Activities of Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that the EU needs a comprehensive policy framework for 2030 that encourages investment in and the long- term decarbonisation of non-ETS sectors; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the non-ETS targets ~~while preserving the flexibility for Member States to define their own ways of meeting their eff~~, taking into account the performance of these sectort s~~haring targets~~o far;

2013/11/15
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, through increased recycling, the EU could benefit in terms of job creation and growth from a robust effort to move towards a balanced, cradle- to-cradle circular economy, based on the concept of waste as a resource;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper and recognises the need for specific EU legislation on plastic waste, as well as more uniform, consistent and rigorous implementation of the existing legislation concerning waste;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that, used in packaging, plastic helps to maintain the quality and extend the shelf life of all kinds of products, thus contributing to quality of life; stresses that a differentiated approach needs to be taken, recognising that plastic packaging is not always necessary for product conservation; emphasises the need to foster public awareness that plastic must not necessarily be thrown away but is, in most cases, suitable for multiple re-use;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the EU legislation on plastic waste should ~~defin~~be amended to ensure that the following are put in place: specific targets for collection and sorting and mandatory criteria for recyclability (clarifying the distinctions between mechanical/organic recycling and recovery/incineration; the aim should be a target of at least 75 % of recycled plastic by 2020); s~~pecific labelling of materials in order to inform consumers concerning their mechanical or organic recyclability~~elective collection of materials and EU-wide harmonisation of collection, sorting and general waste management so as to create a level playing field, in accordance with the waste hierarchy; specific labelling to show whether products are recyclable, as well as clear guidance for consumers, with a view to increasing the sorting of waste for collection, recycling and/or energy production; and, finally, criteria for the replacement of single-use and short-lived plastic products by reusable and more durable materials;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees that plastic waste should be treated as a valuable resource by promoting its reuse, recycling, and recovery; believes that in any case landfilling should be ~~banned by 2020, without, however, incentivising as a result the energy recovery option over recycling~~phased out; calls for recycling to be incentivised so as to end the exportation of post-industrial plastic waste to Asia and to promote waste processing in Europe; considers that, alongside the targets and measures mentioned above for recycling, it is therefore advisable to introduce appropriate sanctions for incineration of recyclable and biodegradable plastics, in order to level the playing field for different plastic types; points out that this would also invert an unsustainable tendency that has until now privileged the use of virgin products over the more expensive recycled ones;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the most dangerous plastics, those that are the most disruptive to human health and the environment (such as micro- and oxo-biodegradable plastics) and those which contain heavy metals that can also make recycling processes more difficult, should be phased out of the market or banned outright, as soon as possible before 2020; also believes that, as demanded by a majority of European citizens (and consumers), it is finally time to ~~phase out or ban single-use, non- biodegradable and non-compostable plastic products, also before 2020~~apply a clear definition of what constitutes a single-use product and thereby to reduce recourse to single-use plastic products; stresses, however, that the most effective way to mitigate the impact of waste is to develop waste management infrastructure;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights that for biodegradable, bio- based and compostable plastics, adequate measures should be adopted to promote them, provided their production does not impact negatively on agricultural output for human or animal consumption; also believes that clearer information on their characteristics, recyclability and potential for re-use should be provided to consumers;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Calls for the establishment of a European Day for plastic waste, on which citizens could return any volume of plastic waste to predetermined points in return for appropriate monetary~~Believes that more attention should be devoted to practical activities and coamp~~ensation, as a means of ensuring the supply of recyclable plastic and increasing~~aigns to raise public awareness ofabout recycling; considers that ~~this event could also include~~ community beach cleaning activities, a~~s a symbolic~~lso make a contribution to awareness-raising and to the containment of coastal pollution caused by plastic waste;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in many Member States the horticulture sector incorporates other sectors of the economy, including ornamental plant cultivation, nurseries, perennial nurseries, gardening services, such as cemetery gardening, gardening supply retailers, garden centres and florists and landscape gardening;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of promoting the EU horticulture sector and enabling it to compete in the global marketplace, with a focus on support for research and development, energy efficiency and security and measures to improve marketing;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to establish the same market access conditions, as regards marketing standards, designations of origin, etc., for all market participants in the EU and to carry out checks to ensure that those conditions are observed, in order to prevent distortions of competition;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Encourages the promotion of F&V consumption in Member States through educational activities such as the EU School Fruit Scheme or the Grow Your Own Potato and Cook Your Own Potato industry schemes in the UK;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls, in that connection, for the introduction of a balanced and intensive support model, so that direct marketers also have the opportunity to implement innovative projects and enhance their competitiveness;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises that cutting red tape is particularly important for small and medium-sized businesses, although such measures must not undermine the legal certainty which such businesses also rely on;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, in its review of the EU F&V regime, to produce clearer practical rules about how POs should be designed and managed, a~~nd believes that in order to encourage more growers to join POs it is crucially important that the scheme adapts to fit the market structures that exist in Member State~~lthough growers must remain free to take their own decisions on these matters;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls that both the Plant Protection Products Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of 21 October 2009) and the new Biocides Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012) require the Commission to specify scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine- disrupting properties by December 2013; is concerned that these criteria have the potential to remove significant substances which could still be used with acceptable risk; emphasises how important it is that the procedure should be transparent, so that the market actors concerned understand the scientific basis for the decisions and know which actors were involved in developing new criteria; urges the Commission to fully consider the impact of different approaches when presenting proposals for endocrine disruptors;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to reassess the current restrictions on the use of some neonicotoinoids in light of new scientific evidence and urges the Commission to properly assess the economic and environmental impact of such restrictions, as regards location, type and time of use, before bringing them into force;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2100(INI)

Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Christa KLASS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Takes the view that efforts to encourage young people to consider jobs in the horticulture sector and to provide them with training should be supported by means of awareness-raising and information campaigns at European level, for example in the form of flanking measures implemented as part of the EU School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme;

2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~regional~~the quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high- quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked andschemes and quality symbols for protected designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allow to highlight the qualities of a product which embody the specific characteristics of ~~each~~a territory, ~~and in particular~~including its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these ~~sets of goods and service~~goods come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level ~~and~~, opening up new opportunities on local and international markets; and allowing to promote a region more effectively on regional, national and international markets; whereas the EU rural development policy allows for support for quality schemes set up at national or regional level; whereas quality schemes set up at national or regional basis shall not create confusion with PDO and PGI schemes and shall fully respect EU rules;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that a large number of labelling options already exist in Europe;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Christa KLASS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to develop an approach to the official recognition of regional quality branding based on an objective assessment of the governance of the territorial development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions, the diversity of the economic and social actors involved in promoting regional quality branding andMember States to use the support possibilities for quality schemes at national and regional level under their rural development programmes while avoiding confusion with and weakening of EU quality schemes and notably those for PDO and PGI; calls on the Commission to ensure theat quality ~~of the set of specific goods and services which they can offer~~schemes set up at Member State and regional level respect EU law;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Expresses its concern that the guaranteed, appropriate funding of the above mentioned actions will be seriously at risk if the multiannual financial framework is not adopted promptly;~~Calls for agreement to be reached without delay between the European Council and the European Parliament on the multiannual financial framework, so as to ensure guaranteed and appropriate funding of the above-mentioned actions.

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the DAPHNE III programme, which played a fundamental role in combating violence against women in the European Union, will come to an end on 31 December 2013; ~~regret~~notes that ~~the programme will be discontinued after this date~~violence against women is still present and that action is urgently needed to counteract it; urges the Commission in this regard to ~~continue~~ earmark~~ing~~ sufficient funds within the Rights and Citizenship programme for efficient actions aimed at eliminating violence against women in the period starting in 2014;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1

measures aimed at facilitating access of women to qualified jobs in the new technologies sector, including information and communication technology;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) PLightweight plastic carrier bags ~~with a thickness below 50 microns~~, which represent the vast majority of the total number of plastic carrier bags consumed in the Union, are less frequently re-used than thicker plastic carrier bags and more prone to littering.

2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) The data available concerning the use of plastic carrier bags in the Union clearly show that consumption is low or has been reduced in those Member States where food retailers make plastic carrier bags available not free of charge, but instead against a small payment.

2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) To promote similar reductions of the average consumption level of lightweight plastic carrier bags, Member States should take measures to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags with a handle and a thickness below 250 microns that are supplied to consumers at the check-out facility (point of sale) in line with the overall objectives of the Union’s waste policy and the Union's waste hierarchy as provided for in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives7. Such reduction measures should take account of current consumption levels of plastic carrier bags in individual Member States, with higher levels requiring more ambitious efforts. To monitor progress in reducing the use of lightweight plastic carrier bags national authorities will provide data on their use under article 17 of Directive 94/62/EC. __________________ 7 OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Measures to be taken by Member States may involve the use of economic instruments such as taxes and levies, which have proved particularly effective to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags, as well as marketing restrictions such as bans in derogation of Article 18 of Directive 94/62/EC, subject to the requirements laid down in Articles 34 to 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that are supplied to consumers at the check-out facility (point of sale).

2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE

2013/0371(COD)

Christa KLASS, Werner LANGEN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) Measures to be taken by Member States factor in that for technical reasons the minimum wall thickness for bio-based bags that are biodegradable is 16 microns. Bags with a wall thickness below 16 microns can only be made from bio-based non-biodegradable material.

2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2

These measures may include the use of national reduction targets, and economic instruments ~~as well as marketing restrictions in derogation from Article 18 of this Directive~~.

2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)

Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1b (new)

(2a) In Article 4, the following paragraph 1b is inserted: '1b. Member States shall take measures to ensure that food retailers do not provide lightweight carrier bags free of charge. Member States shall ensure that food retailers charge a price for lightweight plastic carrier bags that is effective and proportionate.'

2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI

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

Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1

~~(a) in point (a) of paragraph 2, the first indent is replaced by the following: "— the execution of construction or demolition works, or of other installations or schemes,"~~deleted

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1

(ba) a description of the likely environmental impact of emissions at the location of the project.

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2

Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) impacts of the project on the environment, in particular on land use and the loss of agricultural and forest areas, land (increase of settlement areas over time – land use ~~or land take~~), soil (organic matter, erosion, compaction, sealing), water (quantity and quality), air and biodiversity (population quality and quantity and ecosystem degradation and fragmentation);

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2

(a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex and feed stocks included under Part A of this Annex for which estimated indirect land-use change emissions are not established for the reference year.

