Activities of Jutta HAUG

Judith A. MERKIES, Jutta HAUG

Peter LIESE, Anne DELVAUX, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER, Alda SOUSA, Margrete AUKEN, Thomas ULMER, Alojz PETERLE, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Filip KACZMAREK, Richard SEEBER, Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT, Jutta HAUG, Anna ROSBACH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) within ~~10 days from the validation date~~25 days, but no earlier than 15 days after receipt of the successfully validated application, for low-intervention clinical trials;

2013/03/06
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point h d (new)

(hd) the Ethics Committee, with paediatric expertise or after taking advice in clinical, ethical and psychosocial problems in the field of paediatrics, has endorsed the protocol;

2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) the Ethics committee positively assesses that a direct benefit of the clinicial trial for the patient is to be expected, as well as the fact that the clinical trial poses a minimal risk to, and imposes a minimal burden on, the subject.

2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. The responsible Ethics Committee shall be involved in the assessment of this information.

2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Is concerned about the increasing application of nano-technology and the increasing presence of nano-particles in water; is concerned about the irretrievability of these materials and the lack of knowledge about the long term impact of nano-particles on water quality, ecosystems, biodiversity and human health; calls for obligatory impact assessment and the setting of health standards before the technique is more widely taken up;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes note of the revision of the Authority's procedures in December 2010 to ensure the implementation of the obligations deriving from Articles 16(2), 17 and 19 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/681; has been informed that in 2010 20 staff members left the Authority of whom all have received a letter upon departure reminding them of their obligations vis-à- vis the Authority; ________________ 1 OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p.1.

2012/01/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/2217(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~....~~Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that agencies' level of budget execution in terms of committed appropriations and of payment appropriations provide important information to enable the discharge authority to assess their overall performance; notes~~, however,~~ that in 2010 the Agency failed to provide this information in the documents presented; therefore, urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the exact level of its budget execution in terms of committed appropriations and of payment appropriationachieved a budget execution in terms of committed appropriations of 99,99 % and of 90,75 % in payment appropriations, as stated in its annual accounts;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Acknowledges~~Takes note from the Agency's Final Accounts that EUR 12 809 551,05 of the 2010 appropriations have been carried forward to 2011; reminds the Agency that this situation is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality and can be reduced by correct and proper programming and monitoring of the implementation of its budget to minimise the carryover of appropriations; calls, therefore, on the Agency to take effective action in this respectacknowledges that out of the overall amount carried over EUR 8 941 279 are external assigned revenues which are multiannual and hence are not subject of the principle of annuality;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes from the Agency's Final Accounts that cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from the previous year amounted to EUR 585 282,87; understands from the Agency that this amount is lower to the amount cancelled in 2009, i.e. EUR 693 127,02; ~~urg~~notes, the ~~Agency, nonetheless, to take concrete measures against cancell~~refore, that a cancellation rate of only 1,5 % represents an improved anticipations of ~~the amounts carried over~~financial needs;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Regrets that the Court of Auditors does not mention the Agency's appropriations carried forward and cancelled in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010;~~deleted

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Raises doubts that,~~Notes that the Agency has carried out procurement procedures concerning canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture, the Agency failed to ensure the maximum competition and value-for-money during the procurement procedures but favoured ‘historical’ contractors even though these contractors changed their official name over time; recalls the audit by the Court of Auditors in October 2011 on this matter without finding any irregularities;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Is, moreover, concerned over alleged cases of ‘fictitious employment’ of people who work in the private service of some of the Agency's staff members but are paid by the Agency;~~deleted

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. 8. Calls on the Internal Audit Service (IAS) to investigate immediately the Agency's contracts in the area of canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture to establish whether the call preparation, publication, evaluation and contract management phases respect the two following principles: maximum competition and value-for-money and on the allegations of ‘fictitious employment’ and to inin general to continue its audit work on a risk assessment approach and to maintain the current practice of one audit per year form the ~~discharge authority in due course on the Court of Auditors findings~~Agency;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is nevertheless concerned that most recruitment has been made in-house; notes that this could be a source or a situation of favouritism or conflict of interests;~~deleted

