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809 Amendments of Eugen FREUND

Amendment 27 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; whereas the EU has always prided itself on its soft power and will keep doing so; whereas an evolving reality, however, requires the EU not to remain an exclusively ‘civilian power’, but to extend it; whereas hard power, since soft and hard power go hand in handhould primarily serve to buttress the EU’s soft-power approach; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas the military plays a key role in this, especially in countries where civilian authorities are unable to fulfil their tasks in the light of the security situation; whereas the European Peace Facility (EPF or the Facility) will lead to a stronger engagement of the EU towards partner countries and will increase the effectiveness of EU external action;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the Treaties do not foresee any external military action of the Union outside the framework of the CSDP; whereas a genuine common foreign and security policy for all EU Member States increases the EU’s scope for external- policy action; whereas the only external military action possible under the CSDP takes the form of missions outside the Union for peace- keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter as referred to in Article 42(1) TEU;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 2015, including: Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017); russian interference aimed at influencing elections and stoking tensions in European societies; restrictions on fundamental freedoms and extensive human rights violations in Russia, including the systemic targeting of human rights defenders and civil society in Russia, discrimination against the Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalny and many others; disinformation campaigns; cyber attacks and assassinations on European soil carried out by Russian intelligence agents using chemical weapons; the intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of foreign citizens in Russia in breach of international law, including Oleg Sentsov and many others; the organisation of illegal and illegitimate elections in the Donbas; flawed presidential elections lacking any real choice and with restrictions on fundamental freedoms; violations of arms control agreements;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines, in this regard, the indispensability of a genuine common foreign and security policy of the European Union; considers that the deepening of EU integration and coherence between its internal and external policies is the key to a more coherent, effective and successful EU external and security policy, including vis-à-vis Russia;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to make greater efforts to build resilience, particularly in the cyber and media fields; calls for action to be taken against targeted disinformation campaigns; calls for resilience against cyberattacks to be increased and for EU- wide support for the European cyber-security industry and a strongerincreased engagement in research; encourages, in this context, the promotion of European values in Russian by East Stratcom;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the proliferation of weapon systems in wartime and in situations of significant political tension may disproportionately affect civilians; is alarmed at the global arms race and at military approaches to solving political conflict and turmoil; underlines that conflicts should be solved by diplomatic means as a priority; calls, therefore, on the EU Member States to seek a genuine Common Foreign and Security Policy;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that the EU should meet its increased responsibility for peace and security in Europe and in the world by means of further arms limitation and disarmament initiatives and that, as a responsible global player, it should lead the way, i.e. that it should play an active role in the areas of non-proliferation of arms, global disarmament and arms transfer controls; believes, therefore, that EU Member States must do their utmost to seek a common position;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas effective military mobility can only be achieved with the full involvement and commitment of all Member States, in a manner consistent with relevant EU-level initiatives; whereas joint decisions should take into account the regional specificities of each EU Member State;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the collective security and defence of the EU Member States and their ability to intervene in crises abroad is fundamentally dependent on the ability to move troops and civilian crisis management personnel, materiel and equipment across each other’s territory freely and rapidly; whereas 22 EU Member States are also NATO allies and possess only a single set of armed forces and transport infrastructureat the same time there are EU Member States that are committed to neutrality;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that military mobility is a central strategic tool enabling the EU and NATO to pursue theirits security and defence interests effectively and in a complementary manner and should not be limited only to physical, legal and infrastructural obstacles, from which defence alliances such as NATO could also benefit if that is in line with the security and defence interests of the EU; welcomes the fact that military mobility has recently gained a substantial level of attention from all relevant actors; notes that it enhances our preparedness and increases our deterrence posture in the face of potential adversaries and crisis situations, while helping to achieve the EU level of ambition in defence and security policy, including strategic autonomy;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the type of missions which would most benefit from increased military mobility in the EU and beyond are in the field of collective defence; stresses in this context that progress in this field will help those EU Member States that are also NATO members to meet their Article 5 commitments; emphasises the particular role played by the neutral Member States, such as Austria and Sweden, but recognises, however, that, under Article 42(7) TEU, EU Member States also have an unequivocal obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power if a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, consistent with commitments under NATO;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the Action Plan fundamentally describes a bottom-up approach, with only a limited strategic vision of what concrete defence goals the EU is aiming to achieve through the various activities described in the Action Plan; deplores in this regard the continuing absence of an EU white book on defence, which could have provided this overarching sense of purpose; believes nonetheless that the current approach has considerable merit and will serve the interests of all EU Member States, includingboth neutral States and EU Member States in their role as NATO allies;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission proposal on the use of the Connecting Europe Facility and the substantial funds envisaged for dual-use military mobility projects to ensure that infrastructure is adjusted to take into account military mobility needs; notes that these dual-use projects will also be of considerable benefit for civilian use; calls, however, for a dedicated facility for military mobility in the future, to achieve a clear separation between the civil and defence functions of the Union;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2018/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Therefore urges both the EU and NATO to intensify their cooperation and coordination and share information more broadly, where that accords with the security interests of the European Union, to ensure that synergies are achieved; expresses hope that the obstacles to sharing classified information between the two bodies will be cleared as soon as possible to enable this closer cooperation;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a
a) to bear in mind that freedom of speech and expression as well as media pluralism should be at the heart of democratic societies, and provide the best safeguards against disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
b) to consider developing a binding legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid warfare, including cyber and information warfare, the need for which was demonstrated in particular by the hostile actions of Russia and other state and non state actors in in these areas;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph d
d) to remind the Member States that continue to deny the existence of strategic propaganda to recognise it and encourage them to take proactive measures in order to counteract and debunk it; to invite all Member States to evaluate the situation within their territory;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph e
e) to recognise the work done at various levels to identify the types of influence and tools used against the EU and its neighbours, and to shift attention to in-depth analysis and research of their impact and effectiveness in order to develop measures to counteract them;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f
f) to focus on the continuously growing sophistication of the tools used to spread disinformation and fake news, including the new ways of spreading propaganda by using multiple low-level websites, portals and TV stationssearch engine optimization , portals and TV stations, manipulated sound, images or video in some cases with the help of algorithms and artificial intelligence to disseminate the main narratives; is concerned about Russia’s, China's, Iran's, North Korean's and other state or non state activities in this context;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph g
g) to pay special attention to social media and messenger services which, in spite of their efforts to the contrary, are considered the most common tool for spreading disinformation and hostile propaganda;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph h
h) to regulate, together with the Member States, the actions of social media companies, messenger services and search engine providers and ensure their full transparency and accountability, in particular making it possible to uncover the identity and location not only of the authors, but also the sponsors of the submitted political content;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph i
i) to urge social media companies and messenger service providers to cooperate closely with state authorities in all investigations into the alleged use of their platforms for hostile purposes, and to perform transparent audits of entities which have been found to spread disinformation and propaganda;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k
k) to continue to develop greater resilience and the ability to respond to threats in real time, develop pre-emptive measures and think one step ahead, rather than merely reacting to and analysing attacks that have already taken place; draw attention to the technical progress in this field, be therefore aware that certain algorithms and artificial intelligence can be used for distributing disinformation campaigns and propaganda; share best practice examples of measures already taken by individual Member States;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m
m) to involve the civil society and expert community in further enhancement of measures aimed at fact-checking and exposure of disinformation, deepening of research and analysis of information manipulation; consider to reward or provide funding for initiatives aiming at tackling disinformation campaigns; promote media education for European cititzens;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 243 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph w
w) to strongly condemn the interference of third parties in elections and referendums, and the use of bots, algorithms, artificial intelligence, trolls and fake accounts in political campaigns; underlines the ability of democratic societies to make their own sovereign political choices;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x
x) to invite the Member States to share data about any foreign or internal interference in electoral processes and exchange best practices on counteracting it in order to increase resilience to such interference;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2018/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph y
y) to invite Member States to ensure that electoral laws take into account possible threats stemming from cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda, and stresses that these laws should be adequately amended to enable them to effectively counteract such threats;
2018/12/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2018/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the time has come for the European Union to take its destiny into its own hands; takes the view that the EU should embrace its role as a fully-fledged, sovereign political power in international relations that helps to resolve conflicts worldwide and shapes global governance; stresses that, for this reason, a genuine joint European foreign and security policy is needed;
2018/10/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2018/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; supports the Commission and the VP/HR in further improving the EU’s resilience to terrorist attacks, illegal migrationtargeted online and offline disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks and other hybrid threats as part of a risk-reduction strategy;
2018/10/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2018/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that, despite their importance, soft power and institution building alone are notcannot be sufficient to exert influence in a world where power politics and hard power are increasingly significant; believes that the effectiveness of the EU’s foreign policy will ultimately depend, to a large extent, on the resources and capabilities that support it;
2018/10/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the UN Human Rights Conventions and the optional protocols thereto,
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888,1889, 1960, 2106, 2122 and 2242 on Women, Peace and Security,
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
- having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system with a united voice based on international human rights law and the core values of the EU;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the international order based on cooperation, dialogue, and human rights is being put into question by several nationalist and protectionist movements around the world;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are coming under increasing threat in different regions of the world, and with civil society space shrinking in many UN Member States; whereas human rights defenders and civil society activists are facing increasing threats and risks around the world for their legitimate work;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the world is facing a range of global challenges related to ongoing and emerging conflicts and their consequences, as climate change and terrorism, which need to be tackled on a global scale;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the three pillars of the UN are peace and security, development, human rights and the rule of law;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the international community and the European Union must step up their efforts to provide protection and support for human rights defenders, and uphold international norms of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; especially with regard to the rights of those belonging to minority groups or those in vulnerable situations including women, children, youth ethnic, racial or religious minorities, migrants, refugees and IDPs, people with disabilities, LGBTI people and indigenous people;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to ensure that all UN forces have the same minimum education and competence requirements, and that it must include a clear gender, LGBTI, and anti-racist perspective, with zero tolerance for all forms of sexual exploitation and violence and including an effective whistle-blower function within the UN to anonymously report offenses committed by UN personnel against both UN personnel and locals alike;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) to call for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice; supports efforts made by the EEAS, the EU Delegations in New York and Geneva and the Member States to improve the coordination of EU positions and to reach common EU stance when voting, in order to improve EU coherence and credibility at the UN;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) to advocate the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) within the UN system in order to increase the democratic character, the democratic accountability and the transparency of global governance and to allow for better citizen participation in the activities of the UN and in particular to contribute to the successful implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) to continue to promote a broad definition of the human security concept and of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and to further promote a strong UN role in their implementation;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i n (new)
(i n) to call on all Member States to support the full implementation of the Secretary General’s 30 March 2017 Report’s recommendations on UNRWA financing, given UNRWA’s severe financial crisis in 2018 which threatens both the well-being of millions of Palestinian refugees and regional stability, and to reiterate the EU’s essential support for the important work of UNRWA;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i q (new)
(i q) to reiterate its strong support for the JCPOA and its significance for regional stability; to underline the importance of making sure that the EU`s commitment to lifting sanctions is combined with reforms in Iran which should increase the transparency of its financial system, this also includes the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism in order to guarantee that the positive effects of the JCPOA are felt in the Iranian economy;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) to support the implementation of UN Security Council's resolution 2242 on Women, Peace and Security, which makes women the central component in all efforts to address global challenges, including rising violent extremism, conflict prevention and mediation, humanitarian crises, poverty, climate change, migration, sustainable development, peace and security;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) to recall the significant contributions of the EU (external financing instruments) to the UN system, including global peace, the rule of law and human rights and the development agenda;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(ob) to strongly support the Secretary General's proposals to render the UN Development System more effective and to define a supportive position in view of the proposed funding compact in return for increased effectiveness, transparency and accountability;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) to pay special attention to the technological progress in the field of weaponisation of robotics and, in particular, on armed robots and drones and their conformity with international law; to establish a legal framework on drones and armed robots in line with the existing international humanitarian law to prevent this technology from being misused in illegal activities by state and non-state actors;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) to continue to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the different human rights conventions and to comply with their reporting obligations under these instruments;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)
(tb) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity; to provide the ICC with strong diplomatic, political and financial support;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u e (new)
(ue) to request the EU and its Member States to work with partners on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including adoption and implementation of National Action Plans (NAP); to renew its call to the EU and its Member States to be actively and constructively engaged in formulating, as soon as possible, a legally binding international instrument that regulates, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in order to prevent, investigate, redress and provide access to remedy to human rights violations whenever these occur;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u f (new)
(uf) to strongly condemn the judicial harassment, detention, killings, threats and intimidation of human rights defenders around the world for doing their legitimate human rights work; to push for international efforts to provide protection and support for human rights defenders at risk, and enable them to carry out their work;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 257 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u n (new)
(u n) to ensure that women have access to family planning and the full range of public and universal sexual and reproductive health and rights, including modern contraception and safe and legal abortion; underscores the fact that universal access to health, in particular sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights, is a fundamental human right; thereby countering the Global Gag Rule which was reinstated by the United States government in early 2017;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u o (new)
(u o) to consider that the Roma people are among the most discriminated against minorities in the world and that the discrimination is getting worse in several countries; to remind that Roma people live on all continents and thus it is a global concern; to call on the UN to install a special rapporteur on Roma issues to raise awareness and to safeguard that the UN programs will also reach Roma people;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u p (new)
(u p) to call for the UN Member States, including the EU Member States, to implement the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 289 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 7 a (new)
Sustainable development
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -z a (new)
(-za) to implement the ambitious UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to stress the need to implement the Paris Agreement globally to preserve our habitat for future generations; to reaffirm the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improve the existing EU Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) for 2030 as well as the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) to insist on the need tostep up its climate diplomacy efforts by developing a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy strategy and to integrate climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence; to form a strong alliance of countries and actors that will continue to support and contribute to the objectives of limiting global warming to well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C;
2018/05/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas several Member States have invested substantially in setting up well-staffed cyber commands to meet these new challenges; whereas at the same time, cyber defence structures remain fragmented and vary broadly amongst Member States; whereas cyber defence is an activity that can best be tackled cooperatively as its operational domain recognises neither national nor organisational boundaries;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas while cyber defence remains a core competence of the Member States, the EU has a vital role to play in ensuring that these new endeavours are closely coordinated from the start to avoid the inefficiencies that mark many traditional defence efforts; whereas a substantial cyber defence capability is a necessary part of the development of the European Defence Union;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas command and control systems, information exchange and logistics rely on classified and unclassified IT infrastructure, especially at the tactical and operational level; whereas these systems are attractive targets for malicious actors seeking to attack missions; whereas cyber-attacks may have serious repercussions for infrastructure in the European Union; whereas, in particular, the European Union's energy infrastructure may be a target for cyber- attacks with serious repercussions and must therefore be particularly protected against such attacks;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas different state actors – Russia, China and North Korea, among others – have been involved in malicious cyber activities in pursuit of political, economic or security objectives that include attacks on critical infrastructure, cyber-espionage, disinformation campaigns and limiting access to the internet (such as Wannacry, NonPetya); whereas such activities could constitute wrongful acts under international law and could lead to a joint EU response, such as using the EU cyber diplomacy toolbox;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that many Member States consider possession of their own cyber defence capabilities to be at the core of their national security strategy and to constitute an essential part of their national sovereignty; stresses, however, that – as with other military branches, and also owing to the borderless nature of cyberspace – the scale required for truly comprehensive and effective forces is beyond the reach of any single Member State; notes against this backdrop that the EU and its Member States find themselves under time pressure regarding the development of such forces and need to act immediately;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly emphasises, therefore, that, in the framework of the emerging European Defence Union, cyber defence capabilities of Member States should be closely integrated from the start to ensure maximum efficiency; urges, therefore, the Member States to cooperate closely in the development of their respective cyber commands, thereby feeding into a process coordinated by the European Commission and the EDA to better streamline cyber defence structures across Member States;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #

2018/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the EEAS and EDA, in close cooperation with theuropean Commission, to take work forward on thedevelop a roadmap for a coordinated approach to European Cyber Defence including an update of the EU Cyber Defence Policy Framework to ensure that it remains fit for purpose as the relevant policy mechanism for achieving the EU’s cyber defence objectives, in close cooperation with the Member States, the EDA, the European Parliament as well as the European External Action Service; notes that this process has to be part of a broader strategic approach to the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Cybercrime is a fast growing threat to the Union, its citizens and its economy. In 2017, 80 % of the European companies have experienced at least one cyber incident. The Wannacry-attack in May 2017 affected more than 150 countries and 230 000IT-systems and had significant impacts on critical infrastructures such as hospitals. This underlines the necessity for the highest cybersecurity standards and holistic cybersecurity solutions, involving people, products, processes and technology in the Union, as well as for European leadership in the matter, and for Digital autonomy.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) This regulation contributes to the protection of the environment through the protection of environment-relevant infrastructures and networks such as nuclear infrastructures.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) This regulation contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular to the goal “Industry, innovation and infrastructure”.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) The Competence Centre and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should, in order to foster European competitiveness and highest cybersecurity standards internationally, seek the exchange on cybersecurity solutions, products and standards with the international community.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Substantial disruption of network and information systems can affect individual Member States and the Union as a whole. The highest level of security of network and information systems throughout the Union is therefore essential for the smooth functioning of the society and economy, i.e. the internal market. At the moment, the Union depends on non-European cybersecurity providers. However, it is in the Union’s strategic interest to ensure that it retains and develops essential cybersecurity technological capacities to secure its Digital Single Market, and in particular to protect critical networks and information systemsthe protection of data and critical networks and information systems of European citizens and companies, including critical infrastructures for the functioning of society such as transport systems, health systems and banking, and the Digital Single Market and to provide key cybersecurity services.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) A wealth of expertise and experience in cybersecurity research, technology and industrial development exists in the Union but the efforts of industrial and research communities are fragmented, lacking alignment and a common mission, which hinders competitiveness and effective protection of critical data, networks and systems in this domain. These efforts and expertise need to be pooled, networked and used in an efficient manner to reinforce and complement existing research, technology, skills and industrial capacities at Union and national levels.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account that the objectives of this initiative can be best achieved if all Member States or as many Member States as possible participacontribute, and as an incentive for Member States to take part, only Member States who contribute financially to the administrative and operational costs of the Competence Centre should hold voting rights.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) National Coordination Centres should be selected by Member States and approved by the Competence Centre. In addition to the necessary administrative capacity, Centres should either possess or have direct access to cybersecurity technological expertise in cybersecurity, notably in domains such as cryptography, ICT security services, intrusion detection, system security, network security, software and application security, or human and socie, societal and environmental aspects of security and privacy. They should also have the capacity to effectively engage and coordinate with the industry, the public sector, including authorities designated pursuant to the Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 , and the research community in order to establish a continuous public- private dialogue on cybersecurity. _________________ 23 Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (OJ L 194, 19.7.2016, p. 1).
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing, blockchain and concepts such as secure digital identities create at the same time new challenges for cybersecurity as well as offer solutions. Assessing and validating the robustness of existing or future ICT systems will require testing security solutions against attacks run on HPC and quantum machines. The Competence Centre, the Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should help advance and disseminate the latest cybersecurity solutions and research to bridge the valley of death of innovation of cybersecurity technologies and services. At the same time the Competence Centre and, the Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should be at the service of developers and operators in critical sectors such as transport, energy, health, financial, government, telecom, manufacturing, defence, and space to help them solve their cybersecurity challenges.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Due to the fast changing nature of cyber threats and cybersecurity, the Union needs to be able to adapt fast and continuously to new developments in the field. Hence, the Competence Centre, the Cybersecurity Competence Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should be flexible enough to ensure the required reactivity. They should facilitate solutions that help entities to be able to constantly build capability to enhance their and the Union’s resilience.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) The Competence Centre should have the objectives to establish European leadership and expertise in cybersecurity, and by that guarantee the highest security standards in the Union, ensure the protection of data, information systems, networks and critical infrastructures in the Union, create new high-quality jobs in the area, prevent brain drain from the European cybersecurity experts to third countries, and add European value to the already existing national cybersecurity measures.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to respond to the needs of the public sector and both demand and supply side industries, the Competence Centre’s task to provide cybersecurity knowledge and technical assistance to the public sector and industries should refer to both ICT products and services and all other industrial and technological products and solutions in which cybersecurity is to be embedded.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Whereas the Competence Centre and the Network should strive to achieve synergies between the cybersecurity civilian and defence spheres in line with the Union goals as laid out by Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Permanent Structured Cooperation, projects financed by the Horizon Europe Programme will be implemented in line with Regulation XXX [Horizon Europe Regulation], which provides that research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon Europe shall have an exclusive focus on civil applications. Actions enhancing such synergies shall therefore be co-funded through the European Defence Fund.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure structured and sustainable collaboration, the relation between the Competence Centre and the National Coordination Centres should be based on a contractual agreement that should be harmonised on European level.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient establishment of cybersecurity expertise in the Union, the Competence Centre, the Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should act coherently, consistently and complementary with ENISA, the “Cybersecurity Act”(COM(2017)0477) and the European Standardisation Organisations, bearing in mind that ENISA should continue fulfilling its strategic objectives especially in the field of cybersecurity certification as defined in the “Cybersecurity Act” while the Competence Centre should act as an operational body in cybersecurity.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In order for the Competence Centre to function properly and effectively, the Commission and the Member States should ensure that persons to be appointed to the Governing Board have appropriate professional expertise and experience in functional areas and that gender balance is ensured. The Commission and the Member States should also make efforts to limit the turnover of their respective Representatives on the Governing Board in order to ensure continuity in its work.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The Competence Centre and its activities should benefit from the particular expertise and the broad and relevant stakeholders’ representation built through the contractual public-private partnership on cybersecurity during the duration of Horizon2020, through its Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board. and the pilot projects under Horizon2020 on the Cybersecurity Competence Network, through its Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board. The Competence Centre and Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board should, if appropriate, consider replications of existing structures, for example as working groups.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission when provided for by this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Since tThe objectives of this Regulation, namely the development of European leadership in cybersecurity through retaining and developing Union’s cybersecurity technological and industrial capacities, increasing the competitiveness of the Union’s cybersecurity industry and turning cybersecurity into a competitive advantage of other Union industries, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States due the fact that existing, limited resources are dispersed as well as due to the scale of the investment necessary, but can rather by reason of avoiding unnecessary duplication of these efforts, helping to achieve critical mass of investment and ensuring that public financing is used in an optimal way be better achieved at Union level. In addition, only actions on the European level can ensure the highest level of cybersecurity in all Member States and thus close security gaps existing in some Member States that create security gaps for the whole Union. Hence, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Competence Centre shall contribute to the implementation of the cybersecurity part of the Digital Europe Programme established by Regulation No XXX and in particular actions related to Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No XXX [Digital Europe Programme] thereof and, of the Horizon Europe Programme established by Regulation No XXX and in particular Section 2.2.6 of Pillar II of Annex I. of Decision No XXX on establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation[ref. number of the Specific Programme], and of the European Defence Fund established by Regulation(EU) No XXX for actions related to defence.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘cybersecurity’ means theall activities necessary to protection of network and information systems, their users, and otheraffected persons againstfrom cyber threats;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘cybersecurity products and solutions’ means ICT products, services or processes with the specific purpose of protecting data, network and information systems, their users and affected persons from cyber threats;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) retain and develop the cybersecurity technological and industrial capacities and expertise necessary to secure and further the protection of data of European citizens and companies, critical infrastructures for the functioning of society such as transport systems, health systems, banking, and its Digital Single Market;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) develop European leadership in cybersecurity and ensure the highest cybersecurity standards throughout the Union reinforcing its Digital autonomy;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) reinforce the trust of citizens, consumers and businesses in the digital world, and therefore contributing to the goals of the Digital Single Market Strategy;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) increase the uptake of cybersecurity products and solutions developed within the Union;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(bd) raise awareness on cybersecurity and reduce the skill gap in cybersecurity in the Union
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Coherence, consistency and complemenetarity In implementing this Regulation, consistency, synergies and complementarity with the “Cybersecurity Act” (COM(2017)0477), the European Standardisation Organisations, European bodies and institutions as referred to in Art. 10 of this Regulation, other relevant Programmes of Union action and relevant Union policies shall be ensured. Unnecessary duplications shall be avoided.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. contribute to the implementation of the cybersecurity part of the Digital Europe Programme established by Regulation No XXX26 and in particular actions related to Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No XXX [Digital Europe Programme] and, of the Horizon Europe Programme established by Regulation No XXX27 and in particular Section 2.2.6 of Pillar II of Annex I. of Decision No XXX on establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation[ref. number of the Specific Programme] and of the European Defence Fund established by Regulation (EU) No XXX. and of other Union programmes when provided for in legal acts of the Union]; _________________ 26 [add full title and OJ reference] 27 [add full title and OJ reference]
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
(c) providing cybersecurity knowledge and technical assistance to industry, research institutions and public authorities, in particular by supporting actions aimed at facilitating access to the expertise available in the Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c b (new)
(cb) bringing together stakeholders from industry, trade unions, academia, research organisations and public entities to ensure long-term cooperation on developing and implementing cybersecurity products and solutions, including pooling and sharing of resources and information regarding such products and solutions if appropriate;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) stimulating the whole innovation cycle of cybersecurity and bridging the valley of death of innovation by enhancing cybersecurity research, development and the uptake of Unionmarket uptake cybersecurity products and holistic solutions by public authorities and user industries in the Union;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) supporting further development, pooling and sharing of cybersecurity skills and competences, where appropriate together with relevant EU agencies and bodies including ENISA and supporting the objective on advanced digital skills of the Digital Europe Programme where appropriate.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
(b) support large-scale research and demonstration projects in next generation cybersecurity technological capabilities, in collaboration with the industry and, research institutions, public sector and authorities, including the Network;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2018/0328(COD)