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Julie GIRLING, Christa KLASS, Chris DAVIES

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX

Annex IX Part A. Feedstocks wh~~ose~~ich contribut~~ion~~e towards the 2% target referred to in Article 3(~~4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content (a) Algae. (b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household~~d)(i) (a) Algae (autotrophic). (b) Biomass from accumulated municipal waste subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste. (d) Straw. (e) Animal manure and sewage sludge. (f) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches. (g) Tall oil pitch. (h) Crude glycerine. (i) Bagasse. (j) Grape marcs and wine lees. (k) Nut shells. (l) Husks. (m) Cobs (n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings. ~~Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content~~ (na) Used cooking oil. (nb) Animal fats classified as category I and II in accordance with EC/1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by- products not intended for human consumption. (nc) Non-food cellulosic material. (nd) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point a a (new)

(aa) Bacteria

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Julie GIRLING, Christa KLASS, Chris DAVIES

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c

(c) Bio~~mass~~degradable fraction of industrial waste.

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (the Nagoya Protocol) is an international treaty adopted on 29 October 2010 by the Parties to the Convention. The Nagoya Protocol s~~ignificantly expands~~ets out in greater detail the general rules of the Convention on access and benefit- sharing for the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) It is important to define, in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol, that the use of genetic resources refers to research and development on the genetic or biochemical composition of ~~samples of genetic material, which includes research and development on isolated compounds extracted from genetic material that was accessed in a Party to the Nagoya Protocol~~genetic resources.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) With a view to ensuring an effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, all users of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with such resources should have to exercise due diligence to ascertain that the genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge used were accessed in accordance with applicable legal requirements and to ensure that, where relevant, benefits are shared. However, given the diversity of users within the Union it is not appropriate to oblige all users to take the same measures for exercising due diligence. Therefore, only minimum features of due diligence measures should be set out. The specific choices taken by users on the tools and measures applied for exercising due diligence should be supported through the recognition of best practices as well as complementary measis applies in particular to subsequent users, to whom the due diligence obligation should apply only if they access and use genetic resources in ~~support of sectoral codes of conduct, model contractual clauses, and guidelines with a view to increasing legal certainty and reducing costs~~the same way as the initial user. The obligation on users to keep information relevant for access and benefit- sharing should be limited in time, consistent with the time-span for an eventual innovation.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation establishes rules governing proper access and benefit- sharing for genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (the Nagoya Protocol).

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Esther DE LANGE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3

(3) the source from which the resources or the knowledge were directly obtained ~~as well as subsequent users of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with such resources~~;

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 5

(5) access ~~decision~~permits and mutually agreed terms, where applicable;

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

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

(c) obtain a proper access permit, and establish mutually agreed terms~~, or discontinue the use~~ where it appears that access was not in accordance with applicable access and benefit-sharing legislation or regulatory requirements.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Esther DE LANGE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article shall apply to subsequent users only if they access and use genetic resources in the same way as the initial user.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. The checks referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be conducted in accordance with a periodically reviewed plan following a risk-based approach~~. When developing this risk-based approach, Member States shall consider~~ the key principles of which shall be laid down by the Commission in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 15(2). This approach shall take into account the fact that the implementation by a user of a best practice recognised under Article 8(2) of this Regulation or under Article 20(2) of the Nagoya Protocol reduces that user's risk of non-compliance.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. The checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall include ~~at least~~:

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point c

(c) on the spot checks~~, including field audits~~;

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authorities shall exchange information on the organisation of their checking system for monitoring user compliance with this Regulation, on serious shortcomings detected through checks referred to in Articles 9(4) and 10(1) and on the types of penalties imposed in accordance with Article 11 with the competent authorities of other Member States and with the Commission.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. A Union platform on access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is hereby established. Member States which plan to adopt rules governing access to their genetic resources shall first conduct an assessment of the impact of those rules and submit the results to the Union platform for consideration under the procedure laid down in paragraph 5 of this Article.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. The Union platform shall contribute to the streamlining of access conditions at Union level by discussing related issues, including the design and performances of access regimes established in Member States, simplified access for non- commercial research, access practices of collections in the Union, access of Union stakeholders in third countries and the sharing of best practices. In particular, the platform should advocate that where competent authorities leave requests for access unanswered, the due diligence obligation shall be deemed to have been fulfilled and access shall be granted without any further obligations.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0278(COD)

Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. Every ten years after its first report the Commission shall, on the basis of reporting on and experience with the application of this Regulation, review the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation. In its reporting the Commission shall in particular consider the administrative consequences for specific sectors, public research institutions, small or medium- sized enterprises and micro-enterprises. It shall also consider the need for further Union action on access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources.

2013/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)

The monitoring frequency can be adapted through a risk –based approach. In that case Member States shall communicate the grounds for its decision, and the relevant results of monitoring programmes to the Commission.

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Where a failure to comply with the parametric values laid down in accordance with Article 5 occurs, the Member State shall assess whether the failure poses a risk to human health. In the event that there is such a risk, the Member State shall take remedial action ~~to restore the quality of the water~~, based on the subsidiarity principle, to restore the quality of the water. When taking remedial actions for radon, the following flexibility to the Member States shall be considered: (a) Between concentrations of more than 100 to less than 1000 Bq/l, Member States should set a reference level for radon to be used for consideration whether remedial action is needed to protect human health; (b) For concentrations in excess of 1000 Bq/l for radon, remedial action is deemed to be justified on radiological protection grounds; (c) Above reference concentration of 0.1 Bq/l for polonium-210 and 0.2 Bq/l for lead-210, a consideration should be given to whether remedial action is needed to protect human health.

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I

1. Parametric values for ~~radon and~~ tritium and parametric values for Total Indicative Dose, for other ~~other~~ radioactive substances, in water intended for human consumption Radioactivity Parameter Parametric value Unit Notes ~~Radon 100 Bq/l~~ Tritium 100 Bq/l Total indicative dose 0,10 mSv/year (Note 1)

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 2 (new)

2. Member States may set a parametric value for radon which is judged inappropriate to be exceeded and below which optimization of protection should be ensured, without compromising water supply on a national or regional scale. The parametric level set by a member state may be higher than 100 Bq/l but lower than 1000 Bq/l.

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

If the gross alpha and the gross beta activity are less than 0.15 Bq/l and 1.0 Bq/l respectively, the Member State may assume that the TID is less than the parametric indicator value of 0.1 mSv/year and no radiological investigation is needed unless it is known from other sources of information that specific radionuclides are present in the water supply and are liable to cause a TID in excess of 0.1 mSv/year.

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0074(NLE)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

If the gross alpha activity exceeds 0.15 Bq/l or the gross beta activity exceeds 1.0 Bq/l, analysis for specific radionuclides shall be required. The radionuclides to be measured shall be defined by Member States taking into account all relevant information about likely sources of radioactivity. Since elevated levels of tritium may indicate the presence of other artificial radionuclides, tritium, gross alpha activity and gross beta activity should be measured in the same sample.

2012/12/18
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2

(2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry into the Union's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment, whilst ensuring the permanence and environmental integrity of the contribution of the sector, and providing for accurate monitoring and accounting of the relevant emissions and removals. This Decision should, therefore, as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector. To ensure the preservation and enhancement of carbon stocks in the interim, it should also provide for Member States to adopt LULUCF Action Plans setting out measures to limit or reduce emissions, and to maintain or increase removals, from the LULUCF sector.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3

(3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision 2- /CMP.7 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘'Decision 2-/CMP.7’)') and Decision 16/CMP.1. That decision set out rules for accounting for the LULUCF sector as of a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. This Decision should be ~~in line~~consistent with that decision to ensure an appropriate level of coherence between the Union's internal rules and methodologies agreed within the UNFCCC to avoid any duplication of national reporting. This Decision should also reflect the particularities of the Union LULUCF sector.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) In addition to the opportunities directly linked to forestry and agriculture, there are potential mitigation benefits in the related industries (e.g. pulp and paper, wood processing) and renewable energy sectors if agricultural land and forests are managed for the production of timber and energy. Whilst carbon is stored in trees and in other plants and soils, it can also be stored for several decades in products (e.g. construction wood). Industry and consumer oriented policies can make an important contribution to increasing the long term use and recycling of wood and/or the production of pulp, paper and wood products, thereby replacing more emission-intensive equivalents (e.g. concrete, steel, plastics made from fossil fuels). In fact, the bio-based industry can make use of crops grown for material substitution (e.g. hemp and grass for insulation instead of glass fibre, straw for furniture production, car door panels made from flax or sisal plants, bio- plastics) or for energy (e.g. using biomass instead of fossil fuels). Studies show that for each tonne of carbon in wood products substituted for non-wood products an average greenhouse gas emission reduction of approximately two tonnes of carbon can be expected.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4

(4) The ~~LULUCF accounting rul~~accounts for the LULUCF activities should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for account~~ing rul~~s for the LULUCF activities applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management~~, and~~. It should also provide for accounts applicable on a voluntary basis to the agricultural activities of grazing land management and cropland management~~. It should also provide for accounting rules applicable on a voluntary basis~~, to revegetation ~~and~~, wetland drainage and rewetting activities.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the LULUCF account~~ing rule~~s applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -2/CMP.7, and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6

(6) The LULUCF account~~ing rule~~s should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute estimates of the annual net emissions or removals resulting from forest management within the territory of a Member State for the years included in an accounting period, and should be set transparently in accordance with Decision - /CMP.7. They should be updated to reflect improvements to methodologies or data available in the Member States. The accounting rules should provide for an upper limit applicable to net greenhouse gas emissions and removals for forest management that may be entered into accounts, given underlying uncertainties in the projections on which the reference levels are based.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The accounting rules should appropriately reflect the positive contribution of greenhouse gas storage in wood and wood-based products and should contribute to greater use of forests as a resource, within a framework of sustainable forest management, and to increased use of wood products.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7

(7) The accounting rules for forest management should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the time emissions of greenhouse gasses from harvested wood take place, to provide incentives for the use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. The first- order decay function applicable to emissions resulting from harvested wood products should therefore correspond to equation 12.1 of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (‘'IPCC’') Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and the relevant default half-life values should be based on Table 3a.1.3 of the 2003 IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) Since inter-annual fluctuations in greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from agricultural activities are ~~much~~ smaller than those related to forestry activities, Member States ~~should~~that account for greenhouse gas emissions and removals from cropland and grazing land management activities should do so relative to its base year in accordance with their reviewed initial report on base year emission data as submitted to the UNFCCC pursuant to Decision 13/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘'Decision 13/CMP.1’').