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is informed that 7 internal candidates and 40 external applicants were recruited in 2010; acknowledges the split amongst categories of internal candidates of 1 official, 5 temporary agents and 1 contract agent and the split amongst externally recruited staff of 1 official, 13 temporary agents, 29 contract agents and 4 national experts;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Calls on~~Finds it important for the Agency to make a ~~more~~n explicit link between measures, resources and results; acknowledges the efforts of the Agency to combine measures, resources and results in its Management Plan as well as in the Annual Activity Report;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that~~, until very recently,~~ from March 2010 until April 2011 the Executive Director of the Agency was a ~~Board Member of Earthwatch and a M~~member of the ~~European~~ Advisory Board of ~~Worldwatch Europe, two environmental NGOs~~Earthwatch, an international environmental charity engaging people worldwide in scientific field research and education, alongside to her activities in the Agency;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Is seriously concerned that in 2010, while the Executive Director was still directly involved in the Management of Earthwatch, some staff members of the Agency, including the Executive Director, went for 5 - 10 days of research in different biodiversity projects in the Caribbean or Mediterranean managed by Earthwatch and that the Agency paid to the NGO about EUR 2 000 per participant; understands that this unacceptable situation was repeated in 2011aware that in 2010 29 staff members of the Agency undertook separate research-based citizen science training provided by Earthwatch in different biodiversity projects;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Considers the training as a necessity in order to support the Agency's commitment to the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, as laid down in the Management Plan and Work Programme for 2010; notes that the main focus of this activity was to increase the understanding of how to establish citizen science programmes in response to policy requirements for greater citizen participation in the area of Biodiversity and Marine Protected Areas;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Recognises the special training of staff as part of the career development; takes note that the total amount paid, EUR 33,791, to Earthwatch represents less than 7 % of the overall envelope dedicated by the Agency to professional development;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Agency and its Executive Director to ~~give the Budgetary Control Committee concrete information on these trips and to prov~~look into detail on the procedures for training requests and matching training partners in order to avoide t~~he total amount paid by the EEA to Earthwatch and Worldwatch in the financial years 2009 and 2010~~o have them listed in the exceptions register, which may lead to misinterpretation;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Finds it ~~unacceptable that after~~noteworthy, however, that the Court of Auditors did not questioned the ~~trips, instead of a thorough investigation on the alleged~~special trainings which confirms no misuse of funds and no conflict of interest with regard to the Agency's Executive Director, the participants – staff of the EEA - were asked to write notes on the usefulness of the research trips; reminds the Court of Auditors that its responsibility is to control the Agencby any party;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Is nevertheless concerned by the very large number of reports and papers or other related outputs prepared by the Agency; believes that this can be interpreted as a lack of substantial and innovative work from the Agency and that, as a consequence, the financial contribution of the Union to the Agency would be ill-used; calls therefore on the Agency to immediately inform in detail the budget authority, in particular the Budget Control Authority, of: – the sources used by the Agency to construct its reports, papers and other related outputs; – the evidence of the eventual added value brought by the Agency's reports compared with other bodies' reports on environmental matters; – the process – if any – of verification of the data sent by the Member States, the periodicity of this verification, the way the data sent by Member States is used by the Agency; – the total number of guest scientists working at the Agency premises and their respective qualifications for the last five years; – the costs related to the hosting of those guest scientists;deleted

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Acknowledges that in 2010 the IAS concluded an audit on the ‘"management plan system (MPS)/monitoring of activities’" whose objective was to assess and provide assurance on the adequacy of the planning and monitoring of the Agency's activities; notes~~, in particular,~~ that the IAS raised eight recommendations, ~~six~~ of which ~~were rated ‘important’ and two ‘desirable’~~one remains open; welcomes the annual report on the state of play of implementation in this regard via the public Annual Activity Report;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – introductory part