(c) support research and innovation for standardisation in cybersecurity technology in cooperation with the European Standardisation Organisations;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 226 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) bringing together stakeholders, to foster synergies between civil and defence cyber security research and markets, development of cybersecurity products and solutions, and markets; in line with the Union goals as laid out by Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Permanent Structured Cooperation;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 236 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The nominated National Coordination Centre shall have the capability to support the Competence Centre and the Network in fulfilling their mission laid out in Article 3 of this Regulation. They shall possess or have direct access to technological expertise in cybersecurity and be in a position to effectively engage and coordinate with industry, the public sector and, the research community and citizens.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 237 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The relationship between the Competence Centre and the National Coordination Centres shall be based on a contractual agreement harmonised on Union level and signed between the Competence Centre and each of the National Coordination Centres. The agreement shall provide for the rules governing the relationship and division of tasks between the Competence Centre and each National Coordination Centre.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the elements of the contractual agreements referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, including their format. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article - 45.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contributing, together with the Competence Centre, to identifying and addressing sector-specific cyber security industrial challenges;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) seeking to establish synergies with relevant activities at the national and, regional and local level;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 247 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promoting and disseminating the relevant outcomes of the work by the Network, the Cybersecurity Competence Community and the Competence Centre at national or, regional or local level;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Cybersecurity Competence Community shall contribute to the mission of the Competence Centre as laid down in Article 3 and enhance, pool, share and disseminate cybersecurity expertise across the Union.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 256 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Only entities which are established within the Union may be accredited as members of the Cybersecurity Competence Community. They shall demonstrate that they have cybersecurity expertise with regard to at least one of the following domains, the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) having their executive management structures in the Union or in an EEA- or EFTA-country and which are not controlled by any other third country or by any other third country entity:
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Competence Centre shall accredit entities established under national law as members of the Cybersecurity Competence Community after an harmonised assessment made by the National Coordination Centre of the Member State and the Competence Centre where the entity is established, on whether that entity meets the criteria provided for in paragraph 3. An accreditation shall not be limited in time but may be revoked by the Competence Centre at any time if it or the relevant National Coordination Centre considers that the entity does not fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 3 or it falls under the relevant provisions set out in Article 136 of Regulation XXX [new financial regulation].
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The Commission may, by means of an implementing act, further specify the criteria provided for in paragraph 3 and the procedures for assessing and accrediting entities that meet those criteria. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article -45.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Existing entities participating in public-private partnerships on cybersecurity on the European level shall be members of the Cybersecurity Competence Community and shall take a leading role in stimulating and supporting the cooperation and coordination of the Cybersecurity Competence Community, continuing the work they have done so far.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) encourage Community members that are manufacturers and service providers to certify their products and services under certification schemes adopted under the Cybersecurity Act.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Such cooperation shall take place within the framework of working arrangements agreed between the Competence Centre and the respective Union institution, body, office or agency. Those arrangements shall be submitted to the prior approval of the Commission, as well as for information to the European Parliament.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Members of the Governing Board and their alternates shall be appointed in light of their knowledge in the field of technologycybersecurity technology or research as well as of relevant managerial, administrative and budgetary skills. Gender balance shall be taken into account. The Commission and the Member States shall make efforts to limit the turnover of their representatives in the Governing Board, in order to ensure continuity of the Board’s work. The Commission and the Member States shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women on the Governing Board.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point l
(l) promote the Competence Centre globally, so as to raise its attractiveness and make it an internationally renowned world-class body for excellence in cybersecurity;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2018/0328(COD)

(qa) adopt transparency rules for the Competence Centre;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point r
(r) adopt an anti-fraud and anti- corruption strategy that is proportionate to the fraud and corruption risks having regard to a cost-benefit analysis of the measures to be implemented, as well as adopt adequate protection measures for whistleblowers;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 299 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point s
(s) adopt the methodology to calculate the financial contribution from Member Statesan extensive definition of financial contributions from Member States and a methodology to calculate the amount of Member States’ voluntary contributions that can be accounted for as financial contributions according to this definition. This calculation shall be executed at the end of every financial year;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 303 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Governing Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson from among the members with voting rights, for a period of two years, taking into account gender balance. The mandate of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson may be extended once, following a decision by the Governing Board. If, however, their membership of the Governing Board ends at any time during their term of office, their term of office shall automatically expire on that date. The Deputy Chairperson shall ex officio replace the Chairperson if the latter is unable to attend to his or her duties. The Chairperson shall take part in the voting.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 314 #

2018/0328(COD)

3. The Governing Board shall take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of all votes, including the votes of the members who are absent, representing at least 75% of the total financial contributionsof the ratio of the individual Member States’ financial contributions to their Gross Domestic Product to the Competence Centre. The financial contribution will be calculated based on the estimated expenditures proposed by the Member States referred to in point c of Article 17(2) and based on the report on the value of the contributions of the participating Member States referred to in Article 22(5).
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 318 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Governing Board from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open, non- discriminatory and transparent selection procedure.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point s
(s) prepare an action plan following-up conclusions of internal or external audit reports, as well as investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and reporting on progress twice a year to the Commission, the European Parliament and regularly to the Governing Board;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Members of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall have expertise either with regard to cybersecurity research, industrial development, professional servicecybersecurity training and education, industrial development, offering or successfully implementing professional cybersecurity services or products or the deployment thereof. The requirements for such expertise shall be further specified by the Governing Board.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office of members of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall be threefour years. That term shall be renewable.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. Representatives of the Commission and of the European Network and Information Security Agency mayshall participate in and support the works of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 339 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board mayshall advise the Governing Board on the establishment of working groups on specific issues relevant to the work of the Competence Centre where necessary under the overall coordination of one or more members of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 340 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall have observer status in the Governing Board to be able to provide regular advice to the Governing Board.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 345 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall regularly advise the Competence Centre in respect of the performance of its activities and shall:
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 348 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) provide to the Executive Director and the Governing Board strategic advice and input for the strategic orientation and operations of the Competence Centre as far as industry and science is concerned, and for drafting the work plan and multi- annual strategic plan within the deadlines set by the Governing Board;
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 350 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) promote and collect feedback on the work plan and multi-annual strategic plan of the Competence Centre and advise the Governing Board on how to improve the Competence Centre’s strategic orientation and operation according to this feedback.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 352 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) An amount from the European Defence Fund for defence-related actions of the Competence Centre, including for administrative costs such as costs that the Competence Centre may incur when acting as a project manager for actions carried out under the European Defence Fund.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The maximum Union contribution shall be paid from the appropriations in the general budget of the Union allocated to [Digital Europe Programme] and, to the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe, established by Decision XXX and to the European Defence Fund.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 354 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Union financial contribution from Digital Europe and from Horizon Europe shall not cover the tasks referred to in Article 4(8)(b). These may be covered by financial contributions from the European Defence Fund.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 360 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may terminate, proportionally reduce or suspend the Union’s financial contribution to the Competence Centre if the participating Member States do not contribute, contribute only partially or contribute late with regard to the contributions referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission’s termination, reduction or suspension of the Union’s financial contribution shall be proportionate in amount and time to the reduction, termination or suspension of the Member States’ contributions.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 361 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
(b) contributions from the participating Member States, as defined in more detail according to Article 13, paragraph 3, point (s), in the form of:
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Competence Centre shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, when actions financed under this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the Union are protected by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by regular and effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative sanctions.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7
7. The staff of the Competence Centre shall be gender balanced and consist of temporary staff and contract staff.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Articles 22 [Ownership of results], 23 [Ownership of results] and 30 [Application of the rules on classified information] Regulation No XXX [European Defence Fund] shall apply to participation in all defence-related actions by the Competence Centre, when provided for in the Work plan, the grant of non- exclusive licenses may be limited to third parties established or deemed to be established in Members States and controlled by Member States and/or nationals of Member States.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 365 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. The Competence Centre shall carry out its activities with athe highest level of transparency.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 366 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The Competence Centre shall 2. ensure that the public and any interested parties are given appropriate, objective, reliable and easily accessible information in due time, in particular with regard to the results of its work. It shall also make public the declarations of interest made in accordance with Article 41.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2018/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. The evaluation referred to in paragraph 2 shall include an assessment of the results achieved by the Competence Centre, having regard to its objectives, mandate and tasks. If the Commission considers that the continuation of the Competence Centre is justified with regard to its assigned objectives, mandate and tasks, tasks, effectiveness and efficiency, it may propose that the duration of the mandate of the Competence Centre set out in Article 46 be extended.
2019/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that it is important for this agreement to give guarantees regarding respect for international law, including human rights, in the territories concerned, particularly in Western Sahara;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that, in the view of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Western Sahara is a separate and independent territory; insists, therefore, that this fundamental aspect of the ECJ ruling be duly taken into account in the agreement, including in its implementation at technical level;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes with concern that neither the EEAS nor the Commission travelled to the territory of Western Sahara during the negotiations on the agreement or visited any refugee camps;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that during inclusivthe consultations led by the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) with a wide variety ofthe attempt was made - unfortunately only after the negotiations with Morocco - to express broad support jointly with Western Saharan local representatives, civil society organisations and other organisations and bodies, broad support was expressed for the socio- economic benefits the proposed tariff preferences would bring;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes good note of the exchange of letters and acknowledges the efforts of the Commission and the EEAS in trying, within the remit of their competences, to evaluate the benefit for the population and to ascertain their consent to this agreement; stresses that the Court of Justice of the European Union has noted the unimportance of determining the benefit and that, in particular, the consent of the people of Western Sahara is necessary; stresses, nevertheless, that more cshould be done to improve the traceability of products coming from Western Sahara; invites the Commission services, therefore, to engage further with the Moroccan authorities to improve this aspect, notably in order to produce clear and reliable statistics.;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in joint research and the joint development of defence products and technologies, thus fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, and to promote the Member States’ joint purchase and maintenance of defence equipment. This Fund would complement national funding already used for this purpose and should act as an incentive for Member States to cooperate and invest more in defence. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence products and technologies, as well as conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The Fund would contribute to the establishment of a strong, competitiveintegrated and innovative defence industrial and technological base, ans well as to efficiency gains enabling the reduction of the overall defence spending in the Union, while at the same time ensuring the necessary defence capabilities to perform the essential core tasks of collective defence, crisis management and cooperative security. The Fund would go hand in hand with the Union's initiatives towards a more integrated European Defence Market and in particular, the two Directives6 on procurement and on EU transfers in the defence sector adopted in 2009. _________________ 6 Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community, OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1; Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, OJ L 216, 20.8.2009, p. 76.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Following an integrated approach and in order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitivenesintegration, efficiency gains and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Fund should be established. The Fund should aim at enhancing the competitiveness, innovation, efficiency and autonomy of the Union's defence industry thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomy in line with the political goals of the Common Foreign and Security Policy by supporting the cross border cooperation between Member States and between enterprises, research centres, national administrations, international organisations and universities, in the research phase and in the development phase of defence products and technologies. To achieve more innovative solutions and an open internal market, the Fund should support the cross-border participation of defence small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps).
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The Fund should not support pure basic research which should instead be supported through other schemes but may include defence oriented basic research likely to form the basis of the solution to recognised or expected problems or possibilities, dual-use research and research on conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure that the Union's and its Member States' international obligations are respected in the implementation of this Regulation, actions relating to products or technologies the use, development or production of which are prohibited by international law should not receive funding under the Fund. In this respect, the eligibility of actions related to new defence products or technologies, such as those that are specifically designed to carry out lethal strikes without any human control over the engagement decisions, should also be subject to developments in international law and should be excluded from Union funding.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) As the objective of the Fund is to support the competitiveness and innovintegration, efficiency and innovation and alleviating any potential negative effects of the integration of the Union defence industry by leveraging and complementing collaborative defence research and technology activities and de-alleviating some of the risking of the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the research and development of a defence product or technology, as well as those aiming at conversion from military to civil production should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade, including the interoperability thereof, of existing defence products and technologies.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) As the Fund aims at enhancing the competitivenessintegration, interoperability, efficiency and autonomy of the Union's defence industry, only entities established in the Union or associated countries and not subject to control by non-associated third countries or non-associated third country entities should in principle be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the recipients and their subcontractors in actions supported by the Fund should not be located on the territory of non- associated third countries.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) If a consortium wishes to participate in an eligible action and the financial assistance of the Union is to take the form of a grant, the consortium should appoint one of its members as a coordinator who will be the principal point of contact and who shall regularly report back to the EU institutions on the status of the action funded under the Programme.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In case a development action supported by the Fund is managed by a project manager appointed by Member States or associated countries, the Commission should inform the project manager prior to executing the payment to the recipient so that the project manager can ensure that the time-frames are respected by the recipients. Under certain circumstances, tThe project manager cshould provide the Commission with its observations on the progress of the action so that the Commission can validate whether the conditions to proceed to the payment are fulfilled.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Given the specificities of the defence industry where demand comes almost exclusively from Member States and associated countries, which also control all acquisition of defence-related products and technologies, including exports, the functioning of thith its high fragmentation and resulting inefficiency across Member States, the possibility to apply for financial support from the fund will foster a more defence sector is unique and does not follow the conventional rules and business models that govern more traditional markets. Industry therefore cannot undertake substantial self-funded defence Research and Development (R&D) projects and Member States and associated countries normally fully fund all R&D costfective use of defence spending as incentivising cross-border cooperation and the development of common prototypes will reduce fragmentation. To achieve the objectives of the Fund, notably to incentivise cooperation between companies from different Member States and associated countries, and taking into account the specifics of the defence sector, up to totality50% of the eligible costs should be covered for actions that take place ahead of the development of prototypes phase.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2018/0254(COD)