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) Reporting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change, including information on the LULUCF sector, fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No ~~…/…~~.../... [Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting Union greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change (COM/2011/0789 final — 2011/0372 (COD)], and ~~are not the~~should be considered by Member States when monitoring and refporeting, although they do not fall within the scope of this Decision.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision. The Commission should periodically evaluate the content and implementation of Member States‘ LULUCF Action Plans and, where appropriate, provide recommendations to enhance Member State action.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13

(13) 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 update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement ~~relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and~~s arising in the arelevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, to amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decisa of climate change concluded by the Union, to revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) ~~in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revision~~to reflect minor changes to acts adopted by the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 1

This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities. ~~It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.~~

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q

(q) ‘'forest’' is ~~an area of land of at least 0.5 hectare,~~land with tree crown cover (or an equivalent stocking level) of ~~at least~~more than 10 per cent ~~of the area, covered with trees with the potential~~and area of more than 0.5 hectare. The trees should be able to reach a minimum height of ~~at least~~ 5 metres at maturity at in situ. A forest may consist eitheir ~~place of growth, including gr~~of closed forest formations where trees of varioups of growing young natural trees, or a plantation that has yet to reach a tree crown cover or equivalent stocking level of at least 10 per cent of the area or tree height of at least 5 metres, including any area thatstoreys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground, or of open forest formations with a continuous vegetation cover in which tree crown cover exceeds 10 percent. Young natural stands and all plantations established for forestry purposes which have yet to reach a crown density of 10 percent or tree height of 5 m are included, as are areas normally formsing part of the forest area ~~but on which there~~which are temporarily ~~no trees~~unstocked as a result of human intervention~~, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to for~~ or natural causes but which are expected to revert to forest. 'Forest' includes: forest nurseries and seed orchards that constitute an integral part of the forest; forest roads, cleared tracts, firebreaks and other small open areas within the forest; forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of special environmental, scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; windbreaks and shelterbelts of trees with an area of more than 0.5 hectare and a width of more than 20 metres, rubberwood plantations and cork oak stands. 'Forest' excludes land predominantly used for agricultural practicest;

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the definitions in paragraph 1 of this Article ~~for the purpose of updating~~to ensure consistency between those definitions ~~in the light of~~and any changes to relevant definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol within the framework of the UNFCCC, or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

~~(e) cropland management;~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f

~~(f) grazing land management.~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – title

~~General accounting rul~~Accounts of LULUCF activities

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 7

7. ~~The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend Annex I~~Any amendment to the obligation to draw up and maintain LULUCF accounts set out in this Article, including changes to ~~add~~the accounting periods a~~nd to ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors~~s set out in Annex I, shall be adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 9

~~9. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 12 to update the reference levels in Annex II as necessary.~~

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) pulp and paper;

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) wood for energy production.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Where Member States reflect in their accounts emissions resulting from harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes, they shall ~~do so also on the basis of the instantaneous oxidation method~~take into account in their calculations the replacement of fossil fuels with adequate national half-life values.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – title

~~Accounting rule~~Maintaining accounts for cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. ~~In accounts relating to cropland management and grazing land management, Member States shall~~Where a Member State elects to draw up and maintain accounts for categories referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1), it shall, without prejudice to any future decision on accounting rules at international level, reflect emissions and removals resulting from such activities, calculated as emissions and removals in each accounting period specified in Annex I, minus the value obtained by multiplying the number of years in that accounting period by a Member State's emissions and removals resulting from such activities in its base year, as submitted to the UNFCCC in that Member State's reviewed initial report on base year emission data pursuant to the Annex of Decision 13/CMP.1.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to revise the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 ~~in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revision~~to reflect minor changes to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 10

Article deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall review the accounting rules in this Decision at the latest within a year of the end of the first accounting period specified in Annex I. in the light of international negotiations and the UNFCCC.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Annex III – "Default half-life values (HL)" – line 1

2 years for paper and energy-producing wood

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Annex IV

Annex deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and notes the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity; stresses in this connection the particular role played by farming, which has already made a great contribution to preserving the diversity of species and biotopes and will also make a crucial contribution to the success of the European biodiversity strategy;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is convinced that the so-called 'greening' of the CAP should be implemented efficiently and unbureaucratically, without leading to discrimination against existing agri- environmental measures; calls, with regard to the necessary reduction in the administrative burden, for, inter alia, all CAP payments to continue to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules after 2014, which should be both transparent and as easy as possible to implement and monitor;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that only functioning, sustainable, broad-based and productive agriculture is in a position to provide the additional services demanded by society in the form of public assets; is therefore in favour of an approach that balances and integrates the introduction of additional environmental protection measures and the key role of the CAP in safeguarding efficient production;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recalls the key role played by the CAP in guaranteeing a secure supply of high- quality and affordable food for consumers; points out in this connection that the Commission proposal for the mandatory across-the-board designation of 7% of farmland as environmental focus areas is considered to be inappropriate and impracticable, particularly where these areas would no longer be available to produce food in productive regions;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, including its targets and actions; considers, nevertheless, that ~~some actions~~the effectiveness of the actions taken to date should be ~~strengthe~~examined;

2012/02/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Hans-Peter MAYER, Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that the diversity of species and biotopes now seen as meriting protection can be attributed to the way in which land has been used for farming and forestry in Europe in the past, which should therefore be continued as part of a sustainable land-use strategy; points out in this connection that differing conditions such as climate, soil and the availability of water are found mainly at a local and regional level, and that regional conditions should therefore be taken into account and correspondingly differentiated possibilities for use should be found;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes the requirement under the CBD to restore 15 % of degraded ecosystems by 2020; considers, however, that this is a minimum and that the EU should have its own, more ambitious target and long-term vision; calls~~, therefore,~~ on the EU to set higher targets for the restoration ~~of 30 %~~ of degraded ecosystems ~~as its target for~~by 2020, and urges the Commission to define clearly what is meant by ‘degraded ecosystems’ and to set a baseline against which progress can be measured;

2012/02/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13.Recalling that over half of Europe’s territory is managed by farmers and that funding for the common agricultural policy (CAP) represents the largest single part of the EU budget, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; calls, therefore, for ~~a strong reorientation of the CAP towards the delivery of public good~~compliance with and control of European regulations and directives on the part of the Member States in the context of the Cross Compliance provisions;

2012/02/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for ~~the greening of Pillar I~~a sustained approach in the CAP in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climate change; welcomes the Commission’s CAP reform proposal that provides for a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should include crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, and not the 7 % proposed by the Commission and to secure the sustained production of healthy foods and habitats;

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II and for drastic improvements to the environmental focus of that pillar in all Member States and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures;

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Requests the Commission and Member States to take advantage of the phenomenon of land abandonment in various parts of Europe to ~~rewild large parts of the landscape as major wilderness areas, providing~~support the targeted maintenance of biodiversity in Europe in order to create new socio- economic opportunities for rural development ~~whilst preserving Europe’s biodiversity~~;

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. With a view to ensuring adequate financing of the Natura 2000 network, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that a~~t least €5.8 billion per year~~dequate funding is provided through EU and Member State ~~funding~~as part of budgetary discussions; calls, further, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available through various EU funds (for example through the CAP funds, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the cohesion funds and the LIFE+ fund);

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to Directive No 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,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Europe is abstracting only around 13% of its total available freshwater, but water resources are very unevenly distributed across European regions;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that, while the major focus should be on the implementation of current legislation, in the water spec~~ific gaps exist that need to be filled by new legislation~~tor, the importance of business cooperation and partnerships between the various operators and other stakeholders for sustainable water resource management on a voluntary basis should be recognised;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to take determined action to bring Member States’ infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for further assistance, for example through comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments, to be developed and made available to foster capacity-building, ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the nexus between energy production, energy efficiency and water security; points out that additional efforts need to be made at European level to ensure that the growing demand for energy does not jeopardise water security; stresses that water use should be taken into account when assessing the sustainability of traditional a~~s well as low-carbon~~nd renewable energy sources, including ~~in particular biofuels~~bioenergy, drawing particular attention to the risks associated with non- conventional natural gas extraction (such as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking);

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the efficiency and sustainability of water use by the agriculture sector can be improved by the introduction of innovative technologies and practices; in this context emphasises that cooperation between land managers and other stakeholders is a good way to attain positive results in water protection; further emphasises that, in view of the challenges of climate change and food security, sufficient water resources should be mobilised for agriculture;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises that the rate of groundwater recharge under agricultural and forested land is very high and that farmers and foresters have particular responsibilities with regard to maintaining the purity of high quality groundwater; in this context points out that, thanks to major efforts by farmers in recent years, significant improvements have been achieved in water quality;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that an environmentally- and economically-sound water sanitation and wastewater management policy should tackle pollution at the source before passing all pollutants to a costly end-of- pipe treatment; encourages the use of wastewater and by-products of end-of-pipe treatment as a new resource on the basis of stringent quality requirements;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for EU water legislation to be updated — as appropriate — to properly take into account technological advances for the reuse and recycling of water, to allow a cost- and energy-efficient reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, as well as the reuse of greywater in households; calls for measures for proper monitoring of the chemical and biological quality of reclaimed water;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that water is at the core of most ecosystem services and stresses the importance of proper water management in reaching biodiversity targets; encourages reforestation and wetland restoration measures in the management of water resources — where appropriate; calls for better alignment of the objectives of the WFD with Natura 2000;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes that the causes and consequences of soil deterioration are mostly local and regional in nature and that the principle of subsidiarity should therefore be applied; calls on all Member States to meet their obligations with regard to the assurance of soil quality and to maintain soil health, while also urging Member States where no soil protection provisions exist to step up to their responsibilities;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recognises that the EU policy framework has allowed the collection of less fragmented data on water as well as better monitoring; notes, however, the lack of reliable data on water quantity, for instance on abstraction and leakage; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Environment Agency, to develop ~~a new set of reliable~~ indicators for water accounts; underlines that the knowledge base should integrate the concept of ‘environmental flows’ and take into account the ecosystem services supported by water;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and other relevant stakeholders to support the European Innovation Partnership on Water as an effective instrument to concentrate efforts on world- leading research and innovation and remove the barriers that prevent the quick transfer to the market and establishment of knowledge, best available techniques and technological breakthroughs ~~to the market~~;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses the need for better consistency and better integration of water-related objectives into the legislation at the EU, national and regional levels; calls for a ~~full~~n evaluation of the effects on water resources to be taken into account in the design of various joint EU policies (such as the common agricultural policy ~~and~~or cohesion policy frameworks), in order to achieve a thematic concentration of available financing on water issues and to mainstream the issue of water into all policy areas;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the application of the ‘polluter pays’ and ‘user pays’ principles, as set down in the Water Framework Directive, by means of transparent pricing schemes that aim at full cost recovery; underlines, however, that social issues should be taken into account when setting water tariffs for personal and commercial use; stresses that water pricing should reflect the environmental impact of wastewater treatment and calls on the Commission to ensure appropriate financing of wastewater treatment plants;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2244(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Member States to take targeted actions in order to provide a better and fairer financial status for social employment. Jobs in education and care must be placed on an equal financial footing with other jobs. There must be no financial disadvantages arising from the fact that men and women choose social occupations;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

2011/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the 7th EAP should be an overarching framework that makes it possible to deal with both persistent and emerging environmental challengeschallenges with due regard to existing and planned measures;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Invites the Commission to already use – and improve – existing resource efficiency ~~indicators where available and set targets without any delay, and to develop as soon as possible new indicators and targets where needed, as requested in the Roadmap~~;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that the ~~7th EAP should include objectives on how to specifically deal with urban environmental issues~~subsidiarity principle should be applied to a greater extent in the 7th EAP concerning urban environmental issues and that European targets should allow urban areas and other regions sufficient leeway to take measures that reflect the conditions in the respective area;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that the 7th EAP should provide for full attainment of the goals for sustainable and ecological consumption and production set in the Roadmap, ~~strengthening them where needed, in particular as regards Green Public Procure~~and that this should be dealt with in the context of general social developments;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Takes the view that the 7th EAP should provide for full implementation of waste legislation and, by paying particular attention to the 5-stage waste hierarchy, should set very ambitious targets, including a net decrease ofin waste generation and ~~‘zero landfill’, without driving waste incineration~~a strict ban on the dumping of segregated waste in landfills;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Urges the Commission to include in the 7th EAP proposal ambitious targets on land use;~~n.a.