24. Calls in this respect on the Agency to: – promote guidelines for objectives and measurable indicators in project planning and monitoring of progress, – allocate costs on projects, – promote more effective project management and procedures for checking and verifying new data entered into the MPS;deleted

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – introductory part

25. ~~Calls, in addition, on the Agency to adopt without further delay measures to address the weaknesses found~~Has taken note of the recommendations by the IAS in its previous audits on quality management and on grant management; i~~n order to:~~s aware that for 3 out of 6 findings documentation has been provided to the IAS during the first half of 2011; calls on the Agency to continue its cooperation in this regard and asks the IAS to give notice on the state of play of the recommendations;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2217(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Draws attention to its recommendations from previous discharge reports, as set out in the Annex to this resolution; acknowledges the Agency's efforts to implement recommendations and to identify remedying actions;

2012/03/07
Committee: CONT

2011/2068(INI)

Judith A. MERKIES, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Nessa CHILDERS, Vittorio PRODI, Marisa MATIAS, Jutta HAUG, Kriton ARSENIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Is concerned about the increasing application of nano-technology - e.g. silver in nano-particles for anti-bacterial use - which may lead to irretrievability of these materials; calls for careful study of the environmental impact before the technique is more widely taken up;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Provides for a continued support on a commensurate level for the LIFE+ programme, which gives priority solely to environment and climate action projects; reminds again that environmental problems and their solutions do not recognise national borders, thus dealing with it at EU level is self-evident; calls in this respect on the Member States to significantly improve their implementation of EU environmental legislation and requests from the Commission to strengthen their infringement procedures in a consistent way;

2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Welcomes the credits for the Public Health programme which complements and adds value to Member States’ actions in the area of health promotion and prevention of illness; supports the Commission’s efforts to continue the HELP campaign for a life without tobacco under the Public Health programme;

2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)

52a. Agrees in general that agencies' surpluses should be taken into account when establishing the draft budget and presented in a clear and transparent manner; however, reiterates that surpluses of fee-receiving agencies, should be exempted from this general rule in order to cover for the unreliability of their income;

2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)

54a. Regrets that newly assigned tasks to agencies can not be accompanied by an adequate level of funding which is still necessary despite all redeployment efforts; requests the Commission to present amending budget requests in due time in order to avoid hampering of the implementation of EU legislation by EU decentralised agencies;

2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that the promotion of jobs and high-quality employment by delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy’s seven flagship initiatives is a jointly endorsed goal of the 27 EU Member States; recalls that the implementation of this strategy will require a huge amount of future-oriented investment up to 2020, estimated at no less than EUR 1 800 billion by the Commission in its communication entitled ‘The EU Budget Review’3 ; underlines, therefore, that necessary investment in education, fostering a knowledge society, research and development, innovation, SMEs ~~and green and new technologie~~, new resource efficient technologies and sustainable jobs in view of the fast developing global competitiveness must be made now and delayed no longer;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Stresses that part of the spending under Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the Europe 2020 goals; emphasises that the priority goals of this strategy – growth and employment – are also accomplished through the rural development programmes; regards climate action and food security as two of the main challenges for the CAP; calls, therefore, for a further greening of the CAP, which should also contribute to meeting the vast environmental challenges the EU faces, including water pollution; ~~in this context, also welcomes the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively);~~

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Welcomes, in this context, the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively) which gives priority solely to environment and climate action projects; reminds again that environmental problems and their solutions do not recognise national borders, thus dealing with it at EU level is self-evident;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)

53a. Welcomes the increase for the Public Health programme as public health has become a key-driver for competitiveness in ageing European societies,; acknowledges the Commission’s efforts to find financing solutions for continuing important educational campaigns such as the HELP campaign for a life without tobacco;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75

