Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2018/0178(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment PDF (321 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to specify the requirements set out in this Regulation, and particularly to establish and update granular and calibrated technical screening criteria for different economic activities as to what constitutes a substantial contribution and significant harm to the environmental objectives, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the information required to comply with the disclosure obligation set out in Article 4 (3), and the technical screening criteria mentioned in Article 6(2), Article 7(2), Article 8(2), Article 9(2), Article 10(2) and Article 11(2). 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 on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, tThe European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and the experts of the European Parliament and the Council should systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) 'credit institutions' as defined in point (1) of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 which provides investment or credit risk-management processes with the exception of non- complex institutions defined under [PO insert reference to relevant Article] of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013];
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The financial market participant offering financial products as environmentally sustainable, or as investments having similar characteristics, is not responsible for the incorrect assessment of the environmental sustainability of an investment, if the assessment has been made in accordance with the criteria disclosed. The financial market participant has no obligation to verify the information published by the companies about their economic activities, but are permitted to use this information for the assessment of the environmental sustainability of the investment.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, an economic activity, e.g. of cooperatives, shall be considered to contribute substantially to healthy ecosystems where that activity contributes substantially to protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in line with the relevant legislative and non-legislative Union instruments, through any of the following means:
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Platform on Sustainable Finance shall follow the principle or rotation and shall be chaired by the Commission.
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2