designed within the European Union.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to clarify the circumstances in which significant distortions affecting to a considerable extent free market forcosts or prices may be deemed to exist. In particular, it is appropriate to clarify that this situation may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials or energy, are not the result of free market forces because they are affected by government intervention. It is further appropriate to clarify that in considering whether or not such a situation exists regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, decision, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectivesdistortion in the operation of the privatised economy; lack of implementation of company law with adequate corporate governance rules; lack of effective legal framework for the conduct of business and non-proper functioning of a free- market economy including intellectual property rights or bankruptcy laws; access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives; lack of existence of a genuine financial sector and low social and environmental standards leading to unfair competition. It is further appropriate to provide that the Commission services mayshall issue a report describing the specific situation concerning these criteria in a certain country or a certain sector in taking into consideration the specific situation of European industries where their fixed cost linked to investment represent more than 5% of the turnover in the market economy; that such report and the evidence on which it is based mayshall be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector; and that interested parties should have ample opportunity to comment on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is further appropriate to recall that costs should normally be calculated on the basis of records kept by the exporter or producer under investigation. However, where there are one or more significant distortions in the exporting country with the consequence that costs reflected in the records of the party concerned are artificially low, such costs may be adjusted orshould be established on any reasonable basis, including information from other representative markets or from, from markets in the Union or from undistorted international prices or benchmarks. In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to further clarify that, for the purposes of applying the provisions introduced by this regulation, due account should be taken of all relevant evidence, including relevant assessment reports regarding the circumstances prevailing on the domestic market of the exporting producers and the evidence on which they are based, which has been placed on the file, and upon which interested parties have had an opportunity to comment. In applying the rules, it is essential, in order to maintain the balance of the rights and obligations which the WTO and its Agreements and Protocols establish, that the Union take account of how they are interpreted, and applied by the Union's trading partners.
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is further appropriate to recall that costs should normally be calculated on the basis of records kept by the exporter or producer under investigation. However, where there are significant distortions in the exporting country with the consequence that costs reflected in the records of the party concerned are artificially low, such costs may be adjusted or established on any reasonable basis, including information from other representative markets or from international prices or benchmarks. In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to further clarify that, for the purposes of applying the provisions introduced by this regulation, due account should be taken of all relevant evidence, including relevant assessment reports regarding the circumstances prevailing on the domestic market of the exporting producers and the evidence on which they are based, which has been placed on the file, and upon which interested parties have had an opportunity to comment. It is especially the case in the absence of equivalent environmental and social standards or when overcapacities have an important impact on prices and costs. Overcapacities are defined when the commercial surpluses start being structural without any comparative advantage in the country, when domestic prices and export prices are lower than the prices on the world market or when investments in new production capacities are realised in discordance with a growing commercial surplus. Notes that trade unions can provide a specific insight in terms of health and safety conditions as well as environmental and social standards.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) It is appropriate to remind to European Institutions to coordinate with their major trading partners through multilateral or bilateral actions before and during investigations. In this regards, a comparative follow-up on the anti- dumping calculation with our major trading partners shall be exercised by the European Commission and the results is communicated to the stakeholders. To this purpose, the dedicated staff of the European Commission must increase.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 6a - point a
(a) In case it is determined, when applying this provision or any other relevant provision of this Regulation, that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the exporting country due to the existence of significant distortions, the normal value shall be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks. For this purpose, the sources that may be used include undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, or corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative country with a similar level of economic development as the exporting country, provided the relevant cost data are readily available. Indirect environmental costs such as CO2 emissions shall be taken into account and estimated as a rate of the total cost for the same amount in Europe; in case of no cooperation from the exporting country, the maximal cost will be applied. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point a
(a) In case it is determined, when applying this provision or any other relevant provision of this Regulation, that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the exporting country due to the existence of one or more significant distortions in the economy or in one or several sectors of the economy, the normal value shall be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks. For this purpose, the sources that may be used include undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, or corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative country with a similar level of economic development as the exporting country, provided the relevant cost data are readily available. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits. for each and every factor of production, and the lesser-duty rule shall not apply for the calculation of the anti-dumping duties to be imposed on imports from the exporting producers from that country. For this purpose, the sources that may be used include: – corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative producer country where the prices and costs concerned by the investigation are the result of free market forces, including those in the Union or – if considered inappropriate by the Commission, undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, provided the relevant cost data are readily available. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits. In the absence of undistorted international or third country costs or benchmarks, the Commission shall determine the normal value on any other reasonable basis, including on the basis of relevant prices or costs in the Union. This is especially the case where a significant portion of the complaining Union industry is made up of SMEs. The reliability of the costs and prices of a given factor of production to be considered undistorted shall be assessed, inter alia, by reference to the quantities involved, their proportion in relation to the total costs of that factor, and actual use in production. Under this methodology, the burden of proving the absence of significant distortions on every factors of production falls on the exporting country's producers. If an exporting producer from a country where one or more significant distortions exist conclusively demonstrates that the costs of one or more of its individual factors of production are not distorted, those individual factors of production costs should be used in the construction of the normal value, without prejudice to the use of undistorted third country, Union or international prices, costs of benchmarks for those individual factors of production that are significantly distorted.
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 6a - point b
(b) Significant distortions for the product concerned within the meaning of point (a) may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials and energy, are not the result of free market forces as they are affected by government intervention or as they are the result of social and environmental dumping. In considering whether or not significant distortions exist regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, decision, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; market share beyond 40% of the sector world market is held by the industry of the exporting country which could be a sign of abuse of a dominant position; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives; distortion in the operation of the privatised economy; lack of implementation of company law with adequate corporate governance rules; lack of effective legal framework for the conduct of business and non-proper functioning of a free-market economy including intellectual property rights or bankruptcy laws; lack of existence of a genuine financial sector by devaluation of the national currency and low social and environmental standards leading to unfair competition.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 6 a - point b a (new)
(ba) Significant distortions for the product concerned within the meaning of point (a) shall be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs are the result of overcapacities in the sense that the price or the cost of the product are not the result of free market forces as they are affected by levels of overproductions which reduce the impact of fixed costs.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 6 a - point b b (new)
(bb) Insists that the EU should impose stiffer duties on dumped or subsidised imported goods or put in place a border adjustment mechanism if the exporting third country which does not have a sufficient level of social and environmental standards assessed on the basis of environmental and labour rights conventions compared to what it is designed within the European Union.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 68 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point c
(c) When appropriate, the Commission services mayshall issue a reportpublic report every year describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in point (b) in a certain country or a certain sector. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties such as trade unions and SMEs shall have ample opportunity to supplement, comment or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations made shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file. Insists that trade unions and SMEs should have the possibility to submit anti- dumping complaints.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point d
(d) The Union industry and trade unions may rely on the report referred to in point (c) for the calculation of normal value when filing a complaint in accordance with Article 5 or a request for a review in accordance with Article 11. Insists on the fact that the European Union should do more to help trade unions and firms to take advantages of EU measures to combat dumping, in that sense, trade unions and SMEs should be accompanied by a Help Desk for filing complaints and providing guidance in investigation proceedings. The desk could even help them to put together the initial evidence of economic injury needed to justify launching an anti-dumping investigation.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point e
(e) The parties including trade unions and SMEs to the investigation shall be informed shortly after initiation about the relevant sources that the Commission intends to use for the purpose of point (a) and shall be given 10 days to comment. For this purpose, interested parties shall be given access to the file, including any evidence on which the investigating authority relies, without prejudice to Article 19.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point c
(c) When appropriateAt their initiative or on the request of the European Parliament, of a Member State of or the Union industry (including Trade Unions and SMEs), the Commission services mayshall issue a report describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in point (b) in a certain country or a certain sector. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties shall have ample opportunity to supplement, comment or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations made shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file. (departing from the horizontal country distortions and then focussing on factors of production distortions and sector distortions) or a certain sector. For those countries for which a substantial number of anti-dumping cases have been opened, the report shall be completed three months before the entry into force of this Regulation and adopted fifteen days within its entry into force. The Union industry, including Trade Unions and SMEs, shall be consulted during the report drafting process. When drafting a report, the Commission shall coordinate with the Union's major trading partners. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties shall have ample opportunity to supplement, comment or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations made shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file. In accordance with its role, the European Parliament shall monitor the report drafting process. On the request of the European Parliament, of a Member State, of Union industry - including Trade Unions and SMEs - or on the Commission's own initiative when the circumstances in a specific country or sector have changed, the Commission shall adopt a specific report or update an existing one. In any event, the Commission shall carry out a review of the report every two and a half years.
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 7
In the case of imports from countries which arenon-market economy countries which are members of WTO or which, at the date of initiation, are not members of the WTO and listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2015/755, normal value shall be determined on the basis of the price or constructed value in a market economy third country, or the price from such a third country to other countries, including the Union, or where those are not possible, on any other reasonable basis, including the price actually paid or payable in the Union for the like product, duly adjusted if necessary to include a reasonable profit margin.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1037
Article 10 - paragraph 7
The Commission shall also offer consultations to the country of origin and/or export concerned with regard to other subsidies identified in the course of the investigation. In these situations, the Commission shall send to the country of origin and/or export a summary of the main elements concerning other subsidies, in particular those referred to in point (c) of paragraph 2 of this article. If the additional subsidies are not covered by the notice of initiation, the notice of initiation shall be amended and the amended version be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting all interested parties to comment. The Commission shall also take into account the lack of cooperation of the country of origin and/or export during the investigation.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point d
(d) The Union industry may rely on the report referred to in point (c) for the calculation of normal value when filing a complaint in accordance with Article 5 or a request for a review in accordance with Article 11 or in a request for reinvestigation in accordance with Article 12. When the conclusions of the report show the existence of one or more significant distortions, the report pursuant to the paragraph 6 (b) shall constitute sufficient evidence in order to justify the calculation of the normal value pursuant to the methodology referred to in subparagraph (a). In any event, no additional burdens shall be requested from the Union industry. In the absence of a report, the Commission shall use any available information or data to establish the existence of significant distortions and use the methodology referred to in subparagraph (a) if the relevant requirements are met. A helpdesk and special mechanisms (e.g.: free legal advice, explicit user-friendly guidelines, especially regarding confidentiality rules) are put in place in order to help SMEs in the process of making use of the reports and filing complaints.
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point e
(e) The parties to the investigation shall be informed shortly after initiation about the relevant sources that the Commission intends to use for the purpose of point (a) and shall be given 10 working days to comment. For this purpose, interested parties shall be given access to the file, including any evidence on which the investigating authority relies, without prejudice to Article 19. A disclosure regarding the methodology to be used shall be communicated to the parties no later than three months from initiation of the investigation.
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 115 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point e a (new)
(ea) During the investigations phase, in case of less than full cooperation by an exporting producer from a country in which one or more significant distortions are deemed to exist, and without prejudice to the application of Article 18, the lesser- duty rule shall not apply for the determination of the anti-dumping duties to be imposed on imports from that exporting producer
2017/05/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. The Commission should investigate all possible measures to prevent the illegal use of copyright protected visual and audio-visual content for commercial purposes, through for example embedding or framing techniques. In addition, this Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) New technologies enable the automated computational analysis of information in digital form, such as text, sounds, images or data, generally known as text and data mining. Those technologies allow researchers to process large amounts of information to gain new knowledge and discover new trends. Whilst text and data mining technologies are prevalent across the digital economy, there is widespread acknowledgment that text and data mining can in particular benefit the research community and in so doing encourage innovation, growth and jobs. However, in the Union, research organisations such as universities and research institutes are confronted with legal uncertainty as to the extent to which they can perform text and data mining of content. In certain instances, text and data mining may involve acts protected by copyright and/or by the sui generis database right, notably the reproduction of works or other subject- matter and/or the extraction of contents from a database. Where there is no exception or limitation which applies, an authorisation to undertake such acts would be required from rightholders. Text and data mining may also be carried out in relation to mere facts or data which are not protected by copyright and in such instances no authorisation would be required.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Union law already provides certain exceptions and limitations covering uses for scientific research purposes which may apply to acts of text and data mining. However, those exceptions and limitations are optional and not fully adapted to the use of technologies in scientific research. Moreover, where researchusers have lawful access to content, for example through subscriptions to publications or open access licences, the terms of the licences may exclude text and data mining. As research is increasingly carried out with the assistance of digital technology, there is a risk that the Union's competitive position as a research area will suffer unless steps are taken to address the legal uncertainty for text and data mining.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Union law should take into consideration that text and data mining has the huge potential to be used in both formal and informal research settings and should recognise the potential of text and data mining to stimulate significant innovation, growth and jobs.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) This legal uncertainty should be addressed by providing for a mandatory exception to the right of reproduction and also to the right to prevent extraction from a database. The new exception should be without prejudice to the existing mandatory exception on temporary acts of reproduction laid down in Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/29, which should continue to apply to text and data mining techniques which do not involve the making of copies going beyond the scope of that exception. Research organisations should also benefit from the exception when they engage into public-private partnerships.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) There is no need to provide for compensation for rightholders as regards uses under the text and data mining exception introduced by this Directive given that in view of the nature and scope of the exception the harm should be minimal. It should be noted that a license is still required to access research for text and data mining and any further compensation for rightsholders is unnecessary.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Article 5(3)(a) of Directive 2001/29/EC allows Member States to introduce an exception or limitation to the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and making available to the public for the sole purpose of, among others, illustration for teaching. In addition, Articles 6(2)(b) and 9(b) of Directive 96/9/EC permit the use of a database and the extraction or re-utilization of a substantial part of its contents for the purpose of illustration for teaching. TAlongside uneven application in Member States, the scope of those exceptions or limitations as they apply to digital uses is unclear. In addition, there is a lack of clarity as to whether those exceptions or limitations would apply where teaching is provided online and thereby at a distance. Moreover, the existing framework does not provide for a cross-border effect. This situation may hamper the development of digitally- supported teaching activities and distance learning. Therefore, the introduction of a new mandatory exception or limitation is necessary to ensure that educational establishments benefit from full legal certainty when using works or other subject-matter in digitall teaching activities, including online and across borders.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) While distance learning and cross- border education programmes are mostly developed at higher education level, digital tools and resources are increasingly used at all education levels, in particular to improve and enrich the learning experience. The exception or limitation provided for in this Directive should therefore benefit all educational establishments in primary, secondary, vocational and higher educa, higher education, formal and non-formal educational settings, especially libraries and other cultural heritage institutions, to the extent they pursue their educational activity for a non- commercial purpose. The organisational structure and the means of funding of an educational establishment are not the decisive factors to determine the non- commercial nature of the activity.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The exception or limitation should cover digitall uses of works and other subject- matter such as the use of parts or extracts of works to support, enrich or complement the teaching, including the related learning activities. The use of the works or other subject-matter under the exception or limitation should be only in the context of teaching and learning activities carried out under the responsibility of educational establishments, in both formal and non- formal educational settings, especially libraries and other cultural heritage institutions, including during examinations, and be limited to what is necessary for the purpose of such activities. The exception or limitation should cover both uses through digital means in the classroom and online uses through the educational establishment's secure electronic network, the access to which should be protected, notably by authentication procedures. The exception or limitation should be understood as covering the specific accessibility needs of persons with a disability in the context of illustration for teaching. Compensation mechanisms should be only used in cases where there is unreasonable prejudice to the rightholders.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 48 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) An act of preservation may require a reproduction of a work or other subject- matter in the collection of a cultural heritage institution and consequently the authorisation of the relevant rightholders. Cultural heritage institutions, research organisations and educational establishments, both formal and non- formal, are engaged in the preservation of their collections for future generations. Digital technologies offer new ways to preserve the heritage contained in those collections but they also create new challenges. In view of these new challenges, it is necessary to adapt the current legal framework by providing a mandatory exception to the right of reproduction in order to allow those acts of preservation.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Different approaches in the Member States for acts of preservation by cultural heritage institutions hamper cross- border cooperation and the sharing of means of preservation by cultural heritage institutions in the internal market, leading to an inefficient use of resources. Member States should facilitate the cross-border sharing of best-practice, new technologies and preservation techniques.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Member States should therefore be required to provide for an exception to permit cultural heritage institutions, research organisations and educational establishments, both formal and non- formal, to reproduce works and other subject-matter permanently in their collections for preservation purposes, for example to address technological obsolescence or the degradation of original supports. Such an exception should allow for the making of copies by the appropriate preservation tool, means or technology, in the required number and at any point in the life of a work or other subject-matter to the extent required in order to produce a copy for preservation purposes only.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) For the purposes of this Directive, works and other subject-matter should be considered to be permanently in the collection of a cultural heritage institution when copies are owned, held on long-term loan or permanently held by the cultural heritage institution, for example as a result of aresearch organisations and educational establishments, both formal and non-formal, including transfer of ownership or licence agreements.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Member States should, within the framework provided for in this Directive, have flexibility in choosing the specific type of mechanism allowing for licences for out-of-commerce works to extend to the rights of rightholders that are noteither not represented or not adequately represented by the collective management organisation, in accordance to their legal traditions, practices or circumstances. Such mechanisms can include extended collective licensing and presumptions of representation.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Considering the variety of works and other subject-matter in the collections of cultural heritage institutions, it is important that the licensing mechanisms introduced by this Directive are available and can be used in practice for different types of works and other subject-matter, including photographs, sound recordings and audiovisual works. In order to reflect the specificities of different categories of works and other subject-matter as regards modes of publication and distribution and to facilitate the usability of those mechanisms, specific requirements and procedures may have to be established by Member States for the practical application of those licensing mechanisms. It is appropriate that Member States consult rightholders, cultural institutions, users and collective management organisations when doing so.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 a (new)
(33 a) The rights for press publishers should apply without prejudice to the rights of individuals for the reproduction, communication or providing links or extracts of a press publication to the public for private use or not-for-profit, non-commercial purposes.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) The rights granted to the publishers of press publications under this Directive should have the same scope as the rights of reproduction and making available to the public provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC, insofar as digital uses are concerned. They should also be subject to the same provisions on exceptions and limitations as those applicable to the rights provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC including the exception on quotation for purposes such as criticism or review laid down in Article 5(3)(d) of that Directive.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The protection granted to publishers of press publications under this Directive should not affect the rights of the authors and other rightholders in the works and other subject-matter incorporated therein, including as regards the extent to which authors and other rightholders can exploit their works or other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. Therefore, publishers of press publications should not be able to invoke the protection granted to them against authors and other rightholders. This is without prejudice to contractual arrangements concluded between the publishers of press publications, on the one side, and authors and other rightholders, on the other side. Member States should ensure that a fair share of remuneration, derived from the use of the press publishers right, is attributed to journalists, authors and other rightsholders.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) Over the last years, the functioning of the online content marketplace has gained in complexity. Online services providing access to copyright protected content uploaded by their users without the involvement or agreement of right holders have flourished and have become main sources of access to content online. This affects rightholders' possibilities to determine whether, and under which conditions, their work and other subject- matter are used as well as their possibilities to get an appropriate remuneration for it. Information society service providers claim to be covered by the safe harbour exemption of Directive 2000/31/EC and either refuse to enter into licensing agreements or underpay creators, directly competing with fully licensed content providers for the same users and revenues. These services therefore conflict with the normal exploitation of copyright protected works and subject matter and drive down the overall value of creative content online.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 – paragraph 1
Where information society service providers that store and provide access to the public to copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users, thereby going beyond the mere provision of physical facilities and performing an act of communication to the public and reproduction, they are obliged to conclude licensing agreements with rightholders,. Information society service providers that play an active role are not exempt unless they are eligible for the liability exemption provided in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . _________________ 34 Directive 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, 17.7.2000, p. 1–16).
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 – paragraph 2
In respect of Article 14, it is necessary to verify whether the service provider plays an active role, including by optimising the presentation of the uploaded works or subject-matter or promoting them, irrespective of the nature of the means used therefore. An information society service provider shall be obliged to acquire licenses for copyright protected content regardless of whether they have editorial responsibility for that content. The licenses acquired by information society service providers from rightsholders should be deemed to cover all user generated content by their users, including users that are acting for non- commercial purposes. This will provide legal certainty for individual users of such services whilst clarifying the liability of platforms.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 – paragraph 3
In order to ensure the functioning of any licensing agreement, information society service providers storing and providing access to the public to largesignificant amounts of copyright protected works or other subject- matter uploaded by their users should take appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure protection of works or other subject-matter, such as implementing effective technologies. This obligation should also apply when the information society service providers are eligible for the liability exemption provided in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Collaboration between information society service providers storing and providing access to the public to largesignificant amounts of copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users and rightholders is essential for the functioning of technologies, such as content recognition technologies. In such cases, rightholders should provide the necessary data to allow the services to identify their content and the services should be transparent towards rightholders with regard to the deployed technologies, to allow the assessment of their appropriateness. The services should in particular provide rightholders with information on the type of technologies used, the way they are operated and their success rate for the recognition of rightholders' content. Those technologies should also allow rightholders to get information from the information society service providers on the use of their content covered by an agreement. Those technologies should not require the identity of individual users uploading content and should not process data relating to individual users, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, Directive 2001/58/EC and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679. On the contrary it should be limited to preventing the availability of specifically identified and duly notified works based on the information provided by right holders and therefore does not lead to a general monitoring obligation.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Certain rightholders such as authors and performers need information to assess the economic value of their rights which are harmonised under Union law. This is especially the case where such rightholders grant a licence or a transfer of rights in return for remuneration. As authors and performers tend to bare in a weaker contractual position when they grant licences or transfer their rights, they need information to assess the continued economic value of their rights, compared to the remuneration received for their licence or transfer, but they often face a lack of transparency. Therefore, the sharing of adequate information by their contractual counterparts orand subsequent transferees or licenses, as well as their successors in title is important for the transparency and balance in the system that governs the remuneration of authors and performers. The reporting and transparency obligation should follow the work across all forms of exploitation and across borders.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) When implementing transparency obligations, the specificities of different content sectors and of the rights of the authors and performers in each sector should be considered. Member States should consult all relevant stakeholders as that should help determine sector-specific requirements, standard reporting statements and procedures. Collective bargaining should be considered as an option to reach an agreement between the relevant stakeholders regarding transparency. To enable the adaptation of current reporting practices to the transparency obligations, a transitional period should be provided for. The transparency obligations do not need to apply to agreements concluded with collective management organisations as those are already subject to transparency obligations under Directive 2014/26/EU. Directive 2014/26/EU, on the condition that Member States have transposed Directive 2014/26/EU and taken all necessary measures to ensure that the management of all collective management organisations is carried out in an effective and equitable manner. Member States should also ensure that collective management organisations act in the best interest of the rightsholders, ensuring the accurate and regular distribution of payment and production of an annual public transparency report, in compliance with Directive 2014/26/EU.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for an exception to the rights provided for in Article 2 of Directive 2001/29/EC, Articles 5(a) and 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC and Article 11(1) of this Directive for reproductions and extractions made by research organisations, not-for-profit organisations and/or citizens in order to carry out text and data mining of works or other subject-matter to which they have lawful access for the purposes of scientific research.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall encourage rightholders and research organisations to define commonly-agreed best practices concerning the application of the measures referred to in paragraph 3.deleted
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) Legal redress should be available for those under excessive circumstances referenced under Paragraph 3.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide for an exception or limitation to the rights provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC, Articles 5(a) and 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC, Article 4(1) of Directive 2009/24/EC and Article 11(1) of this Directive in order to allow for the digital use of works and other subject- matter for the sole purpose of illustration for teaching or research, to the extent justified by the non-commercial purpose to be achieved, provided that the use:
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) takes place on the premises of an educational establishment, whether formal or non-formal, or through a secure electronic network accessible only by the educational establishment's pupils or students and, teaching staff, or registered member;
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States availing themselves of the provision of the first subparagraph shall take the necessary measures to ensure appropriate availability and visibility of the licences, through an easily accessible database, authorising the acts described in paragraph 1 for educational establishments.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may provide for fair compensation for theany undue financial harm incurred by the rightholders due to the use of their works or other subject- matter pursuant to paragraph 1.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide for an exception to the rights provided for in Article 2 of Directive 2001/29/EC, Articles 5(a) and 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC, Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2009/24/EC and Article 11(1) of this Directive, permitting cultural heritage institutions, research organisations and educational establishments, both formal and non- formal, to make copies of any works or other subject-matter that are permanently in their collections, in any format or medium, for the sole purposes of the preservation of such works or other subject-matter and to the extent necessary for such preserv, research and education.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall, in consultation with rightholders, collective management organisations and cultural heritage institutions, ensure that the requirements used to determine whether works and other subject-matter can be licensed in accordance with paragraph 1 do not extend beyond what is necessary and reasonable and do not preclude the possibility to determine the out-of-commerce status of a collection as a whole, when it is reasonable to presume that all works or other subject- matter in the collection are out of commerce. In the event that a collective management organisation does not exist or adequately represent the rights of rightsholders, Member States should provide exceptions for cultural heritage institutions, research organisations and educational establishments, both formal and non-formal, to distribute, communicate to the public or make available out-of-commerce-works for non- commercial purposes. Member States should ensure appropriate remuneration for any unreasonable prejudice to the legitimate interests of the rightsholders and ensure that all rightsholders may at any time object to the use of their works.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure a regular dialogue between representative users' and rightholders' organisations, and any other relevant stakeholder organisations, to, on a sector-specific basis, foster the relevance and usability of the licensing mechanisms referred to in Article 7(1), including resolving issues where cultural heritage institutions activities in line with Article 7 and Article 8 are not being reasonably enabled, and ensure the effectiveness of the safeguards for rightholders referred to in this Chapter, notably as regards publicity measures, and, where applicable, assist in the establishment of the requirements referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 7(2).
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States should ensure that a fair share of the revenue derived from the uses of the press publishers rights is attributed to journalists.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – title
Use of protected content by information society service providers storing and giving access to largesignificant amounts of works and other subject-matter uploaded by their users
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 214 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Information society service providers that store and provide to the public access to largesignificant amounts of works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users shall, conclude licensing agreements with rightholders. These services shall, in cooperation with rightholders, take measures to ensure the functioning of agreements concluded with rightholders for the use of their works or other subject-matter or to prevent the availability on their services of works or other subject-matter identified by rightholders through the cooperation with the service providers. Those measures, such as the use of effective content recognition technologies, shall be appropriate and proportionate. The service providers shall provide rightholders with adequate information on the functioning and the deployment of the measures, as well as, when relevant, adequate reporting on the recognition and use of the works and other subject-matter.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 231 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Information society service providers that take measures referred to in paragraph 1, shall ensure that such measures are in full compliance with Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC, and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Licensing agreements for information society service providers that store and provide access to the public to significant amounts of copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users 1. Information society service providers that store and provide access to the public to copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users, thereby going beyond the mere provision of physical facilities and performing an act of communication to the public and of reproduction, shall conclude licensing agreements with rightholders, unless they are eligible for the liability exemption provided in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. 2. Service providers that play an active role, including by optimising the presentation of the uploaded works or subject-matter or promoting them, are not eligible for the safe harbour liability exemption. 3. Licenses acquired by information society service providers shall cover all the acts of their individual users, which are not for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 236 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that authors and performers receive on a regular basisat least once a year and taking into account the specificities of each sector, accurate, timely, adequate and sufficient information on the exploitation and promotion of their works and performances from those to whom they have licensed or transferred their rights, including subsequent transferees or licensees, notably as regards modes of promotion, exploitation, revenues generated and remuneration due.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The obligation in paragraph 1 shall be proportionate and effective and shall ensure an appropriate high level of transparency in every sector. However, in those cases where the administrative burden resulting from the obligation would be disproportionate in view of the revenues generated by the exploitation of the work or performance, Member States may adjust the obligation in paragraph 1, provided that the obligation remains effective and ensures an appropriate level of transparency.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall ensure that sector-specific standard reporting statements and procedures are developed through stakeholder dialogues.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Unwaivable right to fair remuneration for authors and performers 1. Member States shall ensure that when authors and performers transfer or assign their right of making available to the public, they retain the right to obtain a fair remuneration derived from the exploitation of their work. 2. The right of an author or performer to obtain a fair remuneration for the making available of their work is inalienable and cannot be waived. 3. The administration of this right to fair remuneration for the making available of an authors or performers work shall be entrusted to their collective management organisations, unless other collective agreements, including voluntary collective management agreements, guarantee such remuneration to authors, audio-visual authors and performers for their making available right. 4. Collective management organisations shall collect the fair remuneration from information society services making works available to the public.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that authors and performers, or representatives they appoint, are entitled to request additional, appropriatefair remuneration from the party with whom they entered into a contract for the exploitation of the rights when the remuneration originally agreed is disproportionately low compared to the subsequent relevant revenues and benefits derived from the exploitation of the works or performances.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Rights reversion mechanism 1. Member States shall ensure that authors and performers that are in a contractual relationship with ongoing payment obligations, may terminate the contract by which they have licensed or transferred their rights when there is a complete absence of exploitation of their works and performances, a persistent failure to pay the remuneration agreed or a complete lack of reporting and transparency. 2. The right to terminate the contract on the transfer of licencing of rights may be exercised if within a year from the notification by the performer or author of this intention to terminate the contract, the contracting party fails to fulfil its contractual obligation with regards to the payment of the remuneration agreed. With regards to the absence of exploitation of a work and the complete lack of reporting and transparency the right to terminate the contract on the transfer or licencing of rights may be exercised if within five years from the notification by the performer or author of their intention to terminate the contract, the contracting party fails to fulfil its contractual obligations. 3. Member States may decide that the obligation in paragraph 1 does not apply when the contribution of the author or performer is not significant having regard to the overall work or performance.
2017/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Natural gas (gas) remainis an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countrThis makes security of gas supply a key element of the Union's overall energy security, with relevance to the Union's competitiveness and growth. Even though more than 50 % of gas consumption in the Union and the rest of the European Economic Area is currently covered by domestic production, a growing proportion of gas is imported from third countries. Enhancing the Union's energy security and making its gas market more resilient thus requires creating a stable, market-based regulatory framework for developing gas production from domestic sources. Furthermore, increasing energy efficiency as well as the use of renewable energy sources reduces the Union's reliance on gas imports, thereby also addressing dependence on dominant external suppliers.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Union is committed to lessening its dependency on fossil fuels and to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions consistently with the commitment to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Since the year 2000, the EU gas demand has declined by 14%, partly due to the economic crisis, but also due to the implementation of energy efficiency policies. The Union's climate and energy objectives and the transition towards a low-carbon economy will continue to have a significant impact on the demand for gas. Any future analysis of gas demand should therefore take these trends and targets into account.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) This Regulation aims to ensure that all the necessary measures are taken to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas throughout the Union, in particular to protected customers in the event of difficult climatic conditions or disruptions of the gas supply. These objectiveis should be achieved through the most cost- effective measures and in such, in a way that energy markets are not distorted, in accordance with Article 194 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and with the goals of the Energy Union to deliver secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission's Communication on Energy Efficiency (COM(2014)520), highlighted that energy efficiency has a fundamental role to play in the transition towards a more competitive, secure and sustainable energy system with an internal energy market at its core. Saving energy and reducing gas consumption should therefore be a priority to secure gas supply and improve Europe's energy independence. Member States should give energy efficiency primary consideration to decrease the use of gas, particularly in the construction and renovation of buildings as gas accounts for around half of the EU principal energy consumption for heating and cooling.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Energy efficiency first is a central principle of the Energy Union strategy. It is the most effective way to cut emissions, bring savings to consumers, protect the most vulnerable, and reduce the EU's fossil fuel import dependency. First and foremost, security of supply means minimising the Union's gas dependency by becoming more energy efficient. For every 1% improvement in energy efficiency, EU gas imports fall by 2.6%. Policies and measures to reduce gas consumption by improving energy efficiency, particularly in buildings, should therefore be included in preventive action plans.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly is the best guarantee of well-interconnected and well- functioning internal gas market, free of "energy islands", is the best means by which to ensure security of energygas supply across the Union and towhile reduceing the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where a Member State's security of gas supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in other Member Statedamage gas supply to customers in other Member States, negatively affecting the proper functioning of the internal gas market and causing costly stranded assets. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises,at regional and Union level as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) So far, the potential forof regional cooperation to introduce more efficient and less costly measures through regional cooperation has not been fully exploited. This has to do not only withapplies to better coordination of national mitigation actions in emergency situations, but also of as well as to national preventive measures, such as improved energy efficiency, national storage or policies related to liquefied natural gas (LNG), which can be strategically important in certain regions.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of solidarity, regional cooperation, which involvinges both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be is the guiding principle of this Regulation, towith the aim of identifying the relevant risks in each region and, optimiseing the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to imp, whilem ent the most cost-effective measures for Union consumersuring that the measures are cost-effective for customers and ensuring affordable energy prices for citizens. This could be facilitated by providing in-depth analysis at Union level on the relevant Emergency Supply Corridors, based on gas supply sources common for a group of Member States.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In a spirit of system integration, cooperation between electricity and gas authorities and undertakings should be another guiding principle of this regulation, to identify the relevant synergies between gas and electricity system development and operation, and optimise the benefits of coordinated approaches to implementing the most cost-effective measures for EU consumers.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Responsibility for security of gas supply should be shared by natural gas undertakings, Member States, acting through their competent authorities; and the Commission, within their respective remits. Such shared responsibility requires very close cooperation between these partiesose parties as well as, where appropriate, with electricity undertakings in cases where they can provide an alternative source of energy or serve to decrease the gas demand. However, customers using gas for electricity generation or industrial purposes may also have an important role to play in security of gas supply, as they can respond to a crisis by taking demand-side measures such as interruptible contracts and fuel switching, which have an immediate impact on the supply/demand balance. -demand balance. These would be most effective if taken as an addition to longer-term energy efficiency measures to reduce gas demand for heating and cooling in buildings, as well as improved industrial processes that lead to reduced gas demand. Security of gas supply to customers using gas for electricity generation or industrial purposes may also be considered to be essential in some cases. They could be granted a certain level of protection by ensuring that during an emergency they are among the last consumers to forego supply. Member States should be able to provide for this possibility when identifying the supply restrictions orders to be applied in the case of an emergency.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Responsibility for the development of sustainable, affordable and secure energy and in particular for the delivery of the EU's climate and energy objectives is shared by Member States and the Commission.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) A regional approach to assessing risks and defining and adopting preventive and mitigating measures enables efforts to be coordinated, bringing significant benefits in terms of the effectiveness of measures and optimisation of resources. This applies particularly to measures designed to guarantee a continued supply, under very demanding conditions, to protected customers, and to measures to mitigate the impact of an emergency. Assessing correlated risks at regional level, taking both gas and electricity systems into account, which is both more comprehensive and more precise, will ensure that Member States are better prepared for any crises. Moreover, in an emergency, a coordinated and pre-agreed approach to security of supply ensures a consistent response and reduces the risk of negative spill-over effects that purely national measures could have in neighbouring Member States. As preparation for a coordinated and pre- agreed approach, it is important that Member States, have also assessed and implemented the cost-effective demand reduction measures available in their areas, especially for the reduction of heating and cooling demand in buildings, but also by improving industrial processes using gas. The regional approach should not lift the responsibility from individual Member States to comply with their national security of supply standards, and should not prevent inter-regional cooperation outside the regions established in Annex I of this Regulation.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) For the purpose of this Regulation, the following criteria should therefore be taken into account when definestablishing the regional groups: supply patterns, supply and energy demand patterns, existing and planned interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States for both electricity and gas, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, the level of diversification of gas routes sources of gas supply, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) When conducting a comprehensive risk assessment to be prepared at regional level, competent authorities should assess natural, technological, infrastructural, commercial, financial, social, political and, geopolitical, environmental, climate, market- related risks, and any other relevant onerisks, including, where appropriate, the disruption of the supplies from the single largesdominant suppliers. All risks should be addressed by effective, proportionate and non- discriminatory measures to be developed in the preventive action plan and the emergency plan and include both demand-side as well as supply-side measures. The results of the risk assessments should also contribute to the all hazard risk assessments foreseen under aprovided for in Article 6 of Decision No 1313/2013/EU18 of the European Parliament and of the Council. __________________ 18 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 24).
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) To provide input to the risk assessments, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas ('ENTSO for gGas'), in consultation with the Gas Coordination Group and with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO- E), should carry out integrated Union-wide simulations similar to the stress test conducted in 2014. Such simulations should be updated at least every two years. A smarter integration of European gas and electricity systems and demand side management can significantly improve European resilience and energy security while decreasing investment in gas infrastructure. The Gas coordination group, the Union-wide simulations carried out by ENTSOG, national assessments, preventive and emergency action plans shall evolve to reflect the integration of energy systems.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) To ensure maximum preparedness, so as to avoid a supply disruption and mitigate itsthe effects of such a disruption should it nevertheless occur, the competent authorities of a given region mustshould draw up preventive action plans and emergency plans, after consulting the stakeholders. Regional plans should take account of the specific characteristics of each Member State, including their cost-effective potential for reducing gas demand, particularly in the building sector for heating and cooling. They should also clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the natural gas undertakings and the competent authorities as well as, where appropriate, electricity undertakings. National measures to be designed should take fully account of the regional measures set out in the preventive action plan and emergency plan. They should be so designed so as to address national risks in a way that takes full advantage of the opportunities provided by regional cooperation, energy efficiency and integration with the electricity system. The plans should be technical and operational in nature, their function being to help prevent the occurrence or escalation of an emergency and to mitigate its effects. The plans should take the security of electricity systems into account and be consistent with the EU's climate and energy objectives the Energy Union's strategic planning and reporting tools.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The roles and responsibilities of all natural gas undertakings and competent authorities, as well as, where appropriate electricity undertakings, should therefore be defined precisely in order to keep the internal gas market functioning properly, particularly in the event of supply disruptions and crises. Such roles and responsibilities should be established in such a way as to ensure that a three-level approach is respected which would involve first the relevant natural gas and electricity undertakings and industry, then Member States at national or regional level, and then the Union. This Regulation should, including when appropriate, building regulatory authorities, and then the Union. To that end, effective information-sharing across all levels should provide early warning with regard to disruption and the means of mitigation. This Regulation is intended to enable natural gas and electricity undertakings and customers to rely on market mechanisms for as long as possible when coping with disruptions. However, it should alsis also intended to provide for mechanisms that can be deployed when markets alone are no longer able to deal adequately with a gas supply disruption.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 273 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Demand-side measures, such as encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, reducing heating and cooling demand in buildings by coordinated energy efficiency and demand response measures, fuel switching or reducing the gas supply to large industrial consumers in an economically efficient ordmanner, may have a valuable role to play in ensuring energy security, if they can be applied quickly and significantly reduce demand in response to a supply disruption. Much more should be done to promote efficient energy use, particularly where demand-side measures are needed. The environmental impact of any demand and supply-side measures proposed must be taken into account, with preference being given, as far as possible, to measures that have least impact on the environment and the climate. At the same time, security of gas supply andshould remain a priority for measures undertaken in the case of disruption to supply, while competitiveness aspects must beshould also be properly taken into account.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) The preventive action plans and emergency plans should be updated on a regularly basis and published. They should be subject to peer review which should be monitored by the Commission. The peer review process is intended to allows for early identification of inconsistencies and measures that could endanger the security of gas supply of other Member States', security of supplyuch as poor energy efficiency performance, thereby ensuring thatconsistency of the plans fromacross different regions are consistent with one another. It also enables Member States to share best practice. The plans should be coherent with the Union's climate and energy targets.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) To ensure that the emergency plans are always up-to-date and effective, Member Statthe competent authorities should carry out tests between the updates of the plans by simulating high and medium-impact scenarios and responses in real time and by taking into account the risk of stranded assets. The competent authorities should present the test results at the Gas Coordination Group.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Mandatory comprehensive templates including all the risks to be covered by the risk assessment and all the components of the preventive action plans and the emergency plans are needed to facilitate the risk assessment and preparation of the plans, their peer review and their assessment by the Commission. These templates should also include demand-side measures that could cost- effectively reduce security of supply risks by reducing the gas demand.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) As demonstrated by the October 2014 stress test, solidarity is needed to ensure security of supply across the Union and to keep overall costs to a minimum. If an emergency is declared in any Member State, a two-step approach should be applied to strengthen solidarity. Firstly, aAll Member States which have introduced a higher supply standard should reduce it to default values to make the gas market more liquid. Secondly, iIf the first step fails to provide the necessary supply, further measures by neighbouring Member States and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings, even if not in an emergency situation, should be triggeredaken to ensure the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member State experiencing the emergency. Member States should identify and describe the details of these solidarity measures in their emergency plans, ensuring fair and equitable compensation ofor the natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings..
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 319 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) One of the Union goals is to strengthen the Energy Community that wouldin order to ensure effective implementation of the Union energy acquis, energy market reforms and incentivising investments in the energy sector, including renewable energy and demand side measures enhancing energy efficiency, by closer integration of the Union and Energy Community energy markets. This also entails also introducing common crisis management by proposing preventive action plans and emergency plans at the regional level including the Energy Community Contracting Parties. Furthermore, the Commission Communication of 16 October 2014 on the short term resilience of the European gas system from October 2014 refers to the need to apply internal energy market rules on the flow of energy between the Union Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties. In this regard, in order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Union Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties, the necessary arrangements following the adoption of a Joint Act should be set so that specific cooperation with any individual Energy Community Contracting Party can take place once the required mutual provisions have been duly put into place.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of the Union gas supply, the Commission should coordinate action with regard to third countries, assess their sustainability, carbon footprint and long-term viability, work with supplying and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and ensure a stable gas flow to the Union. The Commission should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows into the Union in crisis situations, in consultation with the third countries involved, and, where a crisis arises from difficulties in a third country, to act as mediator and facilitator.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 346 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Regulation also encourages preventive measures reducing gas demand, for example through measures enhancing energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewable energy, in order to decrease the Union's dependency on gas imports.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 383 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. When implementing the measures provided for in this Regulation, the competent authority shall establish the roles and responsibilities of the different actors involved in such a way as to ensure that a three-level approach is respected which involves first the relevant natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings, and industry, then Member States at national or regional level, and then the Union.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 387 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The measures to ensure the security of gas supply contained in the preventive action plans and in the emergency plans shall be clearly defined, transparent, proportionate, non-discriminatory and verifiable, verifiable, sustainable and compatible with the EU's climate and energy objectives, shall consider energy efficiency and renewable energy sources as a priority solution to improve the EU's energy security, shall not unduly distort competition and the effective functioning of the internal market in gas and shall not endanger the security of gas supply of other Member States or, regions ofr the Union as a whole.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State or, where a Member State so provides, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary measures are taken so that in the event of a disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure, the technical capacity of the remaining infrastructure, determined according to the N – 1 formula as provided in point 2 of Annex II, is able, without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, to satisfy total gas demand of the calculated area during a day of exceptionally high gas demand occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years. This should be done having regard to gas consumption trends, taking the long-term impacts of energy efficiency measures and the utilisation rates of existing capacities into account. This is without prejudice to the responsibility of system operators to make the corresponding investments and to the obligations of transmission system operators as laid down in Directive 2009/73/EC and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The obligation to ensure that the remaining infrastructure has the technical capacity to satisfy total gas demand, as referred to in paragraph 1, shall also be considered to be fulfilled where the competent authority demonstrates in the preventive action plan that a supply disruption may be sufficiently compensated for, in a timely manner, by appropriate market- and non-market based demand-side measures. For that purpose, the formula provided in point 4 of Annex II shall be used.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 415 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Member States shall ensure that, as a first step, the market is always tested in a transparent, detailed and non- discriminatory manner, to assess whether the investment needed to fulfil the obligations set out in paragraph 4 is required.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 417 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. National regulatory authorities shall take into account the efficiently incurred costs of fulfilling the obligation set out in paragraph 1, including how energy efficiency measures to reduce gas demand may contribute to the most cost-effective approach to fulfilling the N-1 formula, and the costs of enabling permanent bi- directional capacity so as to grant appropriate incentives when fixing or approving, in a transparent and detailed manner, the tariffs or methodologies in accordance with Article 41(8) of Directive 2009/73/EC and Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 425 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The competent authority, using the same criteria, shall ensure that demand- side measures meet the same conditions and can contribute on an equal and cost- effective basis to the security of supply.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 428 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competentnational regulatory authority shall require the natural gas undertakings, that it identifies, to take measures, in close collaboration with electricity undertakings, to ensure the supply of gas to the protected customers of the Member State in each of the following cases:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 442 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The competent authority shall identify the natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph and specify them in the preventive action plan. Any new measures envisaged to ensure the supply standard, such as enhanced energy efficiency measures, notably in buildings, shall comply with the procedure established in Article 8(4).
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 444 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Member States may comply with the obligation laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph by reducing the demand for gas through the implementation of energy efficiency measures or by replacing the gas with a different source of energy, in particular renewable energy, to the extent that the same level of protection is achieved.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Natural gas undertakings shall be allowed to meet their obligations under this Article at a regional or Union level, where appropriate. The competent authorities shall not require the standards laid down in this Article to be met based on infrastructure or demand-side measures located only within its territory.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 467 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly make an assessment at regional level of all risks affecting the security of gas supply ("risk assessment"). The assessment shall take into account all relevant risks such as natural disasters, technological, geopolitical, environmental, climate, commercial, social, political and other risks. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 480 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) taking into account all relevant national and regional circumstances, in particular market size, network configurationthe potential for gas demand reduction through energy efficiency measures and the deployment of renewable energy sources, network configuration, gas consumption trends, the utilisation rate of existing infrastructure, actual flows, including outflows from the Member States concerned, the possibility of physical gas flows in both directions including the potential need for consequent reinforcement of the transmission system, the presence of production and storage and the role of gas in the energy mixes, in particular with respect to district heating and electricity generation and for the operation of industries, and safety and gas quality considerations;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 500 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The risk assessment shall be prepared in accordance with the template in Annex IV. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates taking into account Member State implementation timeframes.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 502 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Natural gas undertakings, industrial gas customers, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, the national regulatory authority for buildings, as well as Member States and the national regulatory authority, where it is not the competent authority, shall cooperate with the competent authorities and provide it upon request with all necessary information for the risk assessment.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 504 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessment once agreed by all Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments, including energy efficiency investments, needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 508 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 November 2017 ENTSO for Gas shall carry out a Union wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios. The scenarios shall be defined by ENTSO for Gas in consultation with the Gas Coordination Group. The competent authorities shall provide ENTSO for Gas with the necessary data for the simulations such as peak demand values, production capacity and demand side measures. The competent authorities shall take into account the results of the simulations for the preparation of the risk assessments, preventive action plans and emergency plans. The Union-wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updateThe competent authorities shall take into account the results of the Union wide simulations carried out by ENTSO for Gas for the preparation of the risk assessments, preventive action plans and emergency plans.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 516 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, in cooperation with the national regulatory authorities where they are not the competent authorities, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointlythe relevant organisations managing the Member States' energy demand and energy dependency, the national environmental agency, shall establish jointly, after having drafted their national plans:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 524 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures, including energy efficiency and demand side measures, for example reduction of gas demand through the renovation and construction of buildings, to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 529 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures, including demand-side measures, for example through closer coordination with the electricity sector, to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 546 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The preventive action plan and the emergency plan shall be developed in accordance with the templates contained in Annex V. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates taking into account Member State implementation timeframes.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 563 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) endangers the security of gas supply of other Member States or of the Union as a whole, notably through poor energy efficiency.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 573 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
In the event of disagreement, the Commission may, within three months of the reply of the competent authorities, take a decision requiring the amendment of the relevant plan. The competent authorities shall adopt and publish the plan, taking into account Member State consultation requirements, no later than within three months of the notification of Commission decision.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 581 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including the assessment of the potential for gas demand reduction through refurbishing of the building stock and economy wide energy efficiency measures, where applicable, the extent to which demand-side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the identification of the single largest gas supplier, the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification ofreasons for the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 584 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) obligations imposed on natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings and other relevant bodies likely to have an impact on security of gas supply, such as obligations for the safe operation of the gas system;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 585 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the other preventive measures designed to address the risks identified in the risk assessment, such as those relating to the need to enhance interconnections between neighbouring Member States, to further improve energy efficiency, to reduce gas demand through electrification of the heating & cooling sector, to manage cost effectively gas supply disruptions through an integrated approach with the electricity system, and the possibility to diversify gas routes and sources of supply, if appropriate, to address the risks identified in order to maintain gas supply to all customers as farfor as long as possible;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 591 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) information on the economic impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the measures contained in the plan, including the risk of stranded assets and the obligations referred to in point (k);
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 596 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) description of the impact of the measures on the environment, the climate and on consumers;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 598 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) information on existing and future interconnections, including those providing access to the gas network of the Union, cross-border flows, cross-border access to storage and LNG facilities and the bi- directional capacity, in particular in the event of an emergency, as well as calculations and impact assessments to compare the possibility through demand- side measures to cost-effectively reduce or eliminate the need for these supply-side infrastructural investments;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 601 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) Information on alternative sources of energy to ensure security of supply, in particular renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 605 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The preventive action plan shall only encourage the construction of new gas infrastructure in case of utmost necessity and after other alternatives via renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures have been duly assessed.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 611 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) potential impact on the security of gas supply of neighbouring Member States, notably for those measures that could reduce the liquidity in regional markets or restrict flows to neighbouring Member States, such as poor energy efficiency;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 634 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) define the role and responsibilities of natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings and of industrial gas customers including relevant electricity producers, taking account of the different extent to which they are affected in the event of gas supply disruptions, and their interaction with the competent authorities and where appropriate with the national regulatory authorities at each of the crisis levels defined in Article 10(1);
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 636 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) identify, if appropriate, the measures and actions to be taken to mitigate the potential impact of a gas supply disruption on district heating and the supply of electricity generated from gas, notably through an integrated view of energy systems operations across electricity and gas;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 640 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) detail the reporting obligations imposed on natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings at alert and emergency levels;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 659 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a 1. By 1 November 2021, ENTSO for Gas and Electricity shall carry out a joint Union wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios. The scenarios shall be defined jointly by ENTSO for Gas and Electricity in consultation with the Energy Coordination Group. The Competent authorities – including electricity, gas, energy efficiency and environmental authorities, shall provide the ENTSOs with the necessary data for the simulations such as peak demand values, production capacity and demand side measures. It shall establish and asses Emergency Supply Corridors complementary to the regional approach, along which gas can flow from a gas source across regions in order to prevent fragmentation of the internal gas market. The results of that assessment and the proposal of the Emergency Supply Corridors shall be discussed in the Gas Coordination Group. That Union-wide simulation and those Emergency Supply Corridors shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. 2. In the event of an emergency declared by one or more competent authorities , the Member States on the Emergency Supply Corridors shall ensure that all essential information is provided as regards the gas supply, in particular, available gas quantities, possible modalities and sources for gas channelling to the Member States having declared the emergency . Member States on the Emergency Supply Corridor shall ensure that no measures prevent the supply of gas to the Member States that have declared the emergency. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to establish the Emergency Supply Corridors.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 681 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
AWithout prejudice to the safe and reliable operation of the gas transmission system of a Member State, as long as the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member State having declared the emergency is not satisfied, despite the application of the measure in paragraph 1, and where all market-based measures have been exhausted, including but not limited to market-based measures which may be available in Member States which are not connected directly to the Member State in the emergency situation, the gas supply to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installations in any other Member State, directly connected to the Member State which declared the emergency, shall not continue to the extent necessary to supply the households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member States having declared the emergency.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 704 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The technical, legal and financial arrangements for the application of paragraph 3 shall be agreed among the Member States which are directly connected to each other and described in the emergency plans of their respective regions. Such arrangements may cover, among others, gas prices to be applied, use of interconnectors, including bi-directional capacity, gas volumes and the coverage of compensation costs. Market-based measures such as auctions shall be preferred for the implementation of the obligation laid down in paragraph 3. In case the technical, legal and financial arrangements necessary to apply paragraph 3 are amended, the relevant emergency plan shall be updated accordingly. The Commission shall oversee the fairness of the technical, legal and financial arrangements for the application of paragraph 3.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 715 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. During an emergency, the natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings concerned shall make available in particular the following information to the competent authority on a daily basis:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 716 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) daily flow of gas and gas-fired electricity at all cross-border entry and exit points as well as all points connecting a production facility, a storage facility or an LNG terminal to the network, in million cubic meters per day (mcm/d);
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 717 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) information on the measures planned to be undertaken and already implemented by the competent authority to mitigate the emergency, including demand-side measures, and information on their effectiveness;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 762 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The competent authorities and the Commission shall preserve the strict confidentiality of commercially sensitive information made available through Article 13.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. A Gas Coordination Group is established to facilitate the coordination of measures concerning security of gas supply. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the Member States, in particular of their competent authorities, as well as the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the "Agency"), the ENTSO for Gas and representative bodies of the industry concerned and those of relevant customers, environmental protection and energy management authorities and electricity operators. The Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States, decide on the composition of the Group, ensuring it is fully representative. The Commission shall chair the Group. The Group shall adopt its rules of procedure.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 771 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all information relevant for security of gas supply at national, regional and Union levels, including information and data on implemented and planned demand-side policies and measures;
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 775 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The second sentence of Article 3(2), Article 3(6), Article 4(3), (4) and (6), Article 5(2), point (d) of Article 6(1), points (b) and (e) of Article 7(5), points (e), (g), (i), of Article 8(1), point (b) and (c) of Article 8(4), points (j) and (m) of Article 9(1), Article 9(4), Article 10(4), Article 11(5) and Article 12 shall create obligations for the Members States towards an Energy Community Contracting Party subject to the following procedure:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 834 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 837 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
(ga) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 852 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 854 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
(ga) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 865 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – introductory part
Please describe the preventive measures in place or to be adopted, including measures to reduce gas demand and those regarding L-gas:
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 868 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b
(b) Describe other measures, including energy efficiency measures, adopted for reasons other than the risk assessment but with a positive impact for the security of supply of the region/Member State
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 869 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) Explain the extent to which efficiency measures, including on the demand side, have been considered to increase security of supply
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 872 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b b (new)
(bb) Explain the extent to which renewable energy sources have been considered to increase security of supply
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to allocate resources in order to assess possible compensatory measures for European sectors that could be affected by the granting of emergency autonomous trade preferences for third countries;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for adequate financing in order to better support the internationalisation of SMEs by developing specific and clear guidebooks for SMEs about the opportunities and benefits offered by each trade agreement concluded by the EU;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the EU budget to respond to multiple crises despite budgetary constraints; deplores the various cuts in Heading 4 in order to provide funding for the newly created Trust Funds for Syria and Africa and the Turkey Facility; insists that such funding instruments must remain an exception and should eventually be included in the budget and thus ensure democratic accountability;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to tackle the lack of resources in order to prevent a new payment crisis towards the end of the current Multiannual Financial Framework by revising upward the payment ceiling;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could be a more efficient and effective instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded by lowering the threshold for EGF eligibility in order to ensure that employees of small and medium companies in sectors that are directly damaged by the effects of globalisation, are assisted;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for sufficient resources under Heading 5 in order to conduct both ex-ante and ex-post assessments of trade agreements; to improve the quality and effectiveness of ex-ante and ex-post assessments by reviewing its methodology, and ensure that the obligations of the EU and its trading partners are implemented and enforced.;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the importance of gender mainstreaming, which should underpin Union policies as a horizontal principle; calls on the Commission to put the principle of gender mainstreaming into practice when preparing the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020; calls on the Commission to ensure that the gender perspective is included, horizontally, in all future trade agreements and also, as an essential part of the EU mainstreaming strategy and proposes, to allocate sufficient resources to guarantee a thorough monitoring and evaluation of the gender impact of the trade agreements in force;
2016/04/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the objective of the report is to provide a new deal for energy households consumers in the context of the energy transition;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. Recommends improving the transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, with an explanation of the different taxes, levinetwork charges, taxes and tarifflevies, together with information on the different energy sources and complaint handling, clear indication of contact points, and information on switching and energy efficiency measures; insists that clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; requests the Commission to identify minimum standards in this respect;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
c. Recommends developing rules for price comparison tools to ensure that consumers can access independent, up-to-date and understandable comparison tools; believes Member States should develop accreditation schemes covering all price comparison tools, in line with CEER guidelines; calls for the development of at least one impartial price comparison tool per Member State;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
e. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy suppliers to automatically place customers on the most advantageous tariff, based on historic consumption patterns; notes, given that switching rates are low throughout Europe, that many households, especially the most vulnerable, are not engaged in the energy market and are stuck on outdated expensive tariffs; highlights the need to develop an inclusive energy market;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that the provisions on switching, as set out in the Third Energy Package, should be fully implemented by Member States, and that national legislation must guarantee consumers the right to change suppliers in a quick, easy and cost-free way, with no termination fees or penalties; supports ACER's "Bridge to 2025" recommendations on switching;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that the provisions of the directives on unfair commercial practices and consumer rights relating to doorstep selling, unfair terms or practices and aggressive marketing techniques be properly implemented and enforced by Member States so as to protect energy consumers; notes that complaints regarding door-step selling have increased in several countries and calls for a ban of these practices;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that local authorities, communities and individuals should form the backbone of the energy transition and should be actively supported to help them become energy producers and suppliers on an equal footing with other players with a dedicated approach to overcome hurdles;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that access to capital, high upfront investment costs and long repayment periods represent barriers to the take-up of self-generation and energy efficiency measures; calls, therefore, for the development of new business models and innovative financial instruments such as collective purchasing to incentivise self-generation, consumption and energy efficiency for all consumers; suggests that this should become a priority for the EIB, EFSI and the Structural Funds;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that consumers should have easy and timely access to their consumption data in both volume and monetary terms, to help them make informed decisions; believes that where smart meters are rolled out there should be a solid legal framework to ensure an end to back-billing and a rollout that is efficient and affordable for consumers and is free of charge for energy-poor consumers; insists that efficiency savingbenefits from smart meters should be shared on a fair basis between grid operators and users;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 361 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the processing and storage of citizens’ energy-related data should be managed by neutral entities and should comply with the existing EU legislation, which lays down that the ownership of all data lies with the citizenconsumers should always remain in control of their data and that data should only be provided to third parties by explicit consent; considers that, in addition, citizens should be able to exercise their rights to correct and erase informationpersonal data;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that trade and finance is one of the five priority areas of policy coherence for development, a concept enshrined in article 208 TFEU; recalls that all EU external policies, including trade and investment, must be aligned with Article 21 of the TEU and must not undermine sustainable development goals, human rights and gender equality; recalls the principles mentioned in article 24, paragraph 2 of the Council Regulation No 260/2009;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and could have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not accompanied by re-distribution through fair and progressive tax systemshe final outcome of the Addis Ababa conference and the SDG agenda describes trade as an important means of implementing the global sustainable development goals (SDGs); recalls that fair trade can play a positive role in reducing poverty and inequality; urges the EU to work towards the reinforcement of international fiscal cooperation as agreed by the G20 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes that the Commission, in its recent communication "Trade for All", reaffirms the principle of policy coherence for development and aims at 'a more responsible' trade and investment policy, namely by contributing to the SDGs and the inclusive growth in developing countries;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission to align all EU trade-related instruments to the SDGs: free trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreement with African countries, plurilateral and multilateral agreements under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), Aid for Trade, EU Regulations, as well as international standards and code of conducts;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CRecalls on the Commission to take measures to prevent the potential negative effects of mega trade deals, such as the Transatlantic Tthat fair and properly regulated trade if aligned with SDGs could have potentialities for development; calls on the Commission to include strong and comprehensive sustainable development chapters, which are effectively implemented and enforced, in EU's trade and Iinvestment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), on developing countrieagreements; calls on the Commission to propose measures to ensure that the potential benefits of trade agreements trickle down to developing countries; welcomes the commitment of the Commission in the communication "Trade for All" to undertake in-depth analysis of the potential effects of new FTAs on LDCs;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the level of ambition displayed by successive TSD chapters in EU trade agreements has often not met the best standards; stresses the importance of ensuring proper monitoring and enforcement of the provisions contained in such chapters, and calls for the full involvement of civil society organisations and social partners in this respect, both in partner countries and in the EU;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls the European Commission's commitment to carry out Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) on all trade negotiations; regrets that SIAs have not been carried out in a timely fashion; calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment and to ensure that the impact of potential trade agreements on developing countries is properly taken into account;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact while acknowledges that important challenges remain and need to be addressed; calls on the Commission to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the Commission to go beyond corporate social responsibility and propose a mandatory legal framework for due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, for other sectors, thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls the EU and its Member States to commit to increase Aid for Trade (AfT) support for developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs), while addressing fair and ethical trade in the upcoming revision of its Aid for Trade strategy, as announced in the communication "Trade for All"; calls EU Aid for Trade and technical assistance to empower poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women-led enterprises and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the WTO's Bali and Nairobi Packages, namely with regard to the elimination of agricultural export subsidies at multilateral level, the decisions of specific benefit to the LDCs as well the Agreement on Trade Facilitation;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGs; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of development finance institutions (DFIs), and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development of their projects;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of participation through broad and transparent consultations of civil society organisations and trade unions, both from the European Union member states and from third countries, in the negotiation, implementation and monitoring of EU trade and investment agreements and policies;
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the multilateral debate on investment treaties, to take into account UNCTAD´s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments, as well as to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in its work towards an international treaty that would hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses.
2016/02/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2015/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Reaffirms the civilian nature of the EU’s space policy, and the primacy of EU space programmes as missions to promote scientific progress and industrial competitiveness in accordance with Article 189 of the Treaty of Lisbon;
2016/02/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2015/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the development of SST as a step towards security in space; considers that SST should become an EU programme with its own budget; iInvites the Commission to assess the need to take account of space weather and near-Earth objects and to come up with the next steps for SST in order to prepare industry;
2016/02/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2015/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the strategic importance of independent access to space and the need for dedicated EU action; calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Member States, to coordinate planned institutional needs, so that industry can anticipate demand, to support launch infrastructure and to promote R&D, particularly in breakthrough technologies;
2016/02/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2015/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for better coordination of EU space capacities, with the necessary system architectures and procedures to ensure a proportionate level of data security, including data security; considers that EU space capacities dedicated to security and defence could be managed by a specific operational service coordination centre;
2016/02/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2015/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a new inter-institutional mechanism for scrutiny and oversight of the EU space programmes in order to facilitate the effective implementation of the goals of an EU space policy under Article 189 of the Treaty of Lisbon, and to enable the co-legislators to work more efficiently with the Commission to monitor implementation of large scale scientific programmes;
2016/02/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that EU-Iran relations should be developed through multi-layered dialogue involving political, technical and people-to-people contacts; supports the opening of EU-Iran relations for the mutual benefit of both parties, based on a realistic assessment of common interests and differences, with a view to encouraging step-by-step expansion of cooperation in a climate of confidence-building and respect for fundamental human rights, foremost for the benefit of the peoples of Iran and the EU; supports, in this regard, the Commission’s commitment to a renewed engagement with Iran based on ‘a dialogue of the four Cs’: a dialogue that is comprehensive in scope; cooperative in the fields where Iran and the EU have mutual interests; critical, open and frank in areas where Iran and the EU disagree but are looking for common ground; and that is overall constructive in tone and practice;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that differences exist between the EU and Iran on themains highly concerned with Iran's use of the death penalty; nevertheless believes cooperation on anti-narcotics programmes and on the question of juvenile executions, in line with Iran’s own commitments, could providebe first steps toward finding a common agenda for addressing this question;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the fact that eliminating the death penalty for drug- related offences would drastically reduce the number of executions (up to 80 % according to Iranian estimates); calls for EU-Iran cooperation in the fight against drugs as a way of addressing the issue of executions in the country; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance and administrative capacity- building for Iran to enable it to secure its borders with Afghanistan and Iraq, paying special attention to respect for the rights of ethnic minorities living on both sides of the borders;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of Iran’s stated objective of achieving a yearly growth rate of 8 %; believes that European investments are key for Iran to achieve this goal; stresses that for Iran to realise its economic potential, it will have to take steps to create a transparent economic environment conducive to international investment and take anti-corruption measures, particularly regarding compliance with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force in particular with respect to eliminating the financing of terrorism; calls on the EU to fully support Iran’s efforts in this process via, in particular, support for work towards forging a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and Iran; calls for the EU to develop economic cooperation with Iran; takes note that Iran is the world’s largest economy outside the WTO; supports, in this regard, Iran’s bid to join the WTO; once it has been removed from the FATF black list;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of the fact that Iran hosts 3 million Afghan refugees; welcomes the additional EUR 6.5 million of EU funding to support Iran in the education and health care of the Afghan population in the country; remains concerned with recent reports of Afghan refugees being dispatched to fight in Syria; believes that EU-Iran cooperation on refugee management can enhance mutual understanding, promote improved respect for international law and the lives of refugees themselves, as well as contributing to conflict resolution in order to reduce the causes of current and future refugee movements;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that Iran’s revolutionary legacy and its constitution as an Islamic State must not be an impediment for finding common ground on matters related to democracy or human rights; stresses however that important progress must be made to guarantee free and fair elections and respect for fundamental rights in Iran, in particular with respect to the situation of women's rights and gender equality;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that the EU should use its improving relations with Iran to secure access to the country by the UN special rapporteur on Human Rights;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 382 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Notes with concern that Iran has the highest level of death-penalty executions per capita in the world; stresses that eliminating the death penalty for drug- related offences would dramatically decrease the number of executions; welcomes, in this regard, the possibility that the newly-elected Majlis is considering legislation to exclude some drug-related offences from the list of crimes punishable with the death penalty; believes that the expansion of economic relations between the EU and Iran should be directly linked to improvements with respect to the application of the death penalty and human rights, women's rights, and freedom of expression;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the draft opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the local and regional dimension of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (ECON- VI/003) due to be adopted by its plenary session on 3-4 December 2015,
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the TiSA negotiations arshould be aimed at achieving better international regulation, not lower domestic regulation;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas any trade agreement must provide more rights, contribute to sustainable development and lower prices to European consumers and level the playing field for European companies;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas any trade agreement must be a market opener for our companies abroad and a safety net for our citizens at home, while being an instrument for promoting corporate social responsibility globally;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas TiSA is an opportunity for the EU to consolidate its position as the world leader in the field, with 24 % of global trade in services and whereas the services sector employs close to 70% of the EU's labour force;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas trade in services ismust be an engine for jobs and growth in the EU;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas numerousunnecessary barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas non-tariff barriers, which on average represent more than 50 % of the cost of cross-border services, disproportionately affect small and medium-sized enterprises, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to overcome those obstacles; whereas the elimination of unnecessary barriers would facilitate their internationalisation as long as these barriers can be removed without jeopardizing the public policy objectives underpinning them;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the globalisation of value chains increases the import content of both domestic output and exports, whereas trade in goods and trade in services are interlinked and global rules are needed to govern these global supply-chains ;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 105 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas citizens’ trust in EU’s trade policy is a must, whichhas been seriously undermined in recent years, and can only be restored by ensuring the highest level of transparency, by maintaining constant dialogue with social partners and civil society, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas TiSA is currently being negotiated as a plurilateral agreement outside the remits of the WTO; whereas this implies that WTO institutions would not be available to settle disputes arising within TiSA;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 133 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas ratification in certain Member States may require ratification by regional parliaments and/or parliamentary chambers representing the regional level;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i. to consider the TiSA negotiations as a stepping-stone towards renewed ambitions at WTO level and therefore to secure the commitment of all TiSA participants to multilateralising the outcome of the negotiations; to present a concrete plan to achieve multilateralisation to the European Parliament before the conclusion of the TiSA negotiations;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 149 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
ia. to reflect on the recent withdrawal of Uruguay from the TiSA negotiations; to ensure that special attention is paid to developing countries in this regard, and that TISA includes the provisions contained in GATS article IV;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 157 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii. to reiterate its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while preventing social and economic dumping and fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors including all public services;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 170 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
iii. to push forguarantee multilateralisation by crafting GATS-compatible provisionsrejecting any provision that would be incompatible with the GATS and by accepting new parties conditional on their acceptance of the agreed rules and level of ambitions; to incentivise wider participation in the talks by granting interested parties observer status; to note that both the highest barriers and the highest growth potential regarding trade in services are to be found in the BRICS and the MINT countries; to recognise the importance of those countries for the EU, as export destinations with a rising middle class, as sources of intermediate inputs and as key hubs in global value chains; to open the way for the participation of China;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 182 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
iv. to carry outacknowledge that, as the negotiations are carried out on a preferential basis and to limit, the benefits of the agreement will be limited to TiSA parties until it is multilateralised; to take into account that unanimous approval is required from WTO members in order to multilateralise a plurilateral agreement;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 200 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
viii. to publish a sustainability impact assessment and, once the negotiations are finalised, to update it accordingly, taking specific account of its impact on citizens and workersrecall that the EU's negotiating mandate was proposed by the Commission and adopted by the Council without any impact assessment; to publish without any further delay the sustainability impact assessment while negotiations are on- going and as a precondition for the European Parliament approval; to involve social partners and civil society fully in finalising the sustainability impact assessment; to update it accordingly once the negotiations are finalised, taking specific account of its impact on citizens and workers; to include in this study a detailed assessment of the effect on the economy and labour conditions of the GATS since its entry into force, including a breakdown by mode of supply; to request Parliament’s research services to publish a comprehensive and informative study of the scope and potential impact of the TiSA negotiations, particularly on consumers and workers;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 225 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
i. to exclude public services and culturs well as cultural and audio-visual services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 239 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
ii. to ensure reciprocity at all levels; to condition any further commitments beyond the EU’s current level of openness on the other parties’ proportionate offers; to support the use of horizontal commitment- related provisions as a means to set a common level of ambitions, and to take note that such minimum requirements would set clear parameters for countries interested in participating;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 249 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
iv. to acknowledge thatreject the inclusion of any standstill and ratchet clauses do not apply to market access commiton any of the disciplines contained in the agreements;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 257 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
iva. to use positive listing for all market access and national treatment commitments;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 260 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
v. to undertake extremely limited commitments in Mode 1 so as to avoid regulatory arbitrage and social dumping; to ensure that European rules are fully respected when a company provides a service from abroad to European consumers; , particularly concerning sensitive sectors such as ICT; to ensure that European rules are fully respected and enforced on foreign providers established in third countries when a company provides a service from abroad to European consumers; to include provisions guaranteeing easy access to redress for consumers;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 271 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
vi. to take an ambitious approach in Mode 3 by seekingsecure the removal of third-country barriers to establishment, such as foreign equity caps and joint venture requirements; to retain the current overall level of limitations and reservations to Mode 3 commitments on the EU market;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 276 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
vii. to take a cautious approach in Mode 4, while bearing in mind that the EU has an offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour; to acknowledge that the labour clause maintains the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as withreject any new commitment on Mode 4 beyond the GATS; Mode 4 must not be used to undermine labour standards or collective agreements; to enter into nor member states' ambitious commitments for those cases which underpin Mode 3 commitmenlity to conduct labour market needs tests;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 286 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
viii. to acknowledge that by means of limitations and exemptions, each Party retains therespect Member States' sovereign right to choose which sectors to open to foreign competition and to what extent by means of limitations and exemptions; to refrain from pressuring Member States not to exercise this right in full;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 291 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
ix. to exclude, in line with Articles 14 and 106 of the TFEU as well as protocol 26 to the TFEU, current and future Services of General Interest as well as Services of General Economic Interest from EU commitments the scope of the agreement through a carve-out located in its core text (including but not limited to water, waste management, health, social services, social security systems and education);, as the only means to ensure that European, national and local authorities retain the full right to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal any measures with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public services; to apply this exclusion, irrespective of how the public services are provided and funded; to acknowledge that social security systems are excluded from the negotiations;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 301 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
x. to introduce an unequivocal ‘gold standard’ clause, which could be included in all trade agreements and would clarifyensure that the public utilities clause applies to all modes of supply and to, any services considered as public services by European, national or regional authorities in any sector and irrespective of the service's monopoly status;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 338 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
ii. to acknowledge that data protection is not a trade barrier, but a fundamental right, enshrined in Article 39 TEU and Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; to acknowledgensure that GATS Article XIV, which fully exempts the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data from these negotiations, will be replicated in the TiSA core text; in addition, to insert a legally binding horizontal clause in TiSA to guarantee full respect of these fundamental rights, taking due account of recent developments in the digital economy and in full compliance with the European Court of Justice's ruling with respect to the Safe Harbour Agreement;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 357 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point v
v. to recognise that digital innovation is a driver of economic growth and productivity in the entire economy; to recognise the need for data flows; to seek, therefore, a comprehensive prohibition of forced data localisation requirements;deleted
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 378 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
vii. to address persistent regulatory asymmetries regarding the telecommunications sector, by preventing parties from imposing foreign equity caps, by laying down pro-competitive wholesale access rules for incumbent operators’ networks, by providing clear and non- discriminatory rules for licensing and securing genuine access to last mile infrastructures in export markets for EU telecom providers, by guaranteeing the independence of regulators, and by supporting an extensive definition of telecommunications services covering all types of network;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 383 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point viii
viii. to strongly support provisions on international mobile roaming; to increase publicly available information regarding retail rates in the short run; to make the case for maximum caps in the long run; to push for online consumer protection, in particular vis-à-vis unsolicited commercial electronic messages; to include provisions directly aimed at lowering the cost of international calls and messages and to provide for effective means of redress for consumers;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 386 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
i. to ensure that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining, improving and applying their labour and social regulations, as well as their legislation on entry and temporary stay; and that international labour standards, as defined in the International Labour Organisation's fundamental conventions, as well as collective agreements, are respected; to guarantee that these labour rights are made fully enforceable through a monitoring process that has the full involvement of trade unions; to guarantee Member States' sovereign right to take or refuse to take commitments under Mode 4;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 389 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)
ia. to include a clause on control and enforcement mechanisms so as to deter and prevent companies from infringing labour and social rights, including collective agreements and to propose EU legislation ensuring liability in sub- contracting chains, covering EU companies as well as companies from third-countries;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 392 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i b (new)
ib. to urge Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, their labour inspectorates and to meet the target of one inspector for every 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO, as well as to impose more severe penalties on firms that fail to comply with their obligations concerning fundamental rights (including remuneration, working hours and OHS); considers that the penalties in such cases must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 393 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i c (new)
i c. to guarantee full compliance with the principle of equal remuneration for equal work in TISA; to ensure that all workers, irrespective of their home country must, as a minimum, enjoy the same rights, conditions of employment and salaries as nationals in the place of work;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 394 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i d (new)
id. to include a clause preventing companies from circumventing or undermining the right to take industrial action, through the use of workers from third countries during negotiations on collective agreements and labour disputes;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 396 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
ii. to recall that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of high-level professionals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by a contract and by domestic legislation; therefore rejects any changes to the Mode 4 rules as defined in the GATS, including with respect to economic needs tests;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 400 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
iia. to guarantee that Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers, together with other national and EU labour and social legislation as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers and business sellers accessing the EU, today and in the future, through the Mode 4 provisions in GATS;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 403 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii b (new)
iib. to propose a revision of Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer in order to avoid abuse and social dumping;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 404 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
iii. to recognise this chapter as an offensive interest for Europe, given that EU professionals are well-educated and mobile and that EU companies increasingly require the specific skills of foreign professionals inside Europe and their personnel outside Europe, in order to support the establishment of new business activities;deleted
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 420 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi a (new)
via. to present detailed information on the number and type of service providers currently operating in the EU under Mode 4, including the duration of their stay;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 426 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i
i. to aim at reinforcing financial stability, ensuring adequate protection for consumers, including their data privacy, and guaranteeing fair competition between financial services providers;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 436 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
ii. to step upcommit parties to TiSA to the implementation and application of international standards for the regulation and supervision of the financial sector, such as those endorsed by the G20, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Financial Stability Board, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; to bind TiSA parties not signatory to the WTO Understanding on Financial Services to equivalent rules;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 445 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iv
iv. to ensure that this agreement does not limit the EU’s ability to ban certain financial products in line with its regulatory framework or to adopt any measure it deems necessary to regulate financial markets;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 451 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point v
v. while stressing the need to increase worldwide access to financial services, to exclude cross-border financial services from the EU’s commitments until there is convergence in financial regulation at the highest level, except in very limited and justified caseto exclude cross-border financial services from the EU’s commitments;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 461 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i
i. to ensure a high level of ambibalanced regulation inof the transport sector, which is critical to the sustainable development of global value chains; to increase the speed, reliability, security and interoperability of transport services, to the benefit of business customers and individual users and workers;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 473 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point iv
iv. to exclude any provisions facilitating the entry and stay of professional drivers from the scope of the Annex on road transport; to reject any demands to take any Mode 4 commitments in the road transport sector;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 477 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point v
v. to ensure consistency with international standards, such as those endorsed by the International Maritime Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and to oppose any lowering of these international benchmarks; to ensure the application of all ILO Conventions relevant to the logistics and transport sectors, such as the Maritime Labour Convention;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 487 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point i
i. to fully preasservet that European, national and local authorities have the right to regulate to adopt policies in the public interest and that this should not be subject to additional necessity tests beyond those foreseen in GATS article VI; provisions on domestic regulations should not be more restrictive than the general proportionality obligation enshrined in the EU Treaties;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 496 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
ii. to promote good governance and foster good practices in administrative and lregisulativeory processes, by encouraging the wide take-up of measures that strengthen the independence of decision-makers, and increase the transparency of decisions, and reduce red tape; to stress that consumerand democratic accountability of decisions; to stress that consumer, health and environmental protection and safety and labour rights must be at the centre of regulatory endeavours;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 506 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
iii. to recognise that the domestic regulation chapter isprovisions, as provided in the GATS, might be necessary to prevent parties from implementing disguised trade barriers and imposing unnecessary burdens on foreign companies, in particular when they apply for different types of permits;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 518 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point v
v. to request and publish a legal opinion prior to Parliament’s vote on the final agreement, with a view to thoroughly assessing the two Annexes on domestic regulation and transparency in light of EU law, EU principles and international jurisprudence, and to assess whether the legal obligations set in these chapters are already respected in the EU, and whether necessity tests limit public authorities' right to regulate;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 523 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point vi
vi. to clearly define the law-making principles of transparency and objectivity so as to ensure that these concepts do not turn into catch-all provisions; in particular, to ensure that provisions contained in any transparency annex do not affect pricing mechanisms;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 532 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point x
x. to oppose any proposals calling for the mandatory submission of legislative proposals to third parties prior to their publication; to bear in mind that stakeholders have different access to resources and expertise, and to ensure that the introduction of a voluntarily stakeholder consultation process in TiSA does not create a bias towards the better funded organisations;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 534 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point x a (new)
xa. to reject the inclusion of a Most Favoured Nation Clause (MFN) in TiSA;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 535 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point x b (new)
xb. to secure full transparency as to the conditions prevailing in TiSA participants' markets in particular with respect to regulation applicable at sub- federal level;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 540 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point i a (new)
ia. to allow participating countries to modify or withdraw a commitment in their schedule if they can negotiate a substitute commitment with all other parties, by analogy to the provisions of GATS article XXI;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 543 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point i b (new)
ib. to include a dispute settlement mechanism in TiSA to be used until the agreement is multilateralised and the WTO dispute settlement mechanisms become available;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 546 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
ii. to endeavour to include a regulatory chapter on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders and to safeguard the ability of public authorities in the EU to discriminate on the basis of environmental and social criteria; to deplore the lack of transparency regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries; to encourage the ratification and implementation of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call upon the Member States to reinvigorate discussions on the proposed international public procurement instrument;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 560 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point i
i. to ensure the highest level of transparency, dialogue and accountability, and to emulate the document disclosure policy of the WTO, whereby all negotiating documents are made available to the public;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 567 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point ii
ii. to ensure that the members of Parliament’s Committee on International Trade receive all the negotiating documents related to TiSA as well as Commission internal assessments including briefing documents, minutes and summaries of negotiating rounds;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 580 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
iv. to welcome theensure serious and continuous engagement of the EU institutions with social partners and a wide range of stakeholders throughout the negotiation process;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 590 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v a (new)
va. to invite local and regional authorities' representatives, which are represented at EU level by the Committee of the Regions, to the dialogues organised by the European Commission at the beginning and at the end of each rounds of negotiations;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 599 #