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – indent 3

– provide for the development of specific measures ~~relat~~to examinge t~~o emerging health threats~~he effects of new developments on human and animal health, such as nanomaterials or the combination effects of chemicals

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers it essential to strengthen the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) and urges the Commission to report on possible ways of doing so~~, including the establishment of a Community environmental inspection force and capacity-building, and asks the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive on environmental inspectionso~~;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Takes the view that ~~integrating~~ environmental considerations ~~into other relevant~~are gaining increasing importance in other sectoral policies ~~– in particular agriculture, fisheries, cohesion policy, transport, industry, energy, trade, employment and research – should be a key priority of the 7th EAP~~and, accordingly, it would be desirable to integrate environmental considerations into other sectoral policies;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Invites the Commission to ~~develop indicator~~investigate whether indicators can be developed without additional expenditures in order to be able to measure improvement of integration;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Christa KLASS, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Urges the Commission to include in its 7th EAP proposal ~~an aggregated list of all~~measures to establish coherence between the existing environment-related targets for the different policy areas, notably climate change, biodiversity, transport, energy, agriculture, fisheries and cohesion policy, and examine them in conjunction with each other, so as to allow for an appropriate comparison and to ensure that objectives are coherent;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes the view that the 7th EAP should ~~include a strict and detailed plan for the phasing-out of all environmentally harmful subsidies by 2020, in order to respect the Nagoya commitment~~take into account the Nagoya commitments, particularly when granting subsidies;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Takes the view that the 7th EAP should aim at supporting the development of alternative models to measure growth and welfare ~~‘beyond~~that supplement the GDP’;

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2194(INI)

Christa KLASS, Renate SOMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30a. Research, science and innovation

2012/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the prevention of food losses has to be the very first priority ~~of an EU bio-waste policy, from both an ethical and an environmental point of view~~, as food is a valuable and scarce resource and millions of people are suffering from hunger;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Christa KLASS, Renate SOMMER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that the EU’s bio waste policy should be thought through and adapted from both an ethical and an environmental point of view;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Christa KLASS, Renate SOMMER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is aware that young people need well- considered instruction in domestic matters to teach them about food preparation and preservation and dealing with leftovers, thereby ensuring that more of the food is used and less discarded;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Renate SOMMER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that a lack of understanding of what is meant by the minimum durability and use-by dates is one of the main reasons for food discards; is aware that, for reasons of legal certainty, food producers are especially cautious when determining minimum durability dates;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Renate SOMMER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points in this connection to Article 9 and Annex X of the new regulation on the provision of food information to consumers requiring labelling of the minimum durability and sell-by dates and instructions on special conditions of storage and use on packaging; calls on the Member States and the food industry to conduct information campaigns which will enable consumers to understand the labelling and correctly interpret the minimum durability dates in particular;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas improved sewage systems on farms and in rural areas, as well as composting of slurry have an important potential as nutrient and energy sources, subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controlsfermentation of slurry is desirable in terms of plant cultivation and the environment;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas integrating certain energy crops into crop rotation systems and extensive livestock production could also significantly help to reduce input costs, NO2 losses to the atmosphere and nutrient leaching;deleted

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas farm saved seeds can offer significant economic and environmental benefits, including cost reductions for farmers and less commodity dependence, thereby responding to specific agronomic conditions in farms; whereas improved infrastructure in this field can significantly reduce animal feed and seed production costs in the long term;deleted

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses in particular the need for a European Food Prices Monitoring Tool which would deliver better transparency on input price development and allow farmgate prices to be linked to production costs;deleted

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make sure that public support measures for biomass and agro-fuels – including biogas – do not contribute to ~~unsustainable~~ competition for resources between food and energy production, which must be organised sustainably, and do not provoke further increases in input costs and land rent;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity (within a range of specified crops, including legumes in particular) in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers);

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage – subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controls – the recycling of nutrients ~~from waste streams, especially liquid manure, organic waste and local sewage systems, which can help reduce input costs for fertilisers and which recapture nitrogen and phosphate~~(especially phosphate and nitrogen) from waste streams and, in particular, recycling waste as part of a cascade process after using it to produce thermal energy;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls in particular on the Commission to propose, in the ~~withdrawal of restrict~~context of the forthcoming revisions o~~n the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;~~f Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, that the obligations laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) thereof, which are an indispensable means of funding progress in the field of agricultural production, are also practicable, as it is only on this basis that the predominance of small- and medium-scale farming in the European agricultural sector can be maintained,

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Christa KLASS, Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls, in the light of the upcoming Rio+20 global conference, for a new EU initiative on the conservation, sustainable use and quality marketing of agro- biodiversity, in order to ~~reduce seed purchase costs and~~ increase added value from farming;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Invites the Commission to improve ~~risk assessment~~the methodology for ~~pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony~~assessing the risk posed to bee colonies by plant protection products, and to ensure ~~fre~~appropriate access to the findings of the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises that the European Union has only recently, with the committed involvement of the European Parliament, adopted new, stricter rules on the authorisation of plant protection products and their sustainable use, in order to ensure that they are safe for human beings and the environment; notes that these rules include additional, strict criteria relating to bee safety; calls on the Commission to keep Parliament informed about the successful implementation of the new rules;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote ~~low-~~pest management with the lowest possible pesticide- input and integrated pest management and, in~~tegrated pest management;~~ addition, the training and further training of farmers in the bee-friendly use of plant protection products and cooperation between farmers and beekeepers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a provelant protection products and to carry out further research into substance- pathogen and substance-substance synergies; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific plant protection products whose use may have an adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods ~~such as seed coating~~ should also be considered;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2068(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS, Richard SEEBER, Elisabetta GARDINI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to the Environment Council conclusions on the Commission’s Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe adopted on 19 December 2011 (18786/11) ~~and the~~, the Competitiveness Council conclusions of 29 September 2011 on a competitive European economy, and the Environment Council conclusions of 20 December 2010 on sustainable materials management and sustainable production and consumption: key contribution to a resource-efficient Europe,

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Making raw materials available for Europe’s future well-being – Proposal for a European innovation partnership on raw materials’ (COM(2012)0082),

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas intense resource use and dramatically increased global consumption are pushing up prices of raw materials, with real commodity prices having increased by 147% since the turn of the century; whereas the EU is likely to face severe challenges in securing access to, and the uninterrupted supply of, key resources; whereas efficient use of raw materials in industry and at political level is recognised to be crucial to meeting these challenges;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas switching the economy onto a resource-efficient path which respects planetary boundaries ~~will~~can bring increased competitiveness and new sources of growth and jobs through cost savings from improved efficiency, the commercialisation of innovations and better management of resources over their whole life cycle;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas recycling amounts to more than the collection of recyclable waste and whereas it is therefore essential for every step along the value chain to be encompassed within future measures;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas a future holistic resource policy should no longer merely distinguish between ‘renewable’ and ‘non-renewable’ resources, but should also extend to ‘sustainable’ materials;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society and develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with ~~clear~~indicative benchmarks ~~within one year~~as quickly as possible;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to transpose the existing legislation on waste as a matter of urgency in order to establish the necessary conditions for a functioning market;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~stimulate the~~remove the obstacles to a functioning secondary raw materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials by developing further end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives~~, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013~~; calls also therefore for the creation of a ‘Schengen area’ for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely between the Member States;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Christa KLASS, Richard SEEBER, Elisabetta GARDINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to boost research and technological innovation to speed up the transition to a green economy; underlines that the ‘Innovation Union’ is one of the engines for a resource-efficient Europe; calls on the Commission to set up an online ‘best practice’ data bank in the resource efficiency field, which should be accessible without difficulty to citizens and businesses as a whole and help to disseminate potential solutions and new ideas and translate them into reality;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission and Member States to act as quickly as possible – publishing the grounds for their decision- making – to develop and use clear, robust, and measurable indicators for economic activity that take account of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency ~~by the end of 2012~~, as well as of the globalised economy and possible business cycle fluctuations;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, before taking any steps to extend the scope of the eco- design directive to non- energy-related products ~~and~~, to c~~ome forward with additional eco-design requirements on the performance of products, including recycled content, durability and reusability,~~ arry out a thorough implementation review of the directive as it stands, focusing o~~rder to improve~~n the impact on their environment~~al impact and promote recycling~~, the economy, and the operating efficiency of the markets;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Endorses the Flagship Initiative on a Resource Efficient Europe and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe and its 2050 vision, including its milestones; calls on the Commission to bring forward swiftly all legislative and other initiatives necessary to achieve the milestones and to ensure that all EU policies are coherently aligned to them;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the urgency of taking action now to support innovation and investment in new techniques and business models and to create the incentives that will bring long- term benefits for the economy; emphasises the key role of the private sector in delivering green economic growth, but notes that small and medium-sized enterprises are, from that point of view, in a special position;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU waste acquis, including minimum targets, through their national waste prevention and management strategies and to identify those cases in which feedback might pose problems, with a view to remedying them as quickly as possible;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take more effective action to combat illegal shipments of waste to non-EU countries and, in particular, to strengthen the appropriate monitoring systems; suggests that a ‘European external waste policy’ be established with a view to spreading the best European waste treatment standards beyond the confines of the EU;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Points out that existing landfills could serve as raw material depots (urban mining), but that there is little in the way of research findings on that subject;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the transparency of publicly financed research, remove the bureaucratic obstacles to participation in research programmes aimed at enhancing resource efficiency, and involve SMEs to more useful effect in innovation research;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, together with the business community and civil society, to devise strategies to foster continuing acceptance of technology and innovation;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges Member States to shift towards environmental taxation in public revenues accounting for an EU average of more than 10% by 2020, in line with the best performing Member States; emphasises that this will allow for cuts in other taxes such as on labour, increase competitiveness and create a level playing field;deleted