(22) In order to ensure that the funded actions will contribute to the competitivenessintegration, interoperability and efficiency of the European defence industry, it is important that Member States already intend to jointly procure the final product or use the technology, notably through joint cross- border procurement, where Member States jointly organise their procurement procedures in particular with the use of a central purchasing body.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security and defence interestserve the security and defence interests of the Union. Taking into account the specific nature of the defence sector, any action in the field of defence industry should be closely coordinated and be coherent with the foreign and security policies and priorities of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence research and capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States in line with Union policies and political priorities should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence research and capability shortfalls are identified in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) framework notably through Overarching Strategic Research Agenda and the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through identifying and taking forward opportunities for enhanced cooperation with a view to fulfilling the EU level of ambition on security and defence. Where appropriate, regional and international priorities, including those in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation context, may also be taken into account if they are in line with Union priorities and do not prevent any Member State or an associated country from participating, while also taking into account that unnecessary duplication should be avoided.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Commission will take into account the other activities financed under the Horizon Europe Framework programme in order to avoid unnecessary duplication and, ensure the cross- fertilisation between civil and defence research and ensured that Horizon Europe remains a purely civil research programme.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) An integrated approach should be ensured by bringing together activities covered by the Preparatory Action on Defence Research launched by the Commission within the meaning of Article [58 (2) (b)] of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/…of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘Financial Regulation’) and the European Defence Industrial Development Programme established by Regulation (EC) No … of the European Parliament and of the Council and to harmonise the conditions for participation, to create a more coherent set of instruments, to increase the innovative, collaborative and economic impact, while avoiding unnecessary duplication and fragmentation. With this integrated approach, the Fund would also contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research, covering the gap between research and development taking into account the specificities of the defence sector, and promoting all forms of innovation, including disruptive innovation where possible failure should be accepted and conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) The Commission should establish annual or multiannual work programmes in line with the objectives of the Fund. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States and representatives from the European Parliament. In order to benefit from its expertise in the defence sector, the European Defence Agency will be given the status of an observer participant in the committee. Given the specificities of the defence area, the European External Action Service should also assistparticipate in the committee of Member States.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) The Commission should endeavour to maintain dialogue with Member States, the European Parliament, defence experts from academia, trade unions and industry to ensure the success of the Fund.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) Pursuant to paragraph 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, there is a need to evaluate this regulation on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, can include measurable indicators, as a basis for evaluating the effects of the regulation on the ground. The Commission should carry out an interim evaluation no later than fourat the end of every financial years after the start of the Fund implementation and a final evaluation at the end of the implementation period of the Fund, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and to the extent possible at that point in time, results and impact. This report should also analyse the cross-border participation of SMEs and mid-caps in projects supported by the Fund as well as the participation of SMEs and mid-caps to the global value chain. The Commission may also propose amendments to this Regulation to react on possible developments during the implementation of the Fund.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) The Commission, when monitoring and controlling the export of arms and technologies produced with funding from the European Union to countries other than NATO, EU and NATO equivalent countries shall be assisted by a supervisory board made up of the European Parliament, Commission, European External Action Service and EU Member States (hereafter referred to as the Supervisory Body).
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Fund will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Fund's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of its mid-term evaluation. As military bases are amongst the biggest energy consumers and are increasingly affected by the effects of climate change, the fund should contribute special attention to incorporating climate action into its portfolio by awarding climate sensitive projects with greater financial support.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) As the Fund supports only the research and development phases of defence products and technologies, in principle tThe Union should not have ownership or intellectual property rights (IPRs) over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions unless the Union assistance is provided through procurement. However, for research actions, interested Member States and associated countries should have the possibility to use the results of funded actions and participate in follow-up cooperative development and therefore derogations to that principle should be allowed.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) The Union financial support should notwill affect the transfer of defence-related products within the Union in accordance with Directive 2009/43/CE of the European Parliament and the Council15 , noras well as the export of products, equipment or technologies. The Commission when monitoring and controlling the export of arms and technologies produced with financial assets from the Fund shall be assisted by a supervisory body made up of the European Parliament, European Commission, European External Action Service and EU Member States (hereafter referred to as the Supervisory Body). _________________ 15 Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1).
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
(17a) 'conversion' means the translation of military structures, products or production lines into civilian usage;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Fund is to foster the competitivenesscontribute to the political priorities under the CFSP/CSDP framework, and to foster the integration, interoperability, efficiency and innovation capacity, especially in cyber-defence, of the European defence industry, by supporting collaborative actions and cross-border cooperation between legal entities throughout the Union, including SMEs and mid-caps as well as fostering the better exploitation of the industrial potential of innovation, research and technological development, at each stage of the industrial life cycle, thus contributing to the Union strategic autonomy. The Fund should also contribute to the freedom of action of the Union and its autonomy, in particular in technological and industrial terms.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support collaborative research projects that could significantly boost the performance of future capabilities, aiming at maximising innovation and integration, and introducing new defence products and technologies, including disruptive ones;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) support collaborative development projects of defence products and technologies consistent with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, thus contributing to greater efficiency of defence spending within the Union, achieving greater economies of scale, reduceliminating the risk of unnecessary duplication and as such reducing the fragmentation of defence products and technologies throughout the Union. Ultimately, the Fund will lead to greater interoperability between Member States' capabilities.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) foster efficiency gains for the overall reduction of costs for defence;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) support undertakings in conversion of excess military production into civil production lines.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 25% of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be devoted to fostering conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Proposals shall be systematically screened to identify those actions raising complex or serious ethics issues and submit them to an ethics assessment. Ethics screenings and assessments shall be carried out by the Commission with the support of experts on defence ethics. They can be invoked by the European Parliament in case its majority suspects an ethical issue with an action. The Commission shall ensure the transparency of the ethics procedures as much as possible.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Actions which are not ethically acceptable mayshall be rejected or terminated at any times soon as the ethical unacceptability is detected.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, an applicant established in the Union or in an associated country and controlled by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity may be eligible for funding if it has been proven that no provider can be found within the Union and if this is necessary for achieving the objectives of the action and provided that its participation will not put at risk the security interests of the Union and its Member States. In order to ensure protection of the security interests of the Union and its Member States, the call for proposals shall require the applicant to provide information demonstrating notably that:
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) activities aiming to create, underpin and improve new knowledge and defence technology which can achieve significant effects in the area of defence or which aim at supporting undertakings in their conversion from military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) studies, such as studies on conversion from military to civil production or feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, solution or statistics on the defence industry and projects to pilot the collection of data;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the definition of the technical specifications on which such design has been developed which may include partial tests for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment or a product supporting the conversion from military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the development of a model of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology, which can demonstrate the element's performance in an operational environment (system prototype) or a model of a product supporting the conversion from military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the testing of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology or the testing of a product supporting the conversion from military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the qualification of a defence product or a product supporting the conversion from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology. Qualification is the entire process of demonstrating that the design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology meets the specified requirements. This process provides objective evidence by which particular requirements of a design are demonstrated to have been achieved;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) the certification of a defence product or a product supporting the conversion from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology. Certification is the process according to which a national authority certifies that the defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology complies with the applicable regulations;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) the development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies or supporting the conversion from military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Unless otherwise provided for in the work programme referred to in Article 27, the action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least threefour legal entities which are established in at least three different Member States and/or associated countries. At least threefour of these eligible entities established in at least two Member States and/or associated countries shall not, during the whole implementation of the action, be effectively controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity, and shall not control each other. This rule shall not apply to actions in support of conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Actions in relation to products listed in Annex I (a) shall not be funded. Actions in relation to products listed in Annex I (b) shall not be funded if they are developed mainly for export purposes.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. The action shall be in line with the tasks referred to in Article 42 TEU for peace keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) Entities which have been found guilty in a court of law of a criminal offence such as, but not limited to, bribing official or breaching EU restrictive measures, should not be eligible for funding. The Commission may decide that any such entity, or an entity where senior executives have been found guilty, shall be barred from applying for funding for a period of no less than 36 months following conviction. The Commission shall maintain a publicly accessible database of all barred undertakings. Where an entity is under a credible and relevant investigation for a criminal offence, the Commission should reserve the right to await the outcome of the investigation before awarding funding.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 b (new)
(43b) The Fund should support industry best practice in corporate governance and procurement practices. This should include the possibility for anonymous and confidential whistleblowing, through hotlines operated by third parties and with procedures in place to prevent retaliation. The award procedure should reflect these corporate governance standards with the goal of raising corporate accountability standards in the European defence sector.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contribution to the competitivenessintegration and efficiency of the European defence industry, in particular by creating new market opportunities and accelerating the growth of companies throughout the Union;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) contribution to the conversion from excess military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The results of the actions shall be owned by the beneficiaries generating them. Where legal entities jointly generate results, and where their respective contributUnion institutions, bodies, offices or agencies enjoy, for the duly justified purpose of developing, implementing and monitoring Union policies or programmes, access rights solely to the results of a beneficiary that has received Union funding. Such access rights are limited to non-commercial and non-competitive use. Such access is to be granted on a royalty-free basis. With regard to results which are generated by beneficiaries that have received funding under the Programme, the agreement between the Commission cannot be ascertained, or where it is not possible to separate such joint results, the legal end the beneficiary shall provide that the Commission may object to transfers of ownership or to grants of a licence to third parties established in a third country not associated with the Programme, if it considers that the grant or transfer is inconsistent with ethical principles of the EU Common Position on arms exports or security considerations. Where appropriate, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary will provide that the Commission is to be notitfies shall have joint ownership of the resultsd at least six months in advance of any such transfer of ownership or grant of a licence. Non-compliance with these provisions will be subject to measures stipulated in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the contribution to increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies, including cost- effectiveness and the potential for synergies in the procurement and maintenance process and disposal processes, as well as conversion from excess military to civil production;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Union shall not own the products or technologies resulting from development actions, nor shall it have any intellectual property rights regarding the results of the actionsinstitutions, bodies, offices or agencies enjoy, for the duly justified purpose of developing, implementing and monitoring Union policies or programmes, access rights solely to the results of a beneficiary that has received Union funding. Such access rights are limited to non-commercial and non-competitive use. Such access is to be granted on a royalty-free basis. With regard to results which are generated by beneficiaries that have received funding under the Programme, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary shall provide that the Commission may object to transfers of ownership or to grants of a licence to third parties established in a third country not associated with the Programme, if it considers that the grant or transfer is inconsistent with ethical principles of the EU Common Position on arms exports or security considerations. Where appropriate, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary will provide that the Commission is to be notified at least six months in advance of any such transfer of ownership or grant of a licence. Non-compliance with these provisions will be subject to measures stipulated in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Actions carried out under the Fund shall comply with ethical principles and relevant national, Union and international legislation. , notably the Arms Trade Treaty which was ratified by all the EU Member- States.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by an expert committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011selected transparently and with a balanced participation of defence experts from academia, research organisations, EU institutions including the European Parliament and think tanks. The European Defence Agency shall be invited as an observer participant to provide its views and expertise. The European External Action Service shall also be invited to assistparticipate.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall appoint independent experts from academia, research organisations and think tanks transparently to assist in the evaluation of proposals pursuant to Article [237] of the Financial Regulation. It may also appoint independent experts to advise on or assist with the monitoring of the implementation of actions carried out. Experts from the defence industry shall not be identified to avoid bias.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Entities participating in the action shall demonstrate to the Commission that they have robust corporate governance standards including anonymised whistleblowing channels operated by a third party. Entities, or their senior executives, which have been found guilty of a criminal offence in a court of law may be barred from applying to the Fund fora period of no less than 36 months starting on the date of criminal conviction.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 237 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. An Ethics conformity certificate shall be published by the Commission for each project.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. If appropriate, eEthics checks shall be carried out by the Commission during the implementation of the action. For serious or complex ethics issues, th, at the Commission's discretion or upon request of the European Parliament. Those checks shall be carried out by the Commission with the support of experts on defence ethics.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Actions which are not ethically acceptable may be rejected or terminated at any time. The termination of an action shall request a majority vote of the European Parliament.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall regularly monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Fund and annually report to the Parliament and the Council on the progress made. To this end, the Commission shall put in place necessary monitoring arrangements.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall report to the Commission or the EU Delegations on their exports of EU-funded defence technologies and equipment to Third Countries on a six-monthly basis . The Commission shall setup a tracking mechanism to verify the end-use and end- users of defence technologies and equipment funded by the Programme and exported to Third Countries and report back to the European Parliament on a yearly basis.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Evaluations shall be carried out in a timely mannerannually to feed into the decision- making process.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 253 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Fund shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Fund, but no later than four years after the start of the Fund implementation at the end of every financial year. The interim evaluation report will include notably, an assessment of the governance of the Fund, implementation rates, project award results including SMEs and mid-caps involvement and the degree of their cross-border participation, information about exports of funded products or technologies, an evaluation of the increase in efficiency and in the elimination of unnecessary duplications, the state of conversion from military to civil production and funding granted in accordance with Article [195] of the Financial Regulation by 31 July 2024. The Commission may submit proposals for any appropriate amendments to the present regulation.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. At the end of the implementation period but no later than four years after the 31 December 2031, a final evaluation of the Fund implementation shall be carried out by the Commission. The final evaluation report shall include the results of the implementation and to the extent possible given timing the impact of the Fund. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and associated countries and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 3. It shall also analyse cross border participation, including of SMEs and mid-caps in projects implemented under the Fund as well as the integration of SMEs and Mid-caps in the global value chain. The evaluation shall also contain information on the countries of origin of the recipients and, where possible, the distribution of the generated intellectual property rights, as well as about exports of funded products or technologies. It shall further evaluate of the increase inefficiency and in the elimination of unnecessary duplications and the state of conversion from military to civil production.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
ANNEX I(a) Non eligible products · Weapons of mass destruction and related warhead technologies; · Banned weapons and munitions and weapons not compliant with international humanitarian law; · Fully autonomous weapons that enable strikes to be carried out without meaningful human control as well as IA software, dual-use and military components that leave to the machine the final decision to apply lethal force; · Weapon systems that are not regulated by international legal frameworks that have been ratified by the European Union or all EU member states individually to prevent misuse.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I b (new)
ANNEX I(b) Non eligible products, when they are mainly developed for export purposes: · Small arms and light weapons.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) the development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency and reducing the environmental impact across the life cycle of defence products and technologies;
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Independent experts shall be Union's citizens identified and selected on the basis of calls for expressions of interest addressed to relevant organisations such as Ministries of Defence and subordinated agencies, research institutes, universities, non-governmental organisations, business associations or enterprises of the defence sector with a view to establishing a list of experts. By derogation from Article [237] of the Financial Regulation, this list shall not be made public that is gender balanced.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 451 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Where a Member State or undertaking invokes national security as a reason for withholding information from OLAF where there is a risk of fraud or other unlawful activity, the national security concerns shall be interpreted strictly.
2018/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should therefore mainstream climate action and lead to the achievement of an overall target of 2530% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives18 . Actions under this Programme are expected to contribute 60% of the overall financial envelope of the Programme to climate objectives, based inter alia on the following Rio markers: i) 100% for the expenditures relating to railway infrastructure, alternative fuels, clean urban transport, electricity transmission, electricity storage, energy efficiency, smart grids, CO2 transportation and renewable energy; ii) 40% for inland waterways and multimodal transport, and gas infrastructure - if enabling increased use ofa measurable transition away from fossil fuels through for example renewable hydrogen or bio-methane. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. In order to prevent that infrastructure is vulnerable to potential long term climate change impacts and to ensure that the cost of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the project is included in the project's economic evaluation, projects supported by the Programme should be subject to climate proofing in accordance with guidance that should be developed by the Commission coherently with the guidance developed for other programmes of the Union where relevant. __________________ 18 COM(2018) 321, page 13
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 219 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 identifies the trans-European energy infrastructure priorities which need to be implementhave been established in order to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives, identifies projects of common interest necessary to implement those priorities, and lays down measures in the field of the granting of permits, public involvement and regulation to speed up and/or facilitate the implementation of those projects, including criteria for the eligibility of such projects for Union financial assistance. The list of projects of common interest, eligibility criteria and TEN-E guidelines should be revised before the end of 2021 to take fully into account the goals and objectives of the Paris Agreement as well as the Union’s climate and energy targets for 2030 and beyond; to facilitate an enhanced dialogue between the European Parliament , the Council and the Commission on the lists of projects of common interest; and to unlock bottlenecks for increased investments for electricity and smart grid projects. __________________ 27 Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39).
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 231 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Directive [Energy Efficiency Directive] highlights energy efficiency as the first priority for decarbonising the EU energy system and calls for well-designed and effective Union financial instruments to support energy efficiency measures. Investments to enhance energy efficiency should therefore also be eligible for CEF funding, where they fulfil other criteria laid down in this regulation.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 256 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Schools, universities, libraries, local, regional or national administrations, main providers of public services, hospitals and medical centres, transport hubs and digitally intensive enterprises are entities and places that can influence important socio-economic developments in the area where they are located. Such socio- economic drivers need to be at the cutting edge of Gigabit connectivity in order to provide access to the best services and applications for European citizens, business and local communities. The Programme should support access to Gigabit connectivity and advanced 5G mobile connectivity for these socio- economic drivers with a view to maximising their positive spill-over effects on the wider economy and society, including by generating wider demand for connectivity and services.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 409 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme has the general objective to develop and modernise the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital and to facilitate cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy, taking into accountin order to help achieve the long-term decarbonisation commitments and contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth, with emphasis on synergies among sectors.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 639 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) actions contributing to access to very high capacity networks capable of providing Gigabit and 5G connectivity for socio- economic drivers shall be prioritised taking into account the function of the socio- economic drivers, the relevance of the digital services and applications enabled by providing the underlying connectivity, and the potential socio- economic benefits to citizens, business and local communities, including the potential positive spill-overs in terms of connectivity, in accordance with Part V of the Annex;
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 642 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) with regard to actions contributing to the deployment of 5G systems, priority shall be given to implementation of 5G pilot projects and deployment of 5G corridors along major terrestrial transport paths, including the trans-European transport networks. The extent to which the action contributes to ensuring coverage along major transport paths enabling the uninterrupted provision of synergy digital services, while maximising potential positive spill-overs for territories and population in the vicinity of the project deployment area shall also be taken into account. An indicative list of projects that could benefit from support is included in Part V of the Annex;
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 789 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) actions related to energy infrastructure projects contributing to improving energy efficiency where these projects have an influence on cross- border energy flows, inter alia through demand response and smart grids.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 799 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) actions supporting Gigabit and 5G connectivity of socio-economic drivers;
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 800 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) actions implementing 5G pilot projects and uninterrupted coverage with 5G systems of all major terrestrial transport paths, including the trans-European transport networks;
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 887 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) the potential CO2 reduction achieved by the project
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 962 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) The co-financing rates may be increased to a maximum of 75 % for actions contributing to the development of projects of common interest which have a significant impact on reducing CO2 emissions or, based on the evidence referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, provide a high degree of regional or Union-wide security of supply, strengthen the solidarity of the Union or comprise highly innovative solutions.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 966 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. For works in the digital sector, the following maximum co-financing rates shall apply: for works relating to the specific objectives referred to in Article 3 (2) (c), the amount of Union financial assistance shall not exceed 30% of the total eligible cost. The co-financing rates may be increased up to 50% for actions with a strong cross-border dimension, such as uninterrupted coverage with 5G systems along major transport paths or deployment of backbone networks between Member States and between the Union and third countries, and up to 75% for actions implementing the Gigabit and 5G connectivity of socio-economic drivers. Actions in the field of providing local wireless connectivity in local communities shall be funded by Union financial assistance covering up to 100 % of the eligible costs, without prejudice to the principle of co- financing.
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 1179 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 1 – paragraph 1
Cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy shall promote the cross- border cooperation between Member States in the field of planning, development and cost-effective exploitation of renewable energy sources with the aim of contributing to the Union´s long term decarbonisation targets.
2018/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1193 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – point 1 – heading
1. Gigabit and 5G connectivity to socio- economic drivers
2018/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1195 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – point 1 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Gigabit Connectivity for education and research centres, in the context of the efforts to facilitate the use of inter alia high-speed computing, cloud applications and big data, close digital divides and to innovate in education systems, to improve learning outcomes, enhance equity and improve efficiency.49 _________________ 49 See also COM(2018) 22 final - Commission Communication on the Digital Education Action Plan
2018/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 2 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that new EU initiatives must be matched with new and adequate financial resources; underlines that especially long-term political priorities of the European Union such as boosting jobs and growth, achieving a future- oriented and competitive European industry and sustainable development, and fighting against climate change through a transition to a low carbon economy need to be supported through sufficient resources and should remain the focus areas of the new Multiannual Financial Framework Programme; thus welcomes the strong support for the fields Single Market, Innovation and Digital and Natural Resources and Environment;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2018/0166R(APP)

2. Calls for a clear methodology for the presentation of figures, preferably on the basis of constant prices;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates Parliament’s call for an increased overall budget of at least EUR 120 billion for Horizon Europein constant prices for Horizon Europe in order to be able to react appropriately to societal challenges, to secure Europe’s global competiveness, people’s well-being, scientific and industrial leadership and to help achieving the goals set out in the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement; welcomes the possibility of transferring financial allocations for programmes from one fund to another introduced by the Common Provisions Regulation; believes that appropriate conditions and mechanisms for such transfers should be further elaborated to ensure compatibility with the structural funds and to avoid double auditing; underlines that financial support from Horizon Europe should be made accessible to beneficiaries through a fast, bottom-up and less administrative process;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes that at least EUR 9.194 billion are foreseen for the Digital Europe Program in order to tackle important European challenges such as improving high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and trust, advanced digital skills and the best use of digital society and interoperability; emphasises the importance of close coordination with Horizon Europe, CEF and ESIF;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the European Space Programmes create considerable benefits for the Union society and economy and that the proposed budget is strictly necessary to achieve this;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Emphasises the importance of differentiating between civil and defence spending in all EU programmes; thus underlines that defence related spending shall only take place within the European Defence Fund to strengthen the EU’s defence interoperability, achieve cost savings and promote European cooperation; believes thus that synergies with civil programmes and funding from other programmes should be minimal;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Insists on the necessity to adequately finance a programme for EU actions improving the competitiveness of enterprises, with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). An SME-focused programme should complement other EU programmes and should also be built on the solid experience from the predecessor programme (COSME) aiming at enhancing access to markets inside and outside the Union, improving framework conditions for businesses and the competitiveness of enterprises, and promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that in the energy sector, emphasis should be placed on energy security and, energy efficiency, the enhanced use of renewable energies, sector coupling, smart and modern infrastructure, a functioning singleenergy market; considers it essential to reach theat least a 15 % interconnectivity target by 2030, stresses that the next MFF should focus on ensuring the decarbonisation of the European economy in order to accomplish the goals of the Energy Union and the EU climate goals and to effectively support vulnerable, low-income households at risk of energy poverty to become energy-efficient;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that its call for the creation of an energyjust transition fund for coal- and carbon-intensive regions under the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) was not reflected in the new MFF proposal; reiterates its appeal for additional funds to be provided exclusively to support energy transition in these regions; to create a Just Transition Fund with the aim to support workers and communities adversely affected by this transition; in this respect repeats its calls on the Commission to set up a financing platform at Union level for this initiative; furthermore stresses that under this fund sufficient resources should be ensured for creation of decent and sustainable jobs, together with re- skilling and up-skilling in clean processes and technologies, as well as enhancing social protection schemes, including active labour market policies;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for appropriate funding for the agencies under ITRE-remit to ensure their capacity to fulfil their increasing tasks adequately;
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the next MFF will need to consider the UK’s departure from the EU and its implications for the EU budget; expresses the wish that EU programmes under ITRE-remit can continue unimpeded; in this respect welcomes the Commission’s proposals regarding the modernisation of existing and implementation of new own resources as well as the elimination of rebates and the increase of the own resources ceiling.
2018/09/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) The Directive lays down an obligation for Member States to make all documents re-usable unless access is restricted or excluded under national rules on access to documents and subject to the other exceptions laid down in this Directiveshould not in any way restrict or impair the performance of the statutory tasks of public authorities and other public bodies. The Directive builds on the existing access regimes in the Member States and does not change the national rules for access to documents. It does not apply in cases in which citizens or companies can, under the relevant access regime, only obtain a document if they can prove a particular interest. At Union level, Articles 41 (right to good administration) and 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognise the right of any citizen of the Union and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State to have access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. Public sector bodies should be encouraged to make available for re-use any documents held by them. Public sector bodies should promote and encourage re- use of documents, including official texts of a legislative and administrative nature in those cases where the public sector body has the right to authorise their re-use.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
(58) In order to set in place conditions supporting the re-use of documents which is associated with important socio- economic benefits having a particular high value for economy and society, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 2901 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adoption of a list of high-value datasets among the documents to which this Directive applies, along with the modalities of their publication and re-use. 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-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegaWhen preparing implementing acts, rights to participation in decision-making must be respected acts,nd the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States'financial and human resources needed for the effective experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated actcise of such rights must be provided. The European social partners must be involved in the preparatory process.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) existingpublicly accessible documents held by public sector bodies of the Member States;
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) documents held by institutions covered by the definition of a critical infrastructure pursuant to Article 2(a) of Directive 2008/114/EC;
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point k – indent 1 (new)
– documents held by installations that fall within the definition of critical infrastructure within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Directive 2008/114/EC;
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. This Directive in no way affects the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data under the provisions of EU and national law, and in particular does not alter the obligations and rights set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Re-use of documents shallmay be free of charge or limited to. However, Member States may provide that the marginal costs incurred for their reproduction, provision and dissemination , storage, and – where applicable – anonymisation of personal data and measures taken to protect commercially confidential information are recovered.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 2, the total charges shall be calculated according to objective, transparent and verifiable criteria to be laid down by the Member States. The total income from supplying and allowing re-use of documents over the appropriate accounting period shall not exceed the cost of collection, production, storage, reproduction and dissemination, and – where applicable – anonymisation of personal data and measures taken to protect commercially confidential information, together with a reasonable return on investment. Charges shall be calculated in line with the applicable accounting principles .
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Where charges are made by the public sector bodies referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2, the total income from supplying and allowing re-use of documents over the appropriate accounting period shall not exceed the cost of collection, production, reproduction, dissemination, storage, preservation and rights clearance and – where applicable – anonymisation of personal data and measures taken to protect commercially confidential information , together with a reasonable return on investment. Charges shall be calculated in line with the accounting principles applicable to the public sector bodies involved.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 307 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. For the purpose of adopting the list of high value datasets, the Commission shall carry out a public consultation with all interested stakeholders including in particular public sector bodies, public undertakings and social partners.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegatedimplementing acts referred to in Article 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [date of entry into force of the 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 five-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. In preparing implementing acts, rights to participate in decision- making shall be respected and the financial and human resources required for the effective exercise of such rights shall be provided; the European social partners shall be involved in the preparatory process.
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 323 #