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Requests the European Commission to provide a detailed response to all the concerns raised in this resolution within three months of its adoption;
2015/11/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas more than 50 million people are affected by energy poverty in Europe, which represents around 30% of households in the EU;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas energy poverty is linked to general poverty and is the result of a number of underlying conditions including high-energy prices, aggressive commercial and marketing techniques, issues concerning health and disability, a lack of access to tailored offers or online services, low incomes, the type of heating system in use in the household and the quality and energy performance of the housing stock;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to acknowledge that access to affordable energy is a basic social right and adopt a common definition on energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
- adopting a common definition on energy poverty focussing on the inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality housing stock;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- acknowledging the idea that access to affordable energy is a basic social right;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 299 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Calls on the Commission, in combination with the collection of data, to collect best practice between local authorities, regions and Member States and to promote those practices in both a top-down and bottom-up approach; (to be inserted after subheading 5)
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 307 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption, efficiency improvements and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to escape energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 312 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Highlights that the problem is likely to worsen given unstable energy security and underlines that while fuel subsidies can provide a respite, this is a temporary solution and subsidies alone remain an unsustainable option for reducing energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 315 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Highlights the inequality of energy poverty in that the pricing structure for customers means that the poorest people often pay more for their energy;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 317 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Stresses the importance of data collection in order to drive evidence-based policy objectives;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise measures for the retrofitting of existing housing among the most vulnerable consumers; calls on the Commission to work with local authority partners to set clear targets for the renovation of housing stock across the EU;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 337 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recalls that local authorities also have a role to play in promoting alternative financing instruments including co-operative models and in the promotion of collective buying agreements to enable consumers to combine their energy demands and therefore lead to cheaper energy prices; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the role of local authorities in alleviating energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the useadvent of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by smadigital world will fundamentally change how societies work and interact; and how the digital world will impact not just markets but society, and will coimpanies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideact people not just as consumers, but as citizens and workers;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 49 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; and has expanded the market place facilitating the access of small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 50 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU is more than a union of consumers or a marketplace, a Digital Single Market strategy must include a future for the citizen in the digital public space; a future for the worker in a digital economy; and a future for a digital European society beyond markets;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 56 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the growth of a European digital society could lead to more European research and innovation, greater investment in job creation, and more creativity and entrepreneurship across the EU;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 58 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Europe must use the opportunity of the Digital Single Market to develop state of the art educational systems, better labour protection standards, better resource and energy efficiency, to support the Energy Union, research and innovation both for business and for science, and promotion of gender equality and equal access for the marginalised and for people living with disabilities;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 63 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas particular attention must be paid to vulnerable citizens, workers in precarious employment, those caught in the digital divide, and isolated or poor communities, to ensure they too reap the full benefits of a Digital Single Market;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 66 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way businesses interact with each other, and how governments interact, and will continue to do so;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 83 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market is not just a step change in how business and industry works, but with the Internet of Things, Open Data, and Industry 4.0, represents a total reimagining of the functioning of the economy;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 90 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market represents a valuable opportunity to ensure full accessibility and participation for disabled people;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 100 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas 75% of the value added by the digital economy comes from traditional industry; whereas its integration of digital technology remains weak, with only 1.7% of EU enterprises making full use of advanced digital technologies and 14% of SMEs using the internet as a sales channel, and whereas Europe, must use digitalised industry to maintain its global leadership in high value added manufacturing;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 174 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy and stresses the importance of high speed internet access especially for rural and peripheral areas so that everyone can benefit from the advantages offered by the Digital Single Market;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 239 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of creating the best possible business environment to allow digital companies, including SMEs and start-ups, to operate; believes that accelerator programmes for digital start- ups are vital to ensure new companies are given the time and space needed to grow their business models and that these should be available in both rural and urban areas;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 270 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for a renewed commitment by the Commission to research and innovation, which represents the building blocks of a competitive European Digital Single Market;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 275 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that digital skills go hand in hand with a successful and competitive Digital Single Market, and calls on the Commission to dedicate investment to skills and education both in schools and through lifelong learning; as we need to ensure older and vulnerable workers are not left behind in the digital shift, as well as ensuring that our children are equipped with the future skills they will need in a digital workforce;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 336 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers the adoption of a European Web Accessibility Directive to be vital to address issues of accessibility across Europe; reminds that the latest report (2011) from the "Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe" (MeAC) study estimates that only one third of the content generated by public authorities across the EU is accessible; underlines that web accessibility is not just a question of technical standards and of web architecture and design, it is vital in order to ensure that no one is at risk of being partially or totally excluded from society as it becomes ever more digitised;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 372 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 541 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists that any Digital Single Market framework should be built around ensuring the same working rights enjoyed by workers in the offline economy are enshrined and enforced for workers in the online economy, with particular regard being paid to the integrity of union rights, working time, and proper regulation of real and false self-employment;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 637 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networksrecognises that universal service provision may require public as well as private investment;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 701 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to moallow for prudent regulation which does not limit the innovation of entre pregulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competitneurial businesses but ensures that they are not exempt from appropriate European labour rights and legislation that provide fair employment conditions for all workers across the Union;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 813 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, prevention of preferential treatment of own services, prevention of discrimination against third parties' services and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 869 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and stresses the importance of ensuring that all platforms are fully accessible for disabled users;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 887 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses; also encourages the Commission to examine the issue of employment rights of workers within the sharing economy and highlights the necessity of ensuring full adherence to employment and social rights and insurance rules by companies operating in the sharing economy;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 903 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals to prevent employment abuses and false self- employment in the digital economy, particularly with regard to aspects of the digital economy which are not currently appropriately covered by labour law and fair employment legislation;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 99 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 c (new)
67c. Stresses that Parliament and the Council must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget;
2015/10/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights, in particular with respect to labour rights, and to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the financial arm of the union has to play its part in fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals; calls for the post 2015 development agenda to be given special attention at the review of the mid-term external lending mandate in 2016;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB to improve effective access to funding for SMEs originating from the EIF and EIB’s external lending capacities; suggests the establishment of pro-active SME and micro-enterprise policy requirements for intermediary banks disbursing EIB financing through global loans, ensuring policy coherence with EU development policies aiming to formalise the informal economy;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EIB to ensure that companies participating in projects co- financed by the EIB shall be required to adhere to the principle of equal pay and pay transparency and to the principle of gender equality as set out in Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation. Furthermore, when deciding which projects to finance, the EIB shall take into account the corporate social responsibility measures taken by candidate companies.
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Facility for Small and Medium Enterprises to be insufficiently funded considering the importance of its objective to foster quality jobs and sustainable development, with €200 million to be provided over a ten year period in three different Eastern Partnership countries via the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the EIB;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Welcomes the solution found with the World Bank enabling the EIB to contribute to facilitating Ukrainian gas purchase;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Considers that the EIB's contribution to SMEs support programmes in trading partner countries in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood should focus on facilitating the participation of these companies in European value chains; points out that the method of relying on partner banks on local financial markets can be problematic for access to finance for SMEs when the local interest rates are very high such as in Ukraine;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the EIB to retain the necessary flexibility within its mandate to react to disruptive developments abroad and to potentially increase external financing towards the EU's Eastern and Southern Mediterranean neighbourhood in times of crises;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Believes that further development of the EIB's missions and responsibilities must be matched by a commensurate increase in the bank's capital;
2015/11/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled "Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050" (COM (2011) 0112),
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled "The Future of Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe" (COM(2013)0180),
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to the Covenant of Mayors, established in the 2008 EU Climate and Energy Package, who represent one third of the EU population,
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 5 February 2014 on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies,
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas defining the energy mix of Member States is an exclusiveprimarily a national competence, and therefore energy mixes remain highly diversified;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States are exclusively competent for defining their energy mix, and the Commission must not encroach upon this competence by passing EU laws that discriminate against certain energy resources to the advantage of others;deleted
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Energy Union should be based on a transition away from fossil fuels and towards the three pillars of energy efficiency, renewable energy and smart infrastructure;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 45 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Parliament has twice called for binding 2030 climate and energy targets of at least 40% reduction in CO2 emissions, at least 30% for renewables and 40% for energy efficiency to be implemented by means of individual national targets; whereas binding national and EU targets for energy efficiency and renewables create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU's technological leadership in these fields;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas measures for developing the Energy Union and achieving the 2030 climate targets must take full account of the impacts on energy prices, costs and the competitiveness of the EU economy in order to get the necessary support from citizens and industry; whereas such measures must therefore be in accordance with the principle of "energy efficiency first";
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 68 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas measures for developing the Energy Union and achieving the 2030 climate & energy targets must take full account of the impacts on energy prices, and focus on synergies and further market integration which will help reduce overall costs and improve the competitiveness of the EU economy in order to get the necessary support from citizens and industry;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Energy Union should be a new energy model for Europe, based on strong cross-cutting legislative grounds and strong objectives; governance of the Energy Union must be transparent; guaranteeing a stable framework and including the European Parliament in the decision making-process while promoting the role of local authorities and citizens;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give EU consumensure the transition to a new energy model which empowers households and businesses to produce and consume secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy; other high priority goals include creating jobs and reducing energy poverty;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the issue of energy poverty needs to be tackled within the framework of the Energy Union by empowering vulnerable consumers, improving energy efficiency for the most vulnerable and developing curative measures making energy affordable for those in need;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas energy poverty can be defined as the inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high energy prices and low quality housing stock;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the future vision of the Energy Union must be one in which Member States recognise that they depend on each other to deliver secure energy to their citizens, based on true solidarity and trust, and in which the Energyuropean Union speaks with one voice in global affairs;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies mustare complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another;ary, and the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low-emission economy andand low- consumption economy based on energy efficiency and renewable energy which will enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, greatly improve the EU's balance of payments while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU imports more than half of all the energy it consumes, its import dependency is particularly high for crude oil (more than 90 %) and natural gas (66 %), and the total import bill is more than EUR 1 billion per day; whereas a primary goal of the energy union should be to sharply reduce the need for energy imports;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU's external energy bill represents more than EUR 1 billion per day – EUR 400 billion in 2013 – and more than one fifth of total EU imports; whereas the global price for oil has dropped significantly providing EU an opportunity to take major steps in transforming our energy landscape, by investing in renewable energy production, by grasping the energy efficiency potential in buildings and industry and developing smart infrastructure; whereas money spent on importing fossil fuels contributes little to investment, jobs or growth in the Union and redirecting this money to internal investments would stimulate growth and create high-quality, high skilled local jobs;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas many countries are heavily reliant on a single supplier, including some that rely entirely on Russia for their natural gas and others that heavily rely on Northern Africa, which could leaves them vulnerable to supply disruptions, whether these are caused by political or commercial disputes, or infrastructure failure;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the 2006 and 2009 gas disputes between Russia and transit-country Ukraine left many EU countries with severe shortages; whereas the disruptions show that measures taken so far to interconnect European energy markets, increase energy efficiency and deploy renewable energy sources have been insufficient to eliminate Europe's reliance on Russian gas;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas EU industry gas prices are now three to four times higher than US, Indian and Russian prices, 12 % higher than China's, comparable to those of Brazil and lower than those of Japan;deleted
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas EU industrial electricity prices, before taking account of tax or levy exemptions for energy-intensive industries, are more than twice as high as in the US and Russia, 20% higher than China's but 20% lower than those in Japan;deleted
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas in order to avoid market instability, the Commission should encourage long-term electric contracts so as to ensure a necessary return on investments, especially in the case of capital-intensive industries; against market instability it is possible to conclude electricity long-term contract under certain condition, which must be compatible with a necessary return on investment, and a duration of no less than 15 years in the case of capital-intensive industries, the European Commission should encourage this possibility;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas boom, as energy-intensive industries move operations to the US, where energy costs are far lower;deleted
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas it is unlikely that shale gas can be produced in Europe as cheaply as in the US and it is estimated production costs could be twice as high due to geological and geographical differences, higher population density and lack of natural gas infrastructure in many places;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P c (new)
Pc. whereas EU energy and environmental policies should be driven by the strict application of the precaution principle;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas EU companies have a share of 40 % of all patents for renewable technologies and employ over a million people, which makes it a global leader as regards investment in renewable energy;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas, notwithstanding its global dominance in investment in renewable energy, the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2014 predicts that based on planned policies, global energy demand towill grow by 37 % by 2040 and global coal demand by 15 % by 2040although growing by 15 % over the same period, actually shrinks as a percentage of overall energy demand; whereas the share of gas in 2040 is projected to decrease in Europe back to 2010 levels; whereas nonetheless these projections would mean a 3.6°C increase in global temperatures, clearly at odds with the UN goal of a maximum 2°C temperature rise;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas a more economically and physically integrated single market in energy could result in significant efficiency gains of some EUR 50 billion;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas switching energy suppliers is an extremely important tool to help drive competition in energy retail markets and bring down prices; however attention must be paid to the risk of less-informed citizens who are less likely to compare and switch providers being stranded on uncompetitive outdated tariffs, thus perversely subsidising the more savvy and informed consumers;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 199 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas the European Parliament has asked for binding targets for minimum cross-border transmission capacity;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas better interconnection levels for electricity and gas will increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States; achieving a minimum binding target of 10% of electricity interconnections by 2020 will not only increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States and enabling a better integration of the renewable energies in the grid and the market, but it will also foster price convergence and increase benefits for consumers;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 208 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas new interconnections will also require additional reinforcements of the existing grid in order to fully use their capacity;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas an increase in interconnectivity between Members States will bring considerable benefits to the internal energy market, particularly with regards to security of supply, integration of low-carbon technologies and consumer prices;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital X
X. whereas the International Energy Agency's estimates that the EU is responsible for 11 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and that this proportion is set to decrease in the future thanks to policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energies; whereas the EU's contribution to lowering global emissions must happen alongside that of other major emitters;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital X a (new)
Xa. whereas it is recognised that Carbon, Capture and Storage can make a decisive contribution to fight climate change, and specifically can help reduce the cost of the transition to a decarbonised energy market and a low carbon economy;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Y. whereas diversification of supplies, the completion of the internal energy market, more efficient energy consumption, the development of indigenousrenewable and other sustainable energy resources and R&D activities are the key drivers of the Energy Union;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 258 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the Energy Union should adopt a comprehensive approach focusing on dimensions such as achievement of a fully integrated internal energy market, security of supply, moderation of energy demand, decarbonisation of the energy mix, essentially based on renewable energy sources, and research and innovation aiming for energy technology leadership: stresses that European citizens should be at the core of the Energy Union; calls for bottom-up approaches and the recognition of the importance of a well- functioning, efficient and reliable energy system on the local level;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that all EU infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying energy sources, suppliers and routes must be fully in line with EU legislation and EU energy security priorities while ensuring a high and efficient utilization of the already existing energy infrastructures;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 322 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, security of energy supply is one of the most pressing issue and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, security of energy supply is the most pressing issue and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlinimproved at both regional and EU level;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to set up a comprehensive framework for the external dimension of the Energy Union, with specific reference to the promotion of strategic partnerships with producing and transit third countries and taking into account the current state of regional cooperation; previous and new strategic partnership should be considered and explored in order to enhance dialogue and cooperation on oil and natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable sources, trade and interconnections of the Energy Union with external electricity grids;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that greater transparency of intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involving one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participate in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermore the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban and destination clauses;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider establishing an EU-wide target for reducing energy import dependency and to publish regular progress reports in this respect; however, considers that properly enforceable and binding targets or energy efficiency and renewable energies are the primary means of reducing import dependency; Calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the Regulation (EU) 994/2010 on security of gas supply with a view to enhancing reserves, possibly establishing common strategic reserves and so as to facilitate a switch from gas to renewable energy sources such as geothermal, solar, wind, marine renewables, and biomass where that biomass conforms with ILUC;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 416 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that it is essential to increase the participation of European industry and technology in the entire energy production chain, which includes not only raw materials but also generation, refinement, storage, transportation and distribution, since these are crucial elements for decreasing the EU's dependence on energy imports;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 423 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that diversity in the energy mixes of Member States, based on their respective potential, experience, know-how and economic costs and needs, is an asset to the EU as a whole, since it strengthens its resilience to supply disruptions, enables it to make cost-optimal energy choices and allows different technologies to develop and compete on the market, thereby driving down the costs of energy; stresses however that a cross-cutting, stable and transparent governance framework for the Energy Union, based on fully implementing legislation and setting binding targets and strong objectives would strengthen the EU's resilience to supply disruption, enable it to make cost- optimal choices, thereby driving down the costs of energy. Binding national and EU targets for energy efficiency and renewables create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU's technological leadership in these fields;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 434 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of indigenousrenewable sources of energy, including conv and the potentional and unconventional low-emission fossil fuels and renewables, and therefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy security and climate goals should be discriminated againstfor energy efficiency in building and transport. Energy efficiency and demand- side response must be able to compete on equal terms with generation capacity, taking into account the benefits to be gained from energy efficiency;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 438 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of indigenousrenewable sources of energy, including conventional and unconv and the potentional low-emission fossil fuels and renewables, and therefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy security and climate goals should be discriminated against;for energy efficiency in buildings and transport
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional, which have the potential to increase the EU's energy security of supply should be fully tapped and that unnecessary regulatory burdens on the entities willing to invest in these fields must be avoided;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 468 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the use of hydraulic fracturing in the Union entails risks and negative consequences for the climate, environment and public health, and threatens achievement of the EU's long- term decarbonisation goal. Furthermore, due to the limited potential of unconventional fuels to help meet the EU's future energy demand, coupled with high investment and exploitation costs, considers that hydraulic fracturing is not a promising technology. Therefore urges the Member States not to authorise any new exploration or extraction operations of unconventional fuels within the EU until it is proven, safe for the environment, citizens and workers;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the effective use of existing EU funding schemes, including the European Fund for Strategic Investments, so as to support investment in the development of Europe's indigachieve and exceed the European Council's 2030 climate and energy objectives of reducing greenhous energy resources, based on a technology-neutral approach;e gas emissions by at least 40%; increasing the share of renewable energy by at least 27% and increasing energy efficiency by at least 27% (having in mind a 30% target),
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission, and in particular DG TRADE, to continue to press for a dedicated energy chapter within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with a view to removing US export restrictions on both crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and eliminating unjustified protectionist measures; Calls on the Commission, in this respect, to also ensure that any such energy chapter also includes provisions to increase cooperation between EU and US governmentally funded energy research programmes, particularly the US ARPA-E programme.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 505 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the Energy Community through, inter alia, better implementation and enforcement of EU law, enhancing its institutions and implementing key infrastructure projects in order to ensure better integration with the EU energy market and security of supply mechanisms, avoiding the need of national capacity markets that undermine the effectiveness of the internal energy market;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 519 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the future Energy Union must establish a free flow of energy across EU countries as the fifth European freedom alongside free movement of people, goods, capital and services;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 524 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the importance for strengthening energy independence of short-term measures such as reducing energy demand, development of renewables and their storage, storage of gas, development of reverse gas flow infrastructure, support of new projects, which enable maximum use of existing infrastructure, preparation of regional security of supply plans, and more effective use of the opportunities to import liquefied natural gas, especially in those Member States which are exclusively dependent on, or unduly vulnerable to, one single supplier of natural gas; draws attention to the key importance of improving links between Member States' networks in order to establish an integrated energy market; points out that for all these reasons there is a vital need for cooperation between the European cities and municipalities, regions, energy cooperatives and local initiatives in various sectors, the Commission, Member States, neighbouring countries, regulatory bodies, ACER transmission system operators, gas suppliers and storage operators;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 542 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the backbone of the future Energy Union must be a fully functioning internal energy market that delivers secure, competitive and sustainable energy to enable EU companies and consumers to access gas and electricity in the most sustainable, efficient and cost-effective way possible;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 555 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolution of final energy prices in Europe, including taxes, levies, subsidies and any other hidden costs, with a view to identify actions that may help reduce such prices;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 562 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that as part of any review of the retail energy markets, serious consideration should be given to further measures to protect consumers such as encouraging and promoting collective switching schemes, requiring energy bills to include comparisons with competitors based on historical consumption patterns, requiring suppliers to automatically place their customers on the most advantageous tariff available, and ensuring a limited, easily comparable range of standardised tariffs;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 601 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for full implementation and enforcement of existing EU energy legislation and for a swift adoption of ambitious European network codes and guidelines, which must go hand in hand with strengthening the competences and resources of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G);
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 602 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and optimal, from the point of view of network security, integrationfully take into account the changing nature of energy supply and demand, including the increased uptake of micro- generation, demand-response technology and the ever-increasing share of renewable energy sources;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 623 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for the development of well- integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets that ensure the adequacy and flexibility of the energy system covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission act decisively and transparently against all instances of protectionism, anti- competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit; emphasises the importance to ensure stable national regulatory frameworks, address administrative barriers and stream-line national administrative procedures, also to guarantee a level playing field for citizens based projects;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 628 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission to implement key infrastructure projects in order to ensure better integration with the EU energy market and security of supply mechanism;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 637 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Believes that national capacity mechanisms should only be used as a last resort, once all other options have been considered, including increased interconnection with neighbouring countries, demand-side response measures and other forms of regional market integration;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 640 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission to take steps to enhance interconnection by reducing permitting time for infrastructure projects;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 653 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to shorten the lead time allowing projects to qualify as Projects of Common Interest (PCI), to ensure that new interconnector projects may receive EU support in a timely manner;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 654 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support the use of PCIs for the roll out of low carbon technologies, including transport and storage infrastructure for carbon dioxide; specifically to aid the development of vital technologies which require significant initial investments and support the creation of regional hubs;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 655 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the European Commission to revise the PCI criteria to allow for smart grid projects to be prioritised, bearing in mind that distributed generation is connected to the distribution grids, which requires them to adapt to new dynamics through upgraded grids;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 656 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that the deployment of smart distribution grids needs to be facilitated through accelerated permission procedures as well as political support and adapted regulatory frameworks for network operators, that recognise the changing needs for investments and incentivise investments in ICT and automation on an equal footing with traditional grid extension;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 678 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Supports regional approaches where there are particular regional challenges or opportunities, or where acting regionally could speed up market integration, including through the creation of regional hubs to enhance market liquidity or support appropriate infrastructure for the transportation and storage of carbon dioxide;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 699 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that in order to successfully balance the internal market, investment is needed not only in interconnectors but also in, inter alia, storage capacity, such as LNG terminals and smart grids, in order to cope with enhanced renewable and distributed generation;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 715 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to create a legislative framework that empowers consumers and makes them active participants in the market as investors and stakeholders; notes that consumers' involvement can be strengthened through, inter alia, energy cooperatives and micro-generation and enhanced transparency of prices and consumer choices; points out that such initiatives could contribute to reducing energy prices and help address serious social problems, such as fuel poverty; in this regard, ask the Commission to ensure that Member States fully implement the Third Energy Package and come up with a definition of vulnerable consumers; ask the Commission to gather impact assessments and collection of best practices of measures taken at national level to fight energy poverty and make sure that those best practices are centralised and promoted by a dedicated European body;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 717 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that a more decentralised and flexible energy system, with power and heat sources being placed closer to the point of consumption, can facilitate small- scale energy generation and therefore empowers consumers to be more involved in the energy market, control their own energy use, diminishes transmission and distribution losses, the risk of attacking improves the resilience of energy infrastructure and simultaneously provides local business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to facilitate further development and expansion of local and regional renewable energy sources and of local and regional distribution networks and district heating networks through policies that tackle existing barriers and help bring about market transformation; calls on the Commission to propose guidelines on energy self-consumption in order to promote its use and protect the rights of consumers;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 719 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Commission to adapt policies to the need of an increasingly decentralising energy system, giving long-term investments signals in renewable sources, effective energy efficiency measures and smart distribution networks that facilitate an efficient, reliable and flexible supply and demand of energy, providing energy security at local level;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 726 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to integrate local actors into EU energy policy, and bring forward a proposal to establish decentralised advice and capacity building centres to equip and support local authorities to deal with energy providers on an equal footing, and to support the development of local energy production through cooperatives, locally established companies, and municipal authorities;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 738 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that following the European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014, post-2020 EU energy-efficiency targets must be non-binding and not apply at national level;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 751 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Recalls that the moderation of energy demand, in particular energy demand used for heating, through energy savings and energy efficiency is crucial for a number of reasons, impacting positively on the EU's energy security, competitiveness, economic growth and sustainability, as well as on energy affordability, combatting energy poverty and creating sustainable jobs; highlights in this regard, that according to the International Energy Agency, energy efficiency investments represent the best return on investment of any energy resource; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to treat energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right representing the value of energy saved; underlines that energy efficiency and demand-side response shall compete on equal terms with generation capacity, taking due consideration of urgent and exceptional energy security problems and whenever is technically feasible; therefore encourages Member States to give energy efficiency primary consideration in their policies;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 760 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses that a binding energy efficiency target would be the cost- efficient way to reduce Europe's energy dependency while at the same time protecting industry and households from rising energy bills; recalls that the European Parliament adopted in its resolutions of 5 February 2014 and 26 November 2014 three binding targets including an energy efficiency target of 40%, a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG target of at least 40%; deplores in this context the lack of ambition on energy efficiency shown by the European Council in their October 2014 summit, in setting a non-binding target of just 27% with no individual targets for Member States;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 765 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29b. Stresses that energy demand in the building sector is responsible for about 40 % of energy consumption in the EU and a third of natural gas use, and that it is therefore necessary to increase both the depth and the rate of building renovation and the use of sustainable energy sources in heating and cooling, through the right incentives in order to reduce energy demand; recommends the continuation of increasing energy efficiency standards for buildings taking account of and encouraging technical innovation; further recommends continued support for the construction of nearly zero-energy buildings as an additional crucial step in securing energy independence and a sustainable and secure energy system; emphasises in this context the need to develop innovative sources of private financing and encourages greater involvement of the European Investment Bank and the EFSI to complement national financing schemes to improve the competitiveness of industry and create more growth and jobs; this should also create benefits for citizens including a reduction in energy bills and an improvement in standards of living;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 766 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that improvements in energy- efficiency pursued on a cost-effective basis will make a key contribution to energy security, competitiveness and the achievement of climate objectives; stresses, however, that gains in energy efficiency cannot replace diversification of energy supply;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 786 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Recalls that 40% of the energy in Europe is consumed in buildings and that renovation rates are low, stresses that all existing legislation in this regard must be implemented fully and speedily, and that all forms of EU funding schemes must be easily understandable and accessible;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 805 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that it will be importantthe best way to avoid any over-prescriptive legislation that canmight constrain domestic policy choices about how best to promote energy efficiency within a national context would be to have an EU level binding target, translated into individual national targets;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 809 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that theenergy-efficiency has a crucial primary role in Energy Union as the "first fuel", as supported by the International Energy Agency, and furthermore considers energy efficiency the cheapest and fastest way to strengthen the EU's industrial competitiveness and lower the bills of EU consumers; however, recognises that energy-efficiency targets must work alongside energy and climate goals and strengthen the competitiveness of the EU economy vis-à- vis its major trade partners;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 811 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that the energy-efficiency target must work alongsideis vital to achieve the EU's energy and climate goals and strengthen the competitiveness of the EU economy vis-à- vis its major trade partners, building on the EU's competitive advantage in energy efficient technologies;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 813 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that a cautious revision of existing energy efficiency legislation, including the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, is needed in order not to undermine national policies already in place which operate within the 2020 climate and energy framework; calls on the Commission to review the EU energy- efficiency legislation by no sooner than 2018;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 828 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive - especially the National Energy Efficiency Plans (NEEAPs) and National Renovation Strategies - and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive ; calls on the Commission to carry out a revision of the Energy Efficiency and Energy Performance of Buildings Directives in order to achieve the EU 2030 energy efficiency improvement target, putting a stronger emphasis on helping vulnerable consumers and tackling energy poverty; believes that in the context of this enforcement measurement and verification of energy efficiency improvements should be done on a regular basis; in this regards, measures for retro fitting of existing buildings should prioritize the most vulnerable consumers in low quality accommodation or social housing; conditions to target European funds for energy efficiency on vulnerable consumers should be put in place; criteria for a certain percentage of energy obligation schemes to target low income consumers should be set;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 831 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the value of small scale and local infrastructure and investment planning in energy policy planning as part of the future for sustainable energy, and to establish a unit in DG Energy to analyse the potential for small scale investments in all the projects related to the Energy Union, and to identify ways to support their development;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 846 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Acknowledges that local authorities, local companies, energy cooperatives, and community power projects of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution to energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating buildings;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 851 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers that investment to moderate energy demand, especially in buildings and industry, is a significant contribution to energy security, while stimulating economic growth and job creation at the same time, and that this should be taken into account when developing integrated economic instruments, building regulations and considering financial allocations; Stresses that increased EU financial support should be made available to support the Member States in achieving these energy efficiency goals and objectives;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 852 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes the importance of integrating the planning of energy demand and supply at the level of the EU internal energy market, with priority given to demand reduction and decentralised solutions, in order to achieve cost-optimal security of supply and avoid unnecessary or over-dimensioned infrastructure investments and stranded costs;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 853 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to offer the policy and financing tools on transport, urban planning, energy efficiency planning; to support small scale investments and locally led investments, working with the Covenant of Mayors;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 874 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the crucial role of renewables in the EU in attaining its greenhouse gas reduction targets; underlines that, in this regard, the current market design should be improved by fully integrating renewables into the market and introducing cost-reflective balancing prices, increasing energy security, reducing energy imports, improving air quality and creating employment;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 882 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee transparency, consistency, stability and continuity of regulatory renewable energy frameworks and to avoid retroactive changes in economic conditions of investments in order to strengthen investors' confidence and to contribute to a cost-efficient deployment of renewable energy across the EU regions; stresses the need for better coordination of support schemes in line with the European Commission Guidance on the design of renewable energy support schemes in order to avoid potential market distortion, and safeguard effective support for renewables;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 889 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Believes that the development of renewable energy sources is central to the Energy Union, taking into consideration energy costs; stresses the importance of developing cross-border infrastructure and of enhancing research and innovation in developing smarter energy grids and new energy storage solutions as well as flexible generation technologies for the integration of renewables;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 891 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage self- consumption and micro-generation through renewable energy schemes targeted at the most vulnerable consumers;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 898 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the implementation of the Market Stability Reserve and the reform of the ETS with an adequate carbon price so as to promote investments in clean technology, whilst taking into account the risks of an adverse impact on industrial competitiveness;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 902 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, adopting strategies for using and promoting not only renewable energy sources but also other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy sources;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 925 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that decarbonisation which is not pursued through a technology-neutral approach could result in a drastic increase in energy costs in some Member States, which would lead to energy poverty, deindustrialisation of the European economy and a subsequent rise in unemployment; stresses that it therefore needs to be a sovereign decision of each Member State on how to decarbonise its economy;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 942 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Calls for specific focus on marine renewables, in line with the Commission's communication on the Blue Economy, as an industry with great potential but which is less established than other renewable sectors;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 950 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) would make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 984 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Believes that it is for Member States to determine the best mix of policies and technologies to deliver decarbonisation and national climate change targets; recognises that in some areas, such as product standards, EU-level policies are the most effective, while in others Member States may choose to work together;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1003 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for establishing a Modernisation Fund, which should have strict criteria and guidance to ensure that funding is targeted at genuine energy modernisation projects, which would be selected based on a technology-neutral approach and on whether they are demonstrably consistent with attainment of the EU's 2030 greenhouse gas objectiveclimate and energy targets;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1010 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the development of the Energy Union takes dueutmost consideration of requirements for environmental protection, improved air quality, biodiversity and the competitiveness of European industry;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1020 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake common efforts in order to bring down wholesale and retail gas and energy prices by 20 % by 2020;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1035 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption by undertaking efficiency improvements, stronger interconnections, higher market integration and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to access on equal conditions a single, sustainable, competitive and secure energy market and escape energy poverty, which in 2012 affected one in four EU citizens; invites the Commission to present a communication on energy poverty in Europe, accompanied by an action plan to fight against it, which contains a definition and indicators of energy poverty;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1046 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Urges the Commission to speed up the energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of the transport sector, in order to create the right market conditions for an increasing deployment of alternative fuels and to further promote the procurement of clean vehicles;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1049 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)
43a. Considers that the Energy Union should bring about multiple cost-savings and that in an increasingly highly energy- efficient economy with reduced consumption levels for industry and consumers, the focus should be on reducing the total energy costs paid by consumers and not on the unit price of wholesale or retail energy; Calls on the Commission to launch a study analysing new and cost-effective market designs that ensure reasonably priced electricity for consumers and industry while preventing carbon leakage;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1054 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Research and Development and Innovation
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1055 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Stresses that effective use of research and technological innovations fosters the leadership of European industry and strengthens the competitive advantage and commercial viability of European business and industry, creates jobs while contributing to the main EU energy and climate policy goals, including reduction of energy demand, security of supply, competitiveness and sustainable development of energy production, distribution, transportation and consumption, combatting energy poverty and the EU targets regarding GHG emissions, renewable energy resources and energy efficiency;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1070 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to intensify its research efforts as regarding the better use of Europe's indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventionals efficient, low-emission technologies in order to meet its 2030 and longer/term objectives and improve its energy security and facilitate economic recovery; expects the mid/term review of the Horizon 2020 research programme to reflect these priorities;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1099 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase IT security and the protection of critical energy infrastructures which provide crucial services for consumers, particularly with regard to the development of industrial production and the increasing role of ICT in the energy sector; stresses in this respect the importance of the adoption and timely implementation of the Network and Information Security Directive to maintain high levels of network and information security of critical infrastructures.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1100 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to seek for better interaction and coordination of national and European research programmes, especially in the fields of energy, transport, ICT and construction, in order to ensure that priority is given to common challenges such as increasing energy efficiency by not focusing only on the heating sector but also cooling, promoting small-scale renewable energies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as increasing energy security and developing new renewable energy sources, and to maximize the market uptake of new technologies;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1101 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Believes that the further development of an energy internal market is intrinsically linked to the Digital Single Market; Calls on the European Commission to promote the connection between the Energy Union and the Digital Single Market through the maximization of consumer access to energy services using digital platforms and through the development of an energy internal market which is more competitive, transparent and integrated in the digital economy;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1102 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Stresses the added value of integrating ICT in the energy system and calls on the Commission to introduce common standards for smart grids at the transmission system level since they ensure a stable supply and free flow of energy across borders and contribute to energy security, and at distribution system level to ensure security of supply for local communities, cities and regions; highlights in this regard the role that developing smarter energy grids and new energy storage facilities can play increasing the level of RES;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1117 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Underlines that it should be a priority for the Member Statesresearch and development and innovation and in particular Horizon 2020 to bring down the costs of less mature low-carbon energy technologies, particularly those that are likely to be critical to global decarbonisation, such as power plants fitted with CCS, and potential breakthrough technologies, such as electricity storage and second and third generation biofuels;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1119 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls on the Commission to improve the conditions for deployment of CCS; believes that CCS could aid the transition to low carbon energy market, and that CCS could have an important role in reconciling the Energy Union's divergent objectives of a diverse, secure energy supply which simultaneously achieves the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to meet the EU's Roadmap 2050 targets;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1121 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls on the Commission to set up the NER400 Innovation Fund, which should support low-carbon demonstration projects, building on the NER300 programme for Carbon Capture Storage and renewables but extending its scope to low carbon innovation in industrial sectors.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1135 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on the Commission to provide an explicit mapping of the different funding and financing instruments, such as the InvestEU programme, Connecting Europe (PCIs), R&D funds, structural funds, smart grid financing instruments (ERA-Net Plus), the Horizon 2020 programme (H2020), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR), the Connecting Europe Facility - Energy (CEF-E), NER 300,EFSI and Eurogia+, and to clarify the eligibility rules for each of these programmes, while taking into account the technology neutral approach; calls on the Commission to aim to provide more balanced support and spending throughout the EU to avoid creating a technological rift between regions;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1138 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Stresses that the Commission should come forward with a proposal for a reliable and transparent governance system in 2015 in order to have an early indication of Member State contributions post-2020; takes the view that this governance system needs to be codified into legislation well ahead of 2020 to give investors certainty and clarity over their investment decisions; underlines in this regard the need for a strong and proactive role for the European Parliament with regard the design and development of the governance system;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1142 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all proposals forming part of the Energy Union follow the ordinary legislative procedure, thus fully involving the European Parliament at all stages and ensuring effective democratic oversight; expects the governance process foreseen for the implementation of the 2030 climate and energy targets to be transparent, democratic and fully involve the European Parliament;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1143 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Agrees with the European Council that a reliable, democratic and transparent governance system avoiding additional red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy should be developed and proposed in 2015 to help ensure that the EU meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and on a basis of full respect for their freedom to determine their energy mix; Stresses that European Parliament shall play a strong and proactive role with regards to the development, implementation and review of the Energy Union governance systems;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU's leadership on climate change mitigation and adaption, including the creation of skills, jobs and growth that it brings; notes the crucial need for a global binding agreement to be concluded in Paris and stresses that continued EU leadership requiresthat ensures a reduction in emissions to remain within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2°C Scenario; stresses that the EU should press for the full commitment of all parties to this agreement; insists on a regular, transparent performance reviewaluations based on the most up- to-date scientific data and technologyies, including an adjustment mechanism to assess, and where necessary adjust, INDCs;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends a minimum spending commitment of at least 2% GDP on climate change mitigation and adaptation, at both the national level and the EU as a whole;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to strengthen coordination and climate risk management at the EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy; Recommends the implementation of ambitious and binding targets on CO2 emissions and renewable energy, at both national and EU level, to enable and ensure the transition to a sustainable and secure economy;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU's energy-intensive industries fail to make similar commitments on GHG reductions, carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakagand where necessary more long term solutions will be considered, including carbon- border adjustments; considers it vital that key European industries, including agribusiness and energy intensive industries, are protected against carbon leakage and that sectoral specific roadmaps are developed to help guide industries to a truly sustainable future;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that delays in taking action will increase the cost of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and will narrow the range of technology options available; considers that early action will have a positive impact on the long-term competitiveness of European industries and energy producers;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Insists that any agreement should contain, as a key component, the concept of a 'Just Transition' to a low carbon future, which includes decent quality job creation, enhanced social dialogue and policies to support the workforce in energy and related industrial sectors;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the global phase-out of environmentally and economically harmful subsidies, which distort competitiveness and hinder innovation;, hinder innovation, and generally slows the greening of the EU economy; However, recognises that subsidies can, if utilised correctly, aid the development of a sustainable economy and can be a vital component in the development of new technologies critical to climate action.
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and to facilitate growth in EU green-economy sectors; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists that the European Commission uses the Covenant of Mayors to inform its negotiating position, as cities, regions and local communities will be key actors in ensuring climate action legislation and measures are effectively implemented at the local level;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the EU should increase its efforts on technology transfers for least developed countries, reinforcing the REACT and CELA programmes, and replicating these in other regions; considers that the current time period for a climate change related technology to reach the global market, normally several decades, is too long and is a serious limit on the global impact of such technologies;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Insists that energy efficiency should play a vital role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Considers the current EU Council's non-binding energy efficiency target of 27% by 2030 to be insufficient; Calls on the EU, in the event of an agreement being achieved at COP 21, to revise and increase its 2030 energy efficiency targets and make such targets legally binding.
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the enormous carbon storage potential of the bioenergy sector; calls for bioenergy, together with grassland and forestry, to be recognised for their emission- mitigating qualities; additionally notes, that when combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, biomass as a fuel for energy generation could potentially lead to negative emissions, as recognised by the IPPC;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for actions to better understand and mitigate the impact of climate change and pressure from human activities on the marine environment and coastal areas and to significantly reduce these damages; stresses that the development and full exploitation of the potential of the blue economy can support climate mitigation and adaptation goals;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of sustainable bioeconomy in climate change mitigation; calls for biobased products, especially when substituting energy intensive materials, to be recognized for their carbon storage qualities; notes that biobased products and CO2 neutral bioenergy replacing fossil fuels decrease CO2 emissions;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that the size of forest carbon sequestration depends both on the size of their land cover, their density and the quality of forest management;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the efforts made on cooperation between the EU and the United States' Department of Energy, particularly around climate change technology research; Considers that there is much potential for further research cooperation between the EU and other major economies; Stresses that the results of publicly funded research should be made freely available;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to its recommendations to the Commission for the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement of 8 July 2015 and 3 February 2016 respectively,
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that 90% of world economic growth over the next 10-15 years will come from outside the EU and that large emerging economies will play a big role in this. Underlines, therefore, the need for Europe to have a solid forward-looking trade strategy that is embedded with coherent industrial policy and research and innovation agenda;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on International Trade to the report on Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions,
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to Article 24 § 2 of the EU regulation 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports,
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the principle of policy coherence for development as stated in the TFEU,
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of maintaining the high standards in terms of health and safety legislation and environmental standards in EU industry and manufacturing. Calls on the Commission to ensure trade agreements consolidate these standards and help create a level playing field internationally;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas openness to trade is a necessity for the European economy as most of the global wealth will be created elsewhere in the future but this must go hand in hand with a robust framework at home that ensures trade delivers for citizens consisting of effective trade defence and social flanking policies;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, whichemploy more than 6 million people and directly export goods outside the EU, and account for one third of EU exports;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris agreement are of the highest importance for global sustainable development and EU trade policy has to contribute to the fulfilment of their key elements;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the common commercial policy (CCP) has undergone a profound change since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009; whereas trade does not operate in isolation, but rather is linked to and dependent on many other polices; whereas negotiations on trade and investment agreements have changed and evolved over time; must go beyond simply cutting tariffs as complex challenges lie today in regulatory matters and convergence on international standards;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the difficulties that EU SMEs have in tapping into the growth potential that international trade and investment agreements offer. Therefore calls on the Commission to encourage more SMEs to expand their businesses and to engage in extra-EU trade. Furthermore, calls on the Commission to provide user-friendly information on trade opportunities for SMEs and to provide them with the support needed to benefit from these opportunities including through EU structural funds;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of ‘transition periods’ for industry sectors and SMEs to adjust to the impact of new international trade agreement. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU industry is given the support necessary to face this adaptation and for this transition to be taken into account already at negotiating stages;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, in times of low economic growth, the contribution of foreign trade to the recovery of the European economy is of key importance in delivering concrete and measurable results and contributing to decent jobs and sustainable economic growth and equality in Europe and beyond;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to incorporate specific chapters in trade agreements to benefit SMEs´;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas trade can be a tool to increase potential economic output by permitting businesses to increase their supply to satisfy a growing external demand and without increasing public spending;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2015/2105(INI)