75. Notes the overall level of EUR 720.8 million (i.e. 0.49% of the total EU budget) devoted to EU decentralised agencies in DB 2012, an increase in the total EU contribution as compared to the 2011 Budget of EUR 34.6 million, or +4.9%; is aware that this increase mainly stems from the one new5 and seven phasing-in agencies6 , with a view to providing them with adequate funding; underlines the importance of additional funding for those 10 agencies7 , the tasks of which have been extended, so as not to hinder their performance; notes that the increase in the EU contribution to the agencies at cruising speed is in line with, or even below, inflation correction (2%), with no additional staff;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76

76. Stresses that EU agencies’ budget allocations are far from consisting in administrative expenditure alone, but instead contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 goals and EU objectives in general, as decided by the legislative authority; endorses therefore, in times of austerity, the Commission’s restrictive approach to determining EU decentralised agencies’ subsidies from the EU budget, but disapproves again of the use of assigned revenue to reduce the EU Budget contribution to fee-dependent agencies, which is used by the Commission to increase margins artificially, is in this context concerned that the Commission repeatedly ignores the political will of the European Parliament;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)

77a. Disapproves the Commission’s approach to change the presentation of the two-self-financed agencies OHIM and CPVO in the DB 2012, i.e. deleting the respective budget lines and deciding not to publish the establishment plans; takes note, nevertheless, that the two respective agencies are not bound to any decisions by the Budget Authority regarding the subsidy levels or the staffing; intends, however, to provide these information in the budget as a matter of transparency; reiterates again that a solution needs to be found for the excessive surpluses gained by the OHIM fee regulation;

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) This Regulation lays down, for the entire duration of the LIFE Programme, a financial envelope of ~~€3,618 million~~EUR [...] million, which amounts to 0.5% of the total amount of commitment appropriations as referred to in Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, constituting the prime reference, within the meaning of point 17 of the Commission Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 June 2011 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure.

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. ThWithin the meaning of point [17] of the Commission proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 June 2011 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, the prime reference financial envelope for implementing the LIFE Programme ~~shall be EUR 3 618 000 000~~for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR [...].

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. The financial envelope for implementing the LIFE Programme shall be EUR ~~3 618 000 00~~[...], which amounts to 0,5% of the total amount of commitment appropriations as referred to in Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020.

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) EUR ~~2 713 500 000~~[...], which amounts to approximately 75% of the overall financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the sub-programme for Environment;

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) EUR ~~904 500 000~~[...], which amounts to approximately 25% of the overall financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the sub-programme for Climate Action.

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) no later than 30 ~~September~~June 2017, an external mid-term evaluation report of the LIFE Programme (and its sub- programmes), including qualitative and quantitative aspects of its implementation, the amount of climate-related expenditure and biodiversity-related expenditure, and its complementarity with other relevant Union programmes, the achievement of the objectives of all the measures (at the level of results and impacts, when possible), the efficiency of the use of resources and its European added value, in view of a decision on the renewal, modification or suspension of the measures. The evaluation shall additionally address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence, the continued relevance of all objectives, as well as the contribution of the measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It shall take into account evaluation results on the long-term impact of its predecessor. The report shall be accompanied by remarks by the Commission including the manner in which the findings of the mid- term evaluation shall be taken into account when implementing the LIFE Programme, and, in particular, when drawing up the multiannual work programmes;

2012/07/16
Committee: BUDG

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)

Article 8a Visibility of the LIFE Programme The coordinating beneficiary and associated beneficiaries shall publicise the LIFE Programme project and its results, always mentioning the Union support received. The LIFE logo, depicted in Annex, shall be used for all communication activities and appear on notice boards at strategic places visible to the public. All durable goods acquired in the framework of the LIFE Programme shall bear the LIFE logo unless otherwise specified by the Commission.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex (new)

ANNEX The LIFE logo

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0427(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that point 47 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management1 should apply for the extension of the mandate for the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the external Borders; emphasises that any decision of the legislative authority in favour of such an extension shall be without prejudice to the decisions of the budgetary authority in the context of the annual budgetary procedure; ________________ 1 OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