2018/0111(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)
List of categories for high value datasets 1. Geospatial Data - Examples of datasets - Postcodes, national and local maps (cadastral, topographic, marine, administrative boundaries) 2. Earth observation and environment - Examples of datasets - Space and situ data (monitoring of weather, land and water quality, energy consumption, emission levels) 3. Statistics - National, regional and local statistical data with main demographic and economic indicators (GDP, age, unemployment, income, education) 4. Companies - Company and business registers (list of registered companies, ownership and management data, registration identifiers) 5. Budget and Spending - Examples of datasets - planned and ongoing expenditure and subsidies, records of spending 6. Public procurement - Past and current tenders
2018/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and multilateralism, democracy and human rights and the unity of the international community are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is at present better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2017/2276(INI)

E. whereas a robustn EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts; whereas there needs to be a clear distinction as regards the remit and political strategies of the two institutions;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East;deleted
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure; whereas enhanced cooperation between EU Member States in the area of cybersecurity should be promoted and, in that area, there needs to be a coordinated approach by all EU Member States;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threatscentral values of the EU must be reflected in its strategic partnerships, including the partnership with NATO, and that protecting their citizens against any threats is one of the strategic interests both of the EU and of NATO;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard andn assessment of the scope for making use of soft power instruments befor both the EU and NATOe consideration is given to using hard power instruments; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. SPoints out that the EU and NATO are fundamentally different in structure and orientation and pursue different defence strategies; strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that directiondevelop a strategy for the future Common Security and Defence Policy, including a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment, in cooperation with the EU institutions and with significant European Parliament input;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent; considers, however, that unilateral foreign-policy action by individual NATO member states has a destabilising impact on the alliance and is an uncertainty factor as regards a deeper EU-NATO partnership;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for furits potential to strengthen the European pillar within the NATO architecture; points out that that is possible only if PESCO is embedded in a more strategic approach to ther EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO’s Common Security and Defence Policy; underscores the need for European oversight over PESCO projects;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitmentsthe EU, as a self-assured foreign-policy actor, to guarantee global and regional security; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF)on principle the measures to support joint research and development of European capabilities;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations, in certain cases, and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; states that, together with Parliament, the Commission should consider individual requests in this connection and decide, on the basis of shared values and interests, who would be suitable PESCO partners; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the effects of climate change have a tangible impact on several aspects of human life, on peace and security as well as on business models and trade relations, and that these effects are increasingly being felt in the lives of EU citizens, as well as challenging the international community; underlines the increasing urgency of climate action and that addressing climate change requires a joint effort at international level,; urges the Commission and EU Member States to continuously facilitate the multilateral discourse as it constitutes a collective responsibility towards the entire planet, for the current and future generations; notes that the fight against climate change is necessary for the protection of Human Rights;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 66 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to the UN Agenda 2030, including the SDGs, and stresses the need to implement the Paris Agreement, in particular its objectives of mitigation, adaptation and redirecting finance flows, among others, and the SDGs both in the EU and globally to develop a more sustainable economy and society; reaffirms the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improve the existing EU National Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2030 as well the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 70 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly welcomes the European Council’s demand towards the Commission to present by the first quarter of 2019 the proposal for a Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction in accordance with the Paris Agreement, laid down in the Council Conclusions from 23 March 2018;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 71 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission to develop an ambitious proposal for a new EU long- term mid-century low-emission strategy that lays down concrete greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2050 for all sectors and a clear path how to reach these targets, and how to enhance removals by sinks in pursuit of the temperature goals and the Paris Agreement, so as to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within the EU by 2050, and go into negative emissions soon thereafter; calls for this strategy to represent a fair distribution of efforts between sectors, to be consistent with a fair EU-share of the remaining global carbon budget, to include a mechanism to incorporate the results of the five yearly global stocktake, to build on national plans, to take into account the findings of the upcoming IPCC Special Report, the recommendations and positions by the European Parliament, as well as the views of non-state actors like local and regional authorities, the civil society and private sector;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 73 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines the importance of an ambitious EU climate policy in order for the EU to act as a credible and reliable partner vis-à-vis third states and calls on the Commission and the Member States to take an active and constructive role during the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue and COP24 as 2018 will be a crucial year for the implementation of the Paris Agreement; urges the Commission and the Member States to raise the ambition of the EU’s NDC before 2020 taking into account the outcome of the Talanoa Dialogue; believes that the stocktaking mechanisms every five years should inform the possible raising of ambition of EU climate commitments; calls on the EU to show commitment beyond its NDC through substantial contributions of finances and capacities like technology and knowledge, by seeking and announcing alliances and cooperation on climate finance instruments, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and shifting to an economy that is less harmful to the climate; stresses that a strong internal climate policy will help the EU to advocate for strong mitigation commitments of other countries and to find partners at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 74 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Welcomes the Commission’s Action Plan on sustainable finance, adopted on 8th March 2018, and the recommendations put forward by the High Level Expert Group On Sustainable Finance; believes that the financial system needs to contribute to the targets of the Paris Agreement as well as the SDGs; considers it necessary that investments and financial products are in line with climate policy and that they support the development towards a sustainable economy; is convinced that a true reform of the EU financial system to contribute to climate mitigation and incentivising investments in clean technologies and sustainable solutions will be a role model for other countries and help them to implement similar systems; underlines that a transformation towards a financial system in line with the Paris Agreement and the SDGs will reduce risks on the global financial system stemming from stranded fossil fuel assets;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 81 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the US President’s announcement of the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement gives the EU the opportunity and reinforces its obligation to assume a leading role in climate action and to step up its climate diplomacy efforts and to form a strong alliance of countries and actors that will continue to support and contribute to the objectives of limiting global warming to well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 86 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that mitigating climate change and moving towards a low- emission economy will contribute to enhanced peace and human security both within and outside of the EU as climate change often exacerbates existing instabilities and conflicts as well as deepening existing or creating new inequalities, even leading to increased - mainly internal - migration flows due to the scarcity of resources and lack of economic opportunities, a fragile governance structure, insufficient supply of water and food as well as a deterioration in living conditions;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 96 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates that consequent and rapid climate action contributes essentially to the prevention of social, economic, but also security risks, the prevention of conflicts and instabilities and ultimately to the prevention of major political, social and economic costs;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 106 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that due to melting polar caps and rising sea levels people living on the coast line or on small island states are in particular danger; urges the Commission and the Member States to protect and preserve these living spaces through facilitating ambitious climate change mitigation goals as well as multilateral coastal protection measures;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 108 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest provider of public climate finance; urges the Commission and the Member States to scale up their financial contributions to the collective goal to jointly mobilise USD 100 billion per year by 2020 through to 2025 for mitigation and adaptation purposes and to actively support the mobilisation of international climate finance through public sources by other countries as well as private sources; welcomes the announcements made at the ONE Planet Summit on 12 December 2017 that put an important focus on the need for financial support and the role of new instruments to trigger sustainable investments; recognises the Commission’s announcement of its new Action Plan for the Planet in this regard;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 120 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to raise international awareness for climate change through coordinated communication strategies and activities to increase public and political support; calls to especially create an international understanding of the interconnection of climate change and social injustice, migration, famine and poverty and that global climate action can largely contribute to the solution of these issues;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 127 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Commits itself to formulate an own position and recommendations for a new EU long-term mid-century strategy that shall be taken into account by the Commission and the Council before submitting the strategy to the UNFCCC;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 131 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Commits itself to making better use of its international role and its membership of international parliamentary networks, to stepping up its climate activities within its work in its delegations as well as through delegation visits, especially of ENVI and AFET Committees, and during European and international interparliamentary meetings as well as in dialogue platforms with national parliaments and subnational actors/non-state actors and civil society; encourages the inclusion of members of the AFET Committee into the parliamentary delegations to the annual COP; intends to set off an exchange on NDC implementation and to address EU’s financial contributions and efforts in projects in the respective countries to trigger an exchange on successes and shortcomings of existing cooperation;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 144 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission to provide, in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), for a bigger budget line dedicated to supporting climate change activities in existing programmes and future calls that reflects the increased importance and urgency of climate action and that translates into a higher target for climate related spending than the current 20% target, meaning at least a 30% target, in order to enable further climate diplomacy actions; calls for a better use of other EU funds to ensure resource efficiency, optimised outcomes and enhanced impact of EU actions and initiatives;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 155 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EU must be an active player in international organisations and forums (such as the UN, UNFCCC, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPFL), NATO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the G7 and G20) and closely cooperate with regional organisations (such as the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and MERCOSUR) to foster global partnerships and ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, while defending, strengthening, and further developing multilateral cooperation regimes; notes that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relations with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 161 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the EU to mediate between disagreeing parties and facilitate consensus in order to ensure an effective and successful summitry, thereby injecting strong political momentum into the global discourse on climate action; calls on the EU and the Member States to stronger place climate action on the agenda of G20 summits and meetings as well as on the agenda of bilateral meetings of G20 members; calls on the Member States to enhance their engagement in the framework of the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe (OSCE) in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 172 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to integrate the climate change dimension into international trade and investment agreements and to make compliance with the provisions of the Paris Agreement a condition for future trade agreements; calls on the Commission to streamline financial instruments and programmes to ensure coherence and increase the effectiveness of EU climate action; recommends the development and systematic inclusion of a fundamental climate change clause in international agreements with partners who have signed the Paris Agreement, supporting thereby the European and international decarbonisation process;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 187 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Supports sustained and active EU engagement within the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) and with its member countries to give visibility to their determination to achieve meaningful implementation of the Paris Agreement, the conclusion of its rule book in 2018 and a successful Talanoa Dialogue at COP24 that is aimed at motivating further States to join in with these efforts and to establish a group of climate leaders in the next few years that are ready to ramp up their climate targets in line with the Paris Agreement goals, in order to establish shared leadership;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 190 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the responsibility incumbent on the EU and other developedaffluent countries to show greater solidarity towards the vulnerable states and developing countries, many of them in the Global South, that are most affected by the impact of climate change and to ensure continuous support to help them recover from damage related to climate change, to improve adaptation measures and resilience through financial support and by means of capacity building; notes that vulnerable states are crucial partners for pushing for ambitious climate action internationally, due to the existential threat posed to them by climate change; calls on the Member States to support the efforts of developingless affluent countries to decrease dependence on fossil fuels and increase access to affordable renewable energy as well as to become low-carbon societies, especially by cooperating within NDC partnerships; highlights the opportunities offered by the EU External Investment Plan in stimulating climate-smart investments and supporting sustainable development;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 204 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU deepens its strategic cooperation on state- and non- state levels through zero-carbon development dialogues and partnerships with emerging economies and other countries which have a major impact on global warming, but which are also decisive in terms of global climate action; notes against this backdrop that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relations with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace; calls on the EU to create dedicated panels to debate climate and sustainability policies during high-level ministerial meetings; calls on the EU to build up and support partnerships for carbon markets and other carbon pricing instruments beyond Europe;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 215 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the EU to be at the forefront of developing international and regional partnerships on carbon markets as set out by Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and by using its understanding in setting up, adjusting and operating the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) and its experience in linking the ETS with the Swiss carbon market; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the development of carbon pricing mechanisms in third states and regions and to foster international cooperation with the aim to make them compatible to a large extent in the medium-term and to create an international carbon market in the long- term; emphasizes, in this regard, the successful cooperation of the past years between the EU and China enabling the launch of the nationwide emission trading system in China in December 2017 and urges the EU to continuously support China’s carbon trading ambition and enhance the future cooperation;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 233 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers it important that the EU keep up its efforts to re-engage the US in multilateral cooperation andwithout jeopardizing the Paris Agreement’s level of ambition; points out that the Brexit negotiations and the future relationship with the UK must reflect the need for continued cooperation on climate diplomacy;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 240 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EU to further intensify its relations with local and regional authorities in third countries to enhance thematic cooperation between cities and regions both within and outside of the EUNotes that regions and cities play an increasingly important role for a sustainable development as they are affected by climate change directly, as their growth has direct impact on the climate and as they are becoming more active in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, sometimes in the light of opposing policies of their national governments; therefore, calls on the EU to further intensify its relations with local and regional authorities in third countries to enhance thematic cooperation between cities and regions both within and outside of the EU to develop adaptation and resilience initiatives and emission reduction plans in key sectors such as energy, industry, technology, agriculture and transport in both urban and rural areas, e.g. through twinning programmes, through the International Urban Cooperation programme, through support of platforms like the Covenant of Mayors and by building new fora for exchanging best practice; calls on the EU and the Member States to support efforts by regional and local actors to introduce regionally and locally determined contributions (similar to NDCs) where climate ambition can be increased through this process; notes the role EU delegations in third countries can play in this regard;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 245 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that increasing urbanisation visible in many parts of the world aggravates existing challenges caused by climate change due to a higher demand for resources like energy, land and water and contributes to further deterioration of environmental problems in many conurbations in and outside the EU, like air pollution and increased volumes of waste; notes that further consequences of climate change, like extreme weather events, droughts and land degradation are often felt in rural areas particularly; believes that local and regional authorities need to receive special attention and support to address these challenges, to establish better resilience and to contribute to mitigation efforts by developing new energy supply as well as transport concepts;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 247 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that the increased importance and influence of elected local and regional authorities and this form of bottom-up government should be better reflected within the UNFCCC regulatory and structural framework and its processes including the Talanoa Dialogue and the five yearly Global Stocktake by recognising their role in a formalised manner; believes that the EU should support the possibility for cities and regions to submit local and regional determined contributions that could help to increase ambition towards full implementation of the Paris Agreement;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 249 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen their ties with civil societyand support for civil society around the globe as agents for climate action, and to form alliances and build up synergies with the scientific community, non-governmental organisations, and non- traditional actors and the private sector; encourages the EU and its Member States to engage with the private sector, to enhance cooperation on how to reap the opportunities from the transition towards a zero-carbon economy, to develop export strategies for climate technologies for countries globally and to encourage technology transfer to and capacity- building in third countries;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 256 #

2017/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines the importance of scientific research for climate political decision making; notes that transboundary scientific exchange is a fundamental component of international cooperation; urges the Commission and the Member States to continuously support scientific organisations that work on climate risk assessment and that aim on estimating the implications of climate change and that offer possible adaption measures for political authorities; urges the EU to use their own research capacities in order to contribute to global climate action;
2018/04/25
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 84 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the diverging views on addressing global issues and regional conflicts that have appeared since the election of President Trump; seeks clarity as to whether the transatlantic relationship, which was defined over decades, still has the same relevance today; stresses that the values-based overarching framework of our partnership is essential to securing the architecture of the global economy and security; calls on the Trump Administration to give a clear and unequivocal commitment to the transatlantic partnership;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the EU and the US are each other’s most important partners and that unilateral moves serve only to weaken the transatlantic partnership, which has to be a partnership of equals, and undermine mutual trust;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the VP/HR, the Council, the Commission and the EU Member States to advocate the development of a genuine European Common Foreign and Security Policy and to enhance their coordination of EU policy vis-à-vis the US administration, so as to send out a convincing message that the EU is a coherent and effective international player;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for an EU-US Summit to be held as soon as possible, at which the Trump Administration can set out its principles and ideas regarding US-EU relations, to decide on a binding common agenda on bilateral matters and global and regional issues;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that both in the EU and the US, our societies are strong because they are built on a plurality of actors, including among others our governments, parliaments, various political institutions, civil society organisations, online and offline media and religious groups; highlights that we should foster links across the Atlantic to promote the merits of our transatlantic partnership, including by allocating appropriate funding, at different levels and not only focusing on the East and West Coasts;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note that other major world powers, such as Russia and China,regional, middle range or major world powers have robust political, security and economic strategies, many of which may go against our values, and it is therefore essential to foster the EU-US partnership, to continue to promote our common values, including compliance with international law, and to set up a joint sanctions policy;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that security is multi- faceted and intertwined and that its definition not only covers military but also environmental, energy, trade, cyber and communications, health, development, humanitarian, etc. aspects; therefore underlines that a transatlantic trade agreement, balanced and mutually beneficial, would have an impact that would go far beyond trade and economic aspects; insists that security issues should be tackled jointly through a broad approach; in this context, is concerned about budget cut decisions, for example the cuts on state building in Afghanistan and the 50 % US budget cut to development aid in Africa, and the US budget cut for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA);
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of cooperation, coordination and synergy effects in the field of security and defence and insists that burden sharing should not be solely focused on the target of spending 2 % of GDP on defence; states that NATO is an international alliance still crucial for the collective defence of Europe;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Reiterates that we have shared interests in Africa where we must intensify our support for good governance, democracy, human rights and security issues and our support for African States in the area of energy generation from renewable sources;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2017/2271(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Advocates enhanced EU-US cooperation on energy issues, building on the framework of the EU-US Energy Council; calls, further, for closer cooperation to protect energy infrastructure against cyber-attacks;
2018/06/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism, fake news and disinformation warfarecampaigns by third countries and independent actors, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to come;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that in a challenging security environment, and at a moment when the EU and NATO are endeavouring to broaden and deepen their cooperation, two key players in the field of security and defence, the US and the UK, are redefining their positions with regard to both organisations; stresses that we stand firmly committed to the transatlantic community of common values and interestsis convinced that a powerful and self-confident common foreign and security policy is needed and that, in this contenxt, the EU must not continue in its paymaster role, but, rather, must become a self-assured foreign policy actor;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to act upon Parliament’s calls for an EU Security and Defence White Book in the context of preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that building the Defence Union, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EU contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreement; calls for a powerful role to be defined for neutral countries such as Austria and Sweden, as part of this process, without that calling into question the neutrality of individual EU Member States;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the proposed DG Defence should work in liaison with the European Defence Agency (EDA); considers that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where this is foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; renews its call on the Council to ensure that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA is funded from the Union budget; stresses that, in connection with the EDA, the possible establishment of a DG Defence should not result in duplicated structures;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 212 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Thanks the more than six thousand women and men who have given excellent and loyal service in the Union’s civilian and military missions on three continents; greatly values these missions as Europe’s common contribution to peace and stability in the world and to the security of our citizens; welcomes the increase in Member States’ defence spending in support of our service members; takes the view that this trend needs to be sustained, strengthened and coordinated at European level; calls for effective measures to be taken to ensure that lessons learned and experience gained as regards the human dimension of CSDP missions are assessed and taken into account when future CSDP missions are designed;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 216 #

2017/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for stronger support for the neighbours of our neighbours, in particular in Africa, where close cooperation between European and local small and medium- sized enterprises and support for African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions are needed; considers international cooperation and development policies to be fundamental instruments for achieving such objectives and urges the need for improved, efficient and effective allocation and use of EU funding and for greater synergies with other international organisations; calls for support to be given to our African partners in establishing security of energy supply through the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable energy sources while at the same time promoting off-grid solutions; emphasises the need to address the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by ISIL/Daesh, al- Qaeda and Boko Haram, or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
2017/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2017/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the industrial and technological resources needed to improve cybersecurity to be developed, including through the promotion of a single market for cybersecurity products; emphasises the need to mainstream cyber defence into external action and common foreign and security policy and the need for enhanced ability to identify cyber-attacks in the EU that originate in third countries, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence with NATO;
2017/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2017/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the role of independent media in promoting cultural diversity and intercultural competences, and the need to strengthen such media as a source of credible information, especially in the EU and its neighbourhood, and to further strengthen the EU’s capacity to fight fake news and disinformation and introduce clear criteria to facilitate the identification of fake news; highlights in this context the need to develop stronger resilience at EU level against such information spread over the Internet; calls on the Commission to coordinate better with the EEAS on those issues;
2017/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 360 #

2017/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that Europe must build a virtuous alliance between the private and public sectors and should develop a strategic relationship with the US, bearing in mind the current political circumstances;
2017/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #