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges Member States to shift towards environmental taxation ~~in public revenues accounting for an EU average of more than 10% by 2020, in line with the best performing Member States; emphasises that this will allow for cuts~~; emphasises that cuts must at the same time be made in other taxes such as on labour, so as to increase competitiveness and create a level playing field;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and Member States, as quickly as possible, to draw up a clear definition, based on objective criteria, of ‘environmentally harmful subsidies’ and to present concrete plans for phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies before 2020;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give more active support in future to scientific research to assess the economic value of ecosystems or ecosystem services and, in~~tegrate these values~~ addition, to consider how far such values could be integrated into reporting and accounting systems ~~by 2015~~;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~assess the economic value of ecosystems and integrate these values into reporting and accoun~~take the value of ecosystems into account in socio-economic and economic reporting systems ~~by 2015~~;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to start pilot projects for several resources, e.g. phosphorous, to reach ~~100%~~a reuse rate in 2020 that is high as is reasonable, taking into account the outlay of expenditure; emphasises that these pilot projects should receive direct funding from structural funds;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture~~, dietary changes to reduce animal protein intake and diminishing importe~~ and its significance for nature and the environment; calls for a reduction in sealed areas and land use;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Points out that more than 20% of food is disposed of as refuse and calls for specific measures to curb waste; points out that it is not only food which is wasted, but also the resources used for food processing and packaging;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Underlines that specific resource efficiency indicators are crucial in all areas of policy and calls on the Commission to integrate resource efficiency indicators into all its impact assessments; also considers that a ‘fitness check’ along the lines set out in Commission communication COM(2010)0614 should be a mandatory part of every impact assessment;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Considers that the 7th EAP should be aimed at achieving the vision ~~and milestones~~ of the Roadmap towards a resource-efficient Europe;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises the importance of effective coordination in ensuring gender mainstreaming; and therefore welcomes the efforts ofmade by the Turkish Government thus far to enhance cooperation on gender mainstreaming between state authorities; calls, however, for further strategies to guarantee full equality;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CTakes the view that any violence against women is unacceptable; calls on the Turkish Government to adopt a zero- tolerance policy towards violence against women;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Turkish Government to criminalise forced marriage, and to draw women’s and men’s attention, by means of information campaigns, to the right to freely choose their partner;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the fact that participation of girls in primary education has been increasing and that the gender gap in primary education is almost closed, while calling for further measures to ensure that all children attend school; considers it regrettable, however, that the gender gap still exists in secondary education and urges the Turkish Government to take all necessary actions to diminish this gap;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls for the subject of gender equality and tolerance to become a regular part of school curricula for boys and girls;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Notes that the right to education is a human right under Article 26 of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes that despite the fact that, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute figures, female participation in the labour force has been moving recently from 24 % towards 30 %, this percentage is still ~~very~~too low, and calls on the Turkish Government to make further efforts to increase women’s participation in the labour market;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2066(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Suggests the initiation of a national project which brings together female and male role models and young ~~girls~~women and men in a debate on the future of Turkey so that women and men of all age groups and political beliefs can work together on a strategy to transform the patriarchal structure of the society;

2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM

2011/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to pursue food objectives which ~~encourage new forms of~~are designed to encourage sustainable agricultural production ~~which~~, save energy, ~~reduce the use of chemicals~~promote efficient input use and exploit the potential of ecosystems more effectively; points out that it must be capable of responding to environmental challenges, such as climate change, depletion of resources, water pollution and soil erosion, etc.;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that previous CAP reforms (the 1992 McSharry reform, the ‘Agenda 2000’ reform, the 2003 reform and the 2008 health check) were all aimed at ensuring that European farmers meet the highest standards in the world as far as environmental protection and animal welfare and traceability of foodstuffs are concerned; stresses in this connection that farmers are not compensated by the market for the costs entailed in meeting these standards; (This paragraph should be the new number 1 and therefore be put on the top.)

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the CAP ~~encompasses~~plays a crucial role both for farmers and the public in general - who are both taxpayers and consumers - as the latter benefit from safe, reasonably priced food, a healthy environment, good health and prospects of jobs;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for CAP funding to be based on a model which ~~includes payments linked to natural handicaps and green-point payments or payments for vulnerable regions~~rewards compliance with standards that are among the highest in the world and the provision of public goods which are not rewarded by the market; points out, in this connection, that natural handicaps must continue to be compensated for in future;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for a reinforcement of the concept of funding for both pillars subject to the fulfilment of a number of ~~environmental and~~criteria relating to the environment, resource efficiency and helping protect biodiversity ~~criteria~~, so that high- quality food can continue to be produced using sustainable practices; points out that sufficient ~~funding is~~budget appropriations are the only guarantee of the success of targeted new, environmentally-friendly practices and existing agri-environmental measures;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the ‘greening’ of EU agricultural policy is, in reality, nothing new to farmers, as each successive reform has been geared towards strengthening this aspect of the CAP;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the services which European farmers provide to European society, in particular maintaining a varied cultivated landscape and making an important contribution to the protection and stewardship of natural resources and to climate protection;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that ~~mandatory greening that respects ecosystems will not only benefit the environment, but als~~additional greening must be based on a win-win approach that brings benefits both for the environment and for farmers and society in terms of resource efficiency and increased productivity and not least respects ecosystems; also stresses that it is necessary to place the emphasis on research, innovation and new technology in order to ensure a sustainable future for EU farming;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Believes that under the revised CAP consideration should be given to new ‘carbon credit’ instruments, because agriculture offers enormous potential for combating climate change;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Deplores the fact that the EU’s biodiversity targets have yet to be met and expects the CAP to be a catalyst for efforts to achieve those goals~~Stresses that the EU must continue to make significant efforts in the area of biodiversity; points out, in this connection, that a cooperative nature conservation approach is an effective measure to this end;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that a majority of Europeans oppose the use of GMOs in agriculture and food; asks the Commission, therefore, to study the possibility of denying funding to agricultural undertakings involved with GMOs;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that a majority of Europeans currently oppose the use of GMOs in agriculture and food; ~~asks the Commission, therefore, to study the possibility of denying funding to agricultural undertakings involved with GMOs~~stresses that a uniform EU-wide approach must be found;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages more EU-funded and -coordinated projects in which farmers and researchers can work together to find innovative ways of ~~cultivating land in an environmentally sustainable manne~~ensuring a competitive and, at the same time, sustainable agricultural sector;

2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls on the Commission to ~~investigate whether the current arrangement whereby the wine market organisation ban on plant~~consider maintaining planting rights in the wine sector beyond 2015 and to take account of this ing its ~~to expire should be maintained, in view of anticipated market trends~~assessment report on the reform of the wine CMO to be submitted in 2012;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to improve and update professional training for nurses and midwives throughout Europe and to develop common basic requirements for training courses;

2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the ~~Commission~~Member States to consider the extension of partial recognition to the health care professions very carefully, in order to avoid situations that might be difficult to handle in terms of public health protection;

2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on professional training providers to coordinate and harmonise training arrangements throughout Europe; notes that access to employment in training should not be curbed for purposes of ensuring the provision of medical care;

2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2024(INI)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Takes the view that specific, targeted retesting in fields where there is a training shortfall should be sufficient to enable people to be deemed generally qualified in another Member State;

2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0429(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) The Commission has conducted a review of the list of priority substances according to Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and to Article 8 of Directive 2008/105/EC and come to the conclusion that it is appropriate to amend the list of priority substances by identifying new substances for priority action at Union level, setting EQS for them, or removing existing substances from the list and updating according to scientific progress the EQS for some existing substances, and setting biota EQS for some existing and new priority substances.

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/0429(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Numerous Union acts have been adopted since the adoption of Directive 2000/60/EC, which constitute emission control measures in accordance with Article 16 of that Directive for individual priority substances. Moreover, many environmental protection measures fall under the scope of other existing Union legislation. Therefore, priority should be given to implementing and revising existing instruments rather than establishing new controls. The inclusion of a substance in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC ~~is without prejudice~~must not run counter to the application of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC or permits issued on the basis thereof.

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/0429(COD)

Anja WEISGERBER, Christa KLASS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Numerous Union acts have been adopted since the adoption of Directive 2000/60/EC, which constitute emission control measures in accordance with Article 16 of that Directive for individual priority substances. Moreover, many environmental protection measures fall under the scope of other existing Union legislation. Therefore, priority should be given to implementing and revising existing instruments rather than establishing new controls. In order to adopt a coherent and coordinated legal instrument concerning priority hazardous substances, it is necessary to establish which measures pertain to what stage in the life cycle of a substance and to demonstrate that, taken collectively, the measures bring about a demonstrable improvement in the environment. The inclusion of a substance in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC is without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC.

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)

ANNEX IIa ‘ANNEX II SUBSTANCES TO BE INCLUDED INTER ALIA IN THE FIRST WATCH LIST DRAWN UP BY THE COMMISSION CAS number1 EU number2 Name of substance 1066-51-9 not applicable Amino-methyl phosphonic acid (AMPA) 298-46-4 206-062-7 Carbamazepine 57-12-5 not applicable Free cyanide 1071-83-6 213-997-4 Glyphosate 15687-27-1 239-784-6 Ibuprofen 3380-34-5 222-182-2 Triclosan 9029-97-4 231-175-3 Zinc and its compounds 57-63-6 200-342-2 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol 50-28-2 200-023-8 17-beta-estradiol 15307-79-6 239-346-4 Diclofenac __________________________ 1 CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service. EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/0429(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) Pursuant to Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in preparing its policy on the environment, the Union should take account of available scientific and technical data, environmental conditions in the various regions of the Union, the potential benefits and costs of action or lack of action as well as the economic and social development of the Union as a whole and the balanced development of its regions. Scientific, environmental and socio-economic factors, including human health considerations, should be taken into account in developing a cost-effective and proportionate policy on the chemical pollution of surface waters, including in the review of the list of priority substances in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC. With that aim in view, the polluter-pays principle underpinning the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) must be consistently applied.

2012/11/08
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 4

In the Union, CVD annually accounts for more than 2 million deaths and costs the economy more than EUR 192 billion while cancer accounts for a quarter of all deaths and is the number one cause of death in people aged 45-64. Over 27 million people in the Union suffer from diabetes and the total cost of brain disorders (including, but not limited to those affecting mental health) has been estimated at EUR 800 billion. Environmental, life-style and socio-economic factors are relevant in several of these conditions with up to one third of the global disease burden estimated to be related to these. However, for other conditions- in particular neurodegenerative diseases - effective prevention strategies will first require a considerable boost in research into their causes and the development of better early diagnosis and treatment options.

2012/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 3

An increasing disease and disability burden in the context of an aging population places further demands on health and care sectors. If effective health and care is to be maintained for all ages, efforts are required to improve decision making in prevention and treatment provision, to identify and support the dissemination of best practice in the health and care sectors, and to support integrated care and the wide uptake of technological, organisational and social innovations empowering in particular older persons, persons with chronic diseases as well as disabled persons to remain active and independent. Doing so will contribute to increasing, and lengthening the duration of their physical, social, and mental well- being.