2012/09/25
Committee: BUDG

2011/0427(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Requests that the Commission present a new financial statement which fully takes into account the result of the legislative agreement between the European Parliament and Council to meet the budgetary and staff requirements in the Agency and in Commission's services;

2012/09/25
Committee: BUDG

2011/0427(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a new

(5 a) The Agency should be provided with the appropriate financial and human resources, in order to adequately fulfil the additional tasks assigned to it under this Regulation. For this purpose, the procedure for the establishment, implementation and control of its budget as set out in Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 should take due account of these tasks. The budgetary authority should ensure that the best standards of efficiency are met.

2012/09/25
Committee: BUDG

2011/0339(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1; reiterates that sufficient additional resources are needed in the next MFF in order to enable the Union to fulfil its existing policy priorities and the new tasks provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, as well as to respond to unforeseen events; points out that even with an increase in the level of resources for the next MFF of at least 5% compared to the 2013 level only a limited contribution can be made to the achievement of the Union’s agreed objectives and commitments and the principle of Union solidarity; challenges the Council, if it does not share this approach, to clearly identify which of its policy priorities or projects could be dropped altogether, despite their proven European added value; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.

2012/05/09
Committee: BUDG

2011/0288(COD)

Satu HASSI, Bas EICKHOUT, Dan JØRGENSEN, Nessa CHILDERS, Jutta HAUG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 3

Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy will be considered as being part of Annex II once this Directive is implemented by all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified. In order to take account of those elements the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of amending the Annex II within 12 months starting at the moment the last Member State has notified the implementation of the Directive to the Commissionas from 2014.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Satu HASSI, Bas EICKHOUT, Dan JØRGENSEN, Nessa CHILDERS, Jutta HAUG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 4

Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides will be considered as being part of Annex II once this Directive is implemented by all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified. In order to take account of those elements the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of amending the Annex II within 12 months starting at the moment the last Member State has notified the implementation of the Directive to the Commission, including the obligations relating to integrated pest managementas from 2014.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Nessa CHILDERS, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bas EICKHOUT, Jutta HAUG, Satu HASSI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Water" — SMR 1 a (new)

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Nessa CHILDERS, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bas EICKHOUT, Jutta HAUG, Satu HASSI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Water" — SMR 1 a (new) — last column

Article 9, Article 11(3)(e), Article 11(3)(g), Article 11(3)(h), Article 11(3)(i), Article 11(3)(j)

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Nessa CHILDERS, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bas EICKHOUT, Jutta HAUG, Satu HASSI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2— last column

Article 3(1), Article 3(2)(b), Article 4 (1), (2) and (4), Article 5(a), (b), (d)

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Nessa CHILDERS, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bas EICKHOUT, Jutta HAUG, Satu HASSI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3— last column

Article 6 (1) and (2), Article 6 (3), (4), Article 13(1)(a)

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6

6. In accordance with their respective responsibilities, the Commission and the Member States shall ensure coordination among the CSF Funds, and with other Union policies and instruments, including those in the framework of the Union's external action. Special attention shall be given and, where relevant, resources be allocated for areas in which other Union funds explicitly provide for an integrated approach, such as joint funding for integrated projects in the field of environment and climate.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Operations financed by the CSF Funds shall comply with applicable Union and national law and should not, through their support for strategic long-lasting investments, undermine the strategic long-term coherent application of this legislation.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster resilience and risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation and implementation of Partnership Contracts and programmes. Member States shall provide information on the support for climate change ~~objectives using the methodology adopted by the Commission~~and environmental objectives, including biodiversity and resource efficiency, using the methodology adopted by the Commission. The methodology shall also, to the extent possible, assess the negative impacts of CSF-fund expenditure on climate change and environmental objectives. The Commission shall adopt this methodology by means of an implementing act. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 143(3).

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv

(iv) the indicative allocation of support by the Union by thematic objective at national level for each of the CSF Funds, as well as the total indicative amount of support foreseen for climate change and environmental, including biodiversity and resource efficiency, objectives;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)

(iv a) the potential amount of support foreseen for complementary activities with non CSF-funds that specifically provide for such cooperation, such as joint funding for integrated projects in the field of environment and climate; for Partnership Contracts that identify environment or climate as thematic objectives, the Member State shall ensure that priority is given to funding activities that complement integrated projects in those fields;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) the mechanisms at national and regional level that ensure coordination between the CSF Funds and other Union and national funding instruments, especially where those provide for a structured cooperation such as the LIFE programme, and with the EIB;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall set out the detailed actions relating to the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities, including the timetable for their implementation, in the relevant programmes. With regards to the implementation of plans or strategies under the thematic objectives 4, 5 and 6, Member States shall consider integrated projects in the field of climate and environment as a potential model for an efficient, coherent and well coordinated implementation.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5. Each programme, except those where technical assistance is undertaken under a specific programme, shall set out the indicative amount of support to be used for climate change and environmental, including biodiversity and resource efficiency, objectives.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) progress towards achievement of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular in respect of the milestones set out for each programme in the performance framework and the support used for climate change and environmental, including biodiversity and resource efficiency, objectives;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4

4. The ex ante evaluation shall incorporate~~, where appropriate,~~ the requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment set out in implementation of 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.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i

(i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF and other Union and national funding instruments, especially where those provide for a structured cooperation such as the LIFE programme, and with the EIB;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Romana JORDAN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i a (new)

(ia) the arrangement of cooperation on environmental and climate priorities between different sectoral administrations on national and regional level, leading to, first, the identification of areas in which activities that complement integrated projects in the environment and climate field could be envisaged and, second, the determination of funding areas where the use of solutions, methods and approaches validated under the LIFE programme can be beneficial;

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall submit an opinion of the national or, dependent on the level where the operational programme is prepared, regional environmental bodies on the measures set out in point (i), and an opinion of the national or regional equality bodies on the measures set out in points (ii) and (iii) with the proposal for an operational programme under the Investment for growth and jobs goal.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 - Table 1 – row 6 – subrow 6.2 a (new)

6.2a. Air quality: – A comprehensive air quality Implementation of the management strategy is in place, Directive 2008/50/EC of the including evidence of the adoption of European Parliament and air quality plans that set out measures of the Council of 21 May in order to attain the limit values or 2008 on ambient air quality target values, in accordance with and cleaner air for Europe. article 23 of Directive 2008/50/EC.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 - Table 1 – row 6 – subrow 6.2 b (new)

6.2b. Nature and - Member States have set out funding Biodiversity: priorities for management and Implementation of Council restoration of Natura 2000 areas as Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 part of national or regional Prioritised May 1992 on the Action Frameworks, in accordance conservation of natural with Article 8 of Directive 92/43/EEC habitats and of wild fauna on the conservation of natural habitats and flora (Habitats and of wild fauna and flora, having Directive), especially with regard to the co-financing regards to Prioritised opportunities under different EU Action Frameworks funding instruments. foreseen in Art. 8 (4).

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

- measures to ensure sufficient administrative capacity. so that timely assessments, at a stage to influence the planning process, can be guaranteed.

2012/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/0276(COD)

Jutta HAUG, Matthias GROOTE, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Mario PIRILLO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to guarantee its full autonomy and independence, the Authority should be granted an autonomous budget with revenues mainly from obligatory contributions from national supervisory authorities and from the General Budget of the European Union. The Community budgetary procedure should be applicable as far as the Community contribution is concerned. The auditing of accounts should be undertaken by the Court of Auditors. The overall budget is subject to the discharge procedure.

2010/04/14
Committee: BUDG

2009/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 - paragraph 9

2010/04/14
Committee: BUDG

2009/0142(COD)