2017/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for increased interinstitutional intelligence sharing at national level, between the EU Member States, at international level and with third countries, and coordination between the EU and NATO, and insists that the EU and NATO must continue to cooperate as closely as possible in a complementary manner; acknowledges that information sharing and coordinated action between the EU and NATO will produce results in areas such as response to hybrid threats, situational awareness, resilience building, strategic communications, cybersecurity and capacity building vis-à- vis the EU’s partners; believes that further coordination and closer cooperation with other existing multilateral entities such as Eurocorps is needed in order to increase the EU’s security;
2017/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for continued EU support to African partners in the area of peace and security and conflict prevention, including through specific instruments such as CSDP operations and the African Peace Facility; highlights the importance of fostering security and stability by helping our partners to build more resilient states and societies, including through capacity building and security sector reforms, by supporting our African partners in securing the energy supply through environment-friendly and sustainable resources, with simultaneously supporting off-grid solutions, the creation of more and better jobs, especially for young people, the empowerment of women and the support of education;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s
(s) to call for a strengthening of the global response to migration, by building on the successful UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants of 19 September 2016 and addressing the challenges and security concerns that arise, such as illegal migration and human traffickingstemming from aspects of illegal migration, such as people smuggling and human trafficking, and for efforts to be made to create legal avenues for migration;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u
(u) to demand that greater efforts be made to preventin the area of irregular migration and toin fighting people smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence; to improve methods to identify and protect victims and to reinforce cooperation with third countries with a view to tracking, seizing and recovering the proceeds of criminal activities in this sector; to insist at UN level on the importance of the ratification and full implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocols thereto against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the export licensing risk assessment methodology should incorporate a precautionary principle and that Member States which focus on whether specific military technology might be used for internal repression or other undesired ends (functional approach) should also consider assessing risks based on the overall situation in the country of destination (principled approach); demands that, in the case of arms exports from countries of the European Union, care should also be taken to ensure that the ultimate purpose for which the arms will be used is consistent with the strategic objectives of the European Union and that the principles of the neutrality of European Member States will not thereby be infringed;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the absence of free media both online and offline creates favourable conditions for opaque practices to flourish; whereas media play an important role in increasing public awareness of corruption and human rights violations; whereas a diversified and plural media landscape is integral to a democratic state based on the rule of law;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas 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;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
P b. whereas the Trade Facilitation Agreement adopted in Bali in 2013 has played a major role in fighting corruption at ports of entry;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that trade agreements should be seen as a key mechanism for promoting anti-corruption measures and good governance; calls to include commitment to multilateral Anti- Corruption Conventions, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention, in all future trade deals; calls on the Commission to consider developing assistance projects to help states overcome constraints complying with these international conventions;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms and monitoring of anti-corruption implementation in current trade agreements of the EU; 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;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for whistleblower protection to be addressed in EU trade deals; 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;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Insists that EU-Trade partners should lose benefits granted by trade agreements where they fail to comply with their anti-corruption commitments or 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 to better assess and demonstrate results and calls for it to respond firmly, proportionally and quickly where the beneficiary government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has been agreed;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. 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;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Is of the opinion that large international nongovernmental sports federations, too, must play their role in combating and stemming corruption, and should step up their efforts to do so, that those federations should also acknowledge that they have a human rights responsibility, and that government anti-corruption agencies should therefore be given greater powers to investigate cases of corruption, and impose penalties, in connection with large international nongovernmental sports federations;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Insists that, in areas where large- scale competitions are held and support is provided by making publicly owned infrastructure facilities available, use of such facilities should be made subject to compliance with a comprehensive set of anti-corruption and human rights criteria;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the great importance of media, both offline and online, in the fight against corruption and in denouncing human rights violations; calls on the Commission to address and counter the possible negative impact of defamation laws in third countries; calls for greater prominence to be given to respect for media freedom, in view of its importance, in the EU's international agreements with third countries; underlines that digital security is an important element of the protection of activists; highly recommends that transparency of media ownership and sponsorship be ensured through legal proceedings;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the effective inclusionneed to promote gender equality, effective inclusion and the empowerment of women in all spheres of political and social life, with a view to enhancing their political participation, strenuously combatting femicides, guaranteeing the physical and psychological security, and employment equality, of women, and ensuring their fundamental rights, including sexual and reproductive rights; stresses the importance to improve the lives of girls and women; highlights that access to education is therefore vital and could lead to social and economic transformation;
2017/05/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates that the active involvement and consultation of civil society and NGOs during the negotiation and implementation process of trade or association agreements should be guaranteed;
2017/05/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the LAC-countries to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO-conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour;
2017/05/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU and LAC countries to address and fight against the problem of corruption through measures ranging from prevention to law enforcement and criminal prosecution, the effective implementation of multilateral and international anti-corruption- conventions, and points out that the existence of corruption undermines not only social welfare and social equality, but also the political legitimacy and quality of democratic government;
2017/05/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework, adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on 16 June 2011,
2017/05/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the ASEAN-countries to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO-conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and to effectively abolish child labour;
2017/05/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Stresses that national and foreign enterprises which are operating in ASEAN countries have to act in accordance with the principles of the Corporate Social Responsibility; calls on ASEAN and its member states to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to promote appropriate employment protection and access to decent working conditions, as well as to establish an environment more beneficial regarding the development of trade unions and their activities;
2017/05/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines the need to promote gender equality, as well as women's empowerment, and to improve the lives of girls and women; highlights that access to education is therefore vital and could lead to social and economic transformation;
2017/05/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Stresses that the EU should also intensify policy dialogues and cooperation on issues like fundamental rights, including ethnic and religious minorities, on matters of common concern in rule of law and security while protecting freedom of expression and the free flow of information, the fight against transnational crime, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, trafficking in people and drugs, counter-terrorism, non- proliferation, disarmament, maritime security and cyber security;
2017/05/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Takes positive note that the EU and India have re-engaged in discussion on the ways to proceed with negotiations on a Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA); urges both sides to proceed with the negotiations with a view to concluding the BTIA as soon as possible; acknowledges that a responsible and sustainable trade and investment agreement can support India's efforts to fight poverty and to ensure that measures benefit broader sections of the population;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that the EU should also intensify policy dialogues and cooperation on issues like fundamental rights, including ethnic and religious minorities, on matters of common concern in rule of law and security while protecting freedom of expression and the free flow of information, the fight against transnational crime, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, trafficking in people and drugs, counter-terrorism, non- proliferation, disarmament, maritime security and cyber security;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that freedom of expression and association are an integral part of a democratic society; draws attention, in this context, to the limitations to the freedom of association and expression under the current Indian law on foreign participation in the funding of NGOs; calls on India to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO- conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and to effectively abolish child labour;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Stresses that national and foreign enterprises which are operating in India have to act in accordance with the principles of the Corporate Social Responsibility; calls on India to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to promote appropriate employment protection and access to decent working conditions, as well as to establish an environment more beneficial regarding the development of trade unions and their activities;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Underlines the need to promote gender equality, as well as women's empowerment, and to improve the lives of girls and women; highlights that access to education is therefore vital and could lead to social and economic transformation;
2017/05/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Foreign Affairs calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive and innovative European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology development, as well as undertakings in the scope of conversion from military to civilian production.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 173 thereof,
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter aliaespecially cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The Programme should lead to efficiency gains enabling the reduction of the overall defence spending in the Union. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive and innovative European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology development as well as actions in the scope of conversion from military to civil production.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter aliaespecially cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. The Programme should lead to efficiency gains enabling the reduction of the overall defence spending in the Union while at the same time ensuring the defence capabilities necessary to perform the essential core tasks of collective defence, crisis management and cooperative security. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Programme should not lead to an armament of the European Union. To better exploit economies of scale in the defence industry, the Programme should support the cooperation between undertakings in the development of defence products and technologies.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) To alleviate any potential negative effects of the integration in the European Union defence market, the Programme should support actions aimed at converting military into civilian technologies and production lines.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Programme should not lead to an armament of the European Union. To better exploit economies of scale in the defence industry, the Programme should support the cooperation between undertakings in the development of defence products and technologies.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 72 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) To alleviate any potential negative effects of the integration in the European defence market, the Programme should support actions aimed at converting military into civilian technologies and production lines.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The Union financial support should not affect the export of products, equipment or technologies, and it should not affect the discretion of Member States regarding policy on the export of defence related products. The Union financial support should not affect Member States' export policies on defence related products.deleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitivenessintegration of the Union defence industry by de-riskingbearing some of the risks of the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the development of a defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well feasibility studies and other supporting measures as well as actions aimed at converting military production lines into civilian production lines, should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The Union financial support should not affect the export of products, equipment or technologies, and it should not affect the discretion of Member States regarding policy on the export of defence related products. The Union financial support should not affect Member States' export policies on defence related products.deleted
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitivenessintegration of the Union defence industry by de-bearing some of the risking at the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the development of a defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well, feasibility studies and other supporting measures as well as actions aimed at converting military production lines into civilian production lines, should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitivenessintegration of the Union's defence industry, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) If a consortium of undertakings wishes to participate in an eligible action under the Programme and financial assistance of the Union is to take form of a grant, the consortium should appoint one of its members as a coordinator who will be the principle point of contact with the Commission and who shall regularly report back to the EU institutions about the status of actions funded under the Programme.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitivenessintegration of the Union's defence industry, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 134 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The financial assistance of the Union under the Programme should not exceed 20% of the total eligible cost of the action when it relates to prototyping which is often the most costly action in the development phase. The totalityUp to 50% of the eligible costs should however be covered for other actions in the development phase.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) As the Union support aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the sector and concerns only the specific development phase, tThe Commission should notall have ownership or intellectual property rights over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions. The applicable intellectual property rights regime will be defined contractually byetween the Commission and the beneficiaries.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) If a consortium of undertakings wishes to participate in an eligible action under the Programme and financial assistance of the Union is to take form of a grant, the consortium should appoint one of its members as a coordinator who will be the principle point of contact with the Commission and who shall regularly report back to the EU Institutions regarding the status of the actions funded under the Programme.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) For the selection of actions to be funded by the Programme, the Commission or the entities referred to in Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation N°966/2012 should organise competitive calls as provided for by Regulation No 966/2012. After evaluation of the received proposals with the help of an independent expert committee comprising the European Parliament, Commission and experts from academia, think tanks or other stakeholders, excluding representatives from defence companies in order to avoid bias, the Commission will select the actions to be funded under the Programme. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the adoption and the implementation of the work programme, as well as for awarding the funding to selected actions. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 . _________________ 7 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 the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) The Commission when monitoring and controlling the export of arms and technologies produced with funding from the European Union to countries other than NATO, EU and NATO-equivalent countries shall be assisted by a supervisory body made up of the European Parliament, European Commission, European External Action Service and EU Member States (hereafter referred to as the Supervisory Committee).
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation and evaluation report at the end of the Programmeeach financial year, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry, especially cyberdefence, by supporting actions in their development phase;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The financial assistance of the Union under the Programme should not exceed 20% of the total eligible cost of the action when it relates to prototyping which is often the most costly action in the development phase. The totalityUp to 50% of the eligible costs should however be covered for other actions in the development phase.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) As the Union support aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the sector and concerns only the specific development phase, tThe Commission should not have ownership or intellectual property rights over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions. The applicable intellectual property rights regime will be defined contractually byetween the Commission and the beneficiaries.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cross- border cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) to support undertakings in the scope of conversion of excess military into civilian production lines.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The amount for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2019-2020 is set at EUR 500125 million in current prices, to be drawn exclusively from the unallocated margins under the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework ceilings. Additional spending from the EU budget shall be compensated by savings in national defence budgets.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) For the selection of actions to be funded by the Programme, the Commission or the entities referred to in Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation N°966/2012 should organise competitive calls as provided for by Regulation No 966/2012. After evaluation of the received proposals with the help of an independent expertand transparently selected expert committee comprising the European Parliament, the Commission and defence experts from academia, think tanks and other stakeholders, excluding representatives from defence companies to avoid bias, the Commission will select the actions to be funded under the Programme. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementingdelegated powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the adoption and the implementation of the work programme, as well as implementing powers for awarding the funding to selected actions. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council7. __________________ 7 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 the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The Commission, when monitoring and controlling the export of arms and technologies produced with funding from the European Union to countries other than NATO, EU and NATO equivalent countries, shall be assisted by a supervisory body made up of the European Parliament, the Commission, the European External Action Service and Members States (hereafter referred to as the Supervisory Body).
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the technical specifications on which such design has been developed;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation report at the end of the Programmeand evaluation report of the Programme at the end of each financial year, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the prototyping of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology. A prototype is a model of a product or technology that can demonstrate the element's performance in an operational environment;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the testing of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the qualification of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert form military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology; qualification is the entire process of demonstrating that the design of a product/component/technology meets the specified requirements. This process provides objective evidence by which particular requirements of a design are demonstrated to have been achieved;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the qualification of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert form military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology; qualification is the entire process of demonstrating that the design of a product/component/technology meets the specified requirements. This process provides objective evidence by which particular requirements of a design are demonstrated to have been achieved;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the certification of a defence product or technology or a product or technology supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production. Certification is the process according to which a national authority certifies that the product/component/technology complies with the applicable regulations;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 214 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitivenessintegration and innovation capacity, especially in cyber- defence, of the Union defence industry by supporting actions in their development phase;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least two different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other. This rule shall not apply to actions in support of civil-military conversion.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cross- border cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Actions in relation to products listed in Annex A shall not be funded.Actions in relation to products listed in Annex B shall not be funded if they are developed mainly for export purposes.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The action shall be in line with the tasks referred to in Article 42 TEU for peace keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Carter.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to support undertakings in the conversion of excess military production lines into civilian ones.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The amount for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2019-2020 is set at EUR 500125 million in current prices, to be drawn exclusively from the unallocated margins under the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework ceilings. Additional spending from the EU budget shall be compensated by savings in national defence budgets.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Each applicant shall declare, by written statement, that it is fully aware of and compliant with applicable national and Union legislation and regulations relating to activities in the domain of defence, including the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, the Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items and the relevant national legislation on export controls.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Union’s financial assistance is provided through a grant, the members of any consortium wishing to participate in an action shall appoint one of them to act as coordinator, which shall be identified in the grant agreement. The coordinator shall be the principal point of contact between the members of the consortium in relations with the Commission or the relevant funding body, unless specified otherwise in the grant agreement or in the event of non- compliance with its obligations under the grant agreement. The coordinator shall regularly report back to the EU institutions regarding the status of funded actions.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the technical specifications on which such design has been developed;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the prototyping of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology. A prototype is a model of a product or technology that can demonstrate the element's performance in an operational environment;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 272 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the testing of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the qualification of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production, tangible or intangible component or technology; qualification is the entire process of demonstrating that the design of a product/component/technology meets the specified requirements. This process provides objective evidence by which particular requirements of a design are demonstrated to have been achieved;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 275 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the certification of a defence product or a product supporting the undertakings' aim to convert from military to civil production or technology. Certification is the process according to which a national authority certifies that the product/component/technology complies with the applicable regulations;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) efficiency gains for the overall reduction of costs for defence;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) contribution to innovative conversion of military to civilian production.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) increased or new cross-border cooperation
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 305 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Actions in relation to products listed in Annex I shall not be funded. Actions in relation to products listed in Annex II shall not be funded if they are developed mainly for export purposes.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The financial assistance of the Union provided under the Programme may not exceed 20% of the total cost of the action where it relates to prototyping. In all the other cases, the assistance may cover up to 50% of the total cost of the action.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The action shall be in line with the tasks referred to in Article 42 TEU for peace keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall not own the products or technologies resulting from the action nor shall it have any IPR claim pertaining to the actionUnion institutions, bodies, offices or agencies enjoy, for the duly justified purpose of developing, implementing and monitoring Union policies or programmes, access rights solely to the results of a beneficiary that has received Union funding. Such access rights are limited to non-commercial and non- competitive use. Such access is to be granted on a royalty-free basis. With regard to results which are generated by beneficiaries that have received funding under the Programme, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary shall provide that the Commission may object to transfers of ownership or to grants of a license to third parties established in a third country not associated with the Programme, if it considers that the grant or transfer is inconsistent with ethical principles of the EU Common Position on arms exports or security considerations. Where appropriate, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary will provide that the Commission is to be notified at least six months in advance of any such transfer of ownership or grant of a license. Non-compliance with these provisions will be subject to measures stipulated in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Military technology and equipment that has been produced with funding from the European Union under the Programme shall not be exported to non-NATO, non- EU or non-NATO equivalent countries (hereafter referred to as Third Countries) without prior authorisation by the Supervisory Committee.Upon being notified by a beneficiary of their intention to export military technologies or equipment to a third country, the Supervisory Committee shall decide based on relevant EU legislation, in particular the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, the Common Military List of the European Union and the User's Guide to Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 329 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, by means of an implementing act, shall adopt shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to establish a multiannual a work programme for the duration of the Programme. This implementingdelegated act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in in Article 16(2). This work programme shall be in line with the objectives set out in Article 2;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 340 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The proposals submitted following the call for proposals shall be evaluated by the Commission assisted by an independent experts committee comprising the European Parliament, European Commission and experts from academia, think tanks or other stakeholders, excluding representatives form defence companies in order to avoid bias, on the basis of the award criteria of Article 10.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Each applicant shall declare, by written statement, that it is fully aware of and compliant with applicable national and Union legislation and regulations relating to activities in the domain of defence, including the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, the Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items and the relevant national legislation on export controls.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 349 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Union’s financial assistance is provided through a grant, the members of any consortium wishing to participate in an action shall appoint one of them to act as coordinator, which shall be identified in the grant agreement. The coordinator shall be the principal point of contact between the members of the consortium in relations with the Commission or the relevant funding body, unless specified otherwise in the grant agreement or in the event of non- compliance with its obligations under the grant agreement. The coordinator shall regularly report back to the Union Institutions regarding the status of the funded action.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 352 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall regularly monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programme and annually report on the progress made in accordance with Article 38(3)(e) of Regulation 966/2012. To this end, the Commission shall put in place necessary monitoring arrangements.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall draw up an annual monitoring report examining the efficiency and effectiveness of supported actions in terms of financial implementation, results, costs and, where possible, impact. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospectiven annual evaluation report and send it to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2. It shall also analyse cross border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 360 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall report to the Commission or the EU Delegations on the export of EU-funded defence technologies and equipment to Third Countries on a six-monthly basis.The Commission shall setup a tracking mechanism to verify the end-use and end-users of defence technologies and equipment funded by the Programme and exported to Third Countries and report back to the European Parliament on a yearly basis.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 361 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Six months before the end of this Programme, the Commission shall establish an interim evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives of all the actions supported under the Programme at the level of results and impacts, the efficiency of the use of resources and its European added value.This interim evaluation report needs to the available to the European Parliament and Council before any decision on a continuation of the Programme under the new multiannual financial framework can be taken.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. The Commission shall establish a final evaluation report on the longer-term impact and sustainability of the Programme. All grant beneficiaries and other parties involved who have received Union funds under this Regulation shall provide the Commission with the appropriate data and information necessary to permit the monitoring and evaluation of the measures concerned.The Commission shall submit the reports referred to in paragraphs 2, 2a, 2b and 2c to the European Parliament and Council.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a ANNEX I Non eligible products - Weapons of mass destruction and related warhead technologies; - Banned weapons and munitions and weapons not compliant with international humanitarian law; Fully autonomous weapons that enable strikes to be carried out without meaningful human control as well as IA software, dual-use and military components that leave to the machine the final decision to apply lethal force; - Weapon systems that are not regulated by international legal frameworks that have been ratified by the European Union or all the EU member states individually to prevent misuse.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 b (new)
Article 19 b ANNEX II Non eligible products, when they are mainly developed for export purposes:- Small arms and light weapons.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 390 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) realisation of efficiency gains for the overall reduction of defence spending in the EU;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 391 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) contribution to innovative conversion of military to civil production;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 393 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) increased or new cross-border cooperation
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 413 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall not own the products or technologies resulting from the action nor shall it have any IPR claim pertaining to the action. Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies enjoy, for the duly justified purpose of developing, implementing and monitoring Union policies or programmes, access rights solely to the results of a beneficiary that has received Union funding. Such access rights are limited to non-commercial and non- competitive use. Such access is to be granted on a royalty-free basis. With regard to results which are generated by beneficiaries that have received funding under the Programme, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary shall provide that the Commission may object to transfers of ownership or to grants of a licence to third parties established in a third country not associated with the Programme, if it considers that the grant or transfer is inconsistent with the ethical principles laid down in the EU Common Position on arms exports or security considerations. In such cases, the transfer of ownership or grant of licence can not take place unless the Commission is satisfied that appropriate safeguards will be put in place. Where appropriate, the agreement between the Commission and the beneficiary will provide that the Commission is to be notified at least six months prior to any such transfer of ownership or grant of a licence. Non- compliance with these provisions will be subject to the measures stipulated in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 420 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Export Military technology and equipment that has been produced with funding from the Union under the Programme shall not be exported to non-NATO, non-EU or non- NATO equivalent countries without prior authorisation by the Supervisory Committee. Upon being notified by a beneficiary of their intention to export military technologies or equipment to non-NATO, non-EU or non-NATO equivalent countries, the Commission shall convene the Supervisory Committee, which shall decide on all requests based on relevant Union legislation, in particular Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, the Common Military List of the Union and the User's Guide to Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 426 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, by means of an implementing act, shall adoptshall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to establish a multiannual a work programme for the duration of the Programme. This implementingdelegated act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in in Article 16(2). This work programme shall be in line with the objectives set out in Article 2;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 443 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The proposals submitted following the call for proposals shall be evaluated by the Commission assisted by an independent expertand transparently selected expert committee comprising the European Parliament, the Commission and defence experts from academia, think tanks and other stakeholders, excluding representatives from defence companies to avoid bias on the basis of the award criteria of Article 10.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of two years from 2019. The delegation of power referred to in Article 13 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 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. 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. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 13 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to 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.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 459 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall regularly monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programme and annually report on the progress made in accordance with Article 38(3)(e) of Regulation 966/2012. To this end, the Commission shall put in place necessary monitoring arrangements.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 460 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall draw up an annual monitoring report examining the efficiency and effectiveness of the supported actions in terms of financial implementation, results, costs and, where possible, impact. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospectiven evaluation report annually and send it to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2. It shall also analyse cross border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 464 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In due time before the end of this Programme, the Commission shall draw up an interim evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives of all the actions supported under the Programme at the level of results and impacts, the efficiency of the use of resources and its European added value. This interim evaluation report shall be available to the European Parliament and the Council before any decision on a continuation of the Programme under a new multiannual financial framework can be taken.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 466 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall establish a final evaluation report on the longer-term impact and sustainability of the effects of the measures.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 467 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. All grant beneficiaries and other parties involved who have received Union funds under this Regulation shall provide the Commission with the appropriate data and information necessary to permit the monitoring and evaluation of the measures concerned.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 469 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Member States shall report to the Commission or the EU delegations on their exports of EU-funded defence technologies and equipment to third countries on a six-monthly basis. The Commission shall set up a tracking mechanism to verify the end-use and end- users of defence technologies and equipment funded by the Programme and exported to third countries and report back to the European Parliament on a yearly basis.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately; stresses, that a free and open internet is an essential element of democracy, social media can be a useful tool for the civil society and the blocking of websites like Wikipedia constitutes a severe attack on democracy and the freedom of speech;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minorities; regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul were banned for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discrimination, hate speech against minorities, hate crime and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma; notes, that with regard to respect for and protection of minorities in compliance with the Copenhagen Criteria minorities should also have the right to receive education in their native language in public schools;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Condemns in the strongest terms all terrorist attacks carried out in Turkey, and stands firmly by Turkey’s population in our joint fight against terrorism; welcomes the close bilateral relations between EU Member States and Turkey in the field of anti-terrorism cooperation, including on ‘foreign fighters’; reiterates its condemnation of the return to violence by some elements of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU’s list of terrorist organisations since 2002; invites the Member States to enforce legislation banning the use of signs and symbols of organisations which are on that list; is concerned that the perspective of achieving a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kurdish issue is under threat; a peace-dialogue and peaceful solution of the Kurdish issue is necessary also for the future of Turkey; similar to the situation in Northern Ireland a peaceful solution will be reached only with involving all concerned parties and democratic forces;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Reiterates its call on Turkey to respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Iraq, and refrain from taking any military action in Iraq without a clear consent of the Iraqi government; notes with strong concern that recent Turkish attacks in Sinjar region of Iraq and the Kurdish region of Syria (Rojava) further destabilised the region and harmed the international efforts against Daesh;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq and the Kurdish region of Syria (Rojava); stresses that the remaining of the Turkish troops in Iraq without the consent of the Iraqi government constitutes a violation of the international law and would have negative effects on the stabilization efforts in and around Mosul, including reintegration, inter-ethnic and inter- confessional coexistence, development, reconstruction and safe return of the original inhabitants to the region.
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas security and defence do not depend only on financial resources, but also on knowledge; whereas public authorities do not always possess both in abundancepublic authorities of the EU Member States make use of private security service providers;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the outsourcing of military activities, formerly an integral part of the activities of armed forces, is taking place, among other things, to provide services in a more cost-efficient manner, but also to compensate for a shortfall in capabilities in shrinking armed forces in the context of an increasing number of multilateral missions abroad; whereas PSCs can also , provide capabilities that are entirepartially lacking in national armed forces, often at short notice; whereas PSCs could also be used for reasons of political convenience to avoid limitations on the use of troops;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2016/2238(INI)