3. Notes that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of trade agreements; therefore calls for the introduction of binding and enforceable labour and environmental standards in all EU trade agreements;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas new-generation trade policy needs to respond to people's concerns; whereas trade can help fighting poverty and improve the living and working conditions of the people in Europe and in our trading partner countries whereby a fair and equitable wealth distribution in society is indispensable;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry, and for the EU to take all necessary measures to defend itself against unfair trading practices;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas on-going trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy increasingly to the public's attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Commission made a clear pledge that no trade agreement will ever lower levels of regulatory protection, that any change to levels of protection can only be upward and that the right to regulate will always be protected;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In light of the rapidly deteriorating situation in crucial industrial sectors, such as steel or ceramics, urges the European Commission and the Council of Ministers of the European Union to expedite as a matter of priority the reform of the EU’s trade defence instruments initiated in 2013; stresses that the European Parliament adopted its position on this reform on 5 February 2014 (2013/0103(COD)), which notably called for shortening the duration of anti- dumping investigations, extending the right to request trade defence investigations to workers’ representatives as well as employers’, and introducing exemptions to the lesser-duty rule in order to properly address cases of social and environmental dumping, in full compliance with WTO rules;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses, including SMEs; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market while aiming for full reciprocity for EU companies in foreign markets;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas by 2050 the EU-28 will account for only 15 % of the world's GDP, down from 23.7 % in 2013, and whereas by 2015 90 % of world economic growth will be generated outside Europe;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to address existing trade barriers in the digital economy, cross-border data flows, data storage and data and consumer protection in future trade and investment agreements, so as to ensure that the digital economy can continue to adapt and grow for the benefit of consumers, while acknowledging that data protection and the right to privacy are not a trade barrier, but fundamental rights, which are enshrined in Article 39 TEU and Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; calls on the Commission to incorporate comprehensive, unambiguous, horizontal, self-standing and legally binding provisions in all EU trade agreements fully exempting the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the right to enforce existing Intellectual Property legislation is preserved, in future trade agreements, particularly in the area of technology transfer;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to ensure respect for the full range of employment and social rights, where services are exported from the EU, or imported into the EU;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to encourage European research bodies to engage more actively with potential partners outside the EU and to optimise investment in research and innovation;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to note the gender gap in entrepreneurship and to promote investment training and trade opportunities to bridge this gap; calls on the commission to include in all its impact assessment study the gender perspective and the need to tackle phenomena such as the glass ceiling and the gender pay gap;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its trade and investment strategy and to publicly present a detailed annualmid-term implementation report to Parliament to ensure it delivers on its promises;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to promote increased investment opportunities for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) entrepreneurship throughout Europe and to develop appropriate user- friendly information on trade opportunities, particularly for BAME entrepreneurs;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to expedite its procedures so that negotiated trade agreements can be referred to Parliament within a shorter period of time and can therefore be provisionally applied or enter into force more swiftly;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that enhanced cooperation between regulators is key to facilitate trade and investment through the identification of technical barriers to trade and duplicated or redundant administrative burdens and formalities, which disproportionately affect SMEs, while not compromising the technical procedures linked to fundamental standards and regulations or procedures serving a public policy objective, preserving European standards on health, safety, consumer, labour, social and environmental legislation and cultural diversity and fully respecting the regulatory autonomy of national, regional and local authorities;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the requirement in the Commission’s ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ to boost investment within the EU, and considers trade strategies to be an essential means of achieving this goal.; does not believe however that greater investment protection is needed in the EU in order to achieve this objective, as foreign investments are already fully protected under EU and domestic law, with appropriate redress mechanism already in place through the European judicial system;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission's attempts to increased transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such aand supports the Commission's TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing Parliament to assume its responsibility under the CCP even better; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission's transparency initiative to extend its key elements to all ongoing trade negotiations;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council to publish all existingpreviously adopted and future negotiating mandates as soon as they are adoptedwithout delay;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 96 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the involvement of civil society and stakeholdocial partners, including through appropriate public online consultations and communication campaigns, is crucial in order to strengthen the legitimacy of trade policy and to improve its content;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 97 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, where possible, EU institutions documents should be published. Reminds that where confidential information is beyond the reach of public access it must be available to parliamentarians who scrutinise trade policy on behalf of citizens; considers that there should be clear criteria for classifying documents to avoid ambiguity and arbitrary decisions; notes that the case law of the ECJ makes it clear that where a document originating in an EU institution is covered by an exception to the right to public access, the institution must clearly explain why access to this document could specifically and effectively undermine the interest protected by the exception, and that this risk must be reasonably foreseeable and not purely hypothetical; calls on the Commission to implement the recommendations of the European Ombudsman of July 2015 with particular regard to access to documents for all negotiations;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks the Commission to where possible, conduct negotiations with no less transparency than those organised in the World Trade Organisation (WTO); stresses, however, that the Commission must also persuade negotiating partners to increase transparency at their end to make sure that this is a reciprocal process in which the EU's negotiating position is not compromised and to include the aspired level of transparency in its scoping exercises with potential negotiating partners; stresses that meaningful transparency can strengthen global support for rules-based trade;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU's trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies, such as development policy; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU's external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP; recalls that only fair and properly regulated trade, if aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could have potentialities for development and reduce inequality;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 111 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the co-legislator role played by the Parliament and therefore calls on the Commission to build upon and improve its cooperation with the Parliament and to enhance its efforts in order to constructively work with the other Institutions prior to taking decisions;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission to develop a comprehensive 'access to medicines- policy' across the policy areas such as trade, development, research and innovation and public health, which supports the effective implementation and realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 3;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Welcomes the Commission's support of the extension request for pharmaceutical intellectual property by LDCs until these countries no longer are considered LDCs; regrets the final WTO TRIPS Council decision to grant only a time limited extension of 17 years; asks the Commission follow through on its initial position by supporting all developing countries in making full and effective use of all flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement and recognised by the TRIPS Agreement and affirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001, in order to be able to provide affordable medicines under their domestic public health programmes;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the Commission's efforts to strengthen sustainable development and promote human rights, labour and social standards and environmental sustainability worldwide through its trade and investment agreements but urges determined efforts to fully implement and enforce the corresponding chapters in practice; shares the Commission's view that the EU has a special social responsibility as regards the impact of its trade policies on least- developed countries (LDCs); calls on the Commission to adopt accompanying measures in trade agreements with developing countries;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 121 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that in particular for partner countries undergoing an economic crisis above all the objective of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTA) must be tangible and sustainable improvements to the living conditions of ordinary people;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 122 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a binding chapter on labour rights based on the ILO's core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), including the OECD principles for multinational companies and the UN Principles on Business and Human rights, must form an essential part of EU trade agreements9 [9]; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; points out that labour and environmental standards are not limited to Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters but must be effective throughout all areas of trade agreements; calls on the EEAS to systematically include dedicated labour attachés in its delegations abroad; [9] OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 129 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that Everything But Arms (EBA), the General System of Preferences (GSP) and the GSP+ schemes are tools which enable fundamental values to be upheld; insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring and welcomes the Commission's commitment to strengthening cooperation with beneficiary countries in this regard;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 131 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to develop legislation with the aim of forbidding imports of goods produced with any form of forced labour or modern slavery and in the meantime, strengthen import and supply chain controls on ethical grounds;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to establish a structured and depoliticised process whereby consultations with a partner for suspected violations of obligations under trade and sustainable development chapters have to be launched according to clear criteria;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the involvement of civil society in joint fora under the free trade agreements (FTAs) that monitor and comment on the agreements' implementation and the parties respect for their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection; calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; stresses that they should be fully independent; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation; and to thoroughly take into account the Domestic Advisory Group's recommendations; calls on the EU to reinforce its monitoring capacity in the EPAs dedicated to sustainable development and human rights that ensure the proper and transparent involvement of civil society organisations;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes with concern that there has been little interest on the EU side so far among civil society to participate in certain EU civil society advisory groups provided for under the Agreements and calls on the Commission to draw appropriate conclusions to invigorate these mechanisms and ensuring their representative character in line with recommendations from the European Economic and Social Committee;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the ILO estimates that 865 million women around the world, if better supported, could contribute more robustly to economic growth; notes that women-owned businesses represent an underutilised lever to boost competitiveness, accelerate business and sustain growth; states that trade policy can have differing gender impacts across the various sectors of the economy; and that more data on gender and trade is needed regrets that the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its 'Trade for All' communication; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to use trade negotiations as a tool to promote gender equality worldwide, as well as to ensure that both women and men can take advantage of the benefits of trade liberalisation and be protected from its negative effects; to this aim, the Commission should make sure that the gender perspective is included, horizontally, in all future trade agreements and also, as an essential part of the EU mainstreaming strategy and proposes, the Commission should guarantee a thorough monitoring and evaluation of the gender impact of the trade agreements in force;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 151 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to make its trade and investment policy fully aligned with the ILO Decent Work Agenda;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 154 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses that given the increased importance of animal welfare for EU citizens in terms both of public morals and consumers informed choice and its implications for the competitiveness of EU producers, animal welfare provisions should be strengthened in our free trade agreements;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges that the internationalisation of the world's production system has resulted in new openings for economic development and an employment-based path out of poverty for hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; concludes therefore that mutual respect for labour and environmental standards is an indispensable tool to ensure there is no race to the bottom; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVC in close cooperation with the ILOs; emphasises that the EU's further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable and equitable growth and decent jobs in the EU and for its partners;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 165 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that the emergence of GVCs has also led to a substantial increase of imported components in exports; consequently there are less incentives for countries to levy high tariffs as trade policy should not just open up exports, but also facilitate imports in order to stabilise value chains without prejudice to the legitimate use of trade defence instruments;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, animal welfare, social and safety standards; stresses the need for mandatory due diligence throughout the supply chain; welcomes the Commission's desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions especially in the garment sector; underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain partnerships; looks forward to the Commission's upcoming communication on CSR; and calls on the Commission to move from voluntary initiatives to binding obligations;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 187 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission not to request provisional application of trade agreements, including trade chapters of association agreements, before European Parliament gives its consent; recalls that it cwould seriously undermine Parliament's rights and create potential legal uncertainty vis-à- vis the agreement's other signatory and the economic operators concerned; recalls and welcomes the Trade Commissioner's commitments in this regard but strongly urges to formalise this arrangement in the new inter-institutional agreement;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 190 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that in the case of mixed agreements the already tested practice whereby an agreement is only applied provisionally after the European Parliament has granted consent while awaiting national parliaments' ratification is the best balance of democratic oversight and efficiency;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 192 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Insists that the monitoring, evaluation and follow-up of existing agreements become a key priority of the CCP; calls on the Commission to reallocate resources in order to enable DG Trade to better monitor trade agreements which need to be implemented considering the growing negotiating agenda;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 195 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality and accuracy of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments and to review their methodology; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative, in particular in light of the recent Ombudsman's recommendation in complaint 1409/2014/JN on the EU-Vietnam FTA; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to undertake in-depth analysis of the potential effects of new FTAs on LDCs and calls on the Commission to put forward measures to ensure that the benefits of trade accrue to developing countries; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of decent jobs;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 209 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that limited improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO's negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability including by strengthening coordination with the ILO and other Environment and Human rights related UN Agencies;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 213 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that it is vital to conclude the longstanding Doha Round with its developing mandates fulfilled; recalls the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity building and technical assistance to developing countries and LDCs; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to increase AfT, enabling developing countries to benefit from a bigger share of the value added in GVCs; calls on the Commission to address fair and ethical trade in the upcoming revision of Aid for Trade strategy; welcomes the EU engagement of targeting EUR 400 million in funding over 5 years to support and provide technical assistance to developing countries, especially LDCs, in their efforts to implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 217 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of maintaining an open door of any plurilateral initiative so interested WTO members can join and of multilateralising the 'green goods' initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 223 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for a strong and effective parliamentary dimension of the WTO in order to enhance the transparency of the organisation and to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of global trade policy; urges the WTO to make full use of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, ensuring that parliamentarians have access to all the information they need to carry out their oversight role effectively and contribute meaningfully to trade policies;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 225 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the on-going trade negotiations while being mindful of their cumulative effects, in particular via the different rules of origin, and finding an appropriate balance between protecting sensitive agricultural sectors and the offensive interests of the Union as one of the biggest agri-food exporters , and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex- ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 252 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core soffensitive issuenterests such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and public procurement when negotiating FTAs as part of ambitious, balanced and comprehensive packages;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 265 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular vis-à-viswithin Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission's new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 275 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework and regrets that this aspect was not mentioned in the communication; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 278 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the importance of deepening and redefining the EU's relationships with its partners on the African continent and in the Caribbean and Pacific region; regrets that the communication "Trade for All" does not make any reference to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in 2020, and stresses that the human rights clauses in the EPAs and trade agreements with a link to the Cotonou Agreement should not lose their effect after the 2020 expiration date; calls on the EU to engage in a broad consultation and dialogue process, including with ACP countries, about the post-Cotonou framework;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 287 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU's trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union's trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today's challenges and trade patterns, investigations must be shorter, and also increase transparency and predictability; regdeplorets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the CouncilCouncil has been unable to deliver on this essential piece of legislation; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its 'Trade for All' communication; calls on the Council to boost its effortsreak the stalemate regarding TDI modernisation urgently on the basis of the European Parliament's position, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 292 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Commission to quicken the pace of investigations in order to accelerate the adoption of provisional and definitive trade defence measures, to open investigations "ex officio" and to impose measures on the ground of the "threat of injury" where the evidence justifies this, to eliminate the lesser duty rule which is not an obligation under WTO law, and to allow all European social partners, including not only business leaders but also trade unions, to urge the Commission to open anti-dumping investigations;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 303 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission not to take any measures without a prior deep and comprehensive impact assessment tackling all the possible effects and consequences on employment, growth and the environment; recalls that it is fundamental that the Commission coordinates closely with other WTO partners on the issue;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 305 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Regrets that not enough hasConsiders that more needs to been done to comprehensively address European industries' needs and that the EU manufacturing sector is too often placed behind the services and financial sectors; emphasises that trade policy must ensure a level playing field for European industry, provide access to new and emerging markets and facilitate upward convergence on standards while reducing double certification; calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between the EU's trade and industrial policies and to promote the development and competitiveness of European industry with particular reference to the reindustrialisation strategy;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 309 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Recalls the importance of GIs in promoting traditional European agri-food products, protecting them from harmful free-riding practices, guaranteeing consumers´ rights and conscious choices, and safeguarding rural producers and farmers, with particular reference to SMEs;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 310 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Acknowledges the success story of GIs in protecting European workers and producers from unfair practices and therefore calls on the Commission to extend GIs to non-agri products;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 313 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an essential element of the EU's international trade strategy; stresses that including services in trade agreements is of the utmost importance, as it gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees; while also excluding, in line with Articles 14 and 106 TFEU and Protocol 26, current and future services of general interest and services of general economic interest from the scope of application of any agreement; fully reiterates its recommendations for the negotiations of a Trade in Services Agreement in this regard with the emphasis on the ultimate goal of a multilateral agreement;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 324 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Shares the Commission’s viewConsiders that the temporary movement of professionals has become essentialis a factor to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by the domestic legislation of the country where the service is performed and by a contract respecting such domestic legislation while ensuring that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining and improving labour standards and collective agreements";
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 329 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the Commission's intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law and safeguarding fundamental rights; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, reducing online fraud, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 338 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Is aware that the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects where money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance are concerned; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption; insists that clauses on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud be included in all trade and investmentthe Commission and Member States address anti money laundering, anti-corruption and anti-tax evasion and tax avoidance rules, including country-by- country reporting obligations and automatic exchange of information in appropriate international agreements;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 345 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Emphasises that a forward-looking trade policy must pay greater attention to the specific needs of SMEs and ensure that they can fully benefit from trade and investment agreements; recalls that only a small share of European SMEs are able to identify and exploit the opportunities that globalisation and trade liberalisation offer; notes that only 13 % of European SMEs have been internationally active outside the EU but recognises that SMEs already account for one third of EU exports; supports initiatives to facilitate the internationalisation of European SMEs , therefore insists on the benefits of a Chapter on SMEs in all future FTAs, also, but believes that new ways need to be explored on how to better assist SMEs in their sale of goods and services abroad; stresses that SMEs need more tailor-made support, starting in Member States;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 347 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Asks the Commission to better support the internationalisation of SMEs by developing specific and clear guidebooks for SMEs about the opportunities and benefits offered by each trade agreement concluded by the EU;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 351 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Reminds with regard to regulatory cooperation that the corresponding mechanisms must be based on enhanced information exchange and improved adoption and implementation of international instruments and lead to increased convergence on international technical standards whilst under no circumstances undermining or delaying the democratically legitimised decision- making procedures of any trading partner;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 354 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to assess and improve the existing tools regarding subsidiarity, non-duplication and complementarity in relation to respective Member State programmes and European value-added before developing further instrumentstand-alone actions to support the internationalisation of SMEs; stresses that the Commission should submit an independent evaluation of all the existing programmes to Parliament;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 359 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission's proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the 'right to regulate', the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules; shares the ambition of establishing in the medium term a multilateral solution to investment disputes and calls on this to be built-in to all on-going bilateral negotiations; regrets that the ICS proposal does not include an investors' obligation provision;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 370 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Emphasizes that the EU investment policy has to tackle broader issues than merely investment protection but addressing also investment facilitation and governance, thus, ensuring foreign direct investment serves the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals; considers investor obligations based on inter alia the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Corporate Social responsibility and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights an indispensable part if a such an investment policy; urges Member States to work towards progress within the UN on the elaboration of a legally binding instrument on business and human rights;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 373 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Considers the connection between trade and investment agreements and double taxation treaties to be seriously underexplored and calls on the Commission to study closely any effects such tools may have on each other and on wider policy coherence in the fight against tax evasion;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 375 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests and making sure states remain free to adopt qualitative rules for their procurement procedures including social and environmental criteria; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countries;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 382 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Welcomes the Commission's amended proposal for a regulation on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union's internal market in public procurement, which is an important tool for ensuring a level playing field in the market access of third countries and strongly regrets that Member States governments have been holding up the original proposal; calls on the Commission to achieve reciprocity in access to public procurement markets with all trading partners;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 392 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. BelievEmphasises that better harmonized and more efficient customs procedures in Europe and abroad could help to facilitate trade, to meet respective trade facilitation requirements, and to fight against forgeries, illegal and counterfeiting of goods entering in the single market, which distortundermines EU economic growth and seriously exposes EU consumers; welcomes the Commission's intention to enhance cooperation between customs authorities; calls once more on the Commission and the Members States to set up a unified EU customs service for a more effective application of customs rules and procedures throughout the customs territory of the EU;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 394 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Underlines that trade agreements and the decline in tariff rates that follows expose customs to greater security and protection concerns; emphasises that adequate communication and strong coordination is essential; Customs agencies should treat trade transactions involving non-cooperative tax jurisdictions with the highest level of scrutiny;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 404 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Shares the OECD's view that open trade and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to maximise the gains and minimise the losses; urges the Members States and the Commission to do much more to complement trade opening by a range of supporting measures in order to ensure inclusive growth such as education, active labour market policies, public investment, supporting research and development, infrastructure development and social protection;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 410 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the basis of sector-by-sector and regional impact assessments for all trade agreements and relevant legislative files to anticipate negative effects on the labour market within the Union and to find more sophisticated ways of introducing mitigating measures to redevelop industries and regions that lose out, with a view to achieving a more equitable distribution of and ensuring broad-based gains from trade; emphasises that in this respect the European Structural and Investment Funds, and in particular both the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund, can play an outstanding role; points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 413 #