2012/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 4

All of these activities shall be undertaken in such a way as to provide support throughout the research and innovation cycle, strengthening the competitiveness of the European based industries and development of new market opportunities. To this end, a broad basis of research is of utmost importance for a high level of competitivity and future innovation in the European Union;

2012/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) ~~Noise assessments should build on existing information available and ensure that such~~In accordance with Directive 2002/49/EC, noise assessments should be based on objective and measurable criteria common to all the Member States. This information ismust be reliable ~~and accessible to competent authorities and stakeholders. Competent authorities should put in place the necessary monitoring and enforcement tools~~, obtained in a transparent manner, comparable and accessible to all stakeholders. Assessments should include monitoring of the latest technological developments and exchanges of the latest findings concerning the procedures to be employed. Competent authorities should put in place the necessary monitoring and enforcement tools. Noise assessments should be carried out or supervised by outside agencies independent of the airport operator.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) It is recognised that Member States have decided on noise-related operating restrictions in accordance with national legislation based on nationally acknowledged noise methods, which may not (yet) be fully consistent with the method as described in the authoritative European Civil Aviation Conference Report Doc 29 on 'Standard Method of Computing Noise Contours around Civil Airports' nor use the internationally recognised aircraft noise performance information. However, the efficiency and effectiveness of an operating restriction, together with the efficiency and effectiveness of the relevant action plan of which the restriction is a part, should be assessed in accordance with methods ~~prescrib~~based ion ECAC Doc 29 and the ICAO Balanced Approach. ~~Accordingly, Member States should adapt their assessments of operating restrictions in national legislation towards full compliance with ECAC Doc 29~~This assessment is currently being carried out in the context of the revision of Directive 2002/49/EC.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) to enable selection of the most ~~cost-~~ effective noise mitigation measures, taking account of both the health and the economic aspects, in accordance with the Balanced Approach so as to achieve the sustainable development of the airport and air traffic management network capacity from a gate- to-gate perspective.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3

(3) ‘Balanced Approach’ means the method under which the range of available measures, namely reduction of aircraft noise at source, land-use planning and management, noise abatement operational procedures and operating restrictions, is considered in a consistent way with the view to addressing the noise problem ~~in the most cost-effective way on an airport by airport basi~~on an airport by airport basis in a way which takes account of both the health and the economic aspects.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)

(7a) ‘Interest groups’ means natural or legal persons who are affected by or would benefit from the introduction or non-introduction of noise reduction measures, including operating restrictions, or who have a legitimate interest in the introduction of such measure;

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) identify measures available to reduce the noise impact, including the more effective use of existing time slots through the introduction of larger aircraft, a reduction in the number of uneconomic feeder flights which take up time slots and a greater focus on point-to-point routes in order to reduce the number of feeder flights operated with small aircraft;

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) evaluate the likely ~~cost-~~effectiveness of the available measures in the light of the environmental objective set;

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) ~~not as a first resort~~following careful prior consideration of the measures outlined in letters (a) to (c), operating restrictions.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. Measures or a combination of measures taken in accordance with this Regulation for a given airport shall not be more restrictive than necessary to achieve the health-related and environmental noise abatement objectives set for that airport. Operating restrictions shall be non- discriminatory, in particular on grounds of nationality, identity or activity of aircraft operators.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authorities shall use the method, indicators and information described in ~~Annex I~~Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise1 for the assessment of the current and future noise situation. __________________ OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p. 12.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. When the assessment of the noise situation reveals that new measures are necessary to achieve or maintain the level of noise abatement objectives, the competent authorities shall take due account of the contribution of each type of measure under the Balanced Approach~~, in accordance with Annex I~~.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. The competent authorities shall ensure that, at the appropriate level, a forum for technical cooperation is established between the airport operator, aircraft operator and air navigation service provider, for actions which these operators are responsible for, and taking due account of the interdependency between measures to mitigate noise and to reduce emissions. The members of this forum for technical cooperation shall regularly consult ~~local residents or their representative~~interest groups, and provide technical information and advice on noise mitigating measures to the competent authorities. No decision shall be taken to implement a measure until interest groups have been consulted.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. The competent authorities shall assess the cost-effectiveness of the new measures~~, as referred to in paragraph 3 in accordance with Annex II~~ in the context of the noise action plans provided for in Directive 2002/49/EC. A minor technical amendment to an existing measure without substantive implications on capacity or operations is not considered as a new operating restriction.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) aircraft used in humanitarian operations

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. At the request of a Member State or interest group or on its own initiative, and without prejudice to a pending appeal procedure, the Commission may scrutinise the decision on an operating restriction, prior to its implementation. Where the Commission finds that the decision does not respect the requirements set out in this Regulation, or is otherwise contrary to Union law, it may suspend the decision, unless the competent authority has imposed the operating restrictions on the basis of the outcome of a mediation procedure or another type of extrajudicial dispute resolution procedure.

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) amendments to the method and technical report set out in A~~nnex I~~rticle 6(2).

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The Commission adopted the Communication ‘Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ in March 2010 (hereinafter ‘the Europe 2020 Strategy’). The Communication was endorsed by the European Council of June 2010. The Europe 2020 Strategy responds to the economic crisis and is intended to prepare Europe for the next decade. It sets five ambitious objectives on climate and energy, employment, innovation, education and social inclusion to be reached by 2020 and identifies key drivers for growth, which aim at making Europe more dynamic and competitive. It also emphasises the importance of reinforcing the growth of the European economy while delivering high levels of employment for women and men equally, a low carbon, resource and energy-efficient economy and social cohesion.

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) Female entrepreneurship and female SMEs provide a key source for increasing the degree of female employment and thereby capitalising to a greater extent on women’s level of education. Female entrepreneurship also brings energy and innovation to the business world, and the Union’s potential in that regard is still far from being fully tapped. Women are particularly highly motivated in self-employment because running their own businesses enables them to set their own working hours and thus to reconcile work and family life better. Increasing the number of female entrepreneurs has a number of positive effects and contributes immediately to the general state of the economy. In a climate of economic instability it is easy to neglect support measures for female entrepreneurs.

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)

(21a) Both female and male entrepreneurs should be offered opportunities for personal development and for further training in IT and languages, with the aim inter alia of promoting skills for the international market.

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) measures to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of policies affecting the competitiveness and sustainability of enterprises, including disaster resilience, and to secure the development of appropriate infrastructures in both urban and rural areas, world class clusters and business networks, framework conditions and development of sustainable products, services and processes;

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Particular attention shall be paid to young entrepreneurs, as well as new and potential entrepreneurs ~~and~~, both female ~~entrepreneurs, as well as specific target groups~~and male, and to specific target groups such as young men and women.

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission may support Member States' measures to build-up entrepreneurial education, skills and attitudes, in particular among potential and new ~~entrepreneur~~female and male entrepreneurs. Particular support should be directed at women in rural areas.

2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Forestry is an integral part of rural development and support for sustainable and climate friendly land use should encompass forest area development and sustainable management of forests. The rigorous implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM), the exploitation of unused forestry resources and sources of timber and increased timber use can make decisive contributions to the achievement of the EU’s climate objectives and the wide- ranging objectives of the EU2020 Strategy. During the 2007-2013 programming period a variety of measures covered different types of support for forestry investments and management. In the interest of simplification but also of allowing beneficiaries to design and realise integrated projects with increased added value, a single measure should cover all types of support for forestry investments and management. The information shall refer to: This measure should cover the extension and improvement of forest resources through afforestation of land and creation of agro-forestry systems combining extensive agriculture with forestry systems, restoration of forests damaged by fire or other natural disasters and relevant prevention measures, investments in new forestry technologies and in the processing and marketing of forest products aimed at improving the economic and environmental performance of forest holders and non remunerative investments which improve ecosystem and climate resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems. Support should avoid distorting competition and be market neutral. As a result limitations should be imposed relating to the size and legal status of beneficiaries. Preventive actions against fires should be in areas classified by Member States as medium or high fire risk. All preventive actions should be part of a forest protection plan. The occurrence of a natural disaster in the case of action for the restoration of damaged forest potential should be subject to the formal recognition by a scientific public organisation. The forestry measure should be adopted in the light of undertakings given by the Union and the Member States at international level, and be based on Member States’ national or sub-national forest plans or equivalent instruments which should take into account the commitments made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forestry Strategy. In order to ensure that afforestation of agricultural land is in line with the aims of environmental policy the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the definition of certain minimum environmental requirements.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Peter JAHR, Milan ZVER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)

(d a) women in rural areas

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Support shall be granted to farmers and to private forest owners ~~and~~, associations of forest owners and communal forest owners respectively. In duly justified cases it may also be granted to other land managers.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Manfred WEBER, Martin KASTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) The aid scheme for hop producer organisations is only used in one Member State. In order to create flexibility and to harmonise the approach in this sector with the other sectors, the aid scheme should be discontinued, with the possibility to support the producer organisations under rural development measures.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Martin KASTLER, Manfred WEBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)

Article 29a Aid in the hops sector 1. The Community shall finance a payment to producer organisations in the hops sector recognised under Article 106 to fund measures to achieve the aims referred to in that Article. 2. The annual Community financing for the payment to producer organisations shall be EUR 2 277 000 for Germany. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing provisions for this Section.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 a (new)

Article 39a Content of support programmes Support programmes shall consist of the following elements: (a) a detailed description of the measures proposed as well as their quantified objectives; (b) the results of consultations held; (c) an appraisal showing the expected technical, economic, environmental and social impact; (d) a schedule for implementing the measures; (e) a general financing table showing the resources to be deployed and the envisaged indicative allocation of the resources between the measures in accordance with ceilings provided for in Annex X; (f) the criteria and quantitative indicators to be used for monitoring and evaluation as well as the steps taken to ensure that the support programmes are implemented appropriately and effectively; and (g) the designation of competent authorities and bodies responsible for implementing the support programme.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – point c a (new)

(ca) support programme for wine growing on steep-slope sites pursuant to Article 44a;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 a (new)

Article 44a Support programme for wine growing on steep-slope sites The measures taken as part of the support programme for wine growing on steep- slope sites shall be designed to safeguard wine growing on labour-intensive slope, steep-slope and terrace sites in the long term by improving its competitiveness. The support may take the form of a flat- rate per-hectare payment to be set by the Member State concerned or a modulated payment determined by the steepness of the site.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1