G. whereas the outsourcing of military activities, formerly an integral part of the activities of armed forces, is taking place, among other things, to provide services in a more cost-efficient manner, but also to compensate for a shortfall in capabilities in shrinking armed forces in the context of an increasing number of multilateral missions abroad; whereas PSCs can also , provide capabilities that are entirely lacking in national armed forces, often at short notice; whereas PSCs could also be used for reasons of political convenience to avoid limitations on the use of troops; whereas the use of PSCs as a foreign policy tool raises a number of concerns;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas PSCs have been involved in incidents resulting in loss of life; whereas thisviolations of human rights and in loss of life; whereas the opacity in their behaviour and their lack of transparency has had repercussions on the efforts of the international community in the countries in question and has revealed considerable gaps in accountability structures, such as, among others, the creation of numerous layers of subsidiaries or subcontracts in diverse countries;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, due to the lack of specific international regulation of PSCs and PMCs, the non-homogenous national legislations and self-regulation adopted by some PSCs provide a weak deterrent to prevent abuses and has a major impact on how PSCs operate in multilateral interventions and conflict regions;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas, for states to benefit from the advantages offered by PSCs, and to ensure that they can be held accountable, a legal framework should be put in placewith binding regulatory and monitoring mechanisms should be put in place at the international level to facilitate their use; whereas PSCs are part of an industry, which is highly transnational in nature and is intertwined with governmental and intergovernmental actors and as such requires a global approach to regulation;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas there is a lack of agreed definitions of PSCs, PMCs and of their services; whereas, as suggested by the definition included in the draft convention prepared by the UN Working Group on Mercenaries, a PSC can be defined as a corporate entity which provides on a compensatory basis military and/or security services by physical persons and/or legal entities; whereas military services in this context can be defined as specialised services related to military actions including strategic planning, intelligence, investigation, land, sea or air reconnaissance, flight operations of any type, manned or unmanned, satellite surveillance and intelligence, any kind of knowledge transfer with military applications, material and technical support to armed forces and other related activities; whereas security services can be defined as armed guarding or protection of buildings, installations, property and people, any kind of knowledge transfer with security and policing applications, development and implementation of informational security measures and other related activities;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2016/2238(INI)

M. whereas the EU and 23 Member States have joined the Montreux document and whereas the EU is a Member of the Working Group on the International Code of Conduct Association; whereas the EU contributes in the context of the Human Rights Council to the possible development of an international regulatory framework; whereas the EU plays a critical role in promoting national and regional control over the provision and export of various military and security services;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that private security companies play an important complementary role in aiding the state’s military and civilian agencies by closing manpower and capability gaps created by budget cuts and increasing demand for the use of forces abroad; emphasises the availability of surge capacity at short notice as an additional benefit of the private provision of security services;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, compared to national troopin many cases, private security companies, particularly those based in host countries, can provide considerable cost savings as well as can provide valuable local knowledge;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the cost-effective principle of PSCs employment offers mainly benefits in the short-term, especially if a number of socioeconomic variables are not taken into consideration, and should therefore not become the main criteria when dealing with security issues; recalls that accountability and oversight mechanisms are crucial in order to ensure that the legitimacy and potential benefits of PMSCs are fully obtained;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the EU makes use of Private Security Companies abroad to guard its delegations and staff and to support its civilian and military CSDP missions; stresses that, in exceptional cases, their services fill capacity gaps that the EU would otherwise have difficulties in tackling; demands that the Commission and the Council produce an overview of where, when and for what reason Private Security Companies have been employed in support of EU missions;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises, however, that, particularly in conflict-prone environments, employing a PSC for certain duties can have negative side effects for the EU, especially for its legitimacy, by accidentally associating it with armed actors in a conflict area, with negative repercussions in the case of armed incidents, or by possibly compromising Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR) efforts through the inadvertent strengthening of local actors; notes in particular the risks posed by uncontrolled sub-contracting;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, the Council and the Member States to invest insupport research for more and better technologies such as facial recognition and crowd- control tools as part of automated controls at airports, metro stations and other places where crowds gather, together with private security companiesin order to improve the level of knowledge of security;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Draws attention on the fact that PSCs, besides offering security services, are conducting intelligence activities, as well, that, due to their potentially implications, require efficient regulation and control;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Council and the Commission that a single European Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) solution should be used to support all Member States; this would deliver unprecedented security intelligence to help improve security responsiveness; recommends developing a commercial satellite imagery-based ISR solution foro improve the conditions for exchanges of data between the security authorities of the European UnionMember States;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that the European Commission draw up a Green Paper with the objective of involving all stakeholders from the public and private security sectors in a broad consultation and discussion of processes to identify opportunities for direct collaboration more efficiently and to establish a basic set of rules of engagement and good practices; recommends the creation of sector-specific EU quality standards; recommends, therefore, a clarification of the definition of PSCs before setting up an effective regulation of their activities, as the lack of it can create legislative loopholes;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)
– security staff are subject to appropriate security screening,
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
– ensure reporting of eventual private military and security companies' irregularities and illegalities;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
– equitable remuneration of security staff is ensured;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2016/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes, however, that the evaluation of the performance of PSCs is hampered by the lack of consistent reporting about their use by both EU institutions and Member States' governments; encourages Member States and EU institutions to provide this information more consistently to allow for a proper assessment of the use of PSCs by their respective budgetary authorities; recommends non-state actors should be actively engaged in the necessary evaluation processes that are crucial for the regulation and oversight of this industry;
2017/03/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplished; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States to build a European Security and Defence Uniona commitment to strengthening CSDP is crucial as is the need to develop synergies between internal and external security policies; whereas the EU and its Member States have a strong role to play through the unique EU comprehensive approach to preventing and managing conflicts and addressing their causes;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union requires the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy as part of the common security and defence policy, which will lead to a EU common defence when the European Council so decides, acting unanimously, without prejudice to the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas that same article provides for the creation of defence institutions as well as for a European capabilities and armaments policy to be defined; whereas it also requires that the EU’s efforts will be NATO-compatible; whereas a Europeacommon Union Ddefence Union willpolicy could enable a stronger North Atlantic Treaty Organization, consequently promoting further a more effective national (territorial), regional and global security and defence;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the European Council of June 2015, which focused on defence, called for fostering greater and more systematic European defence cooperation with a view to delivering key capabilities, including through the use of EU funds, noting that military capabilities remain owned and operated by the Member States;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the EU level white book on security and defence will represent the first steps towards the European Defence Union (EDU), as provided for inshould further strengthen CSDP and enhance the EU's ability to act as a security provider, in accordance with the Lisbon Treaty;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the European Council to lead the progressive framing of the EDUa common Union defence policy, with a view to its establishment under the next multiannual political and financial framework of the EU (MFF); takes the view that the Lisbon Treaty provides a solid basis for the EDUcommon Union defence policy;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of putting in place the necessary measures to allow a workinghat encourage a functioning, fair, accessible, and transparent and simple European market in defence equipment in order to enable Member States to reach better defence and security budget maximisationEuropean defence market, promote future technological innovation, support SMEs and stimulate growth and jobs; is concerned that the progress towards improved competitiveness, greater transparency, and less red tape in the defence sector has been slow so far, and that a sound European defence industrial policy is still missing; stresses the need of ensuring that the Defence Procurement Directive and the Intra Community Transfers Directive are correctly applied across the EU;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the joint declaration by the presidents of the European Council and the Commission, and the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of 8 July 2016; emphasises the need for stronger cooperation between the EU and NATO in the area of security and defence; is convinced that EU-NATO cooperation should involve building resilience together in the east and the south as well as defence investment, countering hybrid and cyber threats, improving maritime security, as well as coordinating development of defence capabilities; considers that cooperation on capabilities offers the prospect of improving compatibility and synergy between both frameworks; is convinced that this would also strengthen NATO’s role in security and defence policy, and in collective defence;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
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 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 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 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 1 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015),
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas clearer definitions of the terms 'propaganda' and 'information' are needed if appropriate measures are to be taken, and whereas data and facts about the consumption of propaganda need to be compiled;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the information warfare targeting the West was first introduced by the Soviet Union, and has since been an integral part of modern warfare, targeting not only partners of the EU, but also all Member States and citizens irrespective of their nationality or religion;deleted
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU does not recognise Da'esh as a state or an organisation similar to a state;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the multi-layered character of current EU strategic communications at various levels, including NATO, the EU institutions, the Member States, and NGOs as well asnd civic organisations and various NATO bodies; calls for the best possible coordination and exchange of information between the different actors involved;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that Russia has been aggressively employing a wide range of tools and instruments, such as special foundations (e.g. Russkiy Mir,) multilingual TV stations (e.g. Russia Today, RIA Novosti), news agencies (e.g. Sputnik), social and religious groups (includinge.g. the Orthodox church), social media and internet trolls to challenge Western values, divide Europe, gather domestic support and create the perception of failing states in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is seriously concerned by the rapidly grow expansion ing Russian activityies in Europe seeking to, which could lead to an increase in Russian influence and hegemony; stresses that a large part of Russian strategic communication is aimed at describing countries in central and eastern Europe as belonging to its traditional sphere of influence, thereby undermining their sovereignty; notes that falsifying history is one of its main strategies;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposals concerning disinformation campaigns set out in the communication on the Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats and calls for them to be implementation of its recommendationsed without delay; calls on countries holding the rotating presidency of the EU to always include strategic communications as part of their programme in order to ensure continuity of work on this topic; welcomes the initiatives and achievements of the Latvian Presidency in this regard;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 640 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
(3) Support schemes may be opened to cross-border participation through, inter alia, opened tenders, joint tenders, opened certificate schemes or joint support schemes. The allocation of renewable electricity benefiting from support under opened tenders, joint tenders or opened certificate schemes towards Member States respective contributions shall be subject to a cooperation agreement setting out rules for the cross-border disbursement of funding, taking account of relevant taxes and duties, following the principle that energy should be counted towards the Member State funding the installation.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 863 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)
(iia) hydrogen; or
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 920 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost- reflective; however, they also have a responsibility grounded in solidarity, which should help foster network stability and the fair distribution of network maintenance costs.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1125 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
(4) Member States shall lay down the necessary meaensures to ensure non- discriminatory access tohat district heating orand cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This non- discriminatory access shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the districtproviders do not face regulatory obstacles in purchasing renewable heating or cooling system. The district heating network is a closed system in which heat is produced according to need. Conveying district heatingld and waste heat or cold from a third- party provider through an existing network is often impossible, for technical and economic reasons, or at least is hugely challenging in technical and economic terms. Unbundling the district heating networks and developing the accompanying large-scale regulatory framework would give rise to high system costs.ies. This must be economically and technically feasible for district heating providers and the producers of renewables and waste heat and cold. Or. de
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1130 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
(5) An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1137 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 6
(6) New district heating or cooling systems may, upon request, be exempted from the application of paragraph 4 for a defined period of time. The competent authority shall decide on such exemption requests on a case-by-case basis. An exemption shall only be granted if the new district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it exploits the potential for the use of renewable energy sources and of waste heat or cold identified in the comprehensive assessment made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2012/27/EU.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change (COP21) must be reflected in the Union’s efforts to decarbonise its buildings stock, taking into account that almost 50% of the Union’s final energy demand is used for heating and cooling, of which 80% is used in buildings. The Union’s energy and climate goals therefore need to be based 100% on renewable energy by 2050, which can be achieved only making full use of energy saving potential and the “energy efficiency first” principle.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The provisions on long-term renovation strategies provided for in Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council13 should be moved to Directive 2010/31/EU, where they fit more coherently, and updated to ensure access to affordable energy also for the most vulnerable citizens. __________________ 13 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) The agendas of the Digital Single Market and the Energy Union should be aligned and serve common goals. The digitalisation of the energy system is quickly changing the energy landscape, from the integration of renewables to smart grids and smart-ready buildings. In order to digitise the building sector, targeted incentives should be provided to promote smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment. Those targets should, however, take into account the less digitally engaged consumers who should not be left behind. In-building physical communications infrastructure is addressed in Directive 2014/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. Targeted incentives should take into account the Union's connectivity targets, which are a prerequisite to the development of connected, smart homes. However, nearly zero emission buildings with good insulation may block indoor mobile connection and hamper the development of small cells and 5G networks unless the issue is considered during construction and renovation.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) It is crucial to bear in mind the extraordinary potential of the opportunities created by the development of ICT technologies, smart controls, big data and the internet of things when designing measures to improve energy efficiency.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) In order to adapt this Directive to the technical progress, 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 to supplement it by defining the smartness indicator and enabling its implementation. The smartness indicator should be used to measure buildings’ capacity to use ICT and electronic systems to optimise operation and interact with the grid. TWhile the smartness indicator will raise awareness amongst building owners and occupants of the value behind building automation and electronic monitoring of technical building systems and will give confidence to the occupant about the actual savings of these new enhanced- functionalities, consumers should always be in control of their data.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 211 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3
3. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, built-in lightingindoor and outdoor lighting, elevators and escalators, building automation and control, solar shading, on- site electricity generation, on-site infrastructure for electro-mobility, or a combination of such systems, including those using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;;
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3 b (new)
(1b) in Article 2, the following point is inserted: "(3b) 'trigger point' means a key moment in the life of a building when it is easier and more economical to take an investment decision to undertake energy renovation works;"
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3 d (new)
(1d) In Article 2, the following point is inserted: "(3d) 'indoor air quality' means the temperature, relative humidity, CO2, VOC, Radon, mould and other particulate matter;"
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
(a) the first paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; __________________ 16 OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 13ollowing paragraph is inserted: '1. Member States shall establish a long-term strategy for mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock of both public and private buildings with the aim of providing for the decarbonisation of the building stock by 2050 and delivering affordability for tenants and owners of the buildings. That strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock, based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches and actions to stimulate renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, considering relevant trigger points in the life-cycle of the building; (c) policies and measures to stimulate cost-effective deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations and decarbonisation of the heating demand, as well as targeted, small, very low cost renovations, e.g. thresholds and thermostatic radiator valves (d) policies and actions to target the worst performing segments of the national building stock, households subject to energy poverty and households subject to split-incentive dilemmas for renovations, including by requiring that the buildings in the lowest energy classes of the energy performance certificate are not rented after 1 January 2023; (e) policies and actions to target all public buildings, including social housing; (f) an overview of national initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors as well as education in smart technologies; (g) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities, and financial institutions; (h) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, such as health; (i) the introduction of building renovation passports; (j) policies delivering Very High Capacity Network to premises in accordance with Directive XXXX/XX/EU (European Electronic Communications Code) and in-building physical infrastructure in accordance with Directive 2014/61/EU.’
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. In their long-term renovation strategy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall set out a roadmap with clear milestones and measureactions to deliver on the long-term 2050 goal to ensure a highly energy efficient and decarbonise theird national building stock, with specific milestones for 2030. and 2040, including indicators measuring progress of implementation towards these milestones. Member States shall specify how their milestones contribute to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of 40% in 2030 and the Union's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80- 95% by 2050.
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the long term renovation strategy shall contribute to the alleviation of energy povertyestablish specific measures and financing instruments to decrease energy demand, eradicate energy poverty and renovate the social housing stock while securing affordable housing.
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) accessible and transparent advisory tools, such as one-stop-shops for consumers, for guidance on energy efficiency, replacement of fossil fuel boilers with renewable-based alternatives and available financial instruments for energy efficiency renovations in buildings."
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 332 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(3a) in Article 7, the following paragraph is inserted after the fourth paragraph: "Member States shall ensure that energy performance upgrades also contribute to achieving a healthy indoor environment and avoiding problems such as mould."
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 7 – subparagraph 5
(4) in Article 7, the fifth subparagraph is deleted;replaced by the following: "Member States shall encourage, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, the consideration and taking into account of alternative, high- efficiency systems, in so far as this is technically, functionally and economically feasible."
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. Member States shall ensure that in all new non-residential buildings and in all existing non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation with mwith more than ten parking spaces, that are undergoing major renovation on the electrical infrastructure of the building ore than ten parking spaces, at least one of every ten is equipped with a recharging pointe parking lot, every parking space is equipped with adequate conduits for the future set-up of recharging points for electric vehicles within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure17 , which is capable of starting and stopping charging in reaction to price signalsith the power of at least 7kW on every parking space. This requirement shall apply to all non- residential buildings, with more than ten parking spaces, as of 1 January 2025. __________________ 17 OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that newly built residential buildings and those undergoing major renovations, with more thbuildings with more than ten parking spaces, undergoing major renovations on the electrical infrastructure of the building and tehe adjacent or built-in parking spaceslot, include the pre- cablingadequate conduits with the power of at least 7kW to enable the installation of recharging points for electric vehicles for every parking space.
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 604 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex I – point 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. The energy needs for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water and adequate, lighting and ventilation shall be calculated in order to ensure minimum healthmaximise health, indoor air quality and comfort levels defined by Member States at national or regional level.
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 613 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3
Primary energy factors shall discount the share of renewable energy in energy carriers so that calculations equally treat: (a) the energy from renewable sourceThe calculation by the Member States shall take into account renewable energy both with regard to the energy that is generated and used on-site (behind the individual meter, i.e. not accounted as supplied), and (b) the energy from renewable energy sourceswith regard to the energy supplied through the energy carrier.’;
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) The Energy Union Framework Strategy sets out the vision of an Energy Union with citizens at its core, where citizens take ownership of the energy transition, benefit from new technologies to reduce their bills, participate actively in the market, and where vulnerable and energy poor consumers are protected.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The Communication from the Commission of 15 July 2015 'Delivering a new deal for energy consumers30 ' put forward the Commission's vision for a retail market that better serves energy consumers, including by better linking wholesale and retail markets. Taking advantage of new technologyies, new and innovative energy service companies should enable all consumers to raise their awareness of their energy consumption and to fully participate in the energy transition, managing their consumption to deliver energy efficient solutions which save them money and contribute to overall reduction of energy consumption. __________________ 30 COM (2015) 339 final of 15.7.2015.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The Communication from the Commission of 15 July 2015 'Launching the public consultation process on a new energy market design'31 highlighted that the move away from generation in large central power plants towards de-centralized production from renewable energy sources and decarbonized markets requires an adaptation of the current rules of electricity trading and changes to the roles of existing market roleparticipants. It underlined needs to organisze electricity markets in a more flexible manner and to fully integrate all market players – including renewable energy producers, new energy service providers, energy storage and flexible demand. __________________ 31 COM (2015) 340 final of 15.7.2015.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) All consumers should be able to benefit from directly participating in the market, in particular by adjusting their consumption according to market signals and in return benefit from lower electricity prices or other incentive payments. The benefits of this active participation are likely to increase over time when electric vehicles, heat pumps and other flexible loads become more competitivethe awareness of otherwise passive consumers is raised about their possibilities as active consumers and when the information on the possibilities of active participation are better accessible and known. Consumers should be enabled to participate in all forms of demand response and therefore should have the possibility to opt for having a smart metering system and a dynamic electricity pricing contract. This should allow them to adjust their consumption according to real time price signals that reflect the value and cost of electricity or transportation in different time periods, while Member States should ensure a reasonable exposure of consumers to the wholesale price risk. Consumers should be informed about potential price risk of dynamic price contracts. Member States should also ensure that those consumers who choose not to actively engage in the market are not penalised but instead their informed decision making on the options available to them should be facilitated in the manner that is the most suitable for domestic market conditions.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Energy bills and annual statements are an important means through which customers are informed. As weEnergy bills asnd annual statements provide data on consumption and costs, while they can also convey other information that helps consumers to compare their current deal with other offers. However, considering that bill-related disputes are a very common source of consumer complaints, a factor whichbills and annual statements contributes to persistently low levels of consumer satisfaction and engagement in the energy sector,. Therefore it is necessary to make bills and annual statements clearer and easier to understand, as well as to ensure that bills contain all the information necessary to enable consumers to regulate their energy consumption, compare offers and switch suppliers.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Energy services areupply is fundamental to safeguard the well-being of the Union citizens. Adequate warmthHeating, cooling, lighting and the energy to power appliances are essential services to guarantee a decent standard of living and citizens' health. Furthermore, access to these energy servicesenergy empowers European citizens to fulfil their potential and it enhances social inclusion. Energy poor households are unable to afford these energy services due to a combination of low income, high energy expenditure and poor energy efficiency of their homes. Member States should collect the right information to monitor the number of households in energy poverty. Accurate measurement should assist Member States to identify those households affected by energy poverty in order to provide targeted support through their social welfare systems or other policy measures. The Commission should actively support the implementation of the provisions on energy poverty by facilitating the sharing of good practices between Member States.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) Energy poverty is a growing problem in the Union. Member States which are affected by energy poverty and which have not yet done so should therefore develop national action plans or other appropriate frameworks to tackle energy poverty this problem, aiming at decreasing the number of people suffering such situationenergy poor customers. Low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of homes are relevant factors in designing indicators for the measurement of energy poverty. In any event, Member States should ensure the necessary energy supply for vulnerable and energy poor customers. In doing so, an integrated approach, such as in the framework of energy and social policy, could be used and measures could include social policies or energy efficiency improvements for housing. At the very least, tThis Directive should allowenhance national policies in favour of vulnerable and energy poor customers.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure the protection of energy poor or vulnerable customers in a targeted manner by social policy or other policy measures, prioritisation of energy efficiency measures and other means than public interventions in the price-setting for the supply of electricity.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall notify the measures taken in accordance with the first subparagraph to the Commission within one month after adoption and may apply them immediately. The notification shall be accompanied by an explanation why other instruments including social policy and other measures and prioritisation of energy efficiency measures could not sufficiently address the situation and how the beneficiaries and the duration of the measure have been determined. The notification shall be considered as complete if, within two months from its receipt, or from the receipt of any additional information requested, the Commission does not request any further information.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 303 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the contribution of the generating capacity to meeting the overall Union target of at least a 20 % share of energy from renewable sources in the Union ’s gross final consumption of energy in 2020 referred to in Article 3(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41 ; and of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources; and the overall Union target for 2030 of at least 35% referred to in Directive COM(2016) 767 __________________ 41 Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy sources (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- the means by which up-to-date information on all applicable tariffs and, maintenance charges and additional products and /or services (bundled offers) may be obtained,
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 5
- the duration of the contract, the conditions for renewal and termination of services and of the contract including additional products and/or services (bundled services) and of the contract and whether withdrawal from the contract without charge is permitted,
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 357 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) are offered a wide choice of payment methods, which do not unduly discriminate between customers. Any difference in charges related to payment methods shall reflect the relevant costs incurred by the supplier, in line with Article 62 of Directive 2015/2366 which forbids surcharges for any payment instrument.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) shall define the concept of vulnerable customers as referred to in Article 28 and set rules for the protection of customers who are indebted including the prohibition of disconnection of electricity and gas to such customers in critical times
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) are provided with a summary of the key contractual conditions (such as the main features of the service, detailed information on prices, conditions for switching and price increase) in concise and simple language on the first page of the contract or along with the contract
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point j b (new)
(jb) are allowed to terminate the contract with suppliers and providers of additional products and/or services (bundled offers) at any time at no cost in case a contract is extended without customer consent
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 410 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that final customers are fully informed by the suppliers of the opportunities and risks of such dynamic electricity price contracts and that suppliers take reasonable steps to ensure that customers do not sign up to unsuitable contracts.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 416 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Every final customer shall always be required to give active consent before being switched to a dynamic price contract.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 418 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall ensure that every final customer is entitled to a contract that is not a dynamic price contract.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 422 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, through their National Regulatory Authorities, shall monitor and report annually, for at least a ten-year period after such contracts become available, on the main developments of such contracts including market offers, the impact on consumers' electricity bills and specifically the level of price volatility, and on consumers' sensitivity to the level of financial risktake appropriate measures when the monitoring reveals that current protection levels are insufficient for household customers.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 423 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that adequate safeguards on the exposure of price changes are in place for final customers to avoid bill shocks or high levels of financial liability. Household customers in a dynamic price contract shall never pay more than what they would have paid on a non-dynamic tariff.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that the practice of doorstep selling by any actor in the electricity and or gas markets is not permitted.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 466 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, where a final customer wishes to conclude a contract with an aggregator, such engagement shall not require the consent of the final customer's supplier. Member States shall ensure that the supplier is informed about any contracts between its customer and an aggregator. Member States shall ensure that final customers with a contract with an aggregator have the same rights as final customers without a contract with an aggregator, including access to the same offers and tariffs. Member States shall ensure that final customers are fully informed by the aggregators of the opportunities and risks of the contracts offered to them.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 485 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that final customers terminating a fixed term contract with an aggregator before its maturity are not charged any termination fee that exceeds the direct economic loss to the aggregator, including the cost of any bundled investments or services already provided to the final customer as part of the contract. The burden of proof of the direct economic loss shall always be on the aggregator and monitored by the National Regulatory authority.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 524 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall require the comparison tools referred to in paragraph 1 to include comparative determinants relating to the nature of the services offered by the suppliers. Electricity suppliers, electricity service providers and aggregators and relevant intermediaries shall provide the information necessary for comparison tools on request, including information on the different range and use of tariffs, charges and other relevant information.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 529 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Any tool comparing the offers of suppliers shall be eligible toavailable on the electricity market shall apply for certification in accordance with this Article on a voluntary and non-discriminatory basis.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 607 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) adequately contribute to the costs of the electricity system they remain connected to.
2017/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 678 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) transparent rules and procedures for data exchange between market participants that ensure easy access to data on equal and non-discriminatory terms while fully protecting commercial and costumers' personal data;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 688 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) aggregators shall not be required to pay compensation to suppliers or generators;deleted
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 697 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure that balancing costs and benefits induced by aggregators are fairly assigned to market participants, Member States may exceptionally allow compensation payments between aggregators and balance responsible parties. Such compensation payments must be limited to situations where one market participant induces imbalances to another market participant resulting in a financial cost. Such exceptional compensation payments shall be subject to approval by the national regulatory authorities and monitored by the Agency.deleted
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 778 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Where a final customer has been on the same tariff for more than 2 years, Member States shall require suppliers to notify the customer, in or alongside the energy bill, whether a more suitable or advantageous tariff is available, and facilitate their move to the new tariff.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 786 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. In order to promote energy efficiency and empower customers , Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the regulatory authority shall strongly recommend that electricity undertakings and aggregators optimise the use of electricity, inter alia by providing energy management services, developing innovative pricing formulas, or introducing interoperable smart metering systems or smart grids, where appropriate, which should be cost-effective and in accordance with privacy and data protection.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 789 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure the implementation of smart metering systems in their territories that shall assist the active participation of customers in the electricity market. They shall ensure that final customers can decide whether or not they would like to use smart metering systems. Such implementation mayshall be subject to a cost-benefit assessment which shall be undertaken according to the principles laid down in Annex III.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 833 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. When setting up the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities shall specify the eligible parties which may have access to data of the final customer with their explicit consent in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council44 . For the purpose of this Directive, data shall include metering and consumption data as well as data required for consumer switching. Eligible parties shall include at least customers, suppliers, transmission and distribution system operators, aggregators, energy service companies, and other parties which provide energy or other services to customers. Upon request, eligible parties shall provide customers with an overview of the parties who have access to their data. __________________ 44 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 838 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. No additional costs shall be charged to final customers for access to their data or their request to transfer their data. Member States shall be responsible for setting the relevant costs for access to data by eligible parties. Regulated entities which provide data services shall not profit from that activity.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 864 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure the provision of single points of contact to provide customers consumers with all necessary information concerning their rights, current legislation, accredited comparison tools and the means of dispute settlement available to them in the event of a dispute between the final customer and the electricity supplier, energy service provider, aggregator or any other intermediary. Such contact points may be part of general consumer information points.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 869 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that an independent mechanism such as an energy ombudsman or a consumer body is in place in order to ensure efficient treatment of complaints and out-of-court dispute settlements. cCustomers have access to simple, fair, transparent, independent, effective and efficient out-of-court dispute resolution mechanisms for the settlement of disputes concerning rights and obligations established under this Directive. Where the costumer is a consumer within thMember States shall ensure that an independent mechanism such as an energy ombudsman or a consumer body is in place in order to ensure efficient treatment of complaints and out-of-court dispute settlements. Those mechaning of Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , such out-of-court mechanisms shall comply with the quality requirements established in Directive 2013/11/EU and provide, where warranted, fsms shall be extended to all energy service providers, aggregators and all contracts with energy components, including bundled offers and local energy communities whose participation shall be mandatory. Member States shall not allow suppliers to disconnect vulnerable customers until any dispute between the supplier and the customer is settled. Member States shall ensure that electricity suppliers, energy service providers and aggregators provide information on the out-of-court dispute settlement on their website and in all communication with their customers. Member States shall regularly assess the functioning of the out-of-court dispute settlement mechanisms, especially with regards to the participation and compliance of electricity suppliers, energy service providers, aggregators a system of reimbursement and/or compensation . __________________ 46nd intermediaries, and consider strengthening their mandatory participation in out-of-court dispute settlement mechanisms. __________________ 46 OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 63–79 OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 63–79
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 880 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. . Member States shall take appropriate measures to protect 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 may refer to energy poverty and, inter alia, to the prohibition of disconnection of electricity to such customers in critical times. 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. Disconnection shall be prohibited until the dispute between the supplier and the customer is settled.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 890 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Member States shall: a) define a set of criteria for the purposes of measuring energy poverty. Member States shall continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and shall report on the evolution of energy poverty and measures taken to prevent itthe concept of vulnerable customers and energy poverty based on EU indicators of low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of housing; b) continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and share this data with the European Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV), c) establish national action plans including objectives and measures, both short-term and long-term, and a timeframe for achieving the objectives d) report on the evolution of energy poverty in their national strategies to the Commission every two years as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports in accordance with Article 21 of [Governance Regulation as proposed by COM(2016)759].
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 949 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) other parties, following an open and transparent tendering procedure, have not expressed their interest to own, develop, manage or operate recharging points for electric vehicles;deleted
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 953 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the regulatory authority has granted its approval.deleted
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 955 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. Articles 35 and 56 shall apply to distribution system operators engaged in ownership, development, operation or management of recharging points.deleted
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1030 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) data management, cyber security and data protection.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1137 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensuring that customers benefit through the efficient functioning of their national market, promoting effective competition and helping to ensureensuring consumer protection in close cooperation with relevant consumer protection authorities;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1157 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) 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 benefits from the use of smart meter, switching rates, disconnection rates, charges for and the execution of maintenance services, the relationship between household and wholesale prices, the evolution of grid tariffs and levies and 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 1290 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the contact details of the supplier including a conswith at least the phone number support hotlineand email address;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1291 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the information on switching and dispute settlement;
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1296 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) information on their rights as regards the means of dispute settlement available to them in the event of a dispute complaint handling process, on the single information point and its contact information, where to find information related to their rights, and contact details of the entity responsible for dispute settlement pursuant to Article 26.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1300 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) once a year, the electricity supplier should include on its bill an evaluation describing which of its tariffs would be most advantageous for the final customer if the consumption pattern of the previous year is repeated in the coming year.
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1329 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Suppliers shall once a year specify in bills:
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1334 #