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument; believes however that the current use of the EGF to tame the adverse impacts in some sectors resulting from increased international competition is not satisfactory; stresses that this instrument should be reformed and adequately funded whereby it proactively anticipates risks and adaptation of sectorial, regional and national production structures in cases in which the sustainable impact assessment indicates that these might be endangered as a consequence of trade agreements;
2016/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the depth and rigour of the on-going dialogue between the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on trade issues; recalls the necessity for the European Commission of maintaining the highest level of cooperation with the ILO in light of the importance of the decent work agenda, not least in the context of the September 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit; in this respect, welcomes the innovative approach developed by the ILO in cooperation with the EU and other major UN members to improve working conditions across the global value chain in involving buyers as well as producers, as implemented recently in Bangladesh and Myanmar; also recalls in this context the vital role that trade agreements concluded by the EU as well as other instruments, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, can play in fostering the implementation of ILO standards and thus in emulating decent working conditions globally;
2015/09/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2015/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the expertise provided by all ILO bodies, in particular the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Application of Standards, in assessing compliance with the international labour and social standards referred to in EU trade agreements and other trade policy instruments such as the Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP) regulation;
2015/09/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions of 5 July 2016 on a new forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment (2015/2105(INI),
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to the 380th report of the Committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO,
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2016 on the implementation of the 2010 recommendations of the European Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate social responsibility,
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the new Commission's trade strategy "Trade for all" emphasizes the importance of ensuring the effective implementation of EU free trade agreements including also through the use of their dispute settlement mechanism;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D – indent 10
– seven special committees, seven working groups and a dialogue on intellectual property were formally established;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement, like other agreements on free trade, services and investments, hascan have a positive impact on the socio-economic development of the parties to the Agreement, on economic integration, on sustainable development, and on bringing countries and their citizens closer togetherbringing countries and their citizens closer together; emphasizes however that progress on the objectives enshrined in the trade and sustainable development chapter are greatly unsatisfactory with regards to respect for labour rights;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that commitments taken within the trade and sustainable development chapter are an integral part of the overall package of a Free Trade Agreement;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the repeated imprisonment of trade unionists is not in line with the commitments made in the Chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development and makes for a retrograde step on labour rights instead of the promised progress;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points out that the organisers of an otherwise peaceful protest should not be held accountable under the criminal code for the unlawful behaviour of a few individuals during those protests;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Civil Society Forum and of the internaldomestic advisory groups set up in accordance with the provisions set out in the chapter on trade and sustainable development; recalls that both parties are obliged to uphold, promote and implement commitments on core labour rights in their laws and practiceshave committed under Article 13.4 to respect, promote and realize in their laws and practices, the principles concerning the fundamental rights, namely freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, the effective abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation as well as to make continued and sustained efforts towards ratifying the fundamental ILO Conventions as well as other Conventions that are classified as 'up-to- date' by the ILO;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that with regard to a complaint by ITUC, KCTU and FKTU against the government of the Republic of Korea, the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association has requested from the Government to abstain from taking any further actions to achieve changes in collective agreements in areas that should rest within the autonomy of the bargaining partners and expected that any guidelines on collective bargaining would be the result of full tripartite consultation;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point d
(d) the chapter on trade and sustainable development: ratification and implementation by the Korean party of the fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organisation; recalls that the South Korean government committed at the occasion of the 4th meeting of the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development to promptly provide information on its next concrete steps in this regard;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point d a (new)
(da) calls on the Commission to regularly present reports to parliament indicating the effects of the agreement on the European labour market by drawing up a list of all existing EGF-cases related to the FTA with the Republic of Korea;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2015/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports theWithholds its support for any further deepening of trade and investment relations between the EU and Korea and the involvevia further negotiations or amendments ofn the parties to the Agreement in creating further economic growth and development for the benefit of EU and Korean citizensFTA until the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter is fully implemented in the sense that all provisions and commitments have been translated into national law and are being implemented;
2016/12/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that achieving progress in this respect requires a meaningful engagement of the European Commission with social partners, commensurate to the EU's obligation to "recognise and promote the role of the social partners" as expressed in article 152 TFEU; notes in the context of the TTIP negotiations that neither the Civil Society Dialogue nor the TTIP Advisory Group are sufficient means to achieve this objective;
2015/11/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that greater democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament and engagement by civil society and social partners is also necessary with respect to negotiating directives; regrets that Parliament, civil society and social partners are not systematically involved in the process of drafting negotiating directives by the European Commission, or even consulted prior to their adoption by the Council;
2015/11/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, as pointed out by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), imperatives for transparency derive from the democratic nature of governance within the EU, and that, where confidential information is beyond the reach of public access, as in the case of trade negotiations, it must be available to parliamentarians who scrutinise trade policy on behalf of citizens; considers therefore that access to classified information is essential for scrutiny by Parliament, which in return should abide by its obligation to manage such information properly; considers that there should be clear criteria for labelling documents as ‘classified’ in order to remove any doubt as to any ambiguity over arbitrary decision making by the European Commission; notes that the case law of the ECJ makes it clear that where a document originating in an EU institution is covered by an exception with regard to the right to access, the institution must clearly explain why access to this document could specifically and effectively undermine the interest protected by the exception, and that the risk must be reasonably foreseeable and not purely hypothetical; calls on the Commission to implement the recommendations of the European Ombudsman of July 2015 with particular regard to access to documents for all negotiations, and calls on the Commission to convince EU negotiating partners to increase transparency at their end;
2015/11/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the European Parliament issued recommendations to the European Commission related to social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility in 2010; whereas a number of these recommendations have been implemented, while others have not;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the European Parliament’s 2010 recommendations which were not implemented notably included: - the consolidation of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) concept in the EU’s Common Commercial Policy (CCP), including elements that are binding on companies such as a requirement to publish CSR balance sheets and a requirement for undertakings to show due diligence; - the inclusion of CSR in all EU trade agreements and provisions for greater enforcement, notably the possibility to carry out investigations on alleged cases of breaches of CSR commitments and the establishments of EU contact points modelled on the OECD contact points; - the inclusion of comprehensive, legally binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD)chapters in all EU trade agreements; - the reorientation of TSD chapters towards greater implementation, in particular through enhanced monitoring by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Social Partners, including complaint procedures directly accessible to Social Partners, appeal mechanisms to independent bodies to settle disputes and the recourse to trade agreements’ general dispute settlements on an equal footing with the others parts of the agreements, with provisions for fines or at least temporary suspension of trade benefits; - the launch of investigations under GSP+ if consistent evidence indicates that some countries are not implementing their commitments; - the inclusion in the GSP regulation of CSR conditionality; - active support by the European Commission to set up a Trade and Decent Work Committee at the WTO;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the European Parliament acts as a co-legislator with respect to measures defining the framework for implementing the Union’s CCP; whereas the consent of the European Parliament is required for the ratification of every trade agreement negotiated by the Union; the implementation of the European Parliament’s recommendations is therefore necessary to ensure the success of any initiative undertaken by the European Commission in the field of the CCP;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas EU trade policies couldthe EU has the ability to contribute positively to the harmonisation process in the direction of implementation and development of human rights (HR), social and environmental sustainabigreater respect for human rights (HR) and sustainable development globally through its trade politcy; whereas it must be ensured that trade and investment agreements not reduce their ability to meet their HR obligations, which must prevail over investors and profits interests; whereas there is public concern about the detrimental impact on the concrete enjoyment of HR and labour standards of non-tariff barrier reduction; whereas the new generation of trade agreements risks acting as a back-door deregulation instrumentthis requires proactive and resolute action on the part of the European Commission; whereas trade and investment agreements may also be detrimental to human rights and sustainable development, and should therefore be designed in such a way as to support rather than hinder social and environmental progress;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas reformed trade defence measures can also provide an incentive for the EU’s trading partners to engage in sustainable development; whereas, unlike international agreements, this strategy has the potential to yield results through unilateral EU actions; whereas the European Parliament adopted an amendment to article 7.2 of Regulation (EU) 1225/2009 on protection against dumped imports in order to exempt EU trade defence measures from the ‘Lesser Duty Rule’, in full compliance with WTO rules, where ‘the exporting country does not have a sufficient level of social and environmental standards’; whereas this reform has been blocked in the Council of the European Union since November 2014;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas since 2010 the global context for trade and sustainable development has changed, as illustrated by the repercussions of the tragic events surrounding the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in 2013, which led to greater public awareness on issues related to global supply chain responsibility as well as innovative solutions to tackle issues related to TSD, such as the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas TSD chapters have displayed a decreasing level of ambition in successive EU trade agreements, from EU-Korea and EU-Colombia/Peru to EU- Canada and the Economic Partnership Agreements with regional groupings of African countries; whereas this trend is extremely alarming and must be reverted;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the European Commission’s 2015 ‘Trade for All’ strategy makes TSD a priority for the EU; whereas in order for this strategy to give proper impetus to the TSD agenda, the European Commission must now turn its much welcomed ambition into resolute and concrete actions;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas concerns about the implementation of TSD standards on the ground should not lead to a weakening of the EU’s ambitions; whereas incentives to comply with TSD requirements can only be effective if backed by deterrents;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas the implementation of the new EU General Scheme of Preferences’ special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (‘GSP+’) has also proven to be disappointing, in particular due to the absence of a credible deterrent; whereas the European Commission is bound by the GSP regulation to seek information on compliance with international labour and Human Rights conventions from their relevant monitoring bodies, but should not however externalise decision- making functions;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas in the case of international conventions on core labour rights referred to in Part A of Annex VIII of Regulation (EU) 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, several ILO bodies can be used by the European Commission as ‘relevant monitoring bodies’ in the sense, inter alia, of Articles 9 and 19 of the Regulation; whereas overreliance by the European Commission on annual reports of the International Labour Conference and the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards is detrimental to a credible and effective implementation of the EU GSP regulation, due to the heavily politicised nature of the content of these reports; whereas the ILO’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations is composed of 20 eminent jurists appointed by the ILO’s Governing Body and provides impartial and technical evaluation of the state of application of international labour standards;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. EncouReiteragtes its call to the Commission to bring strong pressure to bear with a view to a reform of WTO governance leading totake a leading role in the reform of WTO governance in particular with respect to achieving the following objectives:
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) effectivto strengthen the cooperation of the WTO with other UN agencies, and in particular with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and with the ILO such as the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the ILO, in particular in giving the ILO official observer status at the WTO and in involving the ILO and High Commissioner for Human Rights in all trade disputes related to breaches of international labour conventions,
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ato reform of WTO trade policy review mechanisms to include the impact on the social, environmental and HR dimensions in the implementation of multilateral and plurilateral agreements and to promote sustainable development, in particular through the setting up of a Committee on Trade and Decent Work at the WTO alongside the existing Committee on Trade and Environment;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In addition calls on the European Commission to actively promote further reforms of the WTO in order to define and enforce multilateral rules for the sustainable management of global supply chains in a responsible way, which should in particular include: - mandatory supply chain due diligence and transparency requirements, building from the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human rights; - minimum health and safety standards, recognising in particular workers’ right to safety committees; - a social protection floor, including minimum living wages; - the right to collective bargaining;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes in this context the initiative launched by the G20 leaders on Global Value Chains (GVC), with support from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the World Bank Group (WBG); takes note of the G20’s priority to make GVCs ‘more inclusive’; endorses the OECD, WTO, and WBG’s findings that participation in GVCs does not automatically lead to sustainable development, and that ‘strong social, environmental, and governance frameworks and policies are important to maximising the positive impact of GVC activities and minimising risks in all countries’, as contained in the report prepared for the 2014 meeting of G20 Trade Ministers; strongly supports the OECD, WTO and WBG’s call for countries participating in GVCs to ‘observe international core labour standards, including establishment and enforcement of occupational health, safety, and environmental standards and related capacity-building for compliance’; calls on the European Commission and EU countries participating in the G20 to support this initiative, and to promote balanced and comprehensive policy recommendations including a strong sustainable development dimension on GVCs at the July 2016 meeting of G20 Trade Ministers in Shanghai;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, with view to limit the scope for arbitrary decisions and enhance the credibility of GSP+ in adopting a delegated act to clarify the definitions of a ‘serious failure to effectively implement’ an international conventions and ‘serious and systematic violation of principles’ contained in an international convention;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In addition, calls on the European Commission to propose a revision of regulation (EU) 978/2012 in order to enhance the monitoring of the commitments undertaken by beneficiary countries; Social Partners should be given a formal role in GSP and GSP+ monitoring, and have the ability to directly lodge a complaint with the Commission in cases of non-compliance;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Ahead of these legislative changes, calls on the Commission to diversify its sources of expertise and to seek the views of all relevant monitoring bodies in order to properly assess compliance with the international conventions referred to in the GSP Regulation; in particular, calls on the Commission to depart from its overreliance on the ILO’s Conference Committee on the Application of Standards and to take into account the views expressed by the ILO’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions, with respect to both granting and suspending trade preferences in accordance with the GSP Regulation;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission and Council’s efforts to insert legally binding HR clauses into all the free trade agreements (FTAs) in accordance with the common approach; regrets that HR clauses arhave not been included in treaties such as thosehe agreement with Korea, Vietnam and Canada (CETA) or in the TTIP and Vietnam negotiations; calls for the inclusion of legally binding HR clauses in the future agreement with the USA (TTIP);
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 95 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Remains concerned about the too limited effects of traditional HR clauses in ensuring that the EU fulfils its HR obligations and commitments; calls on the Commission and the Council to comprehensively rethink the protection and guarantees offered to HR in FTAs and IPAframework agreements and to propose a new model for a set of binding HR clauses, in particular through:
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Firmly demands that all future EU trade agreements have sustainable chapters (TSD) withRecalls its 2010 request that each EU trade agreement, whether bilateral or multilateral, should include comprehensive, legally binding and enforceable TSD chapters, with the following features:
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 121 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(aa) a complaint procedure directly accessible to Social Partners;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) a general dispute settlement mechanism directly accessible to the social partners and civil society,recourse to trade agreements’ general dispute settlements on an equal footing with the others parts of the agreements;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 131 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) more than a merely incentives-based approach: sanctions must cause an effective suspension of trade benefits in the form of countervailing duties. In addition to sanctions, a decision may require aneffective deterrents, in the form of monetary remedies or the suspension of trade benefits, possibly linked to action plans that could include legislative and/or regulatory reforms;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 134 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Take note of the criticisms often voiced by participants to Domestic Advisory groups set up by the EU under existing trade agreements that their deliberations have no practical impact; calls on the Commission to systematically respond in a concrete manner to concerns raised by EU DAGs and ensure appropriate follow up to initiatives proposed by EU SCOs and Social Partners in this framework;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 135 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for TSD chapters in EU trade agreements to lay out basic logistical provisions to enable effective implementation, in particular resources and timetables, as these aspects have proven to be serious hurdles; recalls the importance of accompanying measures in this respect, such as technical assistance and cooperation programmes;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets the many discrepancies displayed by TSD chapters in the various EU trade agreements; calls on the European Commission to uphold the highest level of consistency in all trade negotiations, in particular when dealing with developing countries; calls in this respect for a common approach to be defined and implemented for HR and Sustainable Development monitoring with respect to ACP countries, in the framework of the Economic Partnership Agreements;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 139 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the lack of involvement of the EP in assessing the compliance of FTAparties to EU trade agreements with HR and TSD obligations, and; recalls its request to the European Commission to be granted observer status in EU trade negotiations; calls on the Council to consult Parliament on any decisions to revise or even suspend the application of an agreement if this is necessary;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to carry out ex ante and ex post sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) for all trade agreements in accordance with the integrated guidelines, while noting their limited capacity to influence the concrete outcomes of the FTAs and IPAs; calls on the European Commission to ensure proper involvement of SCOs and Social Partners in the development of SIAs; recalls the need for the timely publication of SIAs in order to enable the public and its elected representatives to properly assess any proposed agreement;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 173 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges the Commission’s efforts to negotiate a plurilateral agreement on green goods; calls on the Commission to focus on a diversifie (the Environmental Goods Agreement - EGA); regrets however the fact that product nomination in the framework of the EGA negotiations has been to date done on a case by case basis, with no clear quantitative or qualitative criteria to identify ‘green goods’; calls on the Commission to remedy this situation and promote a credible and strategy that can also addresnsparent methodology in the EGA negotiations; further calls on the Commission to take due account of factors influencing trade in green goods, such as anti-dumping policies in the renewable energy sector, intellectual property regimes, tight financing programmes and the lack of national environmental policies that create the demand for such goods;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 191 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in internationalResponsible global supply chains management in EU trade agreements.
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes it is crucial to ensure increased access to information on the conduct of enterprises; considers it fundamental to introduce a mandatory reporting system and due diligence for EU companies that outsource their production to third countriesrecalls its position from 2010 to request companies to publish their CSR balance sheets and all undertakings to show due diligence;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 210 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Also recalls that the European Parliament requested in 2010 the consolidation of the CSR concept, on the basis in particular of a harmonised definition of the relations between parents companies in order to establish the legal liability of each them; considers that the concept of voluntarily CSR is outdated and largely ineffective and should be made operational through a shift towards mandatory rules to ensure responsibility throughout global supply chains;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 219 #

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that the effective implementation of these recommendations constitutes a crucial element in the European Parliament’s assessment of trade agreements negotiated by the European Commission; requests a detailed and timely response from the European Commission to all the items raised in this resolution;
2016/03/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by approximating laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States, by eliminating barriers to the free movement of certain accessible products and services This will increase the availability of accessible products and services on the internal market.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 203 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37 a (new)
(37 a) Where economic operators have used safeguard clauses for a specific product or service, they should inform consumers that the product or service in question does not comply, either fully or partially, with any of the accessibility requirements of this Directive and the reasons for the non-compliance or partial compliance. The information should be provided in a clear, accessible and easily understandable way to consumers.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 216 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) This Directive should apply to all forms of supply of goods and services, including distance selling.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 217 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Directive establishes a framework for the setting of Union accessibility requirements for products referred to in this paragraph and services referred to in paragraph 2 and subsequent, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of such products within the internal market while at the same time increasing the accessibility of such products and services for persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and older persons. Chapters I, II to V, and VII apply to the following products:
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 219 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) Automatic Teller Machines and payment terminals;
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 223 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) household appliances.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 225 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) telephony services and related consumer terminal equipment with advanced computing capability, as well as the built environment used by clients of customer service centres and shops under the scope of telephony operators;
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 227 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services, including the environment that is managed by service providers and by infrastructure operators;
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 228 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) banking and payment services, as well as the built environment used by clients of banking services;
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 238 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following payment terminal self-service terminals: Automatic Teller Machines, ticketing machines and check-in machines shall comply with the requirements set out in Section II of Annex I.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 241 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Banking and payment services, the websites, the mobile device-based banking and payment services, self- service terminals, including payment terminals and Automatic Teller machines used for provision of banking and payment services shall comply with the requirements set out in Section VI of Annex I.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 242 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10
10. Member States may decide, in the light of national conditions, that the built environment used by clients of passenger transport services including the environment that is managed by service providers and by infrastructure operators as well as the built environment used by clients of banking services, and customer services centres and shops under the scope of telephony operators shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, section X, in order to maximise their use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.deleted
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 275 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The accessibility requirements referred to in Article 3 apply to the extent that they do not introduce a significant change in an aspect or feature ofto a product or service that results in the alteration of the basic nature of the product or service.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 279 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the significance of the volume of sales and trade within the Union according to the most recently available figures.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 280 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
(bb) no significant negative impact on consumers in particular as regards the availability of similar products and services.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 281 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b c (new)
(bc) the accessibility of products and services available in similar international markets.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 282 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the context of programmes from which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and very small firms can benefit, the Commission shall take into account initiatives which help SMEs and very small firms to integrate accessibility aspects when designing their products or providing their services. Guidelines covering specificities of SMEs active in the product and service sector affected may be developed. If necessary, and in accordance with paragraph 3, further specialised material may be produced by the Commission for facilitating the application of this Directive by SMEs. Member States shall ensure, in particular by strengthening support networks and structures, that they encourage SMEs and very small firms to adopt a sound approach to accessibility as early as at the product design stage and the provision of the service.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 288 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where the economic operators have used the exception provided for in paragraph 1 to 5 for a specific product or service, they shall inform consumers that the product or service in question does not comply, either fully or partially, with any of the accessibility requirements of this Directive and the reasons for the non- compliance or partial compliance. The information shall be provided in a clear, accessible and easily understandable way to consumers. Information, along with possible additional accessibility information, shall be given on the product itself wherever possible and at the point or moment of sale or the provision of the service in order to allow consumers to make an informed choice.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 312 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) no significant negative impact on consumers in particular as regards the availability of similar products and services;
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 313 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the accessibility of products and services available in similar international markets.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 316 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the competent authority has used the exception provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3 for a specific product or service intended to be used by consumer, it shall inform consumers that the product or service in question does not comply, fully or partially, with any of the accessibility requirements of this Directive and the reasons for the non-compliance or partial compliance. The information shall be provided in a clear, accessible and easily understandable way to consumers. Information, along with possible additional accessibility information, shall be given on the product itself wherever possible and at the point or moment of sale or the provision of the service in order to allow consumers to make an informed choice.
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 322 #

2015/0278(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from [… insert date - sixthree years after the entry into force of this Directive].
2016/11/03
Committee: PETI
Amendment 18 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Littering and improper disposal of packaging and packaging waste has negative impacts on both the marine environment and the Union economy and poses unnecessary risks to public health. Many of the most commonly found items on beaches also include packaging waste, with long-term impacts on the environment which affects tourism and public enjoyment of these natural areas. Additionally, packaging waste that makes its way into the marine environment subverts the priority order of the waste hierarchy, in particular by avoiding preparation for reuse, recycling and other recovery prior to its improper disposal. In order to reduce the disproportionate contribution of packaging waste to marine litter, a binding target should be established, supported by targeted measures adopted by Member States.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Member States should take measures to prevent unnecessary packaging, reduce manufacture and consumption of single-use packaging and provide incentives for the collection, reuse and recycling of waste.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) In order to support recycling targets and promote demand for recycled materials, Member States should require all rigid plastic packaging to contain a minimum level of post-consumer recycled material content unless it can be demonstrated that the use of recycled material presents an unreasonable risk to the public health or is otherwise not technically feasible.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) In order to support recycling targets and achieve a sustained reduction in single-use packaging, Member States should require all packaging placed on the market to comply with minimum requirements that promote the design of circular packaging that minimises resource use, incorporates recycled content, can be reused and is recyclable. The Commission should promote, as appropriate, the preparation of Union standards and guidelines relating to the essential requirements referred to in Annex II.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Member States must ensure that high levels of occupational Health and Safety regulation are put in place for all EU workers, in line with existing EU regulations, and in accordance with the specific risks faced by workers in some production, recycling and waste sectors.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e a (new)
(aa) the following point is inserted: '1 ea. 'rigid plastic packaging' shall mean packaging made of plastic that is relatively inflexible such that it is capable of maintaining its shape or form when full or empty.';
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Such other measures mayshall, in accordance with the objectives referred to in Article 1(1), consist of national programmes, incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes to prevent unnecessary packaging and minimise the environmental impact of packaging or similar actions adopted, if appropriate, in consultation with economic operators, and, economic incentives to reduce single-use packaging and encourage the uptake of reusable packaging, deposit-refund schemes and market restrictions on single-use, non-recyclable and superfluous packaging in derogation of Article 18 or similar actions adopted, if appropriate, in consultation with economic operators and environmental organisations. They shall also include specific prevention measures for the top ten packaging items found on beaches by region and shall be designed to bring together and take advantage of the many initiatives taken within Member States as regards prevention. They shall comply with the objectives of this Directive as defined in Article 1(1)rough such measures, Member States shall achieve a significant and sustained reduction in single-use and non-recyclable packaging.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 a and 2 b (new)
(2a) in Article 4(1), the following subparagraphs are added: "Member States shall adopt extended producer responsibility schemes to minimise the environmental impact of packaging, in accordance with the requirements of Article 8 a of Directive 2008/98/EC, by ... [eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. Such schemes shall be complemented by national programmes to prevent packaging waste and measures to reduce packaging that is non-reusable and non-recyclable. The Commission shall adopt guidelines setting out a harmonised Union approach to fee modulation under extended producer responsibility schemes, taking into account prevention of unnecessary packaging, reusability, recyclability and recycled material content.";
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 c and 2 d (new)
(2b) in Article 4(1), the following subparagraphs are added: "In addition to the framework for extended producer responsibility schemes established in the second subparagraph, economic operators engaged in producing plastic packaging shall benefit from the following financial incentives unless, for any specific type of packaging, competent authorities have determined that it is technically unfeasible or presents an unreasonable risk to public health: (a) packaging producers who reduce the level of colouring used in their rigid plastic packaging containers placed on the market shall benefit from a reduced level of financial contribution under extended producer responsibility, graded on the level of colouring introducing to the virgin rigid plastic packaging; (b) economic operators who use refillable plastic or glass containers shall benefit from a reduced level of financial contribution under extended producer responsibility, commensurate with the level of refillables used by the operator where possible within the business. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts necessary for the implementation of this paragraph by ... [eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2).";
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted: '"1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that all rigid plastic packaging placed on the market in their territory contains at least 25 % post-consumer recycled material content unless, for any specific type of packaging, competent authorities have determined that it is technically infeasible or presents an unreasonable risk to public health. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts necessary for the implementation of this paragraph by ... [eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2).";
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 7 a (new)
(5a) the following article is inserted: "Article 7a Reduction of Packaging and Packaging Waste in the Marine Environment 1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to reduce packaging waste in their territory from entering the marine environment. Those measures shall include all of the following: (a) the adoption of a binding 50% reduction target for packaging waste by 2025 compared to 2015 levels; (b) the establishment and operation of programmes for measuring and monitoring packaging waste entering the marine environment; (c) the adoption of specific measures to reduce the main sources of packaging waste found in the marine environment and on beaches by region, including programmes to raise public awareness, economic instruments and incentives, and marketing restrictions. 2. By [x] each year, Member States shall submit reports to the Commission detailing their progress toward reducing packaging waste originating within their territory from entering the marine environment, including descriptions of the measures adopted under paragraph 1 and the expected outcomes. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts necessary for the implementation of this Article by ... [eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2).";
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(5b) in Article 8, the following paragraph is inserted: '1a. Packaging shall bear a 'traffic light' marking indicating the level of its recyclability. Packaging falling into the most recyclable category may also carry a universally recognised 'Seal of Excellence' to indicate its recyclability. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20a in order to supplement this Directive by measures providing for the design and implementation of those 'traffic light' and 'Seal of Excellence' labels by ... [eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Directive.';
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 20 - a(new)
(10a) The following Article is inserted: 'Article 20-a Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(1a) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of [x] years from ... [the date of entry into force of this (amending) Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the x-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(1a) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that Decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(1a) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament of by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.';
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Annex II
(12a) Annex II to Directive 94/62/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – paragraph -1 (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Annex II
Annex II is replaced by the following: ""ESSENTAIL REQUIREMENTS ON THE COMPOSITION AND THE REUSABLE AND RECOVERABLE, INCLUDING RECYCLABLE, NATURE OF PACKAGING 1. Requirements specific to the manufacturing and composition of packaging — Packaging shall be so manufactured that the packaging volume and weight be limited to the minimum adequate amount to maintain the necessary level of recyclability, safety, hygiene and acceptance for the packed product and for the consumer. — light-weighted packaging shall be designed so that it is compatible with current infrastructures. — Packaging shall be designed, produced and commercializsed in such a way as to permit itsensure that it is suitable for reuse or recovery, including recycling, and to minimizse its impact on the environment when packaging waste or residues from packaging waste management operations are disposed of. — Plastic packaging shall be so manufactured that it includes a minimum of 25 % recycled content, unless impracticable for reasons of safety and hygiene. — Packaging shall be so manufactured that the presence of noxious and other hazardous substances and materials as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimizsed with regard to their presence in emissions, ash or leachate when packaging or residues from management operations or packaging waste are incinerated or landfilled. 2. Requirements specific to the reusable nature of packaging The following requirements must be simultaneously satisfied: — the physical properties and characteristics of the packaging shall enable a number of trips or rotations in normally predictable conditions of use, — possibility of processing the used packaging in order to meet health and safety requirements for the workforce, — fulfil the requirements specific to recoverable packaging when the packaging is no longer reused and thus becomes waste. 3. Requirements specific to the recoverable nature of packaging (a) Packaging recoverable in the form of material recycling Packaging must be manufactured in such a way that it is technically, environmentally and economically practicable to recycle, taking into account the sorting, cleaning and scale of formats and materials used so as to enable the recycling of a certain percentage by weight of the materials used into the manufacture of marketable products, in compliance with current standards in the Community. The establishment of this percentage may vary, depending on the type of material of which the packaging is composed. Formats and material designs that impede sorting or reprocessing shall be replaced with known, effective alternatives. (b) Packaging recoverable in the form of energy recovery Packaging waste processed for the purpose of energy recovery shall have a minimum inferior calorific value to allow optimizsation of energy recovery. (c) Packaging recoverable in the form of composting Packaging waste processed for the purpose of composting shall be of such a biodegradable nature that it should not hinder the separate collection and the composting process or activity into which it is introduced. (d) Biodegradable packaging Biodegradable packaging waste shall be defined as being of such a nature that it is capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition in natural conditions, including in saltwater, such that most of the finished compost ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, biomass and water." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:01994L0062- in less than two months with no harm for the marine environment.' (e) Oxo-degradable packaging From 2020 the use of oxo-degradable plastic packaging shall be banned.";" Or. en 20150526&qid=1465899665576&from=EN)
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Member States should ensure that high levels of occupational Health and Safety regulation are put in place for all EU workers, in line with existing EU regulations, and in accordance with the specific risks faced by workers in some production, recycling and waste sectors.
2016/07/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 301 #

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 1 a (new)
- prohibit the use of microplastic ingredients in products reaching wastewater drainage systems by ...[insert the date 2 years after the entry into force of this Directive]
2016/07/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2015/0274(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Member States must ensure that high levels of occupational Health and Safety regulation are put in place for all EU workers, in line with existing EU regulations, and in accordance with the specific risks faced by workers in some production, recycling and waste sectors.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Council confirmed that a well-functioning, reformed EU ETS with an instrument to stabilise the market will be the main European instrument to achieve this target, with an annual reduction factor of 2.2% from 2021 onwards, free allocation not expiring but existing measures continuing after 2020 to prevent the risk of carbon leakage due to climate policy, as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economies, without reducing the share of allowances to be auctioned. The auction share should be expressed as a percentage figure in the legislation, to enhance planning certainty as regards investment decisions, to increase transparency and to render the overall system simpler and more easily understandable. However, those orientations decided by the European Council may not be sufficient to fulfil the EU's commitments taken during the COP21, therefore an annual reduction factor of 2.4% is advisable.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) It is a key Union priority to establish a resilient Energy Union to provide secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy to its citizens. Achieving this requires continuation of ambitious climate action with the EU ETS as the cornerstone of Europe’s climate policy, and progress on the other aspects of Energy Union17. Implementing the ambition decided in the 2030 framework contributes to delivering a meaningful carbon price and continuing to stimulate cost-efficient greenhouse gas emission reductions. Regrets that the carbon price signal is right now too weak to induce low carbon investment in EU for industries. Whereas the EU is facing a serious investment leakage to third countries, whereas on the other hand a number of undertakings have been pursuing strategies focusing on short-term financial returns at the detriment of innovation, investments in R&D, employment and skills 'renewal; whereas production innovation has a positive effect on employment growth in all phases of the business cycle of industries; whereas involving workers in innovation and strategy definition is the best way to guarantee economic and environmental success. __________________ 17 COM(2015)80, establishing a Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to reflect real changes that have occurred in European emissions volumes since 2008, the Commission should conduct a review, and potentially change, the overall volume of emissions allowed during Phase IV of the EU ETS. Such a review would preferably occur, at the latest, during 2019, to provide predictability for Phase IV of the ETS.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The auctioning of allowances remains the general rule, with free allocation as thea transitional exception. Consequently, and as confirmed by the European Council, the share of allowances to be auctioned, which was 57% over the period 2013-2020, should not be reduced. The Commission's Impact Assessment18 provides details on the auction share and specifies that this 57% share is made up of allowances auctioned on behalf of Member States, including allowances set aside for new entrants but not allocated, allowances for modernising electricity generation in some Member States and allowances which are to be auctioned at a later point in time because of their placement in the Market Stability Reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council19 . __________________ 18 SEC(2015)XX SEC(2015)XX 19 Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L […], […], p. […]).
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Notes that the European Union is clear on its intention to maintain its Emissions Trading System (ETS) as the centrepiece of EU climate policy; Observe that the People’s Republic of China announced its plans for a national ETS to start in 2017; Considers that since January 2015, California and Quebec carbon markets have been linked; Emphasized that Korea launched a national ETS in 2015, becoming the first nation-wide trading program in Asia.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Whereas the EU industry is facing a race against time in order to regain its global competitiveness and capacity to invest in Europe and hence meet the social and environmental challenges it faces and which it must overcome while remaining a reference for the world in terms of the social and environmental responsibility of its operations;
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) To preserve the environmental benefit of emission reductions in the Union while actions by other countries do not provide comparable incentives to industry to reduce emissions, free allocation should continue to installations in sectors and sub- sectors at genuine risk of carbon leakage. Experience gathered during the operation of the EU ETS confirmed that sectors and sub-sectors are at risk of carbon leakage to varying degrees, and that free allocation has prevented carbon leakage. While some sectors and sub-sectors can be deemed at a higher risk of carbon leakage, others are able to pass on a considerable share of the costs of allowances to cover their emissions in product prices without losing market share and only bear the remaining part of the costs so that they are at a low risk of carbon leakageThe aim of the free allocation is not to give operational subsidies to the firm but to incentivize and finance investments in mitigation technologies against climate change in the industry. The Commission should determine and differentiate the relevant sectors based on their trade intensity and their emissions intensity to better identify sectors at a genuine risk of carbon leakage. Where, based on these criteria, a threshold determined by at a genuine risk of carbon leakage. Where a certaking into account the respective possibility for sectors and sub-sectors concerned to pass on costs in product priceshold is exceeded, the sector or sub-sector should be deemed at risk of carbon leakage. Others should be considered at a low risk or at no risk of carbon leakage. Taking into account the possibilities for sectors and sub-sectors outside of electricity generation to pass on costs in product prices should also reduce windfall profits.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Earmarking is a key element in order for ETS Phase IV to finally trigger a virtuous circle. The Member-States should spend at least 80% of the auction revenues on climate actions listed in this Directive, and undertakings which receive free allocations in excess should use this resource exclusively on low carbon investment in the installations.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) Considers the necessity of enhanced transparency framework; requires new standards for reporting and review of all nations' climate efforts will provide a foundation for building confidence not only in nations' actions but also for the use of high-integrity carbon markets to drive the deep emissions reductions called for by science.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Whereas the increase of the CO2 price would drive an investment shift to cleaner sources and processes, it has also potentially adverse effects on employment and purchasing power of the European citizens. The EU should monitor the social effects of CO2 price in order to avoid more inequalities and to incentivise job creation.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The main long-term incentive from this Directive for the capture and storage of CO2 (CCS), capture and re-use of CO2 (CCU), new renewable energy technologies and breakthrough innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes is the carbon price signal it creates and that allowances will not need to be surrendered for CO2 emissions which are permanently stored or avoided. In addition, to supplement the resources already being used to accelerate demonstration of commercial CCS/CCU facilities and innovative renewable energy technologies, EU ETS allowances should be used to provide guaranteed rewards for deployment of CCS/CCU facilities, new renewable energy technologies and industrial innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in the Union for CO2 stored or avoided on a sufficient scale, provided an agreement on knowledge sharing is in place. The majority of this support should be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, while some support may be given when pre-determined milestones are reached taking into account the technology deployed. The maximum percentage of project costs to be supported may vary by category of project.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The main long-term incentive from this Directive for the capture and storage of CO2 (CCS), new renewable energy technologies and breakthrough innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes is the carbon price signal it creates and that allowances will not need to be surrendered for CO2 emissions which are permanently stored or avoided. In addition, to supplement the resources already being used to accelerate demonstration of commercial CCS facilities and innovative renewable energy technologies, EU ETS allowances should be used to provide guaranteed rewards for deployment of CCS facilities (both part and full chain projects), new renewable energy technologies and industrial innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in the Union for CO2 stored or avoided on a sufficient scale, provided an agreement on knowledge sharing is in place. The majority of this support should be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, while some support may be given when pre-determined milestones are reached taking into account the technology deployed. The maximum percentage of project costs to be supported may vary by category of project.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) A Modernisation Fund should be established from 2% of the total EU ETS allowances, and auctioned in accordance with the rules and modalities for auctions taking place on the Common Auction Platform set out in Regulation 1031/2010. Member States who in 2013 had a GDP per capita at market exchange rates of below 60% below the Union average should be eligible for funding from the Modernisation Fund and derogate up to 2030 from the principle of full auctioning for electricity generation by using the option of free allocation in order to transparently promote real investments modernising their energy sector in line with the Union's 2030 and 2050 climate&energy goals, while avoiding distortions of the internal energy market. The rules for governing the Modernisation Fund should provide a coherent, comprehensive and transparent framework to ensure the most efficient implementation possible, taking into account the need for easy access by all participants. The function of the governance structure should be commensurate with the purpose of ensurrules and eligibility criteria of this Fund should be set ing the appropriate use of the funds. That governance structure should be composed of an investment board and a management committee and due account should be taken of the expertise of the EIB in the decision-making process unless support is provided to small projects through loans from a national promotional banks or through grants via a national programme sharing the objectives of the Modernisation Fund. Investments financed from the fund should be proposed by the Member Stateis Directive, but the governance and steering should be up to the beneficiary Member-States, assisted by an advisory board which composition combines local inputs, financial expertise, social partners’ dialogue and civil society views. To ensure that the investment needs in low income Member States are adequately addressed, the distribution of funds will take into account in equal shares verified emissions and GDP criteria. The financial assistance from the Modernisation Fund could be provided through different forms.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) The European Council confirmed that the modalities, including transparency, of the optional free allocation to modernise the energy sector in certain Member States should be improved. Investments with a value of €10 million or more should be selected by the Member State concerned through a competitive bidding process on the basis of clear and transparent rules to ensure that free allocation is used to promote real investments modernising the energy sector in line with the Energy Union objectives. The list of projects, both selected and not, should be public. Investments with a value of less than €10 million should also be eligible for funding from the free allocation. The Member State concerned should select such investments based on clear and transparent criteria set in this Directive. The results of this selection process should be subject to public consultation. The public should be duly kept informed at the stage of the selection of investment projects as well as of their implementation.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Whereas financial support for regions and sectors which depend on carbon-intensive activities will be essential to implementing a just transition in Europe. The impact of the energy transition on these regions and sectors has to be better assessed and taken into account especially considering the future of those workers who will be affected.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) EU ETS funding should be coherent with other Union funding programmes, including European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and the European fund for Strategic investments so as to ensure the effectiveness of public spending.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) In order to adopt non-legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of a legislative act, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 3d(3), Article 10(4), Article 10a(1) and (8), Article 10b, Article 10d, Article 14(1), Article 15, Article 19(3), Article 22, Article 24, Article 24a and Article 25a of Directive 2003/87/EC. In order to reduce delegations to the minimum, the existing powers in respect of the operation of the special reserve, for attributing quantities of international credits which may be exchanged and placing further standards for what may be exchanged and for further rules on double counting in Article 3f(9), Article 11a(9) and Article 11b(7) of Directive 2003/87/EC are deleted. Acts adopted pursuant to those provisions continue to apply. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council. As regards the delegation in respect of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC, those Member States which do not use the common platform for auctioning may continue not to do so.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 6

Paragraph 2
(2a) In article 6 paragraph 2, two new subparagraphs are added: (f) all legal requirements on social responsibility and reporting in order to ensure equal and effective implementation of environmental regulations and ensure that competent authorities and stakeholders, including workers representatives and representatives of the civil society and local communities, have access to all relevant information ( as laid in the Aarhus Convention and implemented in EU and national legislation, including Directive 2003/87/EC); (g) an obligation to publish every year comprehensive information in respect of combating climate change and compliance with EU directives in the field of environment, safety and health at work; this information should be accessible to workers' representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities in the vicinity of the installation;
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 7
(2b) Article 7 is amended as follows: Without undue delay, the operator shall inform the competent authority of any planned changes to the nature or functioning of the installation, or any extension or significant reduction of its capacity, which may require updating the greenhouse gas emissions permit. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall update the permit. Where there is a change in the identity of the installation's operator, the competent authority shall update the permit to include the name and address of the new operator.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 189 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 9 paragraph 2

Article 9 paragraph 3
Starting in 2021, the linear factor shall be 2.24%.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 9 – new paragraph

Article 9 – new paragraph
The Commission shall, by no later than 31st December 2019, review the actual volumes of emissions occurring in Europe, and if deemed necessary and appropriate, will reduce the overall volume of emissions allowed under Phase IV of the ETS. If such a reduction is enacted, a corresponding reduction in the linear reduction factor should also be evaluated, and potentially enacted. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 226 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) paragraph 3 is amended as follows: Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances, within the frame set hereafter. At least 80% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in paragraph 2, points (b) and (c), or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used for one or more of the following:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 228 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 3 (a)
(bb) In paragraph 3, the point (a) is modified as follows: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by contributing to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, to the Adaptation Fund as made operational by the Poznan Conference on Climate Change (COP 14 and COP/MOP 4) and to the Green Climate Fund; to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development as well as demonstration projects for reducing emissions and for adaptation to climate change, including participation in initiatives within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan and the European Technology Platforms;
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 3 (b)
(bc) In paragraph 3, the point (b) is modified as follows: to develop renewable energies to meet the engagements of using 30 % renewable energies by 2030, as well as to develop other technologies contributing to the transition to a safe and sustainable low- carbon economy and to help meet the engagements to increase energy efficiency by 40 % by 2030;
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 3 (e)
(bd) In paragraph 3, the point (e) is complemented as follows: the environmentally safe capture and re- use of CO2 (CCU).
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 3 point m (new)
(la) measures which favour the recycling of base materials as a part of the circular economy;
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 3 new subparagraph
(ca) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added at the end: The abovementioned report made by Member-States to the Commission creates an inventory of the use of revenues and actions taken pursuant to this paragraph which is made public.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 5
(da) Paragraph 5 is complemented as follows: Refers in this regard to the obligation bore by Member States to inform the Commission as to the use of ETS revenues; underlines that increased transparency would help citizens see how ETS revenues are being used by national authorities.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 257 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 5a
(db) A new paragraph 5a is added: The Commission shall build a database providing information on the carbon content of products made by the industry covered by the ETS.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 258 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10

Paragraph 5b
(dc) A new paragraph 5b is added: The Commission shall publish every two years on the basis of a harmonised information from Member-States the impact of the ETS carbon price on the purchasing power of the citizens. On this basis, the Member-States are invited to compensate the impact of the ETS carbon price on the purchasing power of households in situation of energy poverty.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10a

Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 23. This act shall also provide for additional allocation from the new entrants reserve for significant production increases by applying the same thresholds and allocation adjustments as apply in respect of partial cessations of operationchanges. Any 10% increase or decrease in production expressed as a rolling average of verified production data for the two preceding years compared to the production activity reported in accordance with Article 11 should be adjusted with a corresponding amount of allowances by placing allowances into and releasing allowances from the reserve referred to in paragraph 7.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)

Article 10a

Paragraph 1
(aa) The third paragraph of paragraph 1 is modified as follows: The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, determine Community-wide ex-ante benchmarks so as to ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that provides incentives for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficient techniques, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, high efficiency cogeneration, efficient energy recovery of waste gases, use of biomass, capture and re-use of CO2 and capture and storage of CO2, where such facilities are available, and shall not provide incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production, except for cases falling within Article 10c and electricity produced from waste gases.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a b (new)

Article 10a

Paragraph 2
(ab) In paragraph 2, "in the years 2007-2008" is replaced by "in the years 2017-2018" and the following sentence is added: "An update of the Briefs shall be organised to have a complete information of the progress in mitigation technologies in industries in 2025."
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 a

Paragraph 2
The benchmark values for free allocation shall be adjusted in order to avoid windfall profits and reflect technological progress in the period between 2007-8 and each later period for which free allocations are determined in accordance with Article 11(1). This adjustment shall reduce the benchmark values set by the act adopted pursuant to Article 10a by 1% of the value that was set based on 2007-8 data in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the relevant period of free allocation, unless: (i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that benchmark value shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made; (ii) By way of derogation regarding the benchmark values for aromatics, hydrogen and syngas, these benchmark values shall be adjusted by the same percentage as the refineries benchmarks in order to preserve a level playing field for producers of these products.deleted
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 309 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 a

Paragraph 2
(i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that benchmark value shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made;deleted
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 a

Paragraph 2
(ii) By way of derogation regarding the benchmark values for aromatics, hydrogen and syngas, these benchmark values shall be adjusted by the same percentage as the refineries benchmarks in order to preserve a level playing field for producers of these products.deleted
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 349 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10a

Paragraph 5
In order to respect the auctioning share set out in Article 10, the sum of free allocations in every year where the sum of free allocations does not reach the maximum level that respects the Member State auctioning share, the remaining allowances up to that level shall be used to prevent or limit reduction of free allocations to respect the Member State auctioning share in later years. Where, nonetheless, the maximum level is reached, free allocations shall be adjusted accordingly. Any such adjustment shall be done in a uniform mannerapplied so that the 10% best performers of each sector or sub-sector are not impacted.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 405 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e a (new)

Article 10a

Paragraph 7a (new)
(ea) A new paragraph is added: The sectors and sub sectors concerned by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 10b will receive free allocations which annual excess, if any, are exclusively dedicated to low carbon investment in the installations belonging to the same sector or sub-sector during the whole fourth period, in conformity with paragraphs b, e, g, l and m(new) of article 10 paragraph 3, as well as with the rules for the public investments financed by free allocations in the article 10c paragraph 2 and 3; the assets coming from the free allocations monetisation during the fourth period have to be paid or engaged for low carbon investments at the latest 12/31/2030. A balance will be made two times during the fourth period, in 2025 and 2030 with a possibility of sanctions under Article 16.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 409 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Article10a
paragraph 8
4600 million allowances shall be available to leverage investment in support innovation in low-carbon products, technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration and pilot projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 or the environmentally safe capture and re-use of CO2 (CCU), as well as demonstration and pilot projects of innovative renewable energy technologies and energy storage, in the territory of the Union. The leveraging can take the form of future contracts based on an anticipated CO2 price of 30 euros/t by 2030 and guaranteed/refundable by the ECB.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 421 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f

Article 10A – paragraph 8

Article 10A – paragraph 8
400 million allowances shall be available to support innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 (including part-chain projects) as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies, in the territory of the Union.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 431 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f

Article 10a

Paragraph 8
The allowances shall be made available for innovation in low-carbon industrial products, technologies and processes in existing and new installations and support for demonstration and pilot projects for the development of a wide range of CCS, CCU and innovative renewable energy technologies that are not yet commercially viable, ensuring a degree of geographical and sectoral balance in geographically balanced locations. In order to promote innovative projects, up to 60% of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40% may not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions provided that pre-determined milestones are attained taking into account the technology deployed.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 447 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f

Article 10a

Paragraph 8
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 23, taking due account of the following principles: - Projects should focus on research and innovation for the design and development of breakthrough solutions and implementation of demonstration programmes, including in real industrial environments; - Projects should deliver ambitious reduction in specific GHG emission intensity of at least 20%, with respect to the best available technologies; - The activities should run close-to-market in production plants to demonstrate the viability of breakthrough technologies in overcoming the technological as well as non-technological barriers; - Projects should address technological solutions that could have widespread applications and may combine different technologies; - Solutions and technologies should ideally have the potentials to be transferred within the sector and possibly to other sectors.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 449 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f

Article 10a

Paragraph 8 last subparagraph
The last subparagraph of paragraph 8 is modified as follows: Allowances shall be set aside for the projects that meet the criteria referred to in the third subparagraph. Support for these projects shall be given via Member States and shall be complementary to substantial co-financing by the operator of the installation. They could also be co- financed by the Member State concerned, as well as by other instruments and programmes such as EFSI and H2020. No project shall receive support via the mechanism under this paragraph that exceeds 15 % of the total number of allowances available for this purpose. These allowances shall be taken into account under paragraph 7. Monetisation of allowances shall start only in 2022 and be made gradual throughout Phase IV.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 508 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
3. Other sectors and sub-sectors are considered to be able to pass on more of the cost of allowances in product prices,not at risk of carbon leakage and shall not be allocated allowances free of charge for the period up to 2030 at 30% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 10a.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 513 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10b

Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A revision of the sectors concerned by the carbon leakage criteria should be realised in 2025.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 535 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10b

Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. A new paragraph is added: Free allocations distributed to the industrial sectors concerned by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article constitute a temporary adaptation measure for the modernisation of the European energy intensive industries until 2030. After Phase IV, all the allocations will be auctioned.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 541 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 c

Paragraph 1
1. By derogation from Article 10a(1) to (5), Member States which had in 2013 a GDP per capita in € at market prices below 60% of the Union average may give a transitional free allocation to installations for electricity productiongenerators for the modernisation and diversification of the energy sector. This derogation shall end after 2030.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 562 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 c

Paragraph 2 (b)
(b) ensure that only projects which contribute to the diversification of their energy mix and sources of supply, the necessary restructuring, environmental upgrading and retrofitting of the infrastructure, clean technologies and modernisation of the energy production, transmission and distribution sectors, as well as energy efficiency and energy storage are eligible to bid;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 576 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 c

Paragraph 2 (c) (i)
(i) on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, ensure a net positive gain in terms of emission reduction and realise a pre- determined significant level of CO2 reductions, in line with Annexes I and II of the European Investment Bank Climate Strategy;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 593 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 c

Paragraph 2 (c) (iv) (new)
(iv) promote community-driven integrated approaches;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 594 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10 c

Paragraph 2 (c) (v) (new)
(v) do not contribute to new coal-fired energy generation capacity nor increase coal-dependency;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 625 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
The investments supported shall be proposed by beneficiary Member States and be consistent with the aims and criteria of this Directive and of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, as well as with the global EU energy and climate goals for 2030 and 2050.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 (new)
They should follow the same criteria as in Article 10c, in particular: (i) on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, ensure a net positive gain in terms of emission reduction and realise a pre- determined significant level of CO2 reductions, in line with Annexes I and II of the European Investment Bank Climate Strategy; (ii) are additional, clearly respond to replacement and modernisation needs and do not supply a market-driven increase in energy demand and were not included in the national investment plan for phase 3; (iii) offer best value for money; (iv) promote community-driven integrated approaches; (v) do not contribute to new coal-fired energy generation capacity nor increase coal-dependency;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 640 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 2
2. The fund shall also finance small- scale investment projects in the modernisation of energy systems and energy efficiency. To this end, the investment board shall developbeneficiary Member States shall develop national rules, guidelines and investment selection criteria specific to such projects in line with the objectives of the Fund and with the criteria set in paragraph 1 of this Article, while taking due account of the opinion of the advisory board referred to in paragraph 4.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 651 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 3
3. The funds shall be distributedEIB is responsible for the monetisation in equal volume each year of the 2% allowances referred to in Article 10. The EIB should define the monetisation calendar in consultation with the beneficiary Member States. The funds shall be distributed among the beneficiary Member States based on a combination of a 50% share of verified emissions and a 50% share of GDP criteria, leading to the distribution set out in Annex IIb.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 655 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A new paragraph 3a is added: Any beneficiary Member State which have chosen to grant transitional free allocation pursuant to Article 10c may transfer these allowances to its share of the Modernisation Fund set out in Annex IIb and allocate them pursuant to the provisions of Article 10d.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 659 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The fund shall be governed by an investment boardbeneficiary Member States shall be responsible for the governance of the Fund. They shall be assisted by and a management committeedvisory board, which shall be composed of representatives from the beneficiary Member States, the Commission, the EIB and, three representativeexperts selected by the other Member States for a period of 5 years. The investment board shall be responsible to determine an Union-level investment policy, appropriat and three individuals from interested parties (industrial federations, trade unions and NGOs) without voting rights. The advisory board shall take financing instruments and investment selection criteria. The management committo account Member States circumstances and specificities and shall guarantee procedural transparency and accountability of the selection process. The beneficiary Member Statees shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 668 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A new subparagraph is inserted: The selection of the eligible projects shall be made by the beneficiary Member States. This selection process and the list of ranked projects both selected and not, shall be public. The whole process shall abide by the criteria set in this Directive and take due account of the advisory board's opinion.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The investment board shall elect a representative from the Commission as chairman. The investmentchairmanship of the advisory board shall be elected from its members based on a one-year-term rotation model. The advisory board shall strive to take decisions by consensus. If the investmentadvisory board is not able to decide by consensus within a deadline set by the chairman, the investmentadvisory board shall take a decision by simple majority.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 680 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 4
The management committee shall be composed of representatives appointed by the investment board. Decisions of the management committee shall be taken by simple majority.deleted
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 693 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 4
If the EIB recommends not financing an investment and provides reasons for this recommendation based on this Directive, a decision shall only be adopted if a majority of two-thirds of all members vote in favour. The Member State in which the investment will take place and the EIB shall not be entitled to cast a vote in this case. For small projects funded through loans provided by a national promotional bank or through grants contributing to the implementation of a national programme serving specific objectives in line with the objectives of the Modernisation Fund, provided that not more than 10% of the Member States' share set out in Annex IIb is used under the programme, the two preceding sentences shall not apply.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 700 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 5
5. The beneficiary Member States shall report annually to the management committeeadvisory board on investments financed by the fund. The report shall be made public and include:
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 709 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 6
6. Each year, the management committeeadvisory board shall report to the Commission on experience with the evaluation and selection of investments. The Commission shall review the basis on which projects are selected by 31 December 2024 and, where appropriate, make proposals to the management committeeadvisory board.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 711 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Article 10 d

Paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 23 to implement this Article.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 717 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) The following Article 10e is inserted: Article 10e Just Transition Fund A Just Transition Fund is created as of 2021 as a complement to the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund; it is funded through the pooling of 2% of the auctioning revenues. The revenues of these auctions would remain at the EU level, with the goal to use them for cushioning the social impact of climate policies in regions which combine a high share of workers in carbon-dependent sectors and a GDP per capita well below the EU-average. These auctioning revenues aimed at just transition can be put to use in different ways: - Creating redeployments and/or mobility cells - Education/Training initiatives to re-skill or upskill workers - Support in job search, including paid time-off to search for jobs - Social protection measures - Subsistence allowances - Business creation - Monitoring and pre-emptive measures to avoid or minimise the negative impact of restructuring process on physical and mental health. The core activities to be financed by a Just Transition Fund being strongly related to the labour market, social partners should be actively involved into the fund management – on the model of the ESF committee – and the participation of local social partners should be a key requirement for projects to get funding.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 718 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Article 11

Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
A list of installations covered by this Directive for the five years beginning on 1 January 2021 shall be submitted by 30 September 2018, and lists for the subsequent five years shall be submitted every five years thereafter. Each list shall include information on production activity, transfers of heat and gases, electricity production and emissions at sub- installation level over the five calendar years preceding its submission. Production activity shall be updated yearly in order to allow for a more dynamic allocation. Free allocations shall only be given to installations where such information is provided.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 746 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13 a) In article 15a, the following paragraph is added: Allowances have to be published on the operators' annual accounts and the European Union encourages the resumption of work on an international accounting standard in this field.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 752 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
(20a) A new Article 25 (1) (c) is added: Robust carbon accounting rules and measures shall be put in place to ensure that the ETS is in line with the Paris Agreement (especially article 6 paragraph 2) which enhances cooperation among governments on climate change mitigation, including market-based approaches, through provisions to facilitate cross-border transfers. The Commission has to put in place border carbon adjustment and transparency for reporting carbon content for the products under ETS in order to prevent double- counting of emissions reductions.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The investments supported under EFSI should contribute to the aim of Article 194 (1) of the Treaty in particular promoting energy efficiency and energy savings and the development of new and renewable forms of energy and promoting the interconnection of energy networks, and to the Union's strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth adopted in the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010; in order to improve coordination of the Unions investment policies, Regulation 1303/2013 was established with a Common Strategic Framework ('CSF') in order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Union. This integrated approach should accordingly be applied to operations and projects supported by the EFSI;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The Commission Communication (COM(2015/80)) on the Energy Union has stressed the importance of energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right and states clearly that EFSI "provides an opportunity to leverage major investments in renovating buildings". In order to grasp that opportunity, a special focus on energy efficiency is needed by means of earmarking a share of the granted guarantees for energy efficiency; by providing technical assistance for the establishment of dedicated investment platforms for aggregated energy efficiency projects; and by broadening the "investment clause" for energy efficiency investments.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) When selecting the projects eligible under EFSI support, specific attention should be given to energy efficiency; when deciding on projects for energy generation or energy transport, it should be assessed whether the goals in terms of security of supply cannot be reached in a more sustainable and cost-effective way by reducing energy demand or raising energy efficiency instead; this to ensure that energy efficiency projects are competing on equal terms with projects that are aimed at increasing energy supply or developing new infrastructures;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 314 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations: (a) in line with Article 5,; (b) in line with the EU climate and energy objectives for 2020, 2030 and 2050; as to avoid jeopardizing these objectives or creating lock-in effects into technologies, production processes or infrastructures that are at the risk of stranding; (c) with a demonstrable economic, societal and sustainable added value promoting EU innovations, skills, jobs and competitiveness; and (d) irrespective of their geographic location.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) development of sustainable energy infrastructure, in particular in electricity interconnections, smart grids at distribution level and energy storage;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and, energy efficiency and resource efficiency, with a particular focus on reducing energy demand through demand-side management and buildings refurbishments;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 394 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiencydevelopment of electricity interconnections, including connecting grids to off-shore wind facilities; expansion of renewable energy capabilities, including projects resulting from the implementation of the renewables energy directive cooperation mechanisms, particularly with regard to off-shore wind energy generation;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 428 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
At least 20 % of the granted guarantees shall be reserved for energy efficiency investments, in particular via the establishment of dedicated investment platforms for the refurbishment of the building stock.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 436 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EU guarantee shall only be granted for projects and operations which fulfil the following eligibility criteria: (a) Projects and operations have to contribute to the Union’s strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; they shall comply with the objectives of Article 9 and be in line with Article 10 and Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; (b) Projects and operations have to foster the transition towards a smart, sustainable, decarbonized economy and shall be consistent with the agreed EU climate and energy objectives for 2020, 2030 and 2050; (c) Projects and operations have to contribute to the aim of Article 194(1) of the Treaty in particular promoting energy efficiency and energy savings and the development of new and renewable forms of energy; (d) Projects and operations supported by dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks and institutions, have to comply with the policies and eligibility criteria of the Steering Board in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 5(2); the policies and eligibility criteria of the Steering Board may not be in deviation of the criteria under (a) and (b) of this paragraph;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 480 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an assessment of the economic and societal added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis, this includes the impact on the creation of future oriented, sustainable and local jobs, the sustainable transition and decarbonisation of the EU’s economy, the preservation and increase of the viability of ecosystem services, the diminishing of EU’s dependency on energy and natural resources, the increase of the competiveness and the innovation potential of the Union’s economy;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to be the first direct democratic instrument to enable citizens to become actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation; and to connect them directly with EU institutions to discuss key issues at European level; Underlines that the ECI complements citizens' right to submit petitions to the European Parliament and their right of appeal to the European Ombudsman;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's Report on the ECI of 1st of April 2015 acknowledging that there is still room to improve the ECI and identifying a number of possible issues with a view to improving the instrument; Equally welcomes the European Ombudsman's own-initiative enquiry into the functioning of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) which after a public consultation with ECI organisers and other civil society representatives formulated eleven concrete proposals to the Commission;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 13 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Expresses differences with the Commission's conclusion on the fact that two Citizens' Initiatives have gone through the full process shows that the Regulation establishing the ECI has been fully implemented; Is of the opinion that if in the past three years, 51 requests to launch an initiative have been received, 31 of which were registered, 20 were rejected and only 3 have so far reached the threshold of one million signatures, 12 reached the end of their collection period without reaching the threshold, 10 were withdrawn by the organisers and 3 are still collecting statements of support shows that much needs to be done to make sure that the ECI lives up to its full potential;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 15 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes the Commission's efforts aimed at improving the ECI process, but acknowledges that there are still a number of weaknesses in the current ECI setting; Urges the European Commission to truly commit itself to a comprehensive revision of the ECI which should aim at overcoming the existing barriers and bureaucratic hurdles, strengthening the role of the ECI and empowering all citizens with an effective tool of participatory democracy at European level;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in previous resolutions and annual reports prepared by the Committee on Petitions, Parliament had already pointed out some of the weaknesses of the existing legal framework and the bureaucratic burdens in the practical running of the ECI owing to a lack of IT support and disparate use in the national administrations; calls for simplified and harmonised personal data requirements and proceduris of the opinion, therefore, that urgent revision of the ECI Regulation and Commission Implementing Regulation 1179/2011 is needed to ensure a clear, simple, user- friendly and proportionate procedures is implemented which will also encourage higher political participation by European citizens, which cannot be fully achieved with the current set of rules;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 24 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that a major simplification and revision of the ECI Regulation needs to focus on measures improving the accessibility to the ECI, both for organisers and for signatories, providing more dynamic and citizen-friendly process, and guaranteeing measures that have greater legal impact of the successful initiatives;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 27 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reports that to date only three initiatives managed to collect one million signatures in at least seven Member States, the first ever initiative was "Right2Water" and the most recent one is "Stop Vivisection ECI"; Regrets that the first two initiatives were not followed-up by a concrete legislative proposal and invites the Commission to adopt more concrete measures with the next successful initiatives;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 33 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern about the low percentage of successful initiatives and the dramatic decrease in the number of new initiatives; stresses that the European institutions and the Member States must take all necessary steps to promote the ECI and to foster citizens’ confidence in this tool; believes that if revised the instrument still has the potential to engage the public and to promote dialogue among citizens and between citizens and EU institutions; welcomes the fact that some ECIs have managed to have an impact at local level;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 42 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Reports that the general public's awareness and knowledge of the ECI among citizens is very low; Regrets the lack of clear information on the ECI instrument at the early stages, which led to a general misconception about its nature and generated some frustration when the first ECIs were rejected by the Commission; recalls that the instrument should be simple, clear and user-friendly;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 44 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that in order to build knowledge and trust in the ECI, the European institutions and Member States need to use every available communication channel, especially all relevant European Institutions' social and digital media platforms that have a combined following of many millions of citizens to conduct an ongoing awareness raising campaign to proactively promote ECI with the involvement of EU offices and representations as well as national authorities which should spread the concept of the ECI, and furthermore provide information in different national languages about on-going ECI initiatives;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 47 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Appreciates the Commission's efforts in updating its Guide to the European Citizens Initiative, and also in providing information and advice via its Europe Direct Contact Centre; Is of the opinion that more technical, legal and political support is needed to organisers of ECI initiatives in terms of launching and running an initiative, and in particular when drafting their ECI proposal, identifying a legal basis for it, respecting the strict IT requirements or national data protection rules;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for enhanced inter-institutional cooperation when dealing with ECIs in providing information and support to ECI organisers; calls for the future establishment of a physical and online ‘one-stop shop’ including providing multilingual websites, training programmes, educational material and a single set of guidelines on the right and obligation of the ECI organisers and on the administrative procedures through the ECI process; calls for the future establishment of a 'Citizen's Initiative Centre', designed as a one-stop shop support centre for any kind of ECI-related enquiry providing support, information, legtechnical, legal and political advice, translation services and funding, which could use the resources of the point of contact based in the Europe Direct Contact Centre and the Commission's representations and Parliament's information offices in the Member States; considers that such a set- up would bring the ECI project closer to citizens;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 53 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites the Commission to consider different options of providing administrative and financial support to the ECI projects through the existing budget lines of the Europe for Citizens Programme and the Rights, Equality and Citizens Programme;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 55 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC) new linguistic service for providing ECI organisers with translation of the ECI submission text in all EU languages for all validated ECIs and calls on the European Commission to propose a long term solution to provide the existing translation services in the institutions to the organisers of ECI initiatives so that translations of ECI texts are provided into all official languages and thus remove one major difficulty for citizens when organising cross-border ECI campaign in all Member States;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 57 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets that when it comes to a refusal to register an ECI, the European Commission is not always very clear in its reasoning, therefore there is a need to provide more robust, consistent and transparent reasons as to why the ECIs are not responded to with a legislative proposal and where possible suggest a redrafting of the ECI or partially accepting the parts that are within the Commission's remit;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 59 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. CAgrees that the admissibility test at the beginning of the ECI process puts a legal burden on organisers and therefore calls on the Commission to ensure transparency in the decision-making process and clarify the procedure for legal admissibility; invites the Commission to respond to successful ECIs with more concrete actiIs interested in the decision of the European Court of Justice which should clarify whether the Commission applies the admissibility check too rigidly; Suggests meanwhile to the Commission to take a more flexible approach to the registration process and assist organisers in identifying a legal basis and in framing their proposal; invites the Commission to respond to successful ECIs with more concrete actions such as the preparation of a legal act on successful initiatives within 12 months of their acceptance and in case the Commission does not submit a proposal it needs to provide citizens with justifiable reasons;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 66 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Understands stakeholders' concerns with the collection of signatures and in particular when it comes to the different personal data requirements for signatories; Invites the European Commission and Member States to simplify and harmonise personal data requirements and procedures in order to facilitate the process for EU citizens wishing to sign an ECI and to further explore the possibility of creating a simplified voluntary online EU registry where citizens will be able to sign an ECI initiative;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 72 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes Commission's efforts to launch and improve the online signature (OCS) collection system; Acknowledges, however, that further efforts are needed to completely redesign and customise the OCS; Calls on the Commission to improve the online collection system (OCS) software and make it accessible to persons with disabilities, allow for electronic signatures and for the collection of e-mail addresses and to link it to the new relevant social and digital media tools, and include the most up-to-date online campaigning features, following the example of other successful online campaigning platforms; calls on the Commission to support the creation of a public ECI application for mobile devicesand smart devices; Suggests as well that the Commission turns this temporarily provided server for the collection of online signatures into a permanent solution of a centralised, user- friendly and free of charge central public online collection platform;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Invites the Commission to revise the ECI regulation to clarify when the period of collecting signatures will start and proposes that this should be when the OCS certification is completed;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reiterates that every citizen has the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union by way of a European citizens' initiative and calls for actions at European and national levels to ensure that specific groups of people such as European citizens living abroad, disabled or older people are not denied their right to sign an initiative; urges the Commission and Member States to implement simpler and uniform online and offline signature collection rules to ensure that all EU citizens can support an ECI;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 77 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Recalls PETI position that in order to encourage the civic participation of the younger generation in EU affairs on important topics such as jobs, education or the environment there is a need in the context of the ECI to uniformly lower the age limit to 16;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 80 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Invites the Commission to examine proposals relating to the creation of a European identity card, which should also meet the requirements of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative for gathering signatures;deleted
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 83 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Point 10
10. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals concerning the establishment of a complete electoral list of its citizens;deleted
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 87 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Point 11
11. Invites the Commission, in light of the up-coming judgment of the European Court of Justice to clarify whether the EU citizens have the same powers as the European Parliament to propose Treaty amendments and to consider in the future revision of the regulation the proposal for allowing ECIs that require treaty amendments according to Article 48 TFEU;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 90 #

2014/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Point 12
12. Recalls that hearings concerning successful ECIs are currently organised by the competent committee, according to the subject of the ECI, with the Committee on Petitions associated; proposes that the Committee on Petitions should take over the role of organising hearings, as a neutral forum with the greatest experience in dealing with citizens., after which the relevant Committee should issue an own initiative report followed by a discussion and vote on each successful ECI in full plenum; invites the European Parliament to further explore the possibilities of organising hearings for initiatives that haven't reached the one million signatures but have more than half of the required signatures;
2015/05/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 6 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Given the importance of creative and cultural industries (CCI) in Europe and, given that employment in cultural industries cannot be easily outsourced, stresses the importance of the role of creative and cultural industries both in job creation and as an engine of growth for the European economy;
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Copyright and related rights are the rights on which the whole creative industries and this value chain are built upon; therefore calls on the Commission to support and protect creators' intellectual property rights to enable creative industries in Europe to flourish.
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Innovation in creativity and technological advances can have a significant impact on people's lives by enabling different groups to communicate creatively and work collaboratively, thereby both improving the existing skills of creative people and creating added value. This contribute to improved competitiveness, employment and innovation across Europe;
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the need to review Directive 2001/29/EC in order to ensure appropriaten unwaiverable right to fair remuneration for copyright holders and appropriate protection of these rights in a changing and constantly evolving technological environment, which brings both opportunities and challenges;
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that protection of copyright and related rights must respect technological neutrality; But also notes that the digital environment is not the same as the analogue world and stresses the need to closely examine whether additional or alternative forms of copyright protection are needed to address this;
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that copyright protection is only as effective as the enforcement measures which protect it. Therefore, in order to ensure that the CCI sector in Europe can flourish and to protect innovation, copyright protection must be robust;
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any legislative change in this area should ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; Notes the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty and requests that an exception be made to allow any person who cannot access a library because of their disability to receive library loans electronically.
2015/03/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the importance of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), as a new citizens' right introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, which aims at increasing participatory democracy in the EU; Notes the importance of the ECI as a powerful tool to provide European citizens with a direct democratic right to contribute to the decision making process of the EU, which adds to the European citizens' right to submit petitions to the European Parliament (EP) and their right of appeal to the European Ombudsman;
2015/03/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 104 #