1. Marketing standards may apply to the following sectors or products: (a) olive oil and table olives in respect of the products referred to in point (a) of Part VII of Annex I; (b) fruit and vegetables; (c) processed fruit and vegetables; (d) bananas; (e) live plants; (f) spreadable fats; (g) milk and milk products intended for human consumption; (h) poultrymeat. The wine sector shall be excluded. The products for which marketing standards by sectors or products have been laid down may be marketed in the Union only in accordance with such standards.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 may ~~cover:~~ relate where appropriate to the requirements for: (a) as regards the fruit and vegetables sector: (i) classification criteria such as grading into classes, weight, sizing, age and category; (ii) the presentation, sales descriptions, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, wrapping, year of harvesting and use of specific terms; (iii) criteria such as appearance, consistency, conformation, product characteristics; (b) as regards the banana sector: (i) classification criteria such as grading into classes, weight, sizing, age and category; (ii) the presentation, sales descriptions, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, wrapping, year of harvesting and use of specific terms; (iii) criteria such as appearance, consistency, conformation, product characteristics; (c) as regards the eggs and poultrymeat sector: (i) classification criteria such as grading into classes, weight, sizing, age and category; (ii) the presentation, sales descriptions, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, wrapping, year of harvesting and use of specific terms; (iii) criteria such as appearance, consistency, conformation, product characteristics; (iv) the conservation method and temperature; (v) as regards the poultrymeat sector, the water content as a percentage; (d) as regards the egg sector: (i) the frequency of collection, delivery, preservation and handling; (ii) the type of farming and production method and related administrative rules, and operating circuit; (iii) restrictions as regards the use of certain substances and/or practices; (iv) storage, transport; (v) time limits. (e) as regards the olive oil and table olives sector: (i) the presentation, sales descriptions, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, wrapping, year of harvesting and use of specific terms; (ii) criteria such as appearance, consistency, conformation, product characteristics; (iii) specific substances used in production, or components or constituents, including their quantitative content, purity and identification. 3. The marketing standards by sectors or products adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be established without prejudice to Title IV of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)733] on agricultural product quality schemes, and shall take into account: (a) the specificities of the product concerned; (b) the need to ensure the conditions for a smooth placing of the products on the market; (c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information; (d) the standard recommendations adopted by international bodies.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information~~, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level~~;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point d

~~(d) the methods used for determining physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of the products;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Manfred WEBER, Martin KASTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)

Article 59a Certification for hops 1. Products of the hops sector, harvested or prepared within the Community, shall be subject to a certification procedure. 2. Certificates may be issued only for products having the minimum quality characteristics appropriate to a specific stage of marketing. In the case of hop powder, hop powder with higher lupulin content, extract of hops and mixed hop products, the certificate may only be issued if the alpha acid content of these products is not lower than that of the hops from which they have been prepared. 3. The certificates shall indicate at least: (a) the place(s) of production of the hops; (b) the year(s) of harvesting; (c) the variety or varieties. 4. Products of the hops sector may be marketed or exported only if a certificate as referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 has been issued. In the case of imported products of the hops sector, the attestation provided for in Article 128a(2) shall be deemed to be equivalent to the certificate. 5. Measures derogating from paragraph 4 may be adopted by the Commission: (a) in order to satisfy the trade requirements of certain third countries; or (b) for products intended for special uses. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall: (a) not prejudice the normal marketing of products for which the certificate has been issued; (b) be accompanied by guarantees intended to avoid any confusion with those products.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3

3. Taking into account the need to adapt to evolving consumer demands, and technical progress and to avoid creating obstacles to product innovation, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on modifications, derogations or exemptions to the definitions and sales descriptions provided for in Annex VI.deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The ~~Commission shall, where necessary, adopt methods referred to in point (d) of Article 59(3) for products listed in Part II of Annex VI by means of implementing acts~~methods of analysis for determining the composition of the products of the wine sector and the rules whereby it may be established whether these products have undergone processes contrary to authorised oenological practices shall be adopted pursuant to Article 43(2) of the Treaty. Those methods and rules shall be based on ~~any~~the relevant ~~methods~~ recommend~~ed and published by~~ations of the OIV, unless they would be ineffective or inappropriate in view of the ~~legitimate~~ objective pursued~~. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2)~~ by the Union.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2

2. Save as otherwise provided for in agreements concluded pursuant to Article 218 of the Treaty, products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be produced in accordance with oenological practices ~~recommended and published by the OIV or~~ authorised by the Union pursuant to this Regulation.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

It shall consist at least of: (a) the name to be protected; (b) a description of the wine(s); (i) for wines with a designation of origin, its principal analytical and organoleptic characteristics; (ii) for wines with a geographical indication, its principal analytical characteristics as well as an evaluation or indication of its organoleptic characteristics; (c) where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the wine(s) as well as the relevant restrictions on making the wine(s); (d) the demarcation of the geographical area concerned; (e) the maximum yields per hectare; (f) an indication of the wine grape variety or varieties the wine(s) is/are obtained from; (g) the details bearing out the link referred to in Article 70(1)(a) or, as the case may be, in Article 70(1)(a)(i); (h) applicable requirements laid down in Union or national legislation or, where provided for by Member States, by an organisation which manages the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication, having regard to the fact that such requirements shall be objective and non-discriminatory and compatible with Union law; (i) the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification and their specific tasks.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The application for protection shall be filed with the Member State in whose territory the designation of origin or geographical indication originates. The Member State shall examine the application for protection in order to verify whether it meets the conditions set out in this Subsection. The Member State shall, by means of a national procedure, ensure the adequate publication of the application and provide for a period of at least two months from the date of publication within which any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest and resident or established on its territory may object to the proposed protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement with the Member State.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

(a) publish the single document and the product specification at least on the Internet; and (b) forward to the Commission an application for protection containing the following information: (i) the name and address of the applicant; (ii) the single document referred to in Article 71(1)(d); (iii) a declaration by the Member State that it considers that the application lodged by the applicant meets the conditions required; and (iv) the publication reference, in keeping with point (a). The information referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall be forwarded in one of the official languages of the Union or accompanied by a certified translation into one of those languages.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Member States shall have the laws, regulations or administrative provisions in place that are necessary to comply with Article 118f of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and this Article as from 1 August 2009.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Where a Member State has no national legislation concerning the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, it may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection to the name in accordance with the terms of this Subsection at national level with effect from the day the application is lodged with the Commission. Such transitional national protection shall cease on the date on which a decision on registration or refusal under this Subsection is taken.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1

An applicant satisfying the conditions ~~laid down pursuant to point (b)~~ of Article ~~86(4)~~72 may apply for approval of an amendment to the product specification of a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication, in particular to take account of developments in scientific and technical knowledge or to redefine the geographical area ~~concerned~~referred to in point (d) of the second subparagraph of Article 71(2). Applications shall describe and give reasons for the amendments requested.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Where the proposed amendment involves one or more amendments to the single document referred to in Article 71(1)(d), Articles 73 to 76 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment application. However, if the proposed amendment is only minor, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, decide whether to approve the application without following the procedure laid down in Article 74(2) and Article 75 and, in the event of approval, shall publish the elements referred to in Article 74(3). That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Where the proposed amendment does not involve any change to the single document, the following rules shall apply: (a) where the geographical area is in a given Member State, that Member State shall express its position on the amendment and, if it is in favour, shall publish the amended product specification and inform the Commission of the amendments approved and the reasons for them; (b) where the geographical area is in a third country, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, decide whether to approve the proposed amendment. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. By way of derogation from Article 82(1), a Member State or third country or its competent authority may apply for approval for the amendment of the product specification for existing protected wine names in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) ~~the elements of the product specif~~in which cases a single producer may apply for the protection of a designation of origin or geographical indication;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Christa KLASS, Anja WEISGERBER, Astrid LULLING

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point c

(c) the conditions to be followed in respect of an application for the protection of a designation of origin or geographical indication, ~~preliminary national procedures,~~ scrutiny by the Commission, objection procedure, and procedures for amendment, cancellation and conversion of protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point d

(d) the ~~condition~~specific measures related to the national procedures applicable to trans- border applications;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point g

(g) the conditions ~~related to~~under which an amendment is to ~~product specifications.~~be considered as minor within the meaning of Article 82(2);

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) Competent authorities of Member States or third countries or representative professional organisations established in third countries may submit to the Commission an application for protection of traditional terms within the meaning of Article 89.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Traditional terms shall be protected only in the language and for the categories of grape vine products claimed in the application, against: (a) any misuse even if the protected term is accompanied by an expression such as 'style', 'type', 'method', 'as produced in', 'imitation', 'flavour', 'like' or similar; (b) any other false or misleading indication as to the nature, characteristics or essential qualities of the product, on the inner or outer packaging, advertising material or documents relating to it; (c) any other practice liable to mislead the consumer, in particular to give the impression that the wine qualifies for the protected traditional term.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Where a traditional term is protected under this Regulation, the registration of a trademark, the use of which would contravene Article 89c, shall be assessed in accordance with Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) or Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 ( 2 ). Trademarks registered in breach of the first subparagraph shall be declared invalid upon request in accordance with the applicable procedures as specified by Directive 2008/95/EC or Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. A trademark, which corresponds to one of the situations referred to in Article 89c of this Regulation, and which has been applied for, registered or established by use, if that possibility is provided for by the legislation concerned, in the territory of the Community before 4 May 2002 or before the date of submission of the application for protection of the traditional term to the Commission, may continue to be used and renewed notwithstanding the protection of the traditional term. In such cases the use of the traditional term shall be permitted alongside the relevant trademark. A name shall not be protected as a traditional term, where in the light of a trademark's reputation and renown, such protection is liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity, nature, characteristic or quality of the wine.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. A term, for which an application is lodged and which is wholly or partially homonymous with that of a traditional term already protected under this Chapter shall be protected with due regard to local and traditional usage and the risk of confusion. A homonymous term which misleads consumers as to the nature, quality or the true origin of the products shall not be registered even if the term is accurate. The use of a protected homonymous term shall be subject to there being a sufficient distinction in practice between the homonym protected subsequently and the traditional term already protected, having regard to the need to treat the producers concerned in an equitable manner and not to mislead the consumer.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Within two months from the date of publication of the application by the Commission any Member State or third country, or any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest may object to the proposed recognition by lodging a request of objection.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. An applicant may apply for an approval of a modification of a traditional term, the language indicated, the wine or wines concerned or of the summary of the definition or conditions of use of the traditional term concerned.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. The Commission may on a duly substantiated request by a Member State, a third country or a natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, by means of an implementing act, decide to cancel the protection of a traditional term if it no longer meets the definition laid down in Article 89. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point a

~~(a) the applicants that may apply for the protection of a traditional term;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point c

~~(c) the grounds for objecting to a proposed recognition of a traditional term;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point d

~~(d) the scope of the protection, the relationship with trade marks, protected traditional terms, protected designations of origin or geographical indications, homonyms, or certain wine grape names;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 3 – point e

~~(e) the grounds for cancellation of a traditional term;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) market products not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, provided that the proportion of products sold which are not covered by Annex I does not exceed 49 % of the total volume marketed, without this leading to the forfeiture of official status as a producer organisation in the recognised agricultural sector.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Christa KLASS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Manfred WEBER, Martin KASTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 a (new)

Article 129a Imports of hops 1. Products of the hops sector may be imported from third countries only if their quality standards are at least equivalent to those applicable to similar products harvested in the Community or made from such products. 2. Products shall be regarded as meeting the quality standards referred to in paragraph 1 if they are accompanied by an attestation issued by the authorities of the country of origin and recognised as equivalent to the certificate referred to in Article 59a. In the case of hop powder, hop powder with higher lupulin content, extract of hops and mixed hop products, the attestation shall be recognised as being equivalent to the certificate only if the alpha acid content of these products is not lower than that of the hops from which they have been prepared. The equivalence of the attestations shall be verified in accordance with detailed rules adopted by the Commission.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Christa KLASS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)

Article 29 a The possibility of regional-level payments for agricultural practices beneficial to the climate and the environment referred to in Articles 20 and 29 may lead to regional agreements being signed between regional authorities and groups of farmers which, however, must comply with the 30 % ceiling stipulated in Article 33. Such regional agreements will lead to comprehensive incentive measures implemented jointly for areas which, depending on local characteristics and on the basis of joint, measurable targets, will help improve the situation of water resources, the development of biodiversity and soil.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Farmers with permanent grassland whose land requires structural conversion may carry out such conversion with a view to a) reseeding or b) seeding on another site on the farm.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares ~~as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland,~~ is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas ~~as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii)~~. Following the conclusion of a regional agreement in accordance with Article 29 between the local authorities and a group of farmers, this 3% may relate to the total area of the land covered by the agreement. This minimum may then relate to the areas of several farms taken together, at regional level.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The following shall be deemed to be ecological focus areas: former agricultural features such as grassland strips or water protection areas, including adjacent agricultural features, set-aside land, compensatory land, nature reserves and public areas designated as being of environmental importance.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Christa KLASS, Anja WEISGERBER, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in thatose paragraphs.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d

(d) if no alcohol has been added, which has a minimum actual alcoholic strength by volume of 4,5 % vol. and a maximum actual alcoholic strength by volume of less than 14,5 % vol.; if alcohol has been added, which has a minimum actual alcoholic strength by volume of 7,5 % vol. and a maximum actual alcoholic strength by volume of less than 14,5 % vol.

2012/03/09
Committee: ENVI

2011/0231(COD)

Christa KLASS, Anja WEISGERBER, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) The oenological practices and restrictions under Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)1 shall apply to wine products used for the production of aromatised wine products. The Commission shall, if necessary, present a legislative proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 accordingly. ___________________ 1 OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

2012/03/09
Committee: ENVI

2011/0231(COD)

Christa KLASS, Anja WEISGERBER, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. If aromatised wine-based drinks or aromatised wine-product cocktails are placed on the market in a presentation form or under an invented or brand name that suggests to the consumer that they are spirits-based mixed drinks, then the sales denomination and alcohol content must be placed in the same field of vision, as defined in Article 2(2)(k) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers 1, in the same font size and same colour as the invented or brand name. __________________ 1 OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18.

2012/03/09
Committee: ENVI

2011/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9

In order to take into account the specificities of the sector and to address the emergence of new products on the market, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, update: (a) the definitions, the requirements and the restrictions laid down in Annex I, (b) the sales denominations and descriptions laid down in Annex II.Article 9 deleted Delegated powers

2012/03/09
Committee: ENVI

2011/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10

For the purposes of this Chapter, "geographical indication" means an indication referring to a region, a specific place or a country, used to describe an aromatised wine product where the wine products come from the Union and where a given quality, reputation or other characteristics of that wine product is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.

2012/03/09
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)

(30a) Today’s children are tomorrow’s workers, engineers, architects, entrepreneurs and energy users. The decisions they take will influence the way in which society produces and uses energy in the future. Energy education is therefore important so that future generations can be instructed in how to contribute to efficient energy consumption through their lifestyle and personal behaviour.

2011/11/29
Committee: FEMM

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The participatory processes to improve energy efficiency shall be designed to enable everyone to take part in the energy change. Women in particular need to be integrated into these processes, since they are the main private decision makers and users of efficient energy in private households, and through their daily family interaction they lay the foundations for conscious and sustainable energy use by family members.

2011/11/29
Committee: FEMM

2011/0172(COD)

Christa KLASS, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Member States are called on to incorporate women's skills in the area of 'sustainable housekeeping'. They are in a position to provide education and advice on the spot. Education would include, for example, planned shopping to avoid purchasing inappropriate quantities, the conscious use of food to avoid food waste, paying attention to energy efficiency classes when purchasing new household appliances, appropriate heating and ventilation and the energy-conscious use of household appliances.

2011/11/29
Committee: FEMM

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)

(1 a) In this context, a specific emphasis should be placed on local European producers and SMEs fulfilling high quality standards for their products and services. To this end, the European Union should effectively control related imports from third countries to guarantee that such products and services fulfill the same high quality standards as local producers and service providers in the European Union.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS, Julie GIRLING

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Member States are called upon to take appropriate measures to promote energy education in families, schools and society, with particular stress on how each individual can contribute to more efficient, sustainable energy use through their personal behaviour.

2011/11/29
Committee: FEMM

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) Maximum levels for pesticide residues set out in relevant Community legislation, in particular as taken up in Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin, should apply without prejudice to specific provisions set out in this Regulation and its delegated acts.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS, Julie GIRLING

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)

(17b) However, given the vulnerable nature of infants and young children, severe limitations on pesticide residues are required in infant and follow-on formulae and food for infants and young children. Specific maximum residue limits for these products are set in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC and Commission Directive 2006/125/EC.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the specific requirements on the ~~use of pesticides in agricultural products intended for the production of such food and on~~lowest possible maximum pesticides residues in such food;

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The use of pesticides in agricultural products intended for the production of food referred to in Article 1(1)shall be limited as far as possible, while respecting the provisions referred to in Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 2006/141/EC.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2010/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that a high standard of vocational training is founded on a sound gender-neutral general education and urges Member States to ensure that teaching materials do not contain gender- specific career models so as to ensure that the interests of boys and girls in all career possibilities is awakened from the outset.

2011/01/18
Committee: FEMM

2010/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Urges the Member States to conclude basic education with a 'career aptitude' assessment.

2011/01/18
Committee: FEMM

2010/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the dual system (practical and scholastic education) is proving successful in certain Member States thanks to the cooperation and interaction of undertakings in the provision of career-related training.

2011/01/18
Committee: FEMM

2010/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on Member States, with a view to reconciling family life and careers and assisting women in rural areas, to offer further training in computer technology so as to give female employees the opportunity of working from home also.

2011/01/18
Committee: FEMM

2010/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the major importance of acquiring and improving multilingual proficiency as a means of enhancing self- confidence, adaptability and intercultural skills.

2011/01/18
Committee: FEMM

2010/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that food products must be affordable for consumers and that producers must receive appropriate prices for their products, condemns the agreements entered into by large-scale retailers and calls for measures to be taken to end such practices and ensure transparency in the way in which final consumer prices for food products are formed;

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

2010/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to provide objective information and education for consumers regarding seasonal and regional foods; considers that this would support farming and preserve well-tended landscapes in the local area, as well as avoiding long supply routes and unnecessary carbon dioxide emissions and guaranteeing fresh and high-quality food for consumers;

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

2010/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the severe consequences of past BSE diseases, which led to a threat to public health and wide-scale export bans on the EU's internal market, hampered Member States' external trade activities and caused serious damage to the EU's livestock sector; stresses the importance of upholding the ban on using animal protein sources, introduced in the EU legislation in 1996 for ruminants and extended in 2001 to non-ruminants, on the use of animal protein in animal feed until definite scientific evidence suggests that the transmission of diseases can be excluded;deleted

2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI

2010/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament a report on the current use of slaughter waste, swill and meat and bone meal in the Member States and propose options for their use as protein sources;

2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI

2010/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Supports the Commission in its intention of reviewing the ban on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants subject to compliance with the ban on cannibalism (COM(2010)384 final); advocates the introduction of a tolerance threshold for processed animal proteins, expressly advocates full application of the precautionary principle with regard to the possible use of animal protein for animal feed;

2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI

2010/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasizes that the treatment of slaughter offal, swill, meat and bone meal shall meet the existing strict provisions on the protection of human health and environment, also methane emissions stemming from the process shall be reduced; considers that under the current regulatory framework animal-waste is best utilised in biogas production and calls on the Commission and Member States to favour the use of animal-waste for that purpose.

2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas energy generation from ~~solid~~ biomass ~~and biowaste~~ is projected to be 58% of EU renewables by 2020, ~~leading to an intensification of forestry practices and~~and whereas the proportion of forestry biomass is likely to fall by comparison with agricultural biomass and biowaste, although increases in the ratio of felling to increment to over 100% can nevertheless not be ruled out,

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas forest protection and protection of its functions should be mainstreamed in all EU policies affecting forests,

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the EU FAP has four goals: improving long-term competitiveness, protecting the environment, contributing to quality of life and fostering coordination and whereas significant progress has been made ~~mainly~~ in achieving ~~the first~~all the goals,

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas genetic selection should ~~not favour performance traits at the expense of adaptive ones~~be geared to improving the adaptability of the forest ecosystem,

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that ecological, economic and social sustainability is the prerequisite for the continuation of the ~~economic and social~~ functions of EU forests for society, the economy and our environment;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify efforts to achieve the ~~environment and quality of life goals~~goals of the FAP in line with the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation on the implementation of the FAP, ~~the~~since this implementation ~~of which~~ is currently lagging behind;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Advoca~~Notes that ~~active SFM should be made mandatory in the EU in the~~the implementation of SFM by third count~~ext of five-year National Forest Programmes incorporating regional priorities and measurable targets and evaluation criteria~~ries is also very important, and therefore advocates a legally binding agreement at world level in the context of the UN Forum on Forests;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the ~~Commission to present a legislative proposal for a framework for the climate adaptation of EU forests~~Member States, on the basis of the outcome of a debate on forest policy, to propose appropriate measures and instruments to intensify and improve SFM, taking particular account of the need for the climate adaptation of EU forests and the contribution this can make to climate mitigation;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Urges the Commission ~~to present a legislative proposal~~, in cooperation with the Member States, to present a suitable strategy for Forest Fire Prevention ~~incorporating~~under which, for instance, funding for the European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS), infrastructure, training and prevention planning can be proposed;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Maintains that producer groups and public bodies should be made eligible for forestry measures in the second pillar of the CAP;~~deleted

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to develop legally binding sustainability criteria for woody biomass and ILUC factors for all forms of biomass; states that there should first be an assessment of experience with certification of liquid biomass and, with regard to timber, existing certification systems (e.g. TEFC and FSC) should be built on;

2011/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2010/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls for the introduction of additional reporting requirements to be made conditional on an impact assessment;

2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI

2010/2088(INI)