2016/0380(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(d) the country of origin of the electricity purchased
2017/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 134 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) More market integration and the change towards a more distributed and volatile electricity production requires increased efforts to coordinate national energy policies with neighbours and to use the opportunities of cross-border electricity trade.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Regulatory frameworks have developed, allowing electricity to be traded across the Union. That development has been supported by the adoption of several network codes and guidelines for the integration of the electricity markets. Those network codes and guidelines for precise and technically detailed rules with cross-border relevance contain provisions on market rules, system operation and network connection. To ensure full transparency and increase legal certainty, the main principles of market functioning and capacity allocation in the balancing, intraday, day ahead and forward market timeframes should also be adopted pursuant to the ordinary legislative procedure and incorporated in a single act.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The precondition for effective competition in the internal market in electricity is non-discriminatory and, transparent and adequate charges for network use including interconnecting lines in the transmission system. The available capacity of those lines should be set at the maximum levels consistent with the safety standards of secure network operation.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 151 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) To efficiently steer necessary investments, prices also need to provide signals where electricity is most needed. In a zonal electricity system, correct locational signals require a coherent, objective and reliable determination of bidding zones via a transparent process involving all relevant stakeholders. In order to ensure efficient operation and planning of the Union electricity network and to provide effective price signals for new generation capacity, demand response or transmission infrastructure, bidding zones should reflect structural congestion. In particular, cross-zonal capacity should not be reduced in order to resolve internbe as stable, liquid and large as possible also taking into account structural congestion.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Efficient decarbonisation of the electricity system via market integration requiresof renewable energy and the increase of flexibility sources such as flexible generation, interconnection, demand response or storage requires large, liquid and stable bidding zones and systematically abolishing barriers to cross- border trade to overcome market fragmentation and to allow Union energy customers to fully benefit from the advantages of integrated electricity markets and competition.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) It is crucial to put in place an enabling framework for a just transition towards a decarbonised and flexible electricity system. A long-term and consensual framework for the progressive phase-out of carbon-intensive and inflexible generation capacity at national level will allow for a just and gradual transition for employees and regions, for power plant and mining operators and for investors.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 d (new)
(15d) The managed and planned retirement of coal-fired capacity would help to improve the functioning of electricity markets, in addition to benefits for health, clean air and climate protection. The European institutions should support Member States that decide to actively phase down or phase out coal- fired generation, assisting them with the management of the economic and societal costs, particularly for Member States with low GDP per capita.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) A robust medium tothodology for the long- term Union level resource adequacy assessment should be carried out by the ENTSO for Electricity to provide an objective basis for the assessment of adequacy concerns at the Union, regional and Member State level. The resource adequacy concern that capacity mechanisms address should be based on the EU assessment. Capacity mechanisms should only be allowed to be introduced if the Union level resource adequacy assessment has identified adequacy concerns.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Prior to introducing capacity mechanisms to overcome any adequacy concerns identified by the Union level resource adequacy assessment, Member States should assess regulatory distortions contributing to the related resource adequacy concern. They should be required to adoptdraw up an implementation plan and adopt concrete measures on how to eliminate the identified distortions including a timeline for their implementation. Capacity mechanisms should only be introduced for the residual concerns that cannot be addressed through removing such distortions. The implementation plan should be made public and should be regularly reviewed by the Commission and the Agency.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Member States should only introduce capacity mechanisms as a last resort, where adequacy concerns cannot be addressed through the removal of existing market distortions. Before introducing a capacity mechanism which operates within the electricity market and therefore is market-distortive, Member States should evaluate whether strategic reserves would be sufficient to address their adequacy concerns. Strategic reserves are less distortive since they operate only outside the market and only in rare cases when markets can no longer clear, which would lead to financial consequences to market operators not fulfilling their balancing responsibilities and consequently bear a significant cost.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 b (new)
(30b) To allow for a fair transition towards a low-carbon electricity system, the emission performance standard should not apply to strategic reserves that operate outside the electricity market and that are only used exceptionally. In this way the most polluting generating installations currently regularly operating on the market could be encouraged to enter strategic reserves.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2016/0379(COD)

(31) Detailed rules for facilitating effective cross-border participation in capacity mechanisms other than reserve schemstrategic reserves should be laid down in this regulation. Transmission system operators across the borders should facilitate the participation of interested generators wanting to participate in capacity mechanisms in other Member States. Therefore, they should calculate capacities up to which cross-border participation would be possibletechnically possible taking into account the interconnection capacity between the concerned Member States, enable participation and check availabilities. National regulatory authorities should enforce the cross-border rules in the Member States.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) In order to raiincrease efficiencies in the electricity distribution networks in the Union and ensure close cooperation with transmission system operators and ENTSO for electricity, a European entity of distribution system operators in the Union ("EU DSO entity") should be established. The tasks of the EU DSO entity should be well-defined and its working method should ensure independence, neutrality, efficiency, transparency and representativeness amongst the Union distribution system operators. The EU DSO Entity should closely cooperate with ENTSO for Electricity on the preparation and implementation of the network codes where applicable and should work on providing guidance on the integration inter alia of distributed generation and storage in distribution networks, digitalisation of the distribution networks including deployment of smart grids and intelligent metering systems or other areas which relate to the management of distribution networks.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting the basis for an efficient achievement of the objectives of the European Energy Union and in particular the climate and energy framework for 203030 by enabling market signals to be delivered for increased efficiency, flexibility, decarbonisation and innovation; _________________ 30 COM/2014/015 final.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 259 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the development of more flexible generation, low carbon generation, or more flexible demand shall be promoted;
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) consumers and small businesses shall be enabled to actively participate in the energy market through demand response and self-generation
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. Decisions of the Administrative Board shall be adopted on the basis of a simpletwo-thirds majority of the members present, unless provided otherwise in this Regulation. Each member of the Administrative Board or alternate shall have one vote.
2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) market rules shall allow for progress in research and development into sustainable, secure and low-carbon energy sources, technologies or systems to be realized and used to the benefit of society;
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 299 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each year, the Administrative Board shall adopt a programming document containing multi-annual and annual programming, based on a draft put forward by the Director and approved by the Board of Regulators, taking into account the opinion of the Commission and in relation to multiannual programming after consulting the European Parliament. It shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 January each year.
2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) must-run generation of conventional generators shall be limited to the amount that is strictly necessary for the resource adequacy
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 310 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall set out a roadmap with measures to remove existing barriers to the principles outlined in paragraph 1 as part of their 2030 National Energy and Climate Plans.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Just transition The European Commission shall support Member States that put in place a national strategy for the progressive reduction of installed coal-fired generating and mining capacity through all available means, including targeted financial support to enable a “just transition” in regions affected by structural change. The Commission shall assist Member States to address the social, skills and industrial impacts of the clean energy transition. The Commission shall work in close partnership with the actors of coal and carbon-intensive regions, provide guidance, in particular for the access to and use of available funds and programmes, and encourage exchange of good practices, including discussions on industrial roadmaps and re-skilling needs, through targeted platforms including through the just transition initiative for workers and communities established in the Governance Regulation.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 316 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Board of Regulators and sub- committees pursuant to Article 7 shall act by a simpletwo-thirds majority of the members present, with one vote for each member, except for the opinion pursuant to paragraph 5(b) which shall be taken on the basis of a two-thirds majority of its members present.
2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 359 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. All market participants, including those providing electricity generated from variable renewable sources and demand side response and storage services shall have full access to the balancing market, be it individually or through aggregation. Balancing market rules and products shall respect the need to accommodate increasing shares of variable generation as well as increased demand responsiveness and the advent of new technologies.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Balancing markets shall be organised in such a way as to ensure effective non-discrimination between market participants taking account of the different technical capability of generation from variable renewable sources and demand side response and storage with particular attention paid to small-scale producers of renewable energy.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 499 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration from small generating installations or generating installations using emerging technologies to the following extentMember States shall provide for provisions that give priority for :
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 511 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration with an installed electricity capacity of less than 500 kW; or
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 654 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Bidding zone borders shall be based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network and bidding zones shall not contain such congestions. The configuration of bidding zones in the Union shall be designed in such a way as to large, liquid and stable as possible, to foster efficient integration of energy markets, ensure security for investors and maximise economic efficiency and cross- border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 656 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Large bidding zones with liquid and competitive markets ensure the most efficient allocation of resources, maximise economic efficiency and cross-border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply. Large bidding zones are crucial for the integration of the growing share of renewable energy sources into the grid.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 741 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency and strengthening digitalisation, foster market integration and security of supply, and support investments and the related research activities.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 767 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems, including through the procurement of services. For that purpose regulatory authorities shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency and the digitalisation of the distribution networks including the deployment of smart grids and intelligent metering systems, in their networks.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 809 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
If the revenues cannot be efficiently used for the purposes set out in points (a) or (b) of the first subparagraph, they shall be placed on a separate internal account line for future use on these purposes.deleted
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 881 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The Commission may decide, within two months of receipt of the roadmap whether the measures are sufficient to eliminate the regulatory distortions and may require Member States to amend the roadmap accordingly.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1135 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(j c) to develop demand response in cooperation with DSOs.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1376 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49 a Membership in the European Entity for Distribution System Operators (EU DSO Entity) The participation of individual distribution system operators in the EU DSO Entity shall be voluntarily. Distribution system operators who wish to participate in the EU DSO Entity shall become registered members of the EU DSO Entity. The EU DSO Entity shall ensure an equitable treatment of all member distribution system operators regardless of their size. The EU DSO Entity shall ensure that smaller or independent DSOs are adequately represented, including in the decision-making procedures.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1383 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: twelve months after entry into force], the distribution system operators, with the administrative support of the Agency, shall submit to the Commission and to the Agency the draft statutes, a list of registered members, the draft rules of procedure, including the rules of procedures on the consultation with ENTSO for Electricity and other stakeholders, the decision-making procedures and the financing rules, of the EU DSO entity to be established.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1389 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2
2. Within two months of receipt, the Agency, after formally consulting the organisations representing all stakeholders, in particular distribution system users, and consumer protection organisations shall provide an opinion to the Commission on the draft statutes, the list of members and the draft rules of procedure.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1441 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. While preparing possiblenew network codes for technical details of existing Union acts that set the political framework pursuant to Article 55, the EU DSO entity shall conduct an extensive consultation process, at an early stage and in an open and transparent manner, involving all relevant stakeholders, and, in particular, the organiszations representing all stakeholders, in accordance with the rules of procedure referred to in Article 50. That consultation shall also involve national regulatory authorities and other national authorities, supply and generation undertakings, system users including customers, distribution system operators, including relevant industry associations, technical bodies and stakeholder platforms. It shall aim at identifying the views and proposals of all relevant parties during the decision-making process.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Due to the close interconnection of the Union electricity grid and the increasing need to cooperate with neighbouring countries to maintain grid stability and integrate large volumes of renewable energies, regional operational centres will play an important role for the coordination of transmission system operators. The Agency should guarantee regulatory oversight over the regional operational centres where necessary. They should, together with the transmission system operators, keep the Agency informed about their regional decisions.
2017/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2016/0378(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Through the cooperation of national regulators within the Agency it is evident that majority decisions are a key pre- requisite to achieve progress on matters concerning the internal energy market which have significant economic effects in various Member States. National regulators should therefore vote with simplecontinue to vote with two- thirds majority within the Board of Regulators. The Agency should be accountable to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, where appropriate.
2017/09/21
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 253 #