2014/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen the role of the European Citizens' Initiatives (ECIs) by adopting a citizens-friendly approach to tackle all deficiencies of this instrument in the upcoming revision of Regulation 211/20118 whilst at the same time improving information campaigns to citizens on the use of the ECI and its powers to influence the EU-policy making process;
2015/03/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas there is a great deal of ignorance about the full potential of seas and oceans, their resources, and the ways in which these resources interact with human activities – whether taking place or still to be developed – and whereas inadequate knowledge on those pointand enhance the European economy is still unknown, and whereas inadequate knowledge of the potential of the seas and oceans severely inhibits sustainable use of the resources concerned and poses an obstacle to innovation;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas barriers to success in innovation in the blue economy lie not just with the scientific knowledge gap, which universities, businesses and research institutions are seeking to address through cutting edge research; but also lie significantly with barriers to funding from both public and private resources;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the potential for exploiting marine resources to develop sustainable renewable energy resources could significantly contribute to the EU's energy security strategy through reducing Member States' reliance on non EU sources of energy;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas developing the blue economy could greatly boost growth and economic development, as well as job creation, especially infor coastal and island countries and regions and in the outermost regionsregions, outermost regions and island countries, whilst taking into account the specific and diverse needs and differences of each geographical area;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the findings of publicly funded research, as a matter of principle, to be placed in the public domain for non- commercial uses, and for that principle to be binding on partners in EU research programmes; calls on the Commission to set up the Horizon 2020 research information platform as quickly as possible;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to create and promote a supportive policy framework for the use of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies, so that a significant proportion of Europe's carbon emissions maybe stored under European seas and oceans, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the remit of the blue economy;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the Commission to support the development of marine CO2 transport networks, so that emissions can be transported from one member state to another safely and in a cost effective manner, before being utilised or safely stored under the sea, thereby boosting the blue economy while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to establish favourable regulatory and legal conditions for investing in renewable energy in the blue economy, and to bring forward a clear and stable framework of support for research, businesses and government that will allow for increased investment in innovative projects to develop renewable energy;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for an appropriate financial framework to be established in order to stimulate the development of the blue economy and job creation, combining and coordinating the financial instruments available – structural and investment funding (EMFF, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, and EFSI when available), the research framework programme, and so forth; points out that the instruments should be better geared to the needs of individual stakeholders – public institutions, businesses, especially SMEs, non-governmental organisations, etc. – and the opportunities being offered widely publicised;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that investment in the blue economy requires a mix of project focuses, from big infrastructure projects which require the market confidence of public funding, to diverse, small scale investments in SMEs, which require additional assistance in accessing funding;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Emphasises that the onshore industries which support the offshore blue economy are the vital link to ensuring marine innovation improves the lives of everyone across the EU, and calls on the Commission to provide for greater support for these onshore industries;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for increased support for SMEs, which constitute the vast majority of the aqua tourism sector, in ensuring that existing and new jobs are sustainable, high quality, and all year round;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that Europe's seas and oceans have significant carbon dioxide storage potential, to be utilised as part of a future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) network, which could help to significantly reduce European carbon emissions, particularly industrial emissions, and help to achieve the EU's 2050 climate goals; specifically stresses that CCS policy could help to combine a thriving blue economy with the EU goals for an Energy Union and the EU Energy Security Strategy; Firmly believes that the North Sea is in a prime position to aid the development of this technology, due to a friendly policy environment in neighbouring member states and favourable geographic and geological conditions;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2014/2240(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urges the Commission to promote the rights of workers and guarantee safe working conditions in all sectors within the blue economy, whether already established or newly emerging;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2014/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the PPP model raises a number of concerns due to the fact that the provisions of a public good or service in this framework is conditioned by contractual conditions which can curtail the ability of national and local authorities to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal some measures with regards to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of such goods and services;
2015/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation (new)
– having regard to its earlier resolutions of 23 October 2012 on trade and economic relations with the United States1, 23 May 2013 on trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America2, 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs3,
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 2 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation (new)
1 OJ C 68 E, 7.3.2014, p. 53 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0227. 3 Text adopted, P7_TA-PROV(2014)0230– having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2015 on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman 2013, Or. en
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission is currently negotiating on behalf of the European Union a deep, comprehensive and high standards trade and investment partnership agreement with the United States (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – TTIP) that aims to foster and facilitate commercial exchange of goods and services and enhance investment through inter alia the removal of trade barriers; whereas a significant number of European citizens have voiced legitimate concerns that this agreement would threaten fundamental EU regulations, in particular in the fields of labour rights, environmental protection and food and safety standards
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 9 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to the 3rd July 2014 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (C-350/12 P) on access to documents of the institutions, and to the 6th January 2015 decision of the European Ombudsman closing her own- initiative inquiry (OI/10/2014/RA) concerning the European Commission on dealing with requests for information and access to documents (Transparency),
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas in order to contribute to the well-being of all European citizens the objectives of the TTIP is to increase trade and investment between the European Union and the United States;should be to regulate globalisation and support sustainable trade and investment flows in a balanced way across Europe, sustainable economic growth, decent jobs creation and promotion of the European Social Model
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 13 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of the 20 October 2005, and to the Article 167 of the TFEU - Part III: Union policies and internal action - Title XIII: Culture,
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the negotiations have attracted unprecedented public interest, given the potential economic, social and political impact of the TTIP; and the secretive manner in which the negotiations have been conducted
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 17 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to the opinion on "The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)" of the Committee of the Regions (ECOS-V-063) adopted during the 110th plenary session (11-13 February 2015), and to the 4th June 2014 opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "Transatlantic trade relations and the EESC's views on an enhanced cooperation and eventual EU- USA FTA",
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintain the objective of including a specific energy chapter in the TTIP which could significantly increase the EU’s energy security; ensuring that such a chapter is fully compatible with the EU's current energy legislation, including climate change objectives.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the Committee on Petitions has received a number of petitions raising concerns about the EU-US trade agreement (TTIP); whereas the petitioners’ main concerns are related to risks regarding the quality of food imports, the transfer of data from the EU to the US, in particular information allegedly collected by the US regarding natural and legal persons (the right of EU citizens to ‘digital self-determination’), transparency, economic impact, and protection of investorhe lack of transparency of the negotiations, the potential negative economic impact of TTIP, in particular in terms of employment and wages, and the transfer of public authorities’ right to regulate to corporations via the Investor- State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS);
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 27 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Commission received a total of nearly 150,000 responses to its public consultation on investment protection and Investor-to- State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement, 97% of which rejected the inclusion of ISDS in TTIP; whereas, unusually, many submissions came from individual respondents, which highlights the scale of public mobilisation over TTIP; whereas some respondents, such as trade unions or large civil society organisations represent a large number of individual members that is vastly in excess of the total number of responses received by the Commission;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 32 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the European Ombudsman’s investigation of July 2014 regarding the transparency of the TTIP scrutinised the withholding of key documents and alleged granting of privileged access to certain stakeholders; whereas the European Ombudsman received more than 6000 emails in reply to its TTIP public consultation;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 40 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas an ambitious and balanced agreement with the US may support the reindustrialisation of Europe and help achieve the 2020 target for an increase of the EU's GDP generated by industry from 15 % to 20 %; whereas it has the potential to create opportunities especially for SMEs, micro enterprises, according to the definition of Recommendation COM 2003/361/CE, clusters and enterprises networks which suffer more from non- tariff barriers (NTBs) than larger companies; whereas an agreement between the two biggest economic blocs in the world has the potential to create standards, norms and rules which will be adopted at a global level, which would serve to the advantage of third countries as well;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of developing the trade relationship and bilateralbalanced trade and investment relations between the European Union and the United States of America in order to help growth and employment and generate new economic opportunitieswith adequate safeguards to provide the highest labour, social, health and environmental standards on a global level in order to generate new economic opportunities and regulate globalisation, so that social and environmental dumping is excluded;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 53 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the objective of reducing unnecessary regulatory incompatibilities between the EU and the USA in relation to goods and serviceslifting technical barriers to trade between the EU and the USA which are not justified by different approaches to protection and risk management, such as duplication of procedures, inconsistent product requirements and double testing;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 61 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. NoteDemands that regulatory compatibility is to be without prejudice to thedoes not in any way affect public authorities’ right to regulate in accordance with the level of health, safety, consumer, labour and environmental protection and cultural diversity that each side considers appropriate;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 65 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work on transatlantic harmonisation of standards and regulations that define the principles of public support for different energy sources; Furthermore, calls on the Commission to look beyond simply lifting export limitations, to explore ways of cooperating with large scale US energy research and development projects, such as ARPA-E, to help increase energy innovation;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that foreign investors from the EU are not disadvantaged in the USA, including in relation to investors from other third States (such as Canada, Mexicoare treated in a non- discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, Cwhina, India and TPP States), which already now, or in future on the basis of negotiations currently under way, enjoyle benefiting from no greater rights than domestic investors; to oppose the inclusion of ISDS in TTIP, as other options to enforce investorment protection and have access to mechanisms for the settlement of disputes between States and investorre available, such as domestic remedies;
2015/03/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 74 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has made real efforts to make the TTIP negotiating process more transparent, especially in the light of the publication of the European directives for the negotiation on the TTIP (1103/13 CL 1); regrets that this essential document was only disclosed on 9 October 2014 while the negotiations started in June 2013; believes that this delay by the European Commission and the Council in disclosing such essential documents has to date hindered the development of an informed public debate on TTIP and has contributed to reinforcing negative perceptions of the European Union and its institutions in important parts of the general public;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the decision of the European Ombudsman concerning its inquiry in relation to the European Commission’s efforts to make TTIP negotiations transparent and accessible to the public; calls on the Commission to rapidly implement the Ombudsman’s recommendations related to public access to consolidated negotiating texts, greater proactive disclosure of TTIP documents and increased transparency as regards meetings that Commission officials hold on TTIP with business organisations, lobby groups or NGOs.
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 77 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Suggests that further steps are needed in order to continue the Commission’s efforts to increase transparency and to promote more comprehensive participation and involvement of the various stakeholders in the negotiating process and in particular of civil society and consumers organisations, given the potential impact TTIP will have on the lives of European citizens;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 83 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. SuggestBelieves that a more proactive approach to transparency on the part of the Commission couldis absolutely crucial in order to make the negotiating process more legitimate in the eyes of citiz, and urges the Commission to publish all negotiating documents, and encourages the Commission to publish documentsincluding US offers to the EU, in the fashion of standards practices for all international trade negotiations conducted within the frame of the World Trade Organisation, and make meeting information available;,
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 85 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deeply regrets that the access given to Members of the European Parliament to TTIP negotiating texts is extremely limited, as only a very partial selection of documents is made available to them, in a fashion that is not conducive to proper parliamentary scrutiny of the negotiations; highlights that documents available in the EP secured reading room do not contain any consolidated material or any text tabled by the US;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 92 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that the petition filed by over one and a half million Europeans was not qualified by the European Commission as a ‘European Citizens’ Initiative’, due to limitations contained in the ECI legislative framework; regrets that in effect these limitations entail that any ECI on trade issues could only be admissible after the entry into force of a trade agreement, and that ECIs aimed at influencing ongoing trade negotiations are not permitted in the current framework;
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 99 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the huge differentials between the USA and the EU in energy prices but also in per capita CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide energy-intensive sectors in the EU, including the chemicals industry, with appropriate measures maintaining current tariff rates over the longest possible period for a period of at least five years after the entry into force of the TTIP with a mandatory review clause;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the sensitivity of certain areas of negotiation, such as the agricultural sector, where perceptions of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), cloning and consumer health are divergent between the European Union and the United States;, therefore calls for these areas not be subjected to regulatory cooperation and any additional rules on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade; in areas in which trade in sensitive sectors already occurs, such as GMOs, calls for the establishment of clear labelling rules that would reinforce consumer choice
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 105 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Highlights the high levels of public scrutiny given to the agreement via petitions, which raised strong concerns about the transparency of the negotiations and the adverse negative effects on workers’ rights and public services including health care, social services, education, water and sanitation
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 111 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that consumer protection and compliance with higher European quality standards for foods and products should be at the centre of the negotiations on the TTIP., the highest standards of environmental protection and strictest control of industrial emissions in the EU and the US and the proper safeguards to protect citizens’ data, should be at the centre of the negotiations on the TTIP; negotiators should not consider any commitments on data protection within the framework of TTIP pending the conclusion of on-going legislative work in this field in the EU and US
2015/03/25
Committee: PETI
Amendment 112 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas many economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution as they are built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to trade; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respectthe real impact of TTIP on both EU and US economies is difficult to assess and hard to predict while negotiations are still ongoing; whereas there are contradictory economic impact studies on TTIP and they should be taken with caution as regards the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers, unnecessary or unjustified, to trade and to support economic growth and job creation; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respect; whereas hopes and expectations on TTIP should be commensurate to the level of ambition that will be reached sector by sector in the negotiation;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba. therefore calls on the Commission to ensure that the competent EU authorities are involved in the control and verification of establishments, facilities and products eligible for exports to the EU with respect to the sanitary or phytosanitary requirement applicable in the EUs, and expresses concerns regarding the European Commission’s textual proposal to the US in this respect; recalls that in prior EU trade agreements, the EU retained the ability to audit and verify the control programme of other parties to the agreements; calls on the Commission to maintain this approach;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds the Commission that while TTIP may have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the EU and US economies, this is by no means certain. The Commission should therefore work with trade unions and employers to develop training which will allow the workforce to reskill in light of the labour market impact of TTIP. The Commission should make clear how the Globalisation Adjustment Fund will be used to support this process.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds the Commission that it is crucial for the Parties in TTIP to commit to the ratification and the full and effective implementation of the eight core conventions of the ILO. These labour rights must be enforceable through a monitoring process that has the full involvement of trade unions and is backed up with sanctions as the final penalty. TTIP should moreover be used to create a highest standards for labour rights in future trade agreements.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU's commitment to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Article 167 of the TFEU ensure and preserve the right of the EU and its Member States to establish and to implement cultural policies, as well as measures aimed at the protection and promotion of cultural diversity; whereas the United States are not signatories to the UNESCO convention;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 173 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission, while welcoming the potential benefits of regulatory alignment and mutual recognition, including the establishment of common principles in standards and technical specifications in the area of ICT, about the importance of maintaining high levels of safety and security and the importance of maintaining current EU standards;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas agriculture is at the heart of wider strategic issues such as food safety, sustainable development, societal choices and collective preferences and that the agricultural sectors in the EU and US differ considerably in many areas, such as consumer health aspects and food safety standards, including GMOs and hormone-treated meat;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 181 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights to the Commission that regulatory cooperation must not be used to undermine these standards. TTIP must exempt public services from the market access and investment protection chapters of TTIP so foreign investors cannot challenge Member States for introducing new regulation for public services.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to publish, in a broad range of easy to access formats, all possible negotiating texts and documents, including documents relating to any possible energy chapter, thereby providing maximum levels of transparency for European citizens;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to remove the Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clause from the negotiating text; especially considering the strong opposition from EU Citizens, as expressed in the Commission's 2014 ISDS Public Consultation and the widespread abusive practice with regard to these clauses by corporate interests including energy producers;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 211 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Europe's current standards of social, environmental, worker and consumer rights, as well as levels of public health, are not lowered, compromised, nor negatively impacted in any way by the implementation of any possible TTIP agreement;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to all guarantee the validity of Geographic Indicators (G.Is) as part of the TTIP agreement, including non-agrarian products; reminds the Commission of the economically vital, higher value that G.I status brings;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP negotiations lead to a deep, comprehensive, ambitious, balanced and high-standard trade and investment agreement that would promote sustainable growth with shared benefits across EU Member States, support the creation of high-quality jobs for European workers, directly benefit European consumers by ensuring a high level of existing and future labour, social and environmental standards, fight tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens, increase international competitiveness, and open up new opportunities for EU companies, in particular SMEsmicro and SMEs, and contribute to attracting more foreign investments in the EU; the content of the agreement is more important than the speed of the negotiations, which should in any case take into account the developments in the global international arena;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 260 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) to emphasise that while the TTIP negotiations consist of negotiations on three main areas – ambitiously improving reciprocal market access (for goods, services, investment and public procurement at all levels of government), reducing NTBs and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes, and developing common rules to address shared global trade challenges and opportunities – all these areas are equally important to be included in a comprehensive package; TTIP should be ambitious and binding on all levels of government on both sides of the Atlantic, the agreement should lead to lasting, fair, genuine market openness on a reciprocal basis and trade facilitation on the ground, and should pay particular attention to structural means of achieving greater transatlantic cooperation while upholding regulatory standards and preventing social and environmental dumping, including through a structured system of pre and post impact assessment and evaluation procedures, including a precise gender assessment;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 307 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) to ensure that the market access offers in the different areas are equally ambitious and reflect both parties' expectations, as market access for industrial goods, raw materials, energy, agricultural products, services and public procurement is equally important in all cases and a balance is needed between the different proposals for these areas;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 321 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) to aim at the elimination of all duty tariffs, while respecting sensitive products on both sides; on sensitive products, asks the Commission to provide an assessment of the concessions undertaken in all agreements already concluded and those under negotiation; sensitive products should be subject to a special and differential treatment which should consist on either maintaining the current tariff lines or excluding them from the negotiations;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 397 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) to ensure an adequate carve-out of sexplicit exclusion of public services from the scope of application of TTIP as referred to in article 14 TFEU, through the introduction of an extensitive services such as public services and public utiliticarve-out in the core text of the agreement of all public services, current and future, covering all non-economic Services of General Interest as well as Services of General Economic Interest (including water, healthbut not limited to water, health, social services, social security systems and education) allowing, to ensure that national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in retain the full ability to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal any measures with regards to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public services as provided in article 106 TFEU and Protocol 26 TFEU; this exclusion should apply whether the services in question are organised as a monopoly, operating under exclusive rights or otherwise, and whether public interest; aly and privately funded and/or organised; notes the joint declaration reflecting negotiators' clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations would be very helpful in this regard; ;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 411 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
(via) in particular, to adhere to the provisions of Article 168 TFEU: "Union action shall respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of their health policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care. The responsibilities of the Member States shall include the management of health services and medical care and the allocation of the resources assigned to them;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 427 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) to combine market access negotiations on financial services with convergence in financial regulation on the highest level, in order to support the introduction of necessary regulation to prevent financial crises and in order to support ongoing cooperation efforts in other international forums, such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; to ensure that these cooperation efforts do not limit the EU and member states regulatory and supervisory sovereignty, including their ability to ban certain financial products and activities;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 445 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the EU’s acquis on data privacy is not compromised through the liberalisation of data flows, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in place; to guarantee that any possible commitment taken on data flow is matched by extensive provisions on local presence and local content; therefore, recommends that the Commission takes immediate action to incorporate in the agreement a comprehensive, unambiguous and legally binding horizontal clause that fully exempts EU rules on the protection of personal data from all chapters of TTIP, with a reference to Article XIV of the GATS, and without any condition;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 453 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii a (new)
(viiia) to aim at the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in order to enable EU and US professionals to practice on either side of the Atlantic and to facilitate mobility of investors, professionals, high-skilled workers and technicians between the EU and the US in sectors covered by TTIP;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 472 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
(x) to keep in mind that, as specified in the mandate, the agreement shouldall not riskcontain any provisions that prejudicinge the Union's cultural and linguistic diversity, including in; to therefore ensure that the audiovisual and cultural services sector, and thats well as existing and future provisions and policies in support of the cultural sector, in particular in the digital world, are kept out of the scope of the negotiations in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, are kept out of the scope of the negotiations; to exclude subsidies or government support to audiovisual, educational and cultural services and its industries, including "digital products", from any commitments taken in chapters related to telecommunication, investment or e- commerce;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 489 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
(xi) to ensurake an ambitious approach to the tchat account is taken of the discrepancies in thepter on public procurement, with a view to remedying, in line with the principle of reciprocity, the major disparity currently existing in the degree of openness of the two public procurement markets on both sides of the Atlantic andand to significantly opening up the US market, still ruled under the Buy American Act of 1933 on the basis of the international undertakings entered into under the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and of the removal of the restrictions currently applying at federal, state and administrative level alike in the United States; emphasises, in particular, the need to guarantee that undertakings entered into by the US federal authorities will be honoured at all political and administrative levels; to ensure that account is taken of the huge interest on the part of European companies in obtaining, notably SMEs, in obtaining non- discriminatory access to public contracts in the US both at federal and state level, for example for construction services, traffic infrastructure and goods and services while respecting sustainability criteria for procurement on both sides, inter alia; to ensure the compliance of the chapter with the new EU public procurement and concession package entering into force in 2016directives, notably as regards the definition of public-cooperation, exclusions, SMEs access and the use of the MEAT criteria;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 507 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xii
(xii) to ensure that public authorities have the opportunity to adopt socially and ecologically responsible procurement policies, and that procurement provisions do not hinder the ability of public authorities to address societal and environmental needs; to ensure that public procurement policies are kept in line with ILO Convention 94 regarding labour clauses in public contracts; to promote EU-US cooperation at the international level in order to promote sustainability standards for public procurement, inter alia in the implementation of the recently revised Government Procurement Agreement;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 524 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that the negotiations on rules of origin aim at reconciling the EU and US approaches; givenwhile guaranteeing the cnonclusion of the negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and T-cumulation of already granted concessions in other trade Aagreement (CETA) between EU and Canada and the potential upgrade of the EU-Mexico free trade agreement, the possibility and scope of cumulation will need to be considereds in order not to weaken the protection of sensitive products;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 546 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) to ensure that the regulatory cooperation chapter promotes an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through the facilitation of trade and investment while developing and securing high levels of protection of health and safety, consumer, labour and environmental legislation and of the cultural diversity that exists within the EUsecures the highest level of protection of health and safety including food safety and quality, consumer, labour and environmental legislation and of the cultural diversity that exists within the EU while promoting an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through the facilitation of trade and investment; to reject any downward harmonisation of standards, or the mutual recognition of non-equivalent standards; to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not undermine the state's right to regulate; to ensure that the process of regulatory cooperation is designed in the most transparent and inclusive way possible, involving in particular social partners; negotiators on both sides need to identify and to be very clear about which regulatory meastechnical procedures and standards are fundamental and cannot be compromised, which ones can be the subject of a common approach, which are the areas where mutual recognition based on a common high standard and a strong system of market surveillance is desirable and which are those where simply an improved exchange of information is possible, based on the experience of one and a half years of ongoing talks; negotiators should ensure that regulatory cooperation will not translate in a slowdown of legislative processes and that it will not cover sectors excluded from the negotiation nor national or sub-central regulatory acts;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 560 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i a (new)
(ia) to take into account the fact that non- tariff barriers (NTBs) constitute one of the main issues in the negotiations for the EU; to ensure that negotiations in this area are conducted with the highest standards of transparency, including an inventory of all NTBs that are likely to be lifted by the agreement; recalls that certain non-tariff barriers in Europe are directly linked to European citizens' collective preferences and lifestyles, and should therefore be kept;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 569 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) to base negotiations on SPS and TBT measures on the key principles of the multilateral SPS and TBT agreements; to aim in the first place at increasing transparency and openness, strengthening dialogue between regulators and strengthening cooperation in international standards-setting bodies; to recognise, in negotiations on SPS and TBT measures, the right of both parties to assess and to manage risk in accordance with the level either deems appropriate in order to protect human, animal or plant life or health; to respect and uphold the sensitivities and fundamental values of either side, such as the EU’s precautionary principleensure the consideration of other legitimate factors than risk assessment in food policy making, such as the farm to fork approach, and to verify, control and audit the implementation of their own SPS standards; to respect and uphold the sensitivities and fundamental values of either side, such as the EU’s precautionary principle and to ensure that parties will preserve the right to conduct a hazard- based approach, particularly with regards to cosmetics and chemicals;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 593 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure and prioritise the impact on consumers and, the environment next toand gender relations over its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 610 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) to fully respect the established regulatory systems on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as the European Parliament's role within the EU's decision-making process and its democratic scrutiny over EU regulatory processes when creating the framework for future cooperation while at the same time being vigilant about a balanced involvement of stakeholders within the consultations included in the development of a regulatory proposal; in order to avoid that neither Party exercise any veto power before any regulatory proposal has been officially tabled by the other Party; to specify the role, the composition and the legal quality of the Regulatory Cooperation Council, taking into consideration that any direct and compulsory application of its recommendations would imply a breach of the law-making procedures laid down in the Treaties; to also oversee that it fully preserve the capacity of national, regional and local authorities to legislate their own policies, in particular social and environmental policies;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 634 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the sustainable development chapter is binding and enforceable and aims at the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and their content, the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the core international environmental agreements; provisions should be aimed at improving levels of protection of labour and environmental standards; an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter should also include rules on corporate social responsibility based on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a clearly structured civil society involvement;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 640 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the sustainable development chapter aims atis binding and enforceable and makes the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and their content, the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the core international environmental agreements a condition of the agreement; provisions should be aimed at improving levels of protection of labour and environmental standards; an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter should also include rules on corporate social responsibility based on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a clearly structured civil society involvement;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 649 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) to ensure that labour and environmental standards are made enforceable, by building on the good experience of the EU-Korea free trade agreement and good and effective practices in the US’s free trade agreements and national legislation; to ensure that the implementation of and compliance with labour provisions is subjected to an effective monitoring process, involving social partners and civil society representatives; to ensure that the trade and sustainable development chapter is subject to the general dispute settlement mechanism contained in the future agreement;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 653 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iva) requests the inclusion of a human rights clause used in many agreements to ensure that the principles of human rights and democracy are applied.
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 656 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv b (new)
(ivb) stresses that trade agreements must under no circumstances be allowed to undermine labour and social law and collective agreement provisions. Possible negotiations on mode IV must be bound to functioning cross-border cooperation in administration and justice in Labour and Employment Law issues as a condition for the guarantee of collective agreement wages and working conditions. It must be possible to make any lack of enforcement by the contractual parties subject to dispute settlement including sanctions.
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 665 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v a (new)
(va) to ensure that the place of work principle is guaranteed. National labour and social law as well as collective agreement provisions must be upheld in the case of temporary posting and placement of workers; the conditions of temporary postings and placement should be well defined in TTIP;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 669 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
(vi) to ensure that the economic, social, territorial and environmental impact of TTIP is examined through a thoroughcomprehensive trade sustainability impact assessment with clear involvement, consultation and participation of stakeholders and civil society, as well as local and regional authorities; asks the Commission to conduct comparative in- depth impact studies for each Member States;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 681 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources aiding the development a more secure energy mix;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 686 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources; to also retain the EU's right to categorize fuels according to their lifecycle CO2 impact and to keep in mind the EU's own climate change goals;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 697 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the right of either partner to govern the exploration and exploitation of energy sources as well as the right to govern production of energy remains untouched by any agreement, but that non- discrimination is applied once exploitation is decided; to keep in mind that nothing in the agreement should undermine legitimate national collective preferences, such as the prohibition of hydraulic fracturing, in accordance with the precautionary principle; access to raw materials as well as to energy should also be granted on a non-discriminatory basis for companies from either the EU or the US and quality standards for energy products must be respected;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 704 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix
(ix) to ensure that TTIP supports the use and promotion of green goods and services, thereby tapping into the considerable potential for environmental and economic gains offered by the transatlantic economytransition to a low-carbon, secure and competitive energy system. The transition of the energy system will only be possible with a significant development of renewable energy sources and reduction of energy demand through energy efficiency, thereby tapping into the considerable potential for creating new jobs in the "green economy", fostering economic growth and protecting the environment;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 714 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point x
(x) to ensure that TTIP serves as a forum for the development of common ambitious sustainability standards for energy production, always taking into account and adhering to existing standards on both sides; to steps up efforts for research and innovation, including in Energy R&I, and explore ways of cooperating with large scale energy research and development projects, such as the U.S, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), to help increase energy innovation in this field for both sides; to ensure that TTIP also serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information to collect data and address barriers hindering the uptake of low- carbon and environmentally friendly technologies;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 735 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xii
(xii) to ensure that, should TTIP contains a comprehensive chapter on investment it includinges provisions on both market access and investment protection; thean investment chapter should aim at ensuring non- discriminatory treatment for the establishment of European and US companies in each other’s territory, while taking account of the sensitive nature of some specific sectors; it should also address investors' obligations and responsibilities by referring, inter alia, to the OECD principles for multinational enterprises, the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) action plan and to the UN principles on Business and human rights as benchmarks;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 745 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiii
(xiii) to ensure that investment protection provisions are limited to post- establishment provisions and focus on non- discrimination and fair and equitable treatment; standards of protection and definitions of investor and investment should be drawn up in a precise manner; stresses that substantive provisions shall, inter alia, protect the right to regulate in the public interest, clarify the meaning of indirect expropriation and prevent unfounded or frivolous claims; free transfer of capital should be in line with the EU treaty provisions and should include a prudential carve-out in the case of financial crises;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 762 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved withoutle benefiting from no greater rights than domestic investors; to oppose the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputin TTIP, as other options to enforce investment protection are available, such as domestic remedies;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 791 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
(xv) to ensure that TTIP includes an ambitious balanced Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter that includes stronga limited amount of protection of precisely and clearly defined areas of IPR, including enhanced protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), and reflects a fair and efficient level of protection such as laid out in the EU’s and the US’s free trade agreement provisions in this area, while continuing to confirm the existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), notably in the area of public health by ensuring affordable prices for medicines, medical devices and health services; to ensure that patents are excluded from diagnostic, therapeutic and chirurgical methods; to ensure strong protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), which guarantee the origin and the full traceability of products for consumers and protect the know-how of producers;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 803 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv a (new)
(xva) to include in the negotiations the agreement on wine between the EU and the United States concluded in 2006, and to remove in this sectoral agreement the 17 designations on semi-generic names;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 826 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) to continue ongoing efforts to increase transparency in the negotiations by making more negotiation proposals available to the general publicimplement all the recommendations of the European Ombudsman to further enhance the legitimacy and transparency of the negotiating process by fully complying with the rules on public access to documents; to continue ongoing efforts to increase transparency in the negotiations by making more negotiation proposals available more proactively and comprehensively to the general public on its website, and by ensuring more balanced and transparent public participation;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 836 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) to translate these transparency efforts into meaningful practical results, inter alia by reaching meaningful arrangements with the US side to improve transparency, including access to all negotiating documents, inter alia consolidated texts and minutes from meetings, in order to allow Members of Parliament and the Member States to develop constructive discussions with stakeholders and the public; parties to the negotiations should justify any request not to disclose a negotiating proposal;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 844 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
(iii) to promote an even closer engagement with the Member States with the aim of forging their active involvement in better communicating the scope and the possible benefitimplications of the agreement for European citizens and in order to ensure a broad, fact-based public debate on TTIP in Europe with the aim of exploring the genuine concerns surrounding the agreement;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 860 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iv a (new)
(iva) to fully involve National Parliaments and keep them regularly informed on the negotiations, especially since, given the scope of the ambition for the agreement, it is likely TTIP will be considered a 'mixed- type' agreement and thus require a ratification process in EU Member States including, in some cases, at the regional level;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2014/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the substitution of oil- based or heat-intensive raw materials by timber and harvested wood products should be encouraged, in line with progress in research and technology, which can positively contribute to further gains in terms of climate change mitigation as well as job creation;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2014/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages prioritising the use of timber and harvested wood products particularly in construction sector and industry as an alternative to oil-based or heat-intensive raw materials; strongly encourages increased use of timber in the housing sector including its application in construction of more affordable houses built from sustainably sourced raw material; notes that current technological developments enable construction of high-capacity housing developments made mostly of wood and thus significantly limiting CO2 emissions in the buildings sector;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2014/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Pays attention to technological advancements that allow for wider application of wood in industrial processes, particularly in such sectors as automotive and textiles, with high degree of efficiency;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2014/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the opinion that promotion of more diverse uses of wood should go hand in hand with investment in education systems for the young, and training for existing employees in the construction industry in order to increase their awareness of the opportunities created by the use of wood as well as to provide them with necessary skills;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2014/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises the need for improved transportations and logistics for forest management and extraction of timber; calls upon the Member States to develop sustainable logistics and logging systems with reduced negative effect on climate, including the use of trucks and ships powered by sustainable biofuel as well as extended use of railways; encourages the use of EU's structural funds for those purposes;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- - Having regard to regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 26 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Frontex is tasked to ensure the efficient implementation of the common rules on standards and procedures for the control and surveillance of the external borders with respect to fundamental rights, by means of closer coordination of operational cooperation between Member States;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 70 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the setting-up of a mechanism for individual complaints would provide individuals with an opportunity to exercise their right to an effective remedy; suggestrecognizes that the introduction of such a complaints mechanism would increase transparency, since Frontex and the EU institutions would be more aware of possible violations of fundamental rights that would otherwise remain undetected, unreported and unresolved;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 75 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that under the Frontex regulation there are no legal obstacles to the introduction of an individual complaints mechanism; notes that the lack of such a mechanism is non-compliant with EU law and the principle of good administration and undermines the effective implementation of the Agency’s fundamental rights strategy; believes that the capacity of Frontex to deal with possible violations of fundamental rights should be strengthened in the context of expanding the Agency’s role under EU law, in particular its participation in Migration Management Support Teams working in ‘hotspot’ areas;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 93 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need for an official central structure within Frontex for the processing of individual complaints; recommends that the office of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer should play a crucial role in handling complaints; considers that, in particular, the office should objectively check the admissibility of complaints, filter them, pass them on to the authorities responsible, and follow up on them thoroughly;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 107 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges that safeguards are needed to prevent misuse of the complaints mechanism; recommends, therefore, that anonymous complaints should not be accepted; suggests further that only complaints of concrete fundamental rights violations should be admitted; considers that this should not prevent Frontex from taking account of other information sources on alleged fundamental rights violations, including general reports, beyond the complaints procedure; emphasises the need for clear criteria for the admissibility of complaints; recommends the provisionestablished by the Fundamental Rights Officer as respecting the Charter of Fundamental rights for the admissibility of complaints; recommends the development - in cooperation with the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) - of a standardised form for complaints requiring detailed information such as date and place of the incident, since this would facilitate decisions on admissibility;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 177 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note that an individual complaints mechanism should be both efficient and cost-effective; cCalls on Frontex to provide the necessary resources to the Fundamental Rights Office for handling the complaints received;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 17 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse, preparing for reuse, and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs and social economy enterprises in the circular economy; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, maintenance, consumption, and waste management phases; recalls the necessity of ensuring high levels of Occupational Health and Safety measures according to the specific risks faced by workers in some of these sectors.
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the potential of reusefor stronger reuse, repair and prepairing for reuse policies for quality green and local job creation, resource savings and the development of theing the role of social economy and social enterprises; calls for furtherSME’s actors; calls for the creation of a policy framework that incentivizes and other supportboth reuse and preparing for reuse, the consolidationrough quantitative targets and to supports the development of reuse, and repair infrastructucentres and networks;
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies foron reuse and recycling, and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by- products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers the need for measures, at the European level, to fight against planned obsolescence
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and resources) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, -and more reparable and durable products- and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, and prevent the use of EU funds to develop landfill in Europe; provides support for eco-innovative SMEs in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improvement material efficiency ing product design and process performance.
2015/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the challenges posed by climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy targets, a sustainable energy mix, energy security and the development of innovative energy technologies can only be met with a unified strategy on energy security issues; calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the importance of energy efficiency and its role in both lowering costs to consumers and maintaining security supply and emphasises the importance of including in investing in energy efficiency across the European Union in any energy Security plans.
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled 'The future of Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe' (COM (2013) 0180);
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that increased energy security is inseparable from the need to move to a low-carbon economy and to promote investments in renewable energy sources; strongly calls, therefore, for a comprehensive strategy that builds on existing policy instruments, with the long- term objective of decarbonising the EU economy by 2050 and the elimination of the ‘EU’s energy islands’ which was initially forecast for completion in 2015.;
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas 61 % of gas consumedall imported gas in the European Union is used infor the heating of buildings and 75% of these are residential buildings; whereas any interruptions in gas supply leading to inadequate heating puts at risk the health and wellbeing of a large proportion of EU citizens;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas in the context of the crisis in Ukraine the issue of ensuring a reliable natural gasenergy supply is more important than ever, as is the issue of diversification of energy supplies and the over-reliance on energy imports;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Maintains that energy saving and energy efficiency are the fast and cost-effective routes to addressing issues such as energy security, external dependence, high prices and environmental concerns; underlines the potential for both in specific sectors such as buildings and transport, and calls upon the commission to set clear targets for the renovation of building stock across the EU which will lead to thousands of new jobs across Europe and rejuvenate Europe's economy;
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures to increase energy efficiency as a priority, thus also tackling the problem of low competitiveness resulting from high energy prices; underlines the importance of fully implementing the measures provided for in existing legislation, namely the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive;, recognises that decreased emissions governed by an Emissions Performance Standard correlate directly with energy efficiency and long term savings in the energy sector
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 86 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the European Parliament has asked for a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40 % implemented by means of individual national targets;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to step up the development and deployment of low- carbon technologies and to strengthen the role of renewable energy sourcrecognise the value of Carbon capture and storage technologies, which can play an important role as part of the suite of solutions to reduce carbon emissions in Europe and to strengthen the role of renewable energy sources and further ensure the diversification of energy supplies in order to save on fuel imports; welcomes the Commission's view of renewable energy as a no-regrets option and stresses the importance of developing smarter energy grids and new energy storage solutions;
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 122 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas an energy security strategy must prioritise low carbon technology and resources;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all indirect subsidies for fossil fuels and to make full use of funds for financing renewables, based on binding renewable targets;. Further calls on the Commission to incentivise and finance the switch to renewable technologies and maintain the financing of CCS technologies through innovation funds such as the NER300 and NER400.
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates the need to take immediate action in transport in terms of both efficiency improvements and, alternative fuels and electrification; considers that in the area of housing, deep renovation for energy efficiency should be a priority.
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 141 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on Member States to be prepared with national and regional measures for sharply reducing energy demand, both before and in response to supply shocks. Asks the Commission to examine the feasibility of an EU-wide monitoring system to address such shocks. Notes however that any short-term measures to sharply reduce energy demands are not an effective way of dealing with the issue - Europe needs a wider plan to ensure continuity of supply;
2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 174 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance for strengthening energy independence of short-term measures such as storage of gas, development of reverse gas flow infrastructure, preparation of regional security of supply plans, and more effective use of the opportunities to import liquefied natural gas especially in those Member States which are exclusively dependent on one single supplier of natural gas; points out that there is a vital need for cooperation between the Commission, Member States, neighbouring countries, regulatory bodies, ACER, transmission system operators and gas suppliers;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for further investment in real low carbon energy sources;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Energy Union, in addition to ensuring security of supply, should adopt a comprehensive approach focusing on key pillars such as achievement of a fully integrated internal energy market, moderation of energy demand, through energy efficiency, decarbonisation of the energy mix, and research and innovation;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that energy demand in the building sector is responsible for about 40 % of energy consumption in the EU and a third of natural gas use, and that it is therefore necessary to speed up and expand the renovation of buildings in order to reduce energy demand while encouraging greater involvement of the European Investment Bank and promoting energy services for which EU funds can complement national financing schemes. This will also create benefits for citizens including a reduction in energy bills and an improvement in standards of living;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Renovating buildings will also create thousands of new jobs across Europe and will rejuvenate Europe's economy;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 257 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to set clear targets for the renovation of building stock across the EU;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the role of local authorities of European cities in increasing energy efficiency through cogeneration, modernisation of district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovation of buildings is also undoubtedly an important contribution to energy independence;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 272 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Local authorities also have a role to play in promoting alternative financing instruments including co-operative models and in the promotion of collective buying agreements to enable consumers to combine their energy demands and therefore lead to cheaper energy prices;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 291 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to be ambitious in implementing EU energy efficiency legislation, and thus to be prepared with national and regional measures for sharply reducing energy demand both before and in response to supply shocks; Asks the Commission to examine the feasibility of an EU-wide monitoring system to address such shocks;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes however that any short-term measures to sharply reduce energy demands are not an effective way of dealing with the issue - Europe needs a wider plan to ensure continuity of supply;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 310 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to carry out a limited review of the Energy Efficiency Directive in order to update the provisions relevant to the indicative 2030 EU energy efficiency improvement target of at least 27 %; believes that increased EU funding should be allocated to these areas and that measurement and verification of energy efficiency improvements should be an integral part of the annual European semester reporting and to ensure the full and timely transposition and implementation of these Directives in the Member States;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that in the interests of ensuring the Directives result in the changes that were originally intended, a review of the impact of the legislation in the Member States would be desirable;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that any energy source that might contribute to energy security in the Union should be taken into account and developed in full compliance with environmental requirements and EU legislation in this field;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 449 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could play an important role in reducing emissions from a range of indigenous energy sources, allowing for a more diverse and secure energy mix; calls on the Commission to improve the conditions for deployment of CCS; recalls that while previously CCS was considered an untested technology, the opening of the CCS facilities at Boundary Dam in Canada has provided a successful example of this technology at an industrial scale;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 499 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that effective use of research and technological innovations fosters the leadership of European industry and contributes to the main EU energy policy goals, including security of supply, reduction of demand, competitiveness and sustainable development of energy production, transportation and consumption;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 506 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to provide further support to nuclear fusion research projects like ITER, which will provide Europe with a source of zero-carbon, limitless energy supply, with zero harmful waste;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 507 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recognises that without intensive investment in Europe's world-leading science research projects it will not be possible to develop existing and new low carbon technologies to help address the climate crisis facing the planet;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 528 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that the commitment toConsiders that reducing greenhouse gas emissions must not underminecontributes to the EU economy’s global competitiveness; considers, therefore, that a complexand therefore stresses that a balanced and coherent approach to climate change and competitiveness is needed to ensure the sustainability of Europe's economy;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 564 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for funding to be provided for the continued development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies, including, but not limited to, support for pilot projects, storage investigation and transport, as well as storage infrastructure, all of which should be considered key to the successful roll-out of a technology which could help reconcile the EU's often divergent objectives;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption, efficiency improvements and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to escape energy poverty which affected one in four EU citizens in 2012; highlights that the problem is likely to worsen given unstable energy security and underlines that while fuel subsidies can provide a respite, this is a temporary solution and subsidies remain an unsustainable option for reducing energy poverty; highlights the inequality of energy poverty in that the pricing structure for customers means that the poor pay more for their energy; invites the Commission to present a communication on energy poverty in Europe, accompanied by an action plan to fight against it; believes that the communication should contain a definition of energy poverty and develop national indicators in order to measure the incidence and evolution of energy poverty in the Union, as well as the efficacy of the measures to be undertaken;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 708 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Believes that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could aid the sustainable, low carbon exploitation of fuels from a variety of external sources; therefore, takes the view that CCS could have an important role in reconciling the EU's divergent objectives of a diverse, secure energy supply which simultaneously reduces greenhouse gas emissions;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned by the significant cuts in the Commission draft budget 2015 proposed by the Council notably in such key areas as innovation, research, infrastructures, SMEs and energy; notes that sums which had previously been agreed by Council in the MFF negotiations are now missing in the 2015 Budget and is concerned that such late changes to budget lines compromises the ability of EU programmes to adequately function; considers the proposed cuts to be potentially detrimental to the EU’s competitiveness and growth; is concerned by the fact that already now considerable sums are missing in the EU budget for payments and the proposed cuts will aggravate the situation even further; emphasises that all appropriate measures should be taken in order to meet the Union’s legal obligations and avoid delays in payments to the important stakeholders such as researchers, universities and entrepreneurs; calls therefore for full restoration of the Commission draft budget in areas strategically important for competitiveness, growth and creation of jobs;
2014/09/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that multiannual programmes such as Horizon 2020, COSME and CEF are crucial for achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy and thus to securing a steady growth path for the EU; believes that proper functioning of the programmes is also essential for efficient absorption of funds from the whole MFF; remindspoints out that several of the crucial programmes are still in their starting phase and highlights the added value EU programmes can bring; underlines that the 2015 Budget should therefore provide for all necessary measures such as bringing forward investment by frontloading commitments to ensure that the programmes reach their full pace of operation without further delay;
2014/09/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy requires improved governance and closer coordination between the EU, the Member States and the regions and consultation with representatives of industry and research- based bodies; calls for the highest possible synergy between EU funds and industry- relevant and flexible financing instruments as well as between European and national expenditure;
2014/09/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of investing sufficiently in cleaner energy and renewable technologies to help combat climate change which will also help to create new sustainable businesses and high-quality GDP employment opportunities;
2014/09/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and goldfor natural resources originating in conflict-affected and high- risk areas
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Natural mineral resources in conflict- affected or high risk areas − although holding great potential for development – can be a cause of dispute where their revenues are fuelling the outbreak or continuation of violent conflict, undermining national endeavours towards development, good governance and the rule of law. Women and children are disproportionately affected by these conflicts, and are the victims of systematic physical and sexual violence, recognised as an international war crime and used as a weapon of war by armed groups. In these areas, breaking the nexus between conflict and illegal exploitation of mineralnatural resources is critical to peace and stability.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Human rights abuses are common within the extractive industry and include child labour, sexual violence, the disappearance of people, violation of the right to a clean environment, loss of land and livelihoods without negotiation and without adequate compensation, forced resettlement and the destruction of ritually or culturally significant sites.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Disputes over oil, gas, minerals, timber and other natural resources rank second as a source of conflicts worldwide; competition over resources, such as land and water, is on the rise, and exacerbating existing conflicts or triggering new ones; the mismanagement of land and natural resources is compounded by environmental degradation, population growth and climate change.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The issue concerns resource-rich regions where the challenge posed by the desire to minimise the financing of armed groups and security forces has been taken up by governments and international organisations together with business operators and civil society organisations, including women's organisations that are at the forefront of drawing attention to the exploitative conditions imposed by these groups as well as to rape and violence used to control local populations.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Union has been actively engaged in an Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) initiative to advance the responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict regions, which has resulted in a government-backed multi-stakeholder process leading to the adoption of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD Due Diligence Guidance5 ) including supplements on tin, tantalum and tungsten, and on gold. In May 2011, the OECD Ministerial Council recommended to actively promote the observance of this Guidance. __________________ 5 OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264185050- en.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Commission in its 2008 Communication8 recognised that securing reliable and undistorted access to raw materials is an important factor for the EU's competitiveness. The Raw Materials Initiative (RMI) is an integrated strategy aimed at responding to different challenges related to access to non-energy non-agriculture raw materials. The RMI recognises and promotes financial as well as supply chain transparency, and the application of corporate social responsibility standards. __________________ 8The Raw Materials Initiative – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe, COM(2008) 699.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) On 26 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on promoting development through responsible business practices, including the role of extractive industries in developing countries, in which the Commission is requested to bring forward binding legislation on conflict minerals.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Union citizens and civil society actors have raised awareness with respect to companies operating under the Union's jurisdiction for not being held accountable for their potential connection to the illicit extraction and trade of mineralnatural resources from conflict regions. The consequence is that such mineralnatural resources, potentially present in consumer products, link consumers to conflicts outside the Union. As such, consumers are indirectly linked to conflicts that have severe impacts on human rights, notably the rights of women as armed groups often use mass rape as a deliberate strategy to intimidate and control local populations in order to protect their interests. To this end, citizens have requested, notably through petitions, that legislation be proposed to the European Parliament and the Council holding companies accountable under the Guidelines as established by the UN and OECD.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 70 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In the context of this Regulation, and in line with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, supply chain due diligence is an on-going, proactive and reactive process through which business operators monitor and administer their purchases and sales with a view to ensuring that they respect human rights and do not contribute to conflict and adverse impacts thereof.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Consistently with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, companies should take reasonable steps and make good faith efforts to conduct due diligence to identify and prevent or mitigate any risks of adverse impacts associated with the conditions of access to natural resources and the relationship of suppliers operating in conflict-affected or high-risk areas.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Third-party auditing of a company's supply chain due diligence practices ensures credibility for the benefit of downstream companies and contributes to the improvement of the upstream due diligence practices.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Union companies have expressed their interest through the public consultation in the responsible sourcing of minerals and reported on current industry schemes designed to pursue their corporate social responsibility objectives, customer requests, or the security of their supplies. However, Union companies have also reported countless difficulties in the exercise of supply chain due diligence because of lengthy and complex global supply chains involving a high number of operators that are often insufficiently awaConsistent with the OECD Guidance it is recognized that due diligence in conflict- affected and high-risk areas presents practical challenges and that flexibility is there for ethically unconcerned. The cost of responsible sourcing and their potential impact on competitiveness notably on SMEs should be monitored by the Commission. e needed in the application thereof. The nature and extent of due diligence that is appropriate for an enterprises' individual circumstances depend on a number of factors, including its size and position in the supply chain, fully taking account of the challenges faced by micro-small and middle size enterprises.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Smelters and refiners are an importantrecognised choke points in global mineral supply chains as they are typically the last stage in which due diligence can effectively be assured by collecting, disclosing and verifying information on the mineral's origin and chain of custody. After this stage of transformation it is often considered unfeasible to trace back the origins of minerals. A Union list of responsible smelters and refiners could therefore provide transparency and certainty to downstream companies as regards supply chain due diligence practices. their respective supply chains with substantial influence over the due diligence that is conducted along the supply chain in the sourcing countries. A Union list of responsible choke-point actors could therefore provide transparency and certainty to companies in the downstream with a view to carrying out supply chain due diligence practices. Consistently with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, choke-point actors should undergo independent third-party audit of their supply chain due diligence practices, also with a view to being included in the list of responsible actors. Choke point actors based outside the European Union should also have a possibility for being included in the list to ensure its global scope.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 111 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The Member State competent authorities are responsible to ensure the uniform compliance ofwith the self- certification of responsible importers by carrying out appropriate ex-post checks so as to verify whether the self-certified responsible importers of the minerals and/or metals within the scope of the Regulation comply with the supply chain due diligence obligationobligation of operators to carry out due diligence by carrying out appropriate ex-post checks. Records of such checks should be kept for at least 5 years. Member States are responsible to lay down the rules applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) With a view to enhancing the effective implementation of this regulation, and addressing development needs directly linked to the exploitation of natural resources originating in conflict- affected and high-risk areas, accompanying measures will be implemented. The European Commission and the European External Action Service will apply and further develop an integrated EU approach to responsible sourcing as initiated in the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Responsible sourcing of minerals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Towards an integrated EU approach" (JOIN (2014) 8). In particular, the promotion of responsible sourcing of natural resources originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas and the establishment of national and international due diligence frameworks for responsible sourcing will be integrated into internal and external policies and in particular into political and policy dialogues with partner countries, local authorities and private stakeholders. Particular attention will be given to addressing the contribution and challenges of the artisanal and informal mining sector for local livelihoods and sustainable development.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the proper implementationxpand the natural resources scope of this Rregulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The implementing powers relating to the list of responsible smelters and refiners and the list of Member State competent authorities should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/201111 . __________________ 11 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13)the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU, following the provisions lined out in this regulation.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 128 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The Commission should report regularly to the Council and the European Parliament on the effects of the scheme. No later than three years after entering into force and every six years thereafter, the Commission should review the functioning and the effectiveness of this Regulation, including as regards the promotion of responsible sourcing of the minerals within its scope from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. The reports may be accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals, which may include mandatory measures,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation sets up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self- certification in order to curtail opportunities for armed groups and security fothe sourcing, transport and trade of natural resources12 to trade in tin, tantalfund conflict and/or fuel hum and tungsten, their ores, and gold. It is designed to provide transparency and certaint rights violations or abuses. It is designed to increase certainty and transparency as regards the supply practices of importers, smelters and refinercompanies sourcing from conflict-affected and high- risk areas. __________________ 12'Armed groups and security forces' as defined in Annex II of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264185050- en, and help them respect human rights and avoid contributing to conflict through their activities and sourcing decisions.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 147 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation lays down the supply chain due diligence obligations of Union importers who choose to be self-certified as responsible importers of minerals or metals containing or consisting of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, as set out in Annex I.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 156 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'minerals' means ores and concentrates containing tin, tantalum and tungsten, and gold as set out in the Annex Icovered resources' means all natural resources as set out in Annex I, as may be amended or replaced from time to time in accordance with this Regulation;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 172 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 'metals' means metals containing or consisting of trecycled resources' means reclaimed end-user or post-consumer products, or scrap processed resources created during product manufacturing, tantalum, tungsten and gold as set out in the Annex I;including excess, obsolete, defective, and scrap materials which contain refined or processed resources that are appropriate to recycle in the production of any material. Minerals partially processed, unprocessed or a bi-product from another ore are not recycled resources.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 176 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 'mineralresources supply chain' means the system of activities, organisations, actors, technology, information, resources and services involved in moving and processing the mineralcovered resources from the extraction site to their incorporation in the final product;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 183 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'chain of custody or supply chain traceability system' means a system to identify and record of the sequence of entities which have custody of minerals and metalcovered resources as they move through athe supply chain;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 191 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'conflict-affected and high-risk areas' means areas in a state of armed conflict, fragile post-conflict as well as areas witnessing weak or non-existent governance and security, such as failed states, and widespread and systematic violations of international law, including human rights abusesdentified by the presence of armed conflict, widespread violence or other risks of harm to people and, for these purposes, it is recognized that: (i) armed conflict may take a variety of forms, such as a conflict of international or non-international character, which may involve two or more states, or may consist of wars of liberation, or insurgencies, civil wars, etc.; and (ii) high-risk areas may include areas of political instability or repression, institutional weakness, insecurity, collapse of civil infrastructure and widespread violence, both of which areas are often characterised by widespread human rights abuses and violations of national or international law;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 196 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) 'downstream' means the metalresources supply chain from the smelters or refinerschoke points of transformation and traceability to the end use;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 201 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) 'importedownstream operator' means any natural or legal person declaring minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation for releasethat places any product comprising or containing covered resources for frethe cfirculation within the meaning of Article 79 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/199213 ; __________________ 13Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1).st time on the internal market for distribution or use in the course of commercial activities;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 211 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) 'responsible importer' means any importer who chooses to self-certify according to the rules set out in this Regulationupstream' means the natural resource supply chain from the sourcing sites to the final choke points of transformation and traceability;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 217 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) 'self-certification' means the act of declaring one's adherence to the obligations relating to management systems, risk management, third-party audits and disclosure as set out in this Regulationupstream actor' means any natural or legal person operating at a choke point of transformation and traceability in a resources supply chain, such as smelters, refiners and raw materials exchanges;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 219 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) 'upstream operator' means any upstream actor that places any covered resource for the first time on the internal market for distribution or use in the course of commercial activities;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 222 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) 'grievance mechanism' means an early- warning risk awareness mechanism allowing any interested party or whistle- blower to voice concerns regarding the circumstances of mineralresource extraction, trade, handling and export in respect of resources originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 233 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) 'model supply chain policy' conforms tomeans the model supply chain policy in Annex II of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance outlining the risks of significant adverse impacts which may be associated with the extraction, trade, handling and export of minerals from conflict-affected and high risk areas;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 236 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) 'risk management plan' means the importeoperators' written response to the identified supply chain risks based onidentified under Article 5(a), in accordance with Annex III to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance14 ; __________________ 14 OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264185050- en.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 241 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) 'supply chain due diligence' refers to the obligations of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and goldoperators in relation to their management systems, risk management, third-party audits and disclosure of information as appropriate with a view to identifying, and addressing and reporting on actual and potential risks linked to conflict- affected and high risk- areas to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts associated with their sourcing activities;
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 244 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) 'responsible smelters upstream actor' refiners' means smelters or refiners in the supply chain of the to any upstream actor that complies with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and has submitted audited responsible importerrts in accordance with Article 7 (3) or 7 (7);
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 252 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) 'business confidentiality and other competitiveness concerns' means price information and supplier relationships without prejudice to subsequent evolving interpretation; all information will be disclosed to any institutionalised mechanism, regional or global, once in place with the mandate to collect and process information on minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 255 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(qb) 'microenterprise', as defined in the Commission recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises C (2003) 1422, means an enterprise which employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 257 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q c (new)
(qc) 'OECD Due Diligence Guidance' means the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD (2013)) including all Council decisions, Annexes and Supplements, as each may be amended or replaced periodically.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 262 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
Self-certification as a responsible importerFlexible operator obligations
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 270 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Any importer of minerals or metals within the scope of the Regulation may self-certify as responsible importer by declaring to a Member State competent authority that it adheres to the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in this Regulation. The declaration shall contain documentation in which the importer confirms its adherence to the obligations including results of the independent third-party audits carried out. Operators shall take all reasonable steps and make good faith efforts to conduct their due diligence obligations pursuant to Article 4 and 5. Each operator shall ensure that they make progressive, measurable and timely improvement in complying with its obligations. The nature and extent of specific due diligence that is appropriate depends on individual circumstances and is affected by factors such as an operator's position in the supply chain, the size of the operator, the location of the operator's activities, the situation in a particular country, the sector and nature of the products or services involved. Particular attention shall be given to the situation of micro-small and medium sized downstream operators.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 275 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State competent authorities shall carry out appropriate ex- post checks in order to ensure that self- certified responsible importers of the minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation comply with their obligations pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Regulation.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 285 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The responsible importer of the minerals or metalsEach upstream operator shall, in accordance within the scope of this Regulation shallOECD Due Diligence Guidance:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 291 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adopt and clearly and systematically communicate to suppliers and the public its supply chain policy for the minerals and metalcovered resources potentially originating from conflict- affected and high-risk areas,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 301 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) strengthen its engagement with suppliers, inter alia, by incorporating its supply chain policy into contracts and agreements with suppliers consistent with Annex II to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, and, where possible, assist suppliers in building capacities with a view to improving due diligence performance,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 308 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – introductory part
(f) as regards minerals, operate a chain of custody or supply chain traceability system that provides, supported by documentation, the following information:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 309 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point i
(i) description of the mineralresource, including its trade name and type,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 311 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii
(iii) country of origin of the mineralsresource,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 313 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iv
(iv) quantities and dates of extractionsourcing, expressed in volume or weight,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 315 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point v
(v) when mineralresources originate from conflict- affected and high-risk areas, additional information, such as the minsite of mineral origin; locations where mineralresources are consolidated, traded and processed; and taxes, fees, royalties paid, in accordance with the specific recommendations for upstream companies as set out in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 318 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) as regards metals, operate a chain of custody or supply chain traceability system that provides, supported by documentation, the following information: (i) description of the metal, including its trade name and type, (ii) name and address of the supplier to the importer, (iii) name and address of the smelters or refiners in the importers' supply chain, (iv) record of the smelters' or refiners' third-party audit reports, (v) countries of origin of the minerals in the smelters' or refiners' supply chain. (vi) when metals are based on minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, additional information shall be provided in accordance with the specific recommendations for downstream companies set out in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 323 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Any downstream operator shall comply with the obligations set out in paragraph 1a)-e) of this Article and establish a system of controls and transparency over the resources supply chain in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, including in order to identify the upstream actors in its supply chain, which may be implemented through participation in industry-driven programs.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 324 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b Where an upstream and downstream operator can reasonably conclude that resources are derived only from recycled or scrap sources, it shall: (a) publicly disclose their determination; and (b) describe in reasonable detail the due diligence measures they exercised in making that determination.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 328 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The responsible importer of the minerals or metalsAny upstream operator shall, in accordance within the scope of this Regulation shallOECD Due Diligence Guidance:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 332 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) identify and assess the risks of adverse impacts in its mineral supply chain oin the basis of the information provided pursuant to Article 4 against the standards of its supply chain policy, consistent with Annex II and the due diligence recommendations of the OECD Due Diligence Guidancelight of the standards of its supply chain policy, and its supply chain due diligence obligations,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 335 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) implement a strategy to respond to the identified risks designed so as to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts, including by
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 340 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – introductory part
(ii) devising and adopting a risk management measuresplan consistent with Annex II and the due diligence recommendations of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, considering its ability to influence, and where necessary take steps to put pressurbuild leverage on suppliers who can most effectively prevent or mitigate the identified risk, by making it possible either to
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 346 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. If a responsible importen upstream operator pursues risk mitigation efforts while continuing trade or temporarily suspending trade, it shall, in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, consult with suppliers and affected stakeholders, including local and central government authorities, international or civil society organisations and affected third parties, and agree on a strategy for measurable risk mitigation in the risk management plan.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 351 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. A responsible importen upstream operator shall, in order to design conflict and high-risk sensitive strategies for mitigation in the risk management plan, relydraw on the measures and indicators under Annex III of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and measure progressive improvement.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 353 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Any downstream operator shall identify and assess the risks in its resources supply chain in accordance with paragraph 1(a) by: a) identifying, to its best efforts, the upstream actors in its resources supply chain; and b) assessing, to its best efforts, the due diligence practices of those upstream actors on the basis of any available audited reports and/or, as appropriate, other relevant information.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 356 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If a downstream operator pursues risk mitigation efforts while continuing trade or temporarily suspending trade it shall, in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and, where appropriate, consult with suppliers and affected stakeholders, including local and central government authorities, international or civil society organisations and affected third parties, and agree on a strategy for measurable risk mitigation in the risk management plan.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 360 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
The responsible importer of the minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation shall carry outUpstream operators shall have their due diligence practices audits viaed by an independent third-party in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 366 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
TIn accordance with Article 6.1 and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the independent third-party audit shall:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 371 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) include in the audit scope all of the responsible importeoperator's activities, processes and systems used to implement supply chain due diligence regarding minerals or metals within the scope of the Regulation, including the responsible importecovered resources including the operator's management system, risk management, and disclosure of information,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 376 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) determine as the objective of the audit the conformity of the responsible importeoperator's supply chain due diligence practices with its obligations under Articles 4, 5 and 7 of this Regulation,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 380 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) respect the audit principles of independence, competence and accountability and any applicable audit scope, criteria and activities, as set out in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 383 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Operators may cooperate through their industry organizations to ensure that the independent third-part audit is carried out in accordance with paragraph 2.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 391 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By 31 March of each year at the latest, the responsible importer of minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulationall operators shall submit to the Member State competent authority the following documentation covering the previous year's calendar period:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 396 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) independent third-party audits carried out in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 400 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 March of each year at the latest, the responsible importer of minerals within the scope of this Regulationdownstream operators shall also submit to the Member State competent authority themanagement reports containing the following documentation covering the previous year's calendar period as regards the proportion of minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas relative to the total amount of minerals purchased, as confirmed by independent third-party audits in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation: (a) the operator's supply chain due diligence policy, including the operator's management structure responsible for its due diligence and the person directly responsible; (b) the operator's system of control and transparency over the resources supply chain, including the steps taken to identify upstream actors in the supply chain and to assess their due diligence practices; (c) name and address of each of the upstream actors in its supply chain, as identified by the operator in accordance with Article 4 and 5, (d) independent third-party audits regarding each of the upstream actors in its supply chain carried out in accordance with the scope, objective and principles set out in Article 6 of the Regulation, as identified by the operator in accordance with article 4 and 5, (e) potential or actual risks identified by the operator and action taken by the operator to manage risks during the reporting period in accordance with Article 5, (f) action taken by the operator to strengthen its due diligence efforts during the reporting period.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 417 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By 31 March of each year at the latest, the responsible importer of metals within the scope of this Regulationupstream operators shall also submit to the Member State competent authority the following documentation covering the previous year's calendar period:
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 421 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) name and address of each of the responsible smelters or refiners in its supply chain,deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 426 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) independent third-party audits regarding each of the responsible smelters or refiners in its supply chain carried out in accordance with the scope, objective and principles set out in Article 6 of theis Regulation,; and
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 430 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) information on the proportion of mineralresources originating from conflict- affected and high-risk areas relative to the total amount of mineralresources purchased by each of those smelters or refiners, as confirmed by the independent third-party audits in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 434 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The responsible importer of minerals or metals within the scope of this RegulationOperators shall make available to itstheir immediate downstream purchasers all information gained and maintained pursuant to its supply chain due diligence with due regard to business confidentiality and other competitive concerns, in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 439 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The responsible importer of minerals or metals within the scope of this RegulationOperators shall publicly report as widely as possible, including on the internet and on an annual basis on itstheir supply chain due diligence policies and practices for responsible sourcing. The report shall contain the steps taken by the responsible importeoperator to implement the obligations as regards its management system, risk management set out in Article 4 and 5 respectively, as well as a summary report of theny independent third-party audits, including the n of upstreame of the auditor,perators in the operators' supply chain with due regard to business confidentiality and other competitive concerns.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 443 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Responsible upstream actors outside the territory of the European Union may, for the purpose of being included in a Member State competent authority's reports under Article 15(1) and the list referred to in Article 8, submit to that authority: (a) documentation in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 above; and (b) a written declaration of conformity with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, also containing its name, address, full contact details and a description of its commercial activities.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 449 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
List of responsible smelters and refineupstream actors
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 454 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of the information provided by the Member States in their reports as referred to in Article 15, the Commission shall adopt and make publicly available a decision listing the names and addresses of responsible smelters and refiners of minerals within the scope of this Regulationupstream actors.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 458 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall identify on the list referred to in paragraph 1 those responsible smelters and refineupstream actors that source – at least partially – from conflict- affected and high- risk areas.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 463 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall update the information included in the list in a timely manner but no later than every six months. The Commission shall remove from the list the names of the smelters and refineupstream actors that are no longer recognised as responsible importeupstream actors by Member States in accordance with Article 14(3), or the names of the smelters and refiners in the supply chain of the no longer recognised responsible importers.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 474 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Ex-post checks on responsible importeoperators
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 481 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall carry out appropriate ex-post checks in order to ensure whether self-certified responsible importers of minerals and metalthat operators within scope of this Regulation comply with the obligations set out in Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 491 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) examination of the responsible importeoperator's implementation of supply chain due diligence obligations including the management system, risk management, independent third-party audit and disclosure,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 496 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) examination of the reporting requirements in accordance with the scope, objective and principles set out in Article 7,
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 500 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Responsible importeOperators shall offer all assistance necessary to facilitate the performance of the checks referred to in paragraph 1, notably as regards access to premises and the presentation of documentation and records.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 504 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish a report detailing the full findings of any ex-post checks, together with a reasonable explanation for making those findings and any documentation on which the competent authority based its findings.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 507 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Records of checks on responsible importeoperators
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 518 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Committee procedureDelegated acts
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 521 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 533 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.deleted
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 534 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 13 a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by either the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 536 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
WThere the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of committee members so request power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 13 bis 2 shall be conferred to the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date that this Regulation enters into force.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 538 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 13 bis2 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 539 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 541 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Expanding the Resources Scope 1. The Commission shall regularly review developments with regard to the contribution of global trade in natural resources to conflict and human rights abuses and violations in conflict-affected and high-risk areas, the development of international responsible sourcing standards and the experience gained in the implementation of this Regulation. In the course of the review, the Commission shall take into account, in particular, the information obtained by the Commission under and for the purposes of Article 15 and information provided by international or civil society organisations and affected third parties. 2. The Commission shall regularly review the resources scope as set out in Annex I in the light of the information obtained pursuant to paragraph 1 so as to achieve effectively the purpose of this Regulation, as stated in Article 1. Annex I shall be reviewed with a view to expanding the list of covered resources and with a view to identifying additional key points of transformation and traceability in covered resources supply chains with a view to strengthening supply chain due diligence. Such a review shall take place not less than every 6 months. 3. The Commission may adopt delegated acts in order to expand the list of covered resources as stated in paragraph 2.The Commission shall have power to amend Annexes I and II in accordance with Article 290 TFEU.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 548 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. In case of an infringement of the provisions of this Regulation, the competent authorities of Member States shall issue a notice of remedial action to be taken by the responsible importeoperator.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 552 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In case of inadequate remedial action by the responsible importeoperator, the competent authority shall issue to the importeoperator a notice of non-recognition of its responsible importer certificate as regards the minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation compliance and inform the Commission.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 557 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit to the Commission by 30 June of each year at the latest, a report on the implementation of this Regulation during the previous calendar year, including any information on responsible importeupstream actors as set out in Article 7(1) (a), 7.2 and 7.3 (a) and (c(3) (a)-(b) new and 7(6) (a).
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 561 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation and every six years thereafter, the Commission shall review the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation, including on the promotion and cost of responsible sourcing of the mineralresources within its scope from conflict- affected and high-risk areas. The Commission shall submit a review report to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 569 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
List of minerals and metalresources within the scope of the Regulation classified under the Combined Nomenclature CN code Product description 2609 00 00 Tin ores and concentrates 2611 00 00 Tungsten ores and concentrates 2615 90 00 Tantalum ores and concentrates 2616 90 00 Gold ores and concentrates 2825 90 40 Tungsten oxides and hydroxides 2849 90 30 Tungsten carbides 2849 90 50 Tantalum carbides 7108 Gold, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form 8001 Tin, unwrought 8003 00 00 Tin bars, rods, profiles and wires 8007 00 Tin, other articles 8101 10 00 Tungsten, powder 8101 94 00 Tungsten, unwrought, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering 8101 96 00 Tungsten wire 8101 99 Tungsten bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil, and other 8103 20 00 Tantalum, unwrought including bars and rods, obtained simply by sintering; powders 8103 90 Tantalum bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, wire, plates, sheets, strip and foil, and other Minerals Metals Semi-precious stones Precious stones
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 575 #

2014/0059(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article II a (new)
Annex II a List of responsible upstream actors template referred to in Article 8 Column A: Name of upstream actor in alphabetical order Column B: Address of the smelter or refiner Column C: Economic activity of the actor Column D: (*) indicator, if the upstream actor engages in responsible sourcing of resources originating from conflict- affected and high-risk areas
2015/03/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 163 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The Member State or competent public authorities designated in a Member Statey should have the choice to decide to provide port services with public service obligations themselves or to entrust directly the provision of such services directly to an internal operator. In the case that a Member State or competent public authority decides to provide the service itself, this may cover the provision of services through agents employed by the competent public authority or commissioned by the competent public authority. When such limitation is applied in all the TEN-T ports in the territory of a Member State, the Commission should be informed. In the cases where the competent authorities in a Member State prevail on such a choicesuch cases, the provision of port services by the internal operators should be confined only to the port or ports for which those internal operators were designated. Moreover, in such cases, and the port service charges applied by such an operator should be subject to supervision by the independent supervisory body.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 236 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
(aa) a framework for the protection and recognition of safety, environmental and labour standards and Social Dialogue in the port services industry;
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 342 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the event that the managing body of the port does not require minimum requirements, the Member State or competent authority may impose such requirements on the managing body of the port.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 348 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) social requirements, including but not limited to health and safety obligations, fair terms of employment, decent living and working conditions including social protection and professional training, and the respect of collective bargaining agreements.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 363 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The implementation of this Regulation shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for a reduction in the level of minimum requirements for the provision of port services already afforded by Member States or competent authorities.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 449 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member StatesIn cases where Member States or competent authorities classify port services as being of general interest, they may decide to impose public service obligations related to portthose services on providers in order to ensure the following:, in accordance with principles and requirements of EU law.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 491 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the national legislation of a Member State so permits, the managing body of a port may provide a port service itself or through a legally distinct entity over which it exercises a control similar to that exercised over its own departments. In such a case, the port service provider shall be considered as an internal operator for the purpose of this Regulation.
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 570 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
1. The charges for the services provided by an internal operator as referred to in Article 9 and the charges levied by providers of port service, in cases of limitation of the number of providers which have not been designated on the basis of procedures which are open, transparent and non-discriminatory, shall be set in a transparent and non- discriminatory way. These charges shall reflect the conditions on a competitive relevant market and shall not be disproportionate to the economic value of the service provided. 2. The payment of the port service charges may be integrated in other payments, such as the payment of the port infrastructure charges. In this case, the provider of port service and, where appropriate, the managing body of the port shall make sure that the amount of the port service charge remains easily identifiable by the user of the port service. 3. The port service provider shall make available to the competent independent supervisory body as referred to in Article 17, upon request, information on the elements serving as a basis to determine the structure and the level of the port service charges that falls under the application of paragraph 1 of this Article. This information shall include the methodology used for setting the port charges with regard to the facilities and services to which these port service charges relate to.Article 13 deleted Port service charges
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 577 #
2015/07/02
Committee: TRAN