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 30 40 % 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 andfor 2020 and binding national energy efficiency targets for 2030.;
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 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 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 454 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. All the options chosen under paragraph 2 taken together must amount to no more than 25 % of the amount of energy savings for the period referred to in paragraph 1 point (a). For the period referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), the options chosen under paragraph 2 taken together shall amount to no more than 20%. Member States shall apply and calculate the effect of the options chosen for the periods referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 separately:
2017/07/07
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 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 556 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for district heating, district cooling and domestic hot water are provided with competitively priced meters that accurately reflect the final customer’s actual energy consumption or the proportions accounted for in each instance.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 568 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the use of individual meters is not technically feasible or where it is not cost- efficient to measure heating or cooling in each building unit or, given the potential energy savings, such action would not be warranted, individual heat cost allocators shall be used to measure heat consumption at each radiator unless it is shown by the Member State in question that the installation of such heat cost allocators wouldis not be cost- efficient, technically not feasible, or not warranted by the potential energy savings. In those cases, alternative cost-efficient methods of heat consumption measurement may be considered. The conditions of technical non-feasibility and non-cost -effectiveness shall be clearly set out and published by each Member State.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 582 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
In new buildings of the kind referred to in the first sub-paragraph, or when such a building undergoes major renovation, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU, individual meters shall always be providedther than passive houses, individual meters shall always be provided where this is technically feasible, financially reasonable, and warranted by the potential energy savings.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 596 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where this is technically feasible, financially reasonable, and warranted by the potential energy savings, Member States shall ensure that billing and consumption information is accurate and based on actual consumption, in accordance with points 1 and 2 of Annex VIIa, or on the respective proportions of consumption, for all final users where meters or cost allocators are installed.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 603 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This obligation may, except in the case of sub-metered consumpcost allocation under Article 9a(2), be fulfilled by a system of regular self-reading by the final customer whereby they communicate readings from their meter to the energy supplier. The supplier shall make its own readings or read-outs at least every three years. Only in cases where the final customer has not provided a meter reading for a given billing interval shall billing be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 605 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(a) shall require that, if information on the energy billing and historical consumption of final users is available, it be made available, provided that the final user concerned has given his or her express consent, to an energy service provider designated by theat final user;
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 542 #
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1065 #
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 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 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 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 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 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 1448 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) an overall assessment of the Union’s progress towards ending energy poverty;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
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 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 153 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Commission's Communication of the 2050 Energy Roadmap highlights that fossil fuels such as gas will need to be phased out by 2050. New gas infrastructure should therefore only be prioritised in case of utmost necessity and should always respond to a real gas demand, in order to avoid the creation of a new carbon lock-in and of possible stranded assets.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 365 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
(b) a district heating installation to the extent that itgas-fired plant, in particular combined heat and power plant, that fulfils a central function in supplying district heating and delivers heating to household customers or to the enterprises or services referred to in point (a) provided that such installation is not able to switch to other fuels and is connected to a gas distribution or transmission network;
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 711 #

2016/0030(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
(6) If the Member States do not agree on the necessary technical, legal and financial arrangements, the Commission may propose a framework for such measures in its opinion and decision on the plans by taking special care to ensure that uniform supply standards are actually respected and that supply shortages of the Member States concerned are resolved as soon as possible. Within the framework of the financial arrangement governing Member States,the Commission could also make proposals for burden-sharing mechanisms so that adverse economic consequences are not borne solely by the neighbouring countries concerned.
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 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 42 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point c
c. eradicate the causes of energy poverty and accordingly address the issue of vulnerable households, as these have a higher energy requirement or need a high level of energy security;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point d
d. protect consumers from abusive, uncompetitive, misleading and unfair practices by suppliers and enable them to fully exercise their rights;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
d. Recommends that there should be a limited range of standardised tariffs, in order to facilitate comparison between different suppliers and tariffs and avoid a confusing and misleading array of different tariffs for the same product;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2015/2323(INI)

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 to incentivise energy efficiency and self- generation, and 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 386 #

2015/2323(INI)

21. Calls for the development of a strong EU framework to fight energy poverty, including a broad, common but non- quantitative definition of energy poverty, focusing on the idea that access to affordable energy is a basic social right; urges the Commission to prioritise measures to alleviate energy poverty in upcoming legislative proposals and to present a dedicated action plan by mid- 2017, since otherwise there is a risk of a two-tier society emerging among energy consumers;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for EU funds for energy efficiency, such as appliance exchange schemes and energy advice, and support for self-generation to target energy-poor, low-income consumers and address the issue of split incentives between tenants and owners;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s planned transformation of the electricity market must contribute to efficiency and, security of supply and to combating energy poverty;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the integration of the energy markets will enhance achievement of the Treaty goals of secure, low-cosaffordable, efficient and sustainable energy;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allow for an increase in energy efficiency, a growing share of renewable energy sources and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; stresses that a new market design for electricity must promote sustaina secure, sustainable, affordable and efficient electricity supply;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it makes sense to step up cooperation between regions under the leadership of ACER, particularly as regards evaluating cross-border impacts, though without the Member States abandoning responsibility for security of supply; advocates more far-reaching transparency provisions concerning ACER activities;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 254 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that energy efficiency has the most important role to play and that increasing network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 273 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of structural network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zimportant conditiones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones could be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concernedfor realising the internal market in energy; takes the view that a configuration of price zones should be decided solely within the framework of the 'Bidding Zone Review' as part of ENTSO-E with the participation of all the relevant stakeholders in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market; views a common European price zone as the objective;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the further development of the energy-only market, with costs and benefits to be shared fairly by all energy users, based on the consistent application of existing legislation, the comprehensive expansion of transmission infrastructure and greater regional cooperation;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that price volatility has a signal and guidance function in the electricity market and can be an important factor in the efficiency of the electricity market; points out, however, that a distinction must be made between electricity generators, industry and private households;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Is convinced that, alongside renewables, all energy sources which serve the objective of gradual decarbonisation and environmental performance will continue to have a role to play in electricity generation; and that all external costs will be internalised in accordance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
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 78 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that priority must be given to energy efficiency measures for vulnerable and energy-poor households, with a view to ensuring that energy costs for these households in particular can be reduced on a sustainable basis;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that some key elements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (smart meters, cogeneration, renovation plans) need more timebased on a cost-benefit analysis need a stable post- 2020 framework in order to give administrations and undertakings an opportunity to launch projects and innovations;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 314 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for national action plans and standards to be drawn up and set in the area of energy efficiency, with a particular focus on vulnerable households and households affected by energy poverty;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that properly considers their social and employment dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 248 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, in particular start-ups, small businesses and young European firms, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 285 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, inon the basis of constructive cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 304 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the long-term integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 481 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust primarily for the benefit of customers, particularly in relation to cross- border online sales;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 515 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability of services, devices, networks and data collections and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rightstandards, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 932 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services, so as to address justified concerns about data protection and data security;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 27 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union specifies that EU energy policy shall aim to ensure the functioning of the energy market; ensure security of energy supply in the Union; promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the development of new and renewable forms of energy; and promote the interconnection of energy networks. All of this should be achieved in a spirit of solidarity between Member States;
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 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 75 #

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 consumers – households and businesses – secure, sustainable, competitive, high quality and affordable energy;
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 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 167 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing, besides other factors, to the US shale gas boom, as energy-intensive industries move operations to the US, where energy costs are far lower; and to inequalities of energy costs, which are currently very high;
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 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 406 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to establishdefine security of energy supply as a core objective and establish subsequently an EU-wide target for reducing energy import dependency and to publish regular progress reports in this respect;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 410 #

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 biomass, geothermal and solar thermal;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 430 #

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 sustainable indigenous sources of energy, including conventional 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 against;and by creating a forward-looking energy system, prioritising energy efficiency and renewables, and thereby taking into consideration the cost effectiveness and life-cycle cost of different technologies.
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 475 #

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 supportfoster investment in the development of Europe's indigenous energy resourcess with a high social and economic value such as energy efficiency, based on a technology-neutral approach; it is an important engine for new jobs, increases energy security and helps achieving our climate goals.
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 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 591 #

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 ofthe democratic participation of Member states concerning 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 648 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to concentrate their efforts on driving forward projects of common interest (PCIs) forward, with a view to achieving a pan- European ‘super grid' with the capacityin order to transmit power across EU countries from multiple sources and therefore capenable of divertinga possible diversion of energy from surplus to deficit areas, thereby allowing the market to instantly respond to interruptions of supply wherever they occur;o areas with an energy deficit.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 694 #

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, reliable generation capacity such as flexible and firm renewable capacity, 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 743 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that following the European Council's weak conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014, post-2020 EU energy- efficiency targets must be non-binding and not apply at national level;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 774 #

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 and also help to keep consumer expenditures low; stresses, however, that gains in energy efficiency cannot replace diversification of energy supply;
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 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 841 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Acknowledges that local authorities of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution to energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating and cooling systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating buildings;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 855 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers that the different range of European funds which finance energy efficiency improvements should be better orientated and reprioritised towards making improvements among vulnerable, low-income consumers and tackling the issue of split incentives between the owner and tenant of a building or among owners;
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 911 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutralsustainable 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 differentsecure, sustainable and safe indigenous energy sources;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 929 #

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 economthe scourge of energy poverty needs to be tackled in order to reduce energy costs by coordinating Member states' action plans, exchanging best practise and defining a horizontal approach to energy affordability;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 994 #

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, and for possible redeployment, retraining and reskilling of the workforce which would be selected based on a technology-neutralsustainable approach and on whether they are demonstrably consistent with attainment of the EU's 2030 greenhouse gas objectives;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1007 #

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 due consideration of requirements for environmental protection, biodiversity, employment and the competitiveness of European industry;
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 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 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 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 1141 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Calls on the Commission to promote a stable and transparent governance framework for the Energy Union that would ensure the 2030 objectives are achieved, through the full implementation, enforcement and strengthening of existing legislation such as the Energy Efficiency Directive, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the Renewable Energy Directive and the reform of the EU ETS;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that enhanced international cooperation, determined national action and stable inclusive government in third countries at direct risk from jihadist extremist groups hold the key to countering the threat posed by terrorist groups and stemming the radicalisation of European citizens;
2015/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that without such action the phenomenon of fighters from Europe travelling to different locations to join jihadist extremist groups, as well as the potential security risk they present when returning to the EU, are likely to worsen in the years ahead; and that deradicalisation measures are therefore especially necessary.
2015/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to keep the EU Syria and Iraq and Counter- Terrorism/Foreign Fighters Strategy, adopted on 20 October 2014, under constant review and development, in the light of the developing security situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, alongside other initiatives such as the Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network;
2015/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that some Member States are assessing the potential for recruiting former foreign fighters to assist in deradicalisation programmes; calls on Member States to proceed cautiously when introducing such programmes, especially where cooperation is linked to immunity from prosecutionDeleted
2015/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a.encourages the design of return programmes for former foreign fighters as an important contribution to deradicalisation;
2015/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2015/0274(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Clear environmental, economic and social benefits would be derived from further restricting landfilling, starting with waste streams that are subject to separate collection (e.g. plastics, metals, glass, paper, bio-waste). Technical, environmental or economical feasibility of high-quality recycling or other recovery of residual waste resulting from separately collected waste should be taken into account in the implementation of these landfill restrictions in order to prevent harmful substances from spreading into the environment.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2015/0274(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Biodegradable municipal waste accounts for a large proportion of municipal waste. Landfilling of untreated biodegradable waste poses significant negative environmental effects in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution of surface water, groundwater, soil and air. While Directive 1999/31/EC already sets landfill diversion targets for biodegradable waste it is appropriate to put in place further restrictions on the landfilling of biodegradable waste by, consider national landfill charges, and prohibiting the landfilling of biodegradable waste that has been separately collected in accordance with Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC, the object being to prevent landfills from becoming contaminated sites in the future.
2016/06/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Energy efficiency labelling allows consumers to make informed choices with regard to energy consumption of products and thereby promotesmakes a significant contribution to reducing energy bills while at the same time promoting innovation.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is appropriate to replace Directive 2010/30/EU by a Regulation which maintains the same scope, but modifies and enhances some of its provisions in order to clarify and update their content taking into account the rapid technological progress for energy efficiency in products achieved over recent years. A Regulation is the appropriate legal instrument as it imposes clear and detailed rules which do not give room for divergent transposition by Member States and ensures thus a higher degree of harmonisation across the Union. A harmonised regulatory framework at Union rather than at Member State level brings down costs for manufacturers and ensures a level playing field. Harmonisation across the Union ensures the free movement of goods across the Single Market.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 198 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Improving the efficiency of energy- related products through informed consumer choice benefits the Union economy overall, drives innovation and willreduces energy demand thereby contributing to energy security, allows consumers to save money on their energy bills, incentivises research and innovation, thereby giving competitive advantage to industries which develop and produce the most energy efficient products. It also contributes to the achievement of the Union's 2020 and 2030 energy efficiency targets. It will also allow consumers to save money.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014 set an indicative target at Union level of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030 compared to projections of future energy consumption. This target will be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an Union level of 30%. They European Parliament has repeatedly called for a binding energy efficiency target of 40 %, most recently in its resolution on the Energy Union strategy of 15 December 2015. The European Council also set a binding EU target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990, including a 30% reduction of emissions in non-ETS sectors.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The provision of accurate, relevant and comparable information on the specific energy consumption of energy-related products facilitates the customer's choice in favour of those products which consume less energy and other essential resources during use. A standardised mandatory label is an effective mean to provide potential customers with comparable information on the energy consumption of energy-related products. It should be supplemented with a product information sheet. The label should be easily recognisable, simpeasily understandable and concise. To this end the existing dark green to red colour scale of the label should be retained as the basis to inform customers about the energy efficiency of products. A classification using letters from A to G has shown to be most effective for customers. In situations where because of ecodesign measures under Directive 2009/125/EC products can no longer fall into classes 'F' orand 'G', those classes should not be showremain on the label. For exceptiona in order to keep a unified label scases this should also be extended to thele for all product groups in place. Product groups with unpopulated 'DF' and 'EG' classes, although this situation is unlikely to occur given that the label would be rescaled once a majority of product models falls into the top two classes should be rescaled within 3 years of the 'F' class being unpopulated.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may be necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For the frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximatelymaximum ten years would be appropriate, taking into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturers. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. A newly rescaled label should have two empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by adequate consumer information campaigns and by replacing all energy labels on display within a short timeframe of 3weeks.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to set up a powerful tool for consumers to engage with the energy label, to facilitate the monitoring of compliance and to provide up-to-date market data for the regulatory process on revisions of product-specific labels and information sheets, suppliers should electronically provide their product compliance information electronically in a database established by the Commission. The name or trademark of the supplier, model identifier, including of all equivalent models, the label, the class(es) and other parameters on the label and the product information shouldeet shall be made publicly available on the public interface of the product database to provide information for custoonsumers and to allow for alternative ways for dealers to receive labels. Market surveillance authorities should have access to the information in the databaseAdditional technical documentation relevant to the energy efficiency of a product, including test reports or similar technical evidence enabling compliance with all requirements in the applicable delegated act to be assessed, name and address of the supplier and the contact details of a representative of the supplier shall be made available by suppliers on the compliance interface of the product database both to market surveillance authorities and to the European Commission.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The public interface of the database should develop into a useful tool in order to enable consumers to easily find and compare selected information of any energy-related product allowing them to identify and choose the most energy efficient products. The information available should be searchable, downloadable and allow for easy filtering by separated variables. The data should be available through open standards for the use of third party developers of applications which could help improve product comparison sites.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to promote energy efficiency, climate mitigation and environmental protection, Member States should be able to create incentives for the use of energy efficient products. Member States are free to decide on the nature of such incentives, provided that they are accessible to and focused to a significant extent on low- income households, thereby mitigating energy poverty. Such incentives should comply with Union State aid rules and should not constitute unjustifiable market barriers. This Regulation does not prejudice the outcome of any future State aid procedure that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of such incentives.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) EThe absolute energy consumption and other information concerning the products covered by product-specific requirements under this Regulation should be measured by using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurements and calculation methods. Measurement and calculation methods should be realistic and as close as possible to the real-life usage of a given product. The energy efficiency class should not be based on the most energy efficient setting or eco-mode, where this is not likely to reflect average consumer behaviour. Tolerance values and optional testing parameters should be established in such a way that they do not lead to significant variations of efficiency gains that might possibly alter the energy efficiency class of a product. It is in the interests of the functioning of the internal market to have standards which have been harmonised at Union level. In the absence of published standards at the time of application of product-specific requirements the Commission should publish in the Official Journal of the European Union transitional measurement and calculation methods in relation to those product-specific requirements. Once a reference to such a standard has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union compliance with it should provide a presumption of conformity with measurement methods for those product- specific requirements adopted on the basis of this Regulation.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 301 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to establish product-specific labels and information sheets and operational as well as technical details relating to the product database, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and with the Consultation Forum.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘Label’ means a printed or digital graphic diagram including a classification using letters from A to G, each class corresponding to significant energy savings, in seven different colours from dark green to red in order to show consumption of energy;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) 'Supplementary information' means information on the functional and environmental performance of an energy- related product, such as its absolute energy consumption or durability, which is based on data that are measurable by market surveillance authorities, is unambiguouseasily understandable and has no significant negative impact on the clear intelligibility and effectiveness of the label as a whole towards customers.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 369 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 b (new)
(20b) Product database refers to an online platform consisting of a public interface and a compliance interface. The public interface is a consumer information website allowing consumers to easily find and compare selected information on the energy label of an energy-related product. The compliance interface is an online platform supporting the surveillance activities of national market surveillance authorities. The compliance interface is only fully accessible to market surveillance authorities and to the Commission, whereas suppliers should only be able to upload the documents they are required to provide under the requirements of this Regulation without accessing any other content of the platform.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 390 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the methods they use in (c) to calculate the energy efficiency class shall be based on running conditions as close as possible to normal real-life usage of a given product. Such calculation shall not be based on the most energy efficient setting or eco-mode, where this is not likely to reflect average consumer behaviour. Suppliers shall not use tolerance values and optional testing parameters in such a way that they lead to significant variations of efficiency gains that might possibly alter the energy efficiency class of a product.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 452 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Where Member States provide any incentives for an energy-related product covered by this Regulation and specified in a delegated act, these shall aim at the highest two classes of energy efficiency laid down in the applicable delegated act, providing a higher incentive for the highest energy efficiency class. Such incentives shall be accessible to low- income households and Member States shall establish criteria to ensure a significant part of any financial incentives are targeted on these low-income households.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 479 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. When conducting physical product tests, Member States' authorities shall use reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedures, which take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurement methods.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 495 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In case of proven non-compliance of the energy-related product with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, consumers shall have the right to return the energy-related product to the dealer free-of-charge and receive a full refund of the original purchase price. Suppliers shall be financially responsible for these refunds.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 542 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall ensure that any rescaled label is visually different from the old label and that consumers can instantly recognise rescaled labels as new labels.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 642 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) where appropriate, the use of other resources and easily understandable supplementary information concerning energy related products, in which case the label shall emphasise the absolute energy efficiency of the product;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 662 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) the format of any additional references on the label, including a website address, a Quick Response (QR) code, a link on online labels or any other appropriate consumer-oriented means, allowing customers to access through electronic means more detailed information on the product performance included in the product information sheet;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 684 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – point a
(a) the technical documentation specified in the applicable delegated actrelevant for the energy efficiency;
2016/03/08
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 536 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10b

Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. A border adjustment mechanism is put in place by the 1st January 2021 in conformity with international trade rules and in particular WTO rules to create a level playing field between European producers under ETS and extra- European producers for imports as well as for exports ; this border adjustment mechanism is applicable only for products and goods concerned by the ETS and with countries which have no equivalent and comparable system aiming at giving a price to CO2; for that very reason it's a temporary measure designed to vanish when a global CO2 price is adopted. The Commission should integrate the climate change policy and the ETS in particular in its negotiations of free trade agreements with other countries. The Commission has to engage discussions with others countries to articulate the ETS with other systems which give a price to CO2 with the target to make them compatible in order to create a level playing field.
2016/06/23
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 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 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 124 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the priorities and concerns of SMEs are fully taken into account in the TTIP negotiations e.g. by means of impact assessments or targeted public consultations; and recommends the reduction of administrative burdens in compliance with the respective regulatory frameworks for the purpose of enabling mobility and a possible establishment of SMEs both in the United States of America and in the EU.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

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; Suggests a better consideration, inside the TTIP agreement, of the potential of job creation in the Digital Agenda as an important area within the ICT, given that markets for a great number of SMEs and Start-ups with sustainable economic potential for the society can be developed.